Sec. 7. Reduction of methane emissions
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The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of Commerce shall— provide to other countries technical guidance regarding containment of emissions from gas drilling, landfills, coal mining, and agriculture in engaging with other governments, including trade delegations, under the auspices of international initiatives, such as the Global Shale Gas Initiative of the Department of State and the Global Methane Initiative; and collaborate with— the Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership of the World Bank; and the Global Methane Initiative, Natural Gas STAR Program, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition Oil and Gas Methane Partnership, and other voluntary reduction programs of the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study that identifies— the types of equipment throughout the production value chain that are most likely to have high leak rates; and voluntary efforts on replacing or monitoring those types of equipment. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that contains the results of the examination conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).
It is the sense of Congress that, in evaluating gas and oil-related projects for financial support, the heads of the United States Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation should condition financing for those projects on— the deployment of the best technology, methods, and management practices for detecting and repairing leaks of methane throughout the oil and gas production, processing, transportation, and distribution system; the minimization of venting and inefficient or unnecessary flaring; and the deployment of best technology, methods, and management practices for reducing emissions of other air pollution, especially— volatile organic compounds; and hazardous air pollutants.