Strategic Production Response Act

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Summary:  <p><b>Strategic Production Response Act</b></p> <p>This bill limits the drawdown of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) until the Department of Energy (DOE) submits to Congress a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas production. Specifically, the bill prohibits DOE from drawing down petroleum in the SPR for nonemergency purposes until it submits a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands, including submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf, that are leased for oil and gas production to offset any drawdowns on or after January 21, 2021.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 21 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 21

   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

                            January 9, 2023

  Mrs. Rodgers of Washington (for herself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Latta, Mr. 
 Curtis, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, 
 Mr. Burgess, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, 
Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
Walberg, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Pence, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Kean of 
  New Jersey, Mr. Langworthy, and Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer) 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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