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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2015-07-23</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2017-04-28</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001570318</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CLEARBRIDGE AMERICAN ENERGY MLP FUND INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CBA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000005272</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>175 WATER STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10038</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See Remarks</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001704966</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Lexington Insurance Co</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>99 HIGH ST, FLOOR 23</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02110-2378</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See Remarks</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000005108</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE CO</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>2727-A ALLEN PARKWAY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77019</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See Remarks</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Series B Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-12-22</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>160</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>102000.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>240</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Held through subsidiaries</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">After giving effect to the sale on December 22, 2015, American General Life Insurance Company (&quot;AGLIC&quot;), Lexington Insurance Company (&quot;Lexington&quot;), each an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. (&quot;AIG&quot;), and The United Guaranty Mortgage Indemnity Company (&quot;UGMIC&quot;), a former indirect wholly owned subsidiary of AIG, directly held 160 shares, 78 shares and 2 shares, respectively, of the Series B Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock (the &quot;Series B MRPS&quot;).  AIG is an indirect beneficial owner of the Series B MRPS.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Filed pursuant to Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Amendment filed to correct transaction code.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Geoffrey N. Cornell, Authorized Signatory of American International Group, Inc.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-06-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Martin J. Bogue, Authorized Signatory of Lexington Insurance Company</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-06-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Julie A. Cotton Hearne, Authorized Signatory of American General Life Insurance Company</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-06-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
