releases, in accordance with all applicable laws, a 
public report and action plan, as required under sec-
tion 4, that ensures that lifecycle greenhouse gas 
emissions from any new fossil fuel leasing and per-
mitting on public lands and waters is consistent 
with— 
(A) reducing net United States greenhouse 
gas emissions by 50 to 52 percent from 2005 
levels by 2030; 
(B) achieving 100 percent carbon-free 
United States electricity by 2035; and 
(C) achieving net-zero emissions from the 
entire United States economy by 2050. 
SEC. 4. EMISSIONS REDUCTION STRATEGY FOR PUBLIC 
LANDS AND WATERS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO PUBLISH EMISSIONS REDUC-
TION STRATEGY.—The Secretary and the Chief, working 
with the heads of other Federal agencies as the Secretary 
and Chief determine appropriate, shall jointly develop, 
publish, implement, and update an Emissions Reduction 
Strategy for Public Lands and Waters once every 3 years 
that— 
(1) covers the lifecycle greenhouse gas emis-
sions resulting from fossil fuels produced on public 
lands and waters; and 
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(2) includes emission reduction goals for the in-
tervening years between the 2030, 2035, and 2050 
climate targets identified in section 3. 
(b)(1) RESUMPTION
OF
LEASING
AND
PERMIT-
TING.—The Secretary may hold new lease sales and issue 
new fossil fuel permits over the following 3 years until a 
new Emissions Reduction Strategy for Public Lands and 
Waters is required to be published if the Secretary— 
(A) finds substantial progress toward compli-
ance with the most recent Emissions Reduction 
Strategy; 
(B) finds that lifecycle emissions from new fos-
sil fuel leasing and permitting on public lands and 
waters is consistent with achieving the climate tar-
gets established in section 3; and 
(C) publishes a determination that the most 
current Emissions Reduction Strategy will be com-
plied with. 
(2) CONSISTENCY WITH EXISTING DEVELOPMENT 
PROCEDURES.—Nothing in this section shall preempt or 
alter other requirements for lease sales and fossil fuel per-
mits, including provisions under the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act, the Mineral Leasing Act, the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976. 
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(c) PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.—Not less than 4 
months before the date of publication of the first Emis-
sions Reduction Strategy and each subsequent Emissions 
Reduction Strategy, the Secretary and the Chief shall 
jointly publish a draft of the Emissions Reduction Strat-
egy which shall be open for public comment for 60 days. 
(d) CONSULTATIONS REQUIRED.—In developing each 
Emissions Reduction Strategy, the Secretary and the 
Chief shall consult with— 
(1) the Director of the United States Geological 
Survey with regard to the estimated lifecycle emis-
sions associated with fossil fuels produced from pub-
lic lands, the source of the emissions, and the carbon 
sequestration potential of those lands; 
(2) the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency with regard to— 
(A) carbon management techniques in-
tended to minimize the environmental impacts 
of fossil fuels; and 
(B) the implications for and the impacts 
on environmental justice communities; 
(3) the Chair of the Council on Environmental 
Quality with regard to the implications for and the 
cumulative impacts on environmental justice commu-
nities; 
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(4) the Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration with regard to 
strategies to protect and strengthen the carbon se-
questration potential of ocean and coastal eco-
systems; and 
(5) the Director of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service and the Administrator of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with 
regard to protection of ecosystem services and the 
survival and recovery of species listed as threatened 
or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 for which climate change is a primary threat. 
(e) INPUT.—In developing each Emissions Reduction 
Strategy, the Secretary and the Chief shall solicit the 
input of— 
(1) federally recognized Indian Tribes; 
(2) Native Hawaiians; 
(3) Alaskan Native Tribes; 
(4) State Governors; 
(5) scientists and technical experts within the 
United States Global Change Research Program and 
other government and independent science and pol-
icy experts; 
(6) Indigenous groups; 
(7) labor unions; and 
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(8) nonprofit organizations. 
(f) INCORPORATING INPUT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL 
JUSTICE COMMUNITIES.— 
(1) OUTREACH
TO
ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE 
COMMUNITIES.—In developing each Emissions Re-
duction Strategy, the Secretary and the Chief shall 
hold at least 5 public meetings in geographically di-
verse regions of the country experiencing an array of 
climate change threats to gather public input and 
provide meaningful community involvement opportu-
nities with respect to the implementation of and the 
updating of the Strategy and efforts of the Depart-
ment of the Interior and the Forest Service to re-
duce greenhouse gas emissions and co-pollutant 
emissions. 
(2) NOTICE.—Notice for the meetings described 
in paragraph (1) shall be provided— 
(A) to applicable representative entities or 
organizations present in the environmental jus-
tice community, including— 
(i) local religious organizations; 
(ii) civic associations and organiza-
tions; 
(iii) business associations of people of 
color; 
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(iv) environmental and environmental 
justice organizations; 
(v) homeowners’, tenants’, and neigh-
borhood watch groups; 
(vi) local and Tribal Governments; 
(vii) rural cooperatives; 
(viii) business and trade organiza-
tions; 
(ix) community and social service or-
ganizations; 
(x) universities, colleges, and voca-
tional schools; 
(xi) labor organizations; 
(xii) civil rights organizations; 
(xiii) senior citizens’ groups; and 
(xiv) public health agencies and clin-
ics; 
(B) through communication methods that 
are accessible in the applicable environmental 
justice community, which may include electronic 
media, newspapers, radio, and other media par-
ticularly targeted at communities of color, low- 
income communities, and Tribal and Indigenous 
communities; and 
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(C) at least 30 days before any such meet-
ing. 
