L:\XML\CPRT-113-HPRT-RU00-HR1965.XML XML mchinn 11/13/2013 16:21 mchinn 11/13/2013 15:53 L:\vr\111313\R111313.007.xml 11/13/2013 17:05:06 mchinn x:\xx\xxxxxx\xxxxxx.xxx.xml xx/xx/xxxx xx:xx:xx xx mchinn [Discussion Draft] [Discussion Draft] November 13, 2013 113th CONGRESS 1st Session Rules Committee Print 113-26 H.R. 1965, Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act of 2013 [Showing the texts of H.R. 1965, H.R. 1394, H.R. 1964, and H.R. 555 as reported by the Committee on Natural Resources; and the text of H.R. 1548 with modifications.]
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act of 2013.
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Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Title I—Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Sec. 1001. Short title. Sec. 1002. Policies regarding buying, building, and working for America. Subtitle A—Onshore oil and gas permit streamlining Sec. 1101. Short title. Chapter 1—Application for Permits to Drill Process Reform Sec. 1111. Permit to drill application timeline. Sec. 1112. Solar and wind right-of-way rental reform. Chapter 2—Administrative Protest Documentation Reform Sec. 1121. Administrative protest documentation reform. Chapter 3—Permit Streamlining Sec. 1131. Improve Federal energy permit coordination. Sec. 1132. Administration of current law. Chapter 4—Judicial Review Sec. 1141. Definitions. Sec. 1142. Exclusive venue for certain civil actions relating to covered energy projects. Sec. 1143. Timely filing. Sec. 1144. Expedition in hearing and determining the action. Sec. 1145. Standard of review. Sec. 1146. Limitation on injunction and prospective relief. Sec. 1147. Limitation on attorneys’ fees. Sec. 1148. Legal standing. Chapter 5—Knowing America’s Oil and Gas Resources Sec. 1151. Funding oil and gas resource assessments. Subtitle B—Oil and gas leasing certainty Sec. 1201. Short title. Sec. 1202. Minimum acreage requirement for onshore lease sales. Sec. 1203. Leasing certainty. Sec. 1204. Leasing consistency. Sec. 1205. Reduce redundant policies. Sec. 1206. Streamlined congressional notification. Subtitle C—Oil shale Sec. 1301. Short title. Sec. 1302. Effectiveness of oil shale regulations, amendments to resource management plans, and record of decision. Sec. 1303. Oil shale leasing. Subtitle D—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 1401. Rule of construction. Title II—Planning for American Energy Sec. 2001. Short title. Sec. 2002. Onshore domestic energy production strategic plan. Title III—National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska access Sec. 3001. Short title. Sec. 3002. Sense of Congress and reaffirming national policy for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Sec. 3003. National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: lease sales. Sec. 3004. National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: planning and permitting pipeline and road construction. Sec. 3005. Issuance of a new integrated activity plan and environmental impact statement. Sec. 3006. Departmental accountability for development. Sec. 3007. Deadlines under new proposed integrated activity plan. Sec. 3008. Updated resource assessment. Title IV—BLM Live Internet Auctions Sec. 4001. Short title. Sec. 4002. Internet-based onshore oil and gas lease sales. Title V—Native American Energy Sec. 5001. Short title. Sec. 5002. Appraisals. Sec. 5003. Standardization. Sec. 5004. Environmental reviews of major Federal actions on Indian lands. Sec. 5005. Judicial review. Sec. 5006. Tribal biomass demonstration project. Sec. 5007. Tribal resource management plans. Sec. 5008. Leases of restricted lands for the Navajo Nation. Sec. 5009. Nonapplicability of certain rules.
<enum>I</enum> <header>Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security</header> <section id="H00B9F0874227496AA16A34C7374F8165" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>1001.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H495952D185AE4135B080F63928EB9C8A"> <enum>1002.</enum> <header>Policies regarding buying, building, and working for America</header> <subsection id="HE4B665A2E3F24632947462FB4501E208"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Congressional intent</header> <text>It is the intent of the Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H64E9A4673E2D4403A70F8FCED1245DBF"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>this title will support a healthy and growing United States domestic energy sector that, in turn, helps to reinvigorate American manufacturing, transportation, and service sectors by employing the vast talents of United States workers to assist in the development of energy from domestic sources;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H219E5A316ED64CCEB157898927D7EAF5"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure a robust onshore energy production industry and ensure that the benefits of development support local communities, under this title, the Secretary shall make every effort to promote the development of onshore American energy, and shall take into consideration the socioeconomic impacts, infrastructure requirements, and fiscal stability for local communities located within areas containing onshore energy resources; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF296AEB290964CEBA33EE3C812FB1658"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>the Congress will monitor the deployment of personnel and material onshore to encourage the development of American manufacturing to enable United States workers to benefit from this title through good jobs and careers, as well as the establishment of important industrial facilities to support expanded access to American resources.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HE6136E3BC3AC46C499633588DFEE29F0"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Requirement</header> <text>The Secretary of the Interior shall when possible, and practicable, encourage the use of United States workers and equipment manufactured in the United States in all construction related to mineral resource development under this title.</text> </subsection> </section> <subtitle id="H6655D0439CDD4A36999600BA8A16EAF7"> <enum>A</enum> <header>Onshore oil and gas permit streamlining</header> <section id="H1CE9BA49743A4E41ACDF5CDE05CF9E77" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>1101.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2013</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <chapter id="H8FFD3FFFF61143C49AEFE400D6F5FF2F"> <enum>1</enum> <header>Application for Permits to Drill Process Reform</header> <section id="HCB82946A697A4528B4400A39AD742F76"> <enum>1111.</enum> <header>Permit to drill application timeline</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17(p)(2) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(p)(2)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H66EA872ECC4B4B218C0271B6FDF1ADD5" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HF4366B2A917943E5B74B5CCEBA5A24CF"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Applications for permits to drill reform and process</header> <subparagraph id="HEF5CC5CCCF934A6EA938CB72C6A470E5"> <enum>(A)</enum> <header>Timeline</header> <text>The Secretary shall decide whether to issue a permit to drill within 30 days after receiving an application for the permit. The Secretary may extend such period for up to 2 periods of 15 days each, if the Secretary has given written notice of the delay to the applicant. The notice shall be in the form of a letter from the Secretary or a designee of the Secretary, and shall include the names and titles of the persons processing the application, the specific reasons for the delay, and a specific date a final decision on the application is expected.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE104A126F61B4964B42F88569CB3DD86"> <enum>(B)</enum> <header>Notice of reasons for denial</header> <text>If the application is denied, the Secretary shall provide the applicant—</text> <clause id="H5353C56C092545B7AF63B521A638AF54"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>in writing, clear and comprehensive reasons why the application was not accepted and detailed information concerning any deficiencies; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H545F8B4BB4EA44629165210BDB192E76"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>an opportunity to remedy any deficiencies.