House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Methane Pollution Accountability Act
Official title: To require certain royalties paid for gas produced from Federal land and on the outer Continental Shelf to be assessed on all gas produced, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 6, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10065.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. RIVAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 129, August 6, 2026, Pages H5221-H5222):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10065, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10065
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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.
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.