Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-10-28 — Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Domestic Petroleum Production, Refining, and Logistics Capacity: cross-connection with dpa-domestic-petroleum-capacity: Both are federal tools to secure domestic petroleum supply for national-security purposes — SPR via stockpiling, the DPA determination via capacity expansion incentives. (novelty: 3)
- 2012-02-13 — Strategic Petroleum Supplies Act: S.2100 (112th Congress, 2012) — Strategic Petroleum Supplies Act would have prohibited SPR oil sales until Keystone XL received all required presidential permits, with an exception for international energy-program obligations; introduced and referred to committee, no further action. (novelty: 2)