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H.R. 256 — SAVE Act — Project Euthyna

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SAVE Act

Save America’s Valuable Energy Act or the SAVE Act

This bill directs the Department of Energy to prohibit the sale of petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to entities headquartered in Russia, Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or Venezuela.

Other titles

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To prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain entities, and for other purposes.Official Title as Introduced

SAVE ActShort Title(s) as Introduced

Save America’s Valuable Energy ActShort Title(s) as Introduced

Legislative history

H.R. 256·House·Bill·Energy

Rep. Stephanie I. Bice(Republican-Oklahoma-5)·

Jan 9, 2025

IntroducedIntroduced in House

Jan 9, 2025

HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Documents

Everything Congress printed about this measure. A bill is reprinted each time it changes, the Congressional Research Service summarizes each version, and the committee that reports a bill files its own written account of it.

Bill text

Jan 9, 2025As introduced in the House

Plain-language summaries

Jan 9, 2025Introduced in House

Where it stands

In committee — the House

On the floor — the House

In committee — the Senate

On the floor — the Senate

Resolving differences

With the President

Became law

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