Sec. 301. The President of the United States is authorized and requested to enter into negotiations with the Government of Canada to determine—

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## Sec. 301 The President of the United States is authorized and requested to enter into negotiations with the Government of Canada to determine— ###

(a)the willingness of the Government of Canada to permit the construction of pipelines or other transportation systems across Canadian territory for the transport of natural gas and oil from Alaska's North Slope to markets in the United States, including the use of tankers by way of the Northwest Passage; ###

(b)the need for intergovernmental understandings, agreements, or treaties to protect the interests of the Governments of Canada and the United States and any party or parties involved with the construction, operation, and maintenance of pipelines or other transportation systems for the transport of such natural gas or oil; ###

(c)the terms and conditions under which pipelines or other transportation systems could be constructed across Canadian territory; ###

(d)the desirability of undertaking joint studies and investigations designed to insure protection of the environment, reduce legal and regulatory uncertainty, and insure that the respective energy requirements of the people of Canada and of the United States are adequately met; ###

(e)the quantity of such oil and natural gas from the North Slope of Alaska for which the Government of Canada would guarantee transit; and ###

(f)the feasibility, consistent with the needs of other sections of the United States, of acquiring additional energy from other sources that would make unnecessary the shipment of oil from the Alaska pipeline by tanker into the Puget Sound area. The President shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs the actions taken, the progress achieved, the areas of disagreement, and the matters about which more information is needed, together with his recommendations for further action.