Full Text of HR0243 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The United States relies on gasoline,
diesel, and | 3 | | jet fuel despite the recent focus on renewable and alternative | 4 | | sources of energy, and it will continue to rely on those fuels | 5 | | for many years; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In order to fuel our economy, the United States | 7 | | will need more oil and natural gas
while also requiring | 8 | | additional alternative energy sources; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The United States currently depends on foreign | 10 | | imports for more than half of its
petroleum usage, and it is | 11 | | the largest consumer of petroleum in the world; U.S. dependence | 12 | | on
overseas oil has created geopolitical relationships with | 13 | | potentially damaging consequences for
our national security; | 14 | | and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Oil deposits in the Bakken Reserves of Montana, | 16 | | North Dakota, and South Dakota
are an increasingly important | 17 | | crude oil resource; it contains an estimated 11 billion barrels | 18 | | of
recoverable crude oil and there is not enough pipeline | 19 | | capacity for crude oil supplies from
Montana, North Dakota, | 20 | | South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas to reach American refineries; | 21 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Canadian oil reserves contain an estimated 173 | 2 | | billion barrels of recoverable oil,
and Canada is the single | 3 | | largest supplier of oil to the United States at 2.62 million | 4 | | barrels per day; Canada has the capacity to significantly | 5 | | increase that rate; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Keystone XL pipeline will, when completed, | 7 | | carry 700,000 barrels of North
American crude oil to American | 8 | | refineries in the Gulf Coast region; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Construction of the project will create 120,000 | 10 | | jobs nationwide, including 20,000 in
construction and | 11 | | manufacturing, create $20 billion in economic growth, and | 12 | | generate millions of
dollars' worth of government receipts; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, A recent study by the U.S. Department of Energy | 14 | | found that increasing delivery of
crude oil from Montana, North | 15 | | Dakota, South Dakota, and Alberta, as well as Texas and
| 16 | | Oklahoma to American refineries has the potential to | 17 | | substantially reduce our country's
dependence on sources | 18 | | outside of North America; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Canada sends more than 99% of its oil exports to | 20 | | the United States,
the bulk of which goes to Midwestern | 21 | | refineries; oil companies are investing huge sums to
expand and | 22 | | upgrade refineries in the Midwest and elsewhere to make |
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| 1 | | gasoline and other refined
products from Canadian oil derived | 2 | | from oil sands; the expansion and upgrade projects will
create | 3 | | many new construction jobs over the next 5 years and | 4 | | substantially add to the gross
product of Illinois; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ninety percent of the money used to buy Canadian | 6 | | oil will likely later be spent
directly on U.S. goods and | 7 | | services in contrast with increasing the trade relationship | 8 | | with
unstable regions; supporting the continued shift towards | 9 | | reliable and secure sources of North
American oil is of vital | 10 | | interest to the United States and the State of Illinois; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 | | commend the members of
Congress of the United States who have | 15 | | called for the expansion and completion of the Keystone
XL | 16 | | pipeline system; and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That we call upon the President of the United | 18 | | States and his administration to
speed up the process of | 19 | | granting final permits to enable construction to begin on the | 20 | | completion
of the Keystone XL pipeline network for reasons of | 21 | | consumer protection and national security; and be it further | 22 | | RESOLVED, That we request that the United States Department |
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| 1 | | of Defense make a public
statement as to the desirability of | 2 | | maximizing the production of fossil fuels within the boundaries
| 3 | | of North America as part of our overall worldwide strategic | 4 | | position in relations to nations that
do not wish well to the | 5 | | United States; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent | 7 | | to members of the Illinois
congressional delegation, the | 8 | | President of the United States, the United States Secretary of
| 9 | | Defense, the United States Secretary of the Interior, the | 10 | | United States Secretary of Energy, and
the Administrator of the | 11 | | United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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