This part gives the energy department money for the oil reserve. It pays for repairs and for buying oil to store. It also repeals a rule from a 2017 law that ordered oil sold off.
The document says “shall”Who acts: Department of EnergyHow: statuteSec. 50401 in the PDF
What the document says
“$218,000,000 for maintenance of, including repairs to, storage facilities and related facilities of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and”
The section appropriates $218,000,000 to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2029, for maintenance of and repairs to the storage facilities and related facilities of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The terms related facility, storage facility and Strategic Petroleum Reserve take their meanings from section 152 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6232).
What the document actually says
“$218,000,000 for maintenance of, including repairs to, storage facilities and related facilities of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and”
That sentence, in plain words
The sum is $218 million. It keeps the oil reserve in working order. That includes repairs to its tanks and other sites.
What this is about
The money goes to the energy department. It is for fiscal year 2025. It can be spent through September 30, 2029.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Department of EnergyHow: statuteSec. 50401 in the PDF
What the document says
“$171,000,000 to acquire, by purchase, petroleum products for storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.”
The section appropriates $171,000,000 to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2029, to buy petroleum products for storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
What the document actually says
“$171,000,000 to acquire, by purchase, petroleum products for storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.”
That sentence, in plain words
The sum is $171 million. It buys oil to put into the reserve. The oil must be bought, not taken.
What this is about
The reserve is a federal store of crude oil. It can be drawn on in a supply crisis. This money refills it.
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“Section 20003 of Public Law 115-97 (42 U.S.C. 6241 note) is repealed.”
The section repeals section 20003 of Public Law 115-97 (42 U.S.C. 6241 note). That law is not indexed here, so what the repealed section required cannot be checked against anything on this site.
What the document actually says
“Section 20003 of Public Law 115-97 (42 U.S.C. 6241 note) is repealed.”
That sentence, in plain words
One section of a 2017 law is wiped out. Nothing is put in its place.
What this is about
The heading calls it a drawdown and sale mandate. What it said in full is not recorded here. That law is not indexed on this site.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Each distinct thing the section does: the money for maintenance and repairs, the money to buy petroleum products, and the repeal of the drawdown and sale mandate.
The definitions the section borrows from section 152 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act are carried in a summary rather than recorded as their own proposal.
The section borrows definitions from the Energy Policy and Conservation Act and repeals a section of Public Law 115-97, neither of which is indexed here, so what the repealed section required cannot be checked against anything on this site.
