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H.R. 49 The American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act

H.R. 49 The American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act. By: Sally Park and Stacy Tam Period 4 AP Government 5/24/12 Group #2. Bill Info. Introduced 1/5/2011 by House of Reps. Related Bills: H.R. 1023, H.R. 1682, H.R. 3407, and H.R. 3487 131 Co-Sponsors

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H.R. 49 The American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act

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  1. H.R. 49The American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act By: Sally Park and Stacy Tam Period 4 AP Government 5/24/12 Group #2

  2. Bill Info • Introduced 1/5/2011 by House of Reps. • Related Bills: H.R. 1023, H.R. 1682, H.R. 3407, and H.R. 3487 • 131 Co-Sponsors • Currently referred to a House subcommittee (Energy and Environment)

  3. What does this do? • Allows drilling for oil in Alaska • 45,000 acres are “Special Area” • “Special Area” can be drilled • Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 • ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge)

  4. Who sponsors this? • Generally Republicans • ¾ of Alaskans

  5. Who is against this? • Generally Republicans • Environmentalists • Some Alaskans (1/4) • Gwich’in Indians

  6. Public Backlash • Deepwater Horizon oil spill aka BP Oil Spill • Largest accidental petroleum spill ever • Lengthy media coverage • 4.9 million barrels of crude oil • Extreme damage to wildlife • 86 days

  7. Party Support • President Obama is against drilling in ANWR • Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski “Timing is everything.” • Sarah Palin “Drill Baby, Drill.”

  8. Interest Groups • Arctic Power (anwr.org) • Argues that petroleum and the environment can coexist • Sierra Club • Argues that ANWR drilling would be detrimental to the Alaskan ecosystem

  9. http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbnid=gSyTwsnAojx4EM:&imgrefurl=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/bp_concedes_oil_spill_in_gulf.html&docid=R_YaMr9E0jwxvM&imgurl=http://media.oregonlive.com/news_impact/photo/bp-oil-spill-gulf-of-mexico-governor-jindal-louisiana-c1ef43ff0f158c8f_large.jpg&w=432&h=304&ei=tGLAT5uZJoWgiALB9P2nCA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=235&sig=102430161367494745817&page=1&tbnh=138&tbnw=195&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0,i:91&tx=90&ty=91http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbnid=gSyTwsnAojx4EM:&imgrefurl=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/bp_concedes_oil_spill_in_gulf.html&docid=R_YaMr9E0jwxvM&imgurl=http://media.oregonlive.com/news_impact/photo/bp-oil-spill-gulf-of-mexico-governor-jindal-louisiana-c1ef43ff0f158c8f_large.jpg&w=432&h=304&ei=tGLAT5uZJoWgiALB9P2nCA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=235&sig=102430161367494745817&page=1&tbnh=138&tbnw=195&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0,i:91&tx=90&ty=91 • http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/02/17/139185/us-house-oks-opening-anwr-to-oil.html • http://www.unc.edu/~money/geography/history_files/image001.jpg • http://expeditionsalaska.com/ramblings/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NOV5352.jpg • http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,150178,00.html • http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbnid=CD5N7UciWm9ZnM:&imgrefurl=http://mentalrecession.blogspot.com/2012/04/ten-years-ago-democrats-blocked.html&docid=v2guzBwsdgb6jM&imgurl=http://rlv.zcache.com/anwr_oil_drilling_today_protects_tomorrow_bumper_sticker-p128789893117842540z74sk_400.jpg&w=400&h=400&ei=OGXAT6-xNcKxiQLg_cygCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=173&vpy=281&dur=711&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=132&ty=133&sig=102430161367494745817&page=1&tbnh=130&tbnw=130&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0,i:87 • http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbnid=kt9Ne2JkYgLewM:&imgrefurl=http://alaska.sierraclub.org/&docid=bIQt-pnjyDERrM&imgurl=http://alaska.sierraclub.org/images/Sierra_Club_logo_color.GIF&w=660&h=330&ei=GmXAT-6tNceFiALAw-GVCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=153&vpy=205&dur=26&hovh=159&hovw=318&tx=194&ty=110&sig=102430161367494745817&page=1&tbnh=92&tbnw=184&start=0&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:88 • http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d112:1:./temp/~bdBdLt::|/home/LegislativeData.php| • http://heartspace1.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bottomline-1

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