(B) shall be set at $9 per barrel for oil and 
$1.25 per million Btu for gas, respectively, in 
2005 dollars; and 
(C) shall apply only to production of oil or 
gas occurring— 
(i) in any calendar year in which the 
arithmetic average of the daily closing 
prices for light sweet crude oil on the New 
York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) ex-
ceeds $34.73 per barrel for oil and $4.34 
per million Btu for gas in 2005 dollars; 
and 
(ii) on or after October 1, 2006. 
(3) NONPRODUCING LEASE FEE TERMS.—The 
fee under paragraph (1)(B)— 
(A) subject to subparagraph (C), shall 
apply to leases that are nonproducing leases; 
(B) shall be set at $3.75 per acre per year 
in 2005 dollars; and 
(C) shall apply on and after October 1, 
2006. 
(4) TREATMENT OF RECEIPTS.—Amounts re-
ceived by the United States as fees under this sub-
section shall be treated as offsetting receipts. 
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(c) TRANSFERS.—A lessee or any other person who 
has any direct or indirect interest in, or who derives a 
benefit from, a lease shall not be eligible to obtain by sale 
or other transfer (including through a swap, spinoff, serv-
icing, or other agreement) any covered lease, the economic 
benefit of any covered lease, or any other lease for the 
production of oil or natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico 
under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.), unless— 
(1) the lessee or other person has— 
(A) renegotiated all covered leases of the 
lessee or other person; and 
(B) entered into an agreement with the 
Secretary to modify the terms of all covered 
leases of the lessee or other person to include 
limitations on royalty relief based on market 
prices that are equal to or less than the price 
thresholds described in clauses (v) through (vii) 
of section 8(a)(3)(C) of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(3)(C)); or 
(2) the lessee or other person has— 
(A) paid all fees established by the Sec-
retary under subsection (b) that are due with 
respect to each covered lease for which the per-
son is a lessee; or 
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(B) entered into an agreement with the 
Secretary under which the person is obligated 
to pay such fees. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) COVERED
LEASE.—The term ‘‘covered 
lease’’ means a lease for oil or gas production in the 
Gulf of Mexico that is— 
(A) in existence on the date of enactment 
of this Act; 
(B) issued by the Department of the Inte-
rior under section 304 of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act (43 
U.S.C. 1337 note; Public Law 104–58); and 
(C) not subject to limitations on royalty re-
lief based on market price that are equal to or 
less than the price thresholds described in 
clauses (v) through (vii) of section 8(a)(3)(C) of 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1337(a)(3)(C)). 
(2) LESSEE.—The term ‘‘lessee’’ includes any 
person or other entity that controls, is controlled by, 
or is in or under common control with, a lessee. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
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SEC. 135. STRATEGIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEW-
ABLES RESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For budgetary purposes, the net 
increase in Federal receipts by reason of the enactment 
of this Act shall be held in a separate account to be known 
as the ‘‘Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Re-
serve’’. The Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables 
Reserve shall be available to offset the cost of subsequent 
legislation— 
(1) to accelerate the use of clean domestic re-
newable energy resources and alternative fuels; 
(2) to promote the utilization of energy-efficient 
products and practices and energy conservation; 
(3) to increase research, development, and de-
ployment of clean renewable energy and efficiency 
technologies; 
(4) to provide increased assistance for low in-
come home energy and weatherization programs; 
(5) to further the purposes set forth in section 
1(b) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act 
of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4); and 
(6) to increase research, development, and dem-
onstration of carbon capture and sequestration tech-
nologies. 
(b) PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTMENTS.— 
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(1) BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN.—After the 
reporting of a bill or joint resolution, or the offering 
of an amendment thereto or the submission of a con-
ference report thereon, providing funding for the 
purposes set forth in subsection (a) in excess of the 
amounts provided for those purposes for fiscal year 
2007, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
of the applicable House of Congress shall make the 
adjustments set forth in paragraph (2) for the 
amount of new budget authority and outlays in that 
measure and the outlays flowing from that budget 
authority. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The adjust-
ments referred to in paragraph (1) are to be made 
to— 
(A) the discretionary spending limits, if 
any, set forth in the appropriate concurrent res-
olution on the budget; 
(B) the allocations made pursuant to the 
appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget 
pursuant to section 302(a) of Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974; and 
(C) the budget aggregates contained in the 
appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget 
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as required by section 301(a) of Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. 
