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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 23 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize |
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| 6 | 6 | | the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international |
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| 7 | 7 | | border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural |
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| 8 | 8 | | gas and the transmission of electricity. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY23 (legislative day, JANUARY3), 2023 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. M |
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| 12 | 12 | | ULLINintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 13 | 13 | | to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern proc- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ess to authorize the construction, connection, operation, |
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| 17 | 17 | | and maintenance of international border-crossing facili- |
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| 18 | 18 | | ties for the import and export of oil and natural gas |
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| 19 | 19 | | and the transmission of electricity. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Cross-bor-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | der Energy Infrastructure Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY SECU-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | RITY. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) D |
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| 31 | 31 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) B |
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| 33 | 33 | | ORDER-CROSSING FACILITY.—The term 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘border-crossing facility’’ means the portion of an oil 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | or natural gas pipeline or electric transmission facil-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ity that is located at an international boundary of 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the United States. 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) E |
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| 39 | 39 | | LECTRIC RELIABILITY ORGANIZATION ; RE-9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | GIONAL ENTITY.—The terms ‘‘Electric Reliability 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Organization’’ and ‘‘regional entity’’ have the mean-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ings given those terms in section 215(a) of the Fed-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | eral Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o(a)). 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) I |
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| 45 | 45 | | NDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR ; RE-14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | GIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION .—The terms 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘Independent System Operator’’ and ‘‘Regional 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Transmission Organization’’ have the meanings 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | given those terms in section 3 of the Federal Power 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (4) M |
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| 52 | 52 | | ODIFICATION.—The term ‘‘modification’’ 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | includes a reversal of flow direction, change in own-21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ership, change in flow volume, addition or removal 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | of an interconnection, or an adjustment to maintain 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | flow (such as a reduction or increase in the number 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | of pump or compressor stations). 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (5) NATURAL GAS.—The term ‘‘natural gas’’ 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717a). 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (6) O |
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| 65 | 65 | | IL.—The term ‘‘oil’’ means petroleum or 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | a petroleum product. 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (b) A |
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| 68 | 68 | | UTHORIZATION OF CERTAINENERGYINFRA-6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | STRUCTUREPROJECTS AT AN INTERNATIONAL BOUND-7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ARY OF THEUNITEDSTATES.— 8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (1) I |
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| 72 | 72 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | graph (3) and subsection (e), no person may con-10 |
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| 74 | 74 | | struct, connect, operate, or maintain a border-cross-11 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ing facility for the import or export of oil or natural 12 |
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| 76 | 76 | | gas, or the transmission of electricity, across an 13 |
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| 77 | 77 | | international border of the United States without 14 |
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| 78 | 78 | | obtaining a certificate of crossing for the border- 15 |
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| 79 | 79 | | crossing facility under this subsection. 16 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (2) C |
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| 81 | 81 | | ERTIFICATE OF CROSSING.— 17 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (A) R |
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| 83 | 83 | | EQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | days after the date on which final action is 19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | taken by the relevant official or agency de-20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | scribed in subparagraph (B) under the National 21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 22 |
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| 88 | 88 | | 4321 et seq.) with respect to a border-crossing 23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | facility for which a person requests a certificate 24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | of crossing under this subsection, the relevant 25 |
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| 94 | 94 | | official or agency, in consultation with appro-1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | priate Federal agencies, shall issue a certificate 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | of crossing for the border-crossing facility un-3 |
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| 97 | 97 | | less the relevant official or agency finds that 4 |
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| 98 | 98 | | the construction, connection, operation, or 5 |
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| 99 | 99 | | maintenance of the border-crossing facility is 6 |
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| 100 | 100 | | not in the public interest of the United States. 7 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (B) R |
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| 102 | 102 | | ELEVANT OFFICIAL OR AGENCY DE -8 |
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| 103 | 103 | | SCRIBED.—The relevant official or agency re-9 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ferred to in subparagraph (A) is— 10 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (i) the Federal Energy Regulatory 11 |
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| 106 | 106 | | Commission with respect to border-cross-12 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ing facilities consisting of oil or natural 13 |
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| 108 | 108 | | gas pipelines; and 14 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (ii) the Secretary of Energy, with re-15 |
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| 110 | 110 | | spect to border-crossing facilities consisting 16 |
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| 111 | 111 | | of electric transmission facilities. 17 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (C) A |
