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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-215
ABANDONED WELL REMEDIATION RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT ACT
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. LUCAS, from the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 4877]
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 4877) to amend the Energy Policy Act of
2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research, de-
velopment, and demonstration program with respect to abandoned
wells, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports
favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the
bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Summary ............................................................................................ 3
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 3
Legislative History ................................................................................................. 3
Section-by-Section .................................................................................................... 4
Related Committee Hearings .................................................................................. 4
Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 5
Roll Call Votes ......................................................................................................... 5
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ....................................................... 7
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 7
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ................................... 7
Duplication of Federal Programs ............................................................................ 7
Federal Advisory Committee Act ............................................................................ 7
Unfunded Mandate Statement ............................................................................... 7
Earmark Identification ............................................................................................ 7
Committee Cost Estimate ....................................................................................... 7
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 8
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ......................................................... 8
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 8
The amendment is as follows:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
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