H.R. 256 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
SAVE Act
Cosponsors: 7 (0 D, 7 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-01-09
Latest action (2025-01-09): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
What H.R. 256 does, in plain terms
Save America’s Valuable Energy Act or the SAVE Act This bill directs the Department of Energy to prohibit the sale of petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to entities headquartered in Russia, Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or Venezuela.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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