Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · S

S. 2787 (109th)

Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act of 2006

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

11 May 2006

Last action

21 September 2006 · Introduced

Status

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9862-9863)

Sponsors

Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID], Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS], Sen. Thune, John [R-SD], Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY], Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND], Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY], Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT], Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT], Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR], Sen. Warner, John [R-VA], Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK], Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]

Subjects

Energy

Source updated

5 December 2025

Energy

Summary

Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act of 2006 - Authorizes U.S. persons to: (1) explore and extract hydrocarbon resources from any portion of the foreign exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the U.S. exclusive economic zone; and (2) export without license authority all equipment necessary for the exploration for or extraction of hydrocarbon resources. Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to allow under a general license employees of oil and gas producers, distributors, and shippers to travel to, from, or within Cuba to explore for and extract hydrocarbon resources from such zone.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 11 May 2006

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 11 May 2006

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 21 September 2006

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9862-9863)

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in Senate (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate (text)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 May 2006

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in Senate (PDF)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 May 2006

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate

    summary · EN · 11 May 2006

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.