[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 9012 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9012

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2024

  Mr. Levin introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To promote the development of renewable energy on public land, 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 ``Public Land Renewable Energy 
Development Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Covered land.--The term ``covered land'' means land 
        that is--
                    (A) Federal land;
                    (B) not excluded from the development of 
                geothermal, solar, or wind energy under--
                            (i) a land use plan; or
                            (ii) other Federal law; and
                    (C) not included in an area--
                            (i) that is subject to the Desert Renewable 
                        Energy Conservation Plan developed by the 
                        California Energy Commission, the California 
                        Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Bureau of 
                        Land Management, and the United States Fish and 
                        Wildlife Service; or
                            (ii) for which the Secretary determines 
                        existing wind and solar energy land use 
                        planning meets or exceeds the standards 
                        established under section 4.
            (2) Energy storage project.--The term ``energy storage 
        project'' means equipment that--
                    (A) receives, stores, and delivers energy using 
                batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen 
                storage (including hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, 
                regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, 
                superconducting magnets, or other technologies 
                identified by the Secretary of Energy; and
                    (B) has a storage capacity of not less than 5 
                kilowatt hours.
            (3) Exclusion area.--The term ``exclusion area'' means 
        covered land that is identified by the Bureau of Land 
        Management as not suitable for development of renewable energy 
        projects.
            (4) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means--
                    (A) public land; and
                    (B) National Forest System lands administered by 
                the Department of Agriculture through the Forest 
                Service where the Secretary has authority to issue 
                leases for the development and utilization of 
                geothermal resources under section 3 and section 15 of 
                the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1002, 
                1014).
            (5) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Renewable Energy 
        Resource Conservation Fund established by section 7(c)(1).
            (6) Land use plan.--The term ``land use plan'' means--
                    (A) with respect to public land, a land use plan 
                established under the Federal Land Policy and 
                Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
                    (B) with respect to National Forest System land, a 
                land management plan approved, amended, or revised 
                under section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
                Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604).
            (7) National forest system.--The term ``National Forest 
        System'' has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the 
        Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 
        (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)).
            (8) Priority area.--The term ``priority area'' means 
        covered land identified by the land use planning process of the 
        Bureau of Land Management as being a preferred location for a 
        renewable energy project, including an area that is identified 
        as a designated leasing area under the rule of the Bureau of 
        Land Management entitled ``Competitive Processes, Terms, and 
        Conditions for Leasing Public Lands for Solar and Wind Energy 
        Development and Technical Changes and Corrections'' (81 Fed. 
        Reg. 92122 (December 19, 2016)) (or a successor regulation).
            (9) Public land.--The term ``public land'' has the meaning 
        given the term ``public lands'' in section 103 of the Federal 
        Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).
            (10) Renewable energy project.--The term ``renewable energy 
        project''--
                    (A) means a project carried out on covered land 
                that--
                            (i) uses wind, solar, or geothermal energy 
                        to generate energy; or
                            (ii) transmits electricity to support wind, 
                        solar, or geothermal energy generation; and
                    (B) may include an associated energy storage 
                project.
            (11) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. UPDATING NATIONAL GOALS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION ON 
              FEDERAL LAND.

    Section 3104 of the Energy Act of 2020 (43 U.S.C. 3004) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``25'' and inserting ``60''; and
                    (B) by striking ``2025'' and inserting ``December 
                31, 2030''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Update.--Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this subsection, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Agriculture and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall 
update the national goals for renewable energy production on Federal 
land established under subsection (a).''.

SEC. 4. LAND USE PLANNING AND UPDATES TO PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL 
              IMPACT STATEMENTS.

