1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act . 2. Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States that— (1) all citizens should have equal access to affordable and reliable energy to maintain personal health and economic security; (2) the United States should mitigate the disparate impact of increases in the cost of energy on at-risk communities because such communities are more likely to have a fixed income and spend a higher percentage of their income on energy than the general population; and (3) to prevent energy poverty and to ensure that each at-risk community has access to affordable energy, the United States should ensure that laws relating to environmental and energy policy, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ( 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.), do not have the effect of increasing the cost of energy for any at-risk community. 3. Department of the Interior report on access to reliable and affordable energy Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a report that— (1) identifies barriers to the ability of at-risk communities that live on or near Federal land or Tribal land to access reliable and affordable energy, including how the presence of adequate energy transmission infrastructure affects such access; and (2) recommends actions that the Secretary of the Interior and the Chief of the Forest Service could take to reduce the barriers described in paragraph (1), including by— (A) establishing lower fees or lowering other costs; (B) streamlining the approval of rights-of-way on Federal land and Tribal land; (C) encouraging private energy sector investment in Federal land and Tribal land