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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4325 

To provide that the Secretary of the Interior may accept bids on any new 

oil and gas leases of Federal lands (including submerged lands) only 

from bidders certifying that all oil produced pursuant to such leases, 

and all refined petroleum products produced from such oil, shall be 

offered for sale only in the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2012 

Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. HOLT, Mr. OWENS, Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. 

WELCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide that the Secretary of the Interior may accept 

bids on any new oil and gas leases of Federal lands 

(including submerged lands) only from bidders certifying 

that all oil produced pursuant to such leases, and all 

refined petroleum products produced from such oil, shall 

be offered for sale only in the United States, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keep America’s Oil 

3 Here Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) The United States is taking a number of 

7 steps to reduce domestic consumption of oil, many of 

8 which will soon take effect. 

9 (2) In 2007, the Congress passed the Energy 

10 Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 

11 110–140), which increased fuel economy standards 

12 to at least 35 miles per gallon by 2020 and estab13 lished renewable fuel standards to ensure that 

14 enough renewable fuel is produced by 2022 to re15 duce the need for 1.6 million barrels of oil per day. 

16 These programs to reduce our domestic oil consump17 tion have yet to be fully implemented. 

18 (3) The administration of President Obama is 

19 accelerating the implementation of the fuel economy 

20 standards and greenhouse gas emission standards. 

21 (4) In 2010, the President issued a rule that 

22 required increased fuel economy and decreased glob23 al warming emissions for light-duty vehicles pro24 duced in model years 2012–2016. This rule is in the 

25 process of being implemented, and will reduce the 

26 need for an additional 1.9 million barrels of oil per 


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1 day by 2030 and reduce the need for 2.3 million 

2 barrels of oil per day by 2040. 

3 (5) In 2011, the President issued a proposed 

4 rule to implement increased fuel economy and de5 creased global warming emissions for light duty ve6 hicles produced in model years 2017–2025. This 

7 rule, once fully implemented, will reduce the need for 

8 an additional 1.5 million barrels of oil per day by 

9 2030 and reduce the need for 2.4 million barrels of 

10 oil per day by 2040. 

11 (6) These actions will help reduce domestic con12 sumption of crude oil, which is an exhaustible nat13 ural resource. These measures represent only a por14 tion of Federal Government efforts to assist eco15 nomic growth and reduce economic pressures relat16 ing to high oil prices. 

17 (7) As the result of actions undertaken by the 

18 Congress and the executive branch, domestic oil pro19 duction has ramped up considerably. Oil production 

20 is currently at its highest level since 2003, while 

21 production of oil and natural gas liquids combined 

22 are at their highest level since 1997. Domestic oil 

23 production is expected to continue rising through 

24 2020. Restrictions on exports of oil produced on 

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1 plement to energy efficiency measures and will help 

2 to ensure a reliable and affordable supply of such oil 

3 and refined products from such oil. 

4 SEC. 3. NO FOREIGN SALES OF OIL PRODUCED ON FED5 ERAL LANDS. 

6 The Secretary of the Interior may accept bids on any 

7 new oil and gas leases of Federal lands (including sub8 merged lands) under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 

9 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

10 (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) only from bidders certifying that 

11 all crude oil produced under such leases, and all refined 

12 petroleum products produced from such crude oil, shall be 

13 offered for sale only in the United States. 

14 SEC. 4. WAIVER. 

15 The President may provide for waiver of the applica16 tion of section 3 with respect to a lease in a case in 

17 which— 

18 (1) the President determines that such a waiver 

19 is in the national interest because it— 

20 (A) will not lead to an increase in domestic 

21 consumption of crude oil obtained from coun22 tries hostile to United States interests or that 

23 have political and economic instability that com24 promises energy supply security; 


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1 (B) will not lead to higher costs to oil re2 finers that purchase the crude oil than such re3 finers would have to pay for crude oil in the ab4 sence of such a waiver; and 

5 (C) will not lead to higher gasoline costs 

6 paid by consumers than consumers would have 

7 to pay in the absence of such a waiver; 

8 (2) an exchange of crude oil or refined petro9 leum products provides for no net loss of crude oil 

10 or refined petroleum products, respectively, con11 sumed domestically; 

12 (3) a waiver is necessary under the Constitu13 tion, a law, or an international agreement; or 

14 (4) a standing trade agreement with a North 

15 American trading partner allows for such exports, 

16 and all crude oil and refined petroleum products ex17 ported under such a waiver will be consumed in 

18 North America. 

19 SEC. 5. REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCT DEFINED. 

20 In this Act the term ‘‘refined petroleum product’’ 

21 means any of the following: 

22 (1) Finished reformulated or conventional 

23 motor gasoline. 

24 (2) Finished aviation gasoline. 

25 (3) Kerosene-type jet fuel. 


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1 (4) Kerosene. 

2 (5) Distillate fuel oil. 

3 (6) Residual fuel oil. 

4 (7) Lubricants. 

5 (8) Waxes. 

6 (9) Petroleum coke. 

7 (10) Asphalt and road oil. 

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