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Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-110

§1354 Limitations on Export of Oil or Gas

Title 43 › CHAPTER 29 — SUBMERGED LANDS › SUBCHAPTER III — OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS › § 1354

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Oil and gas taken from the outer Continental Shelf must follow the rules of the Export Administration Act, unless an exception applies. Before any of that oil or gas can be sent abroad, the President must make and publish a clear finding that the exports will not increase U.S. dependence on imported oil or gas, are in the national interest, and follow the Export Administration Act. The President must send that finding to Congress. After Congress gets it, lawmakers have 60 calendar days (at least 30 days must be days Congress is in session) to review it. If Congress passes a concurrent resolution saying it disagrees, those exports must stop. The rule does not apply to oil or gas that is swapped or temporarily sent out for transportation convenience or efficiency, or is covered by an existing international agreement.

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Title 43, §1354

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(a)Application of Export Administration provisions
Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, any oil or gas produced from the outer Continental Shelf shall be subject to the requirements and provisions of the Export Administration Act of 1969.
(b)Condition precedent to exportation; express finding by President of no increase in reliance on imported oil or gas
Before any oil or gas subject to this section may be exported under the requirements and provisions of the Export Administration Act of 1969, the President shall make and publish an express finding that such exports will not increase reliance on imported oil or gas, are in the national interest, and are in accord with the provisions of the Export Administration Act of 1969.
(c)Report of findings by President to Congress; joint resolution of disagreement with findings of President
The President shall submit reports to the Congress containing findings made under this section, and after the date of receipt of such report Congress shall have a period of sixty calendar days, thirty days of which Congress must have been in session, to consider whether exports under the terms of this section are in the national interest. If the Congress within such time period passes a concurrent resolution of disapproval stating disagreement with the President’s finding concerning the national interest, further exports made pursuant to such Presidential findings shall cease.
(d)Exchange or temporary exportation of oil and gas for convenience or efficiency of transportation
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any oil or gas which is either exchanged in similar quantity for convenience or increased efficiency of transportation with persons or the government of a foreign state, or which is temporarily exported for convenience or increased efficiency of transportation across parts of an adjacent foreign state and reenters the United States, or which is exchanged or exported pursuant to an existing international agreement.

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The Export Administration Act of 1969, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), is Pub. L. 91–184, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 841, which was formerly classified to sections 2401 to 2413 of the former Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense, and which terminated on Sept. 30, 1979, pursuant to the terms of that Act. See chapter 56 (§ 4601 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense.

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43 U.S.C. § 1354

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110