118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 4302Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2023

To provide for the accurate reporting of fossil fuel extraction and emissions by entities with leases on public land, and for other purposes.

Public lands and natural resources
Introduced Jun 22, 2023
Last action Aug 21, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jun 22, 2023
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Referred
Aug 21, 2023
Agriculture · Natural Resources
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires certain disclosures by entities seeking a lease or holding a lease to develop renewable energy operations or fossil fuel operations on public lands or Indian lands or any operation using any right-of-way or special use permit that would cross public lands, Indian lands, or national forests that would facilitate fossil fuel development. The disclosures are those described in the Sustainability Accounting Standard for the Renewable Resources and Alternative Energy Sector or the Extractives and Mineral Processing Sector. Every two years, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture must report to Congress on such operations, including greenhouse gas emiss...

Provisions · 6 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 5 actions
Aug 21, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Aug 21, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Jun 22, 2023
Introduced in House
Jun 22, 2023
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.
Jun 22, 2023
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.