US Congress House Bill 5636 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-28 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020

Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-28	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2020-01-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2020-01-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2020-01-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5636/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5636/BILLS-116hr5636ih.pdf