To clarify the ownership of crude oil produced within the jurisdiction of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq and to authorize the President to provide defense articles and defense services to the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq.

Bill: 113-hr-5679
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2014-09-19
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Energy revenues and royalties

Iraq

Middle East

Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Oil and gas

Racial and ethnic relations
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>States that crude oil produced within the jurisdiction of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq shall, upon entering U.S. jurisdiction, be deemed to be owned exclusively by the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq or by any person that purchased such crude oil from the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq.</p> <p>Authorizes the President to provide defense articles and defense services directly to the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5679 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 19, 2014 Mr. Rohrabacher (for himself, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California , Mr. Culberson , Mr. Duncan of Tennessee , Mr. Salmon , Mr. Messer , Mr. Poe of Texas , Mr. Stockman , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Broun of Georgia , Mr. Jones , Mr. Long , and Mrs. Lummis ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To clarify the ownership of crude oil produced within the jurisdiction of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq and to authorize the President to provide defense articles and defense services to the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq.

1. Ownership of crude oil produced within the jurisdiction of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq Crude oil produced within the jurisdiction of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq shall, upon entering the jurisdiction of the United States, be deemed to be owned exclusively by the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq or by any person that purchased such crude oil from the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq. 2. Authority to provide defense articles and defense services to the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq (a) In general Notwithstanding section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2753 ), or any other provision of law, the President is authorized to provide defense articles and defense services directly to the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq. (b) Definitions In this section, the terms defense articles and defense services have the meanings given such terms in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2794 note).