HR8204-119

In Committee

Western Refined Fuel Reserve Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Apr 6, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Western Refined Fuel Reserve Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Transportation, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H8C17CEC21A5B4A7097AD1C0770F995DB: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Western Refined Fuel Reserve Act of 2026.
  • Section HE4CE901BA7EE4DBDAB23795F5484079C: 2. Western Refined Fuel Storage Reserve The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by inserting after section 163 (42 U.S.C. 6243) the following:...
  • Section H4A50E68463DA465DB0C047123CBC5058: 164. Western Refined Fuel Storage Reserve In this section: The term Refined Fuel Storage Reserve means a storage facility that— is a salt cavern formation; and...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Western Refined Fuel Reserve Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Key Policy Areas

Energy, Transportation, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Western Refined Fuel Reserve Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Policy Domains

Energy Transportation Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 6, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 6, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Apr 6, 2026

Ms. Maloy introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Energy Transportation Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"Refined Fuel Storage Reserve" §H4A50E68463DA465DB0C047123CBC5058

a storage facility that— is a salt cavern formation

"Refined Fuel Storage Reserve" §HE4CE901BA7EE4DBDAB23795F5484079C

a storage facility that— is a salt cavern formation

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