[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4485 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4485

To require transfer of the 1002 Area of Alaska to the State of Alaska, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2010

Mr. Hall of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Foreign Affairs, 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 require transfer of the 1002 Area of Alaska to the State of Alaska, 
                        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 ``New Resources for Domestic 
Consumption Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to provide for the expeditious 
development of oil, natural gas, and other resources of the 1002 Area 
of Alaska by transferring to the State of Alaska all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to such area.

SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF 1002 AREA TO STATE OF ALASKA.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall within 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act transfer to the State of Alaska all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to the 1002 Area of Alaska, 
subject to the condition in subsection (b).
    (b) Condition.--As a condition of any transfer under this section, 
the Secretary shall require the State of Alaska to pay to the United 
States 50 percent of all amounts received by the State of Alaska as a 
result of development of oil, natural gas, and other natural resources 
of the 1002 Area of Alaska.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF OIL.

    No oil produced in the 1002 Area of Alaska after the date of any 
transfer under section 3 may be exported from the United States.

SEC. 5. 1002 AREA OF ALASKA DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``1002 Area of Alaska'' means the area 
described in appendix I to part 37 of title 50, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as in effect on July 14, 2008, popularly known as the 
Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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