REFINER Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires the Secretary of Energy within 90 days to direct the National Petroleum Council to report to the Secretary and Congress on the role, capacity, risks, regulatory pressures, and expansion opportunities of United States petrochemical refineries, and to make that report public.
Who Benefits and How
Petrochemical refineries and allied energy-security advocates could benefit from a federal report designed to document refinery contributions, identify policies linked to capacity decline, and recommend steps to increase domestic refining capacity.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of Energy and the National Petroleum Council must prepare and publish the report, and federal or state policymakers whose actions are flagged as contributing to refinery decline could face increased political pressure.
Key Provisions
- Requires a National Petroleum Council report within 90 days on the role of United States petrochemical refineries and their contribution to energy security, supply reliability, and fuel affordability.
- Requires analyses and projections on current capacity, opportunities to expand capacity, and risks to domestic petrochemical refineries.
- Requires an assessment of federal or state executive actions, regulations, or policies that have caused or contributed to declining refinery capacity.
- Requires recommendations for Congress and federal agencies to encourage increased refinery capacity and makes the report publicly available.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Secretary of Energy within 90 days to direct the National Petroleum Council to report to the Secretary and Congress on the role, capacity, risks, regulatory pressures, and expansion opportunities of United States petrochemical refineries, and to make that report public.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Manufacturing, Regulatory Policy
Primary Purpose
Requires the Secretary of Energy within 90 days to direct the National Petroleum Council to report to the Secretary and Congress on the role, capacity, risks, regulatory pressures, and expansion opportunities of United States petrochemical refineries, and to make that report public.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- United States petrochemical refiners and energy-security advocates seeking a federal case for expanded refinery capacity
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- The Department of Energy, the National Petroleum Council, and regulators whose policies may be criticized in the report
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy …
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 230 - …
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas …
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4849-4850)
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. …
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 3109.
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On Passage
REFINER Act
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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