[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1435 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1435

    To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to increase the 
  capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2007

  Mr. Cochran introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to increase the 
  capacity of 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. INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE.

    (a) Strategic Petroleum Reserve.--
            (1) Policy.--Section 151(b) of the Energy Policy and 
        Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6231(b)) is amended by striking ``1 
        billion'' and inserting ``1,500,000,000''.
            (2) Creation.--Section 154(a) of the Energy Policy and 
        Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6234(a)) is amended by striking ``1 
        billion'' and inserting ``1,500,000,000''.
    (b) Filling Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Capacity.--Section 
301(e) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 6240 note; Public 
Law 109-58) is amended by striking ``1,000,000,000-barrel'' and 
inserting ``1,500,000,000-barrel''.
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