# 116-hr-5636: Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020

116-hr-5636, Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA); status Subcommittee Hearings Held. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5636
- Congress: 116
- Title: Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020
- Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Introduced: 2020-01-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020 This bill requires certain disclosures by entities seeking a lease or holding a lease to develop renewable energy operations or fossil fuel operations on public lands. The disclosures are those described in the Sustainability Accounting Standard for the Renewable Resources & Alternative Energy Sector or the Extractives & Mineral Processing Sector. Every two years, the Department of the Interior must submit a report to Congress that includes, among other things (1) for fossil fuel operations on public lands, the annual and two-year totals of greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, water management, biodiversity impacts, production, and the number of sites according to the metrics specified in the Sustainability Accounting Standard for Oil & Gas - Exploration & Production; and (2) for renewable energy operations on public lands, greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the production of the same amount of energy using fossil fuels.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2020-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2020-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2020-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2020-07-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2020-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2020-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2020-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2020-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-5636 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5636)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5636 (as of 2025-11-18).