§3001. Definitions — Inbound Citations
43 U.S.C. § 3001
Cited by 50 provisions in release 119-102.
Citations to §3001(1)
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(a) The Secretary shall establish a national Renewable Energy Coordination Office and State, district, or field offices, as appropriate, with responsibility to establish and implement a program to improve Federal permit coordination with respect to eligible projects on covered land and such other activities as the Secretary determines necessary. In carrying out the program, the Secretary may temporarily assign qualified staff to Renewable Energy Coordination Offices to expedite the permitting of eligible projects.
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(2) The term “covered land” means land that is—(A) public land administered by the Secretary; and(B) not excluded from the development of solar or wind energy under—(i) a land use plan; or(ii) other Federal law.
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(5) The term “renewable energy project” means a system described in section 2801.9(a)(4) of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on July 4, 2025), located on covered land that uses wind or solar energy to generate energy.
Citations to §3001(2)
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(D) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);
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(d) The Secretary may assign such additional personnel for the Bureau of Land Management Renewable Energy Coordination Offices as are necessary to ensure the effective implementation of any programs administered by the offices in accordance with the multiple use mandate of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
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(e) To facilitate the coordination and processing of eligible project permits on Federal land under the Renewable Energy Coordination Offices, the Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer of any funds that are necessary to—(1) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;(2) the Bureau of Indian Affairs;(3) the Forest Service;(4) the Corps of Engineers;(5) the National Park Service;(6) the Environmental Protection Agency; or(7) the Department of Defense.
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(a) The Secretary may consider acreage rental rates, capacity fees, and other recurring annual fees in total when evaluating existing rates paid for the use of Federal land by eligible projects.
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(a) Not later than September 1, 2022, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and other heads of relevant Federal agencies, establish national goals for renewable energy production on Federal land.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall continue to manage public lands under the principles of multiple use and sustained yield in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), respectively, including for due consideration of mineral and nonrenewable energy-related projects and other nonrenewable energy uses, for the purposes of land use planning, permit processing, and conducting environmental reviews.
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(1) The term “Federal land” means public lands (as defined in section 1702 of this title).
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(1) the Secretary may not issue a right-of-way for wind or solar energy development on Federal land unless—(A) an onshore lease sale has been held during the 120-day period ending on the date of the issuance of the right-of-way for wind or solar energy development; and(B) the sum total of acres offered for lease in onshore lease sales during the 1-year period ending on the date of the issuance of the right-of-way for wind or solar energy development is not less than the lesser of—(i) 2,000,000 acres; and(ii) 50 percent of the acreage for which expressions of interest have been submitted for lease sales during that period; and
Citations to §3001(3)
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(i) a land use plan; or
Citations to §3001(4)
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(a) The Secretary shall establish a national Renewable Energy Coordination Office and State, district, or field offices, as appropriate, with responsibility to establish and implement a program to improve Federal permit coordination with respect to eligible projects on covered land and such other activities as the Secretary determines necessary. In carrying out the program, the Secretary may temporarily assign qualified staff to Renewable Energy Coordination Offices to expedite the permitting of eligible projects.
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(e) To facilitate the coordination and processing of eligible project permits on Federal land under the Renewable Energy Coordination Offices, the Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer of any funds that are necessary to—(1) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;(2) the Bureau of Indian Affairs;(3) the Forest Service;(4) the Corps of Engineers;(5) the National Park Service;(6) the Environmental Protection Agency; or(7) the Department of Defense.
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(a) The Secretary may consider acreage rental rates, capacity fees, and other recurring annual fees in total when evaluating existing rates paid for the use of Federal land by eligible projects.
Citations to §3001(5)
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(a) The Secretary shall establish a national Renewable Energy Coordination Office and State, district, or field offices, as appropriate, with responsibility to establish and implement a program to improve Federal permit coordination with respect to eligible projects on covered land and such other activities as the Secretary determines necessary. In carrying out the program, the Secretary may temporarily assign qualified staff to Renewable Energy Coordination Offices to expedite the permitting of eligible projects.
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(A) the Secretary of Agriculture;
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(C) the Secretary of Defense.
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(2) The Secretary may request the Governor of any interested State or any Tribal leader of any interested Indian Tribe (as defined in section 5304 of title 25) to be a signatory to the memorandum of understanding under paragraph (1).
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(d) The Secretary may assign such additional personnel for the Bureau of Land Management Renewable Energy Coordination Offices as are necessary to ensure the effective implementation of any programs administered by the offices in accordance with the multiple use mandate of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
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(e) To facilitate the coordination and processing of eligible project permits on Federal land under the Renewable Energy Coordination Offices, the Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer of any funds that are necessary to—(1) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;(2) the Bureau of Indian Affairs;(3) the Forest Service;(4) the Corps of Engineers;(5) the National Park Service;(6) the Environmental Protection Agency; or(7) the Department of Defense.
