US Congress House Bill 7019 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-3)
Status: Introduced on May 26 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-26 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises requirements for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to address underutilized storage facilities. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Energy (DOE) to lease such storage facilities to private entities. Currently, DOE may only lease these storage facilities to foreign governments. DOE must ensure that leasing of facilities to foreign governments will not impair national security. In addition, DOE must conduct a pilot program to lease storage capacity for up to 200 million barrels of petroleum products.

Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act

Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Gregory Pence [R-IN]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]
Rep. Troy Balderson [R-OH]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Fred Keller [R-PA]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Mike Johnson [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2020-05-26	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7019/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7019/BILLS-116hr7019ih.pdf