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S. 3597 (116th)

A bill to appropriate funds for the SPR Petroleum Account.

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Introduced

4 May 2020

Last action

4 May 2020 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Sponsors

John Hoeven, Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL], John Cornyn, Kevin Cramer, Ted Cruz, Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1], John Barrasso, Roger Wicker, James Lankford

Subjects

Energy

Source updated

5 December 2025

Energy

Summary

This bill provides $3 billion in appropriations to the Department of Energy for expenses related to the acquisition, transportation, and injection of domestic petroleum products for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The appropriations are available through FY2021 and are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.

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Timeline

  1. 4 May 2020

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 4 May 2020

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

Documents

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