; and (2) ensure that methane emissions measurement and quantification data gathered by such other Federal agencies can be converted to a format that is consistent with the methodologies and procedures of the pilot study. (e) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. (f) Definitions In this section: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Environment and Public Works of the Senate. (3) Covered oil and gas infrastructure The term covered oil and gas infrastructure means the infrastructure used for the production, gathering and boosting, processing, transmission, and storage of oil and natural gas in the United States. Such term does not include oil and gas distribution infrastructure. (4) Region The term region means any of the seven oil and gas regions evaluated by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in its May 2023 Drilling Productivity Report.