House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude marginal wells from certain standards of performance and other requirements under such Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. August Pfluger R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8990.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 87, May 21, 2026, Page H3726):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8990, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8990
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 29, 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
29 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 29 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Carey (R-OH), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Troy Downing (R-MT), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Ron Estes (R-KS), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Vince Fong (R-CA), Craig Goldman (R-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), H. Griffith (R-VA), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Robert Latta (R-OH), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Randy Weber (R-TX), Roger Williams (R-TX), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
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Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.