SPR Act

Bill: 118-s-31
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-01-24
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Energy storage, supplies, demand

Land use and conservation

Mining

Oil and gas

Strategic materials and reserves
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S75-76)

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Strategic Production Response Act or the SPR Act</b></p> <p>This bill limits the drawdown of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) until the Department of Interior issues a plan or updates a previously issued plan to increase the production of oil and gas on federal land. However, Interior may drawdown petroleum in the SPR if there is a severe energy supply interruption. The bill defines <i>federal land</i> to (1) include Outer Continental Shelf land; and (2) exclude land otherwise not available for oil and gas development within the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, the National Wilderness Preservation System, a National Marine Sanctuary, or Indian land. </p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 31 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 24 (legislative day, January 3), 2023 Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Risch , Mr. Daines , Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Hoeven , Mr. Cassidy , Mr. Cramer , Mrs. Hyde-Smith , and Mr. Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To provide for the development and issuance of a plan to increase oil and gas production on Federal land in conjunction with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strategic Production Response Act or the SPR Act . 2. Strategic production response plan Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6241 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (k) Strategic production response plan (1) Definition of Federal land (A) In general In this subsection, the term Federal land means land, including outer Continental Shelf land, the title to which is held by the United States. (B) Exclusions In this subsection, the term Federal land does not include land otherwise not available for oil and gas development within— (i) a unit of the National Park System; (ii) a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System; (iii) a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System; (iv) a National Marine Sanctuary; or (v) Indian land. (2) Plan Except in the case of a severe energy supply interruption described in subsection (d) or as otherwise mandated by Congress, the Secretary may not execute 1 drawdown or a series of 2 or more drawdowns of petroleum products in the Reserve after the date of enactment of this subsection, whether through sale, exchange, or loan, until the Secretary of the Interior has, as applicable, issued a plan or updated a previously issued plan to increase the production of oil and gas on Federal land. (3) Requirements for plan Each plan issued or updated under paragraph (2) shall include proposed actions to increase oil and gas production on Federal land that are in addition to lease sales previously scheduled by the Secretary of the Interior under the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. ) and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ). (4) Consultation The Secretary of the Interior shall issue or update each plan required under paragraph (2) in consultation with the Secretary, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Defense. (5) Congressional submission Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary executes 1 drawdown or a series of 2 or more drawdowns of petroleum products in the Reserve after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a copy of the applicable plan required under paragraph (2). .