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- Dec 22, 197590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Ford Signs the Law That Creates the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
- The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, P.L. 94-163, was enacted on 22 December 1975[2]
- Ford signed it saying the bill was "by no means perfect" but that the time had come "to end the long debate over national energy policy"[1]
- The idea of a stockpile dated to 1944, but it took the 1973-74 oil embargo to make it law[3]
- Section 161 of the Act is the authority under which a President orders a public sale of SPR oil, and the same Act gives the Energy Department its exchange authority[2]
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- [1]90%presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-energy-policy-and-conservation-actpresidency.ucsb.edu· Posted Sep 22, 2026· Starts Dec 22, 1975 ✓· 33% of score
The American Presidency Project dates Ford's signing statement to 22 December 1975, and the Act itself is P.L. 94-163, enacted that day.
- [2]95%History of SPR Releases (US Department of Energy)energy.gov· Added Sep 22, 2026· 33% of score
The Office of Petroleum Reserves names the Act, its public law number and its enactment date, and sets out the sale and exchange authorities it created.[1]
- [3]90%History of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (US Department of Energy)energy.gov· Added Sep 22, 2026· 33% of score
DOE's own history, for the 1973-74 embargo as the spur and the choice of Gulf Coast salt caverns.[1]
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