Plug Offshore Wells Act
The Plug Offshore Wells Act requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit an annual report to Congress and make it publicly available. This report will detail the status of decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines. It must include information on the number of decommissioning applications received, instances where decommissioning deadlines were missed, and the status of enforcement actions by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. The report will also specify the number of wells and platforms approved for decommissioning in place, and the lengths of pipelines either decommissioned in place or fully removed.
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Introduced Mar 26, 2026
Last action Mar 26, 2026
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Mar 26, 2026
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Mar 26, 2026
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1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
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Maxine Dexter
DDemocratic
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Dave Min
DDemocratic
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Debbie Dingell
DDemocratic
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
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Jared Huffman
DDemocratic
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Julia Brownley
DDemocratic
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Kevin Mullin
DDemocratic
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Mike Levin
DDemocratic
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Pablo José Hernández
DDemocratic
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Suzanne Bonamici
DDemocratic
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Timothy M. Kennedy
DDemocratic
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