,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #bc         
7legislative day1 ,january #c71         
#bjbc,mr4 ,barrasso 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,collins7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,energy ,policy and           
,conservation ,act to require the       
,secretary of ,energy to stipulate1 as a
 condition on the sale at auction of any
 petroleum products from the ,strategic 
,petroleum ,reserve1 that the petroleum 
products not be exported to certain     
countries1 to prohibit such sales to    
certain state-owned entities1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,secure        
,auction ,for ,energy ,reserves ,act of 
#bjbc or the ,,safer ,act of #bjbc4  #b4
 ,prohibition on export of ,strategic   
,petroleum ,reserve petroleum products  
to certain countries and sales to       

certain state-owned entities ,section   
#afa7;i7 of the ,energy ,policy and     
,conservation ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4       
#fbda7;i77 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking
 7i7 ,notwithstanding any other law and 
inserting the following3  7i7 ,refine or
 exchange outside the ,united ,states   
7#a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding any   
other provision of law and subject to   
paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c7  2 and  7#b7 by
 adding at the end the following3  7#b7 
,prohibition on export of ,strategic    
,petroleum ,reserve petroleum products  
to certain countries ,notwithstanding   
any other provision of law1 with respect
 to the drawdown and sale at auction of 
any petroleum products from the ,reserve
 under this section after the date of   
enactment of this paragraph1 the        
,secretary shall require1 as a condition
 of the sale1 that the petroleum        
products not be exported to a country   
that is designated as a country of      
particular concern for religious freedom
 under clause 7ii7 of section           

#djb7;b77#a77;,a7 of the ,international 
,religious ,freedom ,act of #aiih 7#bb  
,u4,s4,c4 #fddb7;b77#a77;,a774  7#c7    
,requirements applicable to certain     
state-owned entities ,notwithstanding   
any other provision of law1 with respect
 to the drawdown and sale at auction of 
any petroleum products from the ,reserve
 under this section after the date of   
enactment of this paragraph1 if the     
,secretary determines that1 as of the   
date of the auction1 there is in effect 
a ,united ,states ban on1 or the        
imposition of sanctions by the ,united  
,states with respect to1 the purchase of
 crude oil from #a or more countries--  
7,a7 to be eligible to bid in the       
auction1 a state-owned entity shall     
submit to the ,secretary a certification
 that the state-owned entity has not    
purchased petroleum products from any   
country subject to such a ban or        
sanctions later than #ae days after the 
date on which the ban or sanctions went 
into effect2 and  7,b7 if the ,secretary

 determines that a state-owned entity   
participating in the auction has        
purchased crude oil from a country      
subject to such a ban or sanctions later
 than #ae days after the date on which  
the ban or sanctions went into effect1  
the ,secretary shall not sell petroleum 
products from the ,reserve to the       
state-owned entity under the auction4  4