(12) How the remediation and decommissioning 
of Forest Service roads can increase the health and 
carbon sequestration potential of ecosystems and in-
crease the resilience of public lands to climate 
change. 
(13) The co-benefits of natural carbon seques-
tration projects, including increases in shade, green 
space, and healthy wetlands, and the importance of 
prioritizing these projects in environmental justice 
communities. 
(g) PUBLICATION OF CONTENTS OF FINAL STRAT-
EGY ON ONLINE DASHBOARD.—The Secretary shall pub-
lish the contents of each final Strategy on an online public 
dashboard, which shall include— 
(1) the progress made toward meeting the 
greenhouse gas reduction targets established in sec-
tion 3; 
(2) the annual net emission reduction targets 
identified by the Secretary and the Chief under sub-
section (a)(2), and any subsequent updates made to 
such annual targets; 
(3) the actions the Secretary and the Chief 
have taken and intend to take to achieve the net 
emission reduction targets; 
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(4) all public comments received during the 60- 
day comment period required by subsection (b); and 
(5) responses from the Secretary and the Chief 
to all comments from State or Tribal governments 
received during such comment period, including an 
explanation of why any such recommendations re-
ceived by the Secretary were not implemented. 
SEC. 6. REVENUES FOR TRANSITION ASSISTANCE. 
(a) MINERAL LEASING REVENUE.—The Mineral 
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 7, by striking ‘‘12 1⁄2’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘18.75’’; 
(2) in section 17— 
(A) by striking ‘‘12.5’’ each place such 
term appears and inserting ‘‘18.75’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘12 1⁄2’’ each place such 
term appears and inserting ‘‘18.75’’; 
(3) in section 31(e), by striking ‘‘162⁄3’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘25’’; 
(4) in section 17, by striking ‘‘Lease sales shall 
be held for each State where eligible lands are avail-
able at least quarterly and more frequently if the 
Secretary of the Interior determines such sales are 
necessary.’’; and 
(5) in section 35— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘All’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
All’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any funds 
collected as a result of the amendments made by 
section 6(a) of the American Public Lands and 
Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019 shall be dis-
tributed consistent with the manner provided in sec-
tion 6(d) of such Act.’’. 
(b) CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES FEES.—There is 
established a Conservation of Resources Fee of $4 per 
acre per year on producing Federal onshore and offshore 
oil and gas leases. 
(c) SPECULATIVE LEASING FEE.—There is estab-
lished a Speculative Leasing Fee of $6 per acre per year 
for Federal oil and gas nonproducing leases on and off-
shore. 
(d) DEPOSIT.— 
(1) All funds collected pursuant to subsections 
(b) and (c) shall be deposited in the Federal Energy 
Transition Economic Development Assistance Fund 
established in section 7. 
(2) Fifty percent of funds collected as a result 
of the amendments made by this section shall be de-
posited in the Federal Energy Transition Economic 
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Development Assistance Fund established in section 
7. 
(3) Fifty percent of funds collected as a result 
of the amendments made by this section shall be re-
turned to the States where production occurred. 
(e) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—The Secretary 
shall, by regulation at least once every four years, adjust 
each fee created by this section to reflect any change in 
the Consumer Price Index (all items, United States city 
average) as prepared by the Department of Labor. 
