Protect ANWR Bill Vote

[Geoff Zalla]

Protect Artic National Wildlife Refuge Bill

Mr. BREDESEN, submits:

A BILL

To protect the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling

BE IT ENACTED by the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States of America

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

This bill shall be cited and known as the "Protect ANWR Bill"

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS

1) For the purpose of this bill ANWR shall refer to the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge that covers 19,049,236 acres (79,318 km²) in the Alaska North Slope region.

2) For the purpose of this bill Oil corporations shall refer to any legal, commercial body that specializes in the retail, drilling, or seeking of oil.

SECTION 3. FINDINGS

The Congress finds that-

1) Although there is currently an oil crisis in the United States ANWR holds on between 4.3 and 11.8 billion barrels of oil.

2)At the current rate of U.S. consumption which is 20 million barrels a day the ANWR deposit would last for roughly 525 days if it accounted for 100% of U.S. oil consumption if it contained 10.4 billion barrels.

3) At the current rate of U.S. consumption which is 20 billlion barrels a day the ANWR deposit would last 215 days if it provided 100% of U.S. oil if it contained 4.3 billion barrels.

4) Increased oil drilling in the United States is a temporary solution to an increasingly temporary fuel source.

SECTION 4. PROVISIONS

1) The Congress of the United States would provide upto but not exceeding 3 million dollars in federal aid to ANWR to keep it open.

2) The Congress of the United States will provide a tax deduction to oil companies that put a 10% of their overall income into research into renewable energy souces. The tax deduction will be the same amount of money the oil company spends on research.

SECTION 4. ENACTMENT

This bill shall be enacted upon the President's signature

SECTION 5. PLAIN ENGLISH SUMMARY

This bill gives money to ANWR to allow it to stay open but also gives money to oil companies to research into renewable energy resources.

[Geoff Zalla]

The floor is now open to vote on this bill. All senators that are members of this committee are free to vote either aye, nay, or abstain. Once all senators have voted or if the time has expired for the vote then I will issue my vote, should there not be an official aye or nay or if no senator has bothered to vote. Voting period will commence immediately. - 24 hours to vote starting now.

[Emmelline Warner]

NAY

[Geoff Zalla]

I vote NAY.

Final count:

Yays: 0

Nays: 2

Abstains: 0

Vote is closed. The Protect ANWR Bill has FAILED to pass the Energy, Science, Agriculture, and Enivornmental Affairs Committee vote.