Congress 107 - HR 5694 - National Renewable Energy Lands Act of 2002

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Alternative energy sources Animals Aquatic ecology Competitive bidding Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Cost accounting Ecosystem management Electric power plant sites Electric power production Electric power transmission Endangered species Energy Energy development Environmental assessment Environmental Protection Finance and Financial Sector Geothermal power plants Geothermal resources Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Habitat conservation Hydroelectric power Leases Public Lands and Natural Resources Renewable natural resources Right-of-way Solar energy Solar power plants Transportation and Public Works Water Resources Development Wind power

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National Renewable Energy Lands Act of 2002 - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Land Management, to: (1) evaluate all Federal hydroelectric facilities on Federal lands and identify candidates for interconnection with potential renewable energy generation facilities; (2) evaluate and identify renewable energy production candidate sites on Federal lands; (3) complete an engineering feasibility analysis for such sites; and (4) expeditiously make the most promising of the candidate sites available for long-term lease pursuant to a competitive bidding process to qualified renewable energy development firms.

Requires the Comptroller General to investigate and report to Congress on the existing impediments to construction of renewable energy projects on Federal lands and the measures necessary to expedite project development.

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Oct 28, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Oct 24, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Oct 24, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Oct 17, 2002

Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 17, 2002

Introduced in House

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