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Policy paper · CRI-BURCHETT-POLICY-20260918-02

The Rule Congress Never Wrote

America does not have an oil shortage. It has a refining problem — and on the only fuel Americans actually buy, no export rule has ever existed. H.R. 10422 would be the first. Twenty-one pages and eleven tables, addressed to the Chairman and copied to all eighteen members of his subcommittee.

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The Honorable Tim Burchett Chairman, Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency Committee on Oversight and Government Reform U.S. House of Representatives · Tennessee’s Second District 2157 Rayburn House Office Building · Washington, DC 20515

Why this office

The first of the two actions the paper asks for — a hearing on a permanent, multi-billion-dollar federal transfer that appears in no budget document, no outlay table and no Joint Committee on Taxation score — falls inside this subcommittee’s charter and inside no other. The second is a letter to CBO, the Joint Committee on Taxation and the EPA Administrator. Both require the Chairman’s gavel rather than a bill.

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Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency

The eighteen members copied on this paper, 119th Congress. Every one of them has a constituency paying the diesel price in Table 1, and six of the states represented here — Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, Missouri and Georgia — produce crude oil and hold supplied profiles in the state map on this site.

Majority — 10 members

  1. Tim BurchettTennesseeChairman
  2. Michael CloudTexas
  3. Nancy MaceSouth Carolina
  4. Pat FallonTexas
  5. William R. Timmons IVSouth Carolina
  6. Lauren BoebertColorado
  7. Anna Paulina LunaFlorida
  8. Eric BurlisonMissouri
  9. Brian JackGeorgia
  10. Brandon GillTexas

Minority — 8 members

  1. Melanie A. StansburyNew MexicoRanking Member
  2. Stephen F. LynchMassachusetts
  3. Maxwell FrostFlorida
  4. Greg CasarTexas
  5. Jasmine CrockettTexas
  6. Suhas SubramanyamVirginia
  7. James R. WalkinshawVirginia
  8. Christian D. MenefeeTexas

Roster as published by the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 119th Congress, 2nd Session; party ratio 10 to 8. Serving ex officio: James Comer of Kentucky, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Robert Garcia of California, its Ranking Member. Subcommittee offices: 2157 Rayburn House Office Building, (202) 225-5074. Membership can change mid-Congress; confirm against the Clerk before any letter issues.

Where each provision is actually being written

The Chairman does not sit on the committees drafting the provisions this paper examines, and the paper does not pretend otherwise. This is the map of who does what, so nobody has to guess where an ask would have to land.

ProvisionCommittee of jurisdiction Leadership
H.R. 10422 and H.R. 10423 — diesel export controlHouse Foreign AffairsBrian Mast of Florida, Chairman; Gregory W. Meeks of New York, Ranking Member
Section 12501 — the Renewable Fuel Standard exemption riding the Agricultural Act of 2026House Agriculture; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and ForestryGlenn “GT” Thompson of Pennsylvania, Chairman; Angie Craig of Minnesota, Ranking Member. Senate: John Boozman of Arkansas, Chairman
Clean Air Act Section 211(o) — the statute Section 12501 amendsHouse Energy and CommerceBrett Guthrie of Kentucky, Chairman; Frank Pallone, Jr. of New Jersey, Ranking Member
Pipeline, rail and highway constraints discussed in Parts Three and EightHouse Transportation and InfrastructureThe Chairman sits on this committee — Aviation, Highways and Transit, and Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials
A hearing on the unscored transfer Section 12501 would createSubcommittee on Delivering on Government EfficiencyThe Chairman’s own gavel. This is the one row the paper asks him to act on directly

Committee leadership as organized for the 119th Congress. Chairs and ranking members can change mid-Congress; offices should confirm current leadership before any letter issues.

The material the paper rests on

Each of these is on this site, and each carries its own qualifications on its face.

The visual briefingThirteen slides: the shortage, the two fixes, the technology and the verification still required at each installation. Read the slides →
The state mapTwenty-six state crude profiles and one federal offshore record — named streams, gravity, output and regional demand. Open the map →
The open letterThe shorter public version of the same argument, about 1,500 words, readable in full on the briefing page. Read the open letter →
The deck as a PDFAll thirteen slides in one file, for forwarding, printing or projecting in a member meeting. 8 MB. Download the deck →