[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H335]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

H.R. 21

                        Offered By: Mr. Pallone

       Amendment No. 115: At the end, insert the following:

     SEC. 3. NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE.

       (a) Strengthening the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve.--
     Section 181(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
     U.S.C. 6250(a)) is amended by striking ``2 million'' and 
     inserting ``4 million''.
       (b) Conditions for Release.--Section 183 of the Energy 
     Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6250b) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Definition'' 
     and inserting ``Definitions'';
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively (and adjusting the 
     margins accordingly);
       (C) by striking ``For purposes of this section a 
     `dislocation in the heating oil market' '' and inserting the 
     following: ``For purposes of this section--
       ``(1) the term `covered entity' means--
       ``(A) the People's Republic of China;
       ``(B) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
       ``(C) the Russian Federation;
       ``(D) the Islamic Republic of Iran;
       ``(E) any other country the government of which is subject 
     to sanctions imposed by the United States; and
       ``(F) any entity owned, controlled, or influenced by--
       ``(i) a country referred to in any of subparagraphs (A) 
     through (F); or
       ``(ii) the Chinese Communist Party; and
       ``(2) a `dislocation in the heating oil market' ''; and
       (2) in subsection (d)--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) the Secretary shall prohibit the sale or export of 
     petroleum distillate released under this section to a covered 
     entity, except that the Secretary may issue a waiver of such 
     prohibition if the Secretary certifies that any export or 
     sale authorized pursuant to the waiver is in the national 
     security interests of the United States.''.
       (c) Elimination of Limitation.--Title III of the Energy and 
     Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2012 (division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 
     (Public Law 112-74; 125 Stat. 869)), is amended, under the 
     Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve account, by striking ``: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding section 181 of the 
     Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6250), for 
     fiscal year 2012 and hereafter, the Reserve shall contain no 
     more than 1 million barrels of petroleum distillate''.