Gasoline for America's Security Act of 2005

Summary

Gasoline for America's Security Act of 2005 - Sets forth a statutory framework in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to: (1) increase refinery capacity for gasoline, heating oil, diesel fuel, and jet fuel; (2) reduce environmental and other regulations affecting refineries under the Clean Air Act; and (3) coordinate permitting requirements and other regulations affecting refineries at the federal, state, and local levels. Sets guidelines for federal-state regulatory coordination, including financial, technical and legal assistance, to facilitate refinery siting, construction, expansion, or operation. Instructs the President to designate sites on federal lands for siting a refinery, including closed military installations and those closed pursuant to a base closure law. Designates the Department of Energy as the lead agency for coordinating all applicable federal refinery authorizations and related environmental reviews. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a federal refinery authorization schedule. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal guidelines governing federal-state regulatory coordination and assistance for refinery revitalization. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with non-federal entities that the Secretary determines to be the first non-federal entities to enter into firm contracts after enactment of this Act to construct new refineries in the United States or refurbish and return to commercial operation existing but nonoperating refineries. Establishes in the Treasury the Standby Refinery Support Account to implement refinery revitalization. Authorizes the President to take specified steps necessary for refinery construction and operation and for the manufacture of petroleum products for the U.S. Armed Forces. Instructs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) reform expeditiously the New Source Review programs under the Clean Air Act; and (2) use maximum legal flexibility to enable energy industry facilities promptly to undertake projects to maintain such facilities in the least-costly manner. Amends Clean Air Act requirements governing air pollution prevention to authorize the President, in order to alleviate an extreme and unusual fuel or fuel additive supply emergency resulting from a natural disaster, to waive temporarily: (1) any control or prohibition respecting the use of a fuel or fuel additive; and (2) preempt any related or equivalent control or prohibition respecting the use of a fuel or fuel additive prescribed by a state or local entity. Sets forth guidelines to extend the attainment date for certain downwind areas. Provides for discounted sales of royalty-in-kind oil to qualified small refineries. Instructs the Administrator to recommend to Congress how to streamline certain paperwork requirements under the Clean Air Act and corresponding requirements under state laws, particularly with regard to states whose requirements are more stringent than the federal ones. Requires Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authorization to site, construct, expand, or operate a crude oil or refined petroleum product pipeline facility in interstate commerce. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to investigate nationwide gasoline prices in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, including any evidence of price-gouging by subject companies. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to drawdown and sell petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to fill it to its maximum authorized level. Establishes the SPR Expansion Fund in the Treasury to accomplish such purpose.

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• Referred in Senate (text)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 24 October 2005

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• Referred in Senate (PDF)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 24 October 2005

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 7 October 2005

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 7 October 2005

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 7 October 2005

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 6 October 2005

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 6 October 2005

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• Reported to House amended, Part I

  summary · EN · 6 October 2005

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 26 September 2005

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 26 September 2005

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 26 September 2005

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