Bill Text: IL HR0718 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the President of the United States to take measures and support policies that ensure long-term American energy leadership, security, and progress, including those that result in the continued operation of existing oil and natural gas pipelines, the construction of new oil and gas pipelines, the resumption of consistent, credible federal lease sales, and the immediate preparation of a new five-year Program to guide future offshore leasing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 38-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-09 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0718 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0718-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Oil and natural gas are vital components of our | ||||||
3 | nation's economy and provide more than 11 million jobs | ||||||
4 | nationwide, including 356,000 total jobs and $53.5 billion in | ||||||
5 | gross domestic income in Illinois alone; and
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6 | WHEREAS, U.S. energy abundance has provided security that | ||||||
7 | has historically led to reliable, affordable energy for | ||||||
8 | American consumers and our allies; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The world is looking to America for energy | ||||||
10 | leadership and stability as current geopolitical events pose | ||||||
11 | potential economic disruptions in addition to the inflation | ||||||
12 | already affecting households, both in the U.S. and across | ||||||
13 | Europe; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Russia is the third leading oil producer in the | ||||||
15 | world but is risking economic and global security along with | ||||||
16 | the loss of lives by invading the democratic nation of | ||||||
17 | Ukraine; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Russian exports of oil and gas provide 36 percent | ||||||
19 | of Russia's national budget that is used to finance the war in | ||||||
20 | Ukraine; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The European Union (EU) is Russia's primary | ||||||
2 | market for oil and natural gas, with the EU obtaining 35 | ||||||
3 | percent of its natural gas and 25 percent of its oil from | ||||||
4 | Russia; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The United States can increase its production of | ||||||
6 | oil and gas to help provide economic and global security in | ||||||
7 | light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Operation and expansion of our oil and natural | ||||||
9 | gas pipelines, key components of America's energy success that | ||||||
10 | provide the most efficient means of transporting those | ||||||
11 | commodities, are being blocked by the federal government and | ||||||
12 | many state governments; and
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13 | WHEREAS, The Biden Administration continues to increase | ||||||
14 | costs and delay efforts to develop oil and natural gas leasing | ||||||
15 | on federal lands and waters, despite the fact that the program | ||||||
16 | provides billions in revenues to federal, state, and local | ||||||
17 | governments and supports conservation programs throughout the | ||||||
18 | country; and
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19 | WHEREAS, U.S. offshore production is one of the lowest | ||||||
20 | carbon intensive energy-producing regions in the world, and | ||||||
21 | halting offshore leasing and development will shift production | ||||||
22 | and capital investment overseas and undermine decades of |
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1 | environmental progress; therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
3 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
4 | we strongly urge the President of the United States to take | ||||||
5 | measures and support policies that ensure long-term American | ||||||
6 | energy leadership, security, and progress, including those | ||||||
7 | that result in the continued operation of existing oil and | ||||||
8 | natural gas pipelines, the construction of new oil and gas | ||||||
9 | pipelines, the resumption of consistent, credible federal | ||||||
10 | lease sales, and the immediate preparation of a new five-year | ||||||
11 | program to guide future offshore leasing; and be it further
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12 | RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House send duly | ||||||
13 | authenticated copies of this resolution to the President of | ||||||
14 | the United States, the United States Secretary of the | ||||||
15 | Interior, the United States Secretary of Transportation, the | ||||||
16 | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Congressional delegation.
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