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1	2		118THCONGRESS
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3	4		STSESSION H. R. 21
4		-	AN ACT
	5	+	To provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas production
	6	+	under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of
	7	+	the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary
	8	+	of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in conjunction with a
	9	+	drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
	10	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	11	+	JANUARY9, 2023
	12	+	Mrs. R
	13	+	ODGERSof Washington (for herself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. LATTA, Mr.
	14	+	C
	15	+	URTIS, Mr. JOYCEof Pennsylvania, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. JOHNSONof
	16	+	Ohio, Mr. B
	17	+	URGESS, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. HIGGINS
	18	+	of Louisiana, Mr. F
	19	+	ITZGERALD, Mr. DUNNof Florida, Mr. ARMSTRONG,
	20	+	Mr. B
	21	+	ILIRAKIS, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. PENCE, Mr. CREN-
	22	+	SHAW, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. KEANof New Jersey, Mr. LANGWORTHY, and
	23	+	Mrs. C
	24	+	HAVEZ-DEREMER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
	25	+	ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL
5	26		To provide for the development of a plan to increase oil
6	27		and gas production under oil and gas leases of Federal
7	28		lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agri-
8	29		culture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the
9	30		Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in conjunction
10	31		with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Stra-
11		-	tegic Petroleum Reserve. 2
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	32	+	tegic Petroleum Reserve.
13	33		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
14	34		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
15		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
16		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strategic Production 4
17		-	Response Act’’. 5
18		-	SEC. 2. COMPENSATORY PRODUCTION INCREASE PLAN. 6
19		-	Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 7
20		-	Act (42 U.S.C. 6241) is amended by adding at the end 8
21		-	the following new subsection: 9
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	38	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
	39	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strategic Production 2
	40	+	Response Act’’. 3
	41	+	SEC. 2. COMPENSATORY PRODUCTION INCREASE PLAN. 4
	42	+	Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 5
	43	+	Act (42 U.S.C. 6241) is amended by adding at the end 6
	44	+	the following new subsection: 7
22	45		‘‘(k) P
23		-	LAN.— 10
	46	+	LAN.— 8
24	47		‘‘(1) I
25		-	N GENERAL.—Except in the case of a se-11
26		-	vere energy supply interruption described in sub-12
27		-	section (d), the Secretary may not execute the first 13
28		-	drawdown of petroleum products in the Reserve 14
29		-	after the date of enactment of this subsection, 15
30		-	whether through sale, exchange, or loan, until the 16
31		-	Secretary has developed and submitted to Congress 17
32		-	a plan to increase the percentage of Federal lands 18
33		-	(including submerged lands of the Outer Continental 19
34		-	Shelf) under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Ag-20
35		-	riculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of 21
36		-	the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense leased for 22
37		-	oil and gas production by the same percentage as 23
38		-	the percentage of petroleum in the Strategic Petro-24
39		-	leum Reserve that has been drawn down during the 25 3
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41		-	period beginning January 21, 2021, and ending on 1
42		-	the date of enactment of this Act, and that is to be 2
43		-	drawn down in that first and subsequent 3
44		-	drawdowns, subject to the limitation under para-4
45		-	graph (2). 5
46		-	‘‘(2) L
47		-	IMITATION.— 6
48		-	‘‘(A) I
49		-	N GENERAL.—The plan required by 7
50		-	paragraph (1) shall not provide for— 8
51		-	‘‘(i) a total increase in the percentage 9
52		-	of Federal lands described in paragraph 10
53		-	(1) leased for oil and gas production in ex-11
54		-	cess of 15 percent; or 12
55		-	‘‘(ii) the financial benefit or participa-13
56		-	tion of any entity that has a contractual 14
57		-	relationship with, or is owned, controlled, 15
58		-	or under the influence of, a foreign entity 16
59		-	of concern. 17
60		-	‘‘(B) D
61		-	EFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 18
62		-	term ‘foreign entity of concern’ means— 19
63		-	‘‘(i) the People’s Republic of China; 20
64		-	‘‘(ii) the Democratic People’s Republic 21
65		-	of Korea; 22
66		-	‘‘(iii) the Russian Federation; 23
67		-	‘‘(iv) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 24
68		-	and 25 4
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70		-	‘‘(v) any other country the govern-1
71		-	ment of which is subject to sanctions im-2
72		-	posed by the United States. 3
	48	+	N GENERAL.—Except in the case of a se-9
	49	+	vere energy supply interruption described in sub-10
	50	+	section (d), the Secretary may not execute the first 11
	51	+	drawdown of petroleum products in the Reserve 12
	52	+	after the date of enactment of this subsection, 13
	53	+	whether through sale, exchange, or loan, until the 14
	54	+	Secretary has developed a plan to increase the per-15
	55	+	centage of Federal lands (including submerged lands 16
	56	+	of the Outer Continental Shelf) under the jurisdic-17
