[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4369 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4369

 To remove the restrictions on the export of Alaskan North Slope oil, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 1994

 Mr. Thomas of California (for himself, Mr. Dooley, Mr. Doolittle, and 
Mr. McCrery) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly 
  to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Natural 
              Resources, and Merchant Marine and Fisheries

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                                 A BILL


 
 To remove the restrictions on the export of Alaskan North Slope oil, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT AMENDMENT.

    Section 7(d) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2406(d)) is repealed.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORT REQUIREMENT.

    Any domestically produced crude oil that is transported by pipeline 
over right-of-way granted pursuant to section 203 of the Trans-Alaska 
Pipeline Authorization Act (43 U.S.C. 1652) shall, if exported, be 
transported in vessels eligible to engage in the coastwise trade that 
are documented under the laws of the United States.

SEC. 3. OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.

    The export of domestically produced crude oil transported by 
pipeline over right-of-way granted pursuant to section 203 of the 
Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act (43 U.S.C. 1652) shall not be 
subject to the restrictions contained in section 28(u) of the Mineral 
Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 185(u)), section 103 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6212), section 28 of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1354), or section 7430(e) of 
title 10, United States Code, or any regulations issued under any such 
provision of law.

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