§2008 Procedures for Waiver of Federal Law

Summary

The President can pick parts of federal law to be set aside (but not antitrust laws) if he decides it is in the national interest and if doing so helps build or run a crude oil pipeline approved under section 2007 or the Long Beach‑Midland project. He must send any such waiver plan to both the House and the Senate. A waiver only takes effect if Congress passes a joint resolution approving it within the first period of 60 calendar days of continuous session after both Houses get the President’s proposal. The resolution uses a short approval sentence that names the laws to be waived and the date the President sent the proposal. Rules for handling that resolution follow section 719f(c) and (d) of title 15, except paragraph (2) of 719f(d) does not apply and the phrase “a waiver of provisions of law” is used in place of “an Alaska natural gas transportation system.”