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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6235 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2021 
Mrs. RODGERS of Washington (for herself, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. UPTON, Mr. 
DUNN, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. HUDSON, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. DUN-
CAN, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. GRIF-
FITH, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. 
LATTA, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. PALMER, Mr. LONG, Mr. 
JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. 
PENCE, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. BOST, Mr. ADER-
HOLT, Mr. CAWTHORN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. JACOBS of New York, Ms. 
CHENEY, Mr. BALDERSON, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PFLUGER, 
Mr. STEWART, Mr. CLINE, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, 
Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. VALADAO) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
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 Agri-
culture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the 
Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in conjunction 
with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve. 
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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 ‘‘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 se-
vere energy supply interruption described in sub-
section (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 per-
centage of Federal lands (including submerged lands 
of the Outer Continental Shelf) under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Sec-
retary of Defense leased for oil and gas production 
by the same percentage as the percentage of petro-
leum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that is to 
be drawn down in that first and subsequent 
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drawdowns, subject to the limitation under para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The plan required by para-
graph (1) shall not provide for a total increase in 
the percentage of Federal lands described in para-
graph (1) leased for oil and gas production in excess 
of 10 percent. 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall pre-
pare the plan required by paragraph (1) in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 
of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense.’’. 
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