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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 432
To lower consumer fuel prices, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY20, 2023
Mr. P
ALLONE(for himself, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. TRONE, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms.
C
RAIG, and Mr. CROW) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To lower consumer fuel prices, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘Buy Low and Sell High Act’’. 5
(b) T
ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
this Act is as follows: 7
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—PETROLEUM RESERVES
Sec. 101. Economic Petroleum Reserve.
Sec. 102. Establishing Strategic Refined Petroleum Product Reserves.
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Sec. 103. Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve.
Sec. 104. SPR Petroleum Account.
Sec. 105. Prohibition on certain exports.
Sec. 106. Strategic Petroleum Reserve reforms.
Sec. 107. Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown and sale.
Sec. 108. DOE study and plan for delivery of fuel during pipeline disruptions.
TITLE II—FUEL DEMAND
Sec. 201. State energy transportation plans.
Sec. 202. Transportation electrification.
Sec. 203. Federal fleets.
TITLE III—FUEL SUPPLY
Sec. 301. Assistance for Western Hemisphere refineries.
TITLE I—PETROLEUM RESERVES 1
SEC. 101. ECONOMIC PETROLEUM RESERVE. 2
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—Section 154 of the Energy 3
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6234) is amended 4
by adding at the end the following: 5
‘‘(g) E
CONOMICPETROLEUMRESERVE.— 6
‘‘(1) E
STABLISHMENT.—In carrying out sub-7
section (b), the Secretary shall establish and main-8
tain within the Strategic Petroleum Reserve an Eco-9
nomic Petroleum Reserve of up to 350,000,000 bar-10
rels of crude oil. 11
‘‘(2) S
OURCE.—The Economic Petroleum Re-12
serve shall consist of— 13
‘‘(A) 90,000,000 barrels of crude oil that 14
are stored in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 15
on the date of enactment of this subsection, less 16
any amounts drawn down and sold under sec-17
tion 161(k) after such date; and 18
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‘‘(B) any crude oil purchased under section 1
160(i).’’. 2
(b) P
URCHASES.—Section 160 of the Energy Policy 3
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6240) is amended by 4
adding at the end the following: 5
‘‘(i) P
URCHASE OFCRUDEOIL FORECONOMICPE-6
TROLEUMRESERVE.— 7
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—For purposes of section 8
154(g), the Secretary may acquire crude oil under 9
this section only by purchase from domestic pro-10
ducers for a contract price of not more than $60 per 11
barrel, in accordance with this subsection. 12
‘‘(2) I
MMEDIATE DELIVERY .—The Secretary 13
may enter into a contract under paragraph (1) at 14
any time for immediate delivery of crude oil. 15
‘‘(3) F
UTURE DELIVERY.— 16
‘‘(A) A
UTHORIZED PERIOD .—During the 17
period that begins on the date of enactment of 18
this subsection and ends on December 31, 19
2024, the Secretary may enter into a contract 20
under paragraph (1) for delivery of crude oil to 21
occur during the period that begins on January 22
1, 2025, and ends on December 31, 2027. 23
‘‘(B) P
RIORITY.—In carrying out subpara-24
graph (A), to the extent there are multiple of-25
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fers for contracts on equivalent terms, the Sec-1
retary shall give priority to contracts for crude 2
oil produced by wells, including drilled but 3
uncompleted wells, that are minimizing green-4
house gas emissions from activities at such 5
wells, as determined by the Secretary in con-6
sultation with the Administrator of the Envi-7
ronmental Protection Agency. 8
‘‘(4) F
UNDING.—The Secretary may enter into 9
a contract under paragraph (1) using amounts de-10
posited in the SPR Petroleum Account under section 11
167(c)— 12
‘‘(A) that are attributable to covered re-13
ceipts described in section 167(e)(3)(A); or 14
‘‘(B) that were appropriated for such pur-15
pose pursuant to section 166. 16
‘‘(5) A
PPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CONSIDER -17
ATIONS.—The objectives described in subsections 18
(b)(4), (c)(2), and (c)(5) shall not apply to the ac-19
quisition of crude oil pursuant to a contract under 20
paragraph (1).’’. 21
(c) D
RAWDOWN AND SALE.—Section 161 of the En-22
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241) is 23
amended by adding at the end the following: 24
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‘‘(k) DRAWDOWN AND SALEFROMECONOMICPE-1
TROLEUMRESERVE.— 2
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 3
(d)(1), the Secretary may draw down and sell crude 4
oil from amounts in the Economic Petroleum Re-5
serve established under section 154(g) at any time 6
the front-month futures price of West Texas Inter-7
mediate crude oil has remained greater than $90 per 8
barrel for at least one week. 9
‘‘(2) A
PPROPRIATIONS.— 10
‘‘(A) S
TATE ENERGY TRANSPORTATION 11
PLANS.—Notwithstanding section 167, there is 12
appropriated to the Secretary of Energy to 13
carry out section 367 an amount equal to $9 14
for each barrel of crude oil sold under this sub-15
section. 16
‘‘(B) P
LUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE 17
PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding section 167, there 18
is appropriated to the Secretary of Energy to 19
carry out section 131(b) of the Energy Inde-20
pendence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 21
17011) an amount equal to $2 for each barrel 22
of crude oil sold under this subsection. 23
‘‘(C) L
ARGE-SCALE TRANSPORTATION SEC -24
TOR ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM .—Notwith-25
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standing section 167, there is appropriated to 1
the Secretary of Energy to carry out section 2
131(c) of the Energy Independence and Secu-3
rity Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011) an amount 4
equal to $3 for each barrel of crude oil sold 5
under this subsection. 6
‘‘(D) A
SSISTANCE FOR WESTERN HEMI -7
SPHERE REFINERIES.—Notwithstanding section 8
167, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 9
Energy to carry out section 301 of the Buy 10
Low and Sell High Act an amount equal to $1 11
for each barrel of crude oil sold under this sub-12
section.’’. 13
SEC. 102. ESTABLISHING STRATEGIC REFINED PETROLEUM 14
PRODUCT RESERVES. 15
