S.Amdt. 1603

SA 1603. Mr. MARKEY 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 X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING EXPORTS OF CRUDE OIL.

It is the sense of Congress that exports of crude oil to
allies and partners of the United States shall not be
determined to be consistent with the national interest and
the purposes of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42
U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) if those exports would increase energy
prices in the United States for American consumers or
businesses or increase the reliance of the United States on
imported oil.
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