H.R. 4877Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act

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Sponsor: Summer L. Lee [D-PA-12]
Cosponsors: 6 · 5 Democrats · 1 Republican
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Committees: Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Latest action: May 1, 2024 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

IntroducedJul 25, 2023
Passed the HouseApr 30, 2024
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 4877 as passed House on Apr 30, 2024. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 157

House Apr 30, 2024

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

333 Yea 75 Nay 20 not voting

Crossed both parties 75 of 408 voting members broke with their own party: 75 Republicans.

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How the chamber split

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DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present

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All members428 members

Democratic212 members

Republican216 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors6 · 5 Democrats · 1 Republican

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 4877 and vote against it. 3 signed when it was filed.

RStephanie I. Bice [R-OK-05]Original2026 profile

DDeborah K. Ross [D-NC-02]Original2026 profile

DHaley M. Stevens [D-MI-11]Original

DTeresa Leger Fernandez [D-NM-03]Joined Sep 1, 20232026 profile

DValerie P. Foushee [D-NC-04]Joined Sep 1, 20232026 profile

DMaxwell Frost [D-FL-10]Joined Sep 5, 20232026 profile

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H.R. 4877Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 157

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors6 · 5 Democrats · 1 Republican

H.R. 4877Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 157

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors6 · 5 Democrats · 1 Republican

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