US Congress House Bill 825 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-09-21 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 231.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2017 This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to extend through FY2022 the authorization for deposit and use of lease revenues under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Such funds shall be available to the Department of the Interior for FY2018 and afterwards to implement both the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Interior shall establish priority areas on covered land (i.e., public land administered by Interior and not excluded under law from the development of geothermal, solar, or wind energy) for geothermal, solar, and wind energy projects. Variance areas shall also be considered for the development of renewable energy projects under this bill, consistent with the principles of multiple use (as defined under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976). The bill defines "variance area" as covered land that is neither an exclusion area (not suitable for development of renewable energy projects) nor a priority area and is identified by Interior as potentially available for renewable energy development and could be approved without a plan amendment, consistent with the principles of multiple use. Interior shall establish a program to improve federal permit coordination with respect to renewable energy projects carried out on covered land. The bill establishes the Renewable Energy Resource Conservation Fund to make funds available to federal, state, and tribal agencies for distribution in regions in which renewable energy projects are located on federal land for: (1) restoring and protecting fish and wildlife habitat and corridors for affected species and water resources in areas affected by wind, geothermal, or solar energy development; and (2) preserving and improving recreational access to federal land and water in an affected region.

Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2017

Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Andy Biggs [R-AZ]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]
Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Mia Love [R-UT]
Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-09-21	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 231.
2017-09-21	House	Committee on Agriculture discharged.
2017-09-21	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-321, Part I.
2017-07-26	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
2017-07-26	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-02-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
2017-02-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2017-02-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2017-02-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2017-02-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2017-02-02	House	Introduced in House

SB282 (Same As) 2017-02-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
HB4426 (Related) 2018-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/825/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr825/BILLS-115hr825ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr825/BILLS-115hr825rh.pdf