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  • H. R. 9759 aims to combat oil theft in the Permian Basin by establishing the Permian Basin Oil Theft Task Force under the authority of the FBI. The bill authorizes $1 million for this initiative, requiring collaboration between federal, state, local, and tribal law...

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    H.R. 9759 is a new plan that wants to stop people from stealing oil in a place called the Permian Basin by creating a special team with police and law helpers who will work together, and they will have some money to help them do their job. The plan also says that people who steal oil will get in bigger trouble, and every year, the team has to tell grown-ups in charge how they spent the money and what they did.