To require the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a national intelligence assessment on national security and energy security issues relating to rapidly escalating energy costs.

the short-term and long-term outlook for prices, supply, and demand for key forms of energy, including crude oil and natural gas, and alternative fuels;

the plans and intentions of key energy-producing and exporting nations with respect to energy production and supply;

the national security implications of rapidly escalating energy costs;

the national security implications of potential use of energy resources as leverage against the United States by Venezuela, Iran, or other potential adversaries of the United States as a result of increased energy prices;

the national security implications of increases in funding to current or potential adversaries of the United States as a result of increased energy prices;

an assessment of the likelihood that increased energy prices will directly or indirectly increase financial support for terrorist organizations;

the national security implications of extreme fluctuations in energy prices; and

the national security implications of continued dependence on international energy supplies.