[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H327]
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H.R. 21

                         Offered By: Mr. Casten

       Amendment No. 67: Page 2, line 20, strike ``and gas''.
       Page 3, strike lines 1 through 5, and insert the following:
       ``(2) Limitation.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall 
     not provide for a total increase in the percentage of Federal 
     lands described in paragraph (1) leased for oil production--
       ``(A) in excess of 10 percent; and
       ``(B) unless the Secretary determines that--
       ``(i) the amount of oil that the Secretary intends to draw 
     down from the Reserve in the first and subsequent drawdowns 
     described in paragraph (1) is greater than the amount of oil 
     produced in the United States that is reasonably expected to 
     be exported from the United States during the 6 month period 
     following the date of the intended drawdown;
       ``(ii) the expected exports of oil produced in the United 
     States during the 6 month period described in clause (i) 
     cannot be curtailed by an amount that is greater than the 
     quantity of oil planned to be released from the Reserve; and
       ``(iii) the curtailment of exports of oil by an amount that 
     is greater than the quantity of oil planned to be released 
     from the Reserve would not have a comparable or greater 
     effect than the planned drawdown of the Reserve in--

       ``(I) ensuring the energy security of the United States;
       ``(II) maintaining the stability of the price in the United 
     States of petroleum products, including gasoline and diesel 
     fuel; or
       ``(III) the achievement of other objectives cited by the 
     Secretary to justify the drawdown from the Reserve.

       ``(3) Report.--The Secretary shall provide to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representative and the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a 
     report on the data and analyses used in the determination of 
     the Secretary under paragraph (2)(B) upon publication of the 
     determination.
       Page 3, line 6, redesignate paragraph (3) as paragraph (4).