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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 337 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require that the |
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| 6 | 6 | | Strategic Petroleum Reserve contain petroleum products produced or |
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| 7 | 7 | | refined in the United States, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY9, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | ULLIVANintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 12 | 12 | | to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require |
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| 15 | 15 | | that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve contain petroleum |
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| 16 | 16 | | products produced or refined in the United States, and |
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| 17 | 17 | | for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Replenishing Our 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | American Reserves Act’’ or the ‘‘ROAR Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •S 337 IS |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. PRIORITIZING DOMESTIC PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | FOR REFILL OF THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | RESERVE. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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| 30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—Section 160(c) of the Energy Pol-4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6240(c)) is amend-5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ed— 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) in the first sentence of the matter preceding 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘products’’ after ‘‘petro-8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | leum’’; 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the semicolon; 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | graph (7); and 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (4) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | lowing: 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(6) effective on the date of enactment of the 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ROAR Act, ensure that only petroleum products 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | that have been produced or refined in the United 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | States are acquired and injected into the Reserve; 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | and’’. 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) R |
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| 48 | 48 | | EGULATIONUPDATES.—Not later than 180 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | of Energy shall promulgate appropriate regulations to up-23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | date procedures for the acquisition of petroleum products 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in accordance with 25 |
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| 53 | 53 | | the amendments made by this section. 26 |
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| 56 | 56 | | •S 337 IS |
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| 57 | 57 | | SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON THE IMPORT OF PETROLEUM 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | PRODUCTS FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES. 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (a) I |
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| 60 | 60 | | NGENERAL.—Section 160 of the Energy Policy 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6240) is amended— 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (h) as 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(f) L |
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| 66 | 66 | | IMITATION ONFILLING THESTRATEGICPE-8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | TROLEUMRESERVE.— 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(1) D |
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| 69 | 69 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(A) C |
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| 71 | 71 | | OVERED COUNTRY .—The term ‘cov-11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ered country’ means— 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ‘‘(i) Algeria; 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(ii) Angola; 14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(iii) The Democratic Republic of the 15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Congo; 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(iv) Equatorial Guinea; 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘(v) Gabon; 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(vi) Iran; 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(vii) Iraq; 20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ‘‘(viii) Kuwait; 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | ‘‘(ix) Libya; 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ‘‘(x) Nigeria; 23 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ‘‘(xi) The People’s Republic of China; 24 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(xii) The Russian Federation; 25 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ‘‘(xiii) Saudi Arabia; 26 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(xiv) United Arab Emirates; and 1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ‘‘(xv) Venezuela. 2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 93 | 93 | | RODUCTION.—The term ‘produc-3 |
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| 94 | 94 | | tion’, with respect to a petroleum product, does 4 |
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| 95 | 95 | | not include the refining of that petroleum prod-5 |
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| 96 | 96 | | uct. 6 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘(2) L |
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| 98 | 98 | | IMITATION.—The Strategic Petroleum 7 |
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| 99 | 99 | | Reserve may not be filled with a petroleum product 8 |
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| 100 | 100 | | imported from— 9 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ‘‘(A) a covered country; or 10 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(B) a foreign country other than a cov-11 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ered country, unless the Secretary submits to 12 |
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| 104 | 104 | | Congress a certification that all means of in-13 |
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| 105 | 105 | | creasing production of petroleum products in 14 |
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| 106 | 106 | | the United States has been exhausted, includ-15 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ing— 16 |
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| 108 | 108 | | ‘‘(i) increasing the availability of Fed-17 |
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| 109 | 109 | | eral land for leasing; and 18 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ‘‘(ii) increasing the number of applica-19 |
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| 111 | 111 | | tions for permits to drill; and 20 |
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| 112 | 112 | | ‘‘(3) C |
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| 113 | 113 | | ONSULTATION.—In carrying out para-21 |
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| 114 | 114 | | graph (2), the Secretary shall consult with— 22 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ‘‘(A) the Secretary of Agriculture; 23 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ‘‘(B) the Secretary of the Interior; and 24 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ‘‘(C) the Secretary of Defense.’’. 25 |
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| 120 | 120 | | •S 337 IS |
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| 121 | 121 | | (b) CONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Section 167 of the 1 |
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| 122 | 122 | | Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6247) is 2 |
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| 123 | 123 | | amended— 3 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (1) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘section 4 |
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| 125 | 125 | | 160(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 160(d)’’; and 5 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (2) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding 6 |
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| 127 | 127 | | paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 160(f)’’ and in-7 |
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| 128 | 128 | | serting ‘‘section 160(d)’’. 8 |
