[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2176 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2176

  To dedicate a portion of the rental fees from wind and solar energy 
 projects on Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
Management for the administrative costs of processing applications for 
          new wind and solar projects, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2011

  Mr. Heinrich (for himself and Mr. Markey) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To dedicate a portion of the rental fees from wind and solar energy 
 projects on Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
Management for the administrative costs of processing applications for 
          new wind and solar projects, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Energy Promotion Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPOSIT AND USE OF ANNUAL WIND ENERGY AND SOLAR ENERGY RIGHT-
              OF-WAY AUTHORIZATION RENTAL FEES.

    (a) Deposit of Annual Wind Energy and Solar Energy Right-of-Way 
Authorization Rental Fees.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts received up to $5,000,000 each fiscal year by the United States 
as annual wind energy and solar energy right-of-way authorization fees 
required under section 504(g) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1764(g)) shall be deposited into a separate 
account in the Treasury to be known as the ``BLM Wind Energy and Solar 
Energy Permit Processing Improvement Fund''.
    (b) Use of Deposits.--Amounts deposited under subsection (a) shall 
be available to the Secretary of the Interior for expenditure, without 
further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, for salaries 
and expenses related to the Bureau of Land Management offices dedicated 
to the coordination and processing of wind energy and solar energy 
permit applications.
    (c) Transfer of Funds.--For the purposes of coordination and 
processing of wind energy and solar energy permit applications on 
public lands, the Secretary of the Interior may authorize the 
expenditure or transfer of such amounts deposited under subsection (a) 
as are necessary to--
            (1) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service;
            (2) the Environmental Protection Agency; and
            (3) State agencies involved in processing of wind and solar 
        permits on Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau 
        of Land Management.
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