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2B7303728CE944FAA264EADFB44518FB"> <enum>(C)</enum> <header>Application deemed approved</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary has not made a decision on the application by the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date the application is received by the Secretary, the application is deemed approved, except in cases in which existing reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) or Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) are incomplete.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H23993C51491749B4A1EF2D744ED05510"> <enum>(D)</enum> <header>Denial of permit</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary decides not to issue a permit to drill in accordance with subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="H29D21095F98B45A3998CA0E5ED886A03"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to the applicant a description of the reasons for the denial of the permit;</text> </clause> <clause id="HCA76595B79194B5CBC0F9A28CC1C34AB"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow the applicant to resubmit an application for a permit to drill during the 10-day period beginning on the date the applicant receives the description of the denial from the Secretary; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H11C9330B9E334A85B6146CFB909720B6"> <enum>(iii)</enum> <text>issue or deny any resubmitted application not later than 10 days after the date the application is submitted to the Secretary.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0F5CFCDF7EF1480DAA5F7C8309577F90"> <enum>(E)</enum> <header>Fee</header> <clause id="H8967EC9F8C7F4006AEC9169CABF92162"> <enum>(i)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary shall collect a single $6,500 permit processing fee per application from each applicant at the time the final decision is made whether to issue a permit under subparagraph (A). This fee shall not apply to any resubmitted application.</text> </clause> <clause id="H9F4F2C9EA06E4C14BB7BBFB8C30D403D"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <header>Treatment of permit processing fee</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of all fees collected under this paragraph, 50 percent shall be transferred to the field office where they are collected and used to process protests, leases, and permits under this Act subject to appropriation.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section> <section id="H57733BD2E29243A59DEDCA3BC3C17B05"> <enum>1112.</enum> <header>Solar and wind right-of-way rental reform</header> <subsection id="H818F6DCD6E524C949DC7DD5A30085B4D"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (b), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, of fees collected each fiscal year as annual wind energy and solar energy right-of-way authorization fees required under section 504(g) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1764(g))—</text> <paragraph id="HD5E1884DD6D14823ACDCAA5B100C7969"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no less than 25 percent shall be available, subject to appropriation, for use for solar and wind permitting and management activities by Department of the Interior field offices responsible for the land where the fees were collected;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H6459CBE6837F47E88CC638CA4B0159B8"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no less than 25 percent shall be available, subject to appropriation, for Bureau of Land Management solar and wind permit approval activities; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H0F721C32F5C94B078E05FCB6B9F4E1B5"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no less than 25 percent shall be available, subject to appropriation, to the Secretary of the Interior for department-wide solar and wind permitting activities.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H9DCE62B4FC8D40FB91410DB7BBDE57D1"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Limitation</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount used under subsection (a) each fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000,000.</text> </subsection> </section> </chapter> <chapter id="HE494166FE8EC45F897B74A850B1540E1"> <enum>2</enum> <header>Administrative Protest Documentation Reform</header> <section id="HF25623EF1CA146DB8DCE40B298C2FAEF"> <enum>1121.</enum> <header>Administrative protest documentation reform</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17(p) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(p)) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF710F013239B48EAA977557221E7FF51" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HF3BB11258551420683F65460F2231144"> <enum>(4)</enum> <header>Protest fee</header> <subparagraph id="H34C2A56987CB463A9C51F3C6164FAD9C"> <enum>(A)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>The Secretary shall collect a $5,000 documentation fee to accompany each protest for a lease, right of way, or application for permit to drill.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H94A4716AEB1B406F80BA9F319397D059"> <enum>(B)</enum> <header>Treatment of fees</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of all fees collected under this paragraph, 50 percent shall remain in the field office where they are collected and used to process protests subject to appropriation.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section> </chapter> <chapter id="HBFCDC14BD7CE49809A47CC241447A90E"> <enum>3</enum> <header>Permit Streamlining</header> <section id="H680CE79819114D54B57FA8CB9E7A4FF1"> <enum>1131.</enum> <header>Improve Federal energy permit coordination</header> <subsection id="H2F0184D78E2F4923981CE430726235FB"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Establishment</header> <text>The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall establish a Federal Permit Streamlining Project (referred to in this section as the <quote>Project</quote>) in every Bureau of Land Management field office with responsibility for permitting energy projects on Federal land.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H9B1E176FC93C4DCDA683E55C6DF9BB73"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Memorandum of understanding</header> <paragraph id="HC312A411062B433DB5430968BAC06190"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding for purposes of this section with—</text> <subparagraph id="H2FB16CE807A44A208D2DF199955B2BB4"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>the Secretary of Agriculture;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H89D241D6188543AB9681B7BB5AB752E3"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAE07040E25F6412687BD13073DF39D5D"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HAF837564A91344E48C3DAA3E53DDD0B7"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>State participation</header> <text>The Secretary may request that the Governor of any State with energy projects on Federal lands to be a signatory to the memorandum of understanding.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H9EC8B9998EC24FD2B924E7CB5CFAC0E6"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Designation of qualified staff</header> <paragraph id="H864AB30D8EF340C699822EE634162B08"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the signing of the memorandum of understanding under subsection (b), all Federal signatory parties shall, if appropriate, assign to each of the Bureau of Land Management field offices an employee who has expertise in the regulatory issues relating to the office in which the employee is employed, including, as applicable, particular expertise in—</text> <subparagraph id="HD22D1A09FD2942B3968C4D61B42D127A"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>the consultations and the preparation of biological opinions under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H99634BC6E37043AB9493DFC30996F96B"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>permits under section 404 of Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5D82F689E45B4B3E90C1AB46A59B20F0"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>regulatory matters under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6FFCB25606BF4F6E93C9BE21B7A35BC6"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text>planning under the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a et seq.); and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA0D06042BA3F4A8E9FCB7C6470BEFC6E"> <enum>(E)</enum> <text>the preparation of analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H119A71AB35CD45A8877BEFAEEAEB98BD"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Duties</header> <text>Each employee assigned under paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HB349F399942045AD9F32B91C8343F673"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>not later than 90 days after the date of assignment, report to the Bureau of Land Management Field Managers in the office to which the employee is assigned;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBFDFB1A9E99246B194078D9C53B03638"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be responsible for all issues relating to the energy projects that arise under the authorities of the employee’s home agency; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H20EDC57BCE984B9CAA002C8323464AC6"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>participate as part of the team of personnel working on proposed energy projects, planning, and environmental analyses on Federal lands.