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NEGATIVE Climate 118th Congress

H.R.21 Strategic Production Response Act

Ties Strategic Petroleum Reserve releases to opening more public lands for oil and gas drilling (118th Congress)

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Legal & Constitutional Grounding

Restricts SPR releases; locks in fossil fuel dependence contrary to clean energy transition goals.

42 U.S.C. § 6241 (Energy Policy and Conservation Act)
  • DOE — 42 U.S.C. § 6241 (Energy Policy and Conservation Act, SPR provisions), official text

Strategic petroleum production expansion. Expanded fossil fuel production on public lands contradicts Paris Agreement commitments and scientific consensus on emission reduction.