H.R. 22 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act
Cosponsors: 63 (0 D, 63 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2023-01-09
Latest action (2023-01-25): Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 4.
What H.R. 22 does, in plain terms
Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act This bill prohibits the sale and export of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China. Specifically, the bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from selling petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the SPR to any entity that is under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party. Further, DOE must require as a condition of any sale of crude oil from the SPR that the oil not be exported to China.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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