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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4651 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Secretary 

of Energy to stipulate, as a condition on the sale at auction of any 

petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, that the petroleum products not be exported to certain countries, to prohibit such 

sales to certain state-owned entities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2022 

Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require 

the Secretary of Energy to stipulate, as a condition on 

the sale at auction of any petroleum products from the 

Strategic Petroleum Reserve, that the petroleum products not be exported to certain countries, to prohibit 

such sales to certain state-owned entities, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF STRATEGIC PE2 TROLEUM RESERVE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 

3 TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES AND SALES TO CER4 TAIN STATE-OWNED ENTITIES. 

5 Section 161(i) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(i)) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘(i) Notwithstanding any other 

8 law’’ and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(i) REFINE OR EXCHANGE OUTSIDE THE UNITED

10 STATES.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

12 provision of law and subject to paragraphs (2) and 

13 (3)’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF STRATEGIC

16 PETROLEUM RESERVE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO

17 CERTAIN COUNTRIES.—Notwithstanding any other 

18 provision of law, with respect to the drawdown and 

19 sale at auction of any petroleum products from the 

20 Reserve under this section after the date of enact21 ment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall require, 

22 as a condition of the sale, that the petroleum prod23 ucts not be exported to a country that is designated 

24 as a country of particular concern for religious free25 dom under clause (ii) of section 402(b)(1)(A) of the 


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1 International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 

2 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)(A)). 

3 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN

4 STATE-OWNED ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding any 

5 other provision of law, with respect to the drawdown 

6 and sale at auction of any petroleum products from 

7 the Reserve under this section after the date of en8 actment of this paragraph, if the Secretary deter9 mines that, as of the date of the auction, there is 

10 in effect a United States ban on, or the imposition 

11 of sanctions by the United States with respect to, 

12 the purchase of crude oil from 1 or more countries— 

13 ‘‘(A) to be eligible to bid in the auction, a 

14 state-owned entity shall submit to the Secretary 

15 a certification that the state-owned entity has 

16 not purchased petroleum products from any 

17 country subject to such a ban or sanctions dur18 ing the period in which the ban or sanctions 

19 were in effect; and 

20 ‘‘(B) if the Secretary determines that a 

21 state-owned entity participating in the auction 

22 has purchased crude oil from a country subject 

23 to such a ban or sanctions during the period in 

24 which the ban or sanctions were in effect, the 

25 Secretary shall not sell petroleum products from 


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1 the Reserve to the state-owned entity under the 

2 auction.’’. 

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