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US HB1850
Bill
Status
3/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jodey Arrington
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AI Summary
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Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 to restrict the President's authority to impose export licensing requirements or restrictions on crude oil exports from the United States
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Requires three Cabinet secretaries (Defense, Energy, and Commerce) to jointly find and report to the President and Congress that crude oil exports have caused sustained material oil supply shortages or prices significantly above world market levels before restrictions can be imposed
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Mandates that any supply shortages or price increases must have caused or be likely to cause sustained material adverse employment effects in the United States
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Requires the President to formally declare a national emergency based on the joint secretarial report and publish the declaration in the Federal Register before implementing export restrictions
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Removes an existing provision (subparagraph C) that previously allowed additional circumstances under which the President could restrict crude oil exports
Legislative Description
CRUDE Act Continuing Robust and Uninhibited Drilling and Exporting Act
Energy
Last Action
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
3/5/2025