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H9099B38FDBC24F89B21E3FACE591EF32"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Additional personnel</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall assign to each Bureau of Land Management field office identified in subsection (a) any additional personnel that are necessary to ensure the effective approval and implementation of energy projects administered by the Bureau of Land Management field offices, including inspection and enforcement relating to energy development on Federal land, in accordance with the multiple use mandate of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HA55AC1AEB70747A38C9C282410C8D7AB"> <enum>(e)</enum> <header>Funding</header> <text>Funding for the additional personnel shall come from the Department of the Interior reforms identified in sections 1111, 1112, and 1121.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H74F72CB706E94D25803D0D0AB45572F5"> <enum>(f)</enum> <header>Savings provision</header> <text>Nothing in this section affects—</text> <paragraph id="HA74B072CB16040AAA2E9DD3772C5343D"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>the operation of any Federal or State law; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H80AD5CD0B87F4F708DB1111ED9FD1129"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>any delegation of authority made by the head of a Federal agency whose employees are participating in the Project.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H20E944A07A834FB891154FA1E6B9B82F"> <enum>(g)</enum> <header>Definition</header> <text>For purposes of this section the term <term>energy projects</term> includes oil, natural gas, coal, and other energy projects as defined by the Secretary.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="H419B881D6B1046878ED3D51D9870146B"> <enum>1132.</enum> <header>Administration of current law</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of the Interior shall not require a finding of extraordinary circumstances in administering section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15942).</text> </section> </chapter> <chapter id="H7FAD91F611DC46B6878AF81BDE0955BC"> <enum>4</enum> <header>Judicial Review</header> <section id="H7BEEE65C0E0A488B8ACAD74E9F2B3FF3"> <enum>1141.</enum> <header>Definitions</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this chapter—</text> <paragraph id="H336E744A175241F48592C814E3DC20D7"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>the term <term>covered civil action</term> means a civil action containing a claim under section 702 of title 5, United States Code, regarding agency action (as defined for the purposes of that section) affecting a covered energy project on Federal lands of the United States; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E6EA28394AB4BEA910C4EBADE69D7CE"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>the term <term>covered energy project</term> means the leasing of Federal lands of the United States for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, wind, or any other source of energy, and any action under such a lease, except that the term does not include any disputes between the parties to a lease regarding the obligations under such lease, including regarding any alleged breach of the lease.</text> </paragraph> </section> <section id="HD905E5196EA34C0DA23EEF5E00CE5960"> <enum>1142.</enum> <header>Exclusive venue for certain civil actions relating to covered energy projects</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Venue for any covered civil action shall lie in the district court where the project or leases exist or are proposed.</text> </section> <section id="HB7E17C7441F4432680A5F66C2964D934"> <enum>1143.</enum> <header>Timely filing</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">To ensure timely redress by the courts, a covered civil action must be filed no later than the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the final Federal agency action to which it relates.</text> </section> <section id="H192C391BC48D49B0A4E3F92F0B388DCB"> <enum>1144.</enum> <header>Expedition in hearing and determining the action</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">The court shall endeavor to hear and determine any covered civil action as expeditiously as possible.</text> </section> <section id="HE48772997F404BD082308BE7E4C4CD38"> <enum>1145.</enum> <header>Standard of review</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">In any judicial review of a covered civil action, administrative findings and conclusions relating to the challenged Federal action or decision shall be presumed to be correct, and the presumption may be rebutted only by the preponderance of the evidence contained in the administrative record.</text> </section> <section id="HD20AE099EAB64501AC9CB6665FD00887"> <enum>1146.</enum> <header>Limitation on injunction and prospective relief</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">In a covered civil action, the court shall not grant or approve any prospective relief unless the court finds that such relief is narrowly drawn, extends no further than necessary to correct the violation of a legal requirement, and is the least intrusive means necessary to correct that violation. In addition, courts shall limit the duration of preliminary injunctions to halt covered energy projects to no more than 60 days, unless the court finds clear reasons to extend the injunction. In such cases of extensions, such extensions shall only be in 30-day increments and shall require action by the court to renew the injunction.</text> </section> <section id="HE0CB2037A7C548AEB50FDB939BDD677B"> <enum>1147.</enum> <header>Limitation on attorneys’ fees</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Sections 504 of title 5, United States Code, and 2412 of title 28, United States Code, (together commonly called the Equal Access to Justice Act) do not apply to a covered civil action, nor shall any party in such a covered civil action receive payment from the Federal Government for their attorneys’ fees, expenses, and other court costs.</text> </section> <section id="H4D3694F4EEBA4E96B1D8E23FC3E409DF"> <enum>1148.</enum> <header>Legal standing</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Challengers filing appeals with the Department of the Interior Board of Land Appeals shall meet the same standing requirements as challengers before a United States district court.</text> </section> </chapter> <chapter id="H0F9B2EA5397948D9AEE3BCE3A2082946"> <enum>5</enum> <header>Knowing America’s Oil and Gas Resources</header> <section id="H9086E6B670214EB5A6693EA8483F761F"> <enum>1151.</enum> <header>Funding oil and gas resource assessments</header> <subsection id="H778D578B691543D2BCFAF8D4041CF09C"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>The Secretary of the Interior shall provide matching funding for joint projects with States to conduct oil and gas resource assessments on Federal lands with significant oil and gas potential. </text> </subsection> <subsection id="H75860C48E179488E818D9F91DDBEBD2B"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Cost sharing</header> <text>The Federal share of the cost of activities under this section shall not exceed 50 percent. </text> </subsection> <subsection id="HD65A678518304F9F9CD0A1A4378A374A"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Resource assessment</header> <text>Any resource assessment under this section shall be conducted by a State, in consultation with the United States Geological Survey. </text> </subsection> <subsection id="H15437E71A0354DC5A6ED745509E0EF18"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section a total of $50,000,000 for fiscal years 2014 through 2017. </text> </subsection> </section> </chapter> </subtitle> <subtitle id="HDF78B9A1007C40349AAF8B4522CA307C"> <enum>B</enum> <header>Oil and gas leasing certainty</header> <section id="H299AE9147CE64B95931AF5C438456BBA" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>1201.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Providing Leasing Certainty for American Energy Act of 2013</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HE76127E9D91E4524A80A39AB5DA64B4B"> <enum>1202.</enum> <header>Minimum acreage requirement for onshore lease sales</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">In conducting lease sales as required by section 17(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(a)), each year the Secretary of the Interior shall perform the following:</text> <paragraph id="HCFA428A20348432CABF29E8B2932CD21"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>The Secretary shall offer for sale no less than 25 percent of the annual nominated acreage not previously made available for lease. Acreage offered for lease pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject to protest and shall be eligible for categorical exclusions under section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15942), except that it shall not be subject to the test of extraordinary circumstances.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE1234B3BB7E1409DBE8CE5A036A98B1B"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>In administering this section, the Secretary shall only consider leasing of Federal lands that are available for leasing at the time the lease sale occurs.</text> </paragraph> </section> <section id="HA0C4CE640F8F4F93A7B637A916028827"> <enum>1203.</enum> <header>Leasing certainty</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(a)) is amended by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before <quote>All lands</quote>, and by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H8B845A25BABB4ACAAF986B53191D4D52" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HAAC14B323947444F821C2554D7CA0D38" indent="up1"> <enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H362581532A344C77A0A16447B43EB4B6"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>The Secretary shall not withdraw any covered energy project issued under this Act without finding a violation of the terms of the lease by the lessee.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBE95A9941B36474BB17ABF0A598668EA" indent="up1"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>The Secretary shall not infringe upon lease rights under leases issued under this Act by indefinitely delaying issuance of project approvals, drilling and seismic permits, and rights of way for activities under such a lease.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF17A9F6C5AB84C48BA39A017D56F72FD" indent="up1"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>No later than 18 months after an area is designated as open under the current land use plan the Secretary shall make available nominated areas for lease under the criteria in section 2.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC935FA5016FE456489336329A781A907" indent="up1"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary shall issue all leases sold no later than 60 days after the last payment is made.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H113A8411631349C89F95068B6D62A64D" indent="up1"> <enum>(E)</enum> <text>The Secretary shall not cancel or withdraw any lease parcel after a competitive lease sale has occurred and a winning bidder has submitted the last payment for the parcel.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFCAD64D17B304F4BAF11555984DDAEF4" indent="up1"> <enum>(F)</enum> <text>Not later than 60 days after a lease sale held under this Act, the Secretary shall adjudicate any lease protests filed following a lease sale. If after 60 days any protest is left unsettled, said protest is automatically denied and appeal rights of the protestor begin.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA658F1F358844EF84B352D21F50208A" indent="up1"> <enum>(G)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No additional lease stipulations may be added after the parcel is sold without consultation and agreement of the lessee, unless the Secretary deems such stipulations as emergency actions to conserve the resources of the United States.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section> <section id="H16EBEF4E336D4C9E8DD0C80824978EFA"> <enum>1204.</enum> <header>Leasing consistency</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Federal land managers must follow existing resource management plans and continue to actively lease in areas designated as open when resource management plans are being amended or revised, until such time as a new record of decision is signed.</text> </section> <section id="H54049AFE506A4525BBFF62934CAC65F2"> <enum>1205.</enum> <header>Reduce redundant policies</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Bureau of Land Management Instruction Memorandum 2010–117 shall have no force or effect.</text> </section> <section id="H88D755BBC9D2484FB4F2987F4DCF9455"> <enum>1206.</enum> <header>Streamlined congressional notification</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 31(e) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 188(e)) is amended in the matter following paragraph (4) by striking <quote>at least thirty days in advance of the reinstatement</quote> and inserting <quote>in an annual report</quote>.</text> </section> </subtitle> <subtitle id="H924FE5D7E1C14832B6F35A3DA2DDCED1"> <enum>C</enum> <header>Oil shale</header> <section id="H0D6D7BEBC23F45F6BF5941D231DD848A" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>1301.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>PIONEERS Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HC619C7BFAF2A470FBC903E168A71BD0E"> <enum>1302.</enum> <header>Effectiveness of oil shale regulations, amendments to resource management plans, and record of decision</header> <subsection id="H81DCD9C161EC4A1E9202E62E34050E81"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Regulations</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, the final regulations regarding oil shale management published by the Bureau of Land Management on November 18, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 69,414) are deemed to satisfy all legal and procedural requirements under any law, including the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the Secretary of the Interior shall implement those regulations, including the oil shale leasing program authorized by the regulations, without any other administrative action necessary.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H73866CBE46904CF6A588788EC21BAE0E"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Amendments to resource management plans and record of decision</header> <text>Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, the November 17, 2008 U.S. Bureau of Land Management Approved Resource Management Plan Amendments/Record of Decision for Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources to Address Land Use Allocations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement are deemed to satisfy all legal and procedural requirements under any law, including the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the Secretary of the Interior shall implement the oil shale leasing program authorized by the regulations referred to in subsection (a) in those areas covered by the resource management plans amended by such amendments, and covered by such record of decision, without any other administrative action necessary.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="H444E9300F3314D9B826CF4D7663D9BD1"> <enum>1303.</enum> <header>Oil shale leasing</header> <subsection id="H94A8CFCD811B4D438B435EC2457CCEFA"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Additional research and development lease sales</header> <text>The Secretary of the Interior shall hold a lease sale within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act offering an additional 10 parcels for lease for research, development, and demonstration of oil shale resources, under the terms offered in the solicitation of bids for such leases published on January 15, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 10).