[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 256 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 256

To prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum 
          Reserve to certain entities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2025

 Mrs. Bice (for herself, Mr. Baird, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Johnson of South 
     Dakota, Mr. Owens, Mr. Mann, Mr. Rutherford, and Mr. Donalds) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum 
          Reserve to certain entities, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Save America's Valuable Energy Act'' 
or the ``SAVE Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST SELLING SPR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO CERTAIN 
              ENTITIES.

    (a) Prohibition.--The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended 
by inserting after section 169 (42 U.S.C. 6247b) the following:

``SEC. 170. PROHIBITION ON SALES TO CERTAIN ENTITIES.

    ``The Secretary shall prohibit the sale of petroleum products drawn 
down from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, under any provision of law, 
to any entity headquartered in--
            ``(1) a country listed in table 1 to paragraph (d)(1) under 
        section 126.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, as in 
        effect on the date of enactment of this section; or
            ``(2) Russia.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Drawdown and sale of petroleum products.--Section 
        161(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
        6241(a)) is amended by inserting ``and section 170'' before the 
        period at the end.
            (2) Table of contents.--The table of contents for the 
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 169 the following:

``Sec. 170. Prohibition on sales to certain entities.''.
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