I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6579 
To require transfer of the 1002 Area of Alaska to the State of Alaska, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2008 
Mr. HALL of Texas (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. SAM JOHNSON 
of Texas, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. CARTER, Ms. 
GRANGER, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
WESTMORELAND, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. GINGREY, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. 
SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. MCCAR-
THY of California, Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. 
ROHRABACHER, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. SALI, Mr. KING of 
Iowa, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. KELLER of Florida, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. 
MCCOTTER, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. EVERETT, Ms. FOXX, 
Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. JORDAN 
of Ohio, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of Cali-
fornia, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, and Mr. FORTUN˜O) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committee on 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To require transfer of the 1002 Area of Alaska to the State 
of Alaska, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New Resources for 
Domestic Consumption Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to provide for the expedi-
tious development of oil, natural gas, and other resources 
of the 1002 Area of Alaska by transferring to the State 
of Alaska all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to such area. 
SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF 1002 AREA TO STATE OF ALASKA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of the Interior shall within 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act transfer to 
the State of Alaska all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the 1002 Area of Alaska, subject 
to the condition in subsection (b). 
(b) CONDITION.—As a condition of any transfer 
under this section, the Secretary shall require the State 
of Alaska to pay to the United States 50 percent of all 
amounts received by the State of Alaska as a result of 
development of oil, natural gas, and other natural re-
sources of the 1002 Area of Alaska. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF OIL. 
No oil produced in the 1002 Area of Alaska after the 
date of any transfer under section 3 may be exported from 
the United States. 
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SEC. 5. 1002 AREA OF ALASKA DEFINED. 
In this Act the term ‘‘1002 Area of Alaska’’ means 
the area described in appendix I to part 37 of title 50, 
Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on July 14, 
2008, popularly known as the Coastal Plain of the Arctic 
National Wildlife Refuge. 
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