Cárdenas , Tony (CA)

#6

LATE REVISED Requires the owner or operator of the cross-border segment agrees to hire no less than 51 percent of long-term unemployed Americans for positions created in the United States.

DeFazio (OR)

#4

Conditions the new natural gas export authority on an applicant’s certification that eminent domain will not be used.

DeFazio (OR)

#5

Bars a finding of “consistent with the public interest” if the LNG export applicant will use eminent domain.

Loebsack (IA)

#7

LATE WITHDRAWN Requires that 20 percent of the profits generated by the Keystone XL Pipeline be paid into the Highway Trust Fund for 10 years after operation begins.

Pallone (NJ)

#3

Ensures that the complete length of cross-border projects would be subject to full environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Waxman (CA)

#2

Excludes any project with a pending permit application from the new approval requirements in the bill.

Welch (VT), Pingree (ME), Kuster, Ann (NH), Shea-Porter (NH)

#1

Ensures pipeline modifications receive a thorough environmental review process.