3.0.0 1918 2023-01-11T13:19:35Z 2023-01-11T13:19:35Z House H HR 2009-04-02 111 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-04-02T13:15:41Z 2009-04-02 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2009-04-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-04-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000444 Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 6 N M000934 Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] Jerry Moran R KS 1 2009-04-02 True Energy Caribbean area Cuba Latin America Oil and gas Trade restrictions Travel and tourism Energy 00 2009-04-02 Introduced in House 2009-06-22T19:01:42Z Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act of 2009 - Permits U.S. persons (including agents and affiliates) to: (1) engage in any transaction necessary for exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of a foreign exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the exclusive economic zone of the United States; (2) export without license authority all equipment necessary for such exploration or extraction; and (3) import into the United States the hydrocarbon resources and products that are extracted under this Act.

Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize under a general license certain travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba in connection with exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources in any part of a foreign maritime exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the United States exclusive economic zone.

Includes among persons authorized to travel to Cuba under this Act full-time employees, executives, agents, and consultants of oil and gas producers, distributors, and shippers.

]]> Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act of 2009 Display Title Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act of 2009 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 of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-04-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1918ih/xml/BILLS-111hr1918ih.xml 2009-04-02 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 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.