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                     115TH CONGRESS                                     J REPT. 115-321
                        1st Session    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES               Part 1







                     PUBLIC LAND RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT
                                                   OF 2017



                       SEPTEMBER 21, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
                                     State of the Union and ordered to be printed



                       Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
                                           submitted the following


                                              REPORT

                                              [To accompany H.R. 825]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
                     bill (H.R. 825) to promote the development of renewable energy on
                     public land, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
                     report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that
                     the bill as amended do pass.
                       The amendment is as follows:
                       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
                     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                     This Act may be cited as the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act
                     of 2017.
                     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
                     In this Act:
                          (1) COVERED LAND.-The term covered land means land that is-
                             (A) public land administered by the Secretary; and
                             (B) not excluded from the development of geothermal, solar, or wind en-
                             ergy under-
                                 (i) a land use plan established under the Federal Land Policy and
                               Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); or
                                 (ii) other Federal law.
                          (2) EXCLUSION AREA.-The term exclusion area means covered land that is
                        identified by the Bureau of Land Management as not suitable for development
                        of renewable energy projects.
                          (3) FEDERAL LAND.-The term Federal land means-
                             (A) land of the National Forest System (as defined in section 11(a) of the
                             Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16
                             U.S.C. 1609(a))); or
                             (B) public land.
                          (4) FUND.-The term Fund means the Renewable Energy Resource Con-
                        servation Fund established by section 7(c)(1).
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