(3) COMMUNICATION METHODS AND REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Secretary and the Chief shall— 
(A) provide translations of any documents 
made available to the public pursuant to this 
section in any language spoken by more than 5 
percent of the population residing within the 
applicable environmental justice community, 
and make available translation services for 
meetings upon request; and 
(B) not require members of the public to 
produce a form of identification or register 
their names, provide other information, com-
plete a questionnaire, or otherwise fulfill any 
condition precedent to attending a meeting, but 
if an attendance list, register, questionnaire, or 
other similar document is utilized during meet-
ings, it shall state clearly that the signing, reg-
istering, or completion of the document is vol-
untary. 
(4) REQUIRED ATTENDANCE OF CERTAIN EM-
PLOYEES.—In holding a public meeting under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that at least 1 
employee of the Department of the Interior at the 
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level of Assistant Secretary is present at the meeting 
to serve as a representative of the Department of 
the Interior. 
(g) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the Strategy, 
the Secretary and the Chief shall consider the following: 
(1) The relative economic resiliency of United 
States communities, including the proportion of 
State budgets directly derived from Federal energy 
revenues, and if available, any plans to replace such 
lost revenue, to the phaseout of fossil fuels and the 
varying abilities of communities to cope with any 
changes that would be mandated by this Strategy. 
(2) The immediate and long-term benefits to 
States and communities that will result from the 
Strategy and avoiding the worst effects of climate 
change. 
(3) How changes to Federal oil and gas permit-
ting and leasing procedures may result in a reduc-
tion of emissions from public lands. 
(4) All direct and indirect greenhouse gas emis-
sions from existing fossil fuel leases on public lands 
and waters. 
(5) The potential for public lands and waters to 
generate and support carbon-free energy, including 
wind, solar, and geothermal projects. 
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(6) Costs borne by the Department of the Inte-
rior, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration, and the Forest Service mitigating climate 
change-amplified natural resource impacts on Fed-
eral public lands and waters, including, but not lim-
ited to, wildfires, droughts, floods, riverflow declines, 
invasive species, and threatened and endangered spe-
cies recovery. 
(h) PUBLICATION OF CONTENTS OF FINAL STRAT-
EGY ON ONLINE DASHBOARD.—The Secretary shall pub-
lish the contents of each final Emissions Reduction Strat-
egy on an online public dashboard, which shall include— 
(1) the scientific evidence, documents, reports, 
and materials used in the development of the Emis-
sions Reduction Strategy; 
(2) identification of the progress made toward 
meeting goals of reducing emissions from public 
lands and waters; 
(3) the actions the Secretary and the Chief 
have taken and intend to take over the next 3 years 
to help achieve the climate change targets under sec-
tion 3; and 
(4) all public comments received during the 60- 
day comment period required by subsection (c). 
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(i) COMPLIANCE WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE PRO-
CEDURE ACT.—Each Emissions Reduction Strategy shall 
be considered a final agency action subject to the Adminis-
trative Procedure Act. 
SEC. 5. CLIMATE TEST SCREENING TOOL AND CONDITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary determines that 
fossil fuel leasing or permitting can resume on public lands 
and waters, pursuant to section 4(b), any such activity 
shall first be subjected to a climate screening policy before 
approval in order to test whether the proposal is individ-
ually consistent with the most recent Emissions Reduction 
Strategy and the conditions underlying the Secretary’s de-
termination in that Emissions Reduction Strategy. Condi-
tions the Secretary must consider in a climate screening 
tool include, at a minimum— 
(1) whether the mass of lifecycle greenhouse 
gas emissions associated with any proposed leasing 
action, including lease sales and the issuance of re-
source management plans, is consistent with defined 
pathways for meeting climate targets; and 
(2) whether production pursuant to such leas-
ing action would remain economically viable in a 
market that presumes that climate targets in section 
3 will be met. 
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(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall adopt regu-
lations establishing a climate test screening tool that de-
scribes the process and framework for carrying out the 
climate screening policy established in subsection (a). 
(c) REQUIRED REJECTION CRITERIA.—The Sec-
retary shall reject any proposed fossil fuel leasing or per-
mitting action that does not satisfy the assessment set out 
in subsection (a). 
SEC. 6. ONLINE PUBLICATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMIS-
SIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make freely 
available on a public website, with respect to the previous 
year— 
(1) information that describes for each fossil 
fuel operation that is subject to the mineral leasing 
laws or title III or V of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976, regardless of size, includ-
ing production, storage, gathering, processing, trans-
portation, and handling operations— 
(A) the aggregate amount of each fossil 
fuel, by type and by State, produced on Federal 
leases; and 
(B) for gas reported, the portion and 
source of such amount that was released or dis-
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