[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 222 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 222

To direct the Secretary of Energy to require as a condition of any sale 
 of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that the crude oil 
     not be exported to certain countries, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2023

 Mr. Wittman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to require as a condition of any sale 
 of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that the crude oil 
     not be exported to certain countries, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Oil for CCP Act''.

SEC. 2. SPR CRUDE OIL EXPORT BAN.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 161 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), with 
respect to the draw down and sale at auction of any crude oil from the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce 
and the Director of National Intelligence, shall require, as a 
condition of any such sale, that--
            (1) the crude oil not be exported to--
                    (A) the People's Republic of China;
                    (B) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; or
                    (C) the Islamic Republic of Iran; and
            (2) the recipient is not under the ownership, control, or 
        influence of the Chinese Communist Party.
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