To prohibit the export or sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain entities.

SA 926. Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Ms. Ernst, and Mr.
Fetterman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in subtitle D of title XXXI,
insert the following:

SEC. 31____. PROHIBITION ON SALES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FROM
THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE TO CERTAIN
COUNTRIES.

(a) Prohibitions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, unless a waiver has been issued under subsection (b),
the Secretary of Energy shall not draw down and sell
petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve--
(1) to any entity that is under the ownership or control of
the Chinese Communist Party, the People's Republic of China,
the Russian Federation, the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, or the Islamic Republic of Iran; or
(2) except on the condition that such petroleum products
will not be exported to the People's Republic of China, the
Russian Federation, the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, or the Islamic Republic of Iran.
(b) Waiver.--
(1) In general.--On application by a bidder, the Secretary
of Energy may waive, prior to the date of the applicable
auction, the prohibitions described in subsection (a) with
respect to the sale of crude oil to that bidder at that
auction.
(2) Requirement.--The Secretary of Energy may issue a
waiver under this subsection only if the Secretary determines
that the waiver is in the interest of the national security
of the United States.
(3) Applications.--A bidder seeking a waiver under this
subsection shall submit to

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the Secretary of Energy an application by such date, in such
form, and containing such information as the Secretary of
Energy may require.
(4) Notice to congress.--Not later than 15 days after
issuing a waiver under this subsection, the Secretary of
Energy shall provide a copy of the waiver to the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
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