I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2279 
To expedite the construction of new refining capacity on closed military 
installations in the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2007 
Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. BUYER, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. 
GOODLATTE, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. CONAWAY, Ms. GINNY 
BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. POE, and Mr. SOUDER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To expedite the construction of new refining capacity on 
closed military installations in the United States, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘base closure law’’ means the De-
fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 
(part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 
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U.S.C. 2687 note) and title II of the Defense Au-
thorization Amendments and Base Closure and Re-
alignment Act (Public Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C. 
2687 note); 
(2) the term ‘‘closed military installation’’ 
means a military installation closed or approved for 
closure pursuant to a base closure law; 
(3) the term ‘‘designated refinery’’ means a re-
finery designated under section 2(a); 
(4) the term ‘‘Federal refinery authorization’’— 
(A) means any authorization required 
under Federal law, whether administered by a 
Federal or State administrative agency or offi-
cial, with respect to siting, construction, expan-
sion, or operation of a refinery; and 
(B) includes any permits, special use au-
thorizations, certifications, opinions, or other 
approvals required under Federal law with re-
spect to siting, construction, expansion, or oper-
ation of a refinery; 
(5) the term ‘‘refinery’’ means— 
(A) a facility designed and operated to re-
ceive, load, unload, store, transport, process, 
and refine crude oil by any chemical or physical 
process, including distillation, fluid catalytic 
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cracking, hydrocracking, coking, alkylation, 
etherification, polymerization, catalytic reform-
ing, isomerization, hydrotreating, blending, and 
any combination thereof, in order to produce 
gasoline or other fuel; or 
(B) a facility designed and operated to re-
ceive, load, unload, store, transport, process, 
and refine coal by any chemical or physical 
process, including liquefaction, in order to 
produce gasoline, diesel, or other liquid fuel as 
its primary output; 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Energy; and 
(7) the term ‘‘State’’ means a State, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, and any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
SEC. 2. STATE PARTICIPATION AND PRESIDENTIAL DES-
IGNATION. 
(a) DESIGNATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall designate no less than 3 closed military installa-
tions, or portions thereof, subject to subsection (c)(2), that 
are appropriate for the purposes of siting a refinery. 
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(b) ANALYSIS OF REFINERY SITES.—In considering 
any site for possible designation under subsection (a), the 
President shall conduct an analysis of— 
(1) the availability of crude oil supplies to the 
site, including supplies from domestic production of 
shale oil and tar sands and other strategic uncon-
ventional fuels; 
(2) the distribution of the Nation’s refined pe-
troleum product demand; 
(3) whether such site is in close proximity to 
substantial pipeline infrastructure, including both 
crude oil and refined petroleum product pipelines, 
and potential infrastructure feasibility; 
(4) the need to diversify the geographical loca-
tion of the domestic refining capacity; 
(5) the effect that increased refined petroleum 
products from a refinery on that site may have on 
the price and supply of gasoline to consumers; 
(6) the impact of locating a refinery on the site 
on the readiness and operations of the Armed 
Forces; and 
(7) such other factors as the President con-
siders appropriate. 
(c) SALE OR DISPOSAL.— 
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(1) DESIGNATION.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), until the expiration of 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Gov-
ernment shall not sell or otherwise dispose of the 
military installations designated pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
(2) GOVERNOR’S OBJECTION.—No site may be 
used for a refinery under this Act if, not later than 
60 days after designation of the site under sub-
section (a), the Governor of the State in which the 
site is located transmits to the President an objec-
tion to the designation, unless, not later than 60 
days after the President receives such objection, the 
Congress has by law overridden the objection. 
(d) REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.—With respect to 
a closed military installation, or portion thereof, des-
ignated by the President as a potentially suitable refinery 
site pursuant to subsection (a)— 
(1) the redevelopment authority for the installa-
tion, in preparing or revising the redevelopment plan 
for the installation, shall consider the feasibility and 
practicability of siting a refinery on the installation; 
and 
(2) the Secretary of Defense, in managing and 
disposing of real property at the installation pursu-
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