    (a) Priority Areas.--
            (1) Establishment of priority areas; designation of areas 
        eligible for the submission of renewable energy project 
        applications.--
                    (A) In general.--For purposes of renewable energy 
                planning, the Secretary, consistent with the 
                requirements described in subparagraph (B), shall--
                            (i) designate areas on covered land 
                        eligible for the submission of renewable energy 
                        project applications; and
                            (ii) consider establishing priority areas 
                        on covered land for renewable energy projects.
                    (B) Requirements.--In carrying out activities under 
                clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
                shall comply with--
                            (i) the principles of multiple use (as 
                        defined in section 103 of the Federal Land 
                        Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
                        1702)); and
                            (ii) the national goals for renewable 
                        energy production established under section 
                        3104 of the Energy Act of 2020 (43 U.S.C. 
                        3004), including the minimum production goal 
                        described in subsection (b) of that section.
            (2) Priority for certain applications.--In considering 
        applications for renewable energy projects on covered land, 
        with respect to an application for a proposed renewable energy 
        projects on covered land that is to be carried out in a 
        priority area, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) prioritize the application to be carried out in 
                any identified priority area; and
                    (B) on approval of the application, provide to the 
                applicant who submitted the application the opportunity 
                to participate in any regional mitigation plan 
                developed for the applicable priority area.
            (3) Programmatic planning.--
                    (A) Solar energy.--The Secretary shall--
                            (i) as soon as practicable, but not later 
                        than 18 months after the date of enactment of 
                        this Act, finalize the draft of the 
                        programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 
                        referenced in the notice of availability 
                        entitled ``Notice of Availability of the Draft 
                        Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for 
                        Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development and 
                        Notice of Public Meetings'' (89 Fed. Reg. 3687 
                        (January 19, 2024)); and
                            (ii) as soon as practicable, but not later 
                        than 18 months after a Record of Decision is 
                        issued on the draft of the programmatic 
                        Environmental Impact Statement referenced in 
                        the notice of availability entitled ``Notice of 
                        Availability of the Draft Programmatic 
                        Environmental Impact Statement for Utility-
                        Scale Solar Energy Development and Notice of 
                        Public Meetings'' (89 Fed. Reg. 3687 (January 
                        19, 2024)), consider establishing priority 
                        areas on covered land for Solar energy projects 
                        in the planning area.
                    (B) Wind energy.--As soon as practicable, but not 
                later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
                Act, the Secretary shall initiate a review of the final 
                programmatic Environment Impact Statement referenced in 
                the notice of availability entitled ``Notice of 
                Availability of the Final Programmatic Environmental 
                Impact Statement on Wind Energy Development on BLM-
                Administered Lands in the Western United States, 
                Including Proposed Amendments to Selected Land Use 
                Plans'' (70 Fed. Reg. 36651 (June 24, 2005)), that 
                considers establishment of wind application and 
                priority areas on covered lands, and complete that 
                review within 3 years of issuing a notice of intent.
    (b) Review and Modification.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), not less 
        frequently than once every 10 years, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) after an opportunity for public comment, review 
                the adequacy of all land allocations for renewable 
                energy projects for the purposes of--
                            (i) encouraging and facilitating new 
                        renewable energy projects; and
                            (ii) consistent with a mitigation sequence 
                        of avoiding, minimizing, and compensating for 
                        adverse impacts to other public uses and values 
                        of covered land, including--
                                    (I) wildlife habitat;
                                    (II) species listed as threatened 
                                or endangered under the Endangered 
                                Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
                                seq.);
                                    (III) water resources;
                                    (IV) cultural resources;
                                    (V) recreational uses;
                                    (VI) land with wilderness 
                                characteristics;
                                    (VII) land with special management 
