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S 4020 118th Congress Senate Energy

Banning Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act

Introduced: March 21, 2024 Introduced by: Fetterman, John Democratic · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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Mar 21, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 21, 2024
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Banning Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act

This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to prohibit the export or sale of petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to (1) China, North Korea, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Syria, and Cuba; and (2) any entity owned, controlled, or influenced by such countries or the Chinese Communist Party. However, DOE may issue a waiver of the prohibition if the export or sale of petroleum products is in the national security interests of the United States. 

What's happening now March 21, 2024

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Mar 21, 2024
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Mar 21, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4020: Banning Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4020/
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"S. 4020: Banning Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4020/.
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S. 4020, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4020/.
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