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Union Calendar No. 454 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1506 

[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. 

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 

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] 


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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. 


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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 Energy 

5 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 

9 seeking a lease to develop covered operations on public land 

10 or Indian land to submit to the Secretary concerned a re11 port, at the time of submission of a bid to develop covered 

12 operations. Such report shall— 

13 (1) make the disclosures described in the Sus14 tainable Accounting Standard for the Extractives and 

15 Minerals Processing Sector and the Renewable Re16 sources and Alternative Energy Sector in effect on the 

17 date the report is filed (that is produced by the Sus18 tainability Accounting Standards Board) for the cov19 ered operations developed by the entity and in effect 

20 at the date of such bid; and 

21 (2) disaggregate the information in paragraph 

22 (1) by State and by type of covered operation. 

23 (b) REPORT REQUIRED FOR AN ENTITY HOLDING A

24 LEASE.—The Secretary concerned shall require any entity 

25 holding a lease to develop covered operations on public land 


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1 or Indian land to submit to the Secretary concerned a re2 port annually. Such report shall— 

3 (1) make the disclosures described in the Sus4 tainable Accounting Standard for the Extractives and 

5 Minerals Processing Sector and the Renewable Re6 sources and Alternative Energy Sector in effect on the 

7 date the report is filed (that is produced by the Sus8 tainability Accounting Standards Board); and 

9 (2) disaggregate the information in paragraph 

10 (1) by State and by type of covered operation. 

11 (c) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—If the Secretary concerned 

12 determines that an entity did not meet the requirements 

13 of subsection (a), the Secretary concerned— 

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

15 covered operation; and 

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

17 held by such entity. 

18 SEC. 3. ONLINE PUBLICATION OF DISCLOSURE. 

19 The Secretary concerned shall make the information 

20 reported under section 2 available to the public on an inter21 net website in a machine readable format. 

22 SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

23 Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 

24 of this Act and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary con25 cerned shall submit a report to Congress that includes— 


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1 (1) with respect to covered operations, the an2 nual and 2-year totals of greenhouse gas emissions, 

3 air quality, water management, biodiversity impacts, 

4 production, and number of sites according to the 

5 metrics described in the Sustainable Accounting 

6 Standard for Oil and Gas Exploration and Produc7 tion in effect on the date the report is filed (that is 

8 produced by the Sustainability Accounting Standards 

9 Board) for covered operations on public land or In10 dian land; and 

11 (2) the changes in the information in paragraph 

12 (1); 

13 (3) the projected future changes for 5, 10, and 25 

14 years; 

15 (4) for renewable energy operations, an estimate 

16 of the greenhouse gas emissions that would result from 

17 production of the same amount of energy using fossil 

18 fuels and water management, including water use, 

19 biodiversity impacts, production, number of sites, and 

20 acres including associated transmission lines; 

21 (5) the emission produced during the construc22 tion of solar panels and wind turbines that would be 

23 used for renewable energy operations; 

24 (6) a determination as to whether the materials 

25 or labor for the construction of solar panels and wind 


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1 turbines used for renewable energy operations would 

2 be sourced from the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in 

3 China; 

4 (7) the environmental impacts of the decommis5 sioning and disposal of renewable energy products 

6 and electronic waste, including batteries, solar panels, 

7 and products that have exceeded their life cycle; 

8 (8) with respect to lands on which covered oper9 ations occur, the annual and 2-year totals of green10 house gas emissions, air quality, water management, 

11 and biodiversity impacts of catastrophic wildfires, the 

12 number of acres identified as being at high or very 

13 high risk of wildfire, and the number of acres in need 

14 of treatment or fuels reduction activities; and 

15 (9) an assessment of the environmental and 

16 human rights impacts in the production of renewable 

17 energy products for the lifecycle of such products, in18 cluding such impacts from source materials for and 

19 the disposal of such products. 

20 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this Act— 

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

23 (A) any renewable energy operations; 

24 (B) any fossil fuel operation; and 


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

2 or special use permit that would cross public 

3 lands, Indian lands, or national forests that 

4 would facilitate fossil fuel development; 

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

6 natural gas liquids, coal, and any derivative of these 

7 that is used for fuel; 

8 (3) the term ‘‘Indian land’’ has the meaning 

9 given such term in section 2601(2) of the Energy Pol10 icy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501(2)); 

11 (4) the term ‘‘public land’’ means any land, in12 terest in land, or submerged land owned by the 

13 United States; 

14 (5) the term ‘‘renewable energy’’ means a project 

15 carried out on public land or Indian land that uses 

16 wind, solar, geothermal, wave, current, tidal, or ocean 

17 thermal energy to generate electricity; and 

18 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 

19 (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re20 spect to public lands and Indian lands; and 

21 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re22 spect to National Forest System land. 

23 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

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

25 enactment of this Act. 


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Union Calendar No. 454 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1506 

[Report No. 117–631, Part I] 

A BILL 

To provide for the accurate reporting of fossil fuel 

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

DECEMBER 14, 2022 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

an amendment 

DECEMBER 14, 2022 

Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the 

Union and ordered to be printed Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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