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—Title I of the Energy Policy 16
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6234) is amended by 17
adding at the end the following: 18
‘‘PART E—STRATEGIC REFINED PETROLEUM 19
PRODUCT RESERVES 20
‘‘SEC. 191. DEFINITIONS. 21
‘‘In this part: 22
‘‘(1) D
ISTRICT.—The term ‘district’ means, as 23
designated by the Administrator of the Energy In-24
formation Administration— 25
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‘‘(A) a Petroleum Administration for De-1
fense District; or 2
‘‘(B) a subdistrict of a Petroleum Adminis-3
tration for Defense District. 4
‘‘(2) N
ETWORK.—The term ‘network’ means 5
the network of Strategic Refined Petroleum Product 6
Reserves established under this part. 7
‘‘(3) R
ESERVE.—The term ‘Reserve’ means a 8
Strategic Refined Petroleum Product Reserve estab-9
lished under this part. 10
‘‘SEC. 192. ESTABLISHMENT. 11
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-12
vision of this Act, the Secretary shall establish, maintain, 13
and operate a national network of Strategic Refined Pe-14
troleum Product Reserves. 15
‘‘(b) L
OCATIONS.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 16
Secretary shall establish, maintain, and operate at least 17
one Reserve in each district. 18
‘‘(c) C
APACITY.—Each Reserve shall have the capac-19
ity to contain at least 4,000,000 barrels of gasoline and 20
2,000,000 barrels of diesel fuel, and the network shall 21
have the capacity to contain up to 250,000,000 barrels 22
of gasoline and diesel fuel. 23
‘‘(d) R
ELATIONSHIP TOSPR ANDNORTHEASTHOME 24
H
EATINGOILRESERVE.—A Reserve established under 25
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this part is not a component of the Strategic Petroleum 1
Reserve established under part B of this title or the 2
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve established under 3
part D of this title. 4
‘‘SEC. 193. AUTHORITY. 5
‘‘To the extent necessary or appropriate to carry out 6
this part, the Secretary may— 7
‘‘(1) purchase, contract for, lease, or otherwise 8
acquire, in whole or in part, storage and related fa-9
cilities, and storage services; 10
‘‘(2) use, lease, maintain, sell, or otherwise dis-11
pose of storage and related facilities acquired under 12
this part; 13
‘‘(3) acquire by purchase, exchange (including 14
exchange of petroleum products from the Strategic 15
Petroleum Reserve or received as royalty from Fed-16
eral lands), lease, or otherwise, gasoline or diesel 17
fuel for storage in a Reserve; 18
‘‘(4) store gasoline or diesel fuel in facilities not 19
owned by the United States; and 20
‘‘(5) sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of gas-21
oline or diesel fuel from a Reserve established under 22
this part, including to maintain the quality or quan-23
tity of the gasoline or diesel fuel in a Reserve or to 24
maintain the operational capability of a Reserve. 25
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‘‘SEC. 194. CONDITIONS FOR RELEASE. 1
‘‘(a) G
ASOLINERELEASE.—The Secretary may sell 2
gasoline from a Reserve only upon a finding by the Presi-3
dent that there is a severe gasoline supply interruption 4
within the district in which the Reserve is located. Such 5
a finding may be made only if the President determines 6
that— 7
‘‘(1) a dislocation in the gasoline market has re-8
sulted from such interruption; or 9
‘‘(2) a circumstance, other than that described 10
in paragraph (1), exists that constitutes a regional 11
gasoline supply shortage of significant scope and du-12
ration and that action taken under this section 13
would assist directly and significantly in reducing 14
the adverse impact of such shortage. 15
‘‘(b) D
IESELRELEASE.—The Secretary may sell die-16
sel fuel from a Reserve only upon a finding by the Presi-17
dent that there is a severe diesel fuel supply interruption 18
within the district in which the Reserve is located. Such 19
a finding may be made only if the President determines 20
that— 21
‘‘(1) a dislocation in the diesel fuel market has 22
resulted from such interruption; or 23
‘‘(2) a circumstance, other than that described 24
in paragraph (1), exists that constitutes a regional 25
diesel fuel supply shortage of significant scope and 26
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duration and that action taken under this section 1
would assist directly and significantly in reducing 2
the adverse impact of such shortage. 3
‘‘(c) D
EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 4
‘‘(1) the term ‘covered entity’ means— 5
‘‘(A) the People’s Republic of China; 6
‘‘(B) the Democratic People’s Republic of 7
Korea; 8
‘‘(C) the Russian Federation; 9
‘‘(D) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 10
‘‘(E) any other country the government of 11
which is subject to sanctions imposed by the 12
United States; and 13
‘‘(F) any entity owned, controlled, or influ-14
enced by— 15
‘‘(i) a country referred to in any of 16
subparagraphs (A) through (F); or 17
‘‘(ii) the Chinese Communist Party; 18
‘‘(2) a ‘dislocation in the gasoline market’ shall 19
be deemed to occur only when— 20
‘‘(A) the price differential between crude 21
oil and finished gasoline, as reflected in an in-22
dustry daily publication, increases by more than 23
50 percent over its 10-year rolling average, and 24
continues for 7 consecutive days; and 25
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‘‘(B) the price differential continues to in-1
crease during the most recent week for which 2
price information is available; and 3
‘‘(3) a ‘dislocation in the diesel fuel market’ 4
shall be deemed to occur only when— 5
‘‘(A) the price differential between crude 6
oil and diesel fuel, as reflected in an industry 7
daily publication, increases by more than 50 8
percent over its 10-year rolling average, and 9
continues for 7 consecutive days; and 10
‘‘(B) the price differential continues to in-11
crease during the most recent week for which 12
price information is available. 13
‘‘(d) C
ONTINUINGEVALUATION.—The Secretary 14
shall conduct a continuing evaluation of the price data 15
supplied by the Energy Information Administration and 16
data on gasoline and diesel fuel prices from published 17
sources. 18
‘‘(e) R
ELEASE OFPETROLEUMPRODUCTS.—After 19
consultation with the gasoline, diesel fuel, and crude oil 20
refining industries, the Secretary shall determine proce-21
dures governing the release of gasoline and diesel fuel 22
from a Reserve. The procedures shall provide that— 23
‘‘(1) the Secretary may— 24
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‘‘(A) sell gasoline or diesel fuel from a Re-1
