[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 3, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1439-S1440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1465. Mr. CRAMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1407 submitted by Ms. Murkowski and intended to be 
proposed to the bill S. 2657, to support innovation in advanced 
geothermal research and development, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle H of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 18___. BAKKEN ENERGY FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.

       (a) Study on Building Ethane and Other Natural-gas-liquids-
     related Petrochemical Infrastructure.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with 
     the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, and 
     the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies 
     and stakeholders, shall conduct a study assessing the 
     potential national and economic security impacts of building 
     ethane and other natural-gas-liquids-related petrochemical 
     infrastructure in the geographical vicinity of the Bakken and 
     Three Forks shale plays in the United States.
       (2) Contents.--The study conducted under paragraph (1) 
     shall include--
       (A) the identification of potential benefits of the 
     proposed infrastructure to national and economic security, 
     including the identification of potential risks to national 
     and economic security of significant foreign ownership and 
     control of United States domestic petrochemical resources; 
     and
       (B) an examination of, with respect to the proposed 
     infrastructure--
       (i) types of additional infrastructure needed to fully 
     optimize the potential national security benefits;
       (ii) whether geopolitical diversity in areas to which the 
     ethane and other natural gas liquids will be exported from 
     the producing region would undermine or bolster national 
     security;
       (iii) the necessity of evaluating the public interest with 
     respect to exports of ethane, propane, butane, and other 
     natural gas liquids, to ensure the potential strategic 
     national and economic security benefits are preserved within 
     the United States; and
       (iv) the potential benefits, with respect to significant 
     weather impacts, compared to other regions, of locating the 
     proposed infrastructure in the geographical vicinity of the 
     Bakken and Three Forks shale plays.
       (b) Reports.--
       (1) Status reports.--Prior to completion of the study under 
     subsection (a), the Committees on Energy and Natural 
     Resources and Armed Services of the Senate and the

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     Committees on Energy and Commerce and Armed Services of the 
     House of Representatives, from time to time, may request and 
     receive from the Secretary status reports with respect to the 
     study, including any findings.
       (2) Submission and publication of report.--On completion of 
     the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
       (A) submit to the Committees on Energy and Natural 
     Resources and Armed Services of the Senate and the Committees 
     on Energy and Commerce and Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives a report describing the results of the study; 
     and
       (B) publish the report on the website of the Department.
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