Plug Offshore Wells Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8099 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8099 To require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, a report on decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 26, 2026 Ms. Dexter (for herself, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Min, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Norton, Mr. Mullin, and Mr. Levin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, a report on decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Plug Offshore Wells Act''. SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON DECOMMISSIONING OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS WELLS, PLATFORMS, AND PIPELINES. (a) Definitions.--In this Act: (1) Decommissioning.--The term ``decommissioning'' has the meaning given the term in section 250.1700 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior. (b) Annual Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and make publicly available on the website of the Department of the Interior a report that describes, with respect to the preceding calendar year-- (1) the number of applications for decommissioning an offshore oil and gas well, platform, or pipeline that