Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
The bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to bar export or sale of petroleum products drawn from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China, North Korea, Russia, Iran, and entities owned or controlled by those countries or the Chinese Communist Party. The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibition if the export is certified as in the national security interest of the United States, and must issue a rule within 60 days of enactment.
Progressives emphasize preventing aid to authoritarian regimes and wants waiver transparency.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill sets a clear substantive prohibition and integrates that prohibition into the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, but provides limited operational detail beyond a waiver authority and a short rulemaking deadline.
The bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to bar export or sale of petroleum products drawn from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China, North Korea, Russia, Iran, and entities owned or controlled by those countries or the Chinese Communist Party.
The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibition if the export is certified as in the national security interest of the United States, and must issue a rule within 60 days of enactment.
Conforming and clerical amendments update statute references and the Act's table of contents.
Technically simple and defensible on national-security grounds with a waiver, but lower legislative priority and possible stakeholder/diplomatic pushback reduce odds.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill sets a clear substantive prohibition and integrates that prohibition into the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, but provides limited operational detail beyond a waiver authority and a short rulemaking deadline.
Progressives emphasize preventing aid to authoritarian regimes and wants waiver transparency.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize preventing aid to authoritarian regimes and wants waiver transparency.
Likely supportive overall because the bill prevents U.S. strategic oil reserves from benefiting authoritarian adversaries.
It aligns with national security and human-rights-oriented foreign policy priorities while preserving executive waiver for emergencies.
Generally favorable because it is a targeted, narrowly drawn national-security measure with a waiver for emergencies.
Concerned about implementation details, market effects, and legal clarity.
Likely supportive of restricting strategic resources from adversaries on national-security grounds, but cautious about export restrictions and regulatory burdens on energy commerce.
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Technically simple and defensible on national-security grounds with a waiver, but lower legislative priority and possible stakeholder/diplomatic pushback reduce odds.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize preventing aid to authoritarian regimes and wants waiver transparency.
Technically simple and defensible on national-security grounds with a waiver, but lower legislative priority and possible stakeholder/diplo…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill sets a clear substantive prohibition and integrates that prohibition into the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, but provides limited operational detail beyond a wai…
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