Restoring Excellence in Fuel Independence and National Energy (REFINE) Act of 2005
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Restoring Excellence in Fuel Independence and National Energy (REFINE) Act of 2005 - Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) prohibit states from prescribing or attempting to enforce any control or prohibition on motor vehicle fuels or fuel additives; (2) direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue regulations to require the sale of a single blend of gasoline with a uniform chemical composition throughout the United States (identical to the composition of the gasoline most widely sold in the United States before enactment of this Act in areas other than nonattainment areas); and (3) repeal provisions relating to oxygenated fuels for nonattainment areas.
Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study to identify the most viable locations in the United States for the construction of 15 new gasoline refineries. Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into contracts for the construction of such refineries and their sale to private entities.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on September 15, 2005. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on September 19, 2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 109th Congress (2005-06), 482 of the 10,701 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.5 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
BOB NEY (R-OH) introduced it on September 15, 2005. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on September 15, 2005, 7665 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 7661 days ago, on September 19, 2005.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 109th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2007 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers