I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 596 
To promote the development of renewable energy on public lands, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2013 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. HECK of Nevada, 
Mr. POLIS, Mr. TIPTON, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
DENHAM, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. SIMPSON, 
Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, and Mrs. KIRK-
PATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agri-
culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To promote the development of renewable energy on public 
lands, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 
2013’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—GEOTHERMAL ENERGY 
Sec. 101. Extension of funding for implementation of Energy Policy Act of 
2005. 
TITLE II—DEVELOPMENT OF WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY ON 
CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. Development of solar and wind energy on covered land. 
Sec. 203. Royalties. 
Sec. 204. Disposition of royalty revenue. 
Sec. 205. Study and report on mitigation banking. 
TITLE I—GEOTHERMAL ENERGY 
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION 
OF ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 234(a) of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15873(a)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘in the first 5 fiscal years beginning after the date 
of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘through fiscal 
year 2020’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 234(b) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15873(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Amounts’’ and inserting ‘‘Ef-
fective for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, amounts’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘without further appropriation’’ 
and inserting ‘‘in such amounts as are provided in 
advance in appropriations Acts’’. 
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TITLE 
II—DEVELOPMENT 
OF 
WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY ON 
CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND 
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 
means land that is— 
(A)(i) public land administered by the Sec-
retary of the Interior; or 
(ii) National Forest System land adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Agriculture; and 
(B) not excluded from the development of 
solar or wind energy under— 
(i) a final land use plan established 
under the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.); 
(ii) a final land and resource manage-
ment plan established under the National 
Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 
U.S.C. 1600 et seq.); or 
(iii) Federal law. 
(2) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Re-
newable Energy Resource Conservation Fund estab-
lished under section 204(b). 
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