[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 10 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:
        H.R. 7053.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U,S. Constitution in 
     that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to 
     Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be 
     necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States or any 
     Department or Office thereof.''
       The single subject of this legislation is:
       to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to address measuring 
     methane emissions when plugging abandonded and orphan oil and 
     gas wells.