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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6530 

To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to provide for energy parity, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2023 

Mr. LAMBORN (for himself and Mr. NEWHOUSE) 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 amend the Energy Act of 2020 to provide for energy 

parity, 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 ‘‘Energy Parity Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. PARITY IN REDUCTIONS IN ROYALTY RATES AND 

6 CAPACITY FEES. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3101 of the Energy Act 

8 of 2020 (43 U.S.C. 3001) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, or the 

2 production of oil or natural gas,’’ after ‘‘wind en3 ergy’’; and 

4 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

5 (A) strike ‘‘that’’ and insert ‘‘that—’’; and 

6 (B) strike ‘‘uses wind, solar, or geothermal 

7 energy to generate energy.’’ and insert the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(A) uses wind, solar, or geothermal en10 ergy to generate energy; or 

11 ‘‘(B) produces oil or natural gas.’’. 

12 (b) INCREASING ECONOMIC CERTAINTY.—Section 

13 3103 of the Energy Act of 2020 (43 U.S.C. 3003) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘royalty rates,’’ after ‘‘ca17 pacity fees,’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘wind and solar’’ and in19 serting ‘‘oil, natural gas, wind, and solar’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (b)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘and capacity fees, or 

22 both,’’ and inserting ‘‘, capacity fees, and roy23 alty rates’’; 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘wind and solar’’ and in25 serting ‘‘oil, natural gas, wind, and solar’’; and 


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1 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘or capacity fee’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘, capacity fee, or royalty rate’’; 

4 and 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘wind and solar’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘oil, natural gas, wind, and 

7 solar’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(c) PARITY IN REDUCTIONS IN ROYALTY RATES

10 AND CAPACITY FEES.—If the Secretary reduces capacity 

11 fees for wind and solar authorizations pursuant to this 

12 section, the Secretary shall reduce royalty rates for oil and 

13 natural gas authorizations by the percentage that is equal 

14 to the percentage of the reduction in capacity fees.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. PROPOSED RULE ON RIGHTS-OF-WAY, LEASING, 

16 AND OPERATIONS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY. 

17 Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 

18 of this Act, the Bureau of Land Management shall reissue 

19 the proposed rule titled ‘‘Rights-of-Way, Leasing, and Op20 erations for Renewable Energy’’ and published June 16, 

21 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 39726), to carry out the amendments 

22 made by section 2. 

23 SEC. 4. RATES UNDER THE MINERAL LEASING ACT. 

24 (a) ONSHORE OIL AND GAS ROYALTY RATES.— 


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1 (1) LEASE OF OIL AND GAS LAND.—Section 17 

2 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226) is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (b)(1)(A)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘not less than 162 5 ⁄3’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘not less than 12.5’’; and 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘or, in the case of a 

8 lease issued during the 10-year period be9 ginning on the date of enactment of the 

10 Act titled ‘An Act to provide for reconcili11 ation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 

14’, 162 12 ⁄3 percent in amount or value of 

13 the production removed or sold from the 

14 lease’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘162 15 ⁄3 percent’’ each place 

16 it appears and inserting ‘‘12.5 percent’’. 

17 (2) CONDITIONS FOR REINSTATEMENT.—Sec18 tion 31(e)(3) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 

19 188(e)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘20’’ inserting 

‘‘162 20 ⁄3’’. 

21 (b) OIL AND GAS MINIMUM BID.—Section 17(b) of 

22 the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)) is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘$10 per 

24 acre during the 10-year period beginning on the date 

25 of enactment of the Act titled ‘An Act to provide for 


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1 reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 

2 14’.’’ and inserting ‘‘$2 per acre for a period of 2 

3 years from the date of the enactment of the Federal 

4 Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act of 1987.’’; 

5 and 

6 (2) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘$10 per 

7 acre’’ and inserting ‘‘$2 per acre’’. 

8 (c) FOSSIL FUEL RENTAL RATES.—Section 17(d) of 

9 the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(d)) is amended 

10 to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(d) All leases issued under this section, as amended 

12 by the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act 

13 of 1987, shall be conditioned upon payment by the lessee 

14 of a rental of not less than $1.50 per acre per year for 

15 the first through fifth years of the lease and not less than 

16 $2 per acre per year for each year thereafter. A minimum 

17 royalty in lieu of rental of not less than the rental which 

18 otherwise would be required for that lease year shall be 

19 payable at the expiration of each lease year beginning on 

20 or after a discovery of oil or gas in paying quantities on 

21 the lands leased.’’. 

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