[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3597 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3597

          To appropriate funds for the SPR Petroleum Account.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 4, 2020

 Mr. Hoeven (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cruz, 
Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Wicker) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
          To appropriate funds for the SPR Petroleum Account.

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

SECTION 1. FUNDING FOR SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT.

    (a) In General.--There is appropriated, out of amounts in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2020, $3,000,000,000 for additional amounts for the ``SPR 
Petroleum Account'' for necessary expenses related to the acquisition, 
transportation, and injection of domestic petroleum products pursuant 
to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), to 
remain available until September 30, 2021.
    (b) Emergency Designation.--The amount provided by this section is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).
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