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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7012 

To provide appropriations for certain activities relating to Ukraine, prohibit 

the importation of certain petroleum products from Russia, Iran, and 

Venezuela, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 9, 2022 

Mrs. BOEBERT (for herself, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. TIFFANY, and Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, 

Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Armed Services, and 

Foreign Affairs, 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 provide appropriations for certain activities relating to 

Ukraine, prohibit the importation of certain petroleum 

products from Russia, Iran, and Venezuela, 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 ‘‘Ukraine Assistance 

5 and American Energy Acceleration Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

2 FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. 

3 (a) PROVISION OF DEFENSE ASSISTANCE TO

4 UKRAINE.—There is appropriated, out of any money in 

5 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000 

6 to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal years 2022 and 

7 2023, to remain available until expended, for ‘‘Procure8 ment, Defense-wide’’ to provide the Government of 

9 Ukraine the following: 

10 (1) Small arms, grenade launchers, and ammu11 nition previously allocated for provision to Afghan 

12 Security Forces under the Afghan Security Forces 

13 Fund. 

14 (2) Man-portable missiles and rockets in a 

15 ready-to-fire configuration, including Dragon, Jav16 elin, FIM–92 Stinger Missiles, and other light anti17 tank weapons (66mm), shoulder-launched multipur18 pose assault weapon rockets (83mm), M136 (AT4) 

19 anti-armor launchers, and cartridges (84mm). 

20 (3) Night vision devices, including fused pano21 ramic night-vision goggles, squad binocular night vi22 sion goggles, and night vision and thermal and infra23 red sights for crew-served weapons. 

24 (4) Unmanned aerial vehicles (tactical and 

25 armed) and crew-served weapons ammunition with 

26 low-light and infrared night sights. 


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1 (5) Secure, commercial-off-the-shelf commu2 nications capabilities, including hand-held secure 

3 communications devices. 

4 (6) Individual protective equipment. 

5 (7) Field rations. 

6 (8) Field medical kits. 

7 (b) PROVISION OF DEFENSE ASSISTANCE TO NORTH

8 ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION MEMBERS.—There is 

9 appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other10 wise appropriated, $1,000,000,000 to the Secretary of De11 fense for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, to remain available 

12 until expended, for ‘‘Procurement, Defense-wide’’ to pro13 vide the Governments of the North Atlantic Treaty Orga14 nization with planes, tanks, munitions, and anti-air and 

15 anti-tank weaponry to bolster the deterrence efforts of 

16 those Governments against an invasion by the Russian 

17 Federation and to replace equipment donated by those 

18 Governments to the Government of Ukraine. 

19 (c) PROCUREMENT OF REPLACEMENT DEFENSE AR20 TICLES.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is appropriated, out 

22 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro23 priated, $1,000,000,000 to the Secretary of Defense 

24 for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, to remain available 

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1 fense articles to replace defense articles transferred 

2 to Ukraine and members of the North Atlantic Trea3 ty Organization. 

4 (2) DEFINITION OF DEFENSE ARTICLE.—In 

5 this subsection, the term ‘‘defense article’’ has the 

6 meaning given that term in section 47 of the Arms 

7 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794). 

8 SEC. 3. APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

9 FOR EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN ASSIST10 ANCE. 

11 (a) INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE.—There 

12 is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not oth13 erwise appropriated, $500,000,000 to the Secretary of 

14 State for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, to remain available 

15 until expended, for ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ to 

16 address humanitarian needs in Ukraine due to the impact 

17 caused by the Russian Federation’s invasion. 

18 (b) REFUGEE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.—There is 

19 appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other20 wise appropriated, $250,000,000 to the Secretary of State 

21 for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, to remain available until 

22 expended, for ‘‘Refugee Relocation Assistance’’ to provide 

23 monetary and personnel assistance for the Polish, 

24 Moldovan, and European Union member states that are 

25 accepting Ukrainian refugees. 


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1 SEC. 4. APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

2 FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. 

3 (a) ELECTRICAL GRID INTEGRATION.—There is ap4 propriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other5 wise appropriated, $30,000,000, to the Secretary of En6 ergy for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, to remain available 

7 until expended, for ‘‘Electrical Grid Integration’’, to inte8 grate the Ukraine electrical grid European Network of 

9 Transmission System Operators for Electricity. 

10 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF RUSSIAN, IRA11 NIAN, AND VENEZUELAN PETROLEUM PROD12 UCTS. 

