House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 8, 2021
- Committee actionMay 26, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2022 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 464.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2415.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2415, Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act of 2021” on October 6, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 26, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57526
- CBO publication date
- October 6, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2415, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2415
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-645 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 15, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 15, 2022 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/645
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2415, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2415
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 61, April 8, 2021, Page H1721):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 8, 2021 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2415, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2415
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
34 cosponsors — 34 Democrats
0 of 34 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Andy Levin (D-MI), Mike Levin (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Marie Newman (D-IL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Katie Porter (D-CA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Robert Scott (D-VA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez.
- H.R. 2930 (117th) Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2021
- H.R. 6493 (117th) Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2022
- H.R. 5338 (117th) Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2021
- H.Con.Res. 55 (117th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to men.
- H.Con.Res. 122 (117th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to men.
- H.R. 5019 (117th) Creative Economy Revitalization Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.