I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4752
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to manage the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve more effectively, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 13, 1994
Mr. SHARP introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to man-
age the Strategic Petroleum Reserve more effectively,
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 ‘‘Energy Policy and
Conservation Act Amendments of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS AND STATEMENT OF PUR-
POSES.
(a) The item in the table of contents of the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act relating to section 159 is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 159. Development, operations, and maintenance of the Reserve.’’.
(b) Section 2 of the Energy Policy and Conservation
Act (42 U.S.C. 6201) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘standby au-
thority to the President, subject to congressional re-
view, to impose rationing, to reduce demand for en-
ergy through the implementation of energy conserva-
tion plans, and’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘au-
thority to the President’’; and
(2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (6) and re-
designating paragraphs (4), (5), (7), and (8) as
paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6), respectively.
SEC. 3. TITLE I AMENDMENTS.
Title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act
is amended—
(1) by striking section 102 (42 U.S.C. 6211);
(2) in section 151 (42 U.S.C. 6231)—
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘limited’’
and by striking ‘‘short-term’’; and
(B) by amending subsection (b) to read as
follows:
‘‘(b) It is the policy of the United States to provide
for the creation of a Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the
storage of up to 1,000,000,000 barrels of petroleum prod-
ucts to reduce the impact of disruptions in supplies of pe-
troleum products or to carry out obligations of the United
States under the international energy program.’’;
(3) in section 152 (42 U.S.C. 6232)—
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and redesig-
nating paragraphs (2) through (11) as para-
graphs (1) through (10), respectively; and
(B) in paragraph (10) (as so redesignated
by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph) by
striking ‘‘, the Early Storage Reserve’’;
(4) by striking section 153 (42 U.S.C 6233);
(5) in section 154 (42 U.S.C. 6234)—
(A) by amending subsection (a)(1) to read
as follows:
‘‘(a)(1) A Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the stor-
age of up to 1,000,000,000 barrels of petroleum products
shall be created pursuant to this part.’’;
(B) in subsection (a)(2)(D), by striking
‘‘160(h)’’ 
and 
inserting 
in 
lieu 
thereof
‘‘160(e)’’;
(C) by amending subsection (b) to read as
follows:
‘‘(b) The Secretary, acting through the Strategic Pe-
troleum Reserve Office and in accordance with this part,
shall exercise authority over the development, operation,
and maintenance of the Reserve.’’; and
(D) by striking subsections (c), (d), and
(e);
(6) by striking section 155 (42 U.S.C. 6235);
(7) in section 156(b) (42 U.S.C. 6236(b)) by
striking ‘‘To implement the Early Storage Reserve
Plan or the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan which
has taken effect pursuant to section 159(a), the’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The’’;
(8) by amending section 157 (42 U.S.C
6237)—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan shall provide
for the establishment and maintenance of’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The Secretary shall
establish and maintain as part of the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve’’; and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘To im-
plement the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan,
the Secretary shall accumulate and maintain’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The Secretary
shall establish and maintain as part of the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve’’;
(9) by striking section 158 (42 U.S.C 6238);
(10) in section 159 (42 U.S.C. 6239)—
(A) by amending the section head to read
as follows:
‘‘DEVELOPMENT, OPERATIONS, AND MAINTENANCE OF
THE RESERVE’’;
(B) by striking subsections (a), (b), (c),
(d), (e), (h), and (i), and redesignating sub-
sections (f), (g), (j), (k), and (l) as subsections
(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e), respectively;
(C) by amending subsection (a) (as so re-
designated by subparagraph (B) of this para-
graph) to read as follows:
‘‘(a) In order to develop, operate, or maintain the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the Secretary may—
‘‘(1) issue rules, regulations, or orders;
‘‘(2) acquire by purchase, condemnation, or oth-
erwise, land or interests in land for the location of
storage and related facilities;
‘‘(3) construct, purchase, lease, or otherwise ac-
quire storage and related facilities;
‘‘(4) use, lease, maintain, sell, or otherwise dis-
pose of storage and related facilities acquired under
this part, under such terms and conditions as the
Secretary considers necessary and appropriate;
‘‘(5) acquire, subject to the provisions of section
160, by purchase, exchange, or otherwise, petroleum