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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4302 
To provide for the accurate reporting of fossil fuel extraction and emissions 
by entities with leases on public land, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2023 
Ms. PORTER (for herself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HUFFMAN, and Mr. LEVIN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the accurate reporting of fossil fuel extraction 
and emissions by entities with leases on public land, 
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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency in En-
ergy Production Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED FOR AN ENTITY SEEKING A 
LEASE.—The Secretary concerned shall require any entity 
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seeking a lease to develop covered operations on public 
land or Indian land to submit to the Secretary concerned 
a report, at the time of submission of a bid to develop 
covered operations. Such report shall— 
(1) make the disclosures described in the Sus-
tainable Accounting Standard for the Extractives 
and Minerals Processing Sector and the Renewable 
Resources and Alternative Energy Sector in effect 
on the date the report is filed (that is produced by 
the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) for 
the covered operations developed by the entity and 
in effect at the date of such bid; and 
(2) disaggregate the information in paragraph 
(1) by State and by type of covered operation. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED FOR AN ENTITY HOLDING A 
LEASE.—The Secretary concerned shall require any entity 
holding a lease to develop covered operations on public 
land or Indian land to submit to the Secretary concerned 
a report annually. Such report shall— 
(1) make the disclosures described in the Sus-
tainable Accounting Standard for the Extractives 
and Minerals Processing Sector and the Renewable 
Resources and Alternative Energy Sector in effect 
on the date the report is filed (that is produced by 
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the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board); 
and 
(2) disaggregate the information in paragraph 
(1) by State and by type of covered operation. 
(c) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—If the Secretary con-
cerned determines that an entity did not meet the require-
ments of subsection (a), the Secretary concerned— 
(1) may not issue to such entity a lease for a 
covered operation; and 
(2) may suspend a lease for a covered operation 
held by such entity. 
SEC. 3. ONLINE PUBLICATION OF DISCLOSURE. 
The Secretary concerned shall make the information 
reported under section 2 available to the public on an 
internet website in a machine readable format. 
SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and every 2 years thereafter, the Sec-
retary concerned shall submit a report to Congress that 
includes— 
(1) with respect to covered operations, the an-
nual and 2-year totals of greenhouse gas emissions, 
air quality, water management, biodiversity impacts, 
production, and number of sites according to the 
metrics described in the Sustainable Accounting 
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Standard for Oil and Gas Exploration and Produc-
tion in effect on the date the report is filed (that is 
produced by the Sustainability Accounting Stand-
ards Board) for covered operations on public land or 
Indian land; 
(2) the changes in the information in paragraph 
(1); 
(3) the projected future changes for 5, 10, and 
25 years; 
(4) for renewable energy operations, an esti-
mate of the greenhouse gas emissions that would re-
sult from production of the same amount of energy 
using fossil fuels and water management, including 
water use, biodiversity impacts, production, number 
of sites, and acres including associated transmission 
lines; 
(5) the emission produced during the construc-
tion of solar panels and wind turbines that would be 
used for renewable energy operations; 
(6) a determination as to whether the materials 
or labor for the construction of solar panels and 
wind turbines used for renewable energy operations 
would be sourced from the Xinjiang Autonomous Re-
gion in China; 
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(7) the environmental impacts of the decommis-
sioning and disposal of renewable energy products 
and electronic waste, including batteries, solar pan-
els, and products that have exceeded their life cycle; 
(8) with respect to lands on which covered oper-
ations occur, the annual and 2-year totals of green-
house gas emissions, air quality, water management, 
and biodiversity impacts of catastrophic wildfires, 
the number of acres identified as being at high or 
very high risk of wildfire, and the number of acres 
in need of treatment or fuels reduction activities; 
and 
(9) an assessment of the environmental and 
human rights impacts in the production of renewable 
energy products for the lifecycle of such products, 
including such impacts from source materials for 
and the disposal of such products. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘covered operation’’ means— 
(A) any renewable energy operations; 
(B) any fossil fuel operation; and 
(C) any operation using any right-of-way 
or special use permit that would cross public 
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lands, Indian lands, or national forests that 
would facilitate fossil fuel development; 
(2) the term ‘‘fossil fuel’’ means oil, natural 
gas, natural gas liquids, coal, and any derivative of 
these that is used for fuel; 
(3) the term ‘‘Indian land’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 2601(2) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501(2)); 
(4) the term ‘‘public land’’ means any land, in-
terest in land, or submerged land owned by the 
United States; 
(5) the term ‘‘renewable energy’’ means a 
project carried out on public land or Indian land 
that uses wind, solar, geothermal, wave, current, 
tidal, or ocean thermal energy to generate electricity; 
and 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to public lands and Indian lands; and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to National Forest System land. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
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