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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3815 

To amend the Emergency Energy Conservation Act of 1979 to allow the 

President to provide short-term relief to the American people as the 

United States works to impose a necessary ban on all oil imports from 

Russia and to restore the ability of the President to set energy efficiency 

targets for States during an energy supply emergency, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 10 (legislative day, MARCH 7), 2022 

Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the following bill; 

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

A BILL 

To amend the Emergency Energy Conservation Act of 1979 

to allow the President to provide short-term relief to 

the American people as the United States works to impose a necessary ban on all oil imports from Russia 

and to restore the ability of the President to set energy 

efficiency targets for States during an energy supply 

emergency, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strategic reserve, Ap3 pliance, Vehicle, and Energy efficiency for Consumers Act 

4 of 2022’’ or the ‘‘SAVE Consumers Act of 2022’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress finds that— 

7 (1) according to the Ministry of Finance of the 

8 Russian Federation, 36 percent of all revenue of the 

9 Government of the Russian Federation in 2021 

10 came from the oil and gas sector, funding the war 

11 of aggression against Ukraine; 

12 (2) from January through December 2021, the 

13 United States imported 245,194,000 barrels of oil 

14 from the Russian Federation, which, at an annual 

15 average of $71 per barrel, equals approximately 

16 $17,400,000,000 in oil imports; 

17 (3) in order to cut off funding to Russian oil 

18 companies, the United States will need to cut off 

19 Russian oil imports; 

20 (4) as of March 4, 2022, the Strategic Petro21 leum Reserve crude oil inventory totals approxi22 mately 577,500,000 barrels, which are intended by 

23 law for use to minimize short-term energy supply 

24 disruptions and protect United States consumers 

25 from economic damage; 


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1 (5) since 2015, Congress has enacted 8 laws 

2 that mandate the sale of 303,600,000 barrels of oil 

3 from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve between 2022 

4 and 2031; 

5 (6) selling the barrels described in paragraph 

6 (5) earlier could address the immediate economic 

7 damage caused by ongoing energy supply disruptions 

8 related to the war in Ukraine; 

9 (7) in addition to immediate use of existing oil 

10 stockpiles, energy supply disruptions can be miti11 gated by reducing demand for fossil fuel products 

12 through energy efficiency; 

13 (8) energy efficiency reduces demand without 

14 disrupting energy services delivered to the consumer; 

15 (9) clean energy deployment and energy effi16 ciency not only reduce United States demand for 

17 fossil fuels, but also provide additional benefits by 

18 reducing air pollution, health impacts, and green19 house gas emissions, while creating thousands of 

20 jobs in the United States and bolstering the econ21 omy; and 

22 (10) the Emergency Energy Conservation Act 

23 of 1979 (42 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) was enacted to ad24 dress severe energy supply disruptions and provide 

25 an emergency response plan. 


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1 SEC. 3. EMERGENCY ENERGY CONSERVATION. 

2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 202 of the Emergency 

3 Energy Conservation Act of 1979 (42 U.S.C. 8502) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

6 striking ‘‘For purposes of this title—’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘In this title:’’; 

8 (2) in each of paragraphs (1) through (8), by 

9 inserting a paragraph heading, the text of which 

10 comprises the term defined in that paragraph; 

11 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

12 (5) and (7) as paragraphs (7), (3), (4), (5), (9), and 

13 (2), respectively; 

14 (4) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re15 designated) the following: 

16 ‘‘(1) ENERGY CONSERVATION.—The term ‘en17 ergy conservation’ means, with respect to heating, 

18 cooling, use of an appliance, or a vehicle— 

19 ‘‘(A) energy efficiency, including elec20 trification; or 

21 ‘‘(B) a minimum level of energy efficiency 

22 or a maximum quantity of energy use, deter23 mined in accordance with test procedures or in24 dustry analysis, as determined by the Secretary, 

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1 cy, as applicable, that provides health, climate, 

2 or environmental benefits.’’; and 

3 (5) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated), by 

4 striking ‘‘means’’ and all that follows through ‘‘high5 ways’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘means— 

6 ‘‘(A) a motor vehicle; 

7 ‘‘(B) a motor vehicle engine; 

8 ‘‘(C) a nonroad vehicle or engine; and 

9 ‘‘(D) aircraft’’. 

10 (b) STANDBY FEDERAL CONSERVATION PLAN.—Sec11 tion 213(i) of the Emergency Energy Conservation Act of 

12 1979 (42 U.S.C. 8513(i)) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘between Fri14 day noon and Sunday midnight’’; 

15 (2) by striking paragraph (2); and 

16 (3) in paragraph (1), by striking the paragraph 

17 designation and all that follows through ‘‘the plan’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘The plan’’. 

19 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 251 of the Emer20 gency Energy Conservation Act of 1979 (42 U.S.C. 8541) 

21 is amended by striking subsection (c). 


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1 SEC. 4. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE DRAWDOWN 

2 AND SALE. 

3 (a) BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF 2015.—Section 

4 403(a) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 

5 114–74; 129 Stat. 589) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (5), by adding ‘‘and’’ after the 

7 semicolon; 

8 (2) by striking paragraphs (7) and (8); and 

9 (3) in paragraph (6)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘10,000,000’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘30,000,000’’; and 

12 (B) by striking the semicolon at the end 

13 and inserting a period. 

14 (b) FIXING AMERICA’S SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

15 ACT.—Section 32204 of the FAST Act (Public Law 114– 

16 94; 129 Stat. 1740) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (A), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

19 after the semicolon; 

20 (B) by striking subparagraphs (C) and 

21 (D); and 

22 (C) in subparagraph (B)— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘16,000,000’’ and in24 serting ‘‘66,000,000’’; and 

25 (ii) by striking the semicolon at the 

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1 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘(A) 

2 through (I)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) and (B)’’. 

3 (c) RECONCILIATION ON THE BUDGET FOR 2018.— 

4 Section 20003(a)(1) of Public Law 115–97 (131 Stat. 

5 2237) is amended by striking ‘‘2026 through 2027’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘2022 and 2023’’. 

7 (d) BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF 2018.—Section 

8 30204(a)(1) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public 

9 Law 115–123; 132 Stat. 126) is amended— 

10 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘through 

11 2025;’’ and inserting ‘‘and 2023.’’; 

12 (2) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C); and 

13 (3) beginning in the matter preceding subpara14 graph (A), by striking ‘‘Reserve—’’ and all that fol15 lows through ‘‘30,000,000’’ in subparagraph (A) and 

16 inserting the following: ‘‘Reserve 100,000,000’’. 

17 (e) AMERICA’S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE ACT OF

18 2018.—Section 3009(a)(1) of America’s Water Infra19 structure Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270; 132 Stat. 

20 3870) is amended by striking ‘‘during fiscal year 2028’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘during the period of fiscal years 2022 and 

22 2023’’. 

23 (f) INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT JOBS

24 ACT.—Section 90002(a) of the Infrastructure Investment 


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1 and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58; 135 Stat. 1342) is 

2 amended— 

3 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2028 

4 through 2031’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 and 2023’’; and 

5 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2028 

6 through 2031’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 and 2023’’. 

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