</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H370EF3D151AF46F18AD89C4A410323AE"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Commercial lease sales</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No later than January 1, 2016, the Secretary of the Interior shall hold no less than 5 separate commercial lease sales in areas considered to have the most potential for oil shale development, as determined by the Secretary, in areas nominated through public comment. Each lease sale shall be for an area of not less than 25,000 acres, and in multiple lease blocs.</text> </subsection> </section> </subtitle> <subtitle id="H49E455C997F64D51BF9F685EEE618192"> <enum>D</enum> <header>Miscellaneous provisions</header> <section id="H257241D0E00E4216A18E187ADF571839"> <enum>1401.</enum> <header>Rule of construction</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize the issuance of a lease under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) to any person designated for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to—</text> <paragraph id="H154142A6941049B09C5DC54EE5CB88A3"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestiture Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.), section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a), or the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2B63FF2126742FAB60B47CC5E99658A"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>Executive Order 13622 (July 30, 2012), Executive Order 13628 (October 9, 2012), or Executive Order 13645 (June 3, 2013);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFF30AB6E013453980BB1102673BEF94"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 2001) or Executive Order 13338 (May 11, 2004); or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H06D74031301741628B6F836FF5F8F670"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note).</text> </paragraph> </section> </subtitle> <enum>II</enum> <header>Planning for American Energy</header> <section id="HE57D8589173243E5A93B80D7BBD1EC15" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>2001.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Planning for American Energy Act of 2013</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H78B05D6617074C6AA7D0495E425ECD96"> <enum>2002.</enum> <header>Onshore domestic energy production strategic plan</header> <subsection id="H499D697C452E48A9A29BDDE5C4881A9A"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by redesignating section 44 as section 45, and by inserting after section 43 the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H56C724ED20E44FBEBF63040DC7A7F624" style="OLC"> <section id="HB1DBA79FA5034381BED522DB66C7DBF4"> <enum>44.</enum> <header>Quadrennial Strategic Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy</header> <subsection id="H561FDB1586C341018EA55B0EEBB89FAC"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <paragraph id="H8F8C6A4275FB42399E435CA5D1B57F15"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this section referred to as <term>Secretary</term>), in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture with regard to lands administered by the Forest Service, shall develop and publish every 4 years a Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy. This Strategy shall direct Federal land energy development and department resource allocation in order to promote the energy and national security of the United States in accordance with Bureau of Land Management’s mission of promoting the multiple use of Federal lands as set forth in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HD2BB4398139349D1B42F644B8EA00038"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>In developing this Strategy, the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration on the projected energy demands of the United States for the next 30-year period, and how energy derived from Federal onshore lands can put the United States on a trajectory to meet that demand during the next 4-year period. The Secretary shall consider how Federal lands will contribute to ensuring national energy security, with a goal for increasing energy independence and production, during the next 4-year period.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H5AF982B749D34EFD85F7A45B72501BE3"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>The Secretary shall determine a domestic strategic production objective for the development of energy resources from Federal onshore lands. Such objective shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="H854303A49A794CFB901CC127912DCD79"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>the best estimate, based upon commercial and scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic production of oil and natural gas from the Federal onshore mineral estate, with a focus on lands held by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF7BB479AA6DF4E44B92917D6CA933C71"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>the best estimate, based upon commercial and scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic coal production from Federal lands;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3859705A6FD04754A6FFA7500A60FA2A"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>the best estimate, based upon commercial and scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic production of strategic and critical energy minerals from the Federal onshore mineral estate;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4641958F925E4C089AA4A922B464E996"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text>the best estimate, based upon commercial and scientific data, of the expected increase in megawatts for electricity production from each of the following sources: wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, and geothermal energy produced on Federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC7C05B81E757435CA3D08C51AD90C8CE"> <enum>(E)</enum> <text>the best estimate, based upon commercial and scientific data, of the expected increase in unconventional energy production, such as oil shale;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD2EB2F2F20424B039AF49F669DA849C2"> <enum>(F)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the best estimate, based upon commercial and scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic production of oil, natural gas, coal, and other renewable sources from tribal lands for any federally recognized Indian tribe that elects to participate in facilitating energy production on its lands; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAF1AC3CD24D44C4299623DB8E01A2F1D"> <enum>(G)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the best estimate, based upon commercial and scientific data, of the expected increase in production of helium on Federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H763697881F834C0A947A07A829CB87EC"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>The Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration regarding the methodology used to arrive at its estimates for purposes of this section.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H1AD6CCE2613A4271BE5E8630E66E7C0A"> <enum>(5)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary has the authority to expand the energy development plan to include other energy production technology sources or advancements in energy on Federal lands.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H69A88BED68DF4396AC92311771C1983D"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Tribal objectives</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that federally recognized Indian tribes may elect to set their own production objectives as part of the Strategy under this section. The Secretary shall work in cooperation with any federally recognized Indian tribe that elects to participate in achieving its own strategic energy objectives designated under this subsection.