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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 4426 (Introduced in House) — To reform Federal onshore and offshore fossil fuel leasing, exploration, and development; promote renewable energy on... · Sec. 2

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The table of contents for this Act is the following: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Title I—Fair Return for Taxpayers Sec. 101. Onshore fossil fuel royalty rates. Sec. 102. Minimum bid amount. Sec. 103. Onshore oil and gas rental rates. Sec. 104. Surface disturbance and reclamation. Sec. 105. Penalties. Sec. 106. Royalty relief. Sec. 107. Revision of Royalty Policy Committee charter. Sec. 108. Royalty in kind. Sec. 109. Amendments to definitions. Sec. 110. Compliance reviews.
Sec. 111. Liability for royalty payments. Sec. 112. Recordkeeping. Sec. 113. Adjustments and refunds. Sec. 114. Obligation period. Sec. 115. Tolling agreements and subpoenas. Sec. 116. Appeals. Sec. 117. Assessments. Sec. 118. Pilot project on automatic data transfer. Sec. 119. Penalty for late or incorrect reporting of data. Sec. 120. Required recordkeeping for natural gas plants. Sec. 121. Shared penalties. Sec. 122. Applicability to other minerals. Sec. 123. Entitlements. Sec. 124.
Royalties on all extracted methane. Title II—Encouraging Development of Renewable Energy Subtitle A—Environmental Reviews and Permitting Sec. 201. Definitions. Sec. 202. Renewable energy goal. Sec. 203. Coordination. Sec. 204. Land use planning; supplements to programmatic environmental impact statements. Sec. 205. Environmental review on covered land. Sec. 206. Program to improve renewable energy project permit coordination. Sec. 207. Disposition of revenues. Sec. 208. Study and report on conservation banking.
Sec. 209. Brownfields. Subtitle B—Geothermal Energy Sec. 221. Reauthorization of Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Sec. 222. National goal for geothermal energy. Sec. 223. Facilitation of coproduction of geothermal energy on oil and gas leases. Sec. 224. Noncompetitive leasing for geothermal. Sec. 225. Report to Congress. Subtitle C—Offshore Renewable Energy Sec. 231. Wind leasing amendments. Sec. 232. Report to Congress. Title III—Preparing and Managing for Climate Change Sec. 301.
Energy development policy. Sec. 302. Preparing for climate change. Sec. 303. GHG inventory. Sec. 304. Terrestrial carbon sequestration pilot program. Sec. 305. Federal lands adaptation. Sec. 306. Public Lands Service Corps. Sec. 307. Coastal State climate change planning. Title IV—Onshore Oil and Gas Reform Subtitle A—Leasing Reforms Sec. 401. Leasing process. Sec. 402. Transparency and landowner protections. Sec. 403. Lease stipulations. Sec. 404. Master leasing plans. Sec. 405.
Parcel review. Sec. 406. Acreage limitations. Sec. 407. Land management. Sec. 408. Oil shale. Subtitle B—Permitting Reforms Sec. 411. Categorical exclusions. Sec. 412. Permitting deadline. Sec. 413. Abandoned and orphaned wells. Sec. 414. Online publication of notices of staking and applications for permits to drill. Sec. 415. Having open access to relevant data. Subtitle C—Operational Reforms Sec. 421. Best management practices. Sec. 422. Inspection fee. Sec. 423. Protection of water resources.
Sec. 424. Methane emissions. Sec. 425. Fracking regulation on Federal lands. Sec. 426. Closing loopholes. Sec. 427. Transparency in management of leases. Sec. 428. Lease cancellation for improper issuance. Sec. 429. Protecting National Parks and Wildlife Refuges. Title V—Offshore Oil and Gas Reforms Subtitle A—Regional Coordination and Planning Sec. 501. Definitions. Sec. 502. Regional coordination. Sec. 503. Regional Coordination Councils. Sec. 504. Regional strategic plans.
Sec. 505. Regulations. Sec. 506. Ocean Resources Conservation and Assistance ( ORCA ) Fund. Sec. 507. Waiver. Subtitle B—Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments Sec. 511. National policy for the Outer Continental Shelf. Sec. 512. OCS leasing standard. Sec. 513. OCS leasing procedures. Sec. 514. Funding. Sec. 515. Exploration plans. Sec. 516. 5-year programs. Sec. 517. Environmental studies. Sec. 518. Inspections and certifications. Sec. 519. Petitions. Subtitle C—Other Provisions Sec. 521.
Contractor liability. Sec. 522. Area-wide leasing. Sec. 523. Frontier areas. Sec. 524. Strengthening coastal State oil spill planning and response. Sec. 525. Repeal of limitation on liability for offshore facilities. Sec. 526. Evidence of financial responsibility for offshore facilities. Title VI—Coal Reforms Sec. 601. Powder R iver B asin. Sec. 602. Deductions. Sec. 603. Valuation. Sec. 604. Methane recovery. Sec. 605. Self-bonding. Sec. 606. Stream protection. Sec. 607. Certified States.
Sec. 608. Economic redevelopment on abandoned mine lands. Sec. 609. Prohibition on blasting within one mile of any occupied dwelling. Sec. 610. Coal Miners Pension Protection. Title VII—Land Management and Science Sec. 701. ANWR . Sec. 702. Land management standard. Sec. 703. Geological and geophysical data. Sec. 704. Land and Water Conservation Fund. Sec. 705. Mitigation.
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