S.Amdt. 2528

SA 2528. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Markey) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2266 proposed by Mr.
McConnell to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the
Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 52204 and insert the following:

SEC. 52204. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE DRAWDOWN AND SALE.

(a) Drawdown and Sale.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), except as
provided in subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary of Energy
shall drawdown and sell from the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve--
(A) the quantity of barrels of crude oil that the Secretary
of Energy determines to be appropriate to maximize the
financial return to United States taxpayers for each of
fiscal years 2016 and 2017;
(B) 4,000,000 barrels of crude oil during fiscal year 2018;
(C) 5,000,000 barrels of crude oil during fiscal year 2019;
(D) 8,000,000 barrels of crude oil during fiscal year 2020;
(E) 8,000,000 barrels of crude oil during fiscal year 2021;
(F) 10,000,000 barrels of crude oil during fiscal year
2022;
(G) 16,000,000 barrels of crude oil during fiscal year
2023;
(H) 25,000,000 barrels of crude oil during fiscal year
2024; and
(I) 25,000,000 barrels of crude oil during fiscal year
2025.
(2) Deposit of amounts received from sale.--Amounts
received from a sale under paragraph (1) shall be deposited
in the general fund of the Treasury during the fiscal year in
which the sale occurs.
(b) Emergency Protection.--In any 1 fiscal year described
in subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of Energy shall not
drawdown and sell crude oil under this section in quantities
that would result in a Strategic Petroleum Reserve that
contains an inventory of petroleum products representing
fewer than 90 days of emergency reserves, based on the
average daily level of net imports of crude oil and petroleum
products in the calendar year preceding that fiscal year.
(c) Increase; Limitation.--
(1) Increase.--The Secretary of Energy may increase the
drawdown and sales under subparagraphs (A) through (I) of
subsection (a)(1) as the Secretary of Energy determines to be
appropriate to maximize the financial return to United States
taxpayers.
(2) Limitation.--The Secretary of Energy shall not drawdown
or conduct sales of crude oil under this section after the
date on which a total of $9,050,000,000 has been deposited in
the general fund of the Treasury from sales authorized under
this section.
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