Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act

Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act

This bill prohibits the sale and export of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China. Specifically, the bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from selling petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the SPR to any entity that is under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party. Further, DOE must require as a condition of any sale of crude oil from the SPR that the oil not be exported to China.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 22 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 22

  To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum products 
 from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2023

  Mrs. Rodgers of Washington (for herself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Latta, Mr. 
 Curtis, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, 
Mr. Burgess, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. 
Fulcher, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. 
 Dunn of Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Pence, Mr. Bucshon, 
    Mr. Wittman, Mr. Kean of New Jersey, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Kiley, Mr. 
 Griffith, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Mike Garcia of California, Mr. Langworthy, 
 Ms. Stefanik, Ms. Van Duyne, Mrs. Spartz, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Webster of 
Florida, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Issa, Mr. Balderson, Ms. Malliotakis, 
 Mr. Stauber, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Ms. Mace, Mrs. Kiggans 
  of Virginia, Mr. Fallon, and Mr. Valadao) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum products 
 from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting America's Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve from China Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SALES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FROM THE STRATEGIC 
              PETROLEUM RESERVE TO CHINA.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Energy 
shall not draw down and sell petroleum products from the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve--
            (1) to any entity that is under the ownership, control, or 
        influence of the Chinese Communist Party; or
            (2) except on the condition that such petroleum products 
        will not be exported to the People's Republic of China.
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