To clarify the ownership of crude oil produced within the jurisdiction of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq and to authorize the President to provide defense articles and defense services to the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq.

States that crude oil produced within the jurisdiction of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq shall, upon entering U.S. jurisdiction, be deemed to be owned exclusively by the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq or by any person that purchased such crude oil from the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq.

Authorizes the President to provide defense articles and defense services directly to the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5679 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5679

To clarify the ownership of crude oil produced within the jurisdiction 
   of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq and to authorize the 
   President to provide defense articles and defense services to the 
                 Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2014

 Mr. Rohrabacher (for himself, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. 
Culberson, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Messer, Mr. Poe of 
  Texas, Mr. Stockman, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. 
Broun of Georgia, Mr. Jones, Mr. Long, and Mrs. Lummis) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To clarify the ownership of crude oil produced within the jurisdiction 
   of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq and to authorize the 
   President to provide defense articles and defense services to the 
                 Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. OWNERSHIP OF CRUDE OIL PRODUCED WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF 
              THE KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ.

    Crude oil produced within the jurisdiction of the Kurdistan 
Regional Government of Iraq shall, upon entering the jurisdiction of 
the United States, be deemed to be owned exclusively by the Kurdistan 
Regional Government of Iraq or by any person that purchased such crude 
oil from the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERVICES TO 
              THE KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 3 of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753), or any other provision of law, the 
President is authorized to provide defense articles and defense 
services directly to the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``defense articles'' 
and ``defense services'' have the meanings given such terms in section 
47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794 note).
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