3.0.0 1271 2023-01-11T13:31:10Z 2023-01-11T13:31:10Z Senate S 2015-05-11 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-05-19T21:05:32Z Referred to 2015-05-11T21:34:09Z American Energy Innovation Act 114 2089 S 2015-09-29 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 241. Related bill CRS 2015-05-19 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2015-05-11 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of the Interior Energy efficiency and conservation Government studies and investigations Oil and gas Energy 00 2015-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-22T19:25:47Z Fuel Loss Abatement and Royalty Enhancement Act or the FLARE Act

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to issue regulations to: (1) prevent or minimize the venting and flaring of gas in oil and gas production operations on federal land onshore and offshore in the United States, and (2) promote the capture and beneficial use or reinjection of gas in such operations.

Such regulations shall also treat gas that is flared or vented in operations under a lease as production for which a royalty is required to be paid to the United States.

The Government Accountability Office shall assess such venting and flaring and estimate the volume of gas vented or flared in such operations each year.

]]> FLARE Act Display Title FLARE Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations to prevent or minimize the venting and flaring of gas in oil and gas production operations in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced FLARE Act Short Titles as Introduced Fuel Loss Abatement and Royalty Enhancement Act Introduced in Senate 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1271is/xml/BILLS-114s1271is.xml 2015-05-19 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. 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.