US Congress House Bill 3289 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on July 29 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Natural Gas Environmental and Economic Security Act This bill amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to direct the Department of the Interior to establish specified requirements for: reducing and preventing the waste of natural gas, including by venting, flaring, and fugitive releases, from all oil and gas operations subject to mineral leasing law or the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976; and measuring and reporting the production and disposition of all gas subject to the mineral leasing laws to allow for more accurate accounting of gas consumed or lost by venting and flaring, and of fugitive releases of such gas. All such requirements shall include consistent enforcement mechanisms for any operations not in compliance with them. Royalties otherwise authorized or required to be paid for natural gas shall be assessed on all gas produced under the mineral leasing laws, including: gas used or consumed within the area of a tract for the benefit of the lease (commonly referred to as "beneficial use gas"); and all gas consumed or lost by venting, flaring, or fugitive releases through any equipment during upstream operations. Exempted from assessment of these royalties is any natural gas: vented or flared in an acute emergency situation posing danger to human health that occurs for no more than 48 hours, or injected into the ground on a lease tract.

Natural Gas Environmental and Economic Security Act

Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-08-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2015-07-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-07-29	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1156)
2015-07-29	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3289/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3289/BILLS-114hr3289ih.pdf