SCONRES 88
106th Congress
Senate
Energy
Armed Forces and National Security
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Energy security
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Foreign Trade and International Finance
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OPEC countries
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Strategic materials
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress concerning drawdowns of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 2, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1128-1129)
Mar 2, 2000
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President and the Secretary of Energy should: (1) draw down the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) directly through time exchanges (swaps) or other means to combat unfair foreign trade practices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and alleviate their severely deleterious consequences to people and businesses in the United States; and (2) prepare for future threats to the domestic economy and energy supply by developing methods to draw down the SPR when needed, and increase SPR crude oil quantity over time in an economically reasonable manner.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1128-1129)
Committees of jurisdiction
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