[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1147 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1147

     To prohibit the exportation of Alaskan North Slope crude oil.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2001

Mr. English (for himself, Ms. Hart, and Mr. Ryun of Kansas) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To prohibit the exportation of Alaskan North Slope crude oil.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON EXPORTATION OF ALASKAN NORTH SLOPE CRUDE OIL.

    Effective 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act--
            (1) no 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) 
        may be exported from the United States, or any commonwealth, 
        territory, or possession of the United States; and
            (2) subsections (s) and (u) of section 28 of the Mineral 
        Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 185(s) and (u)), and section 
        7(d) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
        2406(d)), are repealed.

SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT.

    The President may, notwithstanding section 202 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act, exercise the authorities he has under 
sections 203 and 205 of that Act to carry out the prohibition under 
section 1 of this Act, and the penalties provided in section 206 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act shall apply to violations 
under this Act.
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