(3) AMOUNTS OF ADJUSTMENTS.—The adjust-
ments referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall 
not exceed the total of the receipts over a 10-year 
period, as estimated by the Congressional Budget 
Office upon the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle D—Accountability and In-
tegrity in the Federal Energy 
Program 
SEC. 141. ROYALTY IN-KIND. 
Section 342(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15902(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) BENEFIT
TO
THE
UNITED
STATES
RE-
QUIRED.—The Secretary may receive oil or gas royalties 
in-kind only if the Secretary determines that receiving roy-
alties in-kind provides benefits to the United States that 
are greater than or equal to the benefits that would likely 
be received if the royalties were taken in-value, and if the 
Secretary determines that receiving royalties in-kind is 
consistent with the fiduciary duties of the Secretary on 
behalf of the American people.’’. 
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SEC. 142. FAIR RETURN ON PRODUCTION OF FEDERAL OIL 
AND GAS RESOURCES. 
(a) ROYALTY PAYMENTS.—The Secretary of the In-
terior shall take all steps necessary to ensure that lessees 
under leases for exploration, development, and production 
of oil and natural gas on Federal lands, including leases 
under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), 
the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 
351 et seq.), the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (30 
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), and all other mineral leasing laws, 
are making prompt, transparent, and accurate royalty 
payments under such leases. 
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR
LEGISLATIVE
AC-
TION.—In order to facilitate implementation of subsection 
(a), the Secretary of the Interior shall, within 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act and in consultation 
with the affected States, prepare and transmit to Congress 
recommendations for legislative action to improve the ac-
curate collection of Federal oil and gas royalties. 
SEC. 143. ROYALTY-IN-KIND ETHICS. 
(a) GIFT BAN.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—No employee of the Min-
erals Management Service may— 
(A) accept gifts of any value from any pro-
hibited source; or 
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(B) seek, accept, or hold employment with 
any prohibited source. 
(2) PENALTY.—Any person who violates para-
graph (1) shall be subject to such penalties as the 
Secretary of the Interior considers appropriate, 
which may include suspension without pay or termi-
nation. 
(b) TRAINING.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
implement a robust ethics training program for employees 
of the Royalty-In-Kind division of the Minerals Manage-
ment Service that is in addition to the standard ethics 
training that such employees are already required to at-
tend. Such additional training program shall require writ-
ten certification by each such employee that the employee 
knows and understands the ethics requirements by which 
the employee is bound. 
(c) CODE OF ETHICS.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall promulgate, within 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, a code of ethics for all employees 
of the Minerals Management Service. The code of ethics 
shall provide clear direction relating to the obligations, 
prohibitions, and consequences of misconduct. 
(d) DRUG TESTING.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall, within 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, implement a random drug testing program for 
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the employees of the royalty-in-kind division of the Min-
erals Management Service. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) GIFT.—The term ‘‘gift’’— 
(A) includes any gratuity, favor, discount, 
entertainment, hospitality, loan, forbearance, or 
other item having monetary value; and 
(B) includes services as well as gifts of 
training, transportation, local travel, lodgings 
and meals, whether provided in-kind, by pur-
chase of a ticket, payment in advance, or reim-
bursement after the expense has been incurred. 
(2) PROHIBITED SOURCE.—The term ‘‘prohib-
ited source’’ means, with respect to an employee, 
any person who— 
(A) is seeking official action by the Min-
erals Management Service; 
(B) does business or seeks to do business 
with the Minerals Management Service; 
(C) conducts activities regulated by the 
Minerals Management Service; 
(D) has interests that may be substantially 
affected by performance or nonperformance of 
the employee’s official duties; or 
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(E) is an organization a majority of whose 
members are described in any of subparagraphs 
(A) through (D). 
(f) OTHER ETHICS REQUIREMENTS APPLY.—The 
prohibitions and requirements under this section are to be 
in addition to any other requirements that apply to em-
ployees of the Minerals Management Service. 
SEC. 144. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN GIFTS. 
