Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1506
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Energy efficiency and conservation
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Mining
Oil and gas
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020

 
This bill requires certain disclosures by entities seeking a lease or holding a lease to develop renewable energy operations or fossil fuel operations on public lands or any operation using any right-of-way or special use permit that would cross public lands or national forests that would facilitate fossil fuel development. The disclosures are those described in the Sustainability Accounting Standard for the Renewable Resources & Alternative Energy Sector or the Extractives & Mineral Processing Sector.
 
Every two years, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture must report to Congress on such operations, including greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, water management, biodiversity impacts, production, and the number of sites. For renewable energy operations on public lands, the report must include greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the production of the same amount of energy using fossil fuels.

action_date: 2022-12-14
text: 

Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2021

 
This bill requires certain disclosures by entities seeking a lease or holding a lease to develop renewable energy operations or fossil fuel operations on public lands or Indian lands or any operation using any right-of-way or special use permit that would cross public lands, Indian lands, or national forests that would facilitate fossil fuel development. The disclosures are those described in the Sustainability Accounting Standard for the Renewable Resources and Alternative Energy Sector or the Extractives and Mineral Processing Sector.
 
Every two years, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture must report to Congress on such operations, including greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, water management, biodiversity impacts, production, and the number of sites. For renewable energy operations on public lands or Indian lands, the report must include greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the production of the same amount of energy using fossil fuels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 454.
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-631, Part I.
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-631, Part I.
action_date: 2021-05-05
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 15.
action_date: 2021-05-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-05-05
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House