109 HR 5663 IH: To penalize States that prohibit oil and gas exploration U.S. House of Representatives 2006-06-21 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.

I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5663 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 21, 2006 Mr. Gohmert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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.

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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.