S.Amdt. 1465

SA 1465. Mr. CRAMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1407 submitted by Ms. Murkowski and intended to be
proposed to the bill S. 2657, to support innovation in advanced
geothermal research and development, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title I, add the following:

SEC. 18___. BAKKEN ENERGY FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.

(a) Study on Building Ethane and Other Natural-gas-liquids-
related Petrochemical Infrastructure.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, and
the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies
and stakeholders, shall conduct a study assessing the
potential national and economic security impacts of building
ethane and other natural-gas-liquids-related petrochemical
infrastructure in the geographical vicinity of the Bakken and
Three Forks shale plays in the United States.
(2) Contents.--The study conducted under paragraph (1)
shall include--
(A) the identification of potential benefits of the
proposed infrastructure to national and economic security,
including the identification of potential risks to national
and economic security of significant foreign ownership and
control of United States domestic petrochemical resources;
and
(B) an examination of, with respect to the proposed
infrastructure--
(i) types of additional infrastructure needed to fully
optimize the potential national security benefits;
(ii) whether geopolitical diversity in areas to which the
ethane and other natural gas liquids will be exported from
the producing region would undermine or bolster national
security;
(iii) the necessity of evaluating the public interest with
respect to exports of ethane, propane, butane, and other
natural gas liquids, to ensure the potential strategic
national and economic security benefits are preserved within
the United States; and
(iv) the potential benefits, with respect to significant
weather impacts, compared to other regions, of locating the
proposed infrastructure in the geographical vicinity of the
Bakken and Three Forks shale plays.
(b) Reports.--
(1) Status reports.--Prior to completion of the study under
subsection (a), the Committees on Energy and Natural
Resources and Armed Services of the Senate and the

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Committees on Energy and Commerce and Armed Services of the
House of Representatives, from time to time, may request and
receive from the Secretary status reports with respect to the
study, including any findings.
(2) Submission and publication of report.--On completion of
the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
(A) submit to the Committees on Energy and Natural
Resources and Armed Services of the Senate and the Committees
on Energy and Commerce and Armed Services of the House of
Representatives a report describing the results of the study;
and
(B) publish the report on the website of the Department.
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