What This Bill Does
This bill requires the federal government to create a plan to increase oil and gas leasing on federal lands before removing petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (a government stockpile of oil kept for emergencies). The increase in leasing must match the percentage of oil being removed from the reserve. The bill limits how much federal land can be newly leased for oil and gas production.
Who It Affects
The federal government agencies that manage federal lands: the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense. The plan development directly impacts these agencies' operations.
Key Provisions
• Before the government can remove oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the first time after this law passes (except during a severe energy supply interruption), it must first create and put into place a plan to increase oil and gas leasing on federal lands (Sec. 2(k)(1)).
• The percentage increase in federal land leased for oil and gas production must equal the same percentage of oil being removed from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (Sec. 2(k)(1)).
• The total increase in federal lands leased for oil and gas production cannot exceed 10 percent (Sec. 2(k)(2)).
• The Secretary of Energy must develop this plan in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense (Sec. 2(k)(3)).
What Changes
The law amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to add new rules about when and how the Strategic Petroleum Reserve can be used. The government cannot draw down the reserve without first creating a matching plan to lease more federal lands for oil and gas production, with a maximum 10 percent increase limit.
Important Definitions
None defined in the bill text.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 591
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 27, 2023
Mr. BIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce
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 Agri-
culture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the
Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in conjunction
with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strategic Production
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Response and Implementation Act’’.
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SEC. 2. COMPENSATORY PRODUCTION INCREASE PLAN.
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Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation
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Act (42 U.S.C. 6241) is amended by adding at the end
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the following new subsection:
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‘‘(k) PLAN.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except in the case of a se-
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vere energy supply interruption described in sub-
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section (d), the Secretary may not execute the first
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drawdown of petroleum products in the Reserve
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after the date of enactment of this subsection,
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whether through sale, exchange, or loan, until the
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Secretary has developed and implemented a plan to
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increase the percentage of Federal lands (including
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submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf)
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under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agri-
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culture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of
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the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense leased for
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oil and gas production by the same percentage as
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the percentage of petroleum in the Strategic Petro-
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leum Reserve that is to be drawn down in that first
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and subsequent drawdowns, subject to the limitation
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under paragraph (2).
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‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The plan required by para-
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graph (1) shall not provide for a total increase in
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the percentage of Federal lands described in para-
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graph (1) leased for oil and gas production in excess
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of 10 percent.
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‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall pre-
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pare the plan required by paragraph (1) in consulta-
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tion with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary
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of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense.’’.
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