Methane Emissions Mitigation Research and Development Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Methane Emissions Mitigation Research and Development Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Government Operations, Environment.
Who Benefits and How
energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H660696101282402A831B0E1604633BF6: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Methane Emissions Mitigation Research and Development Act.
- Section HD23FAC737D074EED831D2CD301D8F82C: 2. Methane emission detection and mitigation Subtitle F of title IX of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16291 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end...
- Section HF047E6F393694FEB9B96B66DB0235A6A: 969E. Methane leak detection and mitigation The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Methane Emissions Mitigation Research and Development Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Government Operations, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill, Methane Emissions Mitigation Research and Development Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Casten introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Introduced in House
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "administrator_of_epa"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
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