,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dbci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bf1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,welch 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,merkley1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 and ,mr4 ,markey7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read twice and referred to the      
,committee on ,energy and ,natural      
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,secretary of the ,interior to annually 
submit to ,congress1 and make publicly  
available on a website1 a report on     
decommissioning offshore oil and gas    
wells1 platforms1 and pipelines1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,plug         
,offshore ,wells ,act4  #b4 ,annual     
report on decommissioning offshore oil  
and gas wells1 platforms1 and pipelines 
7a7 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,decommissioning ,the term              
decommissioning has the meaning given   
the term in section #bej4agjj of title  
#cj1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or 
a successor regulation74  7#b7          

,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of the ,interior4  7b7   
,annual report ,not later than #b years 
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 and annually thereafter1 the      
,secretary shall submit to ,congress and
 make publicly available on the website 
of the ,department of the ,interior a   
report that describes1 with respect to  
the preceding calendar year-- 7#a7 the  
number of applications for              
decommissioning an offshore oil and gas 
well1 platform1 or pipeline that were   
required to be submitted pursuant to    
subpart ,q of part #bej of title #cj1   
,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or      
successor regulations72  7#b7 the number
 of applications described in paragraph 
7#a7 that were received by the          
,secretary2  7#c7 the number of offshore
 oil and gas wells1 platforms1 and      
pipelines for which decommissioning did 
not occur by the date required pursuant 
to subpart ,q of part #bej of title #cj1
 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or     

successor regulations72  7#d7 the number
 of offshore oil and gas wells and      
platforms approved for decommissioning  
in place pursuant to section #bej4agej  
of title #cj1 ,code of ,federal         
,regulations 7or a successor            
regulation72  7#e7 the length of any    
offshore oil and gas pipelines that--   
7,a7 were decommissioned in place       
pursuant to section #bej4agej of title  
#cj1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or 
a successor regulation72 and  7,b7 were 
removed pursuant to-- 7i7 section       
#bej4ageb of title #cj1 ,code of        
,federal ,regulations 7or a successor   
regulation72 and  7ii7 section #bej4aged
 of title #cj1 ,code of ,federal        
,regulations 7or a successor            
regulation72 and  7#f7 the status of    
enforcement actions1 including notices  
of incident of noncompliance1 orders1   
citations1 civil penalties1 and         
disqualifications from future offshore  
operations1 by the ,bureau of ,safety   
and ,environmental ,enforcement with    

respect to decommissioning offshore oil 
and gas wells1 platforms1 and pipelines4