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Union Calendar No. 753 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6511 
[Report No. 115–965] 
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to lease 
underutilized Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2018 
Mr. BARTON (for himself and Mr. RUSH) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 25, 2018] 
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A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program 
to lease underutilized Strategic Petroleum Reserve facili-
ties, and for other purposes. 
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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 Petroleum Re-
serve Reform Act’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF UNDERUTILIZED STRATEGIC PETROLEUM 
RESERVE FACILITIES. 
Section 168 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6247a) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 168. USE OF UNDERUTILIZED FACILITIES. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this title, the Secretary may establish and carry out 
a program to lease underutilized Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve storage facilities and related facilities to the private 
sector, or a foreign government or its representative. Petro-
leum products stored under this section are not part of the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
‘‘(b) PROTECTION OF FACILITIES.—Any lease entered 
into under the program established under subsection (a) 
shall contain provisions providing for fees to fully com-
pensate the United States for all related costs of storage and 
removals of petroleum products (including the propor-
tionate cost of replacement facilities necessitated as a result 
of any withdrawals) incurred by the United States as a 
result of such lease. 
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‘‘(c) ACCESS BY THE UNITED STATES.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that leasing of facilities under the program es-
tablished under subsection (a) does not impair the ability 
of the United States to withdraw, distribute, or sell petro-
leum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in re-
sponse to an energy emergency or to the obligations of the 
United States under the Agreement on an International 
Energy Program. 
‘‘(d) NATIONAL SECURITY.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that leasing of facilities under the program established 
under subsection (a) to a foreign government or its rep-
resentative will not impair national security. 
‘‘(e) DEPOSITS OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), amounts received through the leasing of fa-
cilities under the program established under sub-
section (a) shall be deposited in the general fund of 
the Treasury during the fiscal year in which such 
amounts are received. 
‘‘(2) COSTS.—The Secretary may use for costs 
described in subsection (b) (other than costs described 
in subsection (f)), without further appropriation, 
amounts received through the leasing of facilities 
under the program established under subsection (a). 
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‘‘(f) PREPARATION
OF FACILITIES.—The Secretary 
shall only use amounts available in the Energy Security 
and Infrastructure Modernization Fund established by sec-
tion 404 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 for costs de-
scribed in subsection (b) of this section that relate to addi-
tion of facilities or changes to facilities or facility oper-
ations necessary to lease such facilities, including costs re-
lated to acquisition of land, acquisition of ancillary facili-
ties and equipment, and site development, and other nec-
essary costs related to capital improvement.’’. 
SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM TO LEASE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM 
RESERVE FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title I of the Energy Pol-
icy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6231 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 170. PILOT PROGRAM TO LEASE STORAGE AND RE-
LATED FACILITIES. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In carrying out section 168 
and not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act, the Sec-
retary shall establish and carry out a pilot program to 
make available for lease— 
‘‘(1) capacity for storage of up to 200,000,000 
barrels of petroleum products at Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve storage facilities; and 
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Union Calendar No. 753 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6511 
[Report No. 115–965] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to carry out 
a program to lease underutilized Strategic Petro-
leum Reserve facilities, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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