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H.R. 4426 115th Congress House

Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act

Official title: To reform Federal onshore and offshore fossil fuel leasing, exploration, and development; promote renewable energy on public lands; prepare for the impacts of … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To reform Federal onshore and offshore fossil fuel leasing, exploration, and development; promote renewable energy on public lands; prepare for the impacts of climate change; increase industry accountability; improve returns to taxpayers for the development of Federal energy resources; and protect special places, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 16, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Dec 21, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Nov 29, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Nov 29, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Nov 29, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Nov 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Nov 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Nov 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Nov 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Nov 16, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Nov 16, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act

This bill addresses sustainable energy development, including to (1) increase royalty rates and penalties for oil and gas leasing; (2) increase the amount of renewable energy on public land and waters; (3) prepare and manage for the impacts of climate change; (4) revise the onshore and offshore fossil fuel leasing, exploration, and development program; and (5) include the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System and reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Having Open Access to Relevant Data Act or the Hoard Act

The bill requires the Department of the Interior to submit to Congress a report on the number and age of unused approved oil and gas drilling permits and the average cost to the Bureau of Land Management of approving such permits.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 16
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 17
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Dec 3, 2018
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Chu, Judy
California · Nov 2, 2018
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Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Sep 12, 2018
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 11, 2018
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Mar 7, 2018
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 5, 2018
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Nov 30, 2017
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 30, 2017
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Nov 28, 2017
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Nov 28, 2017
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Nov 16, 2017
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Nov 16, 2017
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Nov 16, 2017
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Nov 16, 2017
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Nov 16, 2017
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 16, 2017
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 16, 2017
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Soto, Darren
Florida · Nov 16, 2017
Tsongas, Niki
· Nov 16, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4426: Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4426/
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"H.R. 4426: Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4426/.
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H.R. 4426, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4426/.
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