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| 113 | 113 | | DDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR 18 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FACILITIES .—In the 19 |
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| 115 | 115 | | case of a request for a certificate of crossing for 20 |
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| 116 | 116 | | a border-crossing facility consisting of an elec-21 |
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| 117 | 117 | | tric transmission facility, the Secretary of En-22 |
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| 118 | 118 | | ergy shall require, as a condition of issuing the 23 |
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| 119 | 119 | | certificate of crossing under subparagraph (A), 24 |
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| 120 | 120 | | that the border-crossing facility be constructed, 25 |
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| 124 | 124 | | connected, operated, or maintained consistent 1 |
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| 125 | 125 | | with all applicable policies and standards of— 2 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (i) the Electric Reliability Organiza-3 |
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| 127 | 127 | | tion and the applicable regional entity; and 4 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (ii) any Regional Transmission Orga-5 |
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| 129 | 129 | | nization or Independent System Operator 6 |
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| 130 | 130 | | with operational or functional control over 7 |
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| 131 | 131 | | the border-crossing facility. 8 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (3) E |
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| 133 | 133 | | XCLUSIONS.— 9 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (A) I |
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| 135 | 135 | | N GENERAL.—This subsection shall 10 |
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| 136 | 136 | | not apply to any construction, connection, oper-11 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ation, or maintenance of a border-crossing facil-12 |
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| 138 | 138 | | ity for the import or export of oil or natural 13 |
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| 139 | 139 | | gas, or the transmission of electricity if— 14 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (i) the border-crossing facility is oper-15 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ating for such import, export, or trans-16 |
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| 142 | 142 | | mission as of the date of enactment of this 17 |
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| 143 | 143 | | Act; 18 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (ii) a permit described in subsection 19 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (e) for the construction, connection, oper-20 |
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| 146 | 146 | | ation, or maintenance has been issued; or 21 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (iii) subject to subparagraph (B), an 22 |
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| 148 | 148 | | application for a permit described in sub-23 |
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| 149 | 149 | | section (e) for the construction, connection, 24 |
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| 153 | 153 | | operation, or maintenance is pending on 1 |
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| 154 | 154 | | the date of enactment of this Act. 2 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (B) P |
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| 156 | 156 | | ENDING APPLICATIONS .—With re-3 |
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| 157 | 157 | | spect to an application described in clause (iii) 4 |
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| 158 | 158 | | of subparagraph (A), the exclusion described in 5 |
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| 159 | 159 | | that subparagraph shall apply until the earlier 6 |
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| 160 | 160 | | of— 7 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (i) the date on which the application 8 |
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| 162 | 162 | | is denied; or 9 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (ii) that date that is 2 years after the 10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | date of enactment of this Act, if the permit 11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | described in that clause has not been 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | issued by that date. 13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (4) E |
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| 168 | 168 | | FFECT OF OTHER LAWS .— 14 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (A) A |
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| 170 | 170 | | PPLICATION TO PROJECTS .—Nothing 15 |
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| 171 | 171 | | in this subsection or subsection (f) shall affect 16 |
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| 172 | 172 | | the application of any other Federal statute to 17 |
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| 173 | 173 | | a project for which a certificate of crossing for 18 |
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| 174 | 174 | | a border-crossing facility is requested under 19 |
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| 175 | 175 | | this subsection. 20 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (B) N |
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| 177 | 177 | | ATURAL GAS ACT.—Nothing in this 21 |
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| 178 | 178 | | subsection or subsection (f) shall affect the re-22 |
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| 179 | 179 | | quirement to obtain approval or authorization 23 |
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| 180 | 180 | | under sections 3 and 7 of the Natural Gas Act 24 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (15 U.S.C. 717b, 717f) for the siting, construc-25 |
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| 185 | 185 | | tion, or operation of any facility to import or 1 |
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| 186 | 186 | | export natural gas. 2 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (C) O |
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| 188 | 188 | | IL PIPELINES.—Nothing in this sub-3 |
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| 189 | 189 | | section or subsection (f) shall affect the author-4 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ity of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis-5 |
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| 191 | 191 | | sion with respect to oil pipelines under section 6 |
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| 192 | 192 | | 60502 of title 49, United States Code. 7 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (c) I |
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| 194 | 194 | | MPORTATION OR EXPORTATION OF NATURAL 8 |
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| 195 | 195 | | G |
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| 196 | 196 | | AS TOCANADA ANDMEXICO.—Section 3(c) of the Nat-9 |
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| 197 | 197 | | ural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended by adding 10 |
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| 198 | 198 | | at the end the following: ‘‘In the case of an application 11 |
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| 199 | 199 | | for the importation of natural gas from, or the exportation 12 |
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| 200 | 200 | | of natural gas to, Canada or Mexico, the Commission shall 13 |
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| 201 | 201 | | grant the application not later than 30 days after the date 14 |
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| 202 | 202 | | on which the Commission receives the complete applica-15 |
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| 203 | 203 | | tion.’’. 16 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (d) T |
