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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 591 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas production |
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| 6 | 6 | | under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of |
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| 7 | 7 | | the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary |
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| 8 | 8 | | of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in conjunction with a |
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| 9 | 9 | | drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY27, 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. B |
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| 13 | 13 | | IGGSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 14 | 14 | | on Energy and Commerce |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To provide for the development of a plan to increase oil |
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| 17 | 17 | | and gas production under oil and gas leases of Federal |
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| 18 | 18 | | lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agri- |
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| 19 | 19 | | culture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in conjunction |
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| 21 | 21 | | with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Stra- |
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| 22 | 22 | | tegic Petroleum Reserve. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strategic Production 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Response and Implementation Act’’. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. COMPENSATORY PRODUCTION INCREASE PLAN. 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 6241) is amended by adding at the end 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the following new subsection: 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(k) P |
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| 36 | 36 | | LAN.— 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 38 | 38 | | N GENERAL.—Except in the case of a se-6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | vere energy supply interruption described in sub-7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | section (d), the Secretary may not execute the first 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | drawdown of petroleum products in the Reserve 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | after the date of enactment of this subsection, 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | whether through sale, exchange, or loan, until the 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Secretary has developed and implemented a plan to 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | increase the percentage of Federal lands (including 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf) 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agri-15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | culture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense leased for 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | oil and gas production by the same percentage as 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the percentage of petroleum in the Strategic Petro-19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | leum Reserve that is to be drawn down in that first 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | and subsequent drawdowns, subject to the limitation 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | under paragraph (2). 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘(2) L |
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| 56 | 56 | | IMITATION.—The plan required by para-23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | graph (1) shall not provide for a total increase in 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | the percentage of Federal lands described in para-25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | graph (1) leased for oil and gas production in excess 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | of 10 percent. 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(3) C |
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| 65 | 65 | | ONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall pre-3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | pare the plan required by paragraph (1) in consulta-4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | tion with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense.’’. 6 |
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