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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 5, 2025
Continuing Robust and Uninhibited Drilling and Exporting Act or the CRUDE Act
This bill limits the President's authority to restrict the export of crude oil from the United States.
Currently, the President may restrict the export of oil for up to a year if
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the President declares a national emergency;
the restrictions are sanctions or trade restrictions that apply to countries, persons, or organizations for national security reasons; or
the Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Department of Energy (DOE), finds and reports to the President that the export of U.S. crude oil has caused sustained material oil supply shortages or sustained oil prices significantly above world market levels that have caused or are likely to cause sustained material adverse employment effects.
However, this bill only allows the President to impose such restrictions if
the President declares a national emergency based on findings that are jointly issued by Department of Defense, DOE, and Commerce and include the conclusions described above about oil supply shortages or increased oil prices; or
the restrictions are sanctions or trade restrictions that apply to countries, persons, or organization for national security reasons.
People & committees
Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] · R–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-05 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill proposes changing federal law governing restrictions on exports of U.S.-produced crude oil. Its replacement subparagraph (A) would require joint findings by the Secretaries of Defense, Energy, and Commerce that those exports caused sustained material oil supply shortages or sustained oil prices significantly above world market levels, and that those shortages or price increases caused or were likely to cause sustained material adverse employment effects in the United States. It would also require a presidential national-emergency declaration based on those findings, formally noticed in the Federal Register. These are conditions under subparagraph (A), not a requirement that the President declare an emergency whenever joint findings are made. Alternative subparagraph (B) remains, and subparagraph (C) would be deleted. Their existing wording and the surrounding statutory framework are not supplied, so the full change in export-restriction authority cannot be determined.
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of Commerce jointly find and report to the President and to the Congress that— (I) the export of crude oil pursuant to this Act has caused sustained material oil supply shortages or sustained oil prices significantly above world market levels that are directly attributable to the export of crude oil produced in the United States; and (II) those supply shortages or price increases have caused or are likely to cause sustained material adverse employment effects in the United States;
and (ii) the President declares a national emergency based on the findings of a report under clause (i) and formally notices the declaration of a national emergency in the Federal Register; or
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ; or and inserting a period; and (3) by striking subparagraph (C).
To satisfy proposed replacement subparagraph (A), the Secretaries of Defense, Energy, and Commerce would have to jointly find and report to the President and Congress that crude-oil exports caused sustained material oil supply shortages or sustained oil prices significantly above world market levels directly attributable to exports of U.S.-produced crude oil, and that those shortages or price increases caused or were likely to cause sustained material adverse employment effects in the United States.
(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: (A) (i) the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of Commerce jointly find and report to the President and to the Congress that— (I) the export of crude oil pursuant to this Act has caused sustained material oil supply shortages or sustained oil prices significantly above world market levels that are directly attributable to the export of crude oil produced in the United States; and (II) those supply shortages or price increases have caused or are likely to cause sustained material adverse employment effects in the United States;
Satisfying replacement subparagraph (A) would also require the President to declare a national emergency based on the joint report and formally publish notice of the declaration in the Federal Register. The declaration is an additional condition under (A), not a mandatory consequence of the report. The bill itself does not declare an emergency.
and (ii) the President declares a national emergency based on the findings of a report under clause (i) and formally notices the declaration of a national emergency in the Federal Register; or
The bill would retain subparagraph (B) as an alternative to replacement subparagraph (A), replacing the ending “; or” in (B) with a period. It does not reproduce the rest of (B), so the supplied text does not establish that alternative's conditions.
and (ii) the President declares a national emergency based on the findings of a report under clause (i) and formally notices the declaration of a national emergency in the Federal Register; or
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ; or and inserting a period;
The bill would delete subparagraph (C) from section 101(d)(1) of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. The supplied bill does not reproduce that provision, preventing an assessment of what substantive authority or conditions its deletion would remove.
Section 101(d)(1) of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (42 U.S.C. 6212a(d)(1)) is amended—
(3) by striking subparagraph (C).
The supplied action snapshot, updated May 8, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 5, 2025. It does not establish any later legislative outcome.
Source snapshot updated 2026-05-08T12:54:34Z. 2025-03-05: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 2025-03-05: Introduced in House
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