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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2326 

To promote the national security and stability of the United States economy 

by reducing the dependence of the United States on foreign oil, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2009 

Mr. ENGEL (for himself and Mr. BARTLETT) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To promote the national security and stability of the United 

States economy by reducing the dependence of the 

United States on foreign oil, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Oil Savings Act of 

5 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) the United States imports more oil from the 

2 Middle East today than before the attacks on the 

3 United States on September 11, 2001; 

4 (2) the United States remains the most oil-de5 pendent industrialized nation in the world, con6 suming approximately 25 percent of the world’s oil 

7 despite having only 2–3 percent of the world’s oil re8 serves; 

9 (3) the ongoing dependence of the United 

10 States on foreign oil is one of the greatest threats 

11 to the national security and economy of the United 

12 States; and 

13 (4) the United States needs to take trans14 formative steps to wean itself from its addiction to 

15 oil. 

16 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHING AN INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP. 

17 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact18 ment of this Act, a Commissioner of the Federal Trade 

19 Commission, appointed by the Chairperson of the Federal 

20 Trade Commission, shall establish, and serve as the Direc21 tor of, an interagency working group (in this Act referred 

22 to as the ‘‘Working Group’’) consisting of the Secretary 

23 of Energy, the Chairman of the Federal Energy Regu24 latory Commission, and department heads from other ap25 propriate Federal entities determined by the Director. 


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1 SEC. 4. ACTION PLAN. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act, the Working Group 

4 shall publish in the Federal Register an action plan. 

5 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The action plan shall in6 clude— 

7 (1) intermediate oil savings targets for each cal8 endar year beginning on the calendar year after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act; 

10 (2) a list of requirements, including the oil sav11 ings to be achieved by each requirement, that will be 

12 sufficient, when taken together, to save from the 

13 baseline determined under section 7— 

14 (A) 2,500,000 barrels of oil per day on av15 erage during calendar year 2015; 

16 (B) 7,000,000 barrels of oil per day on av17 erage during calendar year 2025; and 

18 (C) 10,000,000 barrels of oil per day on 

19 average during calendar year 2030; 

20 (3) a supply disruption strategy for Federal de21 partments and agencies to develop contingency plans 

22 in the event of a supply disruption resulting in a 

23 precipitous and short-term annualized decline of 4 

24 percent of world oil production from the prior year’s 

25 baseline, and to provide timely advice to Congress 

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1 tial negative consequences of such a supply disrup2 tion; and 

3 (4) a peak oil strategy for Federal departments 

4 and agencies to develop contingency plans in the 

5 event of a peak and subsequent annualized decline 

6 of 4 percent of world oil production from the prior 

7 year’s baseline, and to provide timely advice to Con8 gress about cost-effective measures to mitigate the 

9 potential negative consequences of such a peak. 

10 (c) PROPOSED REGULATIONS.—Not later than 270 

11 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Fed12 eral entity with jurisdiction to take action under any re13 quirement of the action plan shall propose, or issue a no14 tice of intent to propose, regulations meeting such require15 ment. 

16 (d) NOTICE OF INTENT TO PROPOSE REGULA17 TIONS.—If a Federal entity issues a notice of intent to 

18 propose regulations under this section, the entity shall 

19 propose such regulations not later than 330 days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act. 

21 (e) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than 18 months 

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Federal 

23 entity with jurisdiction to take action under any require24 ment of the action plan shall promulgate final versions of 

25 the regulations required under this section. 


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1 (f) ACCOMPANYING ANALYSIS.—Each proposed and 

2 final regulation promulgated under this section shall be 

3 accompanied by an analysis from the applicable Federal 

4 entity demonstrating that the regulation will achieve the 

5 oil savings required by the action plan. 

6 SEC. 5. REPORT REQUIREMENT. 

7 Not later than January 1, 2012, and every 3 years 

8 thereafter, the Working Group shall transmit to the Com9 mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

11 Resources of the Senate a report that evaluates the 

12 progress achieved in implementing the oil savings require13 ments established under section 4. 

14 SEC. 6. REVISED ACTION PLAN. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—If intermediate oil savings targets 

16 set by the action plan are not met, not later than 60 days 

17 after submission of a report required under section 5, the 

18 Working Group may publish a revised action plan that is 

19 sufficient to achieve the requirements established under 

20 section 4. 

21 (b) PROPOSED REGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 

22 days after submission of the report required under section 

23 5, each Federal entity with jurisdiction to take action 

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1 pose, or issue a notice of intent to propose, regulations 

2 meeting such requirement. 

3 (c) NOTICE OF INTENT TO PROPOSE REGULA4 TIONS.—If a Federal entity issues a notice of intent to 

5 propose regulations under this section, the entity shall 

6 propose such regulations not later than 120 days after 

7 submission of the report required under section 5. 

8 (d) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than 6 months 

9 after publication of the report required under section 5, 

10 each Federal entity with jurisdiction to take action under 

11 any requirement of the revised action plan shall promul12 gate final versions of the regulations required under this 

13 section. 

14 (e) ACCOMPANYING ANALYSIS.—Each proposed and 

15 final regulation promulgated under this section shall be 

16 accompanied by an analysis from the applicable Federal 

17 entity demonstrating that the regulation will achieve the 

18 oil savings required by the revised action plan. 

19 SEC. 7. DETERMINATION OF A BASELINE. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act, the Working Group es22 tablished under section 3 shall determine the baseline level 

23 of United States consumption of barrels of oil per day on 

24 average. 


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1 (b) ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION.—In 

2 determining the baseline level of United States oil con3 sumption, the Working Group shall utilize the expertise 

4 and resources of the Energy Information Administration, 

5 particularly in validating statistical data that may be rel6 evant, and shall consider the Energy Information Admin7 istration’s Annual Energy Outlook 2008 and Annual En8 ergy Outlook 2009 Early Release. 

9 (c) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL ENTITIES.—Each 

10 executive department, bureau, commission, agency, board, 

11 office, independent establishment, or instrumentality of 

12 the Federal Government shall make available to the Work13 ing Group upon request any data, information, estimates, 

14 statistics, and access to any employee necessary for the 

15 determination of the baseline under this section. 

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