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CRUDE Act

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What This Bill Does

This bill changes the rules for when the President can restrict or require licenses for exporting crude oil from the United States. The bill rewrites the conditions under which the President gains authority to limit crude oil exports. It is called the "Continuing Robust and Uninhibited Drilling and Exporting Act" or the "CRUDE Act."

Who It Affects

The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of Commerce are directly involved in making findings about crude oil exports. The President receives the authority to declare restrictions on crude oil exports. Congress receives reports about these findings.

Key Provisions

• The Secretaries of Defense, Energy, and Commerce must jointly find and report to the President and Congress that crude oil exports have caused sustained material shortages of oil or sustained oil prices significantly above world market levels directly caused by U.S. crude oil exports (Sec. 2) • These three Secretaries must also report that the supply shortages or price increases have caused or are likely to cause sustained material adverse effects on employment in the United States (Sec. 2) • The President must declare a national emergency based on these findings and formally announce the emergency declaration in the Federal Register before restricting crude oil exports (Sec. 2)

What Changes

The bill replaces the previous conditions that allowed the President to restrict crude oil exports with a stricter process requiring joint findings from three Cabinet Secretaries, proof of specific economic harms, and a formal national emergency declaration published in the Federal Register.

Important Definitions

None defined in bill text.

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1481 To revise the authority provided to the President to impose export licensing requirements or other restrictions on the export of crude oil from the United States, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 9, 2023 Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. BABIN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. FALLON, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, Mrs. BICE, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. CRENSHAW, and Mr. JACKSON of Texas) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To revise the authority provided to the President to impose export licensing requirements or other restrictions on the export of crude oil from the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Robust and 4 Uninhibited Drilling and Exporting Act’’ or the ‘‘CRUDE 5 Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:50 Mar 21, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1481.IH H1481 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 1481 IH SEC. 2. CRUDE OIL EXPORT LICENSING REQUIREMENTS 1 AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS. 2 Section 101(d)(1) of division O of the Consolidated 3 Appropriations Act, 2016 (42 U.S.C. 6212a(d)(1)) is 4 amended— 5 (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 6 follows: 7 ‘‘(A)(i) the Secretary of Defense, the Sec- 8 retary of Energy, and the Secretary of Com- 9 merce jointly find and report to the President 10 and to the Congress that— 11 ‘‘(I) the export of crude oil pursuant 12 to this Act has caused sustained material 13 oil supply shortages or sustained oil prices 14 significantly above world market levels that 15 are directly attributable to the export of 16 crude oil produced in the United States; 17 and 18 ‘‘(II) those supply shortages or price 19 increases have caused or are likely to cause 20 sustained material adverse employment ef- 21 fects in the United States; and 22 ‘‘(ii) the President declares a national 23 emergency based on the findings of a report 24 under clause (i) and formally notices the dec- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:50 Mar 21, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1481.IH H1481 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 1481 IH laration of a national emergency in the Federal 1 Register; or’’; 2 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 3 inserting a period; and 4 (3) by striking subparagraph (C). 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:50 Mar 21, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1481.IH H1481 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB

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