1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2019 . 2. Codification of Final Rule The amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations made pursuant to the final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency, titled Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 35824), shall have the same force and effect of law as if such amendments had been enacted by an Act of Congress, except that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may revise such regulations, as provided for under the Clean Air Act, if such revision would result in a reduction in gas release. 3. Gas waste reduction and enhancement of gas measuring and reporting (a) In general Title I of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 ( 30 U.S.C. 1711 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 118. Gas waste reduction and enhancement of gas measuring and reporting (a) Regulations for preventing and reducing waste of gas via venting, flaring, and fugitive releases (1) Requirement to issue regulations Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2019, the Secretary shall issue regulations pursuant to the Secretary’s authority under the Mineral Leasing Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Indian Mineral Leasing Act of 1938, and other statutes authorizing the Secretary to regulate oil and gas activities on Federal land and Indian lands, that establish requirements for reducing and preventing the waste of gas, including by venting, flaring, and fugitive releases, from covered operations. (2) Content of regulations The regulations shall, with respect to covered operations— (A) require that, beginning not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2019, each operator captures at least 85 percent of all gas produced in each year from each onshore well that is subject to a