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Plug Offshore Wells Act

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This Act may be cited as the Plug Offshore Wells Act.
In this Act:
The term decommissioning has the meaning given the term in section 250.1700 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
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—
the number of applications for decommissioning an offshore oil and gas well, platform, or pipeline that were required to be submitted pursuant to subpart Q of part 250 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations);
the number of applications described in paragraph (1) that were received by the Secretary;
the number of offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines for which decommissioning did not occur by the date required pursuant to subpart Q of part 250 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations);
the number of offshore oil and gas wells and platforms approved for decommissioning in place pursuant to section 250.1750 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation);
the length of any offshore oil and gas pipelines that—
were decommissioned in place pursuant to section 250.1750 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation); and
were removed pursuant to—
section 250.1752 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation); and
section 250.1754 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation); and
the status of enforcement actions, including notices of incident of noncompliance, orders, citations, civil penalties, and disqualifications from future offshore operations, by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement with respect to decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines.

Legislative Timeline

3 actions
  1. Jul 15, 2026 Senate
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
  2. Mar 26, 2026
    Introduced in Senate
  3. Mar 26, 2026 Senate
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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