3.0.0 2818 2022-11-01T05:02:35Z 2022-11-01T05:02:35Z Senate S 2019-11-07 116 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-07T20:10:30Z 2019-11-07 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2019-11-07 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 Energy revenues and royalties Government studies and investigations Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Oil and gas Energy 00 2019-11-07 Introduced in Senate 2020-02-19T12:55:23Z Fuel Loss Abatement and Royalty Enhancement Act or the FLARE Act

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to (1) ban the venting and flaring of gas in oil and gas production operations on federal land onshore and offshore in the United States, with specified exceptions; and (2) promote the capture and beneficial use or reinjection of gas in such operations.

The bill also requires oil and gas companies to pay royalties on gas that is vented or flared pursuant to this bill.

The Government Accountability Office must 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 Short Title(s) as Introduced FLARE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Fuel Loss Abatement and Royalty Enhancement Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations to ban the venting and flaring of gas in oil and gas production operations in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2818is/xml/BILLS-116s2818is.xml 2019-11-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 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.