Title: American Petroleum First Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
American Petroleum First Act
This bill exempts certain vessels transporting crude oil or petroleum products from vessel documentation requirements as well as coastwise endorsement requirements.
Specifically, the bill authorizes a vessel certificate of documentation (i.e., registration) to be issued for a vessel transporting crude oil or petroleum products, unless the vessel is (1) owned by a Russian national or Russia, (2) a Russian-flagged vessel, or (3) a vessel with any Russian crew member.
The bill also authorizes a coastwise endorsement to be issued for a vessel that is transporting oil or petroleum products. Such an endorsement allows a vessel to engage in certain trade.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7343 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7343

To exempt certain vessels transporting crude oil and petroleum products 
    from certain coastwise endorsement requirements, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 31, 2022

  Mr. Perry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To exempt certain vessels transporting crude oil and petroleum products 
    from certain coastwise endorsement requirements, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Petroleum First Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM COASTWISE LAWS FOR VESSELS TRANSPORTING CRUDE 
              OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.

    (a) General Eligibility Requirements.--Section 12103 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Exception for Vessels Transporting Crude Oil and Petroleum 
Products.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), a 
        certificate of documentation may be issued under this chapter 
        for any vessel transporting crude oil and petroleum products.
            ``(2) Certain vessels excluded.--Paragraph (1) shall not 
        apply to--
                    ``(A) a vessel that is owned, in whole or in part, 
                by--
                            ``(i) a Russian national; or
                            ``(ii) the Government of the Russian 
                        Federation; and
                    ``(B) a Russian-flagged vessel; or
                    ``(C) a vessel for which any crewmember is a 
                Russian national.''.
    (b) Coastwise Endorsement.--Section 12112(a)(2)(B) of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii) by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (iii) by striking ``and'' at the end and 
        inserting ``or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(iv) transports crude oil and petroleum products; 
                and''.
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