II 112th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2211 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 A BILL To ban the exportation of crude oil produced on Federal land, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the American Oil for American Families Act of 2012.

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Ban on exporting crude oil produced on Federal land

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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.