HR 6235 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Strategic Production Response Act

Latest action · Dec 10, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedDec 9, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Strategic Production Response Act

This bill limits the drawdown of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Department of Energy develops a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas production.

Cosponsors 62

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 9, 2021 to Oct 14, 2022; 43 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ILAdam KinzingerOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-TXAugust PflugerOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-VABen ClineOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-OHBill JohnsonOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-MOBilly LongOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-KYBrett GuthrieOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-UTBurgess OwensOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-NYChris JacobsOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-UTChris StewartOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-TXDan CrenshawOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-WADan NewhouseOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-WVDavid B. McKinleyOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-CADavid G. ValadaoOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-AZDebbie LeskoOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-MIFred UptonOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-LAGarret GravesOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-ALGary J. PalmerOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-INGreg PenceOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-FLGus M. BilirakisOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-VAH. Morgan GriffithOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-CAJay ObernolteOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-PAJohn JoyceOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-UTJohn R. CurtisOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-NDKelly ArmstrongOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-CAKen CalvertOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-INLarry BucshonOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-WYLiz CheneyOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-NCMadison CawthornOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-IAMariannette Miller-MeeksOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-OKMarkwayne MullinOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-TXMichael C. BurgessOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-ILMike BostOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-PAMike KellyOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-FLNeal P. DunnOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-NCRichard HudsonOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-ALRobert B. AderholtOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-OHRobert E. LattaOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-LASteve ScaliseOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-MITim WalbergOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-OHTroy BaldersonOriginalDec 9, 2021
R-TXBrian BabinDec 14, 2021
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerDec 14, 2021
R-INJackie WalorskiDec 14, 2021
R-KSJake LaTurnerDec 14, 2021
R-INJames R. BairdDec 14, 2021
R-TXKay GrangerDec 14, 2021
R-LAMike JohnsonDec 14, 2021
R-OHBob GibbsDec 27, 2021
R-MSMichael GuestDec 27, 2021
R-NCTed BuddDec 27, 2021
R-CADarrell IssaMar 15, 2022
R-COLauren BoebertMar 31, 2022
R-MDAndy HarrisJun 13, 2022
R-PADaniel MeuserJun 13, 2022
R-PAGlenn ThompsonJun 13, 2022
R-OKTom ColeJun 13, 2022
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeJun 13, 2022
R-FLScott FranklinJun 28, 2022
R-AZDavid SchweikertOct 14, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Dec 9, 2021
Energy Subcommittee
Referred Dec 10, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 10, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
  2. Dec 9, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Dec 9, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H7656–H7659, H7661Dan Crenshaw R-TX, Fred Upton R-MI, Guy Reschenthaler R-PA, Markwayne Mullin R-OK, Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Steve Scalise R-LADec 14, 2021

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 4 Section 3

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 213, December 9, 2021, page H7638.

Related bills 8

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 21Strategic Production Response ActReintroduced BillJan 30, 2023
HR 92Strategic Production Response and Implementation ActCross-Congress related billJan 3, 2025
S 3287SPR ActRelated billNov 30, 2021
S 3752American Energy Independence from Russia ActRelated billMar 3, 2022
HR 6176SPR ActRelated billDec 17, 2021

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in conjunction with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Strategic Production Response Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 9, 2021Introduced in House

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