[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1983 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1983

 To require the Secretary of Labor to report to Congress an estimated 
  number of jobs projected to be lost due to the Biden Administration 
           revoking the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2021

Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Moran, Mr. Daines, 
 Ms. Lummis, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. 
   Barrasso) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Labor to report to Congress an estimated 
  number of jobs projected to be lost due to the Biden Administration 
           revoking the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.

    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 ``Defending Keystone Jobs Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT BY THE SECRETARY OF LABOR ON JOB LOSS DUE TO THE 
              REVOCATION OF THE PERMIT FOR THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE.

    The Secretary of Labor shall--
            (1) conduct a study to estimate the total number of jobs 
        projected to be lost as a direct or indirect result of section 
        6 of Executive Order 13990 (86 Fed. Reg. 7037; relating to 
        protecting public health and the environment and restoring 
        science to tackle the climate crisis) over the 10-year period 
        beginning on the date on which such Executive order was issued; 
        and
            (2) not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, submit to Congress a report on the findings of the 
        study under paragraph (1).
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