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(1) Not later than February 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after December 27, 2020, and each February 1 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report describing the progress made under the program established under subsection (a) during the preceding year.
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(a) The Secretary may consider acreage rental rates, capacity fees, and other recurring annual fees in total when evaluating existing rates paid for the use of Federal land by eligible projects.
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(b) The Secretary may reduce acreage rental rates and capacity fees, or both, for existing and new wind and solar authorizations if the Secretary determines—(1) that the existing rates—(A) exceed fair market value;(B) impose economic hardships;(C) limit commercial interest in a competitive lease sale or right-of-way grant; or(D) are not competitively priced compared to other available land; or(2) that a reduced rental rate or capacity fee is necessary to promote the greatest use of wind and solar energy resources.
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(a) Not later than September 1, 2022, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and other heads of relevant Federal agencies, establish national goals for renewable energy production on Federal land.
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(b) The Secretary shall seek to issue permits that, in total, authorize production of not less than 25 gigawatts of electricity from wind, solar, and geothermal energy projects by not later than 2025, through management of public lands and administration of Federal laws.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall continue to manage public lands under the principles of multiple use and sustained yield in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), respectively, including for due consideration of mineral and nonrenewable energy-related projects and other nonrenewable energy uses, for the purposes of land use planning, permit processing, and conducting environmental reviews.
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(A) that is held by the Secretary in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.); and
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(A) that is held by the Secretary in accordance with section 226 of title 30; and
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(1) the Secretary may not issue a right-of-way for wind or solar energy development on Federal land unless—(A) an onshore lease sale has been held during the 120-day period ending on the date of the issuance of the right-of-way for wind or solar energy development; and(B) the sum total of acres offered for lease in onshore lease sales during the 1-year period ending on the date of the issuance of the right-of-way for wind or solar energy development is not less than the lesser of—(i) 2,000,000 acres; and(ii) 50 percent of the acreage for which expressions of interest have been submitted for lease sales during that period; and
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(2) the Secretary may not issue a lease for offshore wind development under section 8(p)(1)(C) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(1)(C)) unless—(A) an offshore lease sale has been held during the 1-year period ending on the date of the issuance of the lease for offshore wind development; and(B) the sum total of acres offered for lease in offshore lease sales during the 1-year period ending on the date of the issuance of the lease for offshore wind development is not less than 60,000,000 acres.
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(B) an amount determined by the Secretary, but not less than 10 percent for a wind energy generation facility.
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(A) The term “National Forest System” means land of the National Forest System (as defined in section 1609(a) of title 16) administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
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(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System land.
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(1) Pursuant to section 1764(g) of this title, the Secretary shall, subject to paragraph (3) and not later than January 1 of each calendar year, collect from the holder of a right-of-way for a renewable energy project an acreage rent in an amount determined by the equation described in paragraph (2).
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(1) The Secretary shall, subject to paragraph (3), annually collect a capacity fee from the holder of a right-of-way for a renewable energy project based on the amount described in paragraph (2).
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(A) The holder of a right-of-way for a wind energy generation project may request that the Secretary apply a multiple-use reduction factor of 10-percent to the amount of a capacity fee determined under paragraph (2) by submitting to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
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(B) The Secretary may approve an application submitted under subparagraph (A) only if not less than 25 percent of the land within the area of the right-of-way is authorized for use, occupancy, or development with respect to an activity other than the generation of wind energy for the entirety of the year in which the capacity fee is collected.
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(i) If the Secretary approves an application under subparagraph (B) for a wind energy generation project after the date on which the holder of the right-of-way for the project begins paying a capacity fee, the Secretary shall apply the multiple-use reduction factor described in subparagraph (A) to the capacity fee for the first year beginning after the date of approval and each year thereafter for the period during which the right-of-way remains in effect.
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(ii) The Secretary may not refund the holder of a right-of-way for the difference in the amount of a capacity fee paid in a previous year.
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(1) The Secretary may charge the holder of a right-of-way for a renewable energy project a late payment fee if the Secretary does not receive payment for the acreage rent under subsection (b) or the capacity fee under subsection (c) by the date that is 15 days after the date on which the payment was due.
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(2) The Secretary may terminate a right-of-way for a renewable energy project if the Secretary does not receive payment for the acreage rent under subsection (b) or the capacity fee under subsection (c) by the date that is 90 days after the date on which the payment was due.
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(A) public land administered by the Secretary; and
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(A) The term “National Forest System” means land of the National Forest System (as defined in section 1609(a) of title 16) administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
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(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System land.