3.0.0 2787 2023-01-13T04:48:19Z 2023-01-13T04:48:19Z Senate S S 2006-05-11 109 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-05-11T20:29:00Z Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act 109 5353 HR 2006-05-11 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. Related bill CRS 2006-09-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9862-9863) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-11 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2006-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN N R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2006-05-11 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2006-05-11 True T000162 Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] CRAIG THOMAS R WY 2006-05-11 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2006-05-11 True D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2006-05-11 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2006-05-11 True B000382 Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] ROBERT BENNETT R UT F. 2006-05-11 True B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2006-05-11 True B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. 2006-05-11 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2006-05-12 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2006-06-08 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2006-07-25 False P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2006-07-25 False W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2006-07-25 False S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. 2006-08-03 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2006-08-03 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 Senate 2006-07-11T14:59:22Z Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act of 2006 - 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 of 2006 Display Title Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to permit United States persons 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 Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2787is/xml/BILLS-109s2787is.xml 2006-09-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9862-9863) 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.