S.Amdt. 1492

SA 1492. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1283. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPORTATION OF CRUDE OIL TO
CERTAIN ALLIES AND PARTNERS OF THE UNITED
STATES.

Section 103(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act
(42 U.S.C. 6212(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(3)(A) The President shall exempt from the rule
promulgated under paragraph (1) exports of crude oil from the
United States to countries that are allies and partners of
the United States and the energy security of which would be
enhanced by such exports, including members of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, Georgia, Ukraine, Finland,
Japan, and India.
``(B) If the President receives a request for exports of
crude oil produced in the United

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States from the government of a country described in
subparagraph (A), the President shall approve the export of
such crude oil to that country not later than 60 days after
receiving the request if the President determines that the
export of such crude oil to that country is in the national
interest.''.
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