HR 5254 · 109th Congress · Energy

Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act

Introduced 2006-05-02· Sponsored by Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2]· House

Bill Progress

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Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.(2006-07-13)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2006-06-07
Roll #232
Yea 238Nay 179
Democrats
17 Yea·176 Nay
Republicans
221 Yea·2 Nay
PassedHouse · 2006-06-07
Roll #232
Yea 238Nay 179
Democrats
17 Yea·176 Nay
Republicans
221 Yea·2 Nay
FailedHouse · 2006-06-07
Roll #231
Yea 195Nay 223
Democrats
193 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
1 Yea·223 Nay
FailedHouse · 2006-05-03
Roll #116
Yea 237Nay 188
Democrats
13 Yea·185 Nay
Republicans
224 Yea·2 Nay
PassedHouse · 2006-05-03
Roll #116
Yea 237Nay 188
Democrats
13 Yea·185 Nay
Republicans
224 Yea·2 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), upon the request of a state governor, to provide financial assistance to hire additional personnel to assist the state with expertise in fields relevant to consideration of federal refinery authorizations. Requires a federal agency responsible for refinery authorization to provide, upon the request of a state governor, technical, legal, or other nonfinancial assistance to facilitate state consideration of such authorizations. Directs the President to appoint a federal coordinator to facilitate such authorizations. Requires the coordinator, upon the request of an applicant seeking a federal refinery authorization, to establish a memorandum of agreement, executed by relevant federal and state agencies, setting forth the most expeditious coordinated schedule possible for completion of all such authorizations. Instructs the President to designate at least three closed military installations as potentially suitable for the construction of a refinery. Requires that at least one such site be designated as potentially suitable for construction of a refinery to refine biomass in…

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Republicans