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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1957 

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

of Energy to establish a gasoline supply reserve in the State of Florida, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 5, 2017 

Mr. NELSON 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 establish a gasoline supply 

reserve in the State of Florida, 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 ‘‘Florida Gasoline Sup5 ply Reserve Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FLORIDA GASOLINE SUPPLY RESERVE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Energy Policy and Conserva8 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) is amended by adding 

9 at the end of title I the following: 


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1 ‘‘PART E—FLORIDA GASOLINE SUPPLY RESERVE 

2 ‘‘SEC. 191. DEFINITION OF REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCT. 

3 ‘‘In this part, the term ‘refined petroleum product’ 

4 means— 

5 ‘‘(1) gasoline; and 

6 ‘‘(2) such other products as the Secretary de7 termines appropriate. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 192. ESTABLISHMENT. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish, 

10 maintain, and operate as a component of the Strategic Pe11 troleum Reserve established under part B a reserve of re12 fined petroleum products, to be known as the ‘Florida 

13 Gasoline Supply Reserve’ (referred to in this part as the 

14 ‘Reserve’). 

15 ‘‘(b) LOCATION.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Reserve shall be lo17 cated in the State of Florida. 

18 ‘‘(2) LOCATION OF 2 SECTIONS OF RESERVE.— 

19 To the maximum extent practicable, the Reserve 

20 shall be split into 2 sections, of which— 

21 ‘‘(A) one shall be located on the east coast 

22 of the State of Florida; and 

23 ‘‘(B) one shall be located on the west coast 

24 of the State of Florida. 

25 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Reserve shall contain a min26 imum of 1,000,000 barrels of refined petroleum products. 


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1 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—Except as otherwise provided in 

2 this part, the authorities and requirements applicable to 

3 the Strategic Petroleum Reserve under part B shall apply 

4 to the Reserve. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 193. DRAWDOWN AND SALE OF REFINED PETROLEUM 

6 PRODUCTS. 

7 ‘‘The Secretary may draw down and sell refined pe8 troleum products from the Reserve if the Secretary finds 

9 that— 

10 ‘‘(1) a circumstance exists that constitutes, or 

11 is likely to become, a regional gasoline supply inter12 ruption of significant scope or duration, such as a 

13 hurricane or other natural disaster; and 

14 ‘‘(2) action taken under this section would help 

15 in preventing or reducing the adverse impact of such 

16 a regional gasoline supply interruption. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 194. ACQUISITION OF REFINED PETROLEUM PROD18 UCTS FOR STORAGE IN THE RESERVE. 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire, 

20 place in storage, transport, or exchange refined petroleum 

21 products acquired by purchase or exchange. 

22 ‘‘(b) OBJECTIVES.—To the maximum extent prac23 ticable, the Secretary shall carry out subsection (a) con24 sistent with the following objectives: 

25 ‘‘(1) Minimization of the cost of the Reserve. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Minimization of the vulnerability of the 

2 United States to a severe regional gasoline supply 

3 interruption. 

4 ‘‘(3) Minimization of the impact of an acquisi5 tion of refined petroleum products on supply levels 

6 and market forces. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 195. PLAN FOR ADMINISTRATION OF RESERVE. 

8 ‘‘Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

9 of the Florida Gasoline Supply Reserve Act, the Secretary 

10 shall submit to the President and, if the President ap11 proves, to Congress, a plan describing— 

12 ‘‘(1) the proposed acquisition of storage and re13 lated facilities or storage services for the Reserve, in14 cluding the potential use of storage facilities not cur15 rently in use; 

16 ‘‘(2) the proposed acquisition of refined petro17 leum products for storage in the Reserve; 

18 ‘‘(3) the proposed procedures governing the re19 lease of refined petroleum products from the Re20 serve; 

21 ‘‘(4) the estimated costs of the establishment, 

22 maintenance, and operation of the Reserve; and 

23 ‘‘(5) actions the Secretary will take— 

24 ‘‘(A) to minimize the need for release of 

25 refined petroleum products from the Reserve; 


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1 ‘‘(B) to ensure that distributors and im2 porters are not discouraged from maintaining 

3 and increasing supplies of refined petroleum 

4 products to the State of Florida; and 

5 ‘‘(C) to ensure the quality of the refined 

6 petroleum products in the Reserve.’’. 

7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

8 for the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 prec. 6201) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking the item relating to part D of 

11 title I (relating to expiration); 

12 (2) by striking the item relating to section 181 

13 (relating to expiration); and 

14 (3) by adding at the end of the items relating 

15 to title I the following: 

‘‘PART E—FLORIDA GASOLINE SUPPLY RESERVE

‘‘Sec. 191. Definition of refined petroleum product. 

‘‘Sec. 192. Establishment. 

‘‘Sec. 193. Drawdown and sale of refined petroleum products. 

‘‘Sec. 194. Acquisition of refined petroleum products for storage in the Reserve. 

‘‘Sec. 195. Plan for administration of Reserve.’’. 

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