Protect the Permian Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9759 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9759 To authorize the establishment of a program to combat oil theft in the Permian Basin. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 23, 2024 Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize the establishment of a program to combat oil theft in the Permian Basin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Protect the Permian Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. PERMIAN BASIN OIL THEFT TASK FORCE. (a) In General.--The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations is authorized to establish a program to combat oil theft in the Permian Basin to be carried out through the Permian Basin Oil Theft Task Force (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ``task force''). (b) Coordination.--In carry…