House Bill 2711
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 14, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
2711
Congress
116
Policy Area
Energy
Energy
Primary focus of measure is all sources and supplies of energy, including alternative energy sources, oil and gas, coal, nuclear power; efficiency and conservation; costs, prices, and revenues; electric power transmission; public utility matters.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2019
This bill addresses methane emissions from oil and gas operations. (Methane is emitted during the production and transport of coal, natural gas, and oil.)
The bill provides statutory authority for the Environmental Protection Agency rule titled Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources, published on June 3, 2016.
The bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish specified requirements for
- reducing and preventing the waste of natural gas, including by venting, flaring, and fugitive releases, from all oil and gas operations; and
- measuring and reporting the production and disposition of all gas subject to the mineral leasing laws, all such gas produced, consumed on site, or lost through venting, flaring, or fugitive releases.
All such requirements shall include consistent enforcement mechanisms for any operations not in compliance with them.
May 14, 2019
09/24/2019
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
06/03/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
05/15/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
05/14/2019
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
05/14/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:19:27 PM