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SPR Act

USA118th CongressS-31| Senate 
| Updated: 1/24/2023
John Barrasso

John Barrasso

Republican Senator

Wyoming

Cosponsors (14)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Dan Sullivan (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Mike Lee (Republican)James E. Risch (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)John Hoeven (Republican)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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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Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-3287
SPR Act
Jan 24, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jan 24, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S75-76)
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-3287
    SPR Act


  • January 24, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 24, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S75-76)

Energy

Congressional oversightEnergy storage, supplies, demandLand use and conservationMiningOil and gasStrategic materials and reserves

SPR Act

USA118th CongressS-31| Senate 
| Updated: 1/24/2023
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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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-3287
SPR Act
Jan 24, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jan 24, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S75-76)
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-3287
    SPR Act


  • January 24, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 24, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S75-76)
John Barrasso

John Barrasso

Republican Senator

Wyoming

Cosponsors (14)
Bill Cassidy (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Dan Sullivan (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Mike Lee (Republican)James E. Risch (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)John Hoeven (Republican)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Energy

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightEnergy storage, supplies, demandLand use and conservationMiningOil and gasStrategic materials and reserves