United States HR 6969: No Oil From Terrorists Act

Bill Text

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117THCONGRESS 
2
DSESSION 
H. R. 6969 
To prohibit the importation of petroleum products from Iran, and for other 
purposes. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
MARCH8, 2022 
Mr.   B
ANKS(for   himself,   Mr.   PFLUGER,   Mrs.   MILLERof   Illinois,   Mr.   
C
AWTHORN,    Mr.    MCKINLEY,    Mr.    WALTZ,    Mrs.    BOEBERT,    Mr.    
L
ATURNER,  Mr.  WEBERof  Texas,  Mr.  LAMALFA,  Mr.  C.  SCOTTFRANK-
LINof  Florida,  Mr.  COLE,  Mr.  GOHMERT,  and  Mr.  RUTHERFORD)  intro-
duced  the  following  bill;  which  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Ways  
and Means 
A  BILL  
To prohibit the importation of petroleum products from Iran, 
and for other purposes. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘No  Oil  From  Terror-4
ists Act’’. 5
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SEC.  2.  PROHIBITION  ON  IMPORTATION  OF  IRANIAN  PE-1
TROLEUM PRODUCTS. 2
(a)  P
ROHIBITION.—The  President  shall  prohibit  the  3
importation of all petroleum products (as such term is de-4
fined  in  section  3  of  the  Energy  Policy  and  Conservation  5
Act (42 U.S.C. 6202)) originating from Iran into the cus-6
toms  territory  of  the  United  States  (as  such  term  is  de-7
fined  in  General  Note  2  of  the  Harmonized  Tariff  Sched-8
ule). 9
(b)  P
ENALTIES.—The  President  is  authorized  to  use  10
appropriate  authorities  to  impose  such  civil  or  criminal  11
penalties  as  may  be  necessary  to  enforce  the  prohibition  12
under subsection (a). 13
(c)  A
PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEES.— 14
For  purposes  of  this  section,  the  term  ‘‘appropriate  con-15
gressional committees’’ means— 16
(1)  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representa-17
tives  and  the  President  Pro  Tempore  of  the  Senate;  18
(2)  the  Committee  on  Appropriations,  the  Com-19
mittee  on  Foreign  Affairs,  the  Committee  on  Armed  20
Services,  the  Committee  on  Energy  and  Commerce,  21
and  the  Permanent  Select  Committee  on  Intelligence  22
of the House of Representatives; and 23
(3)  the  Committee  on  Appropriations,  the  Com-24
mittee   on   Foreign   Relations,   the   Committee   on   25
Armed  Services,  the  Committee  on  Energy  and  Nat-26
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ural  Resources,  and  the  Select  Committee  on  Intel-1
ligence of the Senate. 2
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