House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stop Orphaned Wells Act
Official title: To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to ensure sufficient bonding and complete and timely reclamation of land and water disturbed by Federal and Indian oil and gas production, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Yassamin Ansari D-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 5, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 5, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10721.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ANSARI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 157, October 5, 2026, Page H6026):Article I Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 5, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10721, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10721
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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 October 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Dave Min (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Lateefah Simon (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 5630 (119th) Stop Orphaned Wells ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.