The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
HR 3109 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Robert E. Latta (R)

REFINER Act

Orders a federal report on US petrochemical refineries and capacity expansion opportunities.

Tradeoff

Requires the Department of Energy to commission a study on US oil refining capacity and barriers to expansion. No direct spending is authorized or by the bill.

What's in it

See official bill text

No federal budget impact (zero cost or savings over all time windows).

The federal government has zero cost to implement this bill because the National Petroleum Council is privately funded and will absorb the expense of producing the report; the real cost falls on the refinery industry, but it is small enough to fall below federal mandate thresholds.

H.R. 3109, REFINER Act · Aug 2025

The House passed this 230-176 on November 20, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Apr 30, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Energy and Commerce(Apr 30, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 28 - 20(Jun 25, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-267.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed(Roll #303 · Nov 20, 2025)

    230 yeanay 176

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Energy and Natural Resources(Dec 1, 2025)

Passage votes so far· Nov 20, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027