3.0.0 645 2023-01-11T13:47:46Z 2023-01-11T13:47:46Z Senate S 2021-03-09 117 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-03-09T23:40:45Z Methane Emissions Reduction Act of 2021 117 4084 HR 2021-07-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Identical bill CRS 2021-03-09 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2021-03-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-03-09 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2021-03-09 True Environmental Protection Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental technology Government information and archives Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Oil and gas User charges and fees Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Environmental Protection 00 2021-03-09 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-30T17:17:18Z Methane Emissions Reduction Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to estimate annual methane emissions from each oil and natural gas producing basin and levy a fee for such emissions on each company that produces, gathers, processes, or transmits oil or natural gas. The fees must be used to provide grants through the National Coastal Resilience Fund of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

]]> Methane Emissions Reduction Act of 2021 Display Title Methane Emissions Reduction Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to levy a fee on methane emissions from oil and natural gas facilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Methane Emissions Reduction Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s645is/xml/BILLS-117s645is.xml 2021-03-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.