Bill > HR5435

Introduced Session

To require the Secretary of the Interior and the Chief of the United States Forest Service to meet certain targets for the reduction of the emission of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes. This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from public lands. The bill increases royalties on fossil fuels produced from public lands and creates annual, per-acre fees for federal oil and gas leases. The bill prohibits Interior from holding new lease sales for coal, oil, or gas for one year and until Interior (1) certifies that additional fossil fuel leasing on public lands is not inconsistent with achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from public lands by 2040, and (2) releases a Public Lands Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy. Interior and the Forest Service shall reduce net emissions associated with the extraction and end-use combustion of fossil fuels produced from public lands to meet specified targets. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) must determine if the emission reduction targets have been met. If net emissions from public lands have exceeded the targets, Interior must not approve new fossil fuel permits and not hold new fossil fuel lease sales until the USGS has certified and issued a notice that net emissions are below the target level. Interior shall make available on a public website (1) information regarding fossil fuel operations, including the aggregate amount of each fossil fuel produced on federal leases; and (2) information that describes the amount and sources of renewable energy produced from public lands. The bill sets forth how revenue raised by the bill is to be distributed.

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Raúl Grijalva (D)*,  Nanette Barragán (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Salud Carbajal (D),  Matt Cartwright (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Diana DeGette (D),  Debbie Dingell (D),  Michael Doyle (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Chuy García (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jahana Hayes (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Mike Levin (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Donald McEachin (D),  Joe Morelle (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Jimmy Panetta (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Kilili Sablan (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D), 

Committee Hearings Held. (on 02/26/2020)

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