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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 393 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the export |
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| 6 | 6 | | or sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve |
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| 7 | 7 | | to certain entities, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY4, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. F |
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| 11 | 11 | | ETTERMAN(for himself, Mr. CRUZ, and Ms. SLOTKIN) introduced the |
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| 12 | 12 | | following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on En- |
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| 13 | 13 | | ergy and Natural Resources |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to pro- |
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| 16 | 16 | | hibit the export or sale of petroleum products from the |
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| 17 | 17 | | Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain entities, and for |
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| 18 | 18 | | other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Banning SPR Oil Ex-4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ports to Foreign Adversaries Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 393 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EXPORTS. 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) I |
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| 29 | 29 | | NGENERAL.—The Energy Policy and Conserva-2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | tion Act is amended by inserting after section 163 (42 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | U.S.C. 6243) the following: 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘SEC. 164. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EXPORTS. 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 34 | 34 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary shall prohibit the 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | export or sale of petroleum products drawn down from the 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Strategic Petroleum Reserve, under any provision of law, 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | to— 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(1) the People’s Republic of China; 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(2) the Democratic People’s Republic of 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Korea; 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(3) the Russian Federation; 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(4) the Islamic Republic of Iran; and 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(5) any entity that is under the ownership or 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | control of— 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(A) a country referred to in any of para-17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | graphs (1) through (4); or 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(B) the Chinese Communist Party. 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(b) W |
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| 49 | 49 | | AIVER.—The Secretary may issue a waiver of 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | the prohibition described in subsection (a) if the Secretary 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | certifies that any export or sale authorized pursuant to 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | the waiver is in the national security interests of the 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | United States. 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(c) R |
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| 55 | 55 | | ULE.—Not later than 60 days after the date 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | of enactment of the Banning SPR Oil Exports to Foreign 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •S 393 IS |
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| 60 | 60 | | Adversaries Act, the Secretary shall issue a rule to carry 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | out this section.’’. 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (b) C |
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| 63 | 63 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (1) D |
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| 65 | 65 | | RAWDOWN AND SALE OF PETROLEUM 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | PRODUCTS.—Section 161(a) of the Energy Policy 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(a)) is 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | amended by inserting ‘‘and section 164’’ before the 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | period at the end. 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (2) C |
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| 71 | 71 | | LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of con-9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | tents for the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | tion 163 the following: 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘Sec. 164. Prohibition on certain exports.’’. |
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| 76 | 76 | | (3) NATIONAL POLICY ON OIL EXPORT RE -13 |
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| 77 | 77 | | STRICTION.—Section 101(b) of the Consolidated Ap-14 |
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| 78 | 78 | | propriations Act, 2016 (42 U.S.C. 6212a(b)) is 15 |
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| 79 | 79 | | amended by inserting ‘‘and section 164 of the En-16 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ergy Policy and Conservation Act’’ after ‘‘and (d)’’. 17 |
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