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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keep America’s Oil 
Here Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States is taking a number of 
steps to reduce domestic consumption of oil. 
(2) In 2007, the Congress passed the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 
110–140), which increased fuel economy standards 
to at least 35 miles per gallon by 2020 and estab-
lished renewable fuel standards to ensure that 
enough renewable fuel is produced by 2022 to re-
duce the need for 1.6 million barrels of oil per day. 
These programs to reduce our domestic oil consump-
tion have yet to be fully implemented. 
(3) The administration of President Obama is 
accelerating the implementation of the fuel economy 
standards and greenhouse gas emission standards. 
(4) In 2010, the President issued a rule that 
required increased fuel economy and decreased glob-
al warming emissions for light-duty vehicles pro-
duced in model years 2012–2016. This rule is in the 
process of being implemented, and will reduce the 
need for an additional 1.9 million barrels of oil per 
day by 2030 and reduce the need for 2.3 million 
barrels of oil per day by 2040. 
(5) In 2012, the President issued a final rule 
to implement increased fuel economy and reduced 
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global warming emissions for light duty vehicles pro-
duced in model years 2017 through 2025. This rule, 
once fully implemented, will reduce the need for an 
additional 1.5 million barrels of oil per day by 2030 
and reduce the need for 2.4 million barrels of oil per 
day by 2040. 
(6) These actions will help reduce domestic con-
sumption of crude oil, which is an exhaustible nat-
ural resource. These measures represent only a por-
tion of Federal Government efforts to assist eco-
nomic growth and reduce economic pressures relat-
ing to high oil prices. 
(7) As the result of actions undertaken by the 
Congress and the executive branch, domestic oil pro-
duction has ramped up considerably. Crude oil pro-
duction in the United States is at its highest level 
in 15 years, while production of oil and natural gas 
liquids combined is at its highest level in 20 years. 
Domestic oil production is expected to continue ris-
ing through 2020. Restrictions on exports of oil pro-
duced on public lands are a necessary and appro-
priate complement to energy efficiency measures and 
will help to ensure a reliable and affordable supply 
of such oil and refined products from such oil. 
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SEC. 3. NO FOREIGN SALES OF OIL PRODUCED ON FED-
ERAL LANDS. 
The Secretary of the Interior may accept bids on any 
new oil and gas leases of Federal lands (including sub-
merged lands) under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) only from bidders certifying that 
all crude oil produced under such leases, and all refined 
petroleum products produced from such crude oil, shall be 
offered for sale only in the United States. 
SEC. 4. WAIVER. 
The President may provide for waiver of the applica-
tion of section 3 with respect to a lease in a case in 
which— 
(1) the President determines that such a waiver 
is in the national interest because it— 
(A) will not lead to an increase in domestic 
consumption of crude oil obtained from coun-
tries hostile to United States interests or that 
have political and economic instability that com-
promises energy supply security; 
(B) will not lead to higher costs to oil re-
finers that purchase the crude oil than such re-
finers would have to pay for crude oil in the ab-
sence of such a waiver; and 
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(C) will not lead to higher gasoline costs 
paid by consumers than consumers would have 
to pay in the absence of such a waiver; 
(2) an exchange of crude oil or refined petro-
leum products provides for no net loss of crude oil 
or refined petroleum products, respectively, con-
sumed domestically; 
(3) a waiver is necessary under the Constitu-
tion, a law, or an international agreement; or 
(4) a standing trade agreement with a North 
American trading partner allows for such exports, 
and all crude oil and refined petroleum products ex-
ported under such a waiver will be consumed in 
North America. 
SEC. 5. SUNSET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act, including any certifi-
cation made pursuant to this Act, shall have no force or 
effect after the expiration of the 10-year period beginning 
on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) REPORT.—Two years before the end of the period 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
each submit a report to the Congress on the impact of 
this Act on oil production on Federal lands, consumption 
of oil and refined petroleum products in the United States, 
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and prices and markets for oil and refined petroleum prod-
ucts in the United States. 
SEC. 6. REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCT DEFINED. 
In this Act the term ‘‘refined petroleum product’’ 
means any of the following: 
(1) Finished reformulated or conventional 
motor gasoline. 
(2) Finished aviation gasoline. 
(3) Kerosene-type jet fuel. 
(4) Kerosene. 
(5) Distillate fuel oil. 
(6) Residual fuel oil. 
(7) Lubricants. 
(8) Waxes. 
(9) Petroleum coke. 
(10) Asphalt and road oil. 
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