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Bill117th CongressFiled Mar 2, 2021Public Lands and Natural Resources
H.R. 1506

Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2021

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What it doesSummary reported to house, part i (Dec 14, 2022)

Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2021

This bill requires certain disclosures by entities seeking a lease or holding a lease to develop renewable energy operations or fossil fuel operations on public lands or Indian lands or any operation using any right-of-way or special use permit that would cross public lands, Indian lands, or national forests that would facilitate fossil fuel development. The disclosures are those described in the Sustainability Accounting Standard for the Renewable Resources and Alternative Energy Sector or the Extractives and Mineral Processing Sector.

Every two years, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture must report to Congress on such operations, including greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, water management, biodiversity impacts, production, and the number of sites. For renewable energy operations on public lands or Indian lands, the report must include greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the production of the same amount of energy using fossil fuels.

What just happenedDec 14, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 454.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47](D-CA)Sponsor
13 cosponsors13 D
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  1. Dec 14, 2022CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 454.

  2. Dec 14, 2022DischargeH12300

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

    Agriculture Committee
  3. Dec 14, 2022Committee5500

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

    Agriculture Committee
  4. Dec 14, 2022CommitteeH12200

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-631, Part I.

    Natural Resources Committee
  5. Dec 14, 2022Committee5000

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-631, Part I.

    Natural Resources Committee
  6. May 5, 2021Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 15.

    Natural Resources Committee
  7. May 5, 2021Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Natural Resources Committee
  8. May 5, 2021Committee

    Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.

    Natural Resources Committee
  9. Apr 28, 2021Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

    Forestry Subcommittee
  10. Mar 8, 2021Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

    Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee
  11. Mar 2, 2021IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Agriculture Committee
  12. Mar 2, 2021IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Natural Resources Committee
  13. Mar 2, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  14. Mar 2, 2021IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Reported to House, Part IDec 14, 20228

Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2021

This bill requires certain disclosures by entities seeking a lease or holding a lease to develop renewable energy operations or fossil fuel operations on public lands or Indian lands or any operation using any right-of-way or special use permit that would cross public lands, Indian lands, or national forests that would facilitate fossil fuel development. The disclosures are those described in the Sustainability Accounting Standard for the Renewable Resources and Alternative Energy Sector or the Extractives and Mineral Processing Sector.

Every two years, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture must report to Congress on such operations, including greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, water management, biodiversity impacts, production, and the number of sites. For renewable energy operations on public lands or Indian lands, the report must include greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the production of the same amount of energy using fossil fuels.

Introduced in HouseMar 2, 2021

Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020

This bill requires certain disclosures by entities seeking a lease or holding a lease to develop renewable energy operations or fossil fuel operations on public lands or any operation using any right-of-way or special use permit that would cross public lands or national forests that would facilitate fossil fuel development. The disclosures are those described in the Sustainability Accounting Standard for the Renewable Resources & Alternative Energy Sector or the Extractives & Mineral Processing Sector.

Every two years, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture must report to Congress on such operations, including greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, water management, biodiversity impacts, production, and the number of sites. For renewable energy operations on public lands, the report must include greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the production of the same amount of energy using fossil fuels.

Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2021 — Informed