serve through a competitive process; or 2
‘‘(B) enter into exchange agreements for 3
gasoline or diesel fuel that results in the Sec-4
retary receiving a greater volume of gasoline or 5
diesel fuel as repayment than the volume pro-6
vided to the acquirer; 7
‘‘(2) in all such sales or exchanges, the Sec-8
retary shall receive revenue or its equivalent in gaso-9
line or diesel fuel that provides the Department with 10
fair market value; 11
‘‘(3) the Secretary shall only sell or dispose of 12
the gasoline or diesel fuel in the Reserve to entities 13
customarily engaged in the sale and distribution of 14
gasoline or diesel fuel; and 15
‘‘(4) the Secretary shall prohibit the sale or ex-16
port of gasoline or diesel fuel released under this 17
section to a covered entity, except that the Secretary 18
may issue a waiver of such prohibition if the Sec-19
retary certifies that any export or sale authorized 20
pursuant to the waiver is in the national security in-21
terests of the United States. 22
‘‘(f) P
LAN.—Not later than 180 days after the date 23
of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall trans-24
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mit to the President and, if the President approves, to 1
the Congress a plan describing— 2
‘‘(1) the acquisition of storage and related fa-3
cilities or storage services for the network, including 4
the potential use of storage facilities not currently in 5
use; 6
‘‘(2) the acquisition of gasoline and diesel fuel 7
for storage in the network; 8
‘‘(3) the anticipated methods of disposition of 9
gasoline and diesel fuel from the network; 10
‘‘(4) the estimated costs of establishment, main-11
tenance, and operation of the network; 12
‘‘(5) efforts the Department will take to mini-13
mize any potential need for future drawdowns and 14
ensure that distributors and importers are not dis-15
couraged from maintaining and increasing supplies 16
to the United States; and 17
‘‘(6) actions to ensure quality of the gasoline 18
and diesel fuel in the network. 19
‘‘SEC. 195. PROCEEDS FROM SALES. 20
‘‘The Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the 21
SPR Petroleum Account established in the Treasury 22
under section 167 any receipts from the sale, exchange, 23
or other disposition of gasoline or diesel fuel from the net-24
work. 25
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‘‘SEC. 196. RESTRICTIONS. 1
‘‘(a) S
OURCE.—No gasoline or diesel fuel produced 2
at a refinery located outside of the United States may be 3
stored in a Reserve. 4
‘‘(b) T
IMING.—The Secretary may not purchase gas-5
oline or diesel fuel under this part until 2026.’’. 6
(b) C
ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 7
(1) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 8
Section 166 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 9
Act (42 U.S.C. 6246) is amended by striking ‘‘and 10
part D’’ and inserting ‘‘, part D, and part E’’. 11
(2) C
LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of con-12
tents for the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is 13
amended in the matter relating to title I by striking 14
the items relating to the second part D (relating to 15
Expiration) and the second section 181 and insert-16
ing the following: 17
‘‘PARTE—STRATEGICREFINEDPETROLEUMPRODUCTRESERVES
‘‘Sec. 191. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 192. Establishment.
‘‘Sec. 193. Authority.
‘‘Sec. 194. Conditions for release.
‘‘Sec. 195. Proceeds from sales.
‘‘Sec. 196. Restrictions.’’.
SEC. 103. NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE.
18
(a) S
TRENGTHENING THE NORTHEASTHOMEHEAT-19
INGOILRESERVE.—Section 181(a) of the Energy Policy 20
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6250) is amended by 21
striking ‘‘2 million’’ and inserting ‘‘4 million’’. 22
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(b) CONDITIONS FORRELEASE.—Section 183 of the 1
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6250b) 2
is amended— 3
(1) in subsection (b)— 4
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 5
‘‘D
EFINITION’’ and inserting ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; 6
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 7
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively 8
(and adjusting the margins accordingly); and 9
(C) by striking ‘‘For purposes of this sec-10
tion a ‘dislocation in the heating oil market’’’ 11
and inserting the following: ‘‘For purposes of 12
this section— 13
‘‘(1) the term ‘covered entity’ means— 14
‘‘(A) the People’s Republic of China; 15
‘‘(B) the Democratic People’s Republic of 16
Korea; 17
‘‘(C) the Russian Federation; 18
‘‘(D) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 19
‘‘(E) any other country the government of 20
which is subject to sanctions imposed by the 21
United States; and 22
‘‘(F) any entity owned, controlled, or influ-23
enced by— 24
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‘‘(i) a country referred to in any of 1
subparagraphs (A) through (F); or 2
‘‘(ii) the Chinese Communist Party; 3
and 4
‘‘(2) a ‘dislocation in the heating oil market’’’; 5
and 6
(2) in subsection (d)— 7
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 8
and inserting a semicolon; 9
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-10
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 11
(C) by adding at the end the following: 12
‘‘(4) the Secretary shall prohibit the sale or ex-13
port of petroleum distillate released under this sec-14
tion to a covered entity, except that the Secretary 15
may issue a waiver of such prohibition if the Sec-16
retary certifies that any export or sale authorized 17
pursuant to the waiver is in the national security in-18
terests of the United States.’’. 19
(c) P
ROCEEDSFROMSALES.— 20
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Section 184 of the Energy 21
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6250c) is 22
amended to read as follows: 23
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‘‘SEC. 184. PROCEEDS FROM SALES. 1
‘‘The Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the 2
SPR Petroleum Account established in the Treasury 3
under section 167 any receipts from the sale, exchange, 4
or other disposition of petroleum distillate from the Re-5
serve.’’. 6
(2) C
LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of con-7
tents for the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is 8
amended by striking the item relating to section 184 9
and inserting the following: 10
‘‘184. Proceeds from sales.’’.
