H.R. 3109, REFINER Act

August 14, 2025

Cost Estimate

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 25, 2025

H.R. 3109, REFINER Act As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 25, 2025
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars		2025	2025-2030	2025-2035
Direct Spending (Outlays)		0	0	0
Revenues		0	0	0
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit		0	0	0
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)		0	0	0
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2036?	No	Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?		No
	No	Mandate Effects
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2036?	No	Contains intergovernmental mandate?		No
	No	Contains private-sector mandate?		Yes, Under Threshold

H.R. 3109 would require the National Petroleum Council (NPC) to report to the Congress and the Department of Energy (DOE) on petrochemical refineries in the United States. The NPC is a federally chartered and privately funded organization that advises DOE. Accordingly, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would not affect the federal budget.

H.R. 3109 would impose a private-sector mandate as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) by requiring the NPC to produce a report on petrochemical refineries in the United States. CBO estimates that the cost of compliance would be small and fall well below the threshold established in UMRA for private-sector mandates ($206 million in 2025, adjusted annually for inflation).

The bill would not impose an intergovernmental mandate as defined in UMRA.

The CBO staff contacts for this estimate are Aaron Krupkin (for federal costs) and Brandon Lever (for mandates). The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.

Phillip L. Swagel Director, Congressional Budget Office

Phillip L. Swagel

Director, Congressional Budget Office