‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this section the following: 
‘‘(A) $36,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 
‘‘(B) $38,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 
‘‘(C) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2027. 
‘‘(D) $42,000,000 for fiscal year 2028. 
‘‘(E) $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2029.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amend-
ed by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle 
F of title IX of such Act the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 969E. Methane leak detection and mitigation.’’. 
(c) NATIONAL FACILITIES FOR TESTING AND INTER-
CALIBRATION PROGRAM RELATING TO METHANE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and sub-
ject to the availability of appropriations, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Energy and the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, shall establish a pro-
gram through the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology’s Center for Greenhouse Gas Meas-
urements, Standards, and Information established 
pursuant to section 10222 of the Research and De-
velopment, Competition, and Innovation Act (Public 
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Law 117–167; 42 U.S.C. 18932) that establishes 
national facilities to advance methane detection, 
quantification, and relevant standards and sup-
porting methods for testing and intercalibration of 
methane measurements and the publication and 
maintenance of standards for such measurements. 
(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The facilities estab-
lished under paragraph (1) shall facilitate detection 
and quantification of carbon, carbon isotopes, meth-
ane, ethane, and gases associated with such sources, 
provide high-resolution spectroscopic reference data 
advancing accuracy of remote sensing technologies, 
develop methods relating methane concentration ob-
servations to the associated emission fluxes, and fa-
cilitate the rapid performance testing of existing and 
new technologies for the measurement of methane 
emissions, including testing conditions with a wide 
range of the following: 
(A) Sizes and extents of emission sources. 
(B) Geographic diversity. 
(C) Temporal characteristics. 
(D) Diversity of atmospheric conditions, 
such as wind, rain, fog, clouds, and dust. 
(E) Diversity of observing platforms. 
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(F) Quantification of atmospheric emission 
plumes. 
(3) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Not later than two 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
annually thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
submit to Congress a report summarizing the activi-
ties, findings, and progress of the program estab-
lished under paragraph (1). 
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Commerce to carry out this section the fol-
lowing: 
(A) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 
(B) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 
(C) $19,000,000 for fiscal year 2027. 
(D) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2028. 
(E) $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2029 and 
each fiscal year thereafter. 
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