Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act

How it moves voter issues

• +1Environment & climate

  Creates a DOE research program to find, plug and remediate abandoned oil and gas wells.

  Medium confidence

  AI scores averaged: +1 from typesafe:jev-1.13.0, +1 from claude-opus-5-5. Compare the models

• −1Federal deficit & spending

  TypeSafe: affects p=0.74, effect -1.00 (conf 0.93)

  Medium confidence

  AI score: −1 from typesafe:jev-1.13.0. Compare the models

What it does

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, passed house version.

Every recorded vote on it

1. Apr 30, 2024House On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedAbandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act333 yea 75 nayCounts toward rankings