Prohibit the sale of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the Chinese Communist Party.

Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann · Tennessee · Republican

policy impact 0.78 specificity 0.97 extraction confidence 96%

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Occurrences

Evidence

Congress.gov shows H.R. 22 passed the House on Jan. 12, 2023, by a 331-97 vote. The CRS summary states the bill would prohibit sales and exports of SPR crude oil to China and bar sales to entities under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party.

This is concrete legislative progress toward the promise, but it only reached House passage and did not itself deliver the policy.

partial unknown A for effort

H.R.22 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

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Congress.gov lists the latest action as Senate reading on Jan. 25, 2023, with the bill placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders; the page still shows the bill status as Passed House, not enacted into law.

The official record still shows the measure stalled after House passage, so the commitment remains unresolved and not fully delivered.

unresolved unknown A for effort

H.R.22 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 95%

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Assessments

partial unknown A for effort

The promise was materially advanced in office but not completed. H.R. 22, which would bar SPR crude oil sales and exports to China and to entities owned, controlled, or influenced by the Chinese Communist Party, passed the House on January 12, 2023 and moved to the Senate on January 25, 2023. But the measure did not become law, so the promised prohibition was not actually delivered as federal policy. Given the concrete House passage, this merits partial credit rather than 'never,' but the absence of enactment prevents a full 'delivered' rating.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 90%