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HB8E579D9BFC043F8B6B91BF222F85740"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Execution of the Strategy</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The relevant Secretary shall have all necessary authority to make determinations regarding which additional lands will be made available in order to meet the production objectives established by strategies under this section. The Secretary shall also take all necessary actions to achieve these production objectives unless the President determines that it is not in the national security and economic interests of the United States to increase Federal domestic energy production and to further decrease dependence upon foreign sources of energy. In administering this section, the relevant Secretary shall only consider leasing Federal lands available for leasing at the time the lease sale occurs.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H9E44A0D413AA42C4BE180B97B8636687"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>State, federally recognized Indian tribes, local government, and public input</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing each strategy, the Secretary shall solicit the input of affected States, federally recognized Indian tribes, local governments, and the public.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HD0D303A12C68449391E426A8B5233D89"> <enum>(e)</enum> <header>Reporting</header> <text>The Secretary shall report annually to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on the progress of meeting the production goals set forth in the strategy. The Secretary shall identify in the report projections for production and capacity installations and any problems with leasing, permitting, siting, or production that will prevent meeting the goal. In addition, the Secretary shall make suggestions to help meet any shortfalls in meeting the production goals.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H722FF0D586CC4B6D9A6D7C61B1D05C9E"> <enum>(f)</enum> <header>Programmatic environmental impact statement</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this section, in accordance with section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), the Secretary shall complete a programmatic environmental impact statement. This programmatic environmental impact statement will be deemed sufficient to comply with all requirements under that Act for all necessary resource management and land use plans associated with the implementation of the strategy.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H373267BF48E5444BB0731618782AA2A4"> <enum>(g)</enum> <header>Congressional review</header> <text>At least 60 days prior to publishing a proposed strategy under this section, the Secretary shall submit it to the President and the Congress, together with any comments received from States, federally recognized Indian tribes, and local governments. Such submission shall indicate why any specific recommendation of a State, federally recognized Indian tribe, or local government was not accepted.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HC2F5BF859D3F408AB844B52A3EDD3A2C"> <enum>(h)</enum> <header>Strategic and critical energy minerals defined</header> <text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>strategic and critical energy minerals</term> means those that are necessary for the Nation’s energy infrastructure including pipelines, refining capacity, electrical power generation and transmission, and renewable energy production and those that are necessary to support domestic manufacturing, including but not limited to, materials used in energy generation, production, and transportation.</text> </subsection> </section> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H539DB033C7F541EB91A090D40F8A19AE"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>First Quadrennial Strategy</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress the first Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy under the amendment made by subsection (a).</text> </subsection> </section> <enum>III</enum> <header>National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska access</header> <section id="H72EA1644A5384191B8568F62505C2E5F" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>3001.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H383118FFEF73454A83607E6E4553DB18"> <enum>3002.</enum> <header>Sense of Congress and reaffirming national policy for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H9AEDF9B7931C4BCD8BF589116E2150CE"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska remains explicitly designated, both in name and legal status, for purposes of providing oil and natural gas resources to the United States; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H44541241B3A448DDA55AE20ED9706FD2"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accordingly, the national policy is to actively advance oil and gas development within the Reserve by facilitating the expeditious exploration, production, and transportation of oil and natural gas from and through the Reserve.</text> </paragraph> </section> <section id="H150570BB05BF4D53B5EDA8BE9B8AFF8C"> <enum>3003.</enum> <header>National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: lease sales</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 107(a) of the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6506a(a)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H0E44CD966A924F90B240FB5476EBC9CF" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HAECC2523844C450A87908CED132C87CD"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In General</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct an expeditious program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the reserve in accordance with this Act. Such program shall include at least one lease sale annually in those areas of the reserve most likely to produce commercial quantities of oil and natural gas each year in the period 2013 through 2023.</text> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section> <section id="HFA64B4B0FB3E46679AA98EDBADEEC6CE"> <enum>3004.</enum> <header>National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: planning and permitting pipeline and road construction</header> <subsection id="H6F906ADB055B46ED8D308DB8DB10354E"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies, shall facilitate and ensure permits, in a timely and environmentally responsible manner, for all surface development activities, including for the construction of pipelines and roads, necessary to—</text> <paragraph id="H0B64D1BDC62F47D19513A44DD9FB697F"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>develop and bring into production any areas within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska that are subject to oil and gas leases; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4594CE86C2BF4A359B17B1B86D50DC8E"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transport oil and gas from and through the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska in the most direct manner possible to existing transportation or processing infrastructure on the North Slope of Alaska.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H0F122C41ECE24E0B8B84451E856685DA"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Timeline</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that any Federal permitting agency shall issue permits in accordance with the following timeline:</text> <paragraph id="H779E63E05561424799682267A272BC92"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permits for such construction for transportation of oil and natural gas produced under existing Federal oil and gas leases with respect to which the Secretary has issued a permit to drill shall be approved within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF8970A8BDC334D0081CA593FB788DC77"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permits for such construction for transportation of oil and natural gas produced under Federal oil and gas leases shall be approved within 6 months after the submission to the Secretary of a request for a permit to drill.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H7943055CAA4843129DBA1DE3726F9345"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Plan</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To ensure timely future development of the Reserve, within 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a plan for approved rights-of-way for a plan for pipeline, road, and any other surface infrastructure that may be necessary infrastructure that will ensure that all leasable tracts in the Reserve are within 25 miles of an approved road and pipeline right-of-way that can serve future development of the Reserve.