SEC. 7. ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION FOR FOSSIL FUEL DE-
PENDENT COMMUNITIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL ENERGY TRANSI-
TION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND.— 
There is established in the Treasury of the United States 
a fund, to be known as the ‘‘Federal Energy Transition 
Economic Development Assistance Fund’’. Such fund con-
sists of amounts deposited under section 6. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts de-
posited into the Fund— 
(1) 35 percent shall be distributed by the Sec-
retary to States in which extraction of fossil fuels 
occurs on public lands, based on a formula reflecting 
existing production and extraction in each such 
State; 
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(2) 35 percent shall be distributed by the Sec-
retary to States based on a formula reflecting the 
quantity of fossil fuels historically produced and ex-
tracted in each such State on public lands before the 
date of enactment of this Act; and 
(3) 30 percent shall be allocated to a competi-
tive grant program pursuant to subsection (d). 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Funds distributed by the 
Secretary to States under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
subsection (b) may be used for— 
(A) environmental remediation of lands 
and waters impacted by fossil fuel extraction 
and mining; 
(B) building partnerships to attract and 
invest in the economic future of historically fos-
sil fuel dependent communities; 
(C) increasing capacity and other technical 
assistance fostering long-term economic growth 
and opportunity in historically fossil fuel de-
pendent communities; 
(D) guaranteeing pensions and retirement 
security and providing a bridge of wage support 
until a displaced worker either finds new em-
ployment or reaches retirement; 
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(E) severance payments for displaced 
workers; or 
(F) carbon sequestration projects in nat-
ural systems on public lands and private agri-
cultural lands. 
(d) COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
shall establish a competitive grant program to provide 
funds to eligible entities for the purposes described in 
paragraph (2). 
(1) ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES.—Local, State, and 
Tribal governments, development districts (as such 
term is defined in section 382E of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
2009aa–4)), nonprofits, labor unions, and institu-
tions of higher education (as such term is defined in 
section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001)). 
(2) ELIGIBLE USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 
may award grants from amounts in the Fund for the 
purposes listed in subsection (c) and for— 
(A) existing job retraining and apprentice-
ship programs for impacted workers or for pro-
grams designed to promote economic develop-
ment in communities affected by a downturn in 
fossil fuel extraction and mining; 
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(B) developing projects that diversify local 
and regional economies, create jobs in new or 
existing non-fossil fuel industries, attract new 
sources of job-creating investment, and provide 
a range of workforce services and skills train-
ing; and 
(C) the development and support of a clean 
energy— 
(i) certificate program at a labor or-
ganization; or 
(ii) a major or minor program at an 
institution of higher education, as such 
term is defined in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001). 
(3) PRIORITY
TO
DISPLACED
WORKERS.—In 
awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary 
shall place a priority on assisting displaced workers 
in the fossil fuel mining and extraction industries. 
(e) JUST TRANSITION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall establish an advisory committee to be 
known as the ‘‘Just Transition Advisory Com-
mittee’’. 
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(2) CHAIR.—The Director of the Office of Cli-
mate Change Mitigation and Planning, established 
in section 8, shall Chair the Advisory Committee. 
(3) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall— 
(A) advise, assist, and support the Sec-
retary in the management and allocation of 
funds available under subsection (b) and in the 
establishment and administration of the Com-
petitive Grant Program under subsection (d); 
and 
(B) develop procedures to ensure that 
States and applicants eligible to participate in 
the competitive grant program established pur-
suant to subsection (d) are notified of avail-
ability of Federal funds pursuant to this Act. 
(4) MEMBERSHIP.—The total membership of 
the Advisory Committee shall not exceed 24 mem-
bers and the Advisory Committee shall be composed 
of the following members appointed by the Director 
of the Office of Climate Change Mitigation and 
Planning: 
(A) A representative of the Assistant Sec-
retary of Commerce for Economic Development. 
(B) A representative of the Secretary of 
Labor. 
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(C) A representative of the Under Sec-
retary for Rural Development. 
(D) Two individuals with professional eco-
nomic development or workforce retraining ex-
perience. 
(E) An equal number of representatives 
from each of the following: 
(i) Labor unions. 
(ii) Nonprofit environmental organiza-
tions. 
(iii) Environmental justice organiza-
tions. 
(iv) Fossil fuel transition commu-
nities. 
(v) Public interest groups. 
(vi) Indian Tribes. 
(5) TERMINATION.—The Just Transition Advi-
sory Committee shall not terminate except by an Act 
of Congress. 
