1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep It in the Ground Act of 2017 . 2. Findings; statement of policy (a) Findings Congress finds that— (1) from 1880 through 2014, global temperatures have increased by about 0.9 degrees Celsius; (2) the vast majority of global warming that has occurred over the past 50 years was due to human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels; (3) emissions of greenhouse gases and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases continue to rise, which results in a continued warming trend; (4) global warming already has a significant impact on the economy, including the farming, fishing, forestry, and recreation industries; (5) the significant impacts of global warming that are already occurring will be amplified by a global temperature increase of 2 degrees Celsius, which will lead to increased droughts, rising seas, mass extinctions, heat waves, desertification, wildfires, acidifying oceans, significant economic disruption, and security threats; (6) to avoid exceeding 2 degrees Celsius warming, at least 80 percent of carbon from proven fossil fuel reserves must be kept in the ground; (7) the potential emissions resulting from extracting and burning all fossil fuels on Federal land and waters amounts to a significant percentage of the greenhouse gas emissions limit; and (8) ending new leases for fossil fuels will prevent the release of 90 percent of the potential emissions from Federal fossil fuels. (b) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States that— (1) Federal land and waters should be managed for the benefit of the people of the United States— (A) to avoid the most dangerous impacts of climate change; and (B) to promote a rapid transition to a clean energy economy by keeping fossil fuels in the ground