[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 467 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 467

 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should use all 
 diplomatic means necessary and reasonable to influence oil-producing 
 nations to immediately increase oil production and that the Secretary 
 of Energy should submit to Congress a report detailing the estimated 
 production levels and estimated production capacity of all major oil-
                          producing countries.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 4, 2006

     Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Frist) submitted the following 
 concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should use all 
 diplomatic means necessary and reasonable to influence oil-producing 
 nations to immediately increase oil production and that the Secretary 
 of Energy should submit to Congress a report detailing the estimated 
 production levels and estimated production capacity of all major oil-
                          producing countries.

    Resolved, That is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the President should use all diplomatic means necessary 
        and reasonable to influence oil producing nations to 
        immediately increase oil production levels to--
                    (A) increase the supply on the world market; and
                    (B) reduce the price of oil;
            (2) a major oil-producing country is a country that--
                    (A) had an average level of production of crude 
                oil, oil sands, or natural gas to liquids that exceeded 
                1,000,000 barrels per day during the previous calendar 
                year; and
                    (B) has crude oil, shale oil, or oil sands reserves 
                of at least 6,000,000,000 barrels, as recognized by the 
                Department of Energy; and
            (3) not later than June 30, 2006, the Secretary of Energy 
        should submit to Congress a report detailing the estimated 
        production levels and estimated production capacity of all 
        major oil-producing countries.
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