,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efcf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,lowenthal 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,deutch1 and ,mr4 ,huffman7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources
  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for the        
accurate reporting of fossil fuel       
extraction and emissions by entities    
with leases on public land1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short ,title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,transparency 
in ,energy ,production ,act of #bjbj4   
#b4 ,disclosure ,requirements  7a7      
,report required for an entity seeking a
 lease ,the ,secretary shall require any
 entity seeking a lease to develop      
covered operations on public land to    
submit to the ,secretary a report1 at   
the time of submission of a bid to      
develop covered operations4 ,such report
 shall--  7#a7 make the disclosures     
described in the ,sustainable           
,accounting ,standard for the           

,extractives and ,minerals ,processing  
,sector and the ,renewable ,resources   
and ,alternative ,energy ,sector in     
effect on the date the report is filed  
7that is produced by the ,sustainability
 ,accounting ,standards ,board7 for the 
covered operations developed by the     
entity and in effect at the date of such
 bid2 and  7#b7 disaggregate the        
information in paragraph #a by ,state   
and by type of covered operation4  7b7  
,report required for an entity holding a
 lease ,the ,secretary shall require any
 entity holding a lease to develop      
covered operations on public land to    
submit to the ,secretary a report       
annually4 ,such report shall--  7#a7    
make the disclosures described in the   
,sustainable ,accounting ,standard for  
the ,extractives and ,minerals          
,processing ,sector and the ,renewable  
,resources and ,alternative ,energy     
,sector in effect on the date the report
 is filed 7that is produced by the      
,sustainability ,accounting ,standards  

,board72 and  7#b7 disaggregate the     
information in paragraph #a by ,state   
and by type of covered operation4  7c7  
,failure ,to comply ,if the ,secretary  
determines that an entity did not meet  
the requirements of subsection 7a71 the 
,secretary--  7#a7 may not issue to such
 entity a lease for a covered operation2
 and  7#b7 may suspend a lease for a    
covered operation held by such entity4  
#c4 ,online publication of disclosure   
,the ,secretary shall make the          
information reported under section #b   
available to the public on an internet  
website in a machine readable format4   
#d4 ,report to ,congress ,not later than
 #b years after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act and every #b     
years thereafter1 the ,secretary shall  
submit a report to ,congress that       
includes--  7#a7 with respect to covered
 operations1 the annual and #b-year     
totals of greenhouse gas emissions1 air 
quality1 water management1 biodiversity 
impacts1 production1 and number of sites

 according to the metrics described in  
the ,sustainable ,accounting ,standard  
for ,oil and ,gas ,exploration and      
,production in effect on the date the   
report is filed 7that is produced by the
 ,sustainability ,accounting ,standards 
,board7 for covered operations on public
 land2 and  7#b7 the changes in the     
information in paragraph #a2  7#c7 the  
projected future changes for #e1 #aj1   
and #be years2 and  7#d7 for renewable  
energy operations1 an estimate of the   
greenhouse gas emissions that would     
result from production of the same      
amount of energy using fossil fuels4    
#e4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,covered operation ,the term covered    
operation means--  7,a7 any renewable   
energy operations2 and  7,b7 fossil fuel
 operations that are subject to the     
mineral leasing laws or title ,v of the 
,federal ,land ,policy and ,management  
,act of #aigf 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #agfa et   
seq474  7#b7 ,fossil fuel ,the term     
fossil fuel means oil1 natural gas1     

natural gas liquids1 and coal4  7#c7    
,public land ,the term public land has  
the meaning given the term in section   
#ajc of the ,federal ,land ,policy and  
,management ,act of #aigf 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4
 #agjb74  7#d7 ,renewable energy ,the   
term renewable energy means a project   
carried out on public land that uses    
wind1 solar1 geothermal1 wave1 current1 
tidal1 or ocean thermal energy to       
generate electricity4  7#e7 ,secretary  
,the term ,secretary means the          
,secretary of the ,interior4  #f4       
,effective ,date ,this ,act shall take  
effect on the date that is #ahj days    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4