[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 942 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 942

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the export 
 or 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

                            February 4, 2025

  Ms. Houlahan (for herself, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Costa, Mr. 
Moylan, Mr. Quigley, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. 
 Castor of Florida, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. 
    Salazar, Ms. Titus, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Thompson of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Schneider, Mrs. Kim, 
Mr. Pappas, Mr. Lawler, and Mr. Deluzio) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the export 
 or 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 ``Banning Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act'' or the ``Banning SPR Oil 
Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EXPORTS.

    (a) In General.--The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended 
by inserting after section 163 (42 U.S.C. 6243) the following:

``SEC. 164. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EXPORTS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall prohibit the export or sale 
of petroleum products drawn down from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, 
under any provision of law, to--
            ``(1) the People's Republic of China;
            ``(2) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
            ``(3) the Russian Federation;
            ``(4) the Islamic Republic of Iran; and
            ``(5) any entity that is under the ownership or control 
        of--
                    ``(A) a country referred to in any of paragraphs 
                (1) through (4); or
                    ``(B) the Chinese Communist Party.
    ``(b) Waiver.--The Secretary may issue a waiver of the prohibition 
described in subsection (a) if the Secretary certifies that any export 
or sale authorized pursuant to the waiver is in the national security 
interests of the United States.
    ``(c) Rule.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
the Banning Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil Exports to Foreign 
Adversaries Act, the Secretary shall issue a rule to carry out this 
section.''.
    (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 164'' before the 
        period at the end.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for the 
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 163 the following:

``Sec. 164. Prohibition on certain exports.''.
            (3) National policy on oil export restriction.--Section 
        101(b) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (42 U.S.C. 
        6212a(b)) is amended by inserting ``and section 164 of the 
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act'' after ``and (d)''.
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