Renewed Bills Would Restrict Energy Exports to China, Speed Them to Allies
House lawmakers reintroduced bills April 9 that would restrict oil exports to China and expedite liquefied natural gas exports to allies.
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The Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act, offered by Rep. Randy Weber, R-Texas, would prohibit the sale of crude oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China. “The federal government should never sell a single drop of our Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Communist China -- our greatest geopolitical threat,” Weber said.
Weber's bill was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Then-Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, R-Wash., introduced the legislation in the last Congress.
Under the American Gas for Allies Act, offered by Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, applications to export LNG to NATO member countries and Ukraine would be granted without modification or delay for a three-year period. The legislation is aimed at reducing Europe’s reliance on Russian natural gas.
Fletcher's bill was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. She previously introduced it in the last Congress.