[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3025 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3025

To amend the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to repeal restrictions on 
                        onshore wind and solar.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 4, 2023

 Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Sanders) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to repeal restrictions on 
                        onshore wind and solar.

    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 ``Comprehensive Legislation for 
Expanding and Advancing Nonrestrictive Energy Act'' or the ``CLEAN 
Energy Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ONSHORE WIND AND SOLAR LEASING RESTRICTIONS.

    (a) Limitation on Issuance of Certain Leases or Rights-of-Way.--
Section 50265(b) of Public Law 117-169 (commonly known as the 
``Inflation Reduction Act of 2022'') (43 U.S.C. 3006(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``this Act'' in the matter preceding 
        paragraph (1) and all that follows through ``the Secretary 
        may'' in paragraph (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
        and inserting ``this Act, the Secretary may''; and
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
        paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and indenting 
        appropriately.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 50265 of Public Law 117-169 
(commonly known as the ``Inflation Reduction Act of 2022'') (43 U.S.C. 
3006) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Definition of Offshore Lease Sale.--In this section, the term 
`offshore lease sale' means an oil and gas lease sale--
            ``(1) that is held by the Secretary in accordance with the 
        Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.); and
            ``(2) that, if any acceptable bids have been received for 
        any tract offered in the lease sale, results in the issuance of 
        a lease.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``paragraphs (1) and (2) 
        of''.
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