January 9, 2025
Mrs. Bice (for herself, Mr. Baird, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Owens, Mr. Mann, Mr. Rutherford, and Mr. Donalds) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
To prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain entities, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Save America’s Valuable Energy Act
or the SAVE Act
.
Sec. 2. Prohibition against selling SPR petroleum products to certain entities
(a) Prohibition
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by inserting after section 169 (42 U.S.C. 6247b) the following:
170. Prohibition on sales to certain entities
The Secretary shall prohibit the sale of petroleum products drawn down from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, under any provision of law, to any entity headquartered in—
(1)
a country listed in table 1 to paragraph (d)(1) under section 126.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this section; or
(2)
Russia.
(b) Conforming amendments
(1) Drawdown and sale of petroleum products
Section 161(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(a)) is amended by inserting and section 170
before the period at the end.
(2) Table of contents
The table of contents for the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 169 the following: