HR 3023 108th Congress House

Gasoline Availability Stabilization (GAS) Reserves Act

Official title: To authorize the construction and operation of regional reserves of gasoline, for use as a response to acute gasoline price increases resulting from accidents … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the construction and operation of regional reserves of gasoline, for use as a response to acute gasoline price increases resulting from accidents or other physical disruptions to regional supplies of gasoline.

Introduced: September 5, 2003 See on congress.gov

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Congressional reporting requirementsDepartment of EnergyEconomics and Public FinanceEmergency ManagementEnergy pricesEnergy shortagesFederal-state relationsGasolineGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperworkLawMidwest (U.S.)Northeastern StatesPetroleum reservesRetail trade

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Sep 23, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

Sep 5, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Sep 5, 2003

Introduced in House

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Latest action September 23, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Gasoline Availablity Stabilization (GAS) Reserves Act - Directs the Secretary [of Energy] to: (1) establish a Gasoline Availability Stabilization Reserve (GAS Reserve) system with a total capacity of 20 million barrels of regular unleaded gasoline; and (2) determine a site for one GAS Reserve each in the Northeast and Midwest regions and one in California, to be operational within two years after the date of enactment of this Act.

Instructs the Secretary to: (1) transmit to Congress, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Governor of each State in which a reserve will be sited a plan for the transportation of the contents of the GAS Reserve to consumers in the event of an emergency sale; and (2) complete the process of filling the GAS Reserve by March 1, 2006.

Prescribes procedural guidelines for emergency sales by the Secretary from the GAS Reserve upon written request from the Governor of a State for GAS Reserve emergency sales assistance owing to a physical disruption in the gasoline supplies that is likely to result in price volatility for retail gasoline in the Governor's State.

Authorizes the Secretary to conduct purchases and sales of gasoline at wholesale for maintenance of the GAS Reserve system.

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Energy Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors 5

Sanders, Bernard

Vermont · Oct 7, 2003

McCollum, Betty

Minnesota · Sep 30, 2003

Larson, John B.

Connecticut · Sep 24, 2003

Kaptur, Marcy

Ohio · Sep 10, 2003

Pallone, Frank

New Jersey · Sep 10, 2003

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3023: Gasoline Availability Stabilization (GAS) Reserves Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3023/

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