,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #bnd ,session  
,s4 #cfee  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #bd1  
#bjbd,mr4 ,budd 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,sullivan1 ,mr4 ,ricketts1 ,mr4         
,schmitt1 and ,mr4 ,braun7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,energy and ,natural ,resources  ,a     
,,bill  ,to prohibit a drawdown and sale
 of petroleum products from the         
,strategic ,petroleum ,reserve if the   
,president has withdrawn certain land   
from oil and gas leasing1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,strategically      
,lowering ,gas ,prices ,act4  #b4       
,drawdown and sale of petroleum products
 ,section #afa of the ,energy ,policy   
and ,conservation ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#fbda7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7k7 ,effect of          
withdrawal of lands  7#a7 ,withdrawal by
 the ,president  7,a7 ,in general       
,notwithstanding subsections 7d7 and    

7h71 the ,secretary may not draw down   
and sell petroleum products from the    
,reserve pursuant to a finding made by  
the ,president under this section if the
 ,president1 the ,secretary of the      
,interior1 or the ,secretary of         
,agriculture1 as determined by the      
,inspector ,general of the ,department  
of the ,interior1 has withdrawn land    
after the date of enactment of this     
subsection that is subject to           
disposition under any of the mineral    
leasing laws from oil and gas leasing4  
7,b7 ,timeline ,the ,inspector ,general 
of the ,department of the ,interior     
shall-- 7i7 make a determination        
required under subparagraph 7,a7 not    
later than #cj days after the           
,president1 the ,secretary of the       
,interior1 or the ,secretary of         
,agriculture has withdrawn land after   
the date of enactment of this subsection
 that is subject to disposition under   
any of the mineral leasing laws from oil
 and gas leasing2 and  7ii7 publish the 

determination required under            
subparagraph 7,a7 in the ,federal       
,register4  7#b7 ,withdrawal by statute 
,for purposes of paragraph 7#a71 a      
withdrawal of land from oil and gas     
leasing provided by an ,act of ,congress
 shall not be considered a withdrawal by
 the ,president4  7#c7 ,exception       
,paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply with    
respect to a drawdown and sale that is  
required by a severe energy supply      
interruption that1 as determined by the 
,secretary1 was caused by-- 7,a7 an act 
of sabotage2  7,b7 an act of war2  7,c7 
an act of terrorism2 or  7,d7 an act of 
,god4  4