[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2211 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2211

 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

                             March 20, 2012

 Mr. Menendez introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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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 2012''.

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

    (a) 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 land.--The term ``public land'' means any land 
        and interest in land owned by the United States within the 
        several States and administered by the Secretary concerned, 
        without regard to how the United States acquired ownership.
            (3) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through 
                the Chief of the Forest Service), with respect to 
                National Forest System land; and
                    (B) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to 
                land managed by the Bureau of Land Management 
                (including land held for the benefit of an Indian 
                tribe).
    (b) Ban.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, petroleum 
extracted from public land in the United States (including land located 
on the outer Continental Shelf), or a petroleum product produced from 
the petroleum, may not be exported from the United States.
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