The record

LegislationLegislation· May 2024
HR 4877

Sponsored by Summer L. Lee (D)

Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act

Would have created a five-year Department of Energy (DOE) program to find and plug abandoned oil and gas wells.

Tradeoff

Would have authorized up to $35 million a year for the program by . Would have also changed authorized amounts in a 2022 science law, Public Law 117-167.

What's in it

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The House passed it 333-75 on April 30, 2024; the Senate never voted before the Congress ended.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jul 25, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on Science, Space, and Technology(Jul 25, 2023)

  3. House

    The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 35 - 0(Jul 27, 2023)

    Committee report H. Rept. 118-215.

  4. House

    On Motion to and Pass, as Amended

    Passed(Roll #157 · Apr 30, 2024)

    333 yeanay 75

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Energy and Natural Resources(May 1, 2024)

Passage votes· Apr 30, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025