Search

Search bills, members, committees and pages...

Sign In

H.R. 256

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 256, the SAVE Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 9, 2025 by Rep. Stephanie Bice (R) with 7 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Jan 9, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 256 has 7 co-sponsors.

hb256/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 256 IH: Save America’s Valuable Energy Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-09
 text/xml
 EN
 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 256  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 9, 2025   Mrs. Bice  (for herself,  Mr. Baird ,  Mr. Valadao ,  Mr. Johnson of South Dakota ,  Mr. Owens ,  Mr. Mann ,  Mr. Rutherford , and  Mr. Donalds ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain entities, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Save America’s Valuable Energy Act   or the   SAVE Act  .
2.
Prohibition against selling SPR petroleum products to certain entities
(a)
Prohibition
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by inserting after section 169 ( 42 U.S.C. 6247b ) the following:
170.
Prohibition on sales to certain entities
The Secretary shall prohibit the sale of petroleum products drawn down from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, under any provision of law, to any entity headquartered in—
(1)
a country listed in table 1 to paragraph (d)(1) under section 126.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this section; or
(2)
Russia.
 .
(b)
Conforming amendments
(1)
Drawdown and sale of petroleum products
Section 161(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6241(a) ) is amended by inserting  and section 170  before the period at the end.
(2)
Table of contents
The table of contents for the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 169 the following:
Sec. 170. Prohibition on sales to certain entities.
  .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-09
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Jan 9, 2025

hb256/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (01/09/2025)

Sponsors

Rep. Stephanie Bice (R) sponsors H.R. 256, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 256 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce
Energy and Commerce
Referred To · Jan 9, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 256 has taken 2 actions since Jan 9, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jan 9, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jan 9, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Energy and Commerce Committee

Votes

H.R. 256 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 256 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • SAVE Act — Display Title
  • SAVE Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Save America’s Valuable Energy Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain entities, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 256 under Energy, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 256’s is Energy.

hr256/policy-areas.txt
EnergyAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com