3.0.0 1076 2023-01-11T13:49:23Z 2023-01-11T13:49:23Z Senate S 2021-04-12 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2021-06-16T19:00:02Z Referred to 2021-04-12T22:28:31Z REGROW Act of 2021 117 3585 HR 2022-07-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Identical bill CRS Energy Infrastructure Act 117 2377 S 2021-07-19 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 104. Related bill CRS 2021-06-16 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. Committee 2021-04-12 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2021-04-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Lujan D NM R. N C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2021-04-12 True H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2021-04-14 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2021-04-14 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2021-05-27 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2021-05-27 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2021-07-15 False C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2021-07-15 False Energy Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight 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 Water quality Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Energy 00 2021-04-12 Introduced in Senate 2021-09-14T17:39:57Z Revive Economic Growth and Reclaim Orphaned Wells Act of 2021 or the REGROW Act of 2021

This bill provides funding for grants to plug orphaned (i.e., abandoned) oil and gas wells, clean up pollution leaking from such wells, and conduct research and related activities.

Specifically, the bill provides funding for a grant program within the Department of the Interior to plug and clean up orphaned wells located on federal, state, tribal, and private land.

In addition, the bill provides funding to the Department of Energy and the Oil and Gas Compact Commission for conducting research and development activities to assist federal land management agencies, states, and Indian tribes in (1) identifying and characterizing undocumented orphaned wells, and (2) mitigating the environmental risks of undocumented orphaned wells.

]]> REGROW Act of 2021 Display Title REGROW Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells and surrounding land, to provide funds to State and Tribal government to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells and surrounding land, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced REGROW Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Revive Economic Growth and Reclaim Orphaned Wells Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1076is/xml/BILLS-117s1076is.xml 2021-06-16 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. 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.