[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 553 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 553

   Expressing the sense of the Senate that, since January 20, 2021, 
   President Biden has implemented policies impeding domestic energy 
           production and gas prices have steadily increased.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2022

 Mr. Hagerty submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
             the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Senate that, since January 20, 2021, 
   President Biden has implemented policies impeding domestic energy 
           production and gas prices have steadily increased.

Whereas, on Election Day 2020, the average price of gas in the United States was 
        $2.11 per gallon;
Whereas, on January 20, 2021, the inauguration day of President Joseph R. Biden, 
        Jr., while the average gas price was $2.38 per gallon, President Biden--

    (1) through Executive Order 13990 (86 Fed. Reg. 7037; relating to 
public health and the environment)--

    G    (A) revoked the Keystone XL pipeline permit;

    G    (B) paused oil-and-gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife 
Refuge; and

    G    (C) placed new regulations on oil-and-gas production in the United 
States, including directing agencies to assess a ``social cost of carbon'' 
on producers in the United States;

    (2) rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement, a landmark international 
fossil-fuel suppression mandate; and

    (3) through Executive Order 13992 (86 Fed. Reg. 7049; relating to 
Federal regulation), repealed several Executive orders issued by President 
Donald J. Trump that reduced Federal regulation and increased regulatory 
transparency, in order to facilitate ``robust regulatory action'' to 
address climate change;

Whereas, during President Biden's second week in office, President Biden issued 
        Executive Order 14008 (86 Fed. Reg. 7619; relating to climate change), 
        which stopped new oil and natural gas leases on public lands and 
        offshore waters, where approximately a quarter of United States oil-and-
        gas production occurs;
Whereas, in the first week of May 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 
        14027 (86 Fed. Reg. 25947; relating to establishment of the Climate 
        Change Support Office), which established the Climate Change Support 
        Office to support efforts by the Biden Administration ``to elevate and 
        underscore the commitment the Administration will make towards 
        addressing the global climate crisis'';
Whereas, by mid-May 2021, the average price of gas had climbed to $3.02 per 
        gallon, at which point President Biden signed Executive Order 14030 (86 
        Fed. Reg. 27967; relating to climate-related financial risk), which 
        directed financial regulators to take actions to discourage financing of 
        United States oil-and-gas production in order to ``mitigate climate-
        related financial risk'';
Whereas, by early September 2021, the average price of gas rose to $3.17 per 
        gallon after President Biden signed Executive Order 14037 (86 Fed. Reg. 
        43583; relating to clean cars and trucks), which requires at least 50 
        percent of new sales of passenger cars and light-duty trucks in the 
        United States to be zero-emission vehicles by 2030;
Whereas, by early January 2022--

    (1) the Environmental Protection Agency had proposed a denial of all 
pending exemptions to small refineries for compliance years 2019 through 
2021 and the reversal of the decision to grant exemptions for the 2018 
compliance year, meaning that small refineries, which are normally exempt 
from annual renewable fuel standard (RFS) obligations, will owe 5 years' 
worth of RFS compliance costs in a single calendar year;

    (2) President Biden signed Executive Order 14057 (86 Fed. Reg. 70935; 
relating to clean energy industries and jobs), which called for the Federal 
Government to achieve a carbon-free electricity sector by 2035 and net-zero 
emissions economy-wide by 2050; and

    (3) the average price of gas was $3.28 per gallon; and

Whereas 2 days before the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine and nearly a week 
        before President Biden banned oil and energy imports from the Russian 
        Federation, the average price of gas was $3.61 per gallon: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that President Joseph 
R. Biden, Jr., has implemented policies impeding domestic energy 
production and gas prices have steadily increased throughout his 
presidency.
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