                                designations;
                                    (VIII) cultural resources; and
                                    (IX) areas of Tribal importance; 
                                and
                    (B) based on the review carried out under 
                subparagraph (A), add, modify, or eliminate priority 
                areas, exclusion areas, and areas on covered land open 
                or closed to solar or wind energy right-of-way 
                applications or to geothermal leasing.
            (2) Limitation.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
        covered land that the Secretary determines, after seeking 
        public input, is subject to an existing land use plan that 
        meets the purposes described in paragraph (1)(A).
            (3) Report.--If the Secretary determines, in an annual 
        report required under subsection (g) of section 3102 of the 
        Energy Act of 2020 (43 U.S.C. 3002) (as redesignated by section 
        5(a)(1)), that the national goal for renewable energy 
        production established under subsection (a) of section 3104 of 
        that Act (43 U.S.C. 3004), including the minimum production 
        goal established under subsection (b) of that section, may not 
        be met, the Secretary shall act more frequently than otherwise 
        required by this section to designate areas eligible for the 
        submission of renewable energy project applications and 
        establish additional priority areas for renewable energy 
        projects.
    (c) Compliance With the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969.--For purposes of this section, compliance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) shall be 
accomplished--
            (1) for geothermal energy--
                    (A) by updating the document entitled ``Final 
                Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for 
                Geothermal Leasing in the Western United States'' and 
                dated October 2008; and
                    (B) by incorporating into the updated document 
                under subparagraph (A) any additional regional analyses 
                completed by Federal agencies after the date on which 
                the document described in that subparagraph was 
                finalized;
            (2) for solar energy--
                    (A) by updating the document entitled ``Final 
                Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for 
                Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States'' 
                and dated July 2012; and
                    (B) by incorporating into the updated document 
                under subparagraph (A) any additional regional analyses 
                completed by Federal agencies after the date on which 
                the document described in that subparagraph was 
                finalized; and
            (3) for wind energy--
                    (A) by updating the document entitled ``Final 
                Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on Wind 
                Energy Development on BLM-Administered Lands in the 
                Western United States'' and dated June 2005; and
                    (B) by incorporating into the updated document 
                under subparagraph (A) any additional regional analyses 
                completed by Federal agencies after the date on which 
                the document described in that subparagraph was 
                finalized.
    (d) No Effect on Processing Site-Specific Applications.--Nothing in 
this section modifies any requirement to conduct site-specific 
environmental reviews or process permits for proposed renewable energy 
projects during preparation of an updated programmatic environmental 
impact statement, land use plan, or amendment to a land use plan.
    (e) Coordination.--In developing any update required under this 
section, the Secretary shall coordinate, on an ongoing basis, with 
appropriate State, Tribal, and local governments, transmission 
infrastructure owners, operators, and developers, renewable energy 
developers, and other appropriate entities to ensure that priority 
areas established by the Secretary under this section take into 
account--
            (1) economic viability (including having access to existing 
        or planned transmission lines);
            (2) consistency with a mitigation sequence to avoid, 
        minimize, and compensate for impacts to--
                    (A) fish, wildlife, or plants;
                    (B) fish, wildlife, or plant habitat;
                    (C) recreational uses;
                    (D) land with wilderness characteristics;
                    (E) land with special management designations;
                    (F) cultural resources;
                    (G) areas of Tribal importance; and
                    (H) other uses of covered land;
            (3) feasibility of siting on previously disturbed land, 
        including commercial and industrial land, mine land, and 
        previously contaminated sites; and
            (4) consistency with section 202 of the Federal Land Policy 
        and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712), including 
        subsection (c)(9) of that section (43 U.S.C. 1712(c)(9)).
    (f) Transmission.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall--
            (1) determine whether adequate transmission exists for 
        renewable energy projects on covered land; and
            (2) if a determination is made in the negative under 
        paragraph (1), in coordination with the heads of other relevant 
        Federal agencies, review existing land use plans to determine 
        if amendments to those land use plans would be appropriate to 
        support adequate transmission capability.
    (g) Incentives for Renewable Energy Development in Priority 
Areas.--The Secretary may establish, by regulation, incentives to be 
provided to individuals carrying out renewable energy projects in 
priority areas established under this section.

