118th Congress Energy
S. 9: Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act
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Summary
This bill prohibits the sale and export of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China. Specifically, the bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from selling petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the SPR to any entity that is under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party. Further, DOE must require as a condition of any sale of crude oil from the SPR that the oil not be exported to China.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Mike Braun R-INOriginal
- Kevin Cramer R-NDOriginal
- Roger Marshall R-KSOriginal
- John Boozman R-AR
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Tom Cotton R-AR
- Joni Ernst R-IA
- Deb Fischer R-NE
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Joshua Hawley R-MO
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Tim Scott R-SC
- Dan Sullivan R-AK
- Rick Scott R-FL
- Roger Wicker R-MS
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Cynthia Lummis R-WY
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Shelley Capito R-WV
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Ted Cruz.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.