posed of by each of venting, flaring, and fugi-
tive release; and 
(2) information that describes the amount and 
sources of energy, in delivered megawatt hours, pro-
duced from operating solar, wind, and geothermal 
projects on public lands under lease for the produc-
tion of renewable energy. 
(b) FORMAT.—Information made available under this 
section shall be presented in a format that translates such 
amounts and portions into emissions of metric tons of 
greenhouse gases expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent 
using both the 20-year and 100-year Global Warming Po-
tential-weighted emission values. 
(c) DATA PUBLICATION FREQUENCY.—The data 
made available under this section shall be updated at least 
annually. 
SEC. 7. ACCOUNTING FOR CARBON POLLUTION IN FOSSIL 
FUEL FISCAL TERMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall re-
form fossil fuel fiscal terms to— 
(1) account for damages to the climate result-
ing from Federal fossil fuel production; and 
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(2) ensure that fiscal terms under the Depart-
ment of the Interior’s jurisdiction are consistent 
with the most recent Emissions Reduction Strategy. 
(b) TERMS.—Fiscal terms shall include collecting an-
nual, nonrefundable severance fees on fossil fuels produced 
from new leases on public lands. 
(c) USE OF REVENUES.—Revenues from the sever-
ance fees established under subsection (b) shall be used 
by the Secretary to financially support States that use rev-
enues from Federal fossil fuel leasing and production if 
such government uses such revenues to diversify their 
economies to reduce their reliance on coal, oil, and gas. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CHIEF.—The term ‘‘Chief’’ means the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of 
the Forest Service. 
(2) 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. 
(3) ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE
COMMUNITY.— 
The term ‘‘environmental justice community’’ means 
a community with significant representation of com-
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munities of color, low-income communities, or Tribal 
and Indigenous communities, that experiences, or is 
at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse 
human health or environmental effects. 
(4) FLARING.—The term ‘‘flaring’’ means the 
intentional and controlled burning of gas that occurs 
in the course of oil and gas or coal operations. 
(5) 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. 
(6) 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. 
(7) 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 
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Panel on Climate Change regarding global warming 
potentials. 
(8) GREENHOUSE GAS.—The term ‘‘greenhouse 
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-
tice and comment, to contribute to global warm-
ing to a nonnegligible degree. 
(9) PUBLIC
LAND.—The term ‘‘public land’’ 
means any land and interest in land owned by the 
United States within the several States or the Dis-
trict of Columbia and administered by the Secretary 
or the Chief, without regard to how the United 
States acquired ownership, including lands located 
on the Outer Continental Shelf, but excluding lands 
held in trust for an Indian or Indian Tribe. 
(10) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior. 
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(11) EMISSIONS REDUCTION STRATEGY.—The 
term ‘‘Emissions Reduction Strategy’’ means the 
Emissions Reduction Strategy for Public Lands and 
Waters required to be developed and published 
under section 4. 
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