SEC. 5. IMPROVING WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT PERMITTING.

    (a) Role of Renewable Energy Coordination Offices.--Section 3102 of 
the Energy Act of 2020 (43 U.S.C. 3002) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
        (f) and (g), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Processing of Wind and Solar Energy Applications.--
            ``(1) Delegation to state renewable energy coordination 
        offices.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, the Secretary may delegate to a State 
                Renewable Energy Coordination Office the authority to 
                process applications for eligible projects proposed to 
                be carried out on land managed by the Bureau of Land 
                Management in the applicable State.
                    ``(B) Roles and responsibilities of managers.--For 
                purposes of processing applications described in 
                subparagraph (A), the manager of the applicable State 
                Renewable Energy Coordination Office--
                            ``(i) shall have the authority to issue 
                        grants or leases for eligible projects;
                            ``(ii) with the approval of the State 
                        Director of the applicable Bureau of Land 
                        Management State Office, may use other 
                        employees in field and district offices of the 
                        applicable Bureau of Land Management State 
                        Office, or hire additional experts, to assist 
                        with timely processing of applications, with 
                        the costs of hiring additional experts to be 
                        charged to applicants; and
                            ``(iii) shall report to the State Director 
                        of the applicable Bureau of Land Management 
                        State Office.
            ``(2) Prohibition of delegation to employees of field or 
        district offices.--Except as provided in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), 
        the Secretary may not delegate to employees of field or 
        district offices of the Bureau of Land Management the authority 
        to process applications for eligible projects proposed to be 
        carried out on land managed by the Bureau of Land 
        Management.''.
    (b) Cost Recovery Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date on 
        which an applicant submits a complete application for a right-
        of-way for a wind or solar energy project, including submission 
        of the filing fee required under section 2804.12 of title 43, 
        Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), the 
        Secretary shall provide a cost recovery agreement with respect 
        to the application.
            (2) Effect.--Issuance of a cost recovery agreement under 
        paragraph (1) and payment of cost recovery fees shall preclude 
        any new claims to the use of the applicable covered land during 
        any period in which the application is active.
            (3) Conflicts; studies.--
                    (A) Conflicts.--To be considered complete under 
                paragraph (1), an application described in that 
                paragraph shall address any known conflicts with 
                respect to the use of the applicable covered land, as 
                identified in scientific literature or other studies.
                    (B) Additional studies.--Additional studies shall 
                not be required for purposes of considering an 
                application to be complete under paragraph (1).
    (c) Environmental Requirements.--
            (1) Notice of intent.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
                date on which the agency notifies the applicant that 
                the application to establish a right-of-way is 
                complete, or a later date to be established by the 
                Secretary under subparagraph (B), if an environmental 
                impact statement is determined to be necessary, the 
                Secretary shall issue a notice of intent to prepare an 
                environmental impact statement with respect to the 
                application.
                    (B) Extension.--The Secretary shall establish a 
                later date by which the notice under subparagraph (A) 
                shall be issued, if the Secretary determines that the 
                180-day period under that paragraph should be extended 
                due to--
                            (i) the application being considered a low 
                        priority under section 2804.35 of title 43, 
                        Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
                        regulation);
                            (ii) project-specific circumstances, 
                        including the need for further studies, making 
                        the 180-day deadline insufficient; or
                            (iii) the application not meeting the 
                        requirements for approval.
            (2) Categorical exclusion.--As the Secretary determines to 
        be appropriate, the Secretary may promulgate regulations 
        providing that preliminary geotechnical work and meteorological 
        monitoring relating to renewable energy projects shall be 
        categorically excluded from the requirements for an 
        environmental assessment or environmental impact statement 
        under section 1501.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations 
        (or a successor regulation).
    (d) Processing Priority.--In processing applications described in 
subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall--
            (1) give priority to applications for renewable energy 
        projects in priority areas; and
            (2) process applications for renewable energy projects in 
        areas that are not priority areas in the order in which the 
        applications are received.
    (e) Use of Competitive Process.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary 
        shall not use a competitive process for the review of an 
        application described in subsection (b)(1), except--
                    (A) in a case in which 2 or more applicants file an 
                application for the same site (or portions of the same 
                site) not more than 15 days apart; or
                    (B) as otherwise established by the Secretary 
                through a subsequent rulemaking process delineating the 
                instances in which the Secretary will use the 
                competitive process.
            (2) Limitation.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
        applications for competitive right-of-way leases in priority 
        areas.

SEC. 6. INCREASING ECONOMIC CERTAINTY.

