Sec. 209. Report

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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall carry out a study on the siting, development, and management of projects to determine the feasibility of carrying out a conservation banking program on land administered by the Secretaries. The study under paragraph

(1)shall— identify areas in which— privately owned land is not available to offset the impacts of solar or wind energy development on federally administered land; or mitigation investments on federally administered land are likely to provide greater conservation value for impacts of solar or wind energy development on federally administered land; and examine— the effectiveness of laws (including regulations) and policies in effect on the date of enactment of this Act in facilitating the development of conservation banks; the advantages and disadvantages of using conservation banks on Federal land to mitigate impacts to natural resources on private land; and any changes in Federal law (including regulations) or policy necessary to further develop a Federal conservation banking program. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall jointly submit to Congress a report that includes— the recommendations of the Secretaries relating to— the most effective system for Federal land described in subsection (a)(2)(A) to meet the goals of facilitating the development of a conservation banking program on Federal land; and any change to Federal law (including regulations) or policy necessary to address more effectively the siting, development, and management of conservation banking programs on Federal land to mitigate impacts to natural resources on private land; and any administrative action to be taken by the Secretaries in response to the recommendations. Not later than 30 days after the date on which the report described in subsection

(b)is submitted to Congress, the Secretaries shall make the results of the study available to the public.