SPR Act

Subjects: Energy, Congressional oversight, Energy storage, supplies, demand, Land use and conservation, Mining, Oil and gas, Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:  <p><b>Strategic Production Response Act or the SPR Act</b></p> <p>This bill limits the drawdown of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) until the Department of Interior issues a plan or updates a previously issued plan to increase the production of oil and gas on federal land. However, Interior may drawdown petroleum in the SPR if there is a severe energy supply interruption. The bill defines <i>federal land</i> to (1) include Outer Continental Shelf land; and (2) exclude land otherwise not available for oil and gas development within the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, the National Wilderness Preservation System, a National Marine Sanctuary, or Indian land. </p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 31 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 31

 To provide for the development and issuance of a plan to increase oil 
 and gas production on Federal land in conjunction with a drawdown of 
        petroleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 24 (legislative day, January 3), 2023

 Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Daines, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
Lankford, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Hyde-
Smith, and Mr. Lee) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
     and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the development and issuance of a plan to increase oil 
 and gas production on Federal land 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'' 
or the ``SPR Act''.

SEC. 2. STRATEGIC PRODUCTION RESPONSE PLAN.

    Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6241) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Strategic Production Response Plan.--
            ``(1) Definition of federal land.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In this subsection, the term 
                `Federal land' means land, including outer Continental 
                Shelf land, the title to which is held by the United 
                States.
                    ``(B) Exclusions.--In this subsection, the term 
                `Federal land' does not include land otherwise not 
                available for oil and gas development within--
                            ``(i) a unit of the National Park System;
                            ``(ii) a unit of the National Wildlife 
                        Refuge System;
                            ``(iii) a component of the National 
                        Wilderness Preservation System;
                            ``(iv) a National Marine Sanctuary; or
                            ``(v) Indian land.
            ``(2) Plan.--Except in the case of a severe energy supply 
        interruption described in subsection (d) or as otherwise 
        mandated by Congress, the Secretary may not execute 1 drawdown 
        or a series of 2 or more drawdowns of petroleum products in the 
        Reserve after the date of enactment of this subsection, whether 
        through sale, exchange, or loan, until the Secretary of the 
        Interior has, as applicable, issued a plan or updated a 
        previously issued plan to increase the production of oil and 
        gas on Federal land.
            ``(3) Requirements for plan.--Each plan issued or updated 
        under paragraph (2) shall include proposed actions to increase 
        oil and gas production on Federal land that are in addition to 
        lease sales previously scheduled by the Secretary of the 
        Interior under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) 
        and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 
        seq.).
            ``(4) Consultation.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
        issue or update each plan required under paragraph (2) in 
        consultation with the Secretary, the Secretary of Agriculture, 
        the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Defense.
            ``(5) Congressional submission.--Not later than 60 days 
        after the date on which the Secretary executes 1 drawdown or a 
        series of 2 or more drawdowns of petroleum products in the 
        Reserve after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
        Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Committee on 
        Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
        Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Natural Resources of 
        the House of Representatives a copy of the applicable plan 
        required under paragraph (2).''.
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