House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Keystone XL Pipeline Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2015
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 9, 2015 · 266–153
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 12, 2015 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 3.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRAMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 1, January 6, 2015, Page H43):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce with foreign nations and among the several States).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 164 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
30 cosponsors — 30 Republicans
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ken Buck (R-CO), K. Conaway (R-TX), Paul Cook (R-CA), John Culberson (R-TX), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Charles Dent (R-PA), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), J. Hill (R-AR), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Candice Miller (R-MI), Jeff Miller (R-FL), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), David Rouzer (R-NC), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Bill Shuster (R-PA), Fred Upton (R-MI), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Cramer.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.