§2008 Procedures for Waiver of Federal Law

Summary

The President can pick parts of federal law to be waived, if he decides it is in the national interest and will help build or run a crude oil transportation system approved under section 2007 or the Long Beach‑Midland project. He may include laws about where the pipeline can be located, but he cannot include antitrust laws. He must send any proposed waiver to both the House and the Senate. The waiver only takes effect if Congress passes a joint resolution within the first period of 60 calendar days of continuous session after both Houses get the proposal. The joint resolution must use the specific resolving language that names the laws being waived and the date of the President’s submission. How Congress considers that resolution follows the rules in section 719f(c) and (d) of title 15, except paragraph (2) of 719f(d) does not apply, and wherever 719f(d) refers to “an Alaska natural gas transportation system” it is to be read as “a waiver of provisions of law.”