II Calendar No. 4 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 22 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 23 (legislative day, January 3), 2023 Received January 24 (legislative day, January 3), 2023 Read the first time January 25, 2023 Read the second time and placed on the calendar AN ACT To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act . 2. Prohibition on sales of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Energy shall not draw down and sell petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve— (1) to any entity that is under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party; or (2) except on the condition that such petroleum products will not be exported to the People’s Republic of China.

Passed the House of Representatives January 12, 2023. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

January 25, 2023 Read the second time and placed on the calendar