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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 337 

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

Strategic Petroleum Reserve contain petroleum products produced or 

refined in the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 9, 2023 

Mr. SULLIVAN 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 

that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve contain petroleum 

products produced or refined in the United States, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Replenishing Our 

5 American Reserves Act’’ or the ‘‘ROAR Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PRIORITIZING DOMESTIC PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 

2 FOR REFILL OF THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM 

3 RESERVE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 160(c) of the Energy Pol5 icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6240(c)) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in the first sentence of the matter preceding 

8 paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘products’’ after ‘‘petro9 leum’’; 

10 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

11 the semicolon; 

12 (3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para13 graph (7); and 

14 (4) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(6) effective on the date of enactment of the 

17 ROAR Act, ensure that only petroleum products 

18 that have been produced or refined in the United 

19 States are acquired and injected into the Reserve; 

20 and’’. 

21 (b) REGULATION UPDATES.—Not later than 180 

22 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

23 of Energy shall promulgate appropriate regulations to up24 date procedures for the acquisition of petroleum products 

25 for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in accordance with 

26 the amendments made by this section. 


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1 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON THE IMPORT OF PETROLEUM 

2 PRODUCTS FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 160 of the Energy Policy 

4 and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6240) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (h) as 

6 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 

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

8 ‘‘(f) LIMITATION ON FILLING THE STRATEGIC PE9 TROLEUM RESERVE.— 

10 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

11 ‘‘(A) COVERED COUNTRY.—The term ‘cov12 ered country’ means— 

13 ‘‘(i) Algeria; 

14 ‘‘(ii) Angola; 

15 ‘‘(iii) The Democratic Republic of the 

16 Congo; 

17 ‘‘(iv) Equatorial Guinea; 

18 ‘‘(v) Gabon; 

19 ‘‘(vi) Iran; 

20 ‘‘(vii) Iraq; 

21 ‘‘(viii) Kuwait; 

22 ‘‘(ix) Libya; 

23 ‘‘(x) Nigeria; 

24 ‘‘(xi) The People’s Republic of China; 

25 ‘‘(xii) The Russian Federation; 

26 ‘‘(xiii) Saudi Arabia; 


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1 ‘‘(xiv) United Arab Emirates; and 

2 ‘‘(xv) Venezuela. 

3 ‘‘(B) PRODUCTION.—The term ‘produc4 tion’, with respect to a petroleum product, does 

5 not include the refining of that petroleum prod6 uct. 

7 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Strategic Petroleum 

8 Reserve may not be filled with a petroleum product 

9 imported from— 

10 ‘‘(A) a covered country; or 

11 ‘‘(B) a foreign country other than a cov12 ered country, unless the Secretary submits to 

13 Congress a certification that all means of in14 creasing production of petroleum products in 

15 the United States has been exhausted, includ16 ing— 

17 ‘‘(i) increasing the availability of Fed18 eral land for leasing; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) increasing the number of applica20 tions for permits to drill; and 

21 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out para22 graph (2), the Secretary shall consult with— 

23 ‘‘(A) the Secretary of Agriculture; 

24 ‘‘(B) the Secretary of the Interior; and 

25 ‘‘(C) the Secretary of Defense.’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 167 of the 

2 Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6247) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘section 

5 160(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 160(d)’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding 

7 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 160(f)’’ and in8 serting ‘‘section 160(d)’’. 

9 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT AND SALE OF STRATEGIC 

10 PETROLEUM RESERVE PRODUCTS. 

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

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

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

14 law’’ and inserting the following: 

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

16 STATES.— 

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

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

19 (3)’’; and 

20 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as so des21 ignated) the following: 

22 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF STRATEGIC

23 PETROLEUM RESERVE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.— 

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1 leum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 

2 under this section after the date of enactment of this 

3 paragraph, the Secretary shall require as a condition 

4 of the sale that the petroleum products shall not be 

5 exported to a country that is designated as a coun6 try of particular concern for religious freedom under 

7 section 402(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the International Reli8 gious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 

9 6442(b)(1)(A)(ii)). 

10 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN

11 STATE-OWNED ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding any 

12 other provision of law, with respect to the drawdown 

13 and sale at auction of petroleum products from the 

14 Strategic Petroleum Reserve under this section after 

15 the date of enactment of this paragraph, if the Sec16 retary determines that there is in effect a United 

17 States ban on, or the imposition of sanctions by the 

18 United States with respect to, the purchase of crude 

19 oil from 1 or more countries, the Secretary shall not 

20 sell petroleum products to a State-owned entity par21 ticipating in the auction unless that State-owned en22 tity submits to the Secretary a certification that the 

23 State-owned entity has not purchased any petroleum 

24 products from a country subject to such a ban or 


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1 sanctions after the date that is 15 days after the 

2 date on which the ban or sanctions took effect.’’. 

3 SEC. 5. STUDY ON REMOTE CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS 

4 RESERVE. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 

7 shall prepare and submit to Congress a report regarding 

8 the feasibility of establishing a reserve, to be known as 

9 the ‘‘Remote Crude Oil and Natural Gas Reserve’’, subject 

10 to subsections (b) and (c), consisting of crude oil and nat11 ural gas to be acquired and stored by the United States, 

12 in place, pursuant to a contract or other agreement or ar13 rangement between the United States and an individual 

14 or entity that discovered the oil or gas in a remote area 

15 described in subsection (c). 

16 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Remote Crude Oil 

17 and Natural Gas Reserve shall be— 

18 (1) consistent with the purposes described in 

19 section 2 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

20 (42 U.S.C. 6201); and 

21 (2) to ensure— 

22 (A) the long-term capability to increase the 

23 energy supply of the United States and allies of 

24 the United States; and 


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1 (B) to the maximum extent practicable, 

2 that energy costs remain affordable for United 

3 States consumers. 

4 (c) LOCATIONS.—The Remote Crude Oil and Natural 

5 Gas Reserve shall include facilities located in, as applica6 ble— 

7 (1) the State of Alaska; and 

8 (2) any other area of the United States in close 

9 proximity to a qualified opportunity zone designated 

10 under section 1400Z–1 of the Internal Revenue 

11 Code of 1986. 

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