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2021-2022 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature

HB2415: Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act of 2021

Legislative Summary

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to permanently plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells and the surrounding lands and to provide funds to States and Tribal Governments to permanently plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells and the surrounding lands, and for other purposes.

Bill History

4/8/2021
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
4/8/2021
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
House of Representatives
4/14/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
House of Representatives
4/15/2021
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
House of Representatives
5/26/2021
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
House of Representatives
5/26/2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
House of Representatives
5/26/2021
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 17.
House of Representatives
12/15/2022
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-645.
House of Representatives
12/15/2022
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 464.
House of Representatives

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(4/8/2021)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Sponsors

Democrat: 35

Primary Sponsor

Teresa Fernandez
Teresa Fernandez
Democrat

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text • 12/15/2022 • 286.4 KB
LegiScanState Site
Introduced
Bill Text • 6/5/2021 • 294.8 KB
LegiScanState Site

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