Protecting the Permian Basin Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8749
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2022-08-26
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2022-08-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-08-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protecting the Permian Basin Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates a program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that provides incentives for petroleum and natural gas systems to reduce their emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases. It also repeals a charge on methane emissions from specific types of facilities that are required to report their greenhouse gas emissions to the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8749 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 26, 2022 Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Arrington , Ms. Herrell , Mr. Babin , Mr. Balderson , Mr. Ellzey , Mr. Perry , Mr. Budd , Mr. Taylor , Mr. Newhouse , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mrs. Hinson , Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma , Mr. Roy , Mr. Hudson , Mr. Harris , Mr. Fallon , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Estes , Mr. Jackson , and Mr. Biggs ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To repeal the methane emissions and waste reduction incentive program for petroleum and natural gas systems.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting the Permian Basin Act of 2022 . 2. Repeal Section 136 of the Clean Air Act (relating to methane emissions and waste reduction incentive program for petroleum and natural gas systems) is repealed.