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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4826 

To authorize the Secretary of Energy to provide technical assistance to 

the Armed Forces of the United States with respect to ongoing activities 

of the Armed Forces to address energy resources that are being utilized 

by the Islamic State or would be beneficial to the Islamic State, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 22, 2016 

Mr. OLSON (for himself, Mr. ASHFORD, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. 

POMPEO, Mr. COSTA, Mr. LONG, Mr. HARPER, Mr. KING of New York, 

Mr. BARTON, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mrs. ELLMERS of North 

Carolina, and Mr. KNIGHT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services and Energy and Commerce, for a period to 

be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Energy to provide technical 

assistance to the Armed Forces of the United States 

with respect to ongoing activities of the Armed Forces 

to address energy resources that are being utilized by 

the Islamic State or would be beneficial to the Islamic 

State, 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 ‘‘Energy and American 

3 Security Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that— 

6 (1) the United States Government should take 

7 appropriate actions to prohibit energy production by 

8 the Islamic State and the ability of the Islamic State 

9 to find markets for, capitalize on, or profit from rev10 enues related to energy production; 

11 (2) such actions should address procurement of 

12 oil and gas equipment, refining, distribution, trans13 portation, technical expertise, and the use of finan14 cial institutions to facilitate such activities; 

15 (3) in addition to military actions, such actions 

16 should include cooperation with the Department of 

17 State, the Department of the Treasury, and other 

18 appropriate Federal agencies to undermine the fi19 nances of the Islamic State; 

20 (4) energy resources can, and have, become a 

21 means of harming, and financing actions counter to, 

22 the national interests and security of the United 

23 States and its allies, and the Department of Defense 

24 should utilize resources from across the United 

25 States Government, including the Department of 


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1 Energy and Department of State, to counter the im2 pact of these actions; and 

3 (5) the national energy policy of the United 

4 States should include consideration of national secu5 rity. 

6 SEC. 3. ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ENERGY RESOURCES 

7 BEING UTILIZED BY THE ISLAMIC STATE OR 

8 WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE ISLAMIC 

9 STATE. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy is au11 thorized to provide technical assistance to the Armed 

12 Forces of the United States with respect to ongoing activi13 ties of the Armed Forces to address energy resources (in14 cluding both for transportation and electrification pur15 poses) that are being utilized by the Islamic State or 

16 would be beneficial to the Islamic State. 

17 (b) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance authorized 

18 under subsection (a) may include the following: 

19 (1) Identification of such energy resources and 

20 the revenue such energy resources provide. 

21 (2) Identification of methods to hinder, destroy, 

22 or discourage the development, transportation, and 

23 sale of such energy resources. 

24 (c) OTHER ACTIONS.—The Secretary of Energy, to 

25 the maximum extent practicable and appropriate, shall 


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1 make every effort to raise the issue of countering such 

2 energy resources in meetings with officials of foreign gov3 ernments, international organizations, and the private sec4 tor. 

5 SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING. 

6 The Secretary of Energy (or the Secretary’s des7 ignee) shall brief Congress on any significant opportuni8 ties to supplant or undermine the need for energy re9 sources (including both for transportation and electrifica10 tion purposes) that are being utilized by the Islamic State 

11 or would be beneficial to the Islamic State. 

12 SEC. 5. ISLAMIC STATE DEFINED. 

13 In this Act, the term ‘‘Islamic State’’— 

14 (1) means the Islamic State or any immediate 

15 successor organization; and 

16 (2) includes any affiliate thereof. 

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