[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7009 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7009
To prohibit the importation of all petroleum products originating from
Russia into the United States, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 9, 2022
Mr. Mann introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on
Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural
Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To prohibit the importation of all petroleum products originating from
Russia into 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 ``Use Stocks, Stop Russia Act of
2022''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF RUSSIAN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.
(a) Prohibition.--The President shall prohibit the importation of
all petroleum products (as such term is defined in section 3 of the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6202)) originating from
Russia into the customs territory of the United States (as such term is
defined in General Note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule).
(b) Removal.--The President may remove the prohibition under
subsection (a) with respect to petroleum products described in such
subsection if the President determines that all hostile Russian troops
have been withdrawn from areas under the sovereignty of Ukraine.
SEC. 3. KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE.
(a) Authorization.--TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. may
construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline facilities at
the international border of the United States and Canada at Phillips
County, Montana, for the import of oil from Canada to the United States
as described in the Presidential Permit of March 29, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg.
13101 (April 3, 2019)).
(b) Presidential Permits.--No Presidential permit or any other
Executive order shall be required for the construction, connection,
operation, or maintenance of the pipeline facilities described in
paragraph (1).
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DOMESTIC ETHANOL AND OTHER FUELS.
It is the sense of Congress that the United States--
(1) can use domestically produced energy, including
renewable energy, to meet the current demand for energy in the
United States; and
(2) should prioritize the use of available inventories and
surpluses of fossil fuel and ethanol in the United States
before using fossil fuel and ethanol that is imported from
foreign countries.
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON DRAWDOWN AND SALE OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FROM THE
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period that
begins on the date of enactment of this Act and ends on the date the
President determines that all hostile Russian troops have been
withdrawn from areas under the sovereignty of Ukraine, the drawdown and
sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is
prohibited.
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