H.R. 21 - 118th Congress (2023-2024) - Strategic Production Response Act

This bill limits the drawdown of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Department of Energy develops a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas production.

Text (3)

Referred in Senate

January 30, 2023

Engrossed in House

January 27, 2023

Introduced in House

January 9, 2023

Amendments (78)

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Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

Sponsorship

House Amendment 72

Amendment sought to permit the Secretary to delay drawdown if the drawdown will harm national security.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 71

Amendment sought to add to the end of the bill an additional paragraph that the plan required by paragraph (1) shall not include oil and gas leasing on any protected public lands.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 78

Amendment sought to permit the Secretary to delay the drawdown if will worsen inflation.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 68

Amendment sought to authorize the participation by any corporation or entity that the Secretary determines contributed to price gouging in the oil and gas sector in 2022, including in any lease auction that occurs pursuant to such plan.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 67

Amendment sought to limit leasing in the Washington/Oregon Planning Area if the lease would adversely impact coastal fisheries.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 66

Amendment sought prohibit the bill from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with other Federal agencies, certifies that H.R. 21 will not result in an increase to the average price of energy for Americans.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 64

Amendment sought to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from approving new oil and gas leases on Federal lands that have high concentrations of orphaned oil and gas wells.

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Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 62

Amendment sought to add a consideration paragraph stating the Secretary shall consider the number of inactive but approved Federal oil and gas leases and permits to drill issued before the date of enactment of the subsection.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 59

Amendment sought to add additional limitations to the plan.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 58

Amendment sought to strike all after the enacting clause and insert a new section which required the Secretary of Energy to acquire petroleum products for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that are produced from sources located in the United States.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 57

Amendment sought to add at the end of the bill an effective date section stating that it shall not take effect until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, publishes a report on the number, location, and owner of all unused permits to drill for oil and gas on Federal land.

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Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 56

Amendment sought to provide that the plan shall not provide financial benefit to any entity which is allowed any allowance for depletion which is determined under section 613 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 55

Amendment sought to ensure that the Federal Government is not forced to lease public lands with low or no potential for oil and gas development to the fossil fuel industry as a result of this bill.

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Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

Sponsorship

House Amendment 53

Amendment sought to exclude the submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf from the plan.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 52

Amendment sought to exclude oil and gas leasing in the Great Lakes from the plan.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 51

Amendment sought to exclude the Big Cypress National Reserve.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 50

Amendment sought to remove the word "gas" from the leasing of oil and gas production.

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Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 49

Amendment sought to make sundry amendments to the bill.

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Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 48

Amendment sought to make sundry amendments to the bill and require companies drilling on public lands to submit plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions associated with production.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 47

Amendment sought to add an exclusion paragraph stating that the plan in paragraph (1) shall not include any tracts where oil or gas production would harass or take a North Atlantic Right Whale.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

Sponsorship

House Amendment 46

Amendment sought to add a paragraph within Section 2 that paragraph (1) shall not take effect until the Secretary submits to Congress a report on the necessity of acting under the authority of Section 2 to refill the Reserve.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 45

Amendment sought to include additional language excluding instances when the Secretary may not execute the first drawdown of petroleum products in the Reserve and changes the effective date of the bill.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 44

Amendment sought to limit the plan where oil and gas leasing would be inconsistent with the goals of the Paris Climate Accords.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 43

Amendment sought to limit the leasing of Federal land for oil and gas production if it would result in an increase in net carbon emissions.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 42

Amendment sought to limit the plan to include the lease of any land for oil or gas production to a company that has purchased an equity security of the company listed on a national securities exchange.

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Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 38

Amendment sought to add a new section at the end of the bill stating that nothing in this Act may be construed to controvert the fact that communities of color and low-wealth communities face the greatest harms due to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 37

Amendment sought to add a new effective date stating that the plan will take effect on the date the Secretary certifies that any increase in the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas production would not perpetuate environmental injustice.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 36

Amendment sought to insert a new effective date of paragraph (1) to not take effect until a certification is submitted to Congress that any increase in the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas production will not result in an increase in greenhouse gas emissions.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 35

Amendment sought to add additional limitations to the plan including to prevent any new oil and gas production if those activites would result in a negative effect on air quality.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 34

Amendment requires the Secretary to consult with certain Secretaries about the plan and ensure such plan will not result in the sale of petroleum products drawn down from the Reserve to Iran, China, North Korea, or Russia.

Agreed To

Jan 26, 2023

Agreed to in House

Sponsorship

House Amendment 33

Amendment adds sundry amendments to the bill.

