American Oil for American Families Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3011
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-06-06
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
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: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>American Oil for American Families Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the exportation of petroleum or certain products produced from petroleum if the petroleum was extracted from federal land. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3011 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 6, 2018 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 2018 . 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— (i) the Bureau of Land Management (including land held for the benefit of an Indian tribe); (ii) the National Park Service; (iii) the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; and (iv) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. (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.