# 116-hr-7019: Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act

116-hr-7019, Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1] (R-LA); status Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7019
- Congress: 116
- Title: Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2020-05-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1] (R-LA)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act This bill revises requirements for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to address underutilized storage facilities. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Energy (DOE) to lease such storage facilities to private entities. Currently, DOE may only lease these storage facilities to foreign governments. DOE must ensure that leasing of facilities to foreign governments will not impair national security. In addition, DOE must conduct a pilot program to lease storage capacity for up to 200 million barrels of petroleum products.

## Cosponsors (16)

- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] (D-TX), 2020-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pence, Greg [R-IN-6] (R-IN), 2020-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2020-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- COLLIN PETERSON (D-MN), 2020-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] (R-TX), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] (R-TX), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] (R-SC), 2020-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] (R-UT), 2020-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12] (R-PA), 2020-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2020-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4] (R-LA), 2020-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act
- 116-hr-748: CARES Act
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act
- 116-hr-8333: BUILDER Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-7019 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7019)

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- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7278)
- [116-hr-8333: BUILDER Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8333)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7019 (as of 2025-11-18).