(d) ELIMINATION OFLIMITATION.—Title III of the 11
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Ap-12
propriations Act, 2012 (division B of the Consolidated Ap-13
propriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74; 125 Stat. 14
869)), is amended, under the Northeast Home Heating 15
Oil Reserve account, by striking ‘‘: Provided further, That 16
notwithstanding section 181 of the Energy Policy and 17
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6250), for fiscal year 2012 18
and hereafter, the Reserve shall contain no more than 1 19
million barrels of petroleum distillate’’. 20
SEC. 104. SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT. 21
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 167 of the Energy Policy 22
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6247) is amended— 23
(1) in subsection (b)— 24
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(A) by striking ‘‘the acquisition, transpor-1
tation, and injection of petroleum products into 2
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, for test sales 3
of petroleum products from the Reserve, and 4
for the drawdown, sale, and delivery of petro-5
leum products from the Reserve’’ and inserting 6
‘‘covered activities’’; and 7
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the re-8
ceipts to the United States from the sale of pe-9
troleum products in any drawdown and dis-10
tribution of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 11
under section 161, including a drawdown and 12
distribution carried out under subsection (g) of 13
such section, or from the sale of petroleum 14
products under section 160(f)’’ and inserting 15
‘‘covered receipts’’; 16
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the sale of 17
petroleum products in any drawdown and distribu-18
tion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve under sec-19
tion 161, including a drawdown and distribution car-20
ried out under subsection (g) of such section, and 21
from the sale of petroleum products under section 22
160(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘covered sales’’; and 23
(3) by adding at the end the following: 24
‘‘(e) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 25
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‘‘(1) COVERED ACTIVITY.—The term ‘covered 1
activity’ means— 2
‘‘(A) the acquisition, transportation, and 3
injection of petroleum products into the Stra-4
tegic Petroleum Reserve; 5
‘‘(B) the sale of petroleum products in any 6
drawdown and distribution of the Strategic Pe-7
troleum Reserve under section 161, including a 8
drawdown and distribution carried out under 9
subsection (g) of such section; 10
‘‘(C) the sale of petroleum products under 11
section 160(f); 12
‘‘(D) an activity under part D; and 13
‘‘(E) an activity under part E. 14
‘‘(2) C
OVERED SALE.—The term ‘covered sale’ 15
means— 16
‘‘(A) the sale of petroleum products in any 17
drawdown and distribution of the Strategic Pe-18
troleum Reserve under section 161, including a 19
drawdown and distribution carried out under 20
subsection (g) of such section; 21
‘‘(B) the sale of petroleum products under 22
section 160(f); 23
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‘‘(C) the sale, exchange, or other disposi-1
tion of petroleum distillate from the Northeast 2
Home Heating Oil Reserve; and 3
‘‘(D) the sale, exchange, or other disposi-4
tion of gasoline or diesel fuel from a Strategic 5
Refined Petroleum Product Reserve. 6
‘‘(3) C
OVERED RECEIPTS.—The term ‘covered 7
receipts’ means— 8
‘‘(A) receipts to the United States from 9
the sale of petroleum products in any drawdown 10
and distribution of the Strategic Petroleum Re-11
serve under section 161 (including a drawdown 12
and distribution carried out under subsection 13
(g) of such section), less amounts equal to any 14
amounts appropriated by subsection (k)(2) of 15
such section; 16
‘‘(B) receipts to the United States from 17
the sale of petroleum products under section 18
160(f); 19
‘‘(C) receipts to the United States from 20
the sale, exchange, or other disposition of petro-21
leum distillate from the Northeast Home Heat-22
ing Oil Reserve; and 23
‘‘(D) receipts to the United States from 24
the sale, exchange, or other disposition of gaso-25
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line or diesel fuel from a Strategic Refined Pe-1
troleum Product Reserve.’’. 2
(b) T
RANSFER OFFUNDS.—The assets and liabilities 3
of the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account es-4
tablished in the Treasury under section 184 of the Energy 5
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6250c), as in ef-6
fect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, 7
are hereby transferred to the SPR Petroleum Account es-8
tablished in the Treasury under section 167 of the Energy 9
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6247), and such 10
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account is hereby 11
abolished. 12
SEC. 105. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EXPORTS. 13
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Energy Policy and Conserva-14
tion Act is amended by inserting after section 163 (42 15
U.S.C. 6243) the following: 16
‘‘SEC. 164. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EXPORTS. 17
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary shall prohibit the 18
export or sale of petroleum products drawn down from the 19
Strategic Petroleum Reserve, under any provision of law, 20
to— 21
‘‘(1) the People’s Republic of China; 22
‘‘(2) the Democratic People’s Republic of 23
Korea; 24
‘‘(3) the Russian Federation; 25
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‘‘(4) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 1
‘‘(5) any other country the government of which 2
is subject to sanctions imposed by the United States; 3
and 4
‘‘(6) any entity owned, controlled, or influenced 5
by— 6
‘‘(A) a country referred to in any of para-7
graphs (1) through (5); or 8
‘‘(B) the Chinese Communist Party. 9
‘‘(b) W
AIVER.—The Secretary may issue a waiver of 10
the prohibition described in subsection (a) if the Secretary 11
certifies that any export or sale authorized pursuant to 12
the waiver is in the national security interests of the 13
United States. 14
‘‘(c) R
ULE.—Not later than 60 days after the date 15
of enactment of the Buy Low and Sell High Act, the Sec-16
retary shall issue a rule to carry out this section.’’. 17
(b) C
ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 18
(1) D
RAWDOWN AND SALE OF PETROLEUM 19
PRODUCTS.—Section 161(a) of the Energy Policy 20
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(a)) is 21
amended by inserting ‘‘and section 164’’ before the 22
period at the end. 23
(2) C
LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of con-24
tents for the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is 25
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amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-1
tion 163 the following: 2
‘‘Sec. 164. Prohibition on certain exports.’’.
SEC. 106. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE REFORMS.
3
(a) U
SE OFUNDERUTILIZED STRATEGICPETRO-4
LEUMRESERVEFACILITIES.—Section 168 of the Energy 5
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6247a) is amend-6
ed to read as follows: 7
‘‘SEC. 168. USE OF UNDERUTILIZED FACILITIES. 8
‘‘(a) A
UTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi-9
sion of this title, the Secretary may establish and carry 10
out a program to lease underutilized Strategic Petroleum 11
Reserve storage facilities and related facilities to the pri-12
vate sector, or a foreign government or its representative. 13
Petroleum products stored under this section are not part 14
of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 15
‘‘(b) P
ROTECTION OF FACILITIES.—Any lease en-16
tered into under the program established under subsection 17
(a) shall contain provisions providing for fees to fully com-18
pensate the United States for all related costs of storage 19
and removals of petroleum products (including the propor-20
tionate cost of replacement facilities necessitated as a re-21
sult of any withdrawals) incurred by the United States 22
as a result of such lease. 23
‘‘(c) A
CCESS BY THE UNITEDSTATES.—The Sec-24
retary shall ensure that leasing of facilities under the pro-25
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gram established under subsection (a) does not impair the 1
ability of the United States to withdraw, distribute, or sell 2
petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 3
in response to an energy emergency or to the obligations 4
of the United States under the Agreement on an Inter-5
national Energy Program. 6
‘‘(d) N
ATIONALSECURITY.—The Secretary shall en-7
sure that leasing of facilities under the program estab-8
lished under subsection (a) to a foreign government or its 9
representative will not impair national security. 10
‘‘(e) D
EPOSITS OFAMOUNTSRECEIVED.— 11
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-12
graph (2), amounts received through the leasing of 13
facilities under the program established under sub-14
section (a) shall be deposited in the SPR Petroleum 15
Account established in the Treasury under section 16
167 during the fiscal year in which such amounts 17
are received. 18
‘‘(2) C
OSTS.—The Secretary may use for costs 19
described in subsection (b) (other than costs de-20
scribed in subsection (f)), without further appropria-21
tion, amounts received through the leasing of facili-22
ties under the program established under subsection 23
(a). 24
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‘‘(f) PREPARATION OF FACILITIES.—The Secretary 1
shall only use amounts available in the Energy Security 2
and Infrastructure Modernization Fund established by 3
section 404 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 for costs 4
described in subsection (b) of this section that relate to 5
addition of facilities or changes to facilities or facility op-6
erations necessary to lease such facilities, including costs 7
related to acquisition of land, acquisition of ancillary fa-8
cilities and equipment, and site development, and other 9
necessary costs related to capital improvement.’’. 10
(b) P
ILOTPROGRAMTOLEASESTRATEGICPETRO-11
LEUMRESERVES.— 12
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Part B of title I of the En-13
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6231 14
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-15
lowing: 16
‘‘SEC. 170. PILOT PROGRAM TO LEASE STORAGE AND RE-17
LATED FACILITIES. 18
‘‘(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—In carrying out section 168 19
and not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 20
of this section, the Secretary shall establish and carry out 21
a pilot program to make available for lease— 22
‘‘(1) capacity for storage of up to 200,000,000 23
barrels of petroleum products at Strategic Petroleum 24
Reserve storage facilities; and 25
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‘‘(2) related facilities. 1
‘‘(b) C
ONTENTS.—In carrying out the pilot program 2
established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 3
‘‘(1) identify appropriate Strategic Petroleum 4
Reserve storage facilities and related facilities to 5
lease, in order to make maximum use of such facili-6
ties; 7
‘‘(2) identify and implement any changes to fa-8
cilities or facility operations necessary to so lease 9
such facilities, including any such changes necessary 10
to ensure the long-term structural viability and use 11
of the facilities for purposes of this part and part C; 12
‘‘(3) make such facilities available for lease; and 13
‘‘(4) identify environmental effects, including 14
benefits, of leasing storage facilities and related fa-15
cilities. 16
‘‘(c) R
EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 17
of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit 18
to Congress a report on the status of the pilot program 19
established under subsection (a).’’. 20
(2) C
ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—The table of 21
contents for the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 22
is amended by adding after the item relating to sec-23
tion 169 the following: 24
‘‘Sec. 170. Pilot program to lease storage and related facilities.’’.
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SEC. 107. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE DRAWDOWN 1
AND SALE. 2
(a) R
ECONCILIATION ON THE BUDGET FORFISCAL 3
Y
EAR2018.—Section 20003(a) of Public Law 115–97 4
(131 Stat. 2237) is amended— 5
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘during the 6
period of fiscal years 2026 through 2027’’ and in-7
serting ‘‘by the end of fiscal year 2027’’; and 8
(2) by adding at the end the following: 9
‘‘(3) T
IMING.—In determining the timing of 10
each drawdown and sale from the Strategic Petro-11
leum Reserve under this section, to the maximum 12
extent practicable, the Secretary shall maximize the 13
financial return to the United States taxpayers.’’. 14
(b) A
MERICA’SWATERINFRASTRUCTURE ACT OF 15
2018.—Section 3009(a) of America’s Water Infrastruc-16
ture Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270; 132 Stat. 3870) 17
is amended— 18
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘during’’ and 19
inserting ‘‘by the end of’’; and 20
(2) by adding at the end the following: 21
‘‘(3) T
IMING.—In determining the timing of 22
each drawdown and sale from the Strategic Petro-23
leum Reserve under this section, to the maximum 24
extent practicable, the Secretary shall maximize the 25
financial return to the United States taxpayers.’’. 26
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(c) INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS 1
A
CT.—Section 90002(a) of the Infrastructure Investment 2
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58; 135 Stat. 1342) is 3
amended— 4
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘during the 5
period of fiscal years 2028 through 2031’’ and in-6
serting ‘‘by the end of fiscal year 2032’’; and 7
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-8
lows: 9
‘‘(2) T
IMING.—In determining the timing of 10
each drawdown and sale from the Strategic Petro-11
leum Reserve under this section, to the maximum 12
extent practicable, the Secretary shall maximize the 13
financial return to the United States taxpayers.’’. 14
SEC. 108. DOE STUDY AND PLAN FOR DELIVERY OF FUEL 15
DURING PIPELINE DISRUPTIONS. 16
Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment 17
of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall— 18
(1) conduct a study on how the Department of 19
Energy could deliver products sold from the Stra-20
tegic Petroleum Reserve, a Strategic Refined Petro-21
leum Product Reserve, or the Northeast Home 22
Heating Oil Reserve in the event of an attack or dis-23
ruption that renders pipelines to deliver such prod-24
ucts unusable; and 25
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(2) submit to Congress a plan, based on the re-1
sults of such study, to carry out such delivery. 2
TITLE II—FUEL DEMAND 3
SEC. 201. STATE ENERGY TRANSPORTATION PLANS. 4
(a) S
TATEENERGYTRANSPORTATIONPLANS.— 5
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Part D of title III of the 6
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 7
6321 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 8
following: 9
‘‘SEC. 367. STATE ENERGY TRANSPORTATION PLANS. 10
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary may provide fi-11
nancial assistance to a State to develop a State energy 12
transportation plan, for inclusion in a State energy con-13
servation plan under section 362(d), to promote the elec-14
trification of the transportation system, reduced consump-15
tion of fossil fuels, and improved air quality. 16
‘‘(b) D
EVELOPMENT.—A State developing a State en-17
ergy transportation plan under this section shall carry out 18
this activity through the State energy office that is respon-19
sible for developing the State energy conservation plan 20
under section 362. 21
‘‘(c) C
ONTENTS.—A State developing a State energy 22
transportation plan under this section shall include in such 23
plan a plan to— 24
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‘‘(1) deploy a network of electric vehicle supply 1
equipment to ensure access to electricity for electric 2
vehicles, including commercial vehicles, to an extent 3
that such electric vehicles can travel throughout the 4
State without running out of a charge; 5
‘‘(2) promote modernization of the electric grid, 6
including through the use of renewable energy 7
sources to power the electric grid, to accommodate 8
demand for power to operate electric vehicle supply 9
equipment and to utilize energy storage capacity 10
provided by electric vehicles, including commercial 11
vehicles; and 12
‘‘(3) implement other measures to reduce the 13
consumption of petroleum-based fuels. 14
‘‘(d) C
OORDINATION.—In developing a State energy 15
transportation plan under this section, a State shall co-16
ordinate, as appropriate, with— 17
‘‘(1) State regulatory authorities (as defined in 18
section 3 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies 19
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2602)); 20
‘‘(2) electric utilities; 21
‘‘(3) regional transmission organizations or 22
independent system operators; 23
‘‘(4) private entities that provide electric vehicle 24
charging services; 25
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‘‘(5) State transportation agencies, metropoli-1
tan planning organizations, and local governments; 2
‘‘(6) electric vehicle manufacturers; 3
‘‘(7) public and private entities that manage ve-4
hicle fleets; and 5
‘‘(8) public and private entities that manage 6
ports, airports, or other transportation hubs. 7
‘‘(e) T
ECHNICALASSISTANCE.—Upon request of the 8
Governor of a State, the Secretary shall provide informa-9
tion and technical assistance in the development, imple-10
mentation, or revision of a State energy transportation 11
plan. 12
‘‘(f) E
LECTRICVEHICLESUPPLYEQUIPMENTDE-13
FINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘electric 14
vehicle supply equipment’ means conductors, including 15
ungrounded, grounded, and equipment grounding conduc-16
tors, electric vehicle connectors, attachment plugs, and all 17
other fittings, devices, power outlets, or apparatuses in-18
stalled specifically for the purpose of delivering energy to 19
an electric vehicle.’’. 20
(2) C
ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—The table of 21
sections for part D of title III of the Energy Policy 22
and Conservation Act is amended by adding at the 23
end the following: 24
‘‘Sec. 367. State energy transportation plans.’’.
