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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 965 

To eliminate oil exports from Iran by expanding domestic production. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 15, 2013 

Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. WICKER, Mr. 

RISCH, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BURR, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. COATS, Mr. HATCH, 

and Mr. LEE) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To eliminate oil exports from Iran by expanding domestic 

production. 

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 ‘‘Iran Sanctions Imple5 mentation Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

8 (1) despite recently enacted sanctions, Iran con9 tinues to export 1,250,000 barrels of oil per day; 


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1 (2) 70 percent of the revenue of the Govern2 ment of Iran comes from oil exports; 

3 (3) exports of oil from Iran enable the Govern4 ment of Iran to finance its nuclear weapons program 

5 and support rogue actors such as the Assad regime 

6 of Syria; 

7 (4) the international community has reduced its 

8 reliance on oil from Iran, but has balked at a full 

9 embargo out of fear that the supply of oil on the 

10 world market would be insufficient to meet demand 

11 without massive price increases and disruptions to 

12 the world economy; 

13 (5) by expanding oil production in the United 

14 States by 1,250,000 barrels per day, the United 

15 States will displace all oil exports from Iran on the 

16 world market; and 

17 (6) displacing oil exports from Iran will enable 

18 the imposition of a full embargo against oil from 

19 Iran, further isolating the country and reducing its 

20 ability to threaten global stability. 

21 SEC. 3. IRANIAN OIL REPLACEMENT ZONES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall designate any 

23 area of Federal land that the President determines appro24 priate as an ‘‘Iranian Oil Replacement Zone’’ (referred to 

25 in this Act as a ‘‘Zone’’). 


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1 (b) TRANSPORTATION.—Each Zone shall include any 

2 area of Federal land necessary for the transportation, in3 cluding by truck, train, or pipeline, of the oil produced 

4 in that Zone to market. 

5 (c) PRODUCTION.—The President shall make des6 ignations under subsection (a) until the date on which the 

7 Department of the Interior determines that the total daily 

8 production of oil from the Zones will reach 1,250,000 bar9 rels of oil per day. 

10 (d) DESIGNATION.—The designation of Zones under 

11 this section shall terminate on the date that is 30 days 

12 after the date on which the President makes the certifi13 cation described in section 401(a) of the Comprehensive 

14 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 

15 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8551(a)). 

16 SEC. 4. EXPEDITED PERMITTING. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each Zone shall be subject to the 

18 rules and regulations of the State in which the Zone is 

19 located. 

20 (b) ZONES LOCATED IN MORE THAN 1 STATE.—If 

21 the Zone spans more than 1 State, each State shall have 

22 authority over the portion of the Zone located in that 

23 State. 


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1 SEC. 5. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 

2 (a) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—The designation of Federal 

3 land under this Act shall not be subject to judicial review. 

4 (b) APPLICABILITY OF NEPA.—The designation of 

5 Federal land under this Act shall not— 

6 (1) constitute a major Federal action for pur7 poses of the National Environmental Policy Act of 

8 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or 

9 (2) be subject to review under that Act. 

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