Amendment sought to authorize a Gasoline Availability Stabilization (GAS) Reserve program with a total capacity of 20 million barrels of regular unleaded gasoline with reserve sites in California, the Midwest, the Northeast, and two additional sites as identified by the Secretary of Energy.

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Amendment Number
73
Description
Amendment sought to authorize a Gasoline Availability Stabilization (GAS) Reserve program with a total capacity of 20 million barrels of regular unleaded gasoline with reserve sites in California, the Midwest, the Northeast, and two additional sites as identified by the Secretary of Energy.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 9 printed in House Report 108-69 adds a new section authorizing a Gasoline Availability Stabilization (GAS) Reserve program modeled on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The amendment would require the establishment of three GAS reserves within two years of enactment; allows the creation of two additional reserves anywhere in the country; authorizes emergency sales from a GAS reserve only in response to a physical disruption, and authorizes maintenance transactions with safeguards to prevent price inflation and ensure product freshness.
Congress
108
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Apr 10, 2003
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Brown (OH) amendment (A009) Failed by recorded vote: 173 - 252 (Roll no. 137).
Latest Action Time
21:42:18
Submitted Date
Apr 10, 2003
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Sep 29, 2021
Amendment 73 — Informed