H.R. 5636

Summary

H.R. 5636, the Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Sep 30, 2025 by Rep. Mike Kennedy (R) with 18 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Sep 30, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 5636 has 18 co-sponsors.

119 HR 5636 IH: Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-30
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5636  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 30, 2025   Mr. Kennedy of Utah  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the reallocation of applicable volumes for small refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act of 2025  .
2.
Prohibition on reallocation of obligated volumes
Section 211(o)(9) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(9) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(E)
Prohibition on reallocation
(i)
In general
For the purpose of making the determinations in paragraph (2)(B)(ii), for each calendar year, the Administrator may not reallocate to other persons any renewable fuel obligation applicable to a small refinery to which an extension of an exemption under subparagraph (B) applies.
(ii)
Inclusion of volumes by a small refinery
In determining the renewable fuel obligations for a person for a calendar year, the Administrator shall include the gasoline or diesel refined by a small refinery owned or operated by that person to which an extension of an exemption under subparagraph (B) applies in the total volume of gasoline or diesel fuel produced or imported in that calendar year.
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To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the reallocation of applicable volumes for small refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Mike Kennedy (R) sponsors H.R. 5636, and 18 members have co-sponsored it.

Mike Kennedy

Rep. · R–UT-3 · Sponsor

Introduced Sep 30, 2025

Dan Crenshaw

Rep. · R–TX-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 3, 2025

Scott Perry

Rep. · R–PA-10 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 3, 2025

Kevin Hern

Rep. · R–OK-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 10, 2025

John Joyce

Rep. · R–PA-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 10, 2025

Donald Norcross

Rep. · D–NJ-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 10, 2025

August Pfluger

Rep. · R–TX-11 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 10, 2025

Chip Roy

Rep. · R–TX-21 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 10, 2025

Harriet Hageman

Rep. · R–WY-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 17, 2025

Barry Moore

Rep. · R–AL-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 17, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 5636 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Sep 30, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5636 has taken 2 actions since Sep 30, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5636 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 5636, as Identical bill.

S 2742Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act of 2025Sep 9, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · Identical bill

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Titles

H.R. 5636 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the reallocation of applicable volumes for small refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 11 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5636 in 12 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Fuel/Gas/Oil, Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Homeland Security, Transportation, Budget/Appropriations, Energy/Nuclear, Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills), Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5636 under Energy, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5636’s is Energy.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5636, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 160 (Tuesday, September 30, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KENNEDY of Utah:H.R. 5636.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall havePower . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department orOfficer thereof.[Page H4510]

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