3.0.0 1231 2023-01-11T13:31:11Z 2023-01-11T13:31:11Z Senate S 2015-05-06 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-05-14T21:20:08Z Referred to 2015-05-06T22:04:16Z 2015-05-14 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2015-05-06 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-05-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N Energy Congressional oversight Energy storage, supplies, demand Government studies and investigations International organizations and cooperation Oil and gas Strategic materials and reserves Energy 00 2015-05-06 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-17T19:56:24Z Strategic Petroleum Reserve Modernization Act of 2015

This bill directs the Department of Energy to:

  • evaluate the international obligations that gave rise to the establishment and maintenance of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR);
  • analyze changes in energy security infrastructure since the establishment of the SPR, including changes in the distribution infrastructure and the integrity of the salt caverns associated with the SPR;
  • estimate the costs of completing deferred maintenance for the SPR;
  • estimate the costs of life extension spending for SPR infrastructure nearing the end of its design life; and
  • evaluate the size of the SPR as of the date of the study, based upon current and projected oil supply and demand.
]]> Strategic Petroleum Reserve Modernization Act of 2015 Display Title Strategic Petroleum Reserve Modernization Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require congressional notification for certain Strategic Petroleum Reserve operations and to determine options available for the continued operation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Strategic Petroleum Reserve Modernization Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1231is/xml/BILLS-114s1231is.xml 2015-05-14 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.