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[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 61 (Thursday, April 8, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ:H.R. 2415.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H1721]
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H.R. 2415, Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act of 2021
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57526
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 26, 2021
Energy
- Air quality
- Civil actions and liability
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Employment and training programs
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Government information and archives
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Land use and conservation
- Minority health
- Oil and gas
- Pipelines
- State and local government operations
- User charges and fees
- Water quality
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Energy
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2021-04-08
Introduced in House
2021-12-09T16:13:27Z
Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act of 2021
This bill establishes incentives and requirements to permanently plug orphaned (i.e., abandoned) oil and gas wells and clean up pollution leaking from such wells.
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish grant programs to plug and clean up orphaned wells located on federal, state, tribal, and private land.
Interior must also issue regulations that require each operator of an idled well on federal land to pay an annual, nonrefundable fee for each well. If the operator fails to pay the fee, then Interior may assess a civil penalty. Revenues generated from such fees must be used for activities related to cleaning up orphaned wells.
Additionally, the bill requires the review of the adequacy of bonds or other financial arrangements for oil and gas development on public land leased from the federal government. Such bonds or financial arrangements are currently required to ensure developers have adequate financial resources to remediate and reclaim public land, water, or other resources after wells are abandoned or oil and gas development ceases.
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2022-12-15
Reported to House
2023-08-29T18:55:40Z
Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act of 2021
This bill establishes incentives and requirements to permanently plug orphaned (i.e., abandoned) oil and gas wells and clean up pollution leaking from such wells.
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish grant programs to plug and clean up orphaned wells located on federal, state, tribal, and private land.
Interior must also issue regulations that require each operator of an idled well on federal land to pay an annual, nonrefundable fee for each well. If the operator fails to pay the fee, then Interior may assess a civil penalty. Revenues generated from such fees must be used for activities related to cleaning up orphaned wells.
Additionally, the bill requires the review of the adequacy of bonds or other financial arrangements for oil and gas development on public land leased from the federal government. Such bonds or financial arrangements are currently required to ensure developers have adequate financial resources to remediate and reclaim public land, water, or other resources after wells are abandoned or oil and gas development ceases.

Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act of 2021
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Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act of 2021
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To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to permanently plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells and the surrounding lands and to provide funds to States and Tribal Governments to permanently plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells and the surrounding lands, and for other purposes.
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Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act of 2021
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Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act of 2021
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