12. Department of Energy and Related Commissions · Minor

Maintain the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for strategic, not political, purposes

Done

Printed page 377 12. Department of Energy and Related Commissions

“Regardless of where the responsibility lies, the new DESAS should ensure that the SPR is maintained for national strategic purposes and not misused for political gain.”

What has happened

Jan 23, 2026 Done
Continued: P.L. 119-74 appropriates $206,325,000 for SPR facility development and operations, and DOE finalized its acquisition procedures rule on 14 July 2025. The Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office states the objective of filling the Reserve to maximum capacity while maintaining drawdown readiness.
- Public Law 119-74, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
  Primary Congress Jan 23, 2026
- DOE final rule: Procedures for Acquisition of Petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
  Primary Executive branch Jul 14, 2025
- DOE Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office
  Primary Executive branch Nov 20, 2025
Jul 4, 2025 Done
P.L. 119-21 section 50401 repealed the Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown and sale mandate in section 20003 of P.L. 115-97 and appropriated $218,000,000 for maintenance of and repairs to SPR storage facilities plus $171,000,000 to buy petroleum for the Reserve. The politically driven sale mandate is gone and the Reserve is being refilled.
- Public Law 119-21
  Primary Congress Jul 4, 2025

Research log

What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence

Research notes

A maintain ask: done while the Reserve is maintained for strategic purposes, reversed if a political drawdown resumes.

#945 covers the separate question of which office holds the SPR.

Action: restrict
Object: Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)
ID: 960