[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 43 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 43

 Expressing the sense of the Congress that no new fee or tax should be 
 levied on oil imported into the United States from foreign countries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 1993

  Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Rohrbacher, Mr. Manzullo, 
  Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, and Mr. Blute) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
                                 Means

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Congress that no new fee or tax should be 
 levied on oil imported into the United States from foreign countries.

Whereas some areas of the United States are heavily dependent on imported oil, 
        and thus are extremely sensitive to sharp increases in the price of oil;
Whereas an oil import fee is geographically discriminatory because it would 
        place the burden of deficit reduction on import-dependent areas of the 
        United States;
Whereas an oil import fee is an inefficient means of collecting new revenue for 
        deficit reduction, with a large percentage of the revenue generated by 
        the resulting increase in oil prices going to domestic oil producers;
Whereas an oil import fee is regressive in nature, exerting a disproportionate 
        burden on lower income individuals;
Whereas an oil import fee has an especially serious impact on rural citizens, 
        who have few transportation options and must rely on the automobile for 
        travelling long distances to work;
Whereas the United States is recovering from an extended economic recession;
Whereas an oil import fee of $5 per barrel could cost United States consumers 
        $31,000,000,000 more than current prices, raising the cost of many other 
        goods and services; and
Whereas an oil import fee of $5 per barrel (in addition to the current cost per 
        barrel) could cost consumers an average of $319 per home in the New 
        England states, $256 in the Midwestern states, $273 in the Mid-Atlantic 
        states, and $252 in the Southern states: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that no tax or fee should be 
imposed on the import of oil from foreign countries unless such tax or 
fee was specifically provided for by statute or regulation in effect on 
the date of the adoption of this resolution.

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