Keystone XL Pipeline Act

S. 1 in the 114th Congress (2015–2016), the Keystone XL Pipeline Act, has vetoed — introduced on Jan 6, 2015, sponsored by John Hoeven with 59 co-sponsors. Congress held 50 roll call votes on it.

During the 114th Congress (2015–2016), Barack Obama was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Status: Vetoed
Introduced: Jan 6, 2015
Co-sponsors: 59
Policy area: Energy

What it does

Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act (Sec. 2) Authorizes TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities specified in an application filed by TransCanada Corporation to the Department of State on May 4, 2012.

Summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.

Official title

Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act

Sponsor

John Hoeven (R-ND). Co-sponsors: 6 Democrats, 53 Republicans.

Where it stands

IntroducedJan 6, 2015
Passed the SenateJan 29, 2015
Passed the HouseFeb 11, 2015
Sent to the PresidentFeb 24, 2015
VetoedFeb 24, 2015

Latest action: Message on Senate action sent to the House. (Mar 4, 2015)

How Congress voted

On Overriding the Veto
Senate · Mar 4, 2015 · Veto Sustained62–37
On Passage
House · Feb 11, 2015 · Passed270–152
On Motion to Commit with Instructions
House · Feb 11, 2015 · Failed181–241
On Passage of the Bill
Senate · Jan 29, 2015 · Bill Passed62–36
On the Cloture Motion
Senate · Jan 29, 2015 · Cloture Motion Agreed to62–35
On the Cloture Motion
Senate · Jan 26, 2015 · Cloture Motion Rejected53–39
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Senate · Jan 12, 2015 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to63–32

Every roll call vote on this bill

A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.Senate · Jan 12, 2015
To ensure that oil transported through the Keystone XL pipeline into the United States is used to reduce…Senate · Jan 20, 2015
To require the use of iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States in the construction…Senate · Jan 20, 2015
To promote energy efficiency.Senate · Jan 20, 2015
To express the sense of the Senate that climate change is real and not a hoax.Senate · Jan 21, 2015
To express the sense of Congress regarding climate change.Senate · Jan 21, 2015
To express the sense of Congress regarding climate change.Senate · Jan 21, 2015
To conform citizen suits under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.Senate · Jan 21, 2015
To ensure that the storage and transportation of petroleum coke is regulated in a manner that ensures the…Senate · Jan 21, 2015
To continue cleaning up fields and streams while protecting neighborhoods, generating affordable energy, and…Senate · Jan 21, 2015
To express the sense of Congress regarding federally protected land.Senate · Jan 22, 2015
To provide limits on the designation of new federally protected land.Senate · Jan 22, 2015
To express the sense of Congress regarding climate change.Senate · Jan 22, 2015
To express the sense of Congress regarding climate change.Senate · Jan 22, 2015
To require a procedure for issuing permits to drill.Senate · Jan 22, 2015
To express the sense of the Senate that all forms of unrefined and unprocessed petroleum should be subject…Senate · Jan 22, 2015
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that products derived from tar sands are crude oil for…Senate · Jan 22, 2015
To express the sense of the Senate regarding the conditions for the President entering into bilateral or…Senate · Jan 22, 2015
To ensure private property is protected as guaranteed by the United States Constitution.Senate · Jan 22, 2015
To ensure private property cannot be seized through condemnation or eminent domain for the private gain of a…Senate · Jan 22, 2015
A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.Senate · Jan 22, 2015
To ensure that products derived from tar sands are treated as crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise…Senate · Jan 22, 2015
To impose a fee of 8 cents per barrel on oil transported through the pipeline.Senate · Jan 22, 2015
To require campaign finance disclosures for certain persons benefitting from tar sands development.Senate · Jan 22, 2015
To strike a provision relating to judicial review.Senate · Jan 22, 2015
To express the sense of the Senate that the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program should be funded at…Senate · Jan 22, 2015
In the nature of a substitute.Senate · Jan 26, 2015
A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.Senate · Jan 26, 2015
To provide communities that rely on drinking water from a source that may be affected by a tar sands spill…Senate · Jan 28, 2015
To require that the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration make a…Senate · Jan 28, 2015
To increase the quantity of solar photovoltaic electricity by providing rebates for the purchase and…Senate · Jan 28, 2015
To promote economic growth and job creation by increasing exports.Senate · Jan 28, 2015
To delist the lesser prairie-chicken as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.Senate · Jan 28, 2015
To require campaign finance disclosures for certain persons benefitting from tar sands development.Senate · Jan 28, 2015
To express the sense of Congress regarding the designation of National Monuments.Senate · Jan 28, 2015
To express the sense of Congress regarding climate change and infrastructure.Senate · Jan 28, 2015
To release certain wilderness study areas from management for preservation as wilderness.Senate · Jan 28, 2015
To express the sense of Congress that the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 should be amended to extend the…Senate · Jan 28, 2015
To modify the definition of underground injection.Senate · Jan 28, 2015
To express the sense of Congress that reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund should be a priority.Senate · Jan 29, 2015
To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.Senate · Jan 29, 2015
To establish a renewable electricity standard, and for other purposes.Senate · Jan 29, 2015
A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.Senate · Jan 29, 2015
To allow permitting agencies to consider new circumstances and new information.Senate · Jan 29, 2015
To delay the effective date until the President determines that the pipeline will not have certain negative…Senate · Jan 29, 2015
To ensure that products derived from tar sands are treated as crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise…Senate · Jan 29, 2015
A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.Senate · Jan 29, 2015
Keystone XL Pipeline Approval ActHouse · Feb 11, 2015
Keystone XL Pipeline Approval ActHouse · Feb 11, 2015
A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.Senate · Mar 4, 2015

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