[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3970 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3970

   To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the President to 
              establish an energy security working group.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 28, 2006

   Mr. Allen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the President to 
              establish an energy security working group.

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

SECTION 1. ENERGY SECURITY WORKING GROUP.

    Subtitle A of title XIV of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109-58; 119 Stat. 1061) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 1408. ENERGY SECURITY WORKING GROUP.

    ``(a) Establishment.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
enactment of this section, the President shall establish a working 
group to be known as the `Energy Security Working Group' (referred to 
in this section as the `Working Group').
    ``(b) Membership.--The Working Group shall be composed of at least 
1 representative of each of--
            ``(1) the Department of Commerce;
            ``(2) the Department of Defense;
            ``(3) the Department of Energy;
            ``(4) the Department of State; and
            ``(5) each intelligence agency of the Federal Government.
    ``(c) Duties.--
            ``(1) Inventory of energy reserves.--The Working Group 
        shall develop an inventory of worldwide energy reserves to 
        assist the Federal Government--
                    ``(A) to prioritize potential alliances between the 
                United States and foreign countries; and
                    ``(B) to recognize undue influences, if any, on 
                strategically important foreign countries.
            ``(2) Strategic plan.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Working Group, in 
                cooperation with foreign countries to the maximum 
                extent practicable, shall develop a strategic plan for 
                the United States to identify and support strategic 
                energy alliances, including bilateral and multilateral 
                treaties, between the United States and foreign 
                countries.
                    ``(B) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the 
                date of enactment of this section, and annually 
                thereafter, the Working Group shall submit to Congress 
                a report describing--
                            ``(i) the strategic plan developed under 
                        subparagraph (A), including any updates to the 
                        plan during the preceding calendar year; and
                            ``(ii) progress made in implementing the 
                        strategic plan.''.
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