A bill to appropriate funds for the SPR Petroleum Account.

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3597 To appropriate funds for the SPR Petroleum Account. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 4, 2020 Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRUZ, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. BARRASSO, and Mr. WICKER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To appropriate funds for the SPR Petroleum Account. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. FUNDING FOR SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is appropriated, out of 4 amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 5 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, 6 $3,000,000,000 for additional amounts for the ‘‘SPR Pe- 7 troleum Account’’ for necessary expenses related to the ac- 8 quisition, transportation, and injection of domestic petro- 9 leum products pursuant to the Energy Policy and Con- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:31 May 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3597.IS S3597 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3597 IS servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), to remain available 1 until September 30, 2021. 2 (b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The amount pro- 3 vided by this section is designated by the Congress as 4 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 5 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 6 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)). 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:31 May 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3597.IS S3597 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS