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This bill would make it much harder for the President to restrict crude oil exports from the United States. Under the bill, the government could only limit these exports if the Secretaries of Defense, Energy, and Commerce all agreed that U.S. oil exports were causing serious, lasting oil shortages or much higher prices compared with world markets, and that those problems were also causing or likely to cause major job losses in the United States. The President would then also have to declare a national emergency before any new restrictions could take effect. In simple terms, the bill is designed to protect U.S. oil exports and narrow when the President can step in to block or limit them.
- It revises the rules for when the President can require export licenses or impose other limits on crude oil leaving the country.
- Before any restriction could be used, three cabinet secretaries would have to jointly report that U.S. oil exports are directly causing serious supply shortages or prices much higher than global market levels.
- The report would also have to show that these shortages or price increases are causing, or are likely to cause, major harmful effects on jobs in the United States.
- The President would then need to declare a national emergency and announce it in the Federal Register before acting.
Official Summaries
Continuing Robust and Uninhibited Drilling and Exporting Act or the CRUDE Act
This bill limits the President's authority to restrict the export of crude oil from the United States.
Currently, the President may restrict the export of oil for up to a year if
- the President declares a national emergency;
- the restrictions are sanctions or trade restrictions that apply to countries, persons, or organizations for national security reasons; or
- the Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Department of Energy (DOE), finds and reports to the President that the export of U.S. crude oil has caused sustained material oil supply shortages or sustained oil prices significantly above world market levels that have caused or are likely to cause sustained material adverse employment effects.
However, this bill only allows the President to impose such restrictions if
- the President declares a national emergency based on findings that are jointly issued by Department of Defense, DOE, and Commerce and include the conclusions described above about oil supply shortages or increased oil prices; or
- the restrictions are sanctions or trade restrictions that apply to countries, persons, or organization for national security reasons.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1850 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1850
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 2025
Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Fallon, Mr.
Newhouse, and Mr. Crenshaw) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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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 Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Robust and Uninhibited
Drilling and Exporting Act'' or the ``CRUDE Act''.
SEC. 2. CRUDE OIL EXPORT LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS.
Section 101(d)(1) of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2016 (42 U.S.C. 6212a(d)(1)) is amended--
(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
``(A)(i) the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
Energy, and the Secretary of Commerce jointly find and
report to the President and to the Congress that--
``(I) the export of crude oil pursuant to
this Act has caused sustained material oil
supply shortages or sustained oil prices
significantly above world market levels that
are directly attributable to the export of
crude oil produced in the United States; and
``(II) those supply shortages or price
increases have caused or are likely to cause
sustained material adverse employment effects
in the United States; and
``(ii) the President declares a national emergency
based on the findings of a report under clause (i) and
formally notices the declaration of a national
emergency in the Federal Register; or'';
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; or'' and inserting
a period; and
(3) by striking subparagraph (C).
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