	57	+	tion of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 18
	58	+	Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Sec-19
	59	+	retary of Defense leased for oil and gas production 20
	60	+	by the same percentage as the percentage of petro-21
	61	+	leum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that is to 22
	62	+	be drawn down in that first and subsequent 23
	63	+	drawdowns, subject to the limitation under para-24
	64	+	graph (2). 25
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	68	+	‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The plan required by para-1
	69	+	graph (1) shall not provide for a total increase in 2
	70	+	the percentage of Federal lands described in para-3
	71	+	graph (1) leased for oil and gas production in excess 4
	72	+	of 10 percent. 5
73	73		‘‘(3) C
74		-	ONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall, in 4
75		-	consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the 5
76		-	Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of De-6
77		-	fense— 7
78		-	‘‘(A) prepare the plan required by para-8
79		-	graph (1); and 9
80		-	‘‘(B) ensure such plan will not result in the 10
81		-	sale of petroleum products drawn down from 11
82		-	the Reserve to Iran, China, North Korea, or 12
83		-	Russia. 13
84		-	‘‘(4) S
85		-	UBMISSION TO CONGRESS .—The Sec-14
86		-	retary shall submit the plan developed under para-15
87		-	graph (1) to the Committees on Armed Services, Ag-16
88		-	riculture, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Re-17
89		-	sources of the House of Representatives and the 18
90		-	Committees on Energy and Natural Resources, En-19
91		-	vironment and Public Works, Armed Services, and 20
92		-	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. 21
93		-	‘‘(5) T
94		-	HOMPSON DIVIDE.—As part of the plan 22
95		-	developed under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 23
96		-	identify areas to lease within the approximately 24
97		-	224,793.73 acres, including approximately 25 5
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99		-	200,518.28 acres of National Forest System lands, 1
100		-	approximately 15,464.99 acres of public lands, and 2
101		-	approximately 8,810.46 acres of reserved Federal 3
102		-	mineral interest within the Thompson Divide area in 4
103		-	Colorado. 5
104		-	‘‘(6) R
105		-	EQUIREMENTS.—The plan required by 6
106		-	paragraph (1) shall include a list of parcels planned 7
107		-	to be offered for lease, including, for each such par-8
108		-	cel— 9
109		-	‘‘(A) the size of the parcel, by acre; 10
110		-	‘‘(B) the location of the parcel; and 11
111		-	‘‘(C) any permits and approvals necessary 12
112		-	to access the parcel and produce oil and gas on 13
113		-	the parcel.’’. 14
114		-	SEC. 3. NO EFFECT ON CERTAIN WITHDRAWALS OF FED-15
115		-	ERAL LANDS. 16
116		-	Nothing in this Act, or any amendments made by this 17
117		-	Act, shall affect the Presidential memorandum titled 18
118		-	‘‘Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the 19
119		-	United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Dis-20
120		-	position’’ and dated September 8, 2020. 21
121		-	SEC. 4. NO EFFECT ON EXISTING LEASING RESTRICTIONS. 22
122		-	Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this 23
123		-	Act, shall affect any statutory or regulatory restrictions 24
124		-	in effect on the date of enactment of this Act (including 25 6
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126		-	any withdrawal of Federal land) that may prohibit oil and 1
127		-	gas leasing within the area designated as the North Atlan-2
128		-	tic Planning Area. 3
129		-	SEC. 5. NO EFFECT ON EXISTING LEASING RESTRICTIONS. 4
130		-	Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this 5
131		-	Act, shall affect any statutory or regulatory restrictions 6
132		-	in effect on the date of enactment of this Act (including 7
133		-	any withdrawal of Federal land) that may prohibit oil and 8
134		-	gas leasing within the area designated as the South Atlan-9
135		-	tic Planning Area. 10
136		-	SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO ABUSE 11
137		-	OF EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS. 12
138		-	Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this 13
139		-	Act, may be construed to authorize the President to make 14
140		-	a determination under section 161(d) of the Energy Policy 15
141		-	and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(d)) that an emer-16
142		-	gency situation exists in order for the Secretary of Energy 17
143		-	to draw down and sell petroleum products under such sub-18
144		-	section for political, non-emergency purposes. 19
145		-	Passed the House of Representatives January 27,
146		-	2023.
147		-	Attest:
148		-	Clerk. 118
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156		-	H. R. 21
157		-	AN ACT
158		-	To provide for the development of a plan to in-
159		-	crease oil and gas production under oil and gas
160		-	leases of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of
161		-	the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of
162		-	Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the
163		-	Secretary of Defense in conjunction with a draw-
164		-	down of petroleum reserves from the Strategic
165		-	Petroleum Reserve.
	74	+	ONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall pre-6
	75	+	pare the plan required by paragraph (1) in consulta-7
	76	+	tion with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 8
	77	+	of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense.’’. 9
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