H.R. 21 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
Strategic Production Response Act
Cosponsors: 40 (0 D, 40 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2023-01-09
Latest action (2023-01-30): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
What H.R. 21 does, in plain terms
Strategic Production Response Act This bill limits the drawdown of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) until the Department of Energy (DOE) submits to Congress a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas production. Specifically, the bill prohibits DOE from drawing down petroleum in the SPR for nonemergency purposes until it submits a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands, including submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf, that are leased for oil and gas production to offset any drawdowns on or after January 21, 2021.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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