S. 31 118th Congress Senate

SPR Act

Official title: A bill 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 res… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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: January 24, 2023 Introduced by: John Barrasso Republican · Wyoming 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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Jan 24, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S75-76)

Jan 24, 2023

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Latest action January 24, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S75-76)

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 (SPR) 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. However, Interior may drawdown petroleum in the SPR if there is a severe energy supply interruption. 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.

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