Section 201 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d)(1) Whoever— 
‘‘(A) seeking or holding one or more leases 
of property from the United States, through the 
Minerals Management Service of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, for purposes of oil or min-
eral extraction, knowingly engages in a course 
of conduct that consists of providing things of 
value to a public official of, or person who has 
been selected to be a public official of, the Min-
erals Management Service, because of the offi-
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cial’s or person’s position in the Minerals Man-
agement Service; or 
‘‘(B) being a public official of, or person 
who has been selected to be a public official of, 
the Minerals Management Service of the De-
partment of the Interior, knowingly engages in 
a course of conduct consisting of receiving 
things of value, knowing that such things of 
value were provided because of the official’s or 
person’s position in the Minerals Management 
Service, from a person seeking or holding one 
or more leases of property from the United 
States, through the Minerals Management Serv-
ice, for purposes of oil or mineral extraction; 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more 
than two years, or both, except that a corporation, part-
nership, or other organization that violates subparagraph 
(A) shall be fined $25,000,000 and an amount equal to 
its gross revenues arising, during the period in which the 
course of conduct described in subparagraph (A) occurred, 
from the lease or leases described in that subparagraph. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘course 
of conduct’ means a series of acts over a period of time 
evidencing a continuity of purpose. 
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‘‘(3)(A) The Attorney General may bring a civil ac-
tion in the appropriate United States district court against 
any corporation, partnership, or other organization that 
engages in conduct constituting an offense under para-
graph (1)(A) and, upon proof of such conduct by a prepon-
derance of the evidence, such corporation, partnership, or 
other organization shall be subject to a civil penalty of 
not more than $25,000,000 and an amount equal to its 
gross revenues arising, during the period in which the 
course of conduct described in paragraph (1)(A) occurred, 
from the lease or leases described in that paragraph. 
‘‘(B) If a corporation, partnership, or other organiza-
tion is held liable for a civil penalty under subparagraph 
(A) for a violation of paragraph (1)(A), the United States 
may terminate the lease or leases that were the subject 
to the violation, and the United States shall not be liable 
for any damages to any party to such lease or leases by 
reason of such termination. 
‘‘(C) The imposition of a civil penalty under this 
paragraph does not preclude any other criminal or civil 
statutory, common law, or administrative remedy that is 
available to the United States, or any other person, under 
this section or any other law.’’. 
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SEC. 145. STRENGTHENING THE ABILITY OF THE INTERIOR 
DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL TO SE-
CURE COOPERATION. 
The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
is amended by inserting after section 8K the following: 
‘‘SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT 
OF THE INTERIOR 
‘‘SEC. 8L. Notwithstanding section 6(a)(4), the In-
spector General of the Department of the Interior may, 
in any inquiry or investigation involving leases of property 
from the United States through the Minerals Management 
Services for purposes of oil and mineral extraction, require 
by subpoena the production of all information, documents, 
reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, and other 
data in any medium, including electronically stored infor-
mation and tangible things, and testimony necessary in 
the performance of the functions assigned by this Act, 
which subpoena, in the case of contumacy or refusal to 
obey, shall be enforceable by order of any appropriate 
United States district court: Provided, that procedures 
other than subpoenas shall be used by the Inspector Gen-
eral to obtain documents, information, or testimony from 
Federal agencies.’’. 
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Subtitle E—Federal Oil and Gas 
Royalty Reform 
SEC. 151. AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS. 
Section 3 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Man-
agement Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1702) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (20)(A), by striking ‘‘: Pro-
vided, That’’ and all that follows through ‘‘subject of 
the judicial proceeding’’; 
(2) in paragraph (20)(B), by striking ‘‘(with 
written notice to the lessee who designated the des-
ignee)’’; 
(3) in paragraph (23)(A), by striking ‘‘(with 
written notice to the lessee who designated the des-
ignee)’’; 
(4) by amending paragraph (24) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(24) ‘designee’ means any person who pays, 
offsets, or credits monies, makes adjustments, re-
quests and receives refunds, or submits reports with 
respect to payments a lessee must make pursuant to 
section 102(a);’’; 
(5) in paragraph (25)(B), by striking ‘‘(subject 
to the provisions of section 102(a) of this Act)’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (26), by striking ‘‘(with notice 
to the lessee who designated the designee)’’. 
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SEC. 152. INTEREST. 
