H.R. 4235: To allow the export or other provision of oil to Israel.
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H.R. 4235: To allow the export or other provision of oil to Israel.
108th Congress · introduced 2004-04-28 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2004-04-28 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To allow the export or other provision of oil to Israel.
Plain summary
Authorizes the President to export oil to, or secure oil for, any country pursuant to a bilateral international oil supply agreement entered into by the United States with such country before June 25, 1979, or to any country pursuant to the International Emergency Oil Sharing Plan of the International Energy Agency. Declares that the following agreements shall be deemed to have entered into force by operation of law and shall be deemed to have no termination date: (1) the agreement entitled "Agreement amending and extending the memorandum of agreement of June 22, 1979", entered into force November 13, 1994 (TIAS 12580); and (2) the agreement entitled "Agreement amending the contingency implementing arrangements of October 17, 1980", entered into force June 27, 1995 (TIAS 12670).
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
To allow the export or other provision of oil to Israel.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] · 14 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr4235.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>
Record fed-us-cong108-hr4235 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108