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="H63CE0E2FCE2140F792E73D548E13EECF"> <enum>3005.</enum> <header>Issuance of a new integrated activity plan and environmental impact statement</header> <subsection id="HBEA37A8E36184FB7AEE35BA8BB4153DE"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Issuance of new integrated activity plan</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, issue—</text> <paragraph id="H9A4A56E512294424B0C3C49D4D0CC30A"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>a new proposed integrated activity plan from among the non-adopted alternatives in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision issued by the Secretary of the Interior and dated February 21, 2013; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC2C73A77DE34241AE6E5B53C46B7A65"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>an environmental impact statement under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) for issuance of oil and gas leases in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to promote efficient and maximum development of oil and natural gas resources of such reserve.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H3FAB84B2DE884A6FAC8AE116AD3DC332"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Nullification of existing record of decision, IAP, and EIS</header> <text>Except as provided in subsection (a), the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision issued by the Secretary of the Interior and dated February 21, 2013, including the integrated activity plan and environmental impact statement referred to in that record of decision, shall have no force or effect.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="HFB16A17C58434CDCA2B6EC6E68FD9DF9"> <enum>3006.</enum> <header>Departmental accountability for development</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall issue regulations not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act that establish clear requirements to ensure that the Department of the Interior is supporting development of oil and gas leases in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.</text> </section> <section id="H07E491D4B8C440A2A850CB2D00BF63A3"> <enum>3007.</enum> <header>Deadlines under new proposed integrated activity plan</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">At a minimum, the new proposed integrated activity plan issued under section 3005(a)(1) shall—</text> <paragraph id="HA7493BC7ED414540A63CBBC85E945E13"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>require the Department of the Interior to respond within 5 business days to a person who submits an application for a permit for development of oil and natural gas leases in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska acknowledging receipt of such application; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H916D04A1F431459BBC4A86142886316C"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>establish a timeline for the processing of each such application, that—</text> <subparagraph id="H0F59BE324ADA41B3B85BD880FAD12F2F"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>specifies deadlines for decisions and actions on permit applications; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H074F6D3822624DE28A440024035BDA1B"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>provide that the period for issuing each permit after submission of such an application shall not exceed 60 days without the concurrence of the applicant.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </section> <section id="H169EB669D70B46DABB241BD30CC14EF5"> <enum>3008.</enum> <header>Updated resource assessment</header> <subsection id="H1F8F2A9BD2684DBFAE0DE24BE6FBA4A1"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>The Secretary of the Interior shall complete a comprehensive assessment of all technically recoverable fossil fuel resources within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including all conventional and unconventional oil and natural gas.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HF83C81A366D2425E942AE52A44A49ED3"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Cooperation and consultation</header> <text>The resource assessment required by subsection (a) shall be carried out by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation and consultation with the State of Alaska and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H14D238B7A0254773A0DA82C1F44E8296"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Timing</header> <text>The resource assessment required by subsection (a) shall be completed within 24 months of the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H83AD64A7E9EA497385EDED717B1A2442"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Funding</header> <text>The United States Geological Survey may, in carrying out the duties under this section, cooperatively use resources and funds provided by the State of Alaska.</text> </subsection> </section> <enum>IV</enum> <header>BLM Live Internet Auctions</header> <section id="HAF892D2F23A7485894173B9AB1D4A840" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>4001.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>BLM Live Internet Auctions Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HB2A58ABEAB4C451EAF87AF9A813B0A24"> <enum>4002.</enum> <header>Internet-based onshore oil and gas lease sales</header> <subsection id="HC67D9E6F5A374B59A3B3E3311FED55F5"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Authorization</header> <text>Section 17(b)(1) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFEB3684990E7454B90D917B624FC6787"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>in subparagraph (A), in the third sentence, by inserting <quote>, except as provided in subparagraph (C)</quote> after <quote>by oral bidding</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC56D9AC3DC2F42CC931E9F15A40AC35F"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H8E6485A61B3A46568FBFEEC87E1E9B1B" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H9B57BCFEFDDA45A3AA8C49D9237D3C21" indent="up2"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>In order to diversify and expand the Nation’s onshore leasing program to ensure the best return to the Federal taxpayer, reduce fraud, and secure the leasing process, the Secretary may conduct onshore lease sales through Internet-based bidding methods. Each individual Internet-based lease sale shall conclude within 7 days.</text> </subparagraph> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H2489763BDB034770B1AD9C42C3DD7082"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Report</header> <text>Not later than 90 days after the tenth Internet-based lease sale conducted under the amendment made by subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall analyze the first 10 such lease sales and report to Congress the findings of the analysis. The report shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H4A87010D753E45FA8C70338DC6F576AA"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>estimates on increases or decreases in such lease sales, compared to sales conducted by oral bidding, in—</text> <subparagraph id="H9E2779A1C47A4426A0E0AC0993C07A03"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>the number of bidders;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H60C93543EFB545238B7563C3C50D9956"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>the average amount of bid;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H106D1556E51A49C59C19BDF834C32383"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>the highest amount bid; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H71344E9D23BA47E0934FBBF64C07ACBB"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text>the lowest bid;</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H2B4B92883BB14F5FAD75550983E936FE"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>an estimate on the total cost or savings to the Department of the Interior as a result of such sales, compared to sales conducted by oral bidding; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H60E4C774C8894D2AB6C126BC8F17BFBC"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>an evaluation of the demonstrated or expected effectiveness of different structures for lease sales which may provide an opportunity to better maximize bidder participation, ensure the highest return to the Federal taxpayers, minimize opportunities for fraud or collusion, and ensure the security and integrity of the leasing process.