Oil company taxes fund communities near export ports.
H.R. 10434 — Empower Energy Exporting Communities Act · Filed by Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) · Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill sets up a trust fund. It takes 3% of taxes paid by oil and gas companies. This money goes to counties, cities, and tribal nations. They must be within 50 miles of major export ports. The money pays for roads, water systems, schools, and public services.
Who it affects
Communities within 50 miles of export ports get federal money. Oil and gas companies pay the 3% tax. Inland oil and gas areas do not get money from this fund.
One thing to notice
The fund only helps communities near export ports. Congress cannot change the 3% tax rate without passing a new law.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and House Committee on Ways and Means · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- trust fund — Money set aside by the government for a specific purpose.
- export ports — Places where ships load oil and gas to send to other countries.
- tribal nations — Native American governments with their own land and laws.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,799 characters) on Sep 23, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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