[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4407 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4407

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit exports of 
 crude and refined oil and certain petroleum products to the People's 
                           Republic of China.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 15, 2022

    Mr. Rubio (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida) 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 amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit exports of 
 crude and refined oil and certain petroleum products to the People's 
                           Republic of China.

    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 ``China Oil Export Prohibition Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF CRUDE AND REFINED OIL AND CERTAIN 
              PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    (a) In General.--The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6201 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 101 the following:

``SEC. 102. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF CERTAIN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO THE 
              PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
petroleum product described in subsection (b) that is produced in the 
United States may be exported from the United States to the People's 
Republic of China.
    ``(b) Petroleum Product Described.--A petroleum product referred to 
in subsection (a) is--
            ``(1) crude oil;
            ``(2) refined oil or a refined oil product;
            ``(3) residual fuel oil; or
            ``(4) any other petroleum product (other than natural gas 
        or any natural gas liquid product).
    ``(c) Applicability.--
            ``(1) Petroleum products in transport.--Subsection (a) 
        shall not apply to any petroleum product described in 
        subsection (b) that is in the process of being transported from 
        the United States to the People's Republic of China as of the 
        date on which the prohibition under that subsection takes 
        effect pursuant to subsection (d).
            ``(2) Natural gas.--Subsection (a) does not apply to 
        natural gas or any natural gas liquid product.
    ``(d) Effective Date.--The prohibition described in subsection (a) 
shall take effect on the date that is 10 days after the date of 
enactment of the China Oil Export Prohibition Act of 2022.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (Public Law 94-163; 89 Stat. 871; 114 Stat. 
2034) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 101 
the following:

``Sec. 102. Prohibition on export of certain petroleum products to the 
                            People's Republic of China.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 101(b) of division O of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (42 U.S.C. 6212a(b)) is amended 
by inserting ``and section 102 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act'' after ``subsections (c) and (d)''.
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