HR 6947 United States House · 117th Congress

Freedom from Russian Energy Enterprise and Domestic Oil Maximization Act

Summary

Freedom from Russian Energy Enterprise and Domestic Oil Maximization Act or the FREEDOM Act This bill directs the President to prohibit imports of crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, and liquified natural gas from Russia. It also (1) authorizes the construction and operation of the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline to import oil from Canada into the United States, and (2) nullifies the Executive Order titled Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad and signed January 27, 2021.

Issues: ✗ Energy ✗ Environment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2022

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Introduced Mar 7, 2022 Last action Mar 21, 2022

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Committee

Mar 21, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

lower

Mar 10, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

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Mar 8, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

lower

Mar 8, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

lower

Mar 7, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Mar 7, 2022

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Introduced in House

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1 primary · 15 co-sponsors