Orphan Well Grant Flexibility Act of 2023

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3496 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3496 To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to address measuring methane emissions, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 13, 2023 Mr. Braun (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Moran, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Fetterman, and Mr. Brown) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to address measuring methane emissions, 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 ``Orphan Well Grant Flexibility Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. PRE-PLUGGING METHANE EMISSIONS FOR GRANT ELIGIBILITY. Section 349 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15907) is a…