S. 218

To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other purposes.

118 S218 IS: Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act

U.S. Senate

2023-02-01

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118th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 218

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 1, 2023

Mr. Cruz

(for himself,

Mr. Manchin

Mr. Sullivan

Mr. King

Mr. Braun

Mr. Bennet

Mr. Cotton

Ms. Hassan

Mrs. Hyde-Smith

Mr. Boozman

Mr. Hoeven

Mr. Cornyn

Ms. Ernst

Mr. Moran

Mr. Marshall

Mr. Scott of Florida

Mr. Lee

Ms. Sinema

Mr. Wicker

Mr. Hawley

Mr. Scott of South Carolina

, and

Ms. Lummis

) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act

Prohibition on sales of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Energy shall not draw down and sell petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve—

(1)

to any entity that is under the ownership or control of the Chinese Communist Party or the People's Republic of China; or

(2)

except on the condition that such petroleum products will not be exported to the People’s Republic of China.