Amendment sought to require that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, conduct a study of the vulnerabilities of the Keystone XL pipeline to a terrorist attack and certify that necessary protections have been put in place.

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   Change 1: Inserts “(a) In General.--” before “Notwithstanding Executive Order”

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   In H.R. 3 · Reported in House

   SEC. 3. KEYSTONE XL PERMIT APPROVAL.

   [inserted: (a) In General.-- ]Notwithstanding Executive Order No. 13337 (3 U.S.C. 301 note), Executive Order No. 11423 (3 U.S.C. 301 note), section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and any other Executive order or provision of law, no Presidential permit shall be required for the pipeline described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline, as supplemented to include the Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in January 2013 and approved by the Nebraska governor. The final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, coupled with the Final Evaluation Report described in the previous sentence, shall be considered to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.).

   SEC. 4. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

   Original wording

   Page 3, line 4, insert “(a) In General.--” before “Notwithstanding Executive Order”.

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   Change 2: Inserts new text on page 3, line 21

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   Inserted: (b) Threat Assessment.--Subsection (a) shall not apply until the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, conducts a study of the vulnerabilities of the pipeline to terrorist attack and certifies that the necessary protections have been put in place so that the pipeline would withstand such an attack and a spill resulting from such an attack.

   Original wording

   Page 3, after line 21, insert the following new subsection:

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