3289 -- Natural Gas Environmental and Economic Security Act | Poliscope

Natural Gas Environmental and Economic Security Act

3289

114th Congress

Energy

In Committee

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

July 29, 2015

Latest Action

August 31, 2015

Primary Sponsor

Alan S. LowenthalDemocratic(CA)

Momentum (last 30 days)

score

0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

69pct

33d open

vs 6,526 other HR bills in the 114th — cohort avg 56d

Summary

Natural Gas Environmental and Economic Security Act This bill amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to direct the Department of the Interior to establish specified requirements for: reducing and preventing the waste of natural gas, including by venting, flaring, and fugitive releases, from all oil and gas operations subject to mineral leasing law or the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976; and measuring and reporting the production and disposition of all gas subject to the mineral leasing laws to allow for more accurate accounting of gas consumed or lost by venting and flaring, and of fugitive releases of such gas. All such requirements shall include consistent enforcement mechanisms for any operations not in compliance with them. Royalties otherwise authorized or required to be paid for natural gas shall be assessed on all gas produced under the mineral leasing laws, including: gas used or consumed within the area of a tract for the benefit of the lease (commonly referred to as "beneficial use gas"); and all gas consumed or lost by venting, flaring, or fugitive releases through any equipment during upstream operations. Exempted from assessment of these royalties is any natural gas: vented or flared in an acute emergency situation posing danger to human health that occurs for no more than 48 hours, or injected into the ground on a lease tract.

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

Expressed views in support of S. 1407/H.R. 2663 - Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act; H.R. 3289 - Natural Gas Environmental and Economic Security Act; issues related to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP); and issues related to the Wind and Solar Leasing Rule. Offered views on S. 2012, S.A. 2955, S.A 3030, S.A. 3043, S.A. 3045, S.A. 3082, S.A. 3083, S.A. 3185 and S.A. 3192 - bills and amendments related to The Energy Policy Modernization Act (EPMA); H.R. 4389 - Ensuring the Taxpayer a Fair Return for Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Resources Act of 2015; H.R. 3303 - Coal Royalty Fairness and Communities Investment Act of 2015; Secretarial Order 3338: Discretionary Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to Modernize the Federal Coal Program; SAVE Act; issues related to the royalty rates for oil, gas, and coal; carbon management on public lands; renewable energy development on public lands; oil and gas leases suspensions on public lands including Thompson Divide; issues regarding the federal coal program; issues related to the BLM Venting and Flaring Rule; and oil and gas leasing on the Bridger-Teton National Forest.