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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10262 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10262
To require the Secretary of Energy to request the National Petroleum
Council to issue a report with respect to the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 3, 2026
Mrs. Fletcher (for herself and Mr. Pfluger) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Energy to request the National Petroleum
Council to issue a report with respect to the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Strategic Petroleum
Reserve Act'' or the ``21st Century SPR Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE MODERNIZATION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this section, the Secretary of Energy shall request that the
National Petroleum Council--
(1) not later than one year after so requested, submit to
the Secretary of Energy and Congress a report containing--
(A) an analysis of opportunities to improve and
modernize the physical infrastructure and operation of
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to respond to petroleum
product supply shocks, including by--
(i) expanding the geographic distribution
of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve;
(ii) expanding the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve to include storage of refined petroleum
products;
(iii) eliminating congressionally mandated
sales of petroleum products from the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve;
(iv) creating storage facilities
sufficiently resilient to withstand drawdowns
of petroleum products of the volume and
frequency required over the last 10 years of
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve's use;
(v) expanding the storage capacity of the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve;
(vi) encouraging purchases of petroleum
products to replenish the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve during periods of low petroleum prices;
and
(vii) increasing--
(I) the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve's rate of fill; and
(II) the bidirectional flow
capability of the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve's pipeline infrastructure;
(B) any recommendations for Federal agencies and
Congress to improve and modernize the physical
infrastructure and operation of the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve to respond to petroleum product supply shocks;
and
(C) an analysis and evaluation of the Life
Extension II project, including work that was
originally in-scope for the Life Extension II project
but was subsequently not carried out; and
(2) make publicly available the report submitted under
paragraph (1).
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Petroleum product.--The term ``petroleum product'' has
the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6202).
(2) Storage facility.--The term ``storage facility'' has
the meaning given such term in section 152 of the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6232).
(3) Strategic petroleum reserve.--The term ``Strategic
Petroleum Reserve'' has the meaning given such term in section
152 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6232).
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