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TH
CONGRESS1
ST
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ESSION
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To require the Secretary of State to act on a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mr. L
UGAR
(for himself, Mr. H
OEVEN
, Mr. V
ITTER
, Ms. M
URKOWSKI
, Mr.M
C
C
ONNELL
, and Mr. J
OHANNS
) introduced the following bill; which wasread twice and referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of State to act on a permit forthe Keystone XL pipeline.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘North American En-
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ergy Security Act’’.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
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Congress finds that—
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(1) United States overdependence on oil im-
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ports from hostile or unstable regions—
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(A) damages United States national secu-
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rity, endangers the economy of the United
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States, and puts the lives of military and civil-
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ian personnel at risk; and
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(B) ensures that access to oil imports
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comes at tremendous taxpayer expense around
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the world;
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(2) the United States currently imports more
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than half of the oil consumed by the United States
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too often from countries that do not have the level
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of environmental standards of Canada and the
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United States and that are hostile to United States
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interests or with political and economic instability
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that compromises supply security;
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(3) while a significant portion of United States
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oil imports are derived from allies such as Canada
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and Mexico, the United States remains vulnerable to
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substantial supply disruptions created by geopolitical
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tumult in major oil-producing nations;
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(4) strong increases in oil consumption in the
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developing world outpace growth in conventional oil
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supplies, bringing tight market conditions and high-
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er oil prices in periods of global economic expansion
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or when supplies are threatened;
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(5) the development and delivery of oil from
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Canada to the United States is in the national inter-
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est of the United States to secure reliable oil sup-
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plies to fill needs that are otherwise projected to be
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filled by increases in imports from less secure and
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reliable suppliers;
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(6) secure and reliable trade with Canada com-
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plements United States energy priorities to reduce
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the overall need for foreign oil by expanding domes-
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tic oil production, using alternative fuels from do-
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mestic feedstocks, and encouraging vehicle innova-
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tion;
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(7) continued development of North American
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energy resources, including Canadian oil, increases
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the access of domestic refiners to stable and reliable
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sources of crude oil and improves the certainty of
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fuel supply for the Department of Defense, the larg-
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est consumer of petroleum in the United States;
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(8)(A) Canada and the United States have the
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largest 2-way trading relationship in the world;
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(B) for every United States dollar spent on
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products from Canada, including oil, 90 cents is re-
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turned to the United States economy; and
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(C) when the same metrics are applied to trad-
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ing relationships with some other major sources of
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