(f) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 7 
percent of the amounts in the Fund may be used for 
administrative costs incurred in implementing this 
Act. 
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(2) LIMITATION ON FUNDS TO A SINGLE ENTI-
TY.—Not more than 5 percent of the amounts in the 
Fund may be awarded to a single eligible entity. 
(3) CALENDAR YEAR LIMITATION.—At least 15 
percent of the amount in the Fund must be spent 
in each calendar year. 
(g) WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
shall require each recipient of funds under this section to 
meet the prevailing wage requirements under chapter IV 
of chapter 31 of part A of subtitle II of title 40, United 
States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Davis-Bacon 
Act’’), with respect to any laborer or mechanic employed 
using such funds, including those employed by contractors 
or subcontractors. 
(h) USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANUFAC-
TURED GOODS.—None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for a project 
for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of 
a public building or public work unless all of the iron, 
steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are pro-
duced in the United States unless such manufactured good 
is not produced in the United States. 
(i) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate and to the Commit-
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tees on Appropriations and Natural Resources in the 
House of Representatives, with the annual budget submis-
sion of the President, a list of projects, including a de-
scription of each project, that received funding under this 
section in the previous calendar year. 
SEC. 8. OFFICE OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND 
PLANNING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
OFFICE
OF
CLIMATE 
CHANGE MITIGATION
AND PLANNING.—The Secretary 
shall establish an Office of Climate Change Mitigation and 
Planning (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Office’’), 
which shall oversee implementation of this Act. The Office 
shall be under the direction of the Director of Climate 
Change Mitigation and Planning (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘Director’’) who shall report directly to the 
Secretary. 
(b) DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION 
AND PLANNING.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Director shall be ap-
pointed by the President to administer the provisions 
of this Act. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—The Director shall be 
paid at a rate determined by the Secretary to be ap-
propriate for the position, but not less than the rate 
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provided for Level V of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The duties of the Office are to im-
plement this Act and to— 
(1) oversee the tracking of all greenhouse gas 
emission sources and sinks on public lands; 
(2) coordinate across the Federal Government 
to ensure the net emission targets are met; and 
(3) oversee and manage the distribution of 
funds as required by section 7. 
(d) STAFF AND CONSULTANTS.— 
(1) STAFF.—The Director may employ such 
staff as the Director determines appropriate. The 
Director may request staff assistance from within 
the Department of the Interior and any office or Bu-
reau thereof as the Director deems necessary. 
(2) CONTRACTS.—To the extent and in such 
amounts as may be provided in advance by appro-
priations Acts, the Director may enter into contracts 
and other arrangements with public agencies and 
with private persons and organizations for con-
sulting services and make such payments as nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of this section. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advi-
sory Committee’’ means the Just Transition Advi-
sory Committee established by section 7. 
(2) CHIEF.—The term ‘‘Chief’’ means the Sec-
retary of Agriculture acting through the Chief of the 
United States Forest Service. 
(3) CO-POLLUTANT.—The term ‘‘co-pollutant’’ 
means air pollutants, as defined by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, including volatile organic 
compounds and hazardous air pollutants that may 
be commingled and coemitted with greenhouse gases. 
(4) ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE
COMMUNITY.— 
The term ‘‘environmental justice community’’ means 
a geographically distinct community with significant 
representation of communities of color, low-income 
communities, or Tribal and indigenous communities 
that experience or are at risk of experiencing signifi-
cantly higher and more adverse human health or en-
vironmental effects. 
(5) DISPARATE IMPACT.—The term ‘‘disparate 
impact’’ means an impact that, though appearing 
neutral, actually has the effect of subjecting persons 
to discrimination because of their race, color, or na-
tional origin. 
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(6) DISPLACED WORKER.—The term ‘‘displaced 
worker’’ means an individual who, due to efforts to 
reduce net emissions from public lands or as a result 
of a downturn in fossil fuel mining, extraction, or 
production, has suffered a reduction in employment 
or economic opportunities. 
