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Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act

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What This Bill Does

This bill stops the Secretary of Energy (the government official who leads the Department of Energy) from selling oil products stored in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a stockpile of oil that the U.S. government keeps for emergencies.

Who It Affects

The Secretary of Energy. Any company or organization that might buy petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The people's Republic of China.

Key Provisions

The Secretary of Energy cannot sell petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to any company owned, controlled or influenced by the Chinese Communist Party (Sec. 2). The Secretary of Energy cannot sell petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve unless there is a condition that those petroleum products will not be exported to the People's Republic of China (Sec. 2).

What Changes

If this bill becomes law, the Secretary of Energy will have new restrictions on who can buy oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and where that oil can go. The Secretary will not be allowed to sell this oil to entities controlled by the Chinese Communist Party or in ways that could result in the oil being sent to China.

Important Definitions

None defined.

II Calendar No. 4 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 22 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 23 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2023 Received JANUARY 24 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2023 Read the first time JANUARY 25, 2023 Read the second time and placed on the calendar AN ACT To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting America’s 4 Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:52 Jan 25, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H22.PCS H22 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 HR 22 PCS SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SALES OF PETROLEUM PROD- 1 UCTS FROM THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RE- 2 SERVE TO CHINA. 3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec- 4 retary of Energy shall not draw down and sell petroleum 5 products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve— 6 (1) to any entity that is under the ownership, 7 control, or influence of the Chinese Communist 8 Party; or 9 (2) except on the condition that such petroleum 10 products will not be exported to the People’s Repub- 11 lic of China. 12 Passed the House of Representatives January 12, 2023. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:52 Jan 25, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H22.PCS H22 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:52 Jan 25, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H22.PCS H22 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 4 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 22 AN ACT To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other purposes. JANUARY 25, 2023 Read the second time and placed on the calendar VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:52 Jan 25, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H22.PCS H22 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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