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Introduced

In Committee

3

Passed One Chamber

4

Passed Both

5

Signed into Law

Sponsor

Chrissy Houlahan

Democrat · PA · Representative

Votes with party: 95.9% (531 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/H001085

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Cosponsors (35)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

2025-02-04

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Committee Activity

Currently in

House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-02-04

Previously

Energy and Commerce CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-04

Plain-English Summary

This bill would prevent the U.S. government from selling oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (the nation's emergency oil stockpile) to countries considered foreign adversaries, such as China or Russia. The measure aims to keep America's emergency energy supplies from benefiting potential military or economic competitors while ensuring the reserve remains available for U.S. energy security during crises. It would affect oil sales decisions made by the Department of Energy and could limit revenue from reserve sales during times when the government might otherwise sell excess oil.

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Subjects

Energy

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