The Department of Energy (with the Energy Information Administration) would be required to study the feasibility of establishing a national strategic propane reserve — analogous to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve but specifically for propane — under a bill from Senators Peters and Daines. The 180-day study would cover supply-chain vulnerability, candidate storage locations, infrastructure needs, drawdown triggers, market impacts, alternatives, and consumers most affected (households heating with propane, agricultural producers drying grain, the Armed Forces). DOE would coordinate with the propane industry and submit findings, recommendations, and an implementation plan to the Senate Energy and House Energy and Commerce Committees. The bill does not establish a reserve — only the study and plan.
Congressional Summary
Securing Our Propane Supply ActThis bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to study and evaluate methods of addressing disruptions to propane supplies, which are used to heat homes. Specifically, DOE must study the feasibility and effectiveness of establishing a national strategic propane reserve that is separate from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. If the study recommends the establishment of a reserve, then DOE must develop an implementation plan. The plan must include the most practicable method for establishing the reserve.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-06-26
- Date Added
- 2026-05-08
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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