American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5435
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2019-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Department of the Interior
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy revenues and royalties
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Mining
Oil and gas
Racial and ethnic relations
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: 

American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from public lands. The bill increases royalties on fossil fuels produced from public lands and creates annual, per-acre fees for federal oil and gas leases.
 
The bill prohibits Interior from holding new lease sales for coal, oil, or gas for one year and until Interior (1) certifies that additional fossil fuel leasing on public lands is not inconsistent with achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from public lands by 2040, and (2) releases a Public Lands Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy.
 
Interior and the Forest Service shall reduce net emissions associated with the extraction and end-use combustion of fossil fuels produced from public lands to meet specified targets.
 
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) must determine if the emission reduction targets have been met. If net emissions from public lands have exceeded the targets, Interior must not approve new fossil fuel permits and not hold new fossil fuel lease sales until the USGS has certified and issued a notice that net emissions are below the target level.
 
Interior shall make available on a public website (1) information regarding fossil fuel operations, including the aggregate amount of each fossil fuel produced on federal leases; and (2) information that describes the amount and sources of renewable energy produced from public lands.
 
The bill sets forth how revenue raised by the bill is to be distributed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-26
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and Labor, 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and Labor, 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and Labor, 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House