13 (a) PROHIBITION.—The President shall prohibit the 

14 importation of all petroleum products (as such term is de15 fined in section 3 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 6202)) originating from Russia, Iran, or 

17 Venezuela into the customs territory of the United States 

18 (as such term is defined in General Note 2 of the Har19 monized Tariff Schedule). 

20 (b) PENALTIES.—The President is authorized to use 

21 appropriate authorities to impose such civil or criminal 

22 penalties as may be necessary to enforce the prohibition 

23 under subsection (a). 

24 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

25 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con26 gressional committees’’ means— 


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1 (1) the Speaker of the House of Representa2 tives and the President pro tempore of the Senate; 

3 (2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com4 mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed 

5 Services, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

6 and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

7 of the House of Representatives; and 

8 (3) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com9 mittee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 

10 Armed Services, the Committee on Energy and Nat11 ural Resources, and the Select Committee on Intel12 ligence of the Senate. 

13 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE. 

14 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—TransCanada Keystone Pipe15 line, L.P. may construct, connect, operate, and maintain 

16 the pipeline facilities at the international border of the 

17 United States and Canada at Phillips County, Montana, 

18 for the import of oil from Canada to the United States 

19 described in the Presidential Permit of March 29, 2019 

20 (84 Fed. Reg. 1310). 

21 (b) PRESIDENTIAL PERMITS.—No Presidential per22 mit or any other Executive order shall be required for the 

23 construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the 

24 pipeline facilities described in subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON MORATORIA OF NEW ENERGY 

2 LEASES ON FEDERAL LAND AND WATERS. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) CRITICAL MINERAL.—The term ‘‘critical 

5 mineral’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

6 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 

7 1601(a)). 

8 (2) FEDERAL LAND.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Federal 

10 land’’ means— 

11 (i) National Forest System land; 

12 (ii) public lands (as defined in section 

13 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Man14 agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)); 

15 (iii) the outer Continental Shelf in 

16 section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf 

17 Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331); and 

18 (iv) land managed by the Secretary of 

19 Energy. 

20 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Federal 

21 land’’ includes land described in clauses (i) 

22 through (iv) in subparagraph (A) for which the 

23 rights to the surface estate or subsurface estate 

24 are owned by a non-Federal entity. 


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1 (3) PRESIDENT.—The term ‘‘President’’ means 

2 the President or any designee of the President, in3 cluding— 

4 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture; 

5 (B) the Secretary of Energy; and 

6 (C) the Secretary. 

7 (b) PROHIBITIONS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

9 provision of law, the President may officially not 

10 carry out any action that would prohibit or substan11 tially delay the issuance of any of the following on 

12 Federal land, unless such an action has been author13 ized by an Act of Congress: 

14 (A) New oil and gas leases, drill permits, 

15 approvals, or authorizations. 

16 (B) New coal leases, permits, approvals, or 

17 authorizations. 

18 (C) New hardrock leases, permits, approv19 als, or authorizations. 

20 (D) New critical minerals leases, permits, 

21 approvals, or authorizations. 

22 (2) PROHIBITION ON WITHDRAWAL.—Notwith23 standing any other provision of law, the President 

24 may not withdraw any Federal land from forms of 

25 entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public 


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1 land laws, location, entry, and patent under the min2 ing laws, or disposition under laws pertaining to 

3 mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials 

4 unless the withdrawal has been authorized by an Act 

5 of Congress. 

6 SEC. 8. OIL AND NATURAL GAS LEASING. 

7 (a) ONSHORE LEASE SALES.— 

8 (1) REQUIREMENT TO IMMEDIATELY RESUME

9 ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASE SALES.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 

11 Interior (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec12 retary’’) shall immediately resume oil and gas 

13 lease sales in compliance with the Mineral Leas14 ing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 

15 (B) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 

16 ensure that any oil and gas lease sale under 

17 subparagraph (A) is conducted immediately on 

18 completion of all applicable scoping, public com19 ment, and environment analysis requirements 

20 under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 

21 et seq.) and the National Environmental Policy 

22 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

23 (2) ANNUAL OIL AND NATURAL GAS LEASE

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

2 other provision of law, in accordance with the 

3 Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), 

4 April 1, 2022, the Secretary shall conduct a 

5 minimum of 4 oil and natural gas lease sales 

6 annually in each of the following States: 

7 (i) Wyoming. 

8 (ii) New Mexico. 

9 (iii) Colorado. 

10 (iv) Utah. 

11 (v) Montana. 

12 (vi) North Dakota. 

13 (vii) Oklahoma. 

14 (viii) Nevada. 

15 (ix) Any other State in which there is 

16 land available for oil and natural gas leas17 ing under that Act. 

