H.R. 8099 119th Congress House

Plug Offshore Wells Act

Official title: To require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, a report on decommissioning offshore oil and… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, a report on decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 26, 2026 Introduced by: Maxine Dexter Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDepartment of the InteriorEnvironmental regulatory procedures

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Government information and archivesOil and gasPipelines

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Mar 26, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Mar 26, 2026

Introduced in House

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What's happening now March 26, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

OCEAN CONSERVANCY
for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
OCEAN CONSERVANCY
for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
OCEAN CONSERVANCY
for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
3 filings
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
3 filings
Energy, Dept of
3 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
3 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
3 filings
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
3 filings
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
3 filings
Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
3 filings

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Cosponsors 10

Hernández, Pablo Jose

Puerto Rico · Jun 3, 2026

Dingell, Debbie

Michigan · Apr 28, 2026

Bonamici, Suzanne

Oregon · Mar 26, 2026

Brownley, Julia

California · Mar 26, 2026

Huffman, Jared

California · Mar 26, 2026

Kennedy, Timothy M.

New York · Mar 26, 2026

Levin, Mike

California · Mar 26, 2026

Min, Dave

California · Mar 26, 2026

Mullin, Kevin

California · Mar 26, 2026

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Mar 26, 2026

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8099: Plug Offshore Wells Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8099/

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"H.R. 8099: Plug Offshore Wells Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8099/.

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H.R. 8099, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8099/.

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