{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-3062","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 3062","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-04-29","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-09-18","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h277","question":"On Passage","title":"Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act","result":"Passed","yea":224,"nay":203,"present":0,"not_voting":5,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll277.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","date":"2025-09-19"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-04-29","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill establishes a new process for approving or revoking permits for the construction and operation of energy infrastructure across an international border of the United States. Thus, it replaces the existing process established under specified executive orders."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill requires a person to obtain a certificate of crossing before constructing, connecting, operating, or maintaining a border-crossing facility for the import or export of oil or natural gas, or the transmission of electricity, across a U.S. border with Canada or Mexico. A certificate must be obtained from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a facility consisting of oil or natural gas pipelines or the Department of Energy (DOE) for an electric transmission facility. As a condition of issuing a certificate, DOE must require that an electric transmission facility be constructed, connected, operated, or maintained consistent with specified policies and standards."},{"k":"p","t":"FERC and DOE must meet a deadline for issuing a certificate as set forth by this bill. The bill also requires FERC to meet a deadline for approving applications to import or export natural gas to or from Canada or Mexico."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also requires the President to obtain the approval of Congress before revoking a permit issued under executive orders for constructing, connecting, operating, or maintaining an oil or natural gas pipeline, an electric transmission facility, or a related border-crossing facility."}],"words":228},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires a certificate of crossing, issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the Secretary of Energy, for oil, natural gas and electricity facilities that cross an international border of the United States, in place of Presidential permits, and bars the President from revoking existing permits unless an Act of Congress authorizes it.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3062/text/eh#H59FBB53DBB5E489FA02E3F8FF69C6020"}]},"core_areas":["Certificates of crossing for cross-border oil, natural gas and electric transmission facilities","Natural gas import and export applications involving Canada and Mexico","Electric energy transmission to Canada and Mexico under the Federal Power Act","Presidential permits for border-crossing energy facilities"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires a person to obtain a certificate of crossing before constructing, connecting, operating, or maintaining a border-crossing facility for oil, natural gas or electricity, with exclusions for facilities already operating, facilities with a Presidential permit, and certain pending applications.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3062/text/eh#H59FBB53DBB5E489FA02E3F8FF69C6020"}},{"text":"Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (oil and natural gas pipelines) or the Secretary of Energy (electric transmission) to issue a certificate within 120 days after final action under the National Environmental Policy Act, unless the facility is found not in the public interest.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3062/text/eh#H59FBB53DBB5E489FA02E3F8FF69C6020"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Energy to condition an electric transmission certificate on the facility meeting applicable policies and standards of the Electric Reliability Organization, the regional entity, and any Regional Transmission Organization or Independent System Operator with control over it.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3062/text/eh#H59FBB53DBB5E489FA02E3F8FF69C6020"}},{"text":"Amends the Natural Gas Act to require the Commission to grant an application to import natural gas from, or export it to, Canada or Mexico within 30 days after receiving the complete application.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3062/text/eh#H59FBB53DBB5E489FA02E3F8FF69C6020"}},{"text":"Provides that no Presidential permit is required for these pipelines and electric transmission facilities, and bars the President from revoking a permit issued under listed Executive orders or any other Executive order unless an Act of Congress authorizes the revocation.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3062/text/eh#H59FBB53DBB5E489FA02E3F8FF69C6020"}},{"text":"Sets the certificate provisions to take effect 1 year after enactment, and requires a proposed rule within 180 days and a final rule within 1 year after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3062/text/eh#H59FBB53DBB5E489FA02E3F8FF69C6020"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3062/text/eh#H59FBB53DBB5E489FA02E3F8FF69C6020"},"heading":"Strengthening North American energy security","effect":"Requires a certificate of crossing for new border-crossing oil, gas and electric facilities, but excludes facilities already operating, those holding a Presidential permit, and those with a pending permit application for up to two years after enactment.","amount":null,"quote":"if an application for a Presidential permit (or similar permit) for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance is pending on the date of enactment of this Act, until the earlier of—"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-09-18","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3062/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3062","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3062/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-3062.png","v":"591aeca26290","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3062, 119th Congress: Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act. House: 224 Yea, 203 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 18 Sep 2025."}}