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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 142 
To establish a national Strategic Gasoline Reserve. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2011 
Mr. KISSELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish a national Strategic Gasoline Reserve. 
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 ‘‘National Strategic 
Gasoline Reserve for Purposes of National Security Act 
of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. STRATEGIC GASOLINE RESERVE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall establish a Strategic Gasoline Reserve (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Gasoline Reserve’’) sys-
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tem with a total capacity of 10,000,000 barrels of 
regular unleaded gasoline. 
(2) RESERVE
LOCATIONS.—No later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall determine strategic locations for no 
less than three and no more than five Gasoline Re-
serve sites, each located in a different geographical 
region of the United States. When determining site 
locations, the Secretary shall consider all factors in-
cluding, but not limited to, seasonal and regional 
variations in gasoline, cost, regional population, ac-
cessibility for distribution, and the region’s vulner-
ability to natural disasters and acts of terrorism. 
The Secretary shall endeavor to find the most af-
fordable method for storage and when possible 
should consider the methodology used for the cre-
ation of the Home Heating Oil Reserve and the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Gasoline Reserve site 
locations shall be operational within 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) ONSITE PROTECTION.—In establishing the 
Gasoline Reserve under this section, the Secretary of 
Energy shall confer with the Secretary of Transpor-
tation and the Secretary of Homeland Security with 
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respect to physical structures’ security, the transpor-
tation security, and operational security. 
(b) TRANSPORTATION.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 
shall transmit to the Congress, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, and the Governor of each State, in which a re-
serve will be sited, a plan for the transportation of the 
contents of the Gasoline Reserve under this section to 
wholesale or retail markets in the event of an emergency 
sale under subsection (e). 
(c) CAPACITY.—The Secretary of Energy shall com-
plete the process of filling the Gasoline Reserve to a min-
imum of 90 percent within 2 years after submitting a 
transportation plan to the Congress under subsection (b). 
(d) AGING SUPPLY.—The Secretary shall conduct an 
annual review of the Gasoline Reserve supply to ensure 
that reserves do not exceed their shelf-life. The Secretary 
shall have in place within 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act a plan for ensuring that the inventory 
of the Gasoline Reserve is sold and replaced in a manner 
that ensures the integrity of the product at all times. The 
Secretary shall have the authority to exchange an aging 
supply of reserve gasoline through private sales or by uti-
lizing the fuel for military or Government use. The Sec-
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retary shall seek the best means to minimize transaction 
expense. 
(e) REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY SALE AUTHORIZA-
TION.—The Secretary of Energy shall sell gasoline from 
the Gasoline Reserve if— 
(1) the Governor of an affected State submits 
a written request that— 
(A) provides sufficient evidence that the 
sale or supply of gasoline in the region has been 
severely disrupted caused in significant part by 
an interruption in the normal distribution or 
availability of gasoline which dramatically af-
fects the price of gasoline; and 
(B) provides sufficient evidence that the 
State would experience further adverse effects 
without the sale of gasoline from the Gasoline 
Reserve; and 
(2) the President issues an Executive Order re-
quiring immediate release from any or all reserves 
after determining that the conditions specified in 
paragraph (1) are satisfied. 
(f) PROCEDURE.— 
(1) SECRETARY’S RESPONSE.—The Secretary of 
Energy shall respond to a request transmitted under 
subsection (e)(1) within 7 days of receipt of the re-
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quest through a written response, regardless of the 
decision. 
(2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—The Secretary 
may request additional information if the Secretary 
concludes there are insufficient reasons provided in 
a request for the sale of gasoline from the Gasoline 
Reserve. 
(g) PURCHASE.—The Secretary of Energy is author-
ized to conduct purchases and sales of gasoline at whole-
sale for maintenance of the Gasoline Reserve system. In 
conducting these transactions, the Secretary shall— 
(1) ensure that the overall supply returns to a 
minimum 90 percent capacity in a timely manner 
following a sizeable depletion due to an emergency; 
and 
(2) assess market conditions to avoid to the ex-
tent possible purchases when prices appear to be at 
higher levels unlikely to be sustained, or when pur-
chases of gasoline are likely to significantly raise 
gasoline prices in the market served by a particular 
Reserve, consistent with the need for timely replen-
ishment of the Reserves after emergency or non- 
emergency sales. 
(h) ANNUAL REPORT.—At a specified date as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary shall sub-
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mit to the President, the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives and to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
a report on the status of the Gasoline Reserve outlining 
the Reserve’s current capacity, emergency sales from the 
previous year, any security threats in the previous year, 
and the current condition of the storage facilities. The 
Secretary shall also include in the report any recommenda-
tions for improvements in the efficiency of the purchase, 
transportation, sale, and storage of the Gasoline Reserves. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of En-
ergy such sums as may be necessary for construction and 
operation of the Gasoline Reserve for fiscal years 2011 
through 2015. 
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