S. 3649: Bolster Our Energy Security for Tomorrow Act

109th Congress · introduced 2006-07-12 · Energy · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9242)

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Where it came from: introduced 2006-07-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Bolster Our Energy Security for Tomorrow Act

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Bolster Our Energy Security for Tomorrow Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), upon state request, to provide financial assistance to facilitate hiring additional personnel with expertise in fields relevant to consideration of federal refinery authorizations. Directs a federal agency responsible for federal refinery authorization, upon state request, to provide technical, legal, or other nonfinancial assistance to facilitate such consideration. Directs the President to: (1) appoint a federal coordinator to coordinate refinery authorization procedures; and (2) designate at least three closed military installations, or portions of them, as potentially suitable for the construction of a refinery. Requires that at least one such site be designated as potentially suitable for construction of a biomass refinery. Requires the appropriate redevelopment authority to consider the feasibility and practicability of siting a refinery on the closed military installation when preparing or revising the redevelopment plan for it. Prescribes guidelines for the management and disposal of real property. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal its refinery revitalization authority.

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Bolster Our Energy Security for Tomorrow Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] · 0 cosponsors

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109s3649.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/s>

Record fed-us-cong109-s3649 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109