,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cdjj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ae1 
#bjba,mr4 ,marshall 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,moran1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4 ,daines1   
,mr4 ,cruz1 and ,mr4 ,inhofe7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to prohibit the ,administrator 
of the ,environmental ,protection       
,agency from imposing a fee or reporting
 requirements on certain facilities for 
methane emissions4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,marginal
 ,well ,protection ,act4  #b4 ,methane  
fee and reporting requirements for      
petroleum and natural gas systems       
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the owner or operator of a facility
 that produces fewer than #ae barrels of
 oil per day and less than #ij1jjj cubic
 feet of natural gas per day shall not1 
with respect to that facility1 be       
subject to any fee or reporting         

requirements imposed by the             
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency in connection with  
reporting methane emissions pursuant to 
subpart ,w of part #ih of title #dj1    
,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or      
successor regulations74