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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3056 

To reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign oil, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 22, 2008 

Mr. BAYH (for himself, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. SALAZAR, 

Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. DURBIN, 

and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To reduce 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 2008’’. 

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 oil supply of 

7 the world; 

8 (3) the ongoing dependence of the United 

9 States on foreign oil is one of the greatest threats 

10 to the national security and economy of the United 

11 States; and 

12 (4) the United States needs to take trans13 formative steps to wean itself from its addiction to 

14 oil. 

15 SEC. 3. POLICY ON REDUCING OIL DEPENDENCE. 

16 It is the policy of the United States to reduce the 

17 dependence of the United States on oil, and thereby— 

18 (1) alleviate the strategic dependence of the 

19 United States on oil-producing countries; 

20 (2) reduce the economic vulnerability of the 

21 United States; and 

22 (3) reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associ23 ated with oil use. 


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1 SEC. 4. OIL SAVINGS PLAN. 

2 (a) INITIAL OIL SAVINGS TARGET AND ACTION

3 PLAN.—Not later than 270 days after the date of enact4 ment of this Act, an interagency task force composed of 

5 the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, 

6 the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

7 Secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the Envi8 ronmental Protection Agency, and the head of any other 

9 agency the President determines appropriate (referred to 

10 in this section as the ‘‘Interagency Task Force’’) shall 

11 publish in the Federal Register an action plan consisting 

12 of— 

13 (1) a draft list of proposals for agency action 

14 that will be sufficient, when taken together, to save 

15 from the baseline determined under subsection (d)— 

16 (A) 2,500,000 barrels of oil per day on av17 erage during calendar year 2016; 

18 (B) 7,000,000 barrels of oil per day on av19 erage during calendar year 2026; and 

20 (C) 10,000,000 barrels per day on average 

21 during calendar year 2030; and 

22 (2) a Federal Government-wide analysis dem23 onstrating— 

24 (A) the expected oil savings from the base25 line to be accomplished by— 


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1 (i) chapter 329 of title 49, United 

2 States Code (including regulations promul3 gated to carry out that chapter); and 

4 (ii) section 211(o) of the Clean Air 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)) (including regula6 tions promulgated to carry out section 

7 211(o) of that Act); and 

8 (B) that the proposals described in para9 graph (1), taken together with expected oil sav10 ings described in subparagraph (A), will achieve 

11 the oil savings specified in this subsection. 

12 (b) REVIEW AND UPDATE OF ACTION PLAN.— 

13 (1) REVIEW.—Not later than January 1, 2011, 

14 and every 3 years thereafter, the Interagency Task 

15 Force shall submit to Congress, and publish, a re16 port that— 

17 (A) evaluates the progress achieved in im18 plementing the oil savings targets established 

19 under subsection (a); 

20 (B) analyzes the expected oil savings under 

21 the action plan established under that sub22 section; and 

23 (C)(i) analyzes the potential to achieve oil 

24 savings that are in addition to the oil savings 

25 goals under that subsection; and 


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1 (ii) if the President determines that it is in 

2 the national interest, requires an analysis under 

3 that subsection for a higher oil savings goal for 

4 calendar year 2017 or any subsequent calendar 

5 year. 

6 (2) INSUFFICIENT OIL SAVINGS.—If the oil sav7 ings are less than the targets described in subsection 

8 (a), simultaneously with the report required under 

9 paragraph (1), the Interagency Task Force shall 

10 publish a revised action plan that is sufficient to 

11 achieve the targets. 

12 (c) PUBLIC COMMENT AND FINAL PROPOSALS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—After a 30-day period for 

14 public comment on the publications under subsection 

15 (a) and (b), the Interagency Task Force shall, not 

16 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

17 Act, issue a final list of proposals to meet the re18 quirements of this section. 

19 (2) ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.— 

20 The proposals shall include a request to Congress 

21 for any additional legislative authority necessary to 

22 implement the proposals. 

23 (d) BASELINE AND ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS.—In 

24 performing the analyses required for the action plan to 

25 achieve the oil savings described in subsection (a), the SecVerDate Aug 31 2005 03:52 May 24, 2008 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3056.IS S3056

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1 retary of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, the 

2 Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

3 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 

4 and the head of any other agency the President determines 

5 to be appropriate shall— 

6 (1) determine oil savings as the projected re7 duction in oil consumption from the baseline estab8 lished by the reference case contained in the report 

9 of the Energy Information Administration entitled 

10 ‘‘Annual Energy Outlook 2008’’; 

11 (2) determine the oil savings projections re12 quired on an annual basis for each of calendar years 

13 2009 through 2030; and 

14 (3) account for any overlap among implementa15 tion actions to ensure that the projected oil savings 

16 from all the implementation actions, taken together, 

17 are as accurate as practicable. 

18 (e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in 

19 this section affects the authority provided or responsibility 

20 delegated under any other law. 

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