{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-4877","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 4877","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research, development, and demonstration program with respect to abandoned wells, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research, development, and demonstration program with respect to abandoned wells, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-07-25","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-04-30","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h157","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act","result":"Passed","yea":333,"nay":75,"present":0,"not_voting":20,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll157.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","date":"2024-05-01"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-04-30","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":79},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a research, development, and demonstration program on abandoned oil and gas wells, by amending the Energy Policy Act of 2005.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4877/text/eh#H1EDE9069044D4250B98C605A87A72EDF"}]},"core_areas":["Research, development, and demonstration program for abandoned oil and gas wells","Identifying abandoned wells and collecting data on their locations","Plugging, remediation, reclamation, and repurposing of abandoned wells","Methane emissions and groundwater impacts of abandoned wells","Authorization of appropriations for the program"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Energy, within 120 days after enactment and in coordination with relevant Federal and state agencies and entities, to establish a research, development, and demonstration program on abandoned wells.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4877/text/eh#H1EDE9069044D4250B98C605A87A72EDF"}},{"text":"Directs the program to improve data collection on abandoned well locations, the plugging, remediation, reclamation, and repurposing of abandoned wells, and strategies to mitigate environmental impacts of documented and undocumented abandoned wells.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4877/text/eh#H1EDE9069044D4250B98C605A87A72EDF"}},{"text":"Requires program activities on technologies to identify abandoned wells, on how well parameters affect methane emission rates, on plugging and repurposing processes, and on impacts of abandoned wells on groundwater quality and contamination.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4877/text/eh#H1EDE9069044D4250B98C605A87A72EDF"}},{"text":"Authorizes appropriations of $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2024, $31,250,000 for 2025, $32,500,000 for 2026, $33,750,000 for 2027, and $35,000,000 for 2028 to carry out the program.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4877/text/eh#H1EDE9069044D4250B98C605A87A72EDF"}},{"text":"Amends the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act's authorization provision: changes 2026 to 2028, $600,000,000 to $507,500,000, and $1,000,000,000 to $930,000,000, and adds $162,500,000 for abandoned wells research, development, and demonstration activities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4877/text/eh#H1EDE9069044D4250B98C605A87A72EDF"}},{"text":"Terminates the abandoned wells program section five years after the date of its enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4877/text/eh#H1EDE9069044D4250B98C605A87A72EDF"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-04-30","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4877/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4877","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4877/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-4877.png","v":"d36b302691f7","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4877, 118th Congress: Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act. House: 333 Yea, 75 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 30 Apr 2024."}}