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Orphan Well Grant Flexibility Act of 2025
Legislative Progress
Introduced
February 11, 2025
Latest Action
February 11, 2025
Primary Sponsor
Glenn ThompsonRepublican(PA)
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Orphan Well Grant Flexibility Act of 2025 This bill removes certain requirements, including measuring methane emissions, for grants to states under the State Orphaned Wells Program. Under the program, the Department of the Interior provides grants to states for the following purposes: (1) plugging, remediating, and reclaiming orphaned wells located on federal land; (2) identifying and characterizing undocumented orphaned wells; (3) measuring and tracking emissions of gases (e.g., methane) or contamination of water associated with orphaned wells; or (4) conducting certain other related activities. Generally, orphaned wells are oil and gas wells without solvent owners or operators responsible for cleaning up leaks from the wells. In 2024, Interior issued guidance for the grant program that requires states to conduct certain measuring and tracking activities related to the orphaned wells before and after receiving grants. However, the bill specifies that states are not required to provide such information in order to receive a grant. Instead, the bill makes measuring and tracking optional. The bill also directs Interior to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study the effect of the plugging and remediation activity on economic development, housing trends, and other potential benefits in areas where the plugging and remediation activity reclaimed a high number of well sites.
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Filing registrants (3)
2025 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
2025 Farm Bill ACRES Act (H.R.204) Action Versus No Action Act (H.R.184) Building Native Habitats at Federal Facilities Act (H.R.1500) Chesapeake Bay Conservation Acceleration Act of 2025 (H.R.2091/S.971) Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program Reauthorization Act of 2025 (S. 1662) Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act (H.R.231/S.154) Commerce Justice Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act (H.R.3922/S.2033) Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 Disaster Reforestation Act (H.R.262/S.1141) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 Fire Department Repayment Act of 2025 (H.R.345) Fit for Purpose Wildfire Readiness Act of 2025 (S.441) Fix Our Forests Act (H.R.471/S.1462) Forest Data Modernization Act of 2025 (H.R.1213/S.517) Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (H.R.1968) Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2025 (H.R.1974/S.924) FY25 Concurrent Budget Resolution (H.Con.Res.14/S.ConRes.7) Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2025 (H.R.284/S.528) H.R.3838 Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Help Our Kelp Act of 2025 (H.R.1124/S.513) Incentivizing Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Sales Act of 2025 (HR.1083/ S.439) Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations, Act 2026 Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act (H.R.2160/S.1183) Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025 (H.R.1923) National Prescribed Fire Act (H.R.3889/S.2015) Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act (H.R.2345/S.1131) One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.1) Orphan Well Grant Flexibility Act of 2025 (H.R.1217) Proven Forest Management Act of 2025 (H.R.179) Public Lands in Public Hands Act (H.R.718) Reauthorization of the U.S. Development Finance Corporation Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act of 2025 (S.647) To establish a loan guarantee program for timber production expansion, to provide for the treatment of certain timber revenues, and for other purposes. (no bill number) To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to suppress wildfires, and for other purposes. (H.R.178) TORCH Act (H.R.168)
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
Sources: Congress.gov
Client expense: $2,270,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE
2025 · second_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
H.R.1217 - Orphan Well Grant Flexibility Act H.R.2122 - IMPACT Act 2.0 H.R.1994 - Public Lands Renewable Energy Act H.R.1534 - IMPACT Act H.R. 1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2025 · first_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
HR 26 "Protecting American Energy Production Act," all provisions. HR1217 "Orphan Well Grant Flexibility Act," all provisions. HR640 "Chemical Tax Repeal Act," all provisions. SJ Res 4 "A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters"," all provisions.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · first_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
H.R.1217 - Orphan Well Grant Flexibility Act H.R.2122 - IMPACT Act 2.0 H.R.1994 - Public Lands Renewable Energy Act H.R.1534 - IMPACT Act
Client expense: $290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
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