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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1190 

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 14, 2013 

Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. HOLT) 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Here Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds the following: 

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

4 steps to reduce domestic consumption of oil. 

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

6 Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 

7 110–140), which increased fuel economy standards 

8 to at least 35 miles per gallon by 2020 and estab9 lished renewable fuel standards to ensure that 

10 enough renewable fuel is produced by 2022 to re11 duce the need for 1.6 million barrels of oil per day. 

12 These programs to reduce our domestic oil consump13 tion have yet to be fully implemented. 

14 (3) The administration of President Obama is 

15 accelerating the implementation of the fuel economy 

16 standards and greenhouse gas emission standards. 

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

18 required increased fuel economy and decreased glob19 al warming emissions for light-duty vehicles pro20 duced in model years 2012–2016. This rule is in the 

21 process of being implemented, and will reduce the 

22 need for an additional 1.9 million barrels of oil per 

23 day by 2030 and reduce the need for 2.3 million 

24 barrels of oil per day by 2040. 

25 (5) In 2012, the President issued a final rule 

26 to implement increased fuel economy and reduced 


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1 global warming emissions for light duty vehicles pro2 duced in model years 2017 through 2025. This rule, 

3 once fully implemented, will reduce the need for an 

4 additional 1.5 million barrels of oil per day by 2030 

5 and reduce the need for 2.4 million barrels of oil per 

6 day by 2040. 

7 (6) These actions will help reduce domestic con8 sumption of crude oil, which is an exhaustible nat9 ural resource. These measures represent only a por10 tion of Federal Government efforts to assist eco11 nomic growth and reduce economic pressures relat12 ing to high oil prices. 

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

14 Congress and the executive branch, domestic oil pro15 duction has ramped up considerably. Crude oil pro16 duction in the United States is at its highest level 

17 in 15 years, while production of oil and natural gas 

18 liquids combined is at its highest level in 20 years. 

19 Domestic oil production is expected to continue ris20 ing through 2020. Restrictions on exports of oil pro21 duced on public lands are a necessary and appro22 priate complement to energy efficiency measures and 

23 will help to ensure a reliable and affordable supply 

24 of such oil and refined products from such oil. 


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1 SEC. 3. NO FOREIGN SALES OF OIL PRODUCED ON FED2 ERAL LANDS. 

3 The Secretary of the Interior may accept bids on any 

4 new oil and gas leases of Federal lands (including sub5 merged lands) under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 

6 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

7 (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) only from bidders certifying that 

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

9 petroleum products produced from such crude oil, shall be 

10 offered for sale only in the United States. 

11 SEC. 4. WAIVER. 

12 The President may provide for waiver of the applica13 tion of section 3 with respect to a lease in a case in 

14 which— 

15 (1) the President determines that such a waiver 

16 is in the national interest because it— 

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

18 consumption of crude oil obtained from coun19 tries hostile to United States interests or that 

20 have political and economic instability that com21 promises energy supply security; 

22 (B) will not lead to higher costs to oil re23 finers that purchase the crude oil than such re24 finers would have to pay for crude oil in the ab25 sence of such a waiver; and 


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1 (C) will not lead to higher gasoline costs 

2 paid by consumers than consumers would have 

3 to pay in the absence of such a waiver; 

4 (2) an exchange of crude oil or refined petro5 leum products provides for no net loss of crude oil 

6 or refined petroleum products, respectively, con7 sumed domestically; 

8 (3) a waiver is necessary under the Constitu9 tion, a law, or an international agreement; or 

10 (4) a standing trade agreement with a North 

11 American trading partner allows for such exports, 

12 and all crude oil and refined petroleum products ex13 ported under such a waiver will be consumed in 

14 North America. 

15 SEC. 5. SUNSET. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—This Act, including any certifi17 cation made pursuant to this Act, shall have no force or 

18 effect after the expiration of the 10-year period beginning 

19 on the date of enactment of this Act. 

20 (b) REPORT.—Two years before the end of the period 

21 referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior 

22 and the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

23 each submit a report to the Congress on the impact of 

24 this Act on oil production on Federal lands, consumption 

25 of oil and refined petroleum products in the United States, 


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1 and prices and markets for oil and refined petroleum prod2 ucts in the United States. 

3 SEC. 6. REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCT DEFINED. 

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

5 means any of the following: 

6 (1) Finished reformulated or conventional 

7 motor gasoline. 

8 (2) Finished aviation gasoline. 

9 (3) Kerosene-type jet fuel. 

10 (4) Kerosene. 

11 (5) Distillate fuel oil. 

12 (6) Residual fuel oil. 

13 (7) Lubricants. 

14 (8) Waxes. 

15 (9) Petroleum coke. 

16 (10) Asphalt and road oil. 

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