S 5205
117th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act
Introduced: December 7, 2022
Introduced by:
Luján, Ben Ray
Democratic
· New Mexico
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Became law
Dec 7, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Dec 7, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a research, development, and demonstration program with respect to (1) data collection on the location of abandoned oil or gas wells; (2) the plugging, remediation, reclamation, and repurposing of the wells; and (3) strategies to mitigate potential environmental impacts of documented and undocumented abandoned wells.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1