3.0.0 5353 2023-01-13T04:48:29Z 2023-01-13T04:48:29Z House H HR 2006-05-11 109 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-05-11T14:00:35Z Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act of 2006 109 2787 S 2006-09-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9862-9863) Related bill CRS 2006-05-11 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2006-05-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000444 Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 6 N B000220 Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2] CHARLES BASS R NH F. 2 2006-05-11 True M001152 Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4] Marilyn Musgrave R CO N. 4 2006-05-11 True T000459 Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] LEE TERRY R NE 2 2006-05-18 False O000166 Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1] C. L. OTTER R ID 1 2006-05-19 False E000172 Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] JO EMERSON R MO ANN 8 2006-05-23 False International Affairs American investments Americans in foreign countries Caribbean area Cuba Energy Export controls Exports Foreign Trade and International Finance Gas in submerged lands Latin America Law Licenses Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Petroleum engineering Petroleum in submerged lands Prospecting Sanctions (International law) Submarine oil well drilling Territorial waters Travel International Affairs 00 2006-05-11 Introduced in House 2006-07-11T14:59:37Z Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act - Authorizes U.S. persons to: (1) explore and extract hydrocarbon resources from any portion of the foreign exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the U.S. exclusive economic zone; and (2) export without license authority all equipment necessary for the exploration for or extraction of hydrocarbon resources.

Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to allow under a general license employees of oil and gas producers, distributors, and shippers to travel to, from, or within Cuba to explore for and extract hydrocarbon resources from such zone.

]]> Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act Display Title Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act Official Title as Introduced To permit United States companies to participate in the exploration for and the extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of a foreign maritime exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the exclusive economic zone of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act Introduced in House 2006-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr5353ih/xml/BILLS-109hr5353ih.xml 2006-05-11 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.