American Oil for American Families Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-435
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2013-03-04
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand

Forests, forestry, trees

General public lands matters

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Motor fuels

Oil and gas

Trade restrictions
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>American Oil for American Families Act of 2013 - Bans the export from the United States of petroleum extracted from public lands in the United States (including lands located on the outer Continental Shelf [OCS]), or a petroleum product produced from such petroleum.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 435 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 4, 2013 Mr. Menendez introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To ban the exportation of crude oil or refined petroleum products derived from Federal land, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Oil for American Families Act of 2013 . 2. Ban on exporting crude oil or refined petroleum products derived from Federal land (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Petroleum product The term petroleum product means any of the following: (A) Finished reformulated or conventional motor gasoline. (B) Finished aviation gasoline. (C) Kerosene-type jet fuel. (D) Kerosene. (E) Distillate fuel oil. (F) Residual fuel oil. (G) Lubricants. (H) Waxes. (I) Petroleum coke. (J) Asphalt and road oil. (2) Public land (A) In general The term public land means any land and interest in land owned by the United States within the several States and administered by the Secretary concerned, without regard to how the United States acquired ownership. (B) Inclusion The term public land includes land on the outer Continental Shelf. (3) Secretary concerned The term Secretary concerned means— (A) the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the Forest Service), with respect to National Forest System land; and (B) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (including land held for the benefit of an Indian tribe). (b) Ban Notwithstanding any other provision of law, petroleum extracted from public land, or a petroleum product produced from the petroleum extracted from public land, may not be exported from the United States.