18 (B) REQUIREMENT.—In conducting a lease 

19 sale under subparagraph (A) in a State de20 scribed in that subparagraph, the Secretary 

21 shall offer all parcels eligible for oil and gas de22 velopment under the resource management plan 

23 in effect for the State. 

24 (C) REPLACEMENT SALES.—If, for any 

25 reason, a lease sale under subparagraph (A) for 


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1 a calendar year is canceled, delayed, or de2 ferred, including for lack of eligible parcels, the 

3 Secretary shall conduct a replacement sale dur4 ing the same calendar year. 

5 (b) OFFSHORE LEASE SALES.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 

7 all lease sales described in the 2017–2022 Outer 

8 Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed 

9 Final Program (November 2016) that have not been 

10 conducted as of the date of enactment of this Act by 

11 not later than April 1, 2022. 

12 (2) GULF OF MEXICO REGION ANNUAL LEASE

13 SALES.—Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

14 law, no later than 30 days following the enactment 

15 of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a minimum 

16 of 4 region-wide oil and natural gas lease sales an17 nually in the Gulf of Mexico Region of the outer 

18 Continental Shelf, which shall include the following 

19 areas described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental 

20 Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program 

21 (November 2016): 

22 (A) The Central Gulf of Mexico Planning 

23 Area. 

24 (B) The Western Gulf of Mexico Planning 

25 Area. 


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1 (3) ALASKA REGION ANNUAL LEASE SALES.— 

2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, begin3 ning 30 days after the enactment of this Act, the 

4 Secretary shall conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide 

5 oil and natural gas lease sales annually in the Alas6 ka Region of the outer Continental Shelf, as de7 scribed in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf 

8 Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (No9 vember 2016). 

10 (4) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting lease sales 

11 under paragraphs (2) and (3) the Secretary shall— 

12 (A) issue leases to the highest responsibly 

13 qualified bidder or bidders; and 

14 (B) include in each lease sale all unleased 

15 areas that are not subject to restrictions as of 

16 the date of the lease sale. 

17 (5) OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS

18 LEASING PROGRAM.—Section 18 of the Outer Conti19 nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is amend20 ed— 

21 (A) in subsection (a), in the first sentence 

22 of the matter preceding paragraph (1), by strik23 ing ‘‘subsections (c) and (d) of this section’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘subsections (c) through (f)’’; 


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1 (B) by redesignating subsections (f) 

2 through (h) as subsections (g) through (i), re3 spectively; and 

4 (C) by inserting after subsection (e) the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(f) SUBSEQUENT LEASING PROGRAMS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 36 months 

8 after conducting the first lease sale under an oil and 

9 gas leasing program prepared pursuant to this sec10 tion, the Secretary shall begin preparing the subse11 quent oil and gas leasing program under this sec12 tion. 

13 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—Each subsequent oil and 

14 gas leasing program under this section shall be ap15 proved not later than 180 days before the expiration 

16 of the previous oil and gas leasing program.’’. 

17 SEC. 9. EXPEDITED APPROVAL FOR NATURAL GAS INTER18 STATE PIPELINES. 

19 Subsection (c) of section 7 of the Natural Gas Act 

20 (15 U.S.C. 717F(c)) is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(c) CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND

22 NECESSITY.— 

23 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION.— 

24 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT TO APPLY FOR CER25 TIFICATE.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No natural-gas 

2 company or person which will be a natural3 gas company upon completion of any pro4 posed construction or extension shall en5 gage in the transportation or sale of nat6 ural gas, subject to the jurisdiction of the 

7 Commission, or undertake the construction 

8 or extension of any facilities therefor, or 

9 acquire or operate any such facilities or ex10 tensions thereof, unless there is in force 

11 with respect to such natural-gas company 

12 a certificate of public convenience and ne13 cessity issued by the Commission author14 izing such acts or operations. 

15 ‘‘(ii) PRIOR OPERATIONS.—If any 

16 such natural-gas company or predecessor 

17 in interest was bona fide engaged in trans18 portation or sale of natural gas, subject to 

19 the jurisdiction of the Commission, on the 

20 effective date of this amendatory Act, over 

21 the route or routes or within the area for 

22 which application is made and has so oper23 ated since that time, the Commission shall 

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1 cessity will be served by such operation, 

2 and without further proceedings, if applica3 tion for such certificate is made to the 

4 Commission within ninety days after the 

5 effective date of this amendatory Act. 

