[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4302 Introduced in House (IH)]
<DOC>
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)
introduced the following bill; which was 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
_______________________________________________________________________
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 Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency in Energy Production
Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Report Required for an Entity Seeking a Lease.--The Secretary
concerned shall require any entity 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 Sustainable
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 Sustainable
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); and
(2) disaggregate the information in paragraph (1) by State
and by type of covered operation.
(c) Failure To Comply.--If the Secretary concerned determines that
an entity did not meet the requirements 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 enactment of this Act
and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary concerned shall submit a
report to Congress that includes--
(1) with respect to covered operations, the annual 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 Standard for Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
in effect on the date the report is filed (that is produced by
the Sustainability Accounting Standards 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 estimate of the
greenhouse gas emissions that would result 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 construction 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 Region in China;
(7) the environmental impacts of the decommissioning and
disposal of renewable energy products and electronic waste,
including batteries, solar panels, and products that have
exceeded their life cycle;
(8) with respect to lands on which covered operations
occur, the annual and 2-year totals of greenhouse 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 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, interest 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 respect to
public lands and Indian lands; and
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to
National Forest System land.
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act.
<all>