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HR 6035 110th Congress House Energy Armed Forces and National Security Commerce Congress Energy prices Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Petroleum Petroleum industry Petroleum reserves Public Lands and Natural Resources Strategic materials Sunset legislation

To authorize the Secretary of Energy to exchange light crude oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for heavy crude oil, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 13, 2008 Introduced by: Courtney, Joe Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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May 14, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
May 13, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 13, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) publish an announcement in the Federal Register, within 14 days after the end of any period of ten consecutive days during which the price of oil exceeds $90 per barrel, offering 50 million barrels of light crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in exchange for heavy crude oil; and (2) establish a schedule distributing exchanges over a period of two years.

Sunsets the authority to enter into such exchange agreement one year after the date of enactment of this Act.

What's happening now May 14, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6035: To authorize the Secretary of Energy to exchange light crude oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for heavy crude oil, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6035/
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"H.R. 6035: To authorize the Secretary of Energy to exchange light crude oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for heavy crude oil, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6035/.
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H.R. 6035, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6035/.
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