[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6082 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6082

   To direct the Secretary of Energy to issue regulations regarding 
            disclosure of oil data, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2016

   Mr. Huffman (for himself, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
   Quigley, and Ms. Matsui) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Energy to issue regulations regarding 
            disclosure of oil data, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Know Your Oil Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. OIL DATA.

    (a) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall issue regulations 
to require companies that extract or refine oil to disclose field-level 
oil data, including--
            (1) greenhouse gas emissions during extraction, refining, 
        and combustion;
            (2) nonproprietary practices and technologies that affect 
        such emissions, including--
                    (A) locations of oil fields;
                    (B) flaring of natural gas associated with 
                extraction and production;
                    (C) venting of methane gas associated with 
                extraction and production;
                    (D) refinery processes and production practices;
                    (E) supply chains, logistics, and methods of 
                transport for products; and
                    (F) production and reserve volumes of oil fields; 
                and
            (3) standardized oil assays that are multi-cut with fixed 
        temperatures and routinely collected to characterize each oil 
        field resource.
    (b) Consultation.--In carrying out this Act, the Secretary shall 
consult with appropriate entities that are authorized to collect 
relevant information, including--
            (1) the Environmental Protection Agency;
            (2) the Department of the Interior;
            (3) the Securities and Exchange Commission;
            (4) the Department of Commerce, acting through the National 
        Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
            (5) tribal governments; and
            (6) States, through--
                    (A) the respective energy, oil, and gas resource 
                agencies of each State; or
                    (B) interstate compacts, including the Interstate 
                Oil and Gas Compact Commission.
    (c) Reporting.--Not later than 1 year after the date the Secretary 
issues regulations under subsection (a), the Secretary shall publish 
and maintain thereafter the information gathered pursuant to this Act 
online as an open dataset.
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