[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5715-S5716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 2358. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Ms. Cantwell) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 22, to amend
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health
coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken
into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the
employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 52204 and insert the following:
SEC. 52204. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE.
(a) Strategic Petroleum Reserve Test Drawdown and Sale
Notification and Definition Change.--
(1) Notice to congress.--Section 161(g) of the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(g)) is amended by
striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following:
``(8) Notice to congress.--
``(A) Prior notice.--Not less than 14 days before the date
on which a test is carried out under this subsection, the
Secretary shall notify both Houses of Congress of the test.
``(B) Emergency.--The prior notice requirement in
subparagraph (A) shall not apply if the Secretary determines
that an emergency exists which requires a test to be carried
out, in which case the Secretary shall notify both Houses of
Congress of the test as soon as possible.
``(C) Detailed description.--
``(i) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
on which a test is completed under this subsection, the
Secretary shall submit to both Houses of Congress a detailed
description of the test.
``(ii) Report.--A detailed description submitted under
clause (i) may be included as part of a report made to the
President and Congress under section 165.''.
(2) Definition change.--Section 3(8)(C)(iii) of the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6202(8)(C)(iii)) is
amended by striking ``sabotage or an act of God'' and
inserting ``sabotage, an act of terrorism, or an act of
God''.
(b) Strategic Petroleum Reserve Mission Readiness
Optimization.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall--
(1) complete a long-range strategic review of the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve; and
(2) develop and submit to Congress a proposed action plan,
including a proposed implementation schedule, that--
(A) specifies near- and long-term roles of the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve relative to the energy and economic
security goals and objectives of the United States;
(B) describes whether existing legal authorities that
govern the policies, configuration, and capabilities of the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve are adequate to ensure that the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve can meet the current and future
energy and economic security goals and objectives of the
United States;
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(C) identifies the configuration and performance
capabilities of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and
recommends an action plan to achieve the optimal --
(i) capacity, location, and composition of petroleum
products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and
(ii) storage and distributional capabilities; and
(D) estimates the resources required to attain and maintain
the long-term sustainability and operational effectiveness of
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
(c) Strategic Petroleum Reserve Modernization.--
(1) Reaffirmation of policy.--Congress reaffirms the
continuing strategic importance and need for the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve as found and declared in section 151 of the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6231).
(2) Spr petroleum account.--Section 167(b) of the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6247(b)) is amended to
read as follows:
``(b) Obligation of Funds for the Acquisition,
Transportation, and Injection of Petroleum Products Into SPR
and for Other Purposes.--
``(1) Purposes.--Amounts in the Account may be obligated by
the Secretary of Energy for--
``(A) the acquisition, transportation, and injection of
petroleum products into the Reserve;
``(B) test sales of petroleum products from the Reserve;
``(C) the drawdown, sale, and delivery of petroleum
products from the Reserve;
``(D) the construction, maintenance, repair, and
replacement of storage facilities and related facilities; and
``(E) carrying out non-Reserve projects needed to enhance
the energy security of the United States by increasing the
resilience, reliability, safety, and security of energy
supply, transmission, storage, or distribution
infrastructure.
``(2) Amounts.--Amounts in the Account may be obligated by
the Secretary of Energy for purposes of paragraph (1), in the
case of any fiscal year--
``(A) subject to section 660 of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7270), in such aggregate amounts
as may be appropriated in advance in appropriations Acts; and
``(B) notwithstanding section 660 of the Department of
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7270), in an aggregate
amount equal to the aggregate amount of the receipts to the
United States from the sale of petroleum products in any
drawdown and a distribution of the Reserve under section 161,
including--
``(i) a drawdown and distribution carried out under
subsection (g) of that section; or
``(ii) from the sale of petroleum products under section
160(f).
``(3) Availability of funds.--Funds available to the
Secretary of Energy for obligation under this subsection may
remain available without fiscal year limitation.''.
(3) Definition of related facility.--Section 152(8) of the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6232(8)) is
amended by inserting ``terminals,'' after ``reservoirs,''.
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