‘‘(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 2026. 
‘‘(B) $38,000,000 for fiscal year 2027. 
‘‘(C) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2028. 
‘‘(D) $42,000,000 for fiscal year 2029. 
‘‘(E) $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2030.’’. 
(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 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and subject to 
the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of 
Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of En-
ergy and the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, shall establish a program 
through the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology’s Center for Greenhouse Gas Measure-
ments, Standards, and Information established pur-
suant to section 10222 of the Research and Develop-
ment, Competition, and Innovation Act (Public Law 
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117–167; 42 U.S.C. 18932) that establishes national 
facilities to advance methane detection, quantifica-
tion, and relevant standards and supporting methods 
for testing and intercalibration of methane measure-
ments 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 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and an-
nually 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 2026. 
(B) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2027. 
(C) $19,000,000 for fiscal year 2028. 
(D) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2029. 
(E) $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2030 and 
each fiscal year thereafter. 
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