6 Pending the determination of any such ap7 plication, the continuance of such oper8 ation shall be lawful. 

9 ‘‘(iii) PROJECTS THAT MEET SAFETY

10 REGULATIONS.—With respect to any appli11 cation for a certificate of public conven12 ience and necessity under clause (i) for 

13 which the Commission determines that 

14 project covered by the application meets all 

15 safety regulations in effect as of the date 

16 of the application, the Commission shall 

17 issue the certificate without requiring fur18 ther proof that public convenience and ne19 cessity will be served by the project, and 

20 without further proceedings. 

21 ‘‘(B) HEARINGS.—In all cases other than 

22 the cases described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of 

23 subparagraph (A), the Commission shall set the 

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1 ested persons as in its judgment may be nec2 essary under rules and regulations to be pre3 scribed by the Commission; and the application 

4 shall be decided in accordance with the proce5 dure provided in subsection (e) of this section 

6 and such certificate shall be issued or denied 

7 accordingly: Provided, however, That the Com8 mission may issue a temporary certificate in 

9 cases of emergency, to assure maintenance of 

10 adequate service or to serve particular cus11 tomers, without notice or hearing, pending the 

12 determination of an application for a certificate, 

13 and may by regulation exempt from the require14 ments of this section temporary acts or oper15 ations for which the issuance of a certificate 

16 will not be required in the public interest.’’. 

17 SEC. 10. DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102(2) of the National 

19 Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)) 

20 is amended— 

21 (1) in subparagraph (C)— 

22 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

23 inserting ‘‘in the United States’’ after ‘‘human 

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1 (B) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘in the 

2 United States’’ after ‘‘proposed action’’; and 

3 (C) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘in the 

4 United States’’ after ‘‘environmental effects’’; 

5 and 

6 (2) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ‘‘in any 

7 proposal or other major Federal action that involves 

8 the funding or development of projects outside the 

9 United States or the exclusive economic zone of the 

10 United States,’’ before ‘‘recognize’’. 

11 (b) IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.—Not later than 

12 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Council 

13 on Environmental Quality shall revise the implementing 

14 regulations of the National Environmental Policy Act of 

15 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) under subchapter A of 

16 chapter V of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc17 cessor regulations), in accordance with the amendments 

18 made by subsection (a). 

19 SEC. 11. LIMITATION. 

20 None of the funds made available by this Act may 

21 be used to carry out Federal Energy Regulatory Commis22 sion Updated Pipeline Certificate Policy Statement (Pub23 lic Law 18–1–000) updated February 17, 2022. 


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1 SEC. 12. RESPONSIBLE ENERGY PRODUCTION IN THE ARC2 TIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. 

3 (a) APPLICABILITY TO SECTION 1002 OF THE ARC4 TIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

6 provision of law, title II of Public Law 115–97 is the 

7 law of the land and any Executive order, secretarial 

8 order or regulation aiming to block this title shall 

9 have no force or effect. 

10 SEC. 13. NATURAL GAS EXPORTS. 

11 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

12 (1) increasing clean and safe natural gas ex13 ports will lead to increased investment and develop14 ment of domestic supplies of natural gas that will 

15 contribute to job growth and economic development; 

16 and 

17 (2) the export of clean and safe natural gas to 

18 other nations is of vital national interest to the 

19 United States. 

20 (b) NATURAL GAS EXPORTS.—Section 3(c) of the 

21 Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended— 

22 (1) by inserting ‘‘or any other nation not ex23 cluded by this section’’ after ‘‘trade in natural gas’’; 

24 (2) by inserting ‘‘and in any event by not later 

25 than 60 days after the date on which the application 

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1 (3) by striking ‘‘(c) For purposes’’ and insert2 ing the following: 

3 ‘‘(c) EXPEDITED APPLICATION AND APPROVAL

4 PROCESS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes’’; and 

6 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any nation subject to 

9 sanctions or trade restrictions imposed by the 

10 United States is excluded from expedited ap11 proval under paragraph (1). 

12 ‘‘(B) DESIGNATION BY PRESIDENT OR

13 CONGRESS.—The President or Congress may 

14 designate nations that may be excluded from 

15 expedited approval under paragraph (1) for rea16 sons of national security. 

17 ‘‘(3) ORDER NOT REQUIRED.—No order is re18 quired under subsection (a) to authorize the export 

19 or import of any natural gas to or from Canada or 

20 Mexico.’’. 

21 SEC. 14. PENDING APPLICATIONS TO EXPORT NATURAL 

22 GAS. 

23 All applications to export natural gas from the United 

24 States to a foreign country submitted under section 3(a) 

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1 period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on Jan2 uary 1, 2025, are deemed approved. 

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