Agreed To

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

Sponsorship

House Amendment 32

Amendment sought to change the effective date to be the date the Secretary certifies that the oil and gas leasing on Federal lands is necessary to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the amount held on February 23, 2022.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 31

Amendment sought to only allow for a lease or permit if accompanied by a certification to the Secretary that it would not excessively increase the sales price of any petroleum products during a severe energy supply interruption or any period of decreased supply of petroleum products.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 29

Amendment sought to exclude oil and gas leasing on any Federal lands that are viable for renewable energy production from the plan required in paragraph (1).

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 28

Amendment sought to exclude any oil and gas leasing on any Federal land where oil and gas leasing would result in or exacerbate disproportionate burdens on certain communities from the plan.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

Sponsorship

House Amendment 27

Amendment sought to add a new paragraph at the end of the bill requiring a plan to consult with Tribal governments and other government officials to be included in the plan required by paragraph (1).

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 26

Amendment sought to limit Federal land from the plan if it would not provide a fair return for taxpayers.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 24

Amendment sought to add a new paragraph within section 2 excluding oil and gas leasing in any tract located in the Washington/Oregon planning area.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 23

Amendment sought to exclude oil and gas leasing in any tract located in the Southern California planning area.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 22

Amendment sought to add a new paragraph, Offshore Exclusions, which shall not include oil and gas leasing in any tract located in the Central California planning area.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 21

Amendment sought to exclude any tract of Federal land where oil and gas leasing would decrease land and water available for outdoor recreation from the total increase in the percentage of Federal lands described in paragraph (1) leased for oil and gas production.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 20

Amendment sought to exclude any oil and gas leasing in any tract located in the Northern California planning area.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 19

Amendment sought to add the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Council on Environmental Quality to the list of officials to be consulted in the Compensatory Production Increase Plan.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 15

Amendment sought to add a new paragraph entitled Offshore Exclusion which shall not include oil and gas leasing in any tract located off the coast of Virginia.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 14

Amendment reduces the 10 percent leased for oil and gas production and increase it to 15 percent.

Agreed To

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

Sponsorship

House Amendment 13

Amendment sought to change the effective date to be the date the Secretary submits a certification to Congress that the price of gasoline and diesel fuel will not increase in any Petroleum Administration for Defense District.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 6

Amendment sought to make a technical correction to section 2, Compensatory Production Increase Plan.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 5

Amendment sought to exclude any oil and gas leasing in any tract located in the South Atlantic Planning Area, the Straits of Florida Planning Area, or in any area of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico that is referred to in section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006.

Active

Jan 26, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 3

Amendment sought to add a paragraph Offshore Exclusions to exclude oil and gas leasing located in the North Atlantic Planning Area.

Active

Jan 27, 2023

Not Agreed to in House

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House Amendment 40

Amendment sought to change the effective date of the plan to not take effect until the date on which the Secretary determines that implementation of paragraph (1) will not negatively affect consumers' homes that are heated using heating oil or other petroleum-based fuels.

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01/30/2023

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

01/27/2023

The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 21.

01/27/2023

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

01/27/2023

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 205 (Roll no. 93).

01/27/2023

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 205 (Roll no. 93).

01/27/2023

The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

01/27/2023

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

01/27/2023

The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 21.

01/27/2023

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Pallone amendment No. 95 under the five-minute rule, pending a reservation of a point of order.

01/27/2023

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Nickel amendment No. 77, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Nickel demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.

01/27/2023

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Nickel amendment No. 77 under the five-minute rule.

01/27/2023

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Lieu amendment No. 62 under the five-minute rule.

01/27/2023

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Lieu amendment No. 61, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Lieu demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.

01/27/2023

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Lieu amendment No. 61 under the five-minute rule.

01/27/2023

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Sherman amendment No. 88 under the five-minute rule, pending a reservation of a point of order.

01/27/2023

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Sherman amendment No. 88 under the five-minute rule.

01/27/2023

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Greene (GA) amendment No. 147 under the five-minute rule.

01/27/2023

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson (NC) amendment No. 46, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Pallone demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.

01/27/2023

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Jackson (NC) amendment No. 46 under the five-minute rule.

01/27/2023

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Grijalva amendment No. 145, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Grijalva demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.

01/27/2023

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Grijalva amendment No. 145 under the five-minute rule.

01/27/2023

The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

01/27/2023

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H435-471)

01/26/2023

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 21 as unfinished business.

01/26/2023

On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.

01/26/2023

Mr. Armstrong moved that the Committee rise.

01/26/2023

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Tlaib amendment No. 14 under the five-minute rule.

01/26/2023

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Tlaib amendment No. 13 under the five-minute rule. Pending the reservation of a point of order.

01/26/2023

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Bowman amendment No. 92, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Bowman demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.

01/26/2023

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Bowman amendment No. 92 under the five-minute rule.

01/26/2023

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