    (a) Rents and Fees.--
            (1) In general.--In determining rental rates and other fees 
        for renewable energy project leases or right-of-way grants, the 
        Secretary shall ensure that the total rental rates and other 
        fees charged do not exceed the average amount charged for 
        similar activities on private land in the State or county in 
        which the rental rates and other fees are charged.
            (2) Individual appraisals not required.--For purposes of 
        determining rental rates for renewable energy projects, the 
        Secretary--
                    (A) shall not be required to conduct individual 
                appraisals; and
                    (B) may use average cash rents included in the 
                Pastureland Rents Survey prepared by the National 
                Agricultural Statistics Service, as determined for the 
                5-year period ending on the date on which the rental 
                rate is determined.
            (3) Increases in base rental rates.--After a base rental 
        rate is established for a lease or right-of-way grant 
        authorization for a renewable energy project, any increase in 
        the base rental rate shall be limited to the Implicit Price 
        Deflator-Gross Product Index published by the Bureau of 
        Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce on the date of 
        issuance of the lease or right-of way grant authorization.
            (4) Capacity fees.--The Secretary may consider charging a 
        capacity fee for a renewable energy project only if the 
        Secretary determines that capacity fees are charged within the 
        region or State in which the renewable energy project is 
        carried out, as part of leaseholds on State or private land.
    (b) Bonds.--The Secretary shall adopt a process for establishing 
bond requirements for decommissioning renewable energy projects that--
            (1) do not establish a minimum per acre amount; and
            (2) are based on the difference between--
                    (A) the estimated, site-specific net costs of 
                reclamation of the covered land; and
                    (B) the salvage value of materials available after 
                decommissioning the renewable energy project.

SEC. 7. DISPOSITION OF REVENUES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE CONSERVATION 
              FUND.

