§ 1354. — Limitations on export of oil or gas.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1354]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 29--SUBMERGED LANDS
SUBCHAPTER III--OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS
Sec. 1354. Limitations on export of oil or gas
(a) Application of Export Administration provisions
Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, any oil or gas
produced from the outer Continental Shelf shall be subject to the
requirements and provisions of the Export Administration Act of 1969.
(b) Condition precedent to exportation; express finding by President of
no increase in reliance on imported oil or gas
Before any oil or gas subject to this section may be exported under
the requirements and provisions of the Export Administration Act of
1969, the President shall make and publish an express finding that such
exports will not increase reliance on imported oil or gas, are in the
national interest, and are in accord with the provisions of the Export
Administration Act of 1969.
(c) Report of findings by President to Congress; joint resolution of
disagreement with findings of President
The President shall submit reports to the Congress containing
findings made under this section, and after the date of receipt of such
report Congress shall have a period of sixty calendar days, thirty days
of which Congress must have been in session, to consider whether exports
under the terms of this section are in the national interest. If the
Congress within such time period passes a concurrent resolution of
disapproval stating disagreement with the President's finding concerning
the national interest, further exports made pursuant to such
Presidential findings shall cease.
(d) Exchange or temporary exportation of oil and gas for convenience or
efficiency of transportation
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any oil or gas
which is either exchanged in similar quantity for convenience or
increased efficiency of transportation with persons or the government of
a foreign state, or which is temporarily exported for convenience or
increased efficiency of transportation across parts of an adjacent
foreign state and reenters the United States, or which is exchanged or
exported pursuant to an existing international agreement.
(Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, Sec. 28, as added Pub. L. 95-372, title II,
Sec. 208, Sept. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 668.)
References in Text
The Export Administration Act of 1969, referred to in subsecs. (a)
and (b), is Pub. L. 91-184, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 841, as amended,
which was formerly classified to sections 2401 to 2413 of Title 50,
Appendix, War and National Defense, and which terminated on Sept. 30,
1979, pursuant to the terms of that Act.
