IB Union Calendar No. 454 117TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 1506 [Report No. 117–631, Part I] 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 MARCH 2, 2021 Mr. LOWENTHAL (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LEVIN of California, Ms. LEE of California, and Ms. PORTER) 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 DECEMBER 14, 2022 Additional sponsors: Mr. HUFFMAN, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. COHEN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. HASTINGS, and Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ DECEMBER 14, 2022 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] DECEMBER 14, 2022 Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 2, 2021] VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:25 Dec 14, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1506.RH H1506 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1506 RH 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:25 Dec 14, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1506.RH H1506 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1506 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency in Energy 4 Production Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. 6 (a) REPORT REQUIRED FOR AN ENTITY SEEKING A 7 LEASE.—The Secretary concerned shall require any entity 8 seeking a lease to develop covered operations on public land 9 or Indian land to submit to the Secretary concerned a re- 10 port, at the time of submission of a bid to develop covered 11 operations. Such report shall— 12 (1) make the disclosures described in the Sus- 13 tainable Accounting Standard for the Extractives and 14 Minerals Processing Sector and the Renewable Re- 15 sources and Alternative Energy Sector in effect on the 16 date the report is filed (that is produced by the Sus- 17 tainability Accounting Standards Board) for the cov- 18 ered operations developed by the entity and in effect 19 at the date of such bid; and 20 (2) disaggregate the information in paragraph 21 (1) by State and by type of covered operation. 22 (b) REPORT REQUIRED FOR AN ENTITY HOLDING A 23 LEASE.—The Secretary concerned shall require any entity 24 holding a lease to develop covered operations on public land 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:25 Dec 14, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1506.RH H1506 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1506 RH or Indian land to submit to the Secretary concerned a re- 1 port annually. Such report shall— 2 (1) make the disclosures described in the Sus- 3 tainable Accounting Standard for the Extractives and 4 Minerals Processing Sector and the Renewable Re- 5 sources and Alternative Energy Sector in effect on the 6 date the report is filed (that is produced by the Sus- 7 tainability Accounting Standards Board); and 8 (2) disaggregate the information in paragraph 9 (1) by State and by type of covered operation. 10 (c) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—If the Secretary concerned 11 determines that an entity did not meet the requirements 12 of subsection (a), the Secretary concerned— 13 (1) may not issue to such entity a lease for a 14 covered operation; and 15 (2) may suspend a lease for a covered operation 16 held by such entity. 17 SEC. 3. ONLINE PUBLICATION OF DISCLOSURE. 18 The Secretary concerned shall make the information 19 reported under section 2 available to the public on an inter- 20 net website in a machine readable format. 21 SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 22 Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 23 of this Act and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary con- 24 cerned shall submit a report to Congress that includes— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:25 Dec 14, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1506.RH H1506 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 1506 RH (1) with respect to covered operations, the an- 1 nual and 2-year totals of greenhouse gas emissions, 2 air quality, water management, biodiversity impacts, 3 production, and number of sites according to the 4 metrics described in the Sustainable Accounting 5 Standard for Oil and Gas Exploration and Produc- 6 tion in effect on the date the report is filed (that is 7 produced by the Sustainability Accounting Standards 8 Board) for covered operations on public land or In- 9 dian land; and 10 (2) the changes in the information in paragraph 11 (1); 12 (3) the projected future changes for 5, 10, and 25 13 years; 14 (4) for renewable energy operations, an estimate 15 of the greenhouse gas emissions that would result from 16 production of the same amount of energy using fossil 17 fuels and water management, including water use, 18 biodiversity impacts, production, number of sites, and 19 acres including associated transmission lines; 20 (5) the emission produced during the construc- 21 tion of solar panels and wind turbines that would be 22 used for renewable energy operations; 23 (6) a determination as to whether the materials 24 or labor for the construction of solar panels and wind 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:25 Dec 14, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1506.RH H1506 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 1506 RH turbines used for renewable energy operations would 1 be sourced from the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in 2 China; 3 (7) the environmental impacts of the decommis- 4 sioning and disposal of renewable energy products 5 and electronic waste, including batteries, solar panels, 6 and products that have exceeded their life cycle; 7 (8) with respect to lands on which covered oper- 8 ations occur, the annual and 2-year totals of green- 9 house gas emissions, air quality, water management, 10 and biodiversity impacts of catastrophic wildfires, the 11 number of acres identified as being at high or very 12 high risk of wildfire, and the number of acres in need 13 of treatment or fuels reduction activities; and 14 (9) an assessment of the environmental and 15 human rights impacts in the production of renewable 16 energy products for the lifecycle of such products, in- 17 cluding such impacts from source materials for and 18 the disposal of such products. 19 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 20 In this Act— 21 (1) the term ‘‘covered operation’’ means— 22 (A) any renewable energy operations; 23 (B) any fossil fuel operation; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:25 Dec 14, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1506.RH H1506 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 1506 RH (C) any operation using any right-of-way 1 or special use permit that would cross public 2 lands, Indian lands, or national forests that 3 would facilitate fossil fuel development; 4 (2) the term ‘‘fossil fuel’’ means oil, natural gas, 5 natural gas liquids, coal, and any derivative of these 6 that is used for fuel; 7 (3) the term ‘‘Indian land’’ has the meaning 8 given such term in section 2601(2) of the Energy Pol- 9 icy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501(2)); 10 (4) the term ‘‘public land’’ means any land, in- 11 terest in land, or submerged land owned by the 12 United States; 13 (5) the term ‘‘renewable energy’’ means a project 14 carried out on public land or Indian land that uses 15 wind, solar, geothermal, wave, current, tidal, or ocean 16 thermal energy to generate electricity; and 17 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 18 (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re- 19 spect to public lands and Indian lands; and 20 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re- 21 spect to National Forest System land. 22 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 23 This Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of 24 enactment of this Act. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:25 Dec 14, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1506.RH H1506 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 454 117TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 1506 [Report No. 117–631, Part I] 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. DECEMBER 14, 2022 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment DECEMBER 14, 2022 Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:35 Dec 14, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H1506.RH H1506 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS