H.R. 4877 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act
Cosponsors: 6 (5 D, 1 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2023-07-25
Latest action (2024-05-01): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
What H.R. 4877 does, in plain terms
Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a research, development, and demonstration program concerning abandoned oil and gas wells. Under the program, DOE must work to improve (1) data collection on the location of abandoned oil or gas wells; (2) the plugging, remediation, reclamation, and repurposing of the wells; and (3) strategies to mitigate potential environmental impacts of documented and undocumented abandoned wells. The program terminates after five years.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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