[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 50 (Thursday, March 19, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1396]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4687. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory 
Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ENERGY EXPORTS TO THE 
                   PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       (a) Prohibition on Exportation of Liquefied Natural Gas.--
     On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     exportation of liquefied natural gas produced in the United 
     States to the People's Republic of China is prohibited.
       (b) Prohibition on Export of Crude and Refined Oil and 
     Certain Petroleum Products.--
       (1) 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 this section.''.
       (2) 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.''.
       (3) 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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