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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1506 

To provide for the accurate reporting of fossil fuel extraction and emissions 

by entities with leases on public land, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency in En5 ergy Production Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. 

7 (a) REPORT REQUIRED FOR AN ENTITY SEEKING A

8 LEASE.—The Secretary concerned shall require any entity 


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1 seeking a lease to develop covered operations on public 

2 land to submit to the Secretary concerned a report, at the 

3 time of submission of a bid to develop covered operations. 

4 Such report shall— 

5 (1) make the disclosures described in the Sus6 tainable Accounting Standard for the Extractives 

7 and Minerals Processing Sector and the Renewable 

8 Resources and Alternative Energy Sector in effect 

9 on the date the report is filed (that is produced by 

10 the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) for 

11 the covered operations developed by the entity and 

12 in effect at the date of such bid; and 

13 (2) disaggregate the information in paragraph 1 

14 by State and by type of covered operation. 

15 (b) REPORT REQUIRED FOR AN ENTITY HOLDING A

16 LEASE.—The Secretary concerned shall require any entity 

17 holding a lease to develop covered operations on public 

18 land to submit to the Secretary concerned a report annu19 ally. Such report shall— 

20 (1) make the disclosures described in the Sus21 tainable Accounting Standard for the Extractives 

22 and Minerals Processing Sector and the Renewable 

23 Resources and Alternative Energy Sector in effect 

24 on the date the report is filed (that is produced by 


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1 the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board); 

2 and 

3 (2) disaggregate the information in paragraph 1 

4 by State and by type of covered operation. 

5 (c) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—If the Secretary con6 cerned determines that an entity did not meet the require7 ments of subsection (a), the Secretary concerned— 

8 (1) may not issue to such entity a lease for a 

9 covered operation; and 

10 (2) may suspend a lease for a covered operation 

11 held by such entity. 

12 SEC. 3. ONLINE PUBLICATION OF DISCLOSURE. 

13 The Secretary concerned shall make the information 

14 reported under section 2 available to the public on an 

15 internet website in a machine readable format. 

16 SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

17 Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact18 ment of this Act and every 2 years thereafter, the Sec19 retary concerned shall submit a report to Congress that 

20 includes— 

21 (1) with respect to covered operations, the an22 nual and 2-year totals of greenhouse gas emissions, 

23 air quality, water management, biodiversity impacts, 

24 production, and number of sites according to the 

25 metrics described in the Sustainable Accounting 


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1 Standard for Oil and Gas Exploration and Produc2 tion in effect on the date the report is filed (that is 

3 produced by the Sustainability Accounting Stand4 ards Board) for covered operations on public land; 

5 and 

6 (2) the changes in the information in paragraph 

7 1; 

8 (3) the projected future changes for 5, 10, and 

9 25 years; and 

10 (4) for renewable energy operations, an esti11 mate of the greenhouse gas emissions that would re12 sult from production of the same amount of energy 

13 using fossil fuels and water management, including 

14 water use, biodiversity impacts, production, number 

15 of sites, and acres including associated transmission 

16 lines. 

17 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this Act— 

19 (1) the term ‘‘covered operation’’ means— 

20 (A) any renewable energy operations; 

21 (B) any fossil fuel operation; and 

22 (C) any operation using any right-of-way 

23 or special use permit that would cross public 

24 lands or national forests that would facilitate 

25 fossil fuel development; 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘fossil fuel’’ means oil, natural 

2 gas, natural gas liquids, coal, and any derivative of 

3 these that is used for fuel; 

4 (3) the term ‘‘public land’’ means any land, in5 terest in land, or submerged land owned by the 

6 United States; 

7 (4) the term ‘‘renewable energy’’ means a 

8 project carried out on public land that uses wind, 

9 solar, geothermal, wave, current, tidal, or ocean 

10 thermal energy to generate electricity; and 

11 (5) the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 

12 (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re13 spect to public lands; and 

14 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re15 spect to National Forest System land. 

16 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

17 This Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of 

18 enactment of this Act. 

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