US Congress House Bill 4126 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on October 25 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-10-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of the Interior to publicly disclose the amounts of fossil fuel production, including amounts of gas released (as by flaring), and renewable energy production on public lands. The data shall present amounts of greenhouse gas emissions using the 20- and 100-year Global Warming Potential-weighted emission values and, for renewable energy production, compare fossil fuel-generated emissions resulting from the same amount of energy. As determined necessary to implement this bill, Interior shall promulgate regulations regarding accurate measurement and reporting of methane emissions.

Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2017

Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-10-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2017-10-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2017-10-25	House	Introduced in House

HB4426 (Related) 2018-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4126/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4126/BILLS-115hr4126ih.pdf