Title: Expressing the sense of Congress that the President of the United States should consider the potential impacts to the workforce, economy, and energy security of Pennsylvania and the greater national energy industry when pursuing domestic and international energy policy, including the purchase of energy resources from foreign adversaries, the approval of pipelines, and the consideration of permits for energy and minerals development.
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
This concurrent resolution expresses the sense of Congress that the President should consider the effect on Pennsylvania when conducting domestic and international energy policy, including pipeline approvals and permits for energy and mineral development.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 85 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 85

   Expressing the sense of Congress that the President of the United 
States should consider the potential impacts to the workforce, economy, 
  and energy security of Pennsylvania and the greater national energy 
   industry when pursuing domestic and international energy policy, 
 including the purchase of energy resources from foreign adversaries, 
the approval of pipelines, and the consideration of permits for energy 
                       and minerals development.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 7, 2022

Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Kelly 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Keller, Mr. Meuser, and 
 Mr. Smucker) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of Congress that the President of the United 
States should consider the potential impacts to the workforce, economy, 
  and energy security of Pennsylvania and the greater national energy 
   industry when pursuing domestic and international energy policy, 
 including the purchase of energy resources from foreign adversaries, 
the approval of pipelines, and the consideration of permits for energy 
                       and minerals development.

Whereas the Energy Information Administration finds that Pennsylvania--

    (1) is the second largest producer of natural gas in the United States;

    (2) has the most underground gas storage sites in the Nation, at 49 
sites;

    (3) is the third largest net exporter of natural gas to other States;

    (4) is the third largest coal-producing State in the Nation;

    (5) is the second largest exporter of coal to foreign markets;

    (6) is ranked third in total electricity generation;

    (7) is ranked second in nuclear power electricity generation;

    (8) is the largest net exporter of electricity to other States;

    (9) is the third largest net supplier of total energy to other States; 
and

    (10) is home to the site of the first commercial oil well and has a 
robust history of providing energy to people in the United States: Now, 
therefore, be it

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the President of the United 
States should consider the potential impacts to the workforce, economy, 
and energy security of Pennsylvania and the greater national energy 
industry when pursuing domestic and international energy policy, 
including the purchase of energy resources from foreign adversaries, 
the approval of pipelines, and the consideration of permits for energy 
and minerals development.
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