S.Amdt. 5661

SA 5661. Mr. GALLEGO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to
title II of S. Con. Res. 33.; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS UNTIL THE STRATEGIC
PETROLEUM RESERVE IS REFILLED.

None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
by this Act or any other Act may be used to authorize,
permit, facilitate, or carry out the export of crude oil from
the United States until the Secretary of Energy certifies to
Congress that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been
refilled to its authorized storage capacity of 714,000,000
barrels.
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