US Congress House Bill 596 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 8 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-07-29 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require amounts received through FY2020 (currently, through FY2010) from leases under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to be available to the Secretary of the Interior to spend in such amounts as are provided in advance appropriations acts for implementing such Acts. Requires the Secretary of Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to each establish a wind and solar leasing pilot program under which lease sales are conducted on covered public lands administered by the Secretary concerned to carry out wind and solar energy projects. Requires the Secretaries to jointly determine as to whether to expand the pilot program to apply to all covered public lands. Defines "covered land" to mean land that is: (1) public land administered by the Secretary of the Interior, or National Forest System land administered by the Secretary of Agriculture; and (2) not excluded from development of solar or wind energy under a final land use plan established under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, a final land and resource management plan established under the National Forest Management Act of 1976, or federal law. Establishes in the Treasury the Renewable Energy Resource Conservation Fund to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior for use in regions impacted by the development of wind or solar energy on public lands. Requires Fund amounts to be used in those regions for: (1) the protection and restoration of important fish and wildlife habitat; and (2) the assurance and improvement of access to federal lands and waters for hunting, fishing, and other forms of outdoor recreation. Requires the Secretaries to determine the feasibility of carrying out a mitigation banking program on federal lands administered by the Secretaries to fully offset the impacts of wind or solar energy on such lands.

Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013

Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]	Rep. Joe Garcia [D-FL]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]
Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-29	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2013-02-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
2013-02-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2013-02-08	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2013-02-08	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2013-02-08	House	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/596/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr596/BILLS-113hr596ih.pdf