Work for energy independence by keeping the strategic oil reserve for the United States, expanding drilling leases, and opening oil pipelines.

I will work for energy independence by prohibiting our strategic oil reserve to go to any country but the USA, expand drilling leases and open oil pipelines.

Bean promised to pursue energy independence through domestic-only use of the strategic oil reserve, expanded drilling leases, and open oil pipelines.

Florida’s 4th Congressional District
secondary · interview · model gpt-5.5

Congress.gov shows H.R.22 passed the House on 2023-01-12, 331-97, and was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar on 2023-01-25. CRS summarized the bill as prohibiting the sale and export of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China or entities under Chinese Communist Party ownership, control, or influence.

Bean's House advanced a bill directly related to keeping SPR oil from China, but it did not become law in the 118th Congress.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.22 - Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act, 118th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

The House Clerk records Roll Call 31 on 2023-01-12 as On Passage for H.R.22, status Passed, 331 yeas to 97 nays. The vote list records Bean (FL), Republican, Florida, voting Yea.

Bean voted for the SPR-to-China restriction bill, showing concrete action toward the SPR portion of the promise.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 31, H.R.22, Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%

Congress.gov shows H.R.21 passed the House on 2023-01-27, 221-205, and was referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on 2023-01-30. CRS summarized it as limiting nonemergency SPR drawdowns until DOE submits a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands, including Outer Continental Shelf lands, leased for oil and gas production.

The bill matched two promise components, SPR restrictions and expanded leasing, but stalled after House passage.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.21 - Strategic Production Response Act, 118th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

The House Clerk records Roll Call 93 on 2023-01-27 as On Passage for H.R.21, status Passed, 221 yeas to 205 nays. The vote list records Bean (FL), Republican, Florida, voting Yea.

Bean voted for the Strategic Production Response Act, a concrete House action on SPR drawdown limits tied to expanded oil and gas leasing.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 93, H.R.21, Strategic Production Response Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%

Congress.gov shows H.R.1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, had status Passed House after the 2023-03-30 vote, 225-204. CRS summarized Division A as Increasing American Energy Production, Exports, Infrastructure, and Critical Minerals Processing, including provisions on hydraulic fracturing, refinery capacity, and a new process for cross-border energy infrastructure.

The 118th Congress House-passed energy package addressed domestic production and energy infrastructure but was not enacted.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs Act, 118th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

The House Clerk records Roll Call 182 on 2023-03-30 as On Passage for H.R.1, Lower Energy Costs Act, status Passed, 225 yeas to 204 nays. The vote list records Bean (FL), Republican, Florida, voting Yea.

Bean voted for a broad energy production and infrastructure bill in the term immediately following the 2022 campaign.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 182, H.R.1, Lower Energy Costs Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%

Congress.gov shows H.R.1 became Public Law No. 119-21 on 2025-07-04 after passing the House, Senate, and final House concurrence. The public-law summary includes Title V, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subtitle A, Oil and Gas Leasing.

In Bean's later federal service, Congress enacted a law containing oil and gas leasing provisions, satisfying part of the drilling-lease promise.

delivered later_term A for effort

H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 119th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

The enacted text requires the Interior Secretary to immediately resume quarterly onshore oil and gas lease sales, conduct a minimum of four oil and gas lease sales each fiscal year in specified states, conduct at least 30 Gulf region offshore lease sales, conduct six Cook Inlet offshore lease sales, and restore and resume National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska oil and gas lease sales.

The enacted public-law text directly expands federal oil and gas leasing, delivering the drilling-leases component in a later term.

delivered later_term A for effort

Text of H.R.1, Public Law 119-21, Oil and Gas Leasing Provisions
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

The House Clerk records Roll Call 190 on 2025-07-03 as On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment for H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, status Passed, 218 ayes to 214 noes. The vote list records Bean (FL), Republican, Florida, voting Aye.

Bean voted for final House concurrence on the enacted 2025 law containing oil and gas leasing expansions.

delivered later_term A for effort

Roll Call 190, H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%