I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 942 
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the export 
or sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
to certain entities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2025 
Ms. HOULAHAN (for herself, Mr. BACON, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
MOYLAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SALAZAR, Ms. TITUS, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. NUNN of 
Iowa, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mrs. KIM, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. LAWLER, and Mr. 
DELUZIO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to pro-
hibit the export or sale of petroleum products from the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain entities, 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 ‘‘Banning Strategic Pe-
troleum Reserve Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act’’ 
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or the ‘‘Banning SPR Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EXPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act is amended by inserting after section 163 (42 
U.S.C. 6243) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 164. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EXPORTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall prohibit the 
export or sale of petroleum products drawn down from the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve, under any provision of law, 
to— 
‘‘(1) the People’s Republic of China; 
‘‘(2) the Democratic People’s Republic of 
Korea; 
‘‘(3) the Russian Federation; 
‘‘(4) the Islamic Republic of Iran; and 
‘‘(5) any entity that is under the ownership or 
control of— 
‘‘(A) a country referred to in any of para-
graphs (1) through (4); or 
‘‘(B) the Chinese Communist Party. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary may issue a waiver of 
the prohibition described in subsection (a) if the Secretary 
certifies that any export or sale authorized pursuant to 
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the waiver is in the national security interests of the 
United States. 
‘‘(c) RULE.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of the Banning Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act, the Secretary 
shall issue a rule to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) DRAWDOWN
AND
SALE
OF
PETROLEUM 
PRODUCTS.—Section 161(a) of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(a)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and section 164’’ before the 
period at the end. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 163 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 164. Prohibition on certain exports.’’. 
(3) NATIONAL
POLICY
ON
OIL
EXPORT
RE-
STRICTION.—Section 101(b) of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2016 (42 U.S.C. 6212a(b)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and section 164 of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act’’ after ‘‘and (d)’’. 
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