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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that it should be a goal of the United States to reduce the amount of oil projected to be imported in 2025 by 40 percent and that the President should…

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that it should be a goal of the United States to reduce the amount of oil projected to be imported in 2025 by 40 percent and that the President should take measures to reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign oil

Introduced: July 29, 2005 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it should be a goal of the United States to reduce the amount of foreign oil that will be imported in 2025 by 40 percent from the amount the Energy Information Administration estimates will be imported in that year; (2) the President should take specified measures to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil by developing and implementing certain measures to reduce oil in end-uses throughout the U.S. economy; and (3) the President should report to Congress on progress made, according to the most recent edition of the Annual Energy Outlook published by the Energy Information Administration, toward the goal of reducing dependence on foreign oil imports by 2025.

What's happening now July 29, 2005

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9539)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 228: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that it should be a goal of the United States to reduce the amount of oil projected to be imported in 2025 by 40 percent and that the President should take measures to reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign oil. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-SRES-228/
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"S. Res. 228: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that it should be a goal of the United States to reduce the amount of oil projected to be imported in 2025 by 40 percent and that the President should take measures to reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign oil." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-SRES-228/.
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S. Res. 228, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-SRES-228/.
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