[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 167 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 167

  To suspend sales of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum 
               Reserve until certain conditions are met.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 29, 2013

    Mr. Vitter (for himself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Thune) 
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 suspend sales of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum 
               Reserve until certain conditions are met.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strategic Petroleum Supplies Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON SALES FROM THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
Administration shall not authorize a sale of petroleum products from 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve established under part B of title I of 
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6231 et seq.) until 
the date on which all permits necessary under Executive Order 13337 (3 
U.S.C. 301 note; relating to issuance of permits with respect to 
certain energy-related facilities and land transportation crossings on 
the international boundaries of the United States) for the Keystone XL 
pipeline project application filed on September 19, 2008 (including 
amendments) have been issued.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not affect any obligations of 
the United States under the international energy program.
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