Bill Text: TX SCR13 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-4)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Signed by the Governor [SCR13 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SCR13-Enrolled.html
| S.C.R. No. 13 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The efficient exploration, production, and | ||
| transportation of oil in Texas prevents waste of the state's | ||
| natural resources, contributes to the health, welfare, and safety | ||
| of the general public, and promotes the prosperity of the state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The tax revenues and economic prosperity deriving | ||
| from this Texas energy renaissance have greatly benefited Texas | ||
| public schools, higher education, critical infrastructure | ||
| development, and public health and safety programs; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Improved technologies and abundant resources have | ||
| made America the world's leading oil and natural gas producer, | ||
| overtaking Saudi Arabia and Russia; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 1970s-era federal law prohibiting crude oil | ||
| exports is a relic from an era of scarcity and flawed price control | ||
| policies; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Allowing American crude oil exports will strengthen | ||
| United States geopolitical influence by giving our trading partners | ||
| a more secure source of supply, and allowing the export of American | ||
| crude oil will make our allies less dependent on crude oil from | ||
| Russia and the Middle East; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The world's other major developed nations allow | ||
| crude oil exports, making America the only nation that does not take | ||
| full advantage of trading a valuable resource in what is an | ||
| otherwise global free market; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Crude oil exports will benefit America's national | ||
| security interests by decreasing the likelihood that global oil | ||
| supply can be used internationally as a strategic weapon; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Numerous studies have found that allowing American | ||
| crude oil into the world's free market will benefit United States | ||
| trade and American consumers while creating more high-paying jobs | ||
| for Texans to fill; and | ||
| WHEREAS, According to an analysis by the American Petroleum | ||
| Institute, Texas will lead all states in job growth following the | ||
| repeal of the ban, with an estimated 40,291 jobs by 2020; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Other studies have similarly found tremendous | ||
| prospective GDP growth from lifting the 1970s-era ban; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The United States is the largest exporter of refined | ||
| petroleum products and would benefit even more substantially from | ||
| the export of both crude oil and refined petroleum products; and | ||
| WHEREAS, At least seven independent studies have confirmed | ||
| that repealing the ban on American crude oil exports will lower gas | ||
| prices in the United States, benefiting Texas consumers and | ||
| businesses; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Thousands of small and large Texas businesses that | ||
| support oil and gas development will benefit from ongoing | ||
| production; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Manufacturers will benefit from less volatility in | ||
| energy costs; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The technology and brainpower behind the American | ||
| energy renaissance was mostly pioneered in Texas by Texans; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Encouraging a global marketplace that is more free | ||
| from artificial barriers will better allow the export of Texas | ||
| leadership and expertise, which will also ultimately economically | ||
| benefit Texas, the rest of the United States, and our friends around | ||
| the world; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby urge the United States Congress and the president of the | ||
| United States to recognize that crude oil exports and free trade are | ||
| in the national interest and take all necessary steps to eliminate | ||
| the current ban on crude oil exports; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official | ||
| copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to | ||
| the United States secretary of commerce, to the United States | ||
| secretary of energy, to the majority leader of the Senate and the | ||
| speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States | ||
| Congress, and to all the members of the Texas delegation to Congress | ||
| with the request that this resolution be entered in the | ||
| Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United | ||
| States of America. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 13 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on March 17, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 13 was adopted by the House | ||
| on May 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
