S.Amdt. 4687

SA 4687. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory
Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ENERGY EXPORTS TO THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

(a) Prohibition on Exportation of Liquefied Natural Gas.--
On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
exportation of liquefied natural gas produced in the United
States to the People's Republic of China is prohibited.
(b) Prohibition on Export of Crude and Refined Oil and
Certain Petroleum Products.--
(1) In general.--The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42
U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section
101 the following:

``SEC. 102. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF CERTAIN PETROLEUM
PRODUCTS TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no petroleum product described in subsection (b) that is
produced in the United States may be exported from the United
States to the People's Republic of China.
``(b) Petroleum Product Described.--A petroleum product
referred to in subsection (a) is--
``(1) crude oil;
``(2) refined oil or a refined oil product;
``(3) residual fuel oil; or
``(4) any other petroleum product (other than natural gas
or any natural gas liquid product).
``(c) Applicability.--
``(1) Petroleum products in transport.--Subsection (a)
shall not apply to any petroleum product described in
subsection (b) that is in the process of being transported
from the United States to the People's Republic of China as
of the date on which the prohibition under that subsection
takes effect pursuant to subsection (d).
``(2) Natural gas.--Subsection (a) does not apply to
natural gas or any natural gas liquid product.
``(d) Effective Date.--The prohibition described in
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 10 days
after the date of enactment of this section.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (Public Law 94-163; 89
Stat. 871; 114 Stat. 2034) is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 101 the following:

``Sec. 102. Prohibition on export of certain petroleum products to the
People's Republic of China.''.
(3) Conforming amendment.--Section 101(b) of division O of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (42 U.S.C.
6212a(b)) is amended by inserting ``and section 102 of the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act'' after ``subsections (c)
and (d)''.
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