I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6256 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual production 
incentive fee with respect to Federal onshore and offshore lands that 
are subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which 
production is not occurring, to authorize use of amounts received as 
such fee for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2008 
Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. HINCHEY, Mrs. 
CAPPS, Ms. CASTOR, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. GEORGE 
MILLER of California, Mr. OLVER, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. WELCH of 
Vermont, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 
HODES, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources, and in addition to the Committees on Science and Technology, 
Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual 
production incentive fee with respect to Federal onshore 
and offshore lands that are subject to a lease for produc-
tion of oil or natural gas under which production is 
not occurring, to authorize use of amounts received as 
such fee for energy efficiency and renewable energy 
projects, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Responsible Ownership 
of Public Lands Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PRODUCTION INCENTIVE FEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, issue regulations to establish an annual production 
incentive fee with respect to Federal onshore and offshore 
lands that are subject to a lease for production of oil or 
natural gas under which production is not occurring. Such 
fee shall apply with respect to lands that are subject to 
such a lease that is in effect on the date final regulations 
are promulgated under this subsection or that is issued 
thereafter. 
(b) AMOUNT.—The amount of the fee shall be, for 
each acre of land from which oil or natural gas is produced 
for less than 90 days in a calendar year— 
(1) for each of the first 3 years of the lease, $5 
per acre in 2008 dollars; 
(2) for the fourth year of the lease, $25 per 
acre in 2008 dollars; and 
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(3) for the fifth year of the lease and each year 
thereafter for which the lease is otherwise in effect, 
$50 per acre in 2008 dollars. 
(c) ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION.—The Secretary 
shall assess and collect the fee established under this sec-
tion. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Interior 
may issue regulations to prevent evasion of the fee under 
this section. 
SEC. 3. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in 
the Treasury of the United States a separate account 
which shall be known as the ‘‘Energy Efficiency and Re-
newable Energy Fund’’ (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Fund’’). There shall be deposited into the Fund amounts 
received by the United States in the form of fees under 
this Act. 
(b) USE.—Amounts in the Fund shall be available, 
subject to appropriations, as follows each fiscal year: 
(1) WIND ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT.—$65,000,000 for necessary expenses for a 
program to support the development of next-genera-
tion wind turbines, including turbines capable of op-
erating in areas with low wind speeds, as authorized 
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in section 931(a)(2)(B) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231(a)(2)(B)). 
(2) SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT.—$100,000,000 for necessary expenses for a 
program to accelerate the research, development, 
demonstration, and deployment of solar energy tech-
nologies, and public education and outreach mate-
rials pursuant to such program, as authorized by 
section 931(a)(2)(A) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231(a)(2)(A)). 
(3) LOW INCOME WEATHERIZATION.—The Sec-
retary of the treasury shall transfer $200,000,000 to 
the account ‘‘Weatherization Assistance Program’’, 
for a program to weatherize low income housing, as 
authorized by section 411 of the Energy Independ-
ence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 
140). 
(4) BUILDING
AND
LIGHTING
ENERGY
EFFI-
CIENCY
RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT.— 
$70,000,000 for necessary expenses for a program 
to accelerate the research, development, demonstra-
tion, and deployment of new technologies to improve 
the energy efficiency of and reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions from buildings, as authorized in section 
321(g) of the Energy Independence and Security Act 
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of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 6295 note), section 422 of the 
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17082), and section 912 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16192). 
(5) ENERGY
STORAGE
FOR
TRANSPORTATION 
AND ELECTRIC POWER.— 
(A) $30,000,000 for necessary expenses 
for a program to accelerate basic research on 
energy storage systems to support electric drive 
vehicles, stationary applications, and electricity 
transmission and distribution, as authorized by 
section 641(p)(1) of the Energy Independence 
and 
Security 
Act 
of 
2007 
(42 
U.S.C. 
17231(p)(1)). 
(B) $70,000,000 including— 
(i) $30,000,000 for a program to ac-
celerate applied research on energy storage 
systems to support electric drive vehicles, 
stationary 
applications, 
and 
electricity 
transmission and distribution as authorized 
by section 641(p)(2) of the Energy Inde-
pendence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17231(p)(2)); 
(ii) $20,000,000 for energy storage 
systems demonstrations as authorized by 
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section 641(p)(4) of the Energy Independ-
ence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17231(p)(4)); and 
(iii) $20,000,000 for vehicle energy 
storage systems demonstrations as author-
ized by section 641(p)(5) of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 
(42 U.S.C. 17231(p)(5)). 
(6) ADVANCED VEHICLES RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, AND DEMONSTRATION.—$40,000,000 for nec-
essary expenses for research, development, and dem-
onstration on advanced, cost-effective technologies to 
improve the energy efficiency and environmental per-
formance of vehicles, as authorized in section 
911(a)(2)(A) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16191(a)(2)(A)). 
(7) AUDITS, INVESTIGATION, AND
ENVIRON-
MENTAL MITIGATION.—$50,000,000 for audits, in-
vestigation, and environmental mitigation for oil and 
gas by the Department of Interior. 
(8) LOW-INCOME
HOME
ENERGY
ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM.—The remainder for use for the Low-In-
come Home Energy Assistance Program. 
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