STRATEGIC MATERIALS related term(s) Gold

Amendments

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: provide for sale of light grade petroleum and for its replacement with heavy grade petroleum (H.R. 6578), allow consideration of motion to suspend House rules and consider (H. Res. 1367), H7077 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: authorize oil and gas exploration and codify certain environmental and economic protections of the Coastal Plain (see S. 2758), S2132 [13MR]

Dept. of Energy: exchange light crude oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for heavy crude oil (see H.R. 6035), H3776 [13MY]

———exchange light crude oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for heavy crude oil and use proceeds to fund renewable energy and carbon capture and storage research (see H.R. 6067), H4059 [15MY]

———require acquisition of petroleum in quantities sufficient to fill available capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H.R. 5146), H479 [28JA]

———suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H.R. 6022), H3408 [12MY]

———suspend filling of Strategic Petroleum Reserve for one year or until price of oil drops below a certain level in order to increase supply and reduce costs (see S. 2598), S733 [6FE] (see H.R. 5473), H994 [14FE]

———temporarily suspend filling of Strategic Petroleum Reserve to increase supply and reduce costs and include additional acquisition requirements for the Reserve (see S. 2927), S3442 [28AP]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 6107), H4452 [21MY]

———establish oil and gas leasing program for public lands within the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 6758), H7787 [31JY]

Petroleum: reduce dependence on foreign sources (see S. 3056), S4792 [22MY]

Power resources: open Outer Continental shelf areas to oil and gas leasing, curb excessive energy speculation, and require Strategic Petroleum Reserve sale and acquisitions of certain fuels (see H.R. 6670), H7628 [30JY]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (see S. 2991), S3891 [7MY] (see S. 3044), S4487 [20MY] (see H.R. 6653), H7627 [30JY]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: provide for sale of light grade petroleum and for its replacement with heavy grade petroleum (see H.R. 6578), H7057 [23JY]

———provide for sale of light grade petroleum and for its replacement with heavy grade petroleum (H.R. 6578), allow consideration of motion to suspend House rules and consider (see H. Res. 1367), H7057 [23JY]

———provide for the acquisition of advanced biofuels (see H.R. 6823), H7808 [1AU]

Cloture motions

Power resources: provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), motion to proceed, S5020 [4JN], S5376 [6JN], S5409 [10JN]

Letters

Suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Representative Kind, E984 [21MY]

———several Senators, S4051 [13MY]

Urge President Bush to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower gasoline price levels: several Senators, S7993 [1AU]

Motions

Power resources: provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), S5376 [6JN], S5410 [10JN]

Remarks in House

Democratic Party: national agenda, H4158 [20MY]

Dept. of Energy: exchange light crude oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for heavy crude oil and use proceeds to fund renewable energy and carbon capture and storage research, H7950 [9SE]

———exchange light crude oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for heavy crude oil and use proceeds to fund renewable energy and carbon capture and storage research (H.R. 6067), H4298-H4304 [20MY]

———suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H634, H6348 [10JY]

———suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (H.R. 6022), H3701-H3710, H3753, H3758 [13MY], H3826 [14MY], H4049 [15MY], H4327 [21MY], H4456 [22MY], H4977, H4979 [5JN], H5312, H5315 [11JN], H5784 [20JN], E914, E918, E920 [14MY], E955 [16MY], E984 [21MY], E1326 [24JN]

———suspend filling of Strategic Petroleum Reserve for one year or until price of oil drops below a certain level in order to increase supply and reduce costs, H2559 [23AP], H2748 [24AP], H2864, H2866, H2893 [30AP], H2955, H3015 [1MY], H3057 [6MY], H3311 [8MY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (H.R. 6107), H4836 [3JN], H4879 [4JN], H5791 [20JN], H6211 [8JY], H6300 [9JY], H6797 [22JY], H7069 [24JY], H7648 [31JY]

Economy: dominance of the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency, E1424 [9JY]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H1063 [26FE], H2019 [8AP], H2558 [23AP], H4050 [15MY], H4157, H4306 [20MY], H4880, H4881 [4JN], H5313 [11JN], H5420, H5423 [17JN], H5545 [18JN], H5706, H5707 [19JN], H5787 [20JN], H5859 [23JN], H5869, H5870 [24JN], H6314 [9JY], H6679 [17JY], H7142, H7145-H7146 [24JY]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, H6236 [9JY]

