Bill Details
HR.1587 - 119th Congress
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2025-02-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Introduced Date
2025-02-25
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Energy
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This bill would limit the President’s power to cancel certain permits and approvals for energy projects that cross the U.S. border. It says the President could not revoke permits for oil and natural gas pipelines or electric transmission lines, including the part of those projects at the border, unless Congress specifically passes a law allowing that revocation. The goal is to give more certainty to cross-border energy infrastructure projects.
- It applies to permits and other approvals tied to several past executive orders on cross-border facilities.
- The protected projects include oil pipelines, natural gas pipelines, and electric transmission facilities.
- It covers both the full project and the border-crossing portion of the facility.
- Revocation would only be allowed if Congress authorizes it by law.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1587 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1587
To prohibit the President from revoking Presidential permits relating
to cross-border energy facilities.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 25, 2025
Mr. Walberg (for himself and Mr. Tiffany) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and
Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To prohibit the President from revoking Presidential permits relating
to cross-border energy facilities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting International Pipelines
for Energy Security Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REVOCATION OF PRESIDENTIAL PERMITS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
President may not revoke a Presidential permit, or any other permit or
authorization, issued pursuant to Executive Order No. 13337 (3 U.S.C.
301 note), Executive Order No. 11423 (3 U.S.C. 301 note), Executive
Order No. 12038 (43 Fed. Reg. 4957), Executive Order No. 10485 (18 Fed.
Reg. 5397), or any other Executive order for the construction,
connection, operation, or maintenance of an oil or natural gas pipeline
or electric transmission facility, or any border-crossing facility
thereof, unless such revocation is authorized by an Act of Congress.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Border-crossing facility.--The term ``border-crossing
facility'' means the portion of an oil or natural gas pipeline
or electric transmission facility that is located at an
international boundary of the United States.
(2) Natural gas.--The term ``natural gas'' has the meaning
given such term in section 2 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C.
717a).
(3) Oil.--The term ``oil'' means petroleum or a petroleum
product.
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