(a) ESTIMATED PAYMENTS; INTEREST ON AMOUNT 
OF UNDERPAYMENT.—Section 111(j) of the Federal Oil 
and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 
1721(j)) is amended by striking ‘‘If the estimated pay-
ment exceeds the actual royalties due, interest is owed on 
the overpayment.’’. 
(b) OVERPAYMENTS.—Section 111 of the Federal Oil 
and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 
1721) is amended by striking subsections (h) and (i). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall be effective one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 153. OBLIGATION PERIOD. 
Section 115(c) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1724(c)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENTS.—In the case of an adjust-
ment under section 111A(a) (30 U.S.C. 1721a(a)) in 
which a recoupment by the lessee results in an un-
derpayment of an obligation, for purposes of this Act 
the obligation becomes due on the date the lessee or 
its designee makes the adjustment.’’. 
SEC. 154. TOLLING AGREEMENTS AND SUBPOENAS. 
(a) TOLLING AGREEMENTS.—Section 115(d)(1) of 
the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 
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(30 U.S.C. 1724(d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘(with no-
tice to the lessee who designated the designee)’’. 
(b) SUBPOENAS.—Section 115(d)(2)(A) of the Fed-
eral Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 
U.S.C. 1724(d)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘(with no-
tice to the lessee who designated the designee, which notice 
shall not constitute a subpoena to the lessee)’’. 
SEC. 155. LIABILITY FOR ROYALTY PAYMENTS. 
Section 102(a) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1712(a)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) In order to increase receipts and achieve effec-
tive collections of royalty and other payments, a lessee who 
is required to make any royalty or other payment under 
a lease or under the mineral leasing laws, shall make such 
payments in the time and manner as may be specified by 
the Secretary or the applicable delegated State. Any per-
son who pays, offsets or credits monies, makes adjust-
ments, requests and receives refunds, or submits reports 
with respect to payments the lessee must make is the les-
see’s designee under this Act. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act to the contrary, a designee shall be 
liable for any payment obligation of any lessee on whose 
behalf the designee pays royalty under the lease. The per-
son owning operating rights in a lease and a person own-
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ing legal record title in a lease shall be liable for that per-
son’s pro rata share of payment obligations under the 
lease.’’. 
Subtitle F—National Petroleum 
Reserve in Alaska 
SEC. 161. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Drill Responsibly 
in Leased Lands Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 162. ACCELERATION OF LEASE SALES FOR NATIONAL 
PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA. 
Section 107(d) of the Naval Petroleum Reserves Pro-
duction Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6506a(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(d)’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘; first lease sale’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) LEASE SALES.— 
‘‘(1) FIRST LEASE SALE.—The first lease sale’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT
LEASE
SALES.—The Sec-
retary shall accelerate, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, competitive and environmentally responsible 
leasing of oil and gas in the Reserve in accordance 
with this Act and all applicable environmental laws, 
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including at least 1 lease sale during each of cal-
endar years 2009 through 2013.’’. 
SEC. 163. NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA: 
PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION. 
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall fa-
cilitate, in an environmentally responsible manner and in 
coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, the Sec-
retary of Transportation, the Secretary of Energy, and the 
State of Alaska, the construction of pipelines necessary to 
transport oil and natural gas from or through the National 
Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to existing transportation or 
processing infrastructure on the North Slope of Alaska. 
SEC. 164. ALASKA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE PROJECT FA-
CILITATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Over 35 trillion cubic feet of natural gas re-
serves have been discovered on Federal and State 
lands currently open to oil and natural gas leasing 
on the North Slope of Alaska. 
(2) These gas supplies could make a significant 
contribution to meeting the energy needs of the 
United States, but the lack of a natural gas trans-
portation system has prevented these natural gas re-
serves from reaching markets in the lower 48 States. 
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(b) FACILITATION BY PRESIDENT.—The President 
shall, pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act 
(division C of Public Law 108–324; 15 U.S.C. 720 et seq.) 
and other applicable law, coordinate with producers of nat-
ural gas on the North Slope of Alaska, Federal agencies, 
the State of Alaska, Canadian authorities, pipeline compa-
nies, and other interested persons in order to facilitate 
construction of a natural gas pipeline from Alaska to 
United States markets as expeditiously as possible. 
