HR8954-118

Introduced

To promote the development of renewable energy on public lands, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 9, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To promote the development of renewable energy on public lands, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Energy, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H01ECEE45BFC142AB9DE7E0F29DCCF8CE: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2024.
  • Section HBECE147AC48C40E797A47566607F8D62: 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section HD355659CC4F74E54B76794B0C1A1BE64: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term covered land means land that is— Federal land administered by the Secretary; and not excluded from the development of...
  • Section HFB27D0413E09439EA586497BE67CBD81: 4. Limited grandfathering In this section, the term project means a system described in section 2801.9(a)(4) of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in...
  • Section HD80B722F080B48C5B80710C622264F56: 5. Disposition of revenues Except as provided in paragraph (2), beginning on January 1, 2025, of amounts collected from a wind or solar project as bonus bids,...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To promote the development of renewable energy on public lands, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Energy, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To promote the development of renewable energy on public lands, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Energy Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 9, 2024

Mr. Gosar introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Energy Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"covered land" §HD355659CC4F74E54B76794B0C1A1BE64

land that is— Federal land administered by the Secretary

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