CRUDE Act

Bill: 117-hr-6259
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2021-12-14
Policy area: Energy
Latest action: action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-12-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Continuing Robust and Uninhibited Drilling and Exporting Act or the CRUDE Act</b></p> <p>This bill limits the President's authority to restrict the export of crude oil from the United States. Currently, the President may restrict the export of oil for up to a year if</p> <ul> <li>the President declares a national emergency;</li> <li>the restrictions apply to countries, persons, or organizations for reasons of national security; or</li> <li>the Department of Commerce finds and reports to the President that the export of crude oil has caused sustained material oil supply shortages or sustained oil prices significantly above world market levels and those shortages or price increases have caused or are likely to cause sustained material adverse employment effects.</li> </ul> <p>However, this bill only allows the President to make such restrictions if</p> <ul> <li>the restrictions apply to countries, persons, or organizations for reasons of national security; or</li> <li>the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and Commerce jointly make those findings and report them to the President and Congress.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6259 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 14, 2021 Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Newhouse , Ms. Van Duyne , Mr. Jackson , Ms. Granger , Mr. Williams of Texas , Mr. Cawthorn , Mrs. Miller of West Virginia , Mr. Pfluger , Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas , Mr. Budd , Mr. Balderson , Mr. Roy , Mr. Fallon , Mr. Babin , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Gooden of Texas , Mr. Duncan , Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma , Mr. Cloud , Mr. Taylor , Mr. Crenshaw , and Mr. McCaul ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To revise the authority provided to the President to impose export licensing requirements or other restrictions on the export of crude oil from the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Continuing Robust and Uninhibited Drilling and Exporting Act or the CRUDE Act . 2. Crude oil export licensing requirements and other restrictions Section 101(d)(1) of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 ( 42 U.S.C. 6212a(d)(1) ) is amended— (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: (A) (i) the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of Commerce jointly find and report to the President and to the Congress that— (I) the export of crude oil pursuant to this Act has caused sustained material oil supply shortages or sustained oil prices significantly above world market levels that are directly attributable to the export of crude oil produced in the United States; and (II) those supply shortages or price increases have caused or are likely to cause sustained material adverse employment effects in the United States; and (ii) the President declares a national emergency based on the findings of a report under clause (i) and formally notices the declaration of a national emergency in the Federal Register; or ; (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ; or and inserting a period; and (3) by striking subparagraph (C).