PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] · D–TX
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-16 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Empower Energy Exporting Communities Act would create a federal fund for infrastructure and public services in eligible communities within 50 miles of major oil and gas export ports. It would fund payments with amounts equivalent to 3 percent of specified federal tax revenues from qualifying oil and gas corporations. Each port region’s share of national exports would limit its payments; the bill would not guarantee each community a payment.
This Act may be cited as the Empower Energy Exporting Communities Act.
There are hereby appropriated to the Oil and Gas Community Trust Fund amounts equivalent to 3 percent of the net revenues received in the Treasury under section 11 from specified oil or gas companies for taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this section.
Amounts in the Oil and Gas Community Trust Fund shall be available to the Secretary, without need of further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, for purposes of making payments to eligible oil and gas communities for infrastructure and public service investments.
the term eligible oil and gas community means any county, parish, municipality, or Tribal community if the Secretary determines that such county, parish, municipality, or Tribal community is located within 50 miles of a major port for the export of oil, gas, or any primary product thereof.
For any fiscal year, payments made under paragraph (1) during such year to eligible oil and gas communities in a port region shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the amount which bears the same ratio to the total amounts available in the Oil and Gas Community Trust Fund as the port region’s total amount of exports of oil, gas, or any primary product thereof bears to the total amount of such exports of all major ports nationwide
The bill would add section 9512 to the Internal Revenue Code and establish the Oil and Gas Community Trust Fund in the U.S. Treasury—a dedicated fund for the payments described in the bill.
Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 9512. Oil and Gas Community Trust Fund
There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Oil and Gas Community Trust Fund consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated to such Trust Fund as provided in this section and section 9602(b).
The bill would directly appropriate amounts equivalent to 3 percent of net Treasury revenues collected under Internal Revenue Code section 11 from qualifying corporations. This funding rule would apply to taxable years beginning after enactment.
There are hereby appropriated to the Oil and Gas Community Trust Fund amounts equivalent to 3 percent of the net revenues received in the Treasury under section 11 from specified oil or gas companies for taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this section.
A corporation would qualify as a specified oil or gas company if a significant portion of its gross receipts comes from producing, refining, processing, transporting, or distributing oil, gas, or their primary products.
The term specified oil or gas company means any corporation if a significant portion of the gross receipts of such corporation are attributable to the production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil, gas, or any primary product thereof.
The Secretary could use the fund for infrastructure and public service payments without another appropriation from Congress. Available money would not expire at the end of a fiscal year.
Amounts in the Oil and Gas Community Trust Fund shall be available to the Secretary, without need of further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, for purposes of making payments to eligible oil and gas communities for infrastructure and public service investments.
Counties, parishes, municipalities, and Tribal communities would be eligible if the Secretary determines that they are within 50 miles of a major port exporting oil, gas, or their primary products.
the term eligible oil and gas community means any county, parish, municipality, or Tribal community if the Secretary determines that such county, parish, municipality, or Tribal community is located within 50 miles of a major port for the export of oil, gas, or any primary product thereof.
Payments to communities in each port region would have an annual combined ceiling: the region’s share of oil, gas, and primary-product exports among all major ports nationwide, multiplied by the total money available in the fund. The Secretary would use the most recent available year of export data. A port region would mean an area within 50 miles of a major qualifying export port.
For any fiscal year, payments made under paragraph (1) during such year to eligible oil and gas communities in a port region shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the amount which bears the same ratio to the total amounts available in the Oil and Gas Community Trust Fund as the port region’s total amount of exports of oil, gas, or any primary product thereof bears to the total amount of such exports of all major ports nationwide (as determined by the Secretary based on the most recent year for which data is available).
the term port region means any region within 50 miles of a major port for the export of oil, gas, or any primary product thereof.
The supplied October 2, 2026 source snapshot records introduction in the House on September 16, 2026, and referral that day to the Ways and Means Committee and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee for provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2026-10-02T19:58:23Z.
2026-09-16: Introduced in House
2026-09-16: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-09-16. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or separate policy rider was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish the contents of other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No earmark was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. Program funding and a statutory payment formula alone do not establish an earmark. This conclusion is limited to this version; member requests, disclosures, and committee or conference materials were not supplied.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No separate narrow exemption or preferential carve-out was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. The program’s intended beneficiaries alone do not warrant a finding. This conclusion is limited to this version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
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