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S 5214 117th Congress Senate Environmental Protection

Methane Emissions Research Act of 2022

Introduced: December 8, 2022 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Dec 8, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Dec 8, 2022
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Methane Emissions Research Act of 2022

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a methane research pilot study to quantify methane emissions from infrastructure used for the production, gathering and boosting, processing, transmission, and storage of oil and natural gas in the United States.

What's happening now December 8, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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