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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 228 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that it should be a goal of the United 

States to reduce the amount of oil projected to be imported in 2025 

by 40 percent and that the President should take measures to reduce 

the dependence of the United States on foreign oil. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29, 2005 

Ms. CANTWELL submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that it should be a 

goal of the United States to reduce the amount of oil 

projected to be imported in 2025 by 40 percent and 

that the President should take measures to reduce the 

dependence of the United States on foreign oil. 

Whereas reports by the Energy Information Administration 

entitled ‘‘Annual Energy Outlook 2005’’ and ‘‘May 2005 

Monthly Energy Review’’ estimated that, between January 1, 2005 and April 30, 2005, the United States imported an average of 13,056,000 barrels of oil per day 

and that, by 2025, the United States will import 

19,110,000 barrels of oil per day; 
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Whereas technology solutions already exist to dramatically increase the productivity of the energy supply of the United 

States; 

Whereas energy efficiency and conservation measures can improve the economic competitiveness of the United States 

and lessen energy costs for families in the United States; 

Whereas the dependence of the United States on foreign oil 

imports leaves the United States vulnerable to oil supply 

shocks and reliant on the willingness of other countries 

to provide sufficient supplies of oil; 

Whereas, although only 3 percent of proven oil reserves in the 

world are located in territory controlled by the United 

States, advances in fossil fuel extraction techniques and 

technologies could increase the United States energy supplies; and 

Whereas reducing energy consumption also benefits the 

United States by lowering the environmental impacts associated with fossil fuel use: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that— 

2 (1) it should be a goal of the United States to 

3 reduce the amount of foreign oil that will be im4 ported in 2025 by 40 percent from the amount the 

5 Energy Information Administration estimates will be 

6 imported in 2025; 

7 (2) the President should take measures to re8 duce the dependence of the United States on foreign 

9 oil by— 
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1 (A) not later than 1 year after the date of 

2 passage of this resolution, and every 2 years 

3 thereafter— 

4 (i) developing and implementing 

5 measures to reduce dependence on foreign 

6 oil by reducing oil in end-uses throughout 

7 the economy of the United States sufficient 

8 by 2015 to reduce by 1,000,000 barrels 

9 per day the total demand for oil in the 

10 United States projected for such year in 

11 the Reference Case in the Annual Energy 

12 Outlook 2005 report published by the En13 ergy Information Administration; and 

14 (ii) developing and implementing 

15 measures to reduce dependence on foreign 

16 oil by reducing oil in end-uses throughout 

17 the economy of the United States sufficient 

18 by 2025 to reduce by 7,640,000 barrels 

19 per day the total demand for oil in the 

20 United States projected for such year in 

21 the Reference Case in the Annual Energy 

22 Outlook 2005 report published by the En23 ergy Information Administration; or 

24 (B) if the President determines that there 

25 are insufficient legal authorities to achieve the 
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1 target for 2025, developing and implementing 

2 measures to reduce dependence on foreign oil 

3 by— 

4 (i) reducing oil in end-uses throughout 

5 the economy of the United States to the 

6 maximum extent practicable; and 

7 (ii) submitting to Congress proposed 

8 legislation or other recommendations to 

9 achieve the target; 

10 (3) in developing measures under paragraph 

11 (2), the President should— 

12 (A) ensure continued reliable and afford13 able energy for the United States, consistent 

14 with the creation of jobs and economic growth 

15 and maintaining the international competitive16 ness of businesses in the United States, includ17 ing the manufacturing sector; and 

18 (B) implement measures under paragraph 

19 (2) under existing authorities of the appropriate 

20 Federal agencies, as determined by the Presi21 dent; 

22 (4) not later than 1 year after the date of pas23 sage of this resolution, and annually thereafter, the 

24 President should submit to Congress a report, based 

25 on the most recent edition of the Annual Energy 
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1 Outlook published by the Energy Information Ad2 ministration, that assesses the progress made by the 

3 United States toward the goal of reducing depend4 ence on foreign oil imports by 2025, including by— 

5 (A) identifying the status of efforts to 

6 meet the goal described in paragraph (1); 

7 (B) assessing the effectiveness of any 

8 measure implemented under paragraph (2) dur9 ing the previous fiscal year in meeting the goal 

10 described in paragraph (1); and 

11 (C) describing plans to develop additional 

12 measures to meet the goal described in para13 graph (1). 

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