HR 3109referred119th Congress

REFINER Act

Introduced Apr 30, 2025House billPolicy area: EnergyLast action Dec 1, 2025Sponsor: Robert E. Latta(R-OH)

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Official summaryUpdated Dec 1, 2025

What the bill does

Researching Efficient Federal Improvements for Necessary Energy Refining Act or the REFINER Act This bill requires the Department of Energy to direct the National Petroleum Council to publish a report on petrochemical refineries located in the United States. The report must include information concerning (1) the contributions of such refineries to U.S. energy security, (2) analyses and projections with respect to opportunities for expanding the capacities of the refineries and the risks to such refineries, (3) any federal or state executive actions that have contributed to a decline in their capacities, and (4) any recommendations to increase such capacities.

Latest official action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Lobbying Filings Citing It

$19.5M

Reported on Those Filings, All Issues

Lobbying Clients

100

Recorded Votes

Timeline

Apr 30, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Jul 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

Jul 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by EARTHJUSTICE ACTION

Nov 20, 2025vote

Wesley Bell voted nay

Nov 20, 2025vote

Sheri Biggs voted yea

Nov 20, 2025vote

Janelle S. Bynum voted nay

Official Congressional Actions

Dec 1, 2025IntroReferral

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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Nov 20, 2025Floor

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

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Nov 20, 2025Floor

DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 3109.

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Nov 20, 2025Floor

Rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107 and H.R. 5214. The resolution provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution also provides for one motion to recommit on H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214, and one motion to commit S.J. Res. 80.

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	$19.3M	Jul 21, 2025	2025Q2	AERAUTAVI
EARTHJUSTICE ACTION	EARTHJUSTICE ACTION	$179.6K	Jul 21, 2025	2025Q2	AGRENGGOV

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Wesley Bell	D	nay	Nov 20, 2025
Sheri Biggs	R	yea	Nov 20, 2025
Janelle S. Bynum	D	nay	Nov 20, 2025
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.	R	yea	Nov 20, 2025

About this page

The lobbying table lists Senate LDA quarterly reports (LD-2) that cite this bill by number and cover a quarter of the 119th Congress. An LD-2 names a bill as “H.R. 1234” with no Congress, so a report on another Congress, which can only concern a different bill with the same number, is left out, even when it was filed after this Congress began. The amount is what the registrant reported for the whole filing, across every issue on it, not spending on this bill. Official actions and the bill summary come from Congress.gov, and votes from the roll-call record. This page no longer pairs the bill with members' stock trades: matching lobbying clients to traded companies by name, and trades to a bill by date, is not something the records establish.