[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5663 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5663

 To penalize States that prohibit oil and gas exploration within their 
  borders by denying them the use of any oil or natural gas produced 
                        domestically elsewhere.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2006

 Mr. Gohmert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To penalize States that prohibit oil and gas exploration within their 
  borders by denying them the use of any oil or natural gas produced 
                        domestically elsewhere.

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

SECTION 1. STATE HYPOCRISY REFORM.

    (a) Any State that does not allow the exploration or the production 
of oil or gas within that State's boundaries or within the contiguous 
coastal zones of that State is prohibited from receiving oil or gas 
produced in any other State in the United States or its contiguous 
coastal zone.
    (b) As used in this section the term ``State'' means an entity that 
is a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, 
Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or any territory or 
possession of the United States, an Indian tribe, or a unit of local 
government of that entity.
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