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(b) STATEENERGYCONSERVATIONPLANS.—Section 1
362(d) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 2
U.S.C. 6322(d)) is amended— 3
(1) in paragraph (17), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 4
inserting a semicolon; 5
(2) by redesignating paragraph (18) as para-6
graph (19); and 7
(3) by inserting after paragraph (17) the fol-8
lowing: 9
‘‘(18) a State energy transportation plan devel-10
oped in accordance with section 367; and’’. 11
(c) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 12
365(f) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 13
U.S.C. 6325(f)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-14
lowing: 15
‘‘(3) S
TATE ENERGY TRANSPORTATION 16
PLANS.—In addition to the amounts authorized 17
under paragraph (1), for the purpose of carrying out 18
section 367, there are authorized to be appropriated 19
such sums as may be necessary.’’. 20
SEC. 202. TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION. 21
Section 131 of the Energy Independence and Security 22
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011) is amended— 23
(1) in subsection (a)(6)— 24
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 1
including ground support equipment at ports’’ 2
before the semicolon; 3
(B) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 4
‘‘and vehicles’’ before the semicolon; 5
(C) in subparagraph (H), by striking 6
‘‘and’’ at the end; 7
(D) in subparagraph (I)— 8
(i) by striking ‘‘battery chargers,’’; 9
and 10
(ii) by striking the period at the end 11
and inserting a semicolon; and 12
(E) by adding at the end the following: 13
‘‘(J) installation of electric vehicle supply 14
equipment for recharging plug-in electric drive 15
vehicles, including such equipment that is acces-16
sible in rural and urban areas and in under-17
served or disadvantaged communities and such 18
equipment for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, 19
including at depots and in-route locations; 20
‘‘(K) multi-use charging hubs used for 21
multiple forms of transportation; 22
‘‘(L) medium- and heavy-duty vehicle 23
smart charging management and refueling; 24
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‘‘(M) battery recycling and secondary use, 1
including for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; 2
and 3
‘‘(N) sharing of best practices, and tech-4
nical assistance provided by the Department to 5
public utilities commissions and utilities, for 6
medium- and heavy-duty vehicle electrifica-7
tion.’’; 8
(2) in subsection (b)— 9
(A) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by inserting ‘‘, 10
components for such vehicles, and charging 11
equipment for such vehicles’’ after ‘‘vehicles’’; 12
and 13
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking 14
‘‘$90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 15
through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as 16
may be necessary’’; 17
(3) in subsection (c)— 18
(A) in the header, by striking ‘‘N
EAR- 19
T
ERM’’ and inserting ‘‘LARGE-SCALE’’; and 20
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking 21
‘‘$95,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 22
through 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as 23
may be necessary’’; and 24
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(4) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-1
section (e) and inserting after subsection (c) the fol-2
lowing: 3
‘‘(d) P
RIORITY.—In providing grants under sub-4
sections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall give priority con-5
sideration to applications that contain a written assurance 6
that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors 7
or subcontractors during construction, alteration, or re-8
pair that is financed, in whole or in part, by a grant pro-9
vided under this section shall be paid wages at rates not 10
less than those prevailing on similar construction in the 11
locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in ac-12
cordance with sections 3141 through 3144, 3146, and 13
3147 of title 40, United States Code (and the Secretary 14
of Labor shall, with respect to the labor standards de-15
scribed in this clause, have the authority and functions 16
set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 17
(5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United 18
States Code).’’. 19
SEC. 203. FEDERAL FLEETS. 20
(a) M
INIMUMFEDERALFLEETREQUIREMENT.— 21
Section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 22
13212) is amended— 23
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 24
following: 25
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‘‘(3) The Secretary, in consultation with the Adminis-1
trator of General Services, shall ensure that in acquiring 2
medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for a Federal fleet, a 3
Federal entity shall acquire zero-emission vehicles to the 4
maximum extent feasible.’’; 5
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 6
following: 7
‘‘(b) P
ERCENTAGEREQUIREMENTS.— 8
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.— 9
‘‘(A) L
IGHT-DUTY VEHICLES.—Beginning 10
in fiscal year 2026, 100 percent of the total 11
number of light-duty vehicles acquired by a 12
Federal entity for a Federal fleet shall be alter-13
native fueled vehicles, of which— 14
‘‘(i) at least 50 percent shall be zero- 15
emission vehicles or plug-in hybrids in fis-16
cal years 2026 through 2034; 17
‘‘(ii) at least 75 percent shall be zero- 18
emission vehicles or plug-in hybrids in fis-19
cal years 2035 through 2049; and 20
‘‘(iii) 100 percent shall be zero-emis-21
sion vehicles in fiscal year 2050 and there-22
after. 23
‘‘(B) M
EDIUM- AND HEAVY-DUTY VEHI-24
CLES.—The following percentages of the total 25
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number of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles ac-1
quired by a Federal entity for a Federal fleet 2
shall be alternative fueled vehicles: 3
‘‘(i) At least 20 percent in fiscal years 4
2026 through 2029. 5
‘‘(ii) At least 30 percent in fiscal 6
years 2030 through 2039. 7
‘‘(iii) At least 40 percent in fiscal 8
years 2040 through 2049. 9
‘‘(iv) At least 50 percent in fiscal year 10
2050 and thereafter. 11
‘‘(2) E
XCEPTION.—The Secretary, in consulta-12
tion with the Administrator of General Services 13
where appropriate, may permit a Federal entity to 14
acquire for a Federal fleet a smaller percentage than 15
is required in paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, so long 16
