US Congress Senate Bill 1231 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 6 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-05-14 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve Modernization Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Energy to: evaluate the international obligations that gave rise to the establishment and maintenance of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR); analyze changes in energy security infrastructure since the establishment of the SPR, including changes in the distribution infrastructure and the integrity of the salt caverns associated with the SPR; estimate the costs of completing deferred maintenance for the SPR; estimate the costs of life extension spending for SPR infrastructure nearing the end of its design life; and evaluate the size of the SPR as of the date of the study, based upon current and projected oil supply and demand.

Strategic Petroleum Reserve Modernization Act of 2015

Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-14	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
2015-05-06	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1231/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1231/BILLS-114s1231is.pdf