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HR 6314 112th Congress House

American Energy Independence and Domestic Refining Capacity Act

Official title: To enable the Department of Energy and a Commission on Energy Independence and Domestic Refining Capacity the ability to study, recommend, and implement Federa… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To enable the Department of Energy and a Commission on Energy Independence and Domestic Refining Capacity the ability to study, recommend, and implement Federal incentive packages that would sustain and increase domestic refining capacity.

Introduced: August 2, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Aug 3, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Aug 2, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Aug 2, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 3, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Energy Independence and Domestic Refining Capacity Act - Establishes the Commission on Energy Independence and Domestic Refining Capacity, which shall, at the request of the President, conduct a study to determine whether the consolidation or closing of a refinery will result in an adverse decline in the nation's domestic refining capacity.

Requires that such study examine: (1) the state of the domestic refining industry, including the effect of the consolidation or refinery closure on overall production, domestic economic growth, and national gas prices; (2) the possibilities for the federal government to form public-private partnerships that would lead to increased domestic refining capacity; (3) the potential positive and adverse consequences of federal partnerships and incentives on growth within the industry; (4) the potential benefits of reinvesting a portion of revenues from public-private partnerships into energy related science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, and seeding future federally funded energy research; and (5) the types of federal incentives that could be used to maintain domestic refining capacity.

Requires the Commission to report the results of such study within three months after it is requested. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (DOE), if the study finds that a plant consolidation or closure will have an adverse effect on the nation's domestic refining capacity, to offer federal incentives to prevent the diminishment of refining capacity.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6314: American Energy Independence and Domestic Refining Capacity Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6314/
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"H.R. 6314: American Energy Independence and Domestic Refining Capacity Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6314/.
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