Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should immediately communicate to the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel and non-OPEC countries that participate in the cartel of crude oil producing countries the position of the United States that urgent action must be taken to increase world crude oil supplies so as to achieve stable crude oil prices, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hres-611
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
American investments
Appropriations
Cartels
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coal
Commerce
Congress
Deregulation
Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Energy conservation
Energy consumption
Energy development
Energy efficiency
Energy industries
Energy prices
Energy security
Energy supplies
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign investments
Free trade
Freedom of information
Gas industry
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Legislation
Nontariff trade barriers
OPEC countries
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Petroleum reserves
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Strategic materials
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and Congress should take both a short-term and a long-term approach to reducing and stabilizing crude oil prices as well as reducing dependence on foreign sources of energy.
 
Urges the President to communicate immediately to the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel and non-OPEC countries that participate in the cartel of crude oil producing countries that the United States: (1) seeks to maintain strong relations with crude oil producers around the world while promoting international efforts to remove barriers to energy trade and investment and increased access for U.S. energy firms around the world; (2) believes that restricting supply in a market that is in demand for additional crude oil does serious damage to OPEC member efforts to demonstrate that they represent a reliable source of crude oil supply; (3) believes that stable crude oil prices and supplies are essential for strong economic growth throughout the world; (4) seeks an immediate increase in the OPEC crude oil production quotas; and (5) will temporarily suspend further purchases of crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, thereby freeing up additional supply for the marketplace.
 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the actions and policies of the Administration with respect to energy should be transparent; and (2) the President should further review all administrative policies, programs, and regulations that put an undue burden on domestic energy producers, and consider new legislative policies aimed at increasing the ability of the domestic energy industries of the United States to supply a greater percentage of U.S. energy needs.
 
Urges the House of Representatives to appropriate sufficient funds for the development of domestic energy sources, including measures to increase the use of renewable energy resources and emerging technologies that could increase energy efficiency and reduce overall energy consumption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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 concerned.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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 concerned.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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 concerned.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House