(7) FLARING.—The term ‘‘flaring’’ means the 
intentional and controlled burning of gas that occurs 
in the course of oil and gas or coal operations. 
(8) FOSSIL
FUEL.—The term ‘‘fossil fuel’’ 
means coal, petroleum, natural gas, tar sands, oil 
shale, or any derivative of coal, petroleum, or nat-
ural gas. 
(9) FOSSIL FUEL TRANSITION COMMUNITIES.— 
The term ‘‘fossil fuel transition communities’’ means 
communities in which the economic contribution of 
fossil fuel mining, extraction, or production-related 
activity on public lands has significantly declined or 
that have historically relied on fossil fuel mining, ex-
traction, or production-related activity on public 
lands for a substantial portion of its economy. 
(10) FUGITIVE RELEASE.—The term ‘‘fugitive 
release’’ means the unintentional and uncontrolled 
release of gas into the atmosphere in the course of 
oil and gas or coal operations. 
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(11) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the 
Federal Energy Transition Economic Development 
Assistance Fund. 
(12) GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL-WEIGHTED 
EMISSION.—The term ‘‘Global Warming Potential- 
weighted emission’’ means the ratio of the time-inte-
grated radiative forcing from the instantaneous re-
lease of 1 kilogram of a trace substance relative to 
that of 1 kilogram of carbon dioxide, measured in 
metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent for each 
greenhouse gas according to the most recent, and 
any subsequent, decisions by the Intergovernmental 
Panel on Climate Change regarding global warming 
potentials. 
(13) GREENHOUSE
GAS.—The term ‘‘green-
house gas’’ means— 
(A) carbon dioxide; 
(B) methane; 
(C) nitrous oxide; 
(D) hydrofluorocarbons; 
(E) perfluorocarbons; 
(F) sulfur hexafluoride; or 
(G) any other anthropogenically emitted 
gas that is determined by the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, after no-
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tice and comment, to contribute to global warm-
ing to a non-negligible degree. 
(14) LGBTQ.—The term ‘‘LGBTQ’’ means 
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or 
questioning. 
(15) MULTIPLE USE.—The term ‘‘multiple use’’ 
has the same meaning given such term in section 
103 of the Federal Land and Policy Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702). 
(16) NATIONAL ACADEMIES.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Academies’’ means the National Academies of 
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 
(17) NET
BIOME
PRODUCTIVITY.—The term 
‘‘net biome productivity’’ means the absolute change 
in carbon stored within terrestrial ecosystems on an 
annual basis. The net biome productivity is deter-
mined by subtracting terrestrial ecosystem carbon 
losses associated with land use and land-use change 
and disturbance from the net ecosystem productivity 
as described in United States Geological Survey Sci-
entific Investigations Report 2018–5131. 
(18) NET
EMISSIONS.—The term ‘‘net emis-
sions’’ means the total greenhouse gas emissions as-
sociated with the extraction and end-use combustion 
of fossil fuels produced from United States public 
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lands in a year as measured by the United States 
Geological Survey and reduced in the same year 
by— 
(A) the total avoided emissions from gen-
eration of renewable energy on public lands as 
determined by using the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency’s AVoided Emissions and geneRa-
tion Tool, or a similar Environmental Protec-
tion Agency calculation for the national average 
of carbon dioxide equivalent associated with 
United States electricity generation as of Janu-
ary 1, 2020; 
(B) the net biome productivity of public 
lands at the end of each target year; 
(C) the total amount of new geologically 
sequestered carbon on public lands in each tar-
get year; and 
(D) other carbon captured by negative 
emissions technologies and sequestered, as de-
termined by the Secretary and Chief in each 
target year. 
(19) NONPRODUCING LEASE.—The term ‘‘non-
producing lease’’ means any lease where oil or nat-
ural gas is produced for less than 90 days in a cal-
endar year. 
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