S.Amdt. 1604

SA 1604. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1486 submitted by Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Hoeven, and
Mr. Warner) to the 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:

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(3) 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; and
(4) the President should exercise existing au-
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