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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1807 
To provide for the sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and 
acquisition of refined petroleum product, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2011 
Mr. MARKEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide for the sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve and acquisition of refined petroleum product, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enhanced Supply and 
Price Reduction Act of 2011’’ or the ‘‘Enhanced SPR 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of Energy. 
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SEC. 3. PETROLEUM PRODUCT RESERVE. 
Section 154(a) of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6234(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘1 
billion barrels of petroleum products’’ and inserting 
‘‘1,000,000,000 barrels of petroleum products (including 
refined petroleum products)’’. 
SEC. 4. SALE OF OIL FROM THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM 
RESERVE AND ACQUISITION OF REFINED PE-
TROLEUM PRODUCT. 
(a) INITIAL
PETROLEUM
SALE
AND
REPLACE-
MENT.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 161 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6241), the Secretary may sell, in the 
amounts and on the schedule described in subsection 
(b), petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
and acquire refined petroleum product. 
(2) PROCEEDS.—If the Secretary acts pursuant 
to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 
(A) deposit the cash proceeds from sales 
under subparagraph (A) into the SPR Petro-
leum Account established under section 167 of 
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6247); and 
(B) from the cash proceeds deposited pur-
suant to paragraph (2), withdraw the amount 
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necessary to pay for the direct administrative 
and operational costs of the sale and acquisi-
tion, including for acquisition and maintenance 
of, and improvements to, storage facilities. 
(b) AMOUNTS AND SCHEDULE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The sale and acquisition de-
scribed in subsection (a) may require the offer for 
sale of a total quantity of no more than 30,000,000 
barrels of petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve. The sale may commence within 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act and may end 
not later than 3 years after such date of enactment. 
In no event shall the Secretary sell barrels of oil 
under subsection (a) that would result in a Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve that contains fewer than 90 per-
cent of the total amount of barrels in the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve as of the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) ACQUISITIONS.—If the Secretary acts pur-
suant to subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall ac-
quire refined petroleum product under this section— 
(A) beginning no sooner than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act; 
(B) ending no later than 5 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act; and 
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(C) in a manner so as to minimize both 
the cost to the Federal Government and market 
disruption associated with the acquisition. 
SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 18 months after the commencement 
of any sale authorized pursuant to section 4, the Secretary 
shall transmit to Congress a report— 
(1) describing the amounts and types of petro-
leum sold and refined petroleum product acquired 
under section 4; 
(2) describing the actions taken for the storage 
of refined petroleum product acquired under section 
4, and identifying any requirements for additional 
facilities; 
(3) describing efforts the Department of En-
ergy has taken to ensure that distributors and im-
porters are not discouraged from maintaining and 
increasing supplies of refined petroleum products; 
(4) describing actions that the Department of 
Energy has taken and plans to take to ensure qual-
ity of refined petroleum product in the Reserve, in-
cluding the rotation of product stored; and 
(5) analyzing the effects that activities under 
section 4 have had on oil markets. 
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