[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 2, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S511]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3222. Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Manchin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. 
Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the modernization of the 
energy policy of the United States, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 220_. MARKET-DRIVEN REINSTATEMENT OF OIL EXPORT BAN.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Average national price of gasoline.--The term ``average 
     national price of gasoline'' means the average of retail 
     regular gasoline prices in the United States, as calculated 
     (on a weekday basis) by, and published on the Internet 
     website of, the Energy Information Administration.
       (2) Gasoline index price.--The term ``gasoline index 
     price'' means the average of retail regular gasoline prices 
     in the United States, as calculated (on a monthly basis) by, 
     and published on the Internet website of, the Energy 
     Information Administration, during the 60-month period 
     preceding the date of the calculation.
       (b) Reinstatement of Oil Export Ban.--
       (1) In general.--Effective on the date on which the event 
     described in paragraph (2) occurs, subsections (a), (b), (c), 
     and (d) of section 101 of division O of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113), are repealed, 
     and the provisions of law amended or repealed by those 
     subsections are restored or revived as if those subsections 
     had not been enacted.
       (2) Event described.--The event referred to in paragraph 
     (1) is the date on which the average national price of 
     gasoline has been 50 percent greater than the gasoline index 
     price for 30 consecutive days.
       (c) Presidential Authority.--Notwithstanding subsection 
     (b), the President may affirmatively allow the export of 
     crude oil from the United States to continue for a period of 
     not more than 1 year after the date of the reinstatement 
     described in subsection (b), if the President--
       (1) declares a national emergency and formally notices the 
     declaration of a national emergency in the Federal Register; 
     or
       (2) finds and reports to Congress that a ban on the export 
     of crude oil pursuant to this section has caused undue 
     economic hardship.
       (d) Effective Date.--This section takes effect on the date 
     that is 5 years after the date of enactment of the 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113).
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