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HR 3062 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act

In plain language: This bill speeds up the approval process for building and operating oil pipelines, gas lines, and power grids across the Canadian and Mexican borders. It eliminates the requirement for a presidential permit, preventing the White House from unilaterally blocking or canceling these projects and instead giving review authority to federal energy agencies under strict deadlines. In addition, companies could modify existing cross-border energy lines—such as reversing fuel flow or expanding capacity—without obtaining new border permits, and regulators would have to approve natural gas shipments to and from Canada and Mexico within 30 days.

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Issues

What this bill touches.

Pollution & development−35Regulation (cross-sector)−35Trade & tariffs+30

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Cross-border oil, gas, and electric transmission operatorsReplaces the discretionary Presidential permitting process with a standardized certificate of crossing that federal agencies must grant within 120 days of environmental review unless found contrary to the public interest, eliminates permit requirements for facility modifications, and protects existing permits from executive revocation without an Act of Congress.provisional
  • Electricity exportersRepeals Section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act, eliminating the requirement to obtain federal regulatory approval or an order before exporting electricity to foreign countries.provisional
  • Natural gas importers and exporters (Canada and Mexico)Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve complete applications to import natural gas from or export natural gas to Canada or Mexico within 30 days.provisional

Who it burdens

  • Cross-border oil, gas, and electric transmission operatorsRequires entities constructing, connecting, operating, or maintaining new cross-border oil or gas pipelines or electric transmission lines to obtain a certificate of crossing, and requires electric transmission projects to comply with regional reliability and grid operator rules as a condition of certification.provisional
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Department of EnergyImposes statutory deadlines to conduct rulemakings within one year, mandates issuing border-crossing certificates within 120 days of completed environmental reviews, and obligates FERC to approve complete Canadian and Mexican gas import/export applications within 30 days.provisional
  • The President of the United StatesEliminates executive authority to require Presidential permits for cross-border energy infrastructure and prohibits the President from revoking existing Presidential permits for cross-border pipelines and transmission facilities without congressional authorization.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Requires anyone building, connecting, operating, or maintaining an oil or gas pipeline or electric transmission facility across a U.S. border to obtain a certificate of crossing, beginning one year after enactment.

    Sec. 2(a)(1)provisional

  2. Directs federal regulators (FERC for pipelines and the Department of Energy for electric lines) to issue a requested border-crossing certificate within 120 days of finishing environmental review, unless the agency determines the facility is not in the public interest.

    Sec. 2(a)(2)(A)-(B)provisional

  3. Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve complete applications to import or export natural gas to or from Canada or Mexico within 30 days of receipt, starting one year after enactment.

    Sec. 2(b)provisional

  4. Eliminates the requirement to obtain a Presidential permit to build, connect, operate, or maintain cross-border oil or gas pipelines or electric transmission lines, starting one year after enactment.

    Sec. 2(d)provisional

  5. Exempts modifications to existing, permitted, or certified cross-border energy facilities—including changes in flow volume, flow direction, ownership, or pumping capacity—from requiring a certificate of crossing or Presidential permit.

    Sec. 2(e)provisional

  6. Prohibits the President from revoking existing Presidential permits for cross-border oil, gas, or electricity facilities unless authorized by an Act of Congress.

    Sec. 2(f)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Sep 19, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  2. Sep 18, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Sep 18, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 203 (Roll no. 277). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4423)
  4. Sep 18, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 203 (Roll no. 277). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4424: 7)
  5. Sep 16, 2025Rule H. Res. 707 passed House.
  6. Sep 15, 2025Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 707 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015 and H.R. 3062. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 under a closed rule, and provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.
  7. Jul 2, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-186, Part I.
  8. Jul 2, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-186, Part I.
  9. Jun 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.
  10. Apr 29, 2025Introduced in House
  11. Apr 29, 2025Introduced in House

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