Power resources: open Outer Continental shelf areas to oil and gas leasing, curb excessive energy speculation, and require Strategic Petroleum Reserve sale and acquisitions of certain fuels (H.R. 6670), H7609 [30JY], H8163 [16SE]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, H5316 [11JN]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (H.R. 6653), E1691 [1AU]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), H5568 [18JN]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: authorize draw down of oil reserves to lower gasoline price levels, H6335 [9JY], H6462-H6465 [14JY], H6477, H6478, H6479 [15JY], H6579, H6664 [16JY], H6685, H6686, H6692, H6693, H6702, H6712 [17JY], H6800 [22JY], H6828, H6829, H6830 [23JY], H7332 [30JY], H8229, H8232, H8233 [16SE]

———provide for sale of light grade petroleum and for its replacement with heavy grade petroleum (H.R. 6578), H7063, H7079-H7093, H7137, H7141, H7143, H7144 [24JY]

———provide for sale of light grade petroleum and for its replacement with heavy grade petroleum (H.R. 6578), allow consideration of motion to suspend House rules and consider (H. Res. 1367), H7071-H7079 [24JY], H7333 [30JY]

Remarks in Senate

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: authorize oil and gas exploration and codify certain environmental and economic protections of the Coastal Plain (S. 2758), S2219 [31MR], S3463 [29AP]

Dept. of Energy: suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, S6999, S7006 [22JY]

———suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (H.R. 6022), S4202 [14MY], S6147 [25JN]

———suspend filling of Strategic Petroleum Reserve for one year or until price of oil drops below a certain level in order to increase supply and reduce costs, S1397 [29FE], S1502 [4MR], S1573 [5MR], S2624 [7AP], S3230 [22AP], S3424-S3426, S3433 [28AP], S3565 [30AP], S3676, S3688 [1MY], S3936, S3939, S3952, S3953 [8MY], S3996, S3999 [12MY], S4049-S4059 [13MY], S4434, S4469 [20MY], S5407 [10JN]

———suspend filling of Strategic Petroleum Reserve for one year or until price of oil drops below a certain level in order to increase supply and reduce costs (S. 2598), S639 [5FE], S739 [6FE], S1107 [25FE], S1249 [27FE], S1360 [28FE], S3489 [29AP], S3670 [1MY], S4006, S4011 [12MY]

———temporarily suspend filling of Strategic Petroleum Reserve to increase supply and reduce costs and include additional acquisition requirements for the Reserve, S5542 [12JN]

———temporarily suspend filling of Strategic Petroleum Reserve to increase supply and reduce costs and include additional acquisition requirements for the Reserve (S. 2927), S3475 [29AP]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, S7587 [29JY]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S85 [22JA], S3477, S3478 [29AP], S3676 [1MY], S4001 [12MY], S4903, S4908, S4942, S4989 [3JN], S5386 [9JN], S5672 [17JN], S6860, S6862 [16JY], S6881, S6882, S6886-S6888 [17JY], S7120 [23JY], S7580 [29JY], S9009-S9011 [18SE]

Power resources: expedite development of oil and gas leases, modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, encourage conservation, and repeal certain deep water and deep gas royalty relief, S7218 [24JY], S7824 [31JY]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 2991), S3931 [7MY], S3935, S3936, S3938 [8MY], S3988, S3994, S3999, S4009, S4023-S4025 [12MY], S4434 [20MY]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), S4556 [20MY], S4559 [21MY], S6950 [21JY], S7134 [23JY]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), motion to proceed, S5152, S5159 [5JN], S5375 [6JN], S5378, S5386 [9JN], S5397-S5410, S5418 [10JN], S5461, S5468-S5497, S5502, S5505, S5509, S5513, S5516 [11JN], S5540 [12JN], S5708, S5718-S5720 [18JN], S6204, S6211 [26JN]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent request, S5020 [4JN]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), unanimous-consent request, S7823 [31JY]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: authorize draw down of oil reserves to lower gasoline price levels, S6677 [15JY], S7599 [29JY], S7723, S7733, S7736, S7758 [30JY], S7992 [1AU]

Reports

Strategic Petroleum Reserve Compatibility Assessment: Dept. of Energy, H7088 [24JY]

Reports filed

Allow Consideration of Motions To Suspend House Rules and Consider Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1367) (H. Rept. 110-768), H7057 [23JY]

Testimonies

Strategic Petroleum Reserve—Improving the Cost Effectiveness of Filling the Reserve: Frank Rusco, GAO (excerpt), H7080 [24JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 1367, allow consideration of motion to suspend House rules and consider H.R. 6578, Consumer Energy Supply Act, H7071 [24JY]

H.R. 6022, Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fill Suspension and Consumer Protection Act, H3702 [13MY]

H.R. 6578, Consumer Energy Supply Act, H7079 [24JY]

S. 2598, Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fill Suspension and Consumer Protection Act, S740 [6FE]

S. 2991, Consumer-First Energy Act, S3902-S3906 [7MY]

S. 3044, Consumer-First Energy Act, S4491-S4495 [20MY]