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HR 3722 109th Congress House

To authorize and require the President of the United States to allocate crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products to deal with existing or imminent shortages and dislocations in…

Official title: To authorize and require the President of the United States to allocate crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products to deal with existing or i… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize and require the President of the United States to allocate crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products to deal with existing or imminent shortages and dislocations in the national distribution system, which jeopardize the national economy, and public health, safety, and welfare.

Introduced: September 13, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 19, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Sep 8, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 8, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 19, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the President to promulgate a regulation providing for the temporary mandatory allocation of crude oil, including a provision that the retail sale of gasoline may not exceed $2.50 per gallon.

Prescribes additional provisions for: (1) protection of public health, safety, and welfare (including maintenance of residential heating and cooling), and the national defense and homeland security; and (2) maintenance of all public services (including municipal, cooperative, or investor-owned utilities and mass transportation facilities and services).

Instructs the President to direct the Secretary of Energy to develop criteria for determining the length of the mandatory allocation of crude oil, residual oil, and refined petroleum products under this Act, not to exceed one year.

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to develop criteria for declaring a fuel emergency in the future. Requires revival, in the event of such an emergency, of the authority under this Act for mandatory allocation of crude oil, residual oil, and refined petroleum products.

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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 13, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3722: To authorize and require the President of the United States to allocate crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products to deal with existing or imminent shortages and dislocations in the national distribution system, which jeopardize the national economy, and public health, safety, and welfare.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3722/
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"H.R. 3722: To authorize and require the President of the United States to allocate crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products to deal with existing or imminent shortages and dislocations in the national distribution system, which jeopardize the national economy, and public health, safety, and welfare.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3722/.
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H.R. 3722, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3722/.
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[H.R. 3722: To authorize and require the President of the United States to allocate crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products to deal with existing or imminent shortages and dislocations in the national distribution system, which jeopardize the national economy, and public health, safety, and welfare.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3722/)
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