Union Calendar No. 454
117th CONGRESS 2d Session |
[Report No. 117–631, Part I]
To provide for the accurate reporting of fossil fuel extraction and emissions by entities with leases on public land, and for other purposes.
March 2, 2021
Mr. Lowenthal (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Levin of California, Ms. Lee of California, and Ms. Porter) introduced the following bill; which was 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
December 14, 2022
Additional sponsors: Mr. Huffman, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. DeGette, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Hastings, and Ms. Leger Fernandez
December 14, 2022
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
December 14, 2022
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 2, 2021]
To provide for the accurate reporting of fossil fuel extraction and emissions by entities with leases on public land, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2021”.
SEC. 2. Disclosure Requirements.
(a) Report required for an entity seeking a lease.—The Secretary concerned shall require any entity seeking a lease to develop covered operations on public land or Indian land to submit to the Secretary concerned a report, at the time of submission of a bid to develop covered operations. Such report shall—
(1) make the disclosures described in the Sustainable Accounting Standard for the Extractives and Minerals Processing Sector and the Renewable Resources and Alternative Energy Sector in effect on the date the report is filed (that is produced by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) for the covered operations developed by the entity and in effect at the date of such bid; and
(b) Report required for an entity holding a lease.—The Secretary concerned shall require any entity holding a lease to develop covered operations on public land or Indian land to submit to the Secretary concerned a report annually. Such report shall—
SEC. 3. Online Publication of Disclosure.
The Secretary concerned shall make the information reported under section 2 available to the public on an internet website in a machine readable format.
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary concerned shall submit a report to Congress that includes—
(1) with respect to covered operations, the annual and 2-year totals of greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, water management, biodiversity impacts, production, and number of sites according to the metrics described in the Sustainable Accounting Standard for Oil and Gas Exploration and Production in effect on the date the report is filed (that is produced by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) for covered operations on public land or Indian land; and
(4) for renewable energy operations, an estimate of the greenhouse gas emissions that would result from production of the same amount of energy using fossil fuels and water management, including water use, biodiversity impacts, production, number of sites, and acres including associated transmission lines;
(5) the emission produced during the construction of solar panels and wind turbines that would be used for renewable energy operations;
(6) a determination as to whether the materials or labor for the construction of solar panels and wind turbines used for renewable energy operations would be sourced from the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in China;
(7) the environmental impacts of the decommissioning and disposal of renewable energy products and electronic waste, including batteries, solar panels, and products that have exceeded their life cycle;
(8) with respect to lands on which covered operations occur, the annual and 2-year totals of greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, water management, and biodiversity impacts of catastrophic wildfires, the number of acres identified as being at high or very high risk of wildfire, and the number of acres in need of treatment or fuels reduction activities; and
In this Act—
(2) the term “fossil fuel” means oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, coal, and any derivative of these that is used for fuel;
(3) the term “Indian land” has the meaning given such term in section 2601(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501(2));
(4) the term “public land” means any land, interest in land, or submerged land owned by the United States;
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[Report No. 117–631, Part I] | |||||
A BILL | |||||
To provide for the accurate reporting of fossil fuel extraction and emissions by entities with leases on public land, and for other purposes. | |||||
December 14, 2022 | |||||
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment | |||||
December 14, 2022 | |||||
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed |