Sec. 3. Department of the Interior report on access to reliable and affordable energy
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a report that— identifies barriers to the ability of at-risk communities that live on or near Federal land or Tribal land to access reliable and affordable energy, including how the presence of adequate energy transmission infrastructure affects such access; and recommends actions that the Secretary of the Interior and the Chief of the Forest Service could take to reduce the barriers described in paragraph (1), including by— establishing lower fees or lowering other costs; streamlining the approval of rights-of-way on Federal land and Tribal land; encouraging private energy sector investment in Federal land and Tribal land; and rapidly developing electric transmission and delivery systems in remote areas.