H.R. 3062 · 119th CongressIn committee

Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act

Latest action. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · September 19, 2025

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What this bill would do

Official summary · Congressional Research Service

Promoting Cross-b order Energy Infrastructure Act

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.

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.

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.

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.

Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on April 29, 2025. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.

Status

Introduced

April 29, 2025

In committee

September 19, 2025

Passed a chamber

Cleared Congress

Enacted

Where this sits in the process

Common questions

Composed from the official record

Where is it in the process, and what happens next?

4 steps remain before this bill could become law.

The record's latest action, on September 19, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
Passage by the House
Passage by the Senate
The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.

How likely is it to become law?

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In the 118th Congress (2023-24), 274 of the 16,565 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 1.7 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.

This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.

Has anyone actually voted on it?

Yes. 1 recorded roll-call vote cites this measure, listed further down this page with every member's position.

Who is behind it?

Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) introduced it on April 29, 2025, and 2 members have since signed on as cosponsors.

They are 2 Republicans.

Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.

How long has it been in play?

It was introduced on April 29, 2025, 499 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 356 days ago, on September 19, 2025.

Measures do not carry over. Anything the 119th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2027 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.

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Vote history

House
Passed on a recorded vote (official bill record may lag)
224–203 Passed · September 18, 2025
Senate
Awaiting Senate vote
President
Awaits both chambers

House · On PassagePassed

On Passage

Yea 224 Nay 203 Present / not voting 5

Official roll callSeptember 18, 2025

What this bill covers

Policy area

Energy

Subject terms

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCanadaDepartment of EnergyElectric power generation and transmissionEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)Latin AmericaLicensing and registrations

and 4 more subject terms on the official record.

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Constitutional protections

No protections are clearly tagged for this record.

Sponsor

Julie Fedorchak · 2 cosponsors

2 Republicans

Committees

No committee data.

Related measures

H.Res. 707
Procedurally related · March 25, 2026
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5143) to establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5140) to lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5125) to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to terminate the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1047) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3015) to reestablish the National Coal Council in the Department of Energy to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters related to coal and the coal industry, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3062) 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; and for other purposes.

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Sources & evidence

1 official source back the claims on this page.