Refined Petroleum Import Subsidy Act
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Refined Petroleum Import Subsidy Act - Amends the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 to require the President to submit to Congress as an "energy action" any proposed regulation or amendment which requires, or has the effect of requiring, subsidy or other cost-reducing payments by producers, wholesalers, or refiners of domestic crude oil to importers of residual fuel oil or another refined petroleum product. Prohibits any regulation or amendment from taking or continuing in effect unless it is submitted to Congress. Allows it to take effect if neither House of Congress disapproves it within a specified period of time. Requires the President, when submitting such regulation or amendment to Congress, to accompany it with a report on its impact on: (1) fuel supplies, prices, and competition; (2) the equitable distribution of costs and benefits among regions of the United States; (3) existing or imminent domestic fuel shortages; and (4) encouragement of domestic refiners to supply residual fuel oil or another refined petroleum product to import-dependent regions of the United States.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on June 20, 1979. 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 June 20, 1979: Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- 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 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 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?
JOHN JOHNSTON (D-LA) introduced it on June 20, 1979. 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 June 20, 1979, 17249 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17249 days ago, on June 20, 1979.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 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
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers