3.0.0 3289 2023-01-11T13:30:22Z 2023-01-11T13:30:22Z House HR 2015-07-29 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 29, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LOWENTHAL:H.R. 3289.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 and Article IV, Section 3[Page H5770]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Referred to 2015-08-31T20:36:12Z Referred to 2015-07-29T14:03:05Z 2015-08-31 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2015-07-29 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2015-07-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1156) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000579 Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] Alan Lowenthal D CA S. 47 N G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2015-07-29 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2015-07-29 True G000574 Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7] Ruben Gallego D AZ 7 2015-07-29 True B001292 Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8] Donald Beyer D VA S. 8 2015-07-29 True P000607 Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] Mark Pocan D WI 2 2015-07-29 True P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2015-07-29 True C001090 Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] Matt Cartwright D PA 17 2015-07-29 True T000469 Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] Paul Tonko D NY 20 2015-07-29 True C001066 Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] Kathy Castor D FL 14 2015-07-29 True H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 17 2015-07-29 True V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2015-07-29 True M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2015-07-29 True S000480 Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] LOUISE SLAUGHTER D NY M. 25 2015-09-09 False H001068 Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] Jared Huffman D CA 2 2016-02-02 False Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Energy Energy efficiency and conservation Energy revenues and royalties Oil and gas Energy 00 2015-07-29 Introduced in House 2016-09-01T19:47:06Z Natural Gas Environmental and Economic Security Act

This bill amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to direct 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 subject to mineral leasing law or the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976; and
  • measuring and reporting the production and disposition of all gas subject to the mineral leasing laws to allow for more accurate accounting of gas consumed or lost by venting and flaring, and of fugitive releases of such gas.

All such requirements shall include consistent enforcement mechanisms for any operations not in compliance with them.

Royalties otherwise authorized or required to be paid for natural gas shall be assessed on all gas produced under the mineral leasing laws, including:

  • gas used or consumed within the area of a tract for the benefit of the lease (commonly referred to as "beneficial use gas"); and
  • all gas consumed or lost by venting, flaring, or fugitive releases through any equipment during upstream operations.

Exempted from assessment of these royalties is any natural gas:

  • vented or flared in an acute emergency situation posing danger to human health that occurs for no more than 48 hours, or
  • injected into the ground on a lease tract.
]]> Natural Gas Environmental and Economic Security Act Display Title Natural Gas Environmental and Economic Security Act Official Title as Introduced To prevent the waste of gas produced under oil and gas leases on Federal land and to collect royalty on all gas production. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Natural Gas Environmental and Economic Security Act Introduced in House 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3289ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3289ih.xml 2015-08-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.