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SENATE 1983117th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Defending Keystone Jobs Act

Last Action
6/9/2021

Actions

  • 2021-06-09Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • 2021-06-09Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2021-06-09 (00)

This bill requires the Department of Labor to estimate and report to Congress the number of jobs projected to be lost as a result of a specified section of the executive order titled Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis, which revoked the March 2019 permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Cosponsors (10)

  • Mike Crapo (R-ID)
  • Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
  • Jerry Moran (R-KS)
  • Steve Daines (R-MT)
  • Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
  • John Hoeven (R-ND)
  • Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
  • Roger Marshall (R-KS)
  • Tom Cotton (R-AR)
  • John Barrasso (R-WY)

Subjects

  • Canada
  • Congressional oversight
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Oil and gas
  • Pipelines
  • Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
  • Unemployment
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