as the aggregate percentage acquired for each class 17
of vehicle for all Federal fleets in the fiscal year is 18
at least equal to the required percentage. 19
‘‘(3) D
EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 20
‘‘(A) F
EDERAL FLEET.—The term ‘Fed-21
eral fleet’ means a fleet of vehicles that are cen-22
trally fueled or capable of being centrally fueled 23
and are owned, operated, leased, or otherwise 24
controlled by or assigned to any Federal execu-25
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tive department, military department, Govern-1
ment corporation, independent establishment, 2
or executive agency, the United States Postal 3
Service, the Congress, the courts of the United 4
States, or the Executive Office of the President. 5
Such term does not include— 6
‘‘(i) motor vehicles held for lease or 7
rental to the general public; 8
‘‘(ii) motor vehicles used for motor ve-9
hicle manufacturer product evaluations or 10
tests; 11
‘‘(iii) law enforcement vehicles; 12
‘‘(iv) emergency vehicles; or 13
‘‘(v) motor vehicles acquired and used 14
for military purposes that the Secretary of 15
Defense has certified to the Secretary must 16
be exempt for national security reasons. 17
‘‘(B) F
LEET.—The term ‘fleet’ means— 18
‘‘(i) 20 or more light-duty vehicles, lo-19
cated in a metropolitan statistical area or 20
consolidated metropolitan statistical area, 21
as established by the Bureau of the Cen-22
sus, with a 1980 population of more than 23
250,000; or 24
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‘‘(ii) 10 or more medium- or heavy- 1
duty vehicles, located at a Federal facility 2
or located in a metropolitan statistical area 3
or consolidated metropolitan statistical 4
area, as established by the Bureau of the 5
Census, with a 1980 population of more 6
than 250,000.’’; and 7
(3) in subsection (f)(2)(B)— 8
(A) by striking ‘‘, either’’; and 9
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ and in-10
serting ‘‘and’’. 11
(b) F
EDERALFLEETCONSERVATION REQUIRE-12
MENTS.—Section 400FF(a) of the Energy Policy and 13
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374e) is amended— 14
(1) in paragraph (1)— 15
(A) by striking ‘‘18 months after the date 16
of enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘12 17
months after the date of enactment of the Buy 18
Low and Sell High Act’’; 19
(B) by striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting 20
‘‘2023’’; and 21
(C) by striking ‘‘and increase alternative 22
fuel consumption’’ and inserting ‘‘, increase al-23
ternative fuel consumption, and reduce vehicle 24
greenhouse gas emissions’’; and 25
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(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 1
following: 2
‘‘(2) G
OALS.—The goals of the requirements 3
under paragraph (1) are that each Federal agency 4
shall— 5
‘‘(A) reduce fleet-wide per-mile greenhouse 6
gas emissions from agency fleet vehicles, rel-7
ative to a baseline of emissions in 2015, by— 8
‘‘(i) not less than 30 percent by the 9
end of fiscal year 2026; 10
‘‘(ii) not less than 50 percent by the 11
end of fiscal year 2030; and 12
‘‘(iii) 100 percent by the end of fiscal 13
year 2050; and 14
‘‘(B) increase the annual percentage of al-15
ternative fuel consumption by agency fleet vehi-16
cles as a proportion of total annual fuel con-17
sumption by Federal fleet vehicles, to achieve— 18
‘‘(i) 25 percent of total annual fuel 19
consumption that is alternative fuel by the 20
end of fiscal year 2026; 21
‘‘(ii) 50 percent of total annual fuel 22
consumption that is alternative fuel by the 23
end of fiscal year 2035; and 24
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‘‘(iii) at least 85 percent of total an-1
nual fuel consumption that is alternative 2
fuel by the end of fiscal year 2050.’’. 3
TITLE III—FUEL SUPPLY 4
SEC. 301. ASSISTANCE FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE REFIN-5
ERIES. 6
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Energy 7
shall establish and carry out a program to increase the 8
amount of crude oil refined in oil refineries located in cov-9
ered countries by— 10
(1) developing, producing, or procuring re-11
sources, materials, or equipment that can be used at 12
such oil refineries to increase the amount of crude 13
oil refined at such oil refineries; 14
(2) providing to covered entities, under such 15
terms and conditions as the Secretary of Energy de-16
termines appropriate, resources, materials, or equip-17
ment that can be used at such oil refineries to in-18
crease the amount of crude oil refined at such oil re-19
fineries; 20
(3) issuing grants, loans, or loan guarantees to 21
covered entities, under such terms and conditions as 22
the Secretary of Energy determines appropriate, to 23
carry out projects in covered countries that can in-24
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crease the amount of crude oil refined in such oil re-1
fineries; and 2
(4) providing technical assistance to covered en-3
tities, as the Secretary of Energy determines nec-4
essary to increase the amount of crude oil refined in 5
such oil refineries. 6
(b) P
ARTNERSHIPS.—The Secretary of Energy may 7
partner with other Federal agencies to carry out the pro-8
gram established under subsection (a). 9
(c) A
UTHORITYTOENTERINTOAGREEMENTS.—In 10
carrying out the program established under subsection (a), 11
the Secretary of Energy may enter into one or more agree-12
ments directly with third parties under such terms and 13
conditions as the Secretary of Energy determines appro-14
priate. 15
(d) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 16
(1) C
OVERED COUNTRY .—The term ‘‘covered 17
country’’ means a foreign country located in the 18
Western Hemisphere, other than Venezuela, with re-19
spect to which the Secretary of State, in consulta-20
tion with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 21
of Energy, determines that increased crude oil refin-22
ing in that country would promote the national secu-23
rity and economic interests of the United States. 24
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(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-1
tity’’ means a covered country or a third party that 2
owns or operates an oil refinery located in a covered 3
country. 4
(e) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 5
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy 6
to carry out this section $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2024, 7
to remain available until September 30, 2026. 8
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