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H.R.5636 - Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020116th Congress (2019-2020) |

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Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (Introduced 01/16/2020)
Committees: House - Natural Resources
Latest Action: House - 01/28/2020 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)

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Introduced in House (01/16/2020)

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 certain fossil fuel operations on public lands. 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, Interior must submit a report to Congress that includes, among other things (1) for fossil fuel operations on public lands, the annual and two-year totals of greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, water management, biodiversity impacts, production, and the number of sites according to the metrics specified in the Sustainability Accounting Standard for Oil & Gas - Exploration & Production; and (2) for renewable energy operations on public lands, greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the production of the same amount of energy using fossil fuels.