I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 156 
To repeal the crude oil export ban under the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. MCCAUL (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. POE of Texas, 
and Mr. BRIDENSTINE) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees 
on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Rules, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To repeal the crude oil export ban under the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act, 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 ‘‘Crude Oil Export Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CRUDE OIL EXPORTS. 
(a) REPEAL OF PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO RE-
STRICT OIL EXPORTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 103 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6212) is re-
pealed. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 12 of the Alaska Natural Gas 
Transportation Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 719j) is 
amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and section 103 of the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘such Acts’’ and in-
serting ‘‘that Act’’. 
(B) The Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act is amended— 
(i) in section 251 (42 U.S.C. 6271)— 
(I) by striking subsection (d); 
and 
(II) by redesignating subsection 
(e) as subsection (d); and 
(ii) in section 523(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 
6393(a)(1)), by striking ‘‘(other than sec-
tion 103 thereof)’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF LIMITATIONS ON EXPORTS OF OIL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 28 of the Mineral 
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (u); and 
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(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(v) 
through (y) as subsections (u) through (x), re-
spectively. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 1107(c) of the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
3167(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘(u) through 
(y)’’ and inserting ‘‘(u) through (x)’’. 
(B) Section 23 of the Deep Water Port 
Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1522) is repealed. 
(C) Section 203(c) of the Trans-Alaska 
Pipeline Authorization Act (43 U.S.C. 1652(c)) 
is amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘(w)(2), and (x))’’ and inserting ‘‘(v)(2), and 
(w))’’. 
(D) Section 509(c) of the Public Utility 
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 
2009(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection 
(w)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (v)(2)’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF LIMITATIONS ON EXPORT OF OCS 
OIL OR GAS.—Section 28 of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1354) is repealed. 
(d) TERMINATION OF LIMITATION ON EXPORTATION 
OF CRUDE OIL.—Section 7(d) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2406(d)) (as in effect 
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pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)) shall have no force or 
effect. 
(e) CLARIFICATION OF CRUDE OIL REGULATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 754.2 of title 15, 
Code of Federal Regulations (relating to crude oil) 
shall have no force or effect. 
(2) CRUDE OIL LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department 
of Commerce shall grant licenses to export to a 
country crude oil (as the term is defined in sub-
section (a) of the regulation referred to in paragraph 
(1)) (as in effect on the date that is 1 day before 
the date of enactment of this Act) unless— 
(A) the country is subject to sanctions or 
trade restrictions imposed by the United States; 
or 
(B) the President or Congress has des-
ignated the country as subject to exclusion for 
reasons of national security. 
(f) PRESIDENTIAL BAN.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The President may, subject 
to paragraph (2), impose a ban on the export of 
crude oil from the United States for a period of not 
more than 90 days during a period of national emer-
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gency. Such ban may be renewed for additional peri-
ods during the period of national emergency. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT.—The act of 
imposing or renewing a ban under paragraph (1) 
shall be considered a major rule subject to a resolu-
tion of disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Congres-
sional Review Act’’). 
Æ 
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