Biden’s Russian Oil Ban Executive Order Appears to Exempt U.S. Federal Government, Agencies, Contractors
By Craig Bannister | March 17, 2022 | 1:21pm EDT
President Joe Biden’s executive order prohibiting the importation of Russian oil, prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, appears to exempt the U.S. federal government, its agencies and its contractors from the ban.
Under Section 1. (a) of Biden’s executive order, “the following are prohibited”:
“the importation into the United States of the following products of Russian Federation origin: crude oil; petroleum; petroleum fuels, oils, and products of their distillation; liquefied natural gas; coal; and coal product;”
“new investment in the energy sector in the Russian Federation by a United States person, wherever located;”
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/bidens-russian-oil-ban-executive-order-appears-exempt-us-federal-government
