[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6523 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6523

                   To ban the export of Alaskan oil.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2008

  Mr. Kagen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
                   To ban the export of Alaskan oil.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Oil for Americans Act''.

SEC. 2. BAN ON EXPORT OF ALASKAN OIL.

    (a) Repeal of Provision Authorizing Exports.--Section 28(s) of the 
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185(s)) is repealed.
    (b) Reimposition of Prohibition on Crude Oil Exports.--Upon the 
effective date of this Act, subsection (d) of section 7 of the Export 
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2406(d)), shall be 
effective, and any other provision of that Act (including sections 11 
and 12) shall be effective to the extent necessary to carry out such 
section 7(d), notwithstanding section 20 of that Act or any other 
provision of law that would otherwise allow exports of oil to which 
such section 7(d) applies.
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