[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 499 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 499

 To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the ultra-deepwater 
and unconventional onshore natural gas and other petroleum research and 
                          development program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 26, 2009

   Mr. Wyden 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 amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the ultra-deepwater 
and unconventional onshore natural gas and other petroleum research and 
                          development program.

    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 ``Withdraw Energy Addicting New 
Subsidies Act of 2009'' or the ``WEANS Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ULTRA-DEEPWATER AND UNCONVENTIONAL ONSHORE NATURAL 
              GAS AND OTHER PETROLEUM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

    Subtitle J of title IX of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16371 et seq.) is repealed.
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