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AMENDMENT NO.llll

Calendar No.lll

Purpose: To express the sense of Congress that the Keystone

XL Pipeline will not harm the environment.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES114th Cong., 1st Sess.

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To approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Referred to the Committee on llllllllll and
ordered to be printed
Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed
AMENDMENT intended to be proposed by Mr. HOEVEN to
the amendment (No. llll) proposed by Ms. MURKOWSKI

Viz:
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At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. llll. SENSE OF CONGRESS ACKNOWLEDGING THE

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FINDINGS OF THE

KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE PROJECT.

It is the sense of Congress that Congress is in agree-

6 ment with the following findings of the Final Supple7 mental Environmental Impact Statement issued by the
8 Secretary of State for the Keystone XL Project (referred
9 to in this section as the FSEIS):
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(1) The analyses of potential impacts associ-

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ated with construction and normal operation of the

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proposed Project suggest that significant impacts to

most resources are not expected along the proposed

Project route (FSEIS page 4.16-1, section 4.16).

(2) The total annual GHG [greenhouse gas]

emissions (direct and indirect) attributed to the No

Action scenarios range from 28 to 42 percent great-

er than for the proposed Project (FSEIS page ES-

34, section ES.5.4.2).

(3) . . . approval or denial of any one crude

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oil transport project, including the proposed Project,

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is unlikely to significantly impact the rate of extrac-

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tion in the oil sands or the continued demand for

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heavy crude oil at refineries in the United States

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based on expected oil prices, oil-sands supply costs,

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transport costs, and supply-demand scenarios

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(FSEIS page ES-16, section ES.4.1.1).

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SEC. ll. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON ENERGY COSTS AND

SUPPLIES.

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It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should

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(1) reject efforts to impose economy-wide taxes,

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fees, mandates, or regulations that will

(A) increase the cost of energy for families
and businesses of the United States; or
(B) destroy jobs; and

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(2) prioritize policies that encourage and enable

innovation in the United States that might lead to

energy supplies that are more abundant, affordable,

clean, diverse, and secure.