[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5619 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5619

 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
    from imposing a fee on certain facilities for methane emissions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 19, 2021

  Mr. Estes (for himself, Mr. Arrington, and Mr. Hern) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
    from imposing a fee on certain facilities for methane emissions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Marginal Well Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. METHANE FEE FROM PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner or operator 
of a facility that produces less than 15 barrels of oil per day and 
less than 90 Mcf of natural gas per day shall not be subject to any fee 
imposed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in 
connection with reporting methane emissions pursuant to subpart W of 
part 98 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 
regulations).
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