[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4782 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4782

 To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation 
     of emissions from oil and gas sources, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2023

 Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Schakowsky, 
  Ms. DeGette, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Lynch, Mr. 
    Khanna, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Norton, Mrs. 
 Napolitano, Mr. Cohen, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
Huffman, Mr. Espaillat, and Mr. Morelle) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the exemption for aggregation 
     of emissions from oil and gas sources, 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 ``Closing Loopholes for Oil and other 
Sources of Emissions Act'' or the ``CLOSE Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF EXEMPTION FOR AGGREGATION OF EMISSIONS FROM OIL AND 
              GAS SOURCES.

    Section 112(n) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(n)) is amended 
by striking paragraph (4).

SEC. 3. HYDROGEN SULFIDE AS A HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT.

    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall--
            (1) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the 
        list of hazardous air pollutants under section 112(b) of the 
        Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(b)); and
            (2) not later than 365 days after a final rule under 
        paragraph (1) is issued, revise the list under section 112(c) 
        of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(c)) to include categories and 
        subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen 
        sulfide, including oil and gas wells.
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