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H.R. 2711: Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2019

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H.R. 2711: Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-05-14 · Energy · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-05-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2019

Plain summary

Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2019 This bill addresses methane emissions from oil and gas operations. (Methane is emitted during the production and transport of coal, natural gas, and oil.) The bill provides statutory authority for the Environmental Protection Agency rule titled Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources , published on June 3, 2016. The bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish specified requirements for reducing and preventing the waste of natural gas, including by venting, flaring, and fugitive releases, from all oil and gas operations; and measuring and reporting the production and disposition of all gas subject to the mineral leasing laws, all such gas produced, consumed on site, or lost through venting, flaring, or fugitive releases. All such requirements shall include consistent enforcement mechanisms for any operations not in compliance with them.

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Official text

Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] · 65 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Sean Casten (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Mike Levin (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Adam Smith (D-WA) and 5 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] reported raising $1.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
Statute
A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2711 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116