United States · Bill · S
S. 3597 (116th)
A bill to appropriate funds for the SPR Petroleum Account.
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
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
4 May 2020
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Source: IntroReferral
4 May 2020
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 4 May 2020 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 May 2020
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 May 2020
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 4 May 2020
Sponsors
- John Hoeven · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] · D · Sponsor
- John Cornyn · R · Sponsor
- Kevin Cramer · R · Sponsor
- Ted Cruz · R · Sponsor
- Lisa Murkowski · R · Sponsor
- Dan Sullivan · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1] · R · Sponsor
- John Barrasso · R · Sponsor
- Roger Wicker · R · Sponsor
- James Lankford · R · Cosponsor
- · ssap00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → To appropriate funds for the SPR Petroleum Account.
- related to ← RECOVERY Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3597
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/3597
- us · 116-s-3597 · source updated 5 December 2025