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| 129 | 129 | | SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT AND SALE OF STRATEGIC 9 |
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| 130 | 130 | | PETROLEUM RESERVE PRODUCTS. 10 |
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| 131 | 131 | | Section 161(i) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 11 |
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| 132 | 132 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(i)) is amended— 12 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (1) by striking ‘‘(i) Notwithstanding any other 13 |
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| 134 | 134 | | law’’ and inserting the following: 14 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ‘‘(i) R |
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| 136 | 136 | | EFINE OREXCHANGEOUTSIDE THEUNITED 15 |
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| 137 | 137 | | S |
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| 138 | 138 | | TATES.— 16 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 140 | 140 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 17 |
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| 141 | 141 | | provision of law and subject to paragraphs (2) and 18 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (3)’’; and 19 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as so des-20 |
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| 144 | 144 | | ignated) the following: 21 |
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| 145 | 145 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 146 | 146 | | ROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF STRATEGIC 22 |
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| 147 | 147 | | PETROLEUM RESERVE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS .— 23 |
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| 148 | 148 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with re-24 |
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| 149 | 149 | | spect to the drawdown and sale at auction of petro-25 |
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| 152 | 152 | | •S 337 IS |
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| 153 | 153 | | leum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 1 |
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| 154 | 154 | | under this section after the date of enactment of this 2 |
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| 155 | 155 | | paragraph, the Secretary shall require as a condition 3 |
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| 156 | 156 | | of the sale that the petroleum products shall not be 4 |
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| 157 | 157 | | exported to a country that is designated as a coun-5 |
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| 158 | 158 | | try of particular concern for religious freedom under 6 |
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| 159 | 159 | | section 402(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the International Reli-7 |
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| 160 | 160 | | gious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 8 |
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| 161 | 161 | | 6442(b)(1)(A)(ii)). 9 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 163 | 163 | | EQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN 10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | STATE-OWNED ENTITIES .—Notwithstanding any 11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | other provision of law, with respect to the drawdown 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | and sale at auction of petroleum products from the 13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | Strategic Petroleum Reserve under this section after 14 |
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| 168 | 168 | | the date of enactment of this paragraph, if the Sec-15 |
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| 169 | 169 | | retary determines that there is in effect a United 16 |
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| 170 | 170 | | States ban on, or the imposition of sanctions by the 17 |
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| 171 | 171 | | United States with respect to, the purchase of crude 18 |
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| 172 | 172 | | oil from 1 or more countries, the Secretary shall not 19 |
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| 173 | 173 | | sell petroleum products to a State-owned entity par-20 |
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| 174 | 174 | | ticipating in the auction unless that State-owned en-21 |
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| 175 | 175 | | tity submits to the Secretary a certification that the 22 |
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| 176 | 176 | | State-owned entity has not purchased any petroleum 23 |
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| 177 | 177 | | products from a country subject to such a ban or 24 |
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| 181 | 181 | | sanctions after the date that is 15 days after the 1 |
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| 182 | 182 | | date on which the ban or sanctions took effect.’’. 2 |
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| 183 | 183 | | SEC. 5. STUDY ON REMOTE CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS 3 |
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| 184 | 184 | | RESERVE. 4 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (a) I |
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| 186 | 186 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 5 |
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| 187 | 187 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 6 |
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| 188 | 188 | | shall prepare and submit to Congress a report regarding 7 |
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| 189 | 189 | | the feasibility of establishing a reserve, to be known as 8 |
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| 190 | 190 | | the ‘‘Remote Crude Oil and Natural Gas Reserve’’, subject 9 |
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| 191 | 191 | | to subsections (b) and (c), consisting of crude oil and nat-10 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ural gas to be acquired and stored by the United States, 11 |
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| 193 | 193 | | in place, pursuant to a contract or other agreement or ar-12 |
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| 194 | 194 | | rangement between the United States and an individual 13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | or entity that discovered the oil or gas in a remote area 14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | described in subsection (c). 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (b) P |
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| 198 | 198 | | URPOSE.—The purpose of the Remote Crude Oil 16 |
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| 199 | 199 | | and Natural Gas Reserve shall be— 17 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (1) consistent with the purposes described in 18 |
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| 201 | 201 | | section 2 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 19 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (42 U.S.C. 6201); and 20 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (2) to ensure— 21 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (A) the long-term capability to increase the 22 |
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| 205 | 205 | | energy supply of the United States and allies of 23 |
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| 206 | 206 | | the United States; and 24 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (B) to the maximum extent practicable, 1 |
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| 211 | 211 | | that energy costs remain affordable for United 2 |
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| 212 | 212 | | States consumers. 3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (c) L |
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| 214 | 214 | | OCATIONS.—The Remote Crude Oil and Natural 4 |
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| 215 | 215 | | Gas Reserve shall include facilities located in, as applica-5 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ble— 6 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (1) the State of Alaska; and 7 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (2) any other area of the United States in close 8 |
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| 219 | 219 | | proximity to a qualified opportunity zone designated 9 |
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| 220 | 220 | | under section 1400Z–1 of the Internal Revenue 10 |
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| 221 | 221 | | Code of 1986. 11 |
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