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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 10, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. ESTES:H.R. 246.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3To regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations, and among theseveral states, and with Indian tribes.[Page H151]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Marginal Well Protection Act&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This bill amends the Clean Air Act to exclude certain facilities from reporting and payment requirements related to methane waste emissions. Under the bill, the requirements do not apply to facilities that produce less than 15 barrels of oil per day and less than 90 thousand cubic feet of natural gas per day.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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        <title>To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing a fee on certain facilities for methane emissions.</title>
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