[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3306 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3306

 To ban the exportation of crude oil produced on Federal land, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 22, 2008

 Mr. Menendez 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 ban the exportation of crude oil produced on Federal land, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``American Oil for American Families 
Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. BAN ON EXPORTING CRUDE OIL PRODUCED ON FEDERAL LAND.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
petroleum extracted from public lands in the United States (including 
lands located on the outer continental shelf), or a petroleum product 
produced from such petroleum, may not be exported from the United 
States.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Petroleum product.--The term ``petroleum product'' 
        means any of the following:
                    (A) Finished reformulated or conventional motor 
                gasoline.
                    (B) Finished aviation gasoline.
                    (C) Kerosene-type jet fuel.
                    (D) Kerosene.
                    (E) Distillate fuel oil.
                    (F) Residual fuel oil.
                    (G) Lubricants.
                    (H) Waxes.
                    (I) Petroleum coke.
                    (J) Asphalt and road oil.
            (2) Public lands.--The term ``public lands'' means any land 
        and interest in land owned by the United States within the 
        several States and administered by the Secretary of the 
        Interior through the Bureau of Land Management or the Minerals 
        Management Service, without regard to how the United States 
        acquired ownership.
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