To establish the Western Emergency Refined Petroleum Products Reserve.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7398 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7398

 To establish the Western Emergency Refined Petroleum Products Reserve.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2020

Mr. Bishop of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish the Western Emergency Refined Petroleum Products Reserve.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF WESTERN EMERGENCY REFINED PETROLEUM 
              PRODUCTS RESERVE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, shall establish a reserve, to 
be known as the ``Western Emergency Refined Petroleum Products 
Reserve'' (in this section referred to as the ``Reserve''), to store 
refined petroleum products that may be made available to military and 
governmental entities during an emergency situation, as determined 
appropriate by the Secretary of Defense.
    (b) Use of Reserve.--In accordance with subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Defense may make refined petroleum products stored in the 
Reserve available to other Federal agencies, State and local 
governments, and any other public entity determined appropriate by the 
Secretary of Defense.
    (c) Location.--The Reserve shall--
            (1) be located in the western region of the United States;
            (2) utilize salt cavern storage; and
            (3) be in immediate proximity to existing pipeline, rail, 
        and highway infrastructure.
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