    (a) Disposition of Revenues.--
            (1) Availability.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), 
        without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, of 
        amounts collected from wind and solar energy projects as bonus 
        bids, rentals, fees, or other payments under a right-of-way, 
        permit, lease, or other authorization--
                    (A) for the period beginning on January 1, 2025, 
                and ending on December 31, 2044--
                            (i) 25 percent shall be paid by the 
                        Secretary of the Treasury to the State within 
                        the boundaries of which the revenue is derived;
                            (ii) 25 percent shall be paid by the 
                        Secretary of the Treasury to the 1 or more 
                        counties within the boundaries of which the 
                        revenue is derived, to be allocated among the 
                        counties based on the percentage of land from 
                        which the revenue is derived;
                            (iii) 15 percent shall be deposited in the 
                        Treasury and credited to the Bureau of Land 
                        Management's Renewable Energy Management 
                        account to be made available to the Secretary 
                        to carry out sections 4 and 5 (including 
                        amendments made by those sections), including 
                        the transfer of the funds by the Bureau of Land 
                        Management to other Federal agencies and State 
                        agencies to facilitate the processing of 
                        permits for renewable energy projects, with 
                        priority given to using the amounts, to the 
                        maximum extent practicable, without detrimental 
                        impacts to emerging markets, expediting the 
                        issuance of permits required for the 
                        development of wind and solar energy projects 
                        in the States from which the revenues are 
                        derived; and
                            (iv) 35 percent shall be deposited in the 
                        Fund; and
                    (B) beginning on January 1, 2045--
                            (i) 25 percent shall be paid by the 
                        Secretary of the Treasury to the State within 
                        the boundaries of which the revenue is derived;
                            (ii) 25 percent shall be paid by the 
                        Secretary of the Treasury to the 1 or more 
                        counties within the boundaries of which the 
                        revenue is derived, to be allocated among the 
                        counties based on the percentage of land from 
                        which the revenue is derived;
                            (iii) 10 percent shall be deposited in the 
                        Treasury and be made available to the Secretary 
                        to carry out sections 4 and 5 (including 
                        amendments made by those sections), including 
                        the transfer of the funds by the Bureau of Land 
                        Management to other Federal agencies and State 
                        agencies to facilitate the processing of 
                        permits for wind and solar energy projects, 
                        with priority given to using the amounts, to 
                        the maximum extent practicable, without 
                        detrimental impacts to emerging markets, 
                        expediting the issuance of permits required for 
                        the development of renewable energy projects in 
                        the States from which the revenues are derived; 
                        and
                            (iv) 40 percent shall be deposited in the 
                        Fund.
            (2) Rule for projects located in multiple states.--Not 
        later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
        the Secretary shall issue a proposed rule establishing a 
        formula for the disposition of revenues under subparagraphs 
        (A)(i) and (B)(i) of paragraph (1) in a case in which a wind 
        and solar energy project is located in more than 1 State.
            (3) Filing fees.--With respect to wind and solar energy 
        projects--
                    (A) paragraph (1) does not apply to amounts 
                collected from application filing fees authorized under 
                section 304 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
                Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1734); and
                    (B) such application filing fees may be retained by 
                the applicable agency to recover costs associated with 
                issuing the right-of-way, permit, or other 
                authorization associated with the application.
    (b) Payments to States and Counties.--
            (1) In general.--Amounts paid to States and counties under 
        subsection (a)(1) shall be used consistent with section 35 of 
        the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191).
            (2) Payments in lieu of taxes.--A payment to a county under 
        subparagraph (A)(ii) or (B)(ii) of subsection (a)(1) shall be 
        in addition to a payment in lieu of taxes received by the 
        county under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code.
    (c) Renewable Energy Resource Conservation Fund.--
            (1) In general.--There is established in the Treasury a 
        fund, to be known as the ``Renewable Energy Resource 
        Conservation Fund'', which shall be administered by the 
        Secretary.
            (2) Use of funds.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary may make amounts in 
                the Fund available to Federal, State, local, and Tribal 
                agencies for distribution in regions in which renewable 
                energy projects are located on Federal land, for the 
                purposes described in subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Purposes.--The purposes referred to in 
                subparagraph (A) are--
                            (i) restoring and protecting--
                                    (I) fish and wildlife habitat for 
                                species affected by renewable energy 
                                projects;
                                    (II) fish and wildlife corridors 
                                for species affected by renewable 
                                energy projects; and
                                    (III) wetlands, streams, rivers, 
                                and other natural water bodies in areas 
                                affected by renewable energy projects; 
                                and
                            (ii) preserving and improving recreational 
                        access to Federal land and water in the 
                        applicable region through an easement, right-
                        of-way, or other instrument from willing 
                        landowners for the purpose of enhancing public 
                        access to existing Federal land and water that 
                        is inaccessible or restricted due to renewable 
                        energy projects.
            (3) Cooperative agreements.--The Secretary may enter into 
        cooperative agreements with State and Tribal agencies, 
        nonprofit organizations, and other appropriate entities to 
        carry out the activities described in paragraph (2).
            (4) Investment of fund.--
                    (A) In general.--Any amounts deposited in the Fund 
                shall earn interest in an amount determined by the 
                Secretary of the Treasury on the basis of the current 
                average market yield on outstanding marketable 
                obligations of the United States of comparable 
                maturities.
                    (B) Use.--Any interest earned under subparagraph 
                (A) may be deposited into the Fund and used without 
                further appropriation.
            (5) Report to congress.--At the end of each fiscal year, 
        the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
        Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 
        Resources of the House of Representatives a report 
        identifying--
                    (A) the amounts described in subsection (a) that 
                were collected during that fiscal year, organized by 
                source;
                    (B) the amount and purpose of payments made to each 
                Federal, State, local, and Tribal agency under 
                paragraph (2) during that fiscal year; and
                    (C) the amount remaining in the Fund at the end of 
                the fiscal year.
            (6) Intent of congress.--It is the intent of Congress that 
        the revenues deposited and expended from the Fund shall 
        supplement (and not supplant) annual appropriations for 
        activities described in paragraph (2).

SEC. 8. SAVINGS CLAUSE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary and 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall continue to manage public land under 
the principles of multiple use and sustained yield in accordance with 
title I of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), as applicable, for the 
purposes of land use planning, permit processing, and conducting 
environmental reviews.
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