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H.R. 6176 117th Congress House

SPR Act

Official title: To provide for the development and issuance of a plan to increase oil and gas production on Federal land in conjunction with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Introduced: December 8, 2021 See on congress.gov
Energy Congressional oversightEnergy storage, supplies, demandLand use and conservationMining
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Oil and gasStrategic materials and reserves
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This bill died when the 117th Congress ended
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Dec 17, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Dec 8, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 8, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 17, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Strategic Production Response Act or the SPR Act

This bill limits the drawdown of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Department of Interior issues a plan or updates a previously issued plan to increase the production of oil and gas on federal land. The bill defines federal land to (1) include Outer Continental Shelf land; and (2) exclude land otherwise not available for oil and gas development within the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, the National Wilderness Preservation System, a National Marine Sanctuary, or Indian land.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 3287 Identical bill SPR Act
  • HR 6235 Strategic Production Response Act
 Bill text 1 version

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6176: SPR Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6176/
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"H.R. 6176: SPR Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6176/.
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H.R. 6176, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6176/.
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