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| 205 | 205 | | RANSMISSION OFELECTRICENERGY TOCAN-17 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ADA ANDMEXICO.— 18 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (1) R |
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| 208 | 208 | | EPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO SECURE 19 |
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| 209 | 209 | | ORDER.—Section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act 20 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)) is repealed. 21 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (2) C |
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| 212 | 212 | | ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .— 22 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (A) S |
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| 214 | 214 | | TATE REGULATIONS.—Section 202(f) 23 |
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| 215 | 215 | | of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824a(f)) 24 |
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| 216 | 216 | | is amended by striking ‘‘insofar as such State 25 |
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| 220 | 220 | | regulation does not conflict with the exercise of 1 |
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| 221 | 221 | | the Commission’s powers under or relating to 2 |
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| 222 | 222 | | subsection (e)’’. 3 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (B) S |
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| 224 | 224 | | EASONAL DIVERSITY ELECTRICITY 4 |
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| 225 | 225 | | EXCHANGE.—Section 602(b) of the Public Util-5 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ity Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 6 |
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| 227 | 227 | | 824a–4(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Com-7 |
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| 228 | 228 | | mission has conducted hearings and made the 8 |
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| 229 | 229 | | findings required under section 202(e) of the 9 |
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| 230 | 230 | | Federal Power Act’’ in the first sentence and 10 |
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| 231 | 231 | | all that follows through the period at the end 11 |
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| 232 | 232 | | of the second sentence and inserting ‘‘the Sec-12 |
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| 233 | 233 | | retary has conducted hearings and finds that 13 |
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| 234 | 234 | | the proposed transmission facilities would not 14 |
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| 235 | 235 | | impair the sufficiency of electric supply within 15 |
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| 236 | 236 | | the United States or would not impede or tend 16 |
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| 237 | 237 | | to impede the coordination in the public interest 17 |
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| 238 | 238 | | of facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the 18 |
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| 239 | 239 | | Secretary.’’. 19 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (e) N |
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| 241 | 241 | | OPRESIDENTIALPERMITREQUIRED.—No 20 |
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| 242 | 242 | | Presidential permit (or similar permit) required under Ex-21 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ecutive Order No. 10485 (42 U.S.C. 717b note; relating 22 |
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| 244 | 244 | | to providing for the performance of certain functions here-23 |
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| 245 | 245 | | tofore performed by the President with respect to electric 24 |
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| 246 | 246 | | power and natural gas facilities located on the borders of 25 |
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| 250 | 250 | | the United States), any other Executive order, or section 1 |
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| 251 | 251 | | 301 of title 3, United States Code, shall be necessary for 2 |
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| 252 | 252 | | the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of 3 |
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| 253 | 253 | | an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric transmission facil-4 |
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| 254 | 254 | | ity, or any border-crossing facility thereof. 5 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (f) M |
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| 256 | 256 | | ODIFICATIONS TO EXISTINGPROJECTS.—No 6 |
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| 257 | 257 | | certificate of crossing under subsection (b), or permit de-7 |
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| 258 | 258 | | scribed in subsection (e), shall be required for a modifica-8 |
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| 259 | 259 | | tion to— 9 |
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| 260 | 260 | | (1) an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric 10 |
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| 261 | 261 | | transmission facility that is operating for the import 11 |
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| 262 | 262 | | or export of oil or natural gas or the transmission 12 |
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| 263 | 263 | | of electricity as of the date of enactment of this Act; 13 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (2) an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric 14 |
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| 265 | 265 | | transmission facility for which a permit described in 15 |
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| 266 | 266 | | subsection (e) has been issued; or 16 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (3) a border-crossing facility for which a certifi-17 |
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| 268 | 268 | | cate of crossing has previously been issued under 18 |
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| 269 | 269 | | subsection (b). 19 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (g) E |
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| 271 | 271 | | FFECTIVEDATE; RULEMAKINGDEADLINES.— 20 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (1) E |
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| 273 | 273 | | FFECTIVE DATE .—Subsections (b) 21 |
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| 274 | 274 | | through (f), and the amendments made by those 22 |
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| 275 | 275 | | subsections, shall take effect on the date that is 1 23 |
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| 276 | 276 | | year after the date of enactment of this Act. 24 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (2) RULEMAKING DEADLINES .—Each relevant 1 |
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| 281 | 281 | | official or agency described in subsection (b)(2)(B) 2 |
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| 282 | 282 | | shall— 3 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (A) not later than 180 days after the date 4 |
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| 284 | 284 | | of enactment of this Act, publish in the Federal 5 |
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| 285 | 285 | | Register a notice of proposed rulemaking to 6 |
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| 286 | 286 | | carry out the applicable requirements of sub-7 |
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| 287 | 287 | | section (b); and 8 |
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| 288 | 288 | | (B) not later than 1 year after the date of 9 |
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| 289 | 289 | | enactment of this Act, publish in the Federal 10 |
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| 290 | 290 | | Register a final rule to carry out the applicable 11 |
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| 291 | 291 | | requirements of subsection (b). 12 |
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