S. 1076: REGROW Act of 2021
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S. 1076: REGROW Act of 2021
117th Congress · introduced 2021-04-12 · Energy · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-04-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
REGROW Act of 2021
Plain summary
Revive Economic Growth and Reclaim Orphaned Wells Act of 2021 or the REGROW Act of 2021 This bill provides funding for grants to plug orphaned (i.e., abandoned) oil and gas wells, clean up pollution leaking from such wells, and conduct research and related activities. Specifically, the bill provides funding for a grant program within the Department of the Interior to plug and clean up orphaned wells located on federal, state, tribal, and private land. In addition, the bill provides funding to the Department of Energy and the Oil and Gas Compact Commission for conducting research and development activities to assist federal land management agencies, states, and Indian tribes in (1) identifying and characterizing undocumented orphaned wells, and (2) mitigating the environmental risks of undocumented orphaned wells.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
REGROW Act of 2021
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] · 7 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Hoeven (R-ND), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), John Cornyn (R-TX), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] reported raising $6.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s1076.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>
Record fed-us-cong117-s1076 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117