# H.R. 3062 (119th): Promoting Cross-b order Energy Infrastructure Act

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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: canada_mexico_trade. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: cross_border_infrastructure. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: energy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: energy_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: executive_authority. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: immigration. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: infrastructure. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: permitting_reform. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: prudential. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 277: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a prudential energy-permitting and cross-border infrastructure measure. It does not directly advance a named moral harm or directly restrain one. Its congressional-approval requirement for presidential permit revocations is a procedural check on executive discretion, but the core dispute over energy infrastructure, deadlines, and standards is a policy judgment rather than a clear moral evil or justice protection.
Theological note: The bill concerns the ordering of stewardship and governance: how a nation develops shared energy infrastructure while keeping permitting decisions under lawful, accountable procedure. Scripture supports diligent provision and responsible use of creation, and it also values orderly authority and checks against unilateral executive action. The measure's relevance lies mainly in these prudential questions of accountable administration and sound stewardship, not in a direct moral verdict on the infrastructure itself.

## Recorded votes

Roll 277: On Passage. Yea 224 · Nay 203 · Other 5.

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