H.R. 6176 – SPR Act | Legislate.dev

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The Strategic Production Response (SPR) Act requires the Interior Secretary to create a plan to boost oil and gas production on federal lands before the Energy Secretary can draw down petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, except in a severe energy emergency. It defines which lands count as federal and excludes protected areas, affecting federal agencies and oil and gas development on public lands.

Key Provisions

Defines "federal land" for the plan and excludes national parks, wildlife refuges, wilderness areas, marine sanctuaries, and Indian lands.
Bars the Energy Secretary from drawing down SPR reserves until the Interior Secretary issues or updates a Strategic Production Response Plan, unless a severe supply interruption occurs.
The plan must propose actions that go beyond scheduled lease sales to increase oil and gas production on federal lands.
The Interior Secretary must develop the plan in consultation with the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense.
Within 60 days after any SPR drawdown, the Interior Secretary must submit the plan to the relevant Senate and House energy and natural resources committees.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee

December 17, 2021

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Introduced in House

December 8, 2021

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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Energy and Commerce Committee

December 8, 2021

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee

December 17, 2021

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Rep. Steven M. PalazzoR-MS-4 · Apr 1, 2022

Madam Speaker, last year I introduced H.R. 6176, with the goal of preventing the Secretary of Energy and the President from doing exactly what they announced this week, tapping the Strategic…

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Introduced in HouseIssued December 8, 2021

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117th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 6176

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 8, 2021

Mr. Palazzo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To provide for the development and issuance of a plan to increase oil and gas production on Federal land in conjunction with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Strategic Production Response Act or the SPR Act.

2.

Strategic production response plan

Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(k)

Strategic production response plan

(1)

Definition of Federal land

(A)

In general

In this subsection, the term Federal land means land, including outer Continental Shelf land, the title to which is held by the United States.

(B)

Exclusions

In this subsection, the term Federal land does not include land otherwise not available for oil and gas development within—

(i)

a unit of the National Park System;

(ii)

a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System;

(iii)

a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System;

(iv)

a National Marine Sanctuary; or

(v)

Indian land.

(2)

Plan

Except in the case of a severe energy supply interruption described in subsection (d) or as otherwise mandated by Congress, the Secretary may not execute 1 drawdown or a series of 2 or more drawdowns of petroleum products in the Reserve after the date of enactment of this subsection, whether through sale, exchange, or loan, until the Secretary of the Interior has, as applicable, issued a plan or updated a previously issued plan to increase the production of oil and gas on Federal land.

(3)

Requirements for plan

Each plan issued or updated under paragraph (2) shall include proposed actions to increase oil and gas production on Federal land that are in addition to lease sales previously scheduled by the Secretary of the Interior under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.).

(4)

Consultation

The Secretary of the Interior shall issue or update each plan required under paragraph (2) in consultation with the Secretary, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Defense.

(5)

Congressional submission

Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary executes 1 drawdown or a series of 2 or more drawdowns of petroleum products in the Reserve after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a copy of the applicable plan required under paragraph (2).

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