[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6280. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle D of title XXXI, add the following:

     SEC. 31__. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF STRATEGIC PETROLEUM 
                   RESERVE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES 
                   AND SALES TO CERTAIN STATE-OWNED ENTITIES.

       Section 161(i) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 6241(i)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(i) Notwithstanding any other law'' and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(i) Refine or Exchange Outside the United States.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Prohibition on export of strategic petroleum reserve 
     petroleum products to certain countries.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, with respect to the drawdown and sale 
     at auction of any petroleum products from the Reserve under 
     this section after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 
     the Secretary shall require, as a condition of the sale, that 
     the petroleum products not be exported to a country that is 
     designated as a country of particular concern for religious 
     freedom under clause (ii) of section 402(b)(1)(A) of the 
     International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 
     6442(b)(1)(A)).
       ``(3) Requirements applicable to certain state-owned 
     entities.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with 
     respect to the drawdown and sale at auction of any petroleum 
     products from the Reserve under this section after the date 
     of enactment of this paragraph, if the Secretary determines 
     that, as of the date of the auction, there is in effect a 
     United States ban on, or the imposition of sanctions by the 
     United States with respect to, the purchase of crude oil from 
     1 or more countries--
       ``(A) to be eligible to bid in the auction, a state-owned 
     entity shall submit to the Secretary a certification that the 
     state-owned entity has not purchased petroleum products from 
     any country subject to such a ban or sanctions during the 
     period in which the ban or sanctions were in effect; and
       ``(B) if the Secretary determines that a state-owned entity 
     participating in the auction has purchased crude oil from a 
     country subject to such a ban or sanctions during the period 
     in which the ban or sanctions were in effect, the Secretary 
     shall not sell petroleum products from the Reserve to the 
     state-owned entity under the auction.''.
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