3.0.0 3482 2023-01-11T13:18:22Z 2023-01-11T13:18:22Z House H HR 2009-07-31 111 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Referred to 2009-08-10T18:07:30Z hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2009-08-10T18:07:15Z Referred to 2009-07-31T13:16:41Z 2009-08-10 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2009-08-10 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Committee 2009-07-31 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2009-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2] Dean Heller R NV 2 N Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Alternative and renewable resources Arizona California Colorado Department of the Interior Electric power generation and transmission Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Government studies and investigations Idaho Land transfers Land use and conservation Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Utah Washington State Wyoming Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2009-07-31 Introduced in House 2009-10-27T21:39:52Z Renewable Energy Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a program for the leasing of federal lands to advance, develop, assess, install, and operate commercial renewable solar, wind, and geothermal energy systems.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) identify lease sites comprised of a total of 6,400,000 acres under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming which are suitable for the installation and operation of solar, wind, or geothermal energy systems; and (2) incorporate renewable energy development into the relevant agency's land use and resource management plans, or equivalent plans for the identified lands.

Specifies the total annual amount of acreage that is to be released for leasing under this Act from 2010 to 2019. Excludes specified federal lands from inclusion within the program.

Sets forth requirements for competitive leasing sales and noncompetitive leasing of the lands to be leased.

Makes any lease of lands under this Act effective for a 30-year period.

Directs the Secretary to complete a programmatic environmental impact statement for the program and to publish a final regulation to implement this Act.

Directs the Secretary to study: (1) barriers to additional access to federal lands for the transmission of energy produced under leases awarded under such program; and (2) the need for energy transmission corridors on public lands to address identified congestion or constraints.

]]> Renewable Energy Development Act Display Title Renewable Energy Development Act Official Title as Introduced To make renewable energy production a priority on certain public lands for the purpose of responsibly producing clean, affordable power for the American people. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Renewable Energy Development Act Introduced in House 2009-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3482ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3482ih.xml 2009-08-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.