[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S212-S213]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 14. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. CRUDE OIL EXPORTS.
(a) Repeal of Presidential Authority to Restrict Oil
Exports.--
(1) In general.--Section 103 of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6212) is repealed.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 12 of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act
of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 719j) is amended--
(i) by striking ``and section 103 of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act''; and
(ii) by striking ``such Acts'' and inserting ``that Act''.
(B) The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended--
(i) in section 251 (42 U.S.C. 6271)--
(I) by striking subsection (d); and
(II) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d); and
(ii) in section 523(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 6393(a)(1)), by
striking ``(other than section 103 thereof)''.
(b) Repeal of Limitations on Exports of Oil.--
(1) In general.--Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30
U.S.C. 185) is amended--
(A) by striking subsection (u); and
(B) by redesignating subsections (v) through (y) as
subsections (u) through (x), respectively.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 1107(c) of the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3167(c)) is amended by striking
``(u) through (y)'' and inserting ``(u) through (x)''.
(B) Section 23 of the Deep Water Port Act of 1974 (33
U.S.C. 1522) is repealed.
(C) Section 203(c) of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Authorization Act (43 U.S.C. 1652(c)) is amended in the first
sentence by striking ``(w)(2), and (x))'' and inserting
``(v)(2), and (w))''.
(D) Section 509(c) of the Public Utility Regulatory
Policies Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 2009(c)) is amended by
striking ``subsection (w)(2)'' and inserting ``subsection
(v)(2)''.
(c) Repeal of Limitations on Export of OCS Oil or Gas.--
Section 28 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1354) is repealed.
(d) Termination of Limitation on Exportation of Crude
Oil.--Section 7(d) of the Export Administration Act of 1979
(50 U.S.C. App. 2406(d)) (as in effect pursuant to the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701
et seq.)) shall have no force or effect.
(e) Clarification of Crude Oil Regulation.--
(1) In general.--Section 754.2 of title 15, Code of Federal
Regulations (relating to crude oil) shall have no force or
effect.
(2) Crude oil license requirements.--The Bureau of Industry
and Security of the Department of Commerce shall grant
licenses to export to a country crude oil (as the term is
defined in subsection (a) of the regulation referred to in
paragraph (1)) (as in effect on
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the date that is 1 day before the date of enactment of this
Act) unless--
(A) the country is subject to sanctions or trade
restrictions imposed by the United States; or
(B) the President or Congress has designated the country as
subject to exclusion for reasons of national security.
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