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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3008 
To establish a National Strategic Gasoline Reserve, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2009 
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, 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 ‘‘National Strategic 
Gasoline Reserve for Purposes of National Security Act 
of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. STRATEGIC GASOLINE RESERVE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall establish a Strategic Gasoline Reserve system 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Gasoline Re-
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serve’’) 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 seasonal and regional variations in gasoline, 
cost, regional population, accessibility for distribu-
tion, and the region’s vulnerability to natural disas-
ters and acts of terrorism. The Secretary shall en-
deavor to find the most affordable method for stor-
age and, when possible, should consult the method-
ology used for the creation of the Home Heating Oil 
Reserve and the Strategic Petroleum Reserves. Such 
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 
shall confer with the Secretary of Transportation 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security with re-
spect to physical structures’ security, the transpor-
tation security, and operational security. 
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(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 Gaso-
line Reserve 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 (d). 
(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 of submitting a trans-
portation plan to the Congress. 
(d) AGING SUPPLY.—The Secretary shall conduct an 
annual review of the gasoline supply to ensure the reserves 
in the Gasoline Reserve do not exceed their shelf life. The 
Secretary shall have in place within 2 years of enactment 
of this Act a plan for assuring that the inventory is sold 
and replaced in a manner that assures the integrity of the 
product at all times. The Secretary shall have the author-
ity to exchange an aging supply of reserve gasoline 
through private sales or by utilizing the fuel for military 
or government use. The Secretary shall seek the best 
means to minimize transaction expense. 
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(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 in which 
such State is located has been severely dis-
rupted, caused by, but not limited to, an inter-
ruption in the normal distribution or availability 
of gasoline which dramatically affects 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 Gasoline 
Reserves at any time that the President determines 
that the conditions specified in paragraph (1)(A) are 
satisfied. 
(f) PROCEDURE.— 
(1) SECRETARY’S RESPONSE.—The Secretary of 
Energy shall respond to a request transmitted under 
subsection (e) within 7 days of receipt of a request 
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through a written response, regardless of the deci-
sion. 
(2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—The Secretary 
may request additional information if the Secretary 
concludes there are insufficient reasons provided for 
the sale of gasoline from the Gasoline Reserve sys-
tem. 
(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, when prices appear to be at higher lev-
els unlikely to be sustained, or when purchases of 
gasoline are likely to significantly raise gasoline 
prices in the market served by a particular Gasoline 
Reserve for purchases consistent with the need for 
timely replenishment of the Reserve after emergency 
or nonemergency 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 Strategic Gasoline Reserve 
outlining the Reserve’s current capacity, emergency sales 
from the previous year, any security threats in the pre-
vious year, and the current condition of the storage facili-
ties. The Secretary shall also in the report include any 
recommendations for improvements in the efficiency of the 
purchase, transportation, sale, and storage of gasoline in 
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 system for fiscal years 
2009 through 2015. 
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