H.R. 1506: Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-03-02 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 454.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-03-02 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 454. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2021

Plain summary

Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2021 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 or Indian lands or any operation using any right-of-way or special use permit that would cross public lands, Indian lands, or national forests that would facilitate fossil fuel development. The disclosures are those described in the Sustainability Accounting Standard for the Renewable Resources and Alternative Energy Sector or the Extractives and Mineral Processing Sector. Every two years, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture must report to Congress on such operations, including greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, water management, biodiversity impacts, production, and the number of sites. For renewable energy operations on public lands or Indian lands, the report must include greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the production of the same amount of energy using fossil fuels.

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Official text

Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House, Part I)

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Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] · 13 cosponsors

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Mike Levin (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House, Part I)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr1506.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr1506 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117