Joe Barton: “section 157(a)(1) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is entitled Regional Petroleum Reserve. It gives the…”

“section 157(a)(1) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is entitled Regional Petroleum Reserve. It gives the strategic petroleum reserve plan. It shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Regional Petroleum Reserve in, or readily accessible to, each Federal Energy Administration Region, as defined in title 10, Code of Federal Regulations in effect on November 1, 1975. It is in effect today. The Clinton administration has sent a letter to my subcommittee asking this be repealed.”