SEC. 165. PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS AND OTHER PIPE-
LINE REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS.—The President, 
as a term and condition of any permit required under Fed-
eral law for the pipelines referred to in section 163 and 
164, and in recognizing the Government’s interest in labor 
stability and in the ability of construction labor and man-
agement to meet the particular needs and conditions of 
such pipelines to be developed under such permits and the 
special concerns of the holders of such permits, shall re-
quire that the operators of such pipelines and their agents 
and contractors negotiate to obtain a project labor agree-
ment for the employment of laborers and mechanics on 
production, maintenance, and construction for such pipe-
lines. 
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(b) PIPELINE MAINTENANCE.—The Secretary of 
Transportation shall require every pipeline operator au-
thorized to transport oil and gas produced under Federal 
oil and gas leases in Alaska through the Trans-Alaska 
Pipeline, any pipeline constructed pursuant to section 163 
or 164 of this Act, or any other federally approved pipeline 
transporting oil and gas from the North Slope of Alaska, 
to certify to the Secretary of Transportation annually that 
such pipeline is being fully maintained and operated in 
an efficient manner. The Secretary of Transportation shall 
assess appropriate civil penalties for violations of this re-
quirement in the same manner as civil penalties are as-
sessed for violations under section 60122(a)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 166. BAN ON EXPORT OF ALASKAN OIL. 
(a) REPEAL
OF
PROVISION
AUTHORIZING
EX-
PORTS.—Section 28(s) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 185(s)) is repealed. 
(b) REIMPOSITION OF PROHIBITION ON CRUDE OIL 
EXPORTS.—Upon the effective date of this Act, subsection 
(d) of section 7 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 
(50 U.S.C. App. 2406(d)), shall be effective, and any other 
provision of that Act (including sections 11 and 12) shall 
be effective to the extent necessary to carry out such sec-
tion 7(d), notwithstanding section 20 of that Act or any 
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other provision of law that would otherwise allow exports 
of oil to which such section 7(d) applies. 
Subtitle G—Oil Shale 
SEC. 171. OIL SHALE LEASING. 
(a) REPEAL OF RESTRICTION.—Section 433 of the 
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 (division F of Public 
Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2152) is repealed. 
(b) REQUIREMENT THAT STATE APPROVE OF OIL 
SHALE LEASING.—Section 369 of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15927) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(t) REQUIREMENT THAT STATE APPROVE OF OIL 
SHALE LEASING.—No lease may be issued under this sec-
tion, section 21 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
241), or any other law, for exploration, research, develop-
ment, or production of oil shale on lands located in a 
State, unless the State has enacted a law approving of 
Federal oil shale leasing in the State. Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed as preventing the Department 
of the Interior from preparing an environmental impact 
statement under the existing authority under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.) with respect to an individual lease sale proposed 
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under the commercial leasing program established under 
this section.’’. 
TITLE II—CONSUMER ENERGY 
SUPPLY 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Consumer Energy 
Supply Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title— 
(1) the term ‘‘light grade petroleum’’ means 
crude oil with an API gravity of 30 degrees or high-
er; 
(2) the term ‘‘heavy grade petroleum’’ means 
crude oil with an API gravity of 26 degrees or lower; 
and 
(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Energy. 
SEC. 203. SALE AND REPLACEMENT OF OIL FROM THE 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE. 
(a) INITIAL
PETROLEUM
SALE
AND
REPLACE-
MENT.—Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), the Secretary 
shall publish a plan not later than 15 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act to— 
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(1) sell, in the amounts and on the schedule de-
scribed in subsection (b), light grade petroleum from 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and acquire an 
equivalent volume of heavy grade petroleum; 
(2) deposit the cash proceeds from sales under 
paragraph (1) into the SPR Petroleum Account es-
tablished under section 167 of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6247); and 
(3) from the cash proceeds deposited pursuant 
to paragraph (2), withdraw the amount necessary to 
pay for the direct administrative and operational 
costs of the sale and acquisition. 
(b) AMOUNTS AND SCHEDULE.—The sale and acqui-
sition described in subsection (a) shall require the offer 
for sale of a total quantity of 70,000,000 barrels of light 
grade petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
The sale shall commence, whether or not a plan has been 
published under subsection (a), not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act and be completed 
no more than six months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, with at least 20,000,000 barrels to be offered 
for sale within the first 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. In no event shall the Secretary sell bar-
rels of oil under subsection (a) that would result in a Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve that contains fewer than 90 per-
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