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H.R. 5435 116th Congress House

American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019

Official title: 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.

Introduced: January 27, 2020 See on congress.gov
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To President
Became law
Feb 26, 2020
Committee Hearings Held.
Jan 13, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Dec 16, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and Labor, 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.
Dec 16, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 26, 2020

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American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019

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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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 22
D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Sep 30, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Aug 28, 2020
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jul 29, 2020
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jul 9, 2020
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Jun 15, 2020
Kennedy, Joseph
· Jun 15, 2020
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Jun 15, 2020
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · May 27, 2020
 D
Takano, Mark
California · May 27, 2020
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 14, 2020
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · May 14, 2020
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Feb 25, 2020
DOYLE, MIKE
· Feb 7, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Feb 7, 2020
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Jan 27, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 27, 2020
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Jan 14, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 14, 2020
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jan 14, 2020
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jan 14, 2020
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Dec 16, 2019
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Dec 16, 2019
McEachin, A.
· Dec 16, 2019
Sablan, Gregorio
· Dec 16, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5435: American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5435/
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"H.R. 5435: American Public Lands and Waters Climate Solution Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5435/.
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