cedure under section 102 to the siting, construction, 
expansion, or operation of any refinery in that State. 
(2) STATE
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary and 
the Administrator are authorized to provide financial 
assistance to State governments to facilitate the hir-
ing of additional personnel with expertise in fields 
relevant to consideration of applications to site, con-
struct, expand, or operate any refinery in that State. 
(3) OTHER
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary and 
the Administrator shall provide technical, legal, or 
other assistance to State governments to facilitate 
their review of applications to site, construct, ex-
pand, or operate any refinery in that State. 
(b) PRESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION.—
(1) DESIGNATION
REQUIREMENT.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the President shall designate sites on Federal 
lands, including closed military installations subject 
to paragraph (3), that are appropriate for the pur-
poses of siting a refinery. 
(2) ANALYSIS OF REFINERY SITES.—In consid-
ering any site on Federal lands for possible designa-
tion under this subsection, the President shall con-
duct an analysis of—
(A) the availability of crude oil supplies to 
the site, including supplies from domestic pro-
duction of shale oil and tar sands and other 
strategic unconventional fuels; 
(B) the distribution of the Nation’s refined 
petroleum product demand; 
(C) whether such site is in close proximity 
to substantial pipeline infrastructure, including 
both crude oil and refined petroleum product 
pipelines, and potential infrastructure feasi-
bility; 
(D) the need to diversify the geographical 
location of the domestic refining capacity; 
(E) the effect that increased refined petro-
leum products from a refinery on that site may 
have on the price and supply of gasoline to con-
sumers; 
(F) the impact of locating a refinery on 
the site on the readiness and operations of the 
Armed Forces; and 
(G) such other factors as the President 
considers appropriate. 
(3) SPECIAL RULES FOR CLOSED MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS.—
(A) DESIGNATION FOR CONSIDERATION AS 
REFINERY SITE.—Among the sites designated 
pursuant to this subsection, the President shall 
designate no less than 3 closed military installa-
tions, or portions thereof, as potentially suitable 
for the construction of a refinery. 
(B) EFFECT
OF
DESIGNATION.—In the 
case of a closed military installation, or portion 
thereof, designated by the President as a poten-
tially suitable refinery site pursuant to this sub-
section—
(i) the redevelopment authority for 
the installation, in preparing or revising 
the redevelopment plan for the installation, 
shall consider the feasibility and practica-
bility of siting a refinery on the installa-
tion; and 
(ii) the Secretary of Defense, in man-
aging and disposing of real property at the 
installation pursuant to the base closure 
law applicable to the installation, shall give 
substantial deference to the recommenda-
tions of the redevelopment authority, as 
contained in the redevelopment plan for
the installation, regarding the siting of a 
refinery on the installation. 
(c) USE OF DESIGNATED SITES.—
(1) LEASE.—Except as provided in paragraph 
(2), the Federal Government shall offer for lease any 
site designated by the President under subsection 
(b) consistent with procedures for the disposition of 
such site under applicable Federal property laws. 
Notwithstanding any provision of such Federal prop-
erty laws providing for the disposition or reuse of 
the site, a lease under this paragraph shall be 
deemed to be the appropriate disposition of the site. 
A site shall not be leased under this paragraph ex-
cept for the purpose of construction of a refinery. 
(2) SPECIAL RULES FOR CLOSED MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a 
closed military installation. The management and 
disposal of real property at a closed military installa-
tion, even a closed military installation or portion 
thereof found to be suitable for the siting of a refin-
ery under subsection (b)(3), shall be carried out in 
the manner provided by the base closure law applica-
ble to the installation.
(d) APPLICABILITY.—Section 102 shall only apply to 
a refinery sited or proposed to be sited or expanded or 
proposed to be expanded—
(1) in a State whose governor has requested ap-
plicability of such section pursuant to subsection (a); 
(2) on a site (other than a closed military in-
stallation or portion thereof) designated by the 
President under subsection (b); 
(3) on a closed military installation, or portion 
thereof, made available for the siting of a refinery in 
the manner provided by the base closure law applica-
ble to the installation; or 
(4) on a site leased by the Secretary of a mili-
tary department under section 2667 of title 10, 
United States Code, or by the Secretary of Defense 
under section 2667a of such title for the siting of a 
refinery. 
(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section—
(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 
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);