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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 9 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum products from |
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| 6 | 6 | | the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY23 (legislative day, JANUARY3), 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | RUZ(for himself, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. BRAUN) intro- |
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| 11 | 11 | | duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 12 | 12 | | mittee on Energy and Natural Resources |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum |
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| 15 | 15 | | products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, |
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| 16 | 16 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting America’s 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •S 9 IS |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SALES OF PETROLEUM PROD-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | UCTS FROM THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RE-2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SERVE TO CHINA. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | retary of Energy shall not draw down and sell petroleum 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve— 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) to any entity that is under the ownership, 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | control, or influence of the Chinese Communist 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Party; or 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) except on the condition that such petroleum 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | products will not be exported to the People’s Repub-11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | lic of China. 12 |
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