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Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020

Introduced: January 16, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 28, 2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jan 21, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jan 16, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 16, 2020
Introduced in House
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Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020

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. 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, the Department of the 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.

What's happening now January 28, 2020

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3
D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Sep 29, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Sep 1, 2020
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Jul 24, 2020
Kennedy, Joseph
· Feb 12, 2020
Deutch, Theodore
· Jan 16, 2020
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Jan 16, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5636: Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5636/
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"H.R. 5636: Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5636/.
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H.R. 5636, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5636/.
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