The Strategic Production Response Act requires agencies to lease federal land for oil and gas drilling to offset draws from the SPR. It's unlikely to become law
A maze of crude oil pipe and equipment is seen with the American and Texas flags flying in the background at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas.WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Friday aimed at limiting the president's ability to draw down the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve for any reason other than a "severe energy supply disruption.
Days before the vote, Biden's Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said at a White House press briefing that the bill "would impose unnecessary, unhelpful restrictions on when the SPR can be used to help provide supply." But Republicans counter that the size of the overall 2022 release, 180 million barrels, was excessive, and that individual releases and announcements about future releases were timed for maximum political benefit for Democrats.
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