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This bill would require the government to make a plan to increase oil and gas leasing on certain federal lands before using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the first time after the bill becomes law. The idea is to offset any oil taken from the reserve by boosting production on federal lands managed by the Agriculture, Energy, Interior, and Defense departments. The plan would have to be ready and put into action before that first drawdown, unless there is a severe energy supply emergency.
- The plan would match the increase in federal land leases for oil and gas to the amount of oil removed from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
- The increase in leasing could not go above 10 percent total.
- The Energy Secretary would have to create the plan while working with the Agriculture, Interior, and Defense secretaries.
- The bill applies to federal lands, including some underwater lands on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Official Summaries
Strategic Production Response and Implementation Act
This bill modifies the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Department of Energy (DOE) from drawing down petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until DOE develops and implements a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas production. The increase must be equal to the percentage of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that is to be drawn down. However, the bill does not apply to a drawdown of petroleum products in the case of a severe energy supply interruption, which is permitted under current law.
The plan must not provide for a total increase in the percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas production in excess of 10%.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 92 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 92
To provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas
production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy,
the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in
conjunction with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas
production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy,
the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in
conjunction with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Strategic Production Response and
Implementation Act''.
SEC. 2. COMPENSATORY PRODUCTION INCREASE PLAN.
Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C.
6241) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(k) Plan.--
``(1) In general.--Except in the case of a severe energy
supply interruption described in subsection (d), the Secretary
may not execute the first drawdown of petroleum products in the
Reserve after the date of enactment of this subsection, whether
through sale, exchange, or loan, until the Secretary has
developed and implemented a plan to increase the percentage of
Federal lands (including submerged lands of the Outer
Continental Shelf) under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the
Interior, and the Secretary of Defense leased for oil and gas
production by the same percentage as the percentage of
petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that is to be
drawn down in that first and subsequent drawdowns, subject to
the limitation under paragraph (2).
``(2) Limitation.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall
not provide for a total increase in the percentage of Federal
lands described in paragraph (1) leased for oil and gas
production in excess of 10 percent.
``(3) Consultation.--The Secretary shall prepare the plan
required by paragraph (1) in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary
of Defense.''.
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