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.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8990 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8990 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2026 Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Latta, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Goldman of Texas, Mrs. Fedorchak, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Mann, and Mr. Estes) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL 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. 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 ``Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF MARGINAL WELLS FROM STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE AND OTHER CLEAN AIR ACT REQUIREMENTS. (a) Exclusions.--Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(k)(1) No standard of performance or guideline prescribed by the Administrator under subsection (b) or (d)(2), including in any regulation issued by the Administrator under either such subsection, and no requirement for monitoring, reporting, record-keeping, conducting a fugitive emission survey, detecting or repairing leaks, estimating or measuring emissions, or any other related requirement prescribed in regulations issued by the Administrator under this section, shall apply with respect to any marginal well or, as applicable, owner or operator thereof. ``(2) The Administrator may