[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 228 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 228

  Expressing the sense of the Senate that it should be a goal of the 
 United States to reduce the amount of oil projected to be imported in 
   2025 by 40 percent and that the President should take measures to 
       reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign oil.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2005

Ms. Cantwell submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
             the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Senate that it should be a goal of the 
 United States to reduce the amount of oil projected to be imported in 
   2025 by 40 percent and that the President should take measures to 
       reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign oil.

Whereas reports by the Energy Information Administration entitled ``Annual 
        Energy Outlook 2005'' and ``May 2005 Monthly Energy Review'' estimated 
        that, between January 1, 2005 and April 30, 2005, the United States 
        imported an average of 13,056,000 barrels of oil per day and that, by 
        2025, the United States will import 19,110,000 barrels of oil per day;
Whereas technology solutions already exist to dramatically increase the 
        productivity of the energy supply of the United States;
Whereas energy efficiency and conservation measures can improve the economic 
        competitiveness of the United States and lessen energy costs for 
        families in the United States;
Whereas the dependence of the United States on foreign oil imports leaves the 
        United States vulnerable to oil supply shocks and reliant on the 
        willingness of other countries to provide sufficient supplies of oil;
Whereas, although only 3 percent of proven oil reserves in the world are located 
        in territory controlled by the United States, advances in fossil fuel 
        extraction techniques and technologies could increase the United States 
        energy supplies; and
Whereas reducing energy consumption also benefits the United States by lowering 
        the environmental impacts associated with fossil fuel use: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) it should be a goal of the United States to reduce the 
        amount of foreign oil that will be imported in 2025 by 40 
        percent from the amount the Energy Information Administration 
        estimates will be imported in 2025;
            (2) the President should take measures to reduce the 
        dependence of the United States on foreign oil by--
                    (A) not later than 1 year after the date of passage 
                of this resolution, and every 2 years thereafter--
                            (i) developing and implementing measures to 
                        reduce dependence on foreign oil by reducing 
                        oil in end-uses throughout the economy of the 
                        United States sufficient by 2015 to reduce by 
                        1,000,000 barrels per day the total demand for 
                        oil in the United States projected for such 
                        year in the Reference Case in the Annual Energy 
                        Outlook 2005 report published by the Energy 
                        Information Administration; and
                            (ii) developing and implementing measures 
                        to reduce dependence on foreign oil by reducing 
                        oil in end-uses throughout the economy of the 
                        United States sufficient by 2025 to reduce by 
                        7,640,000 barrels per day the total demand for 
                        oil in the United States projected for such 
                        year in the Reference Case in the Annual Energy 
                        Outlook 2005 report published by the Energy 
                        Information Administration; or
                    (B) if the President determines that there are 
                insufficient legal authorities to achieve the target 
                for 2025, developing and implementing measures to 
                reduce dependence on foreign oil by--
                            (i) reducing oil in end-uses throughout the 
                        economy of the United States to the maximum 
                        extent practicable; and
                            (ii) submitting to Congress proposed 
                        legislation or other recommendations to achieve 
                        the target;
            (3) in developing measures under paragraph (2), the 
        President should--
                    (A) ensure continued reliable and affordable energy 
                for the United States, consistent with the creation of 
                jobs and economic growth and maintaining the 
                international competitiveness of businesses in the 
                United States, including the manufacturing sector; and
                    (B) implement measures under paragraph (2) under 
                existing authorities of the appropriate Federal 
                agencies, as determined by the President;
            (4) not later than 1 year after the date of passage of this 
        resolution, and annually thereafter, the President should 
        submit to Congress a report, based on the most recent edition 
        of the Annual Energy Outlook published by the Energy 
        Information Administration, that assesses the progress made by 
        the United States toward the goal of reducing dependence on 
        foreign oil imports by 2025, including by--
                    (A) identifying the status of efforts to meet the 
                goal described in paragraph (1);
                    (B) assessing the effectiveness of any measure 
                implemented under paragraph (2) during the previous 
                fiscal year in meeting the goal described in paragraph 
                (1); and
                    (C) describing plans to develop additional measures 
                to meet the goal described in paragraph (1).
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