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North American-Made Energy Security Act - Directs the President, acting through the Secretary of Energy (DOE), to coordinate with each federal agency responsible for coordinating or considering an aspect of the President's National Interest Determination and Presidential Permit decision regarding construction and operation of the Keystone XL pipeline (from Hardisty, Alberta, to Steele City, Nebraska, and then on to the U.S. Gulf Coast through Cushing, Oklahoma) to ensure that all necessary actions are taken on an expedited schedule.
Requires each such agency to comply with any deadline the Secretary establishes.
Directs the President, within 30 days after the final environmental impact statement, but not later than November 1, 2011, to issue a final order granting or denying the Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
States that no action by the Secretary pursuant to this Act shall affect any duty or responsibility to comply with any requirement to conduct environmental review.
Declares the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States must decrease its dependence on oil from countries hostile to its interests, and (2) increased access to Canadian energy resources will create jobs in the United States.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 1938 as passed House amended on Jul 26, 2011. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Jul 26, 2011Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJul 26, 2011
House Jul 26, 2011 · the primary vote
North American-Made Energy Security Act
Passed
279 Yea 147 Nay 5 not voting · 1 present
Crossed both parties 50 of 426 voting members broke with their own party: 47 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
432 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 1938 and vote against it. 13 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 1938 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
120 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.