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Don’t Develop Obstructive Infrastructure on our Terrain Act

H.R. 6064 · 118th Congress · Oct 25, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for the denial of certain applications for solar or wind energy development projects right-of-way applications.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Don’t Develop Obstructive Infrastructure on our Terrain Act” or the “Don’t DO IT Act”.

Sec. 2 Denial of certain solar and wind energy development project right-of-way applications

Section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(e) Solar or wind energy development project right-of-Way applications—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in the case of a solar or wind energy development project right-of-way application submitted under this section, the Secretary shall deny the application if the Secretary has received from the Governor of the State in which the proposed project is located notice that the State legislature has enacted legislation disapproving the proposed project.”