Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act
Latest action · Jun 23, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 22, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), upon the request of a state governor, or in the case of Native American tribes or tribal territories, the designated leader of the tribe or tribal community, to provide financial assistance to hire additional personnel to assist the state or tribe or tribal community 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, or in the case of Native American tribes or tribal territories, the designated leader of the tribe or tribal community, technical, legal, or other nonfinancial assistance to facilitate state or tribal 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 order to produce biofuel.
Requires the redevelopment authority, in preparing or revising the redevelopment plan for each such designated installation, to consider the feasibility and practicability of siting a refinery on the installation.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal certain requirements regarding refinery revitalization.
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2008 to Sep 10, 2008, with 30 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-FL | Cliff Stearns | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-CA | George Radanovich | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-LA | Jim McCrery | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-OK | John Sullivan | Original | May 22, 2008 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | May 22, 2008 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
- May 22, 2008Introduced in House
- May 22, 2008Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- May 22, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Biomass energy
- Civil actions and liability
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Executive reorganization
- Federal officials
- Federal-Indian relations
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Grants-in-aid
- Indian lands
- Land transfers
- Law
- Licenses
- Military base closures
- Military bases
- Minorities
- Petroleum refineries
- Presidential appointments
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Recruiting of employees
- State employees
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2008Introduced in House
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