Plug Offshore Wells Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Plug Offshore Wells 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 H29CC310B08314712808D75D28272CD25: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Plug Offshore Wells Act.
- Section HFC14ECA29F454899A8AB43A89A8877AD: 2. Annual report on decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines In this Act: The term decommissioning has the meaning given the term...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Plug Offshore Wells 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, Plug Offshore Wells 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 CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Ms. Dexter (for herself, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Min, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
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