[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3122 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3122

To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide 
    for the denial of certain applications for solar or wind energy 
            development projects right-of-way applications.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 25, 2023

 Mr. Risch (for himself and Mr. Crapo) 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 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide 
    for the denial of certain applications for solar or wind energy 
            development projects right-of-way applications.

    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 ``Don't Develop Obstructive 
Infrastructure on our Terrain Act'' or the ``Don't DO IT Act''.

SEC. 2. DENIAL OF CERTAIN SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 
              RIGHT-OF-WAY APPLICATIONS.

    Section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1761) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Solar or Wind Energy Development Project Right-of-Way 
Applications.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in 
the case of a solar or wind energy development project right-of-way 
application submitted under this section, the Secretary shall deny the 
application if the Secretary has received from the Governor of the 
State in which the proposed project is located notice that the State 
legislature has enacted legislation disapproving the proposed 
project.''.
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