This bill establishes a comprehensive federal program to detect and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas infrastructure, including pipelines, storage facilities, and production wells. The Department of Energy would lead research and development efforts, provide technical assistance to states and companies, create publicly available resources for best practices, and establish a Methane Emissions Measurement and Mitigation Research Consortium to coordinate data sharing and cooperative research among federal agencies, private industry, universities, and community organizations. The bill also directs the Department of Commerce to create national testing facilities through the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop standards and methods for accurately measuring methane emissions. The legislation authorizes $36 to $44 million annually for the Energy Department program through fiscal year 2029 and $15 to $23 million annually for the Commerce Department program, with the consortium operating for up to ten years subject to an evaluation after five years.
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