Orphan Well Grant Flexibility Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7053.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 10, January 18, 2024, Page H241):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U,S. Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or any Department or Office thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to address measuring methane emissions when plugging abandonded and orphan oil and gas wells.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 18, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7053, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7053

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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