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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6235 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6235

   To provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas 
    production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, 
    the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in 
 conjunction with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic 
                           Petroleum Reserve.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2021

 Mrs. Rodgers of Washington (for herself, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
 Dunn, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Hudson, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Armstrong, 
 Mr. McKinley, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Latta, Mr. Kinzinger, Mr. 
    Crenshaw, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Long, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
   Bilirakis, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Pence, Mr. Newhouse, Mrs. 
 Miller-Meeks, Mr. Bost, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
Jacobs of New York, Ms. Cheney, Mr. Balderson, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Owens, 
   Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Cline, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Graves of 
 Louisiana, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Valadao) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
   To provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas 
    production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, 
    the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in 
 conjunction with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic 
                           Petroleum Reserve.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strategic Production Response Act''.

SEC. 2. COMPENSATORY PRODUCTION INCREASE PLAN.

    Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6241) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Plan.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except in the case of a severe energy 
        supply interruption described in subsection (d), the Secretary 
        may not execute the first drawdown of petroleum products in the 
        Reserve after the date of enactment of this subsection, whether 
        through sale, exchange, or loan, until the Secretary has 
        developed a plan to increase the percentage of Federal lands 
        (including submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf) 
        under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
        Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the 
        Secretary of Defense leased for oil and gas production by the 
        same percentage as the percentage of petroleum in the Strategic 
        Petroleum Reserve that is to be drawn down in that first and 
        subsequent drawdowns, subject to the limitation under paragraph 
        (2).
            ``(2) Limitation.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall 
        not provide for a total increase in the percentage of Federal 
        lands described in paragraph (1) leased for oil and gas 
        production in excess of 10 percent.
            ``(3) Consultation.--The Secretary shall prepare the plan 
        required by paragraph (1) in consultation with the Secretary of 
        Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary 
        of Defense.''.
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