Establish an Oil & Gas Community Trust Fund financed by a share of existing federal oil and gas corporate tax revenue to fund infrastructure and public services in communities near major oil and gas export ports.

Vicente Gonzalez · Texas · Democratic

policy impact 0.74 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 93%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Establish an Oil & Gas Community Trust Fund financed by existing federal revenue from oil and gas companies and use it for eligible communities near major export ports.. Promised outcome: Support infrastructure and public services in South Texas and other communities near major oil and gas export ports without creating a new tax.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Official U.S. House press release for Vicente Gonzalez as Representative for Texas's 34th District announcing H.R. 10434, the Empower Energy Exporting Communities Act, on September 21, 2026.

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This legislation would establish an Oil & Gas Community Trust Fund to support infrastructure and public services in communities near major oil and gas export ports, without creating a new tax.

Gonzalez introduced legislation to create an Oil & Gas Community Trust Fund supporting infrastructure and public services near major oil and gas export ports without a new tax.

Congressmen Gonzalez, Crenshaw Introduce Bipartisan Empower Energy Exporting Communities Act | Representative Gonzalez
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Evidence

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Last Action Date Listed September 16, 2026 Action Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official GovInfo metadata shows Gonzalez introduced H.R. 10434 during the lookback window and that the latest listed action was committee referral, not enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10434 (IH) - Empower Energy Exporting Communities Act - BILLS-119hr10434ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a dedicated trust fund for investments in oil and gas communities.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill’s stated purpose matches the commitment to establish a dedicated oil and gas community trust fund, but the bill text is an introduced measure rather than enacted law.

unresolved same_term A for effort

BILLS-119hr10434ih.pdf
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There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the ‘Oil and Gas Community Trust Fund’

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill would create the named trust fund contemplated by the promise, indicating concrete legislative effort but not delivery absent passage.

unresolved same_term A for effort

BILLS-119hr10434ih.pdf
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amounts equivalent to 3 percent of the net revenues received in the Treasury under section 11 from specified oil or gas companies

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The financing mechanism in H.R. 10434 aligns with the claim’s pledge to fund the trust through a share of existing federal oil and gas corporate tax revenue.

unresolved same_term A for effort

BILLS-119hr10434ih.pdf
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for purposes of making payments to eligible oil and gas communities for infrastructure and public service investments.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill’s allowed uses match the promise’s infrastructure and public-services component for oil and gas communities; status remains unresolved because the measure had only been introduced and referred.

unresolved same_term A for effort

BILLS-119hr10434ih.pdf
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Public state: pending As of 2026-09-28 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment describes legislation that would establish an Oil & Gas Community Trust Fund to support infrastructure and public services near major oil and gas export ports. Verified evidence shows H.R. 10434 is a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to establish a dedicated trust fund for oil and gas communities, which supports concrete same-term legislative effort. But the verified evidence only shows an introduced measure/purpose, not enacted law or an established trust fund. Because the promised outcome has not been shown delivered and no deadline has expired, the status remains unresolved rather than partial or delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%