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <enum>V</enum> <header>Native American Energy</header> <section id="HFB9E53E326BC4CDAB7B2591A85E4A1AA" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>5001.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Native American Energy Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HB2A1442697714FE2B545FE512CE32623"> <enum>5002.</enum> <header>Appraisals</header> <subsection id="HE35AEC55B1C845439352FAEADA0E3C68"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Amendment</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title XXVI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80B092BD12204EBEBBA2E802F6D378BB" style="OLC"> <section id="H26F1ED0A03844ED08BB244C0A38F9A93"> <enum>2607.</enum> <header>Appraisal reforms</header> <subsection id="H3D623A18F26643FEBED6E9BC25A08C8F"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Options to Indian Tribes</header> <text>With respect to a transaction involving Indian land or the trust assets of an Indian tribe that requires the approval of the Secretary, any appraisal relating to fair market value required to be conducted under applicable law, regulation, or policy may be completed by—</text> <paragraph id="H4C4E7E3F5FD34D649D85B57C764FBB4A"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>the Secretary;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE481F263C3344C21BD17386AC73163A5"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>the affected Indian tribe; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4785F72AEBC24950AC4DD5B2C56CF3B7"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>a certified, third-party appraiser pursuant to a contract with the Indian tribe.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H69F11299631640959D911B693483C484"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Time Limit on Secretarial Review and Action</header> <text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary receives an appraisal conducted by or for an Indian tribe pursuant to paragraphs (2) or (3) of subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H1C9BFFE5AFB5486CBEBFC8963C179896"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>review the appraisal; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A07EF28E248426CB5C2843B4DC5CB2C"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>provide to the Indian tribe a written notice of approval or disapproval of the appraisal.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H3EC81D9F751F455491CBC9780B29A878"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Failure of Secretary To Approve or Disapprove</header> <text>If, after 60 days, the Secretary has failed to approve or disapprove any appraisal received, the appraisal shall be deemed approved.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H5BD60DE8E2AE4DD184685D2828D30174"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Option to Indian Tribes To Waive Appraisal</header> <paragraph id="H0712FE9375CA4FE481A4C54875CB78E6"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>An Indian tribe wishing to waive the requirements of subsection (a), may do so after it has satisfied the requirements of subsections (2) and (3) below.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC3B393300B26427A96C15AB9432C782C"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>An Indian tribe wishing to forego the necessity of a waiver pursuant to this section must provide to the Secretary a written resolution, statement, or other unambiguous indication of tribal intent, duly approved by the governing body of the Indian tribe.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H6CD5E3DD78204E8DA3D14CD6DE306F90"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>The unambiguous indication of intent provided by the Indian tribe to the Secretary under paragraph (2) must include an express waiver by the Indian tribe of any claims for damages it might have against the United States as a result of the lack of an appraisal undertaken.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H934F6779FB644EC087FDB466404D6BCA"> <enum>(e)</enum> <header>Definition</header> <text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>appraisal</term> includes appraisals and other estimates of value.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HA7E4F27C3DEC4517A11FA49FF1DA7178"> <enum>(f)</enum> <header>Regulations</header> <text>The Secretary shall develop regulations for implementing this section, including standards the Secretary shall use for approving or disapproving an appraisal.</text> </subsection> </section> <after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="HC8112D7CAA704A949CC344E7778C5794"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Conforming amendment</header> <text>The table of contents of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13201 note) is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title XXVI the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA01BECCEA26F4A3AB68A2B8A2965B83C" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 2607. Appraisal reforms.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </subsection> </section> <section id="H92861F332E16415AB8764861545574B2"> <enum>5003.</enum> <header>Standardization</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall implement procedures to ensure that each agency within the Department of the Interior that is involved in the review, approval, and oversight of oil and gas activities on Indian lands shall use a uniform system of reference numbers and tracking systems for oil and gas wells.</text> </section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H016BA6EDF570480B87F4E3A7157B1564"> <enum>5004.</enum> <header>Environmental reviews of major Federal actions on Indian lands</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) is amended by inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In general.—</header-in-text></quote> before the first sentence, and by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H0BBF4085EA154B38A56C849369946F84" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HF48DE429FA3841D2852318195D11B4DE"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Review of major Federal actions on Indian lands</header> <paragraph id="H0DF3FCFD80794128AC6524DBE6ACE545"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>For any major Federal action on Indian lands of an Indian tribe requiring the preparation of a statement under subsection (a)(2)(C), the statement shall only be available for review and comment by the members of the Indian tribe and by any other individual residing within the affected area.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H9CE9052174624E55978C3BA07C3DE8CB"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Regulations</header> <text>The Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality shall develop regulations to implement this section, including descriptions of affected areas for specific major Federal actions, in consultation with Indian tribes.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H03774D04D2984F4E9638DBA795DE61A8"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Definitions</header> <text>In this subsection, each of the terms <term>Indian land</term> and <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given that term in section 2601 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H9923D4F8E35A4D40A96F8D83A78381FD"> <enum>(4)</enum> <header>Clarification of authority</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in the Native American Energy Act, except section 5006 of that Act, shall give the Secretary any additional authority over energy projects on Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act lands.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section> <section id="HABCEAFA8F10445C38DF8B95B82A9D76A"> <enum>5005.</enum> <header>Judicial review</header> <subsection id="HF19455BE565E4694A941876C680A050A"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Time for filing complaint</header> <text>Any energy related action must be filed not later than the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of the final agency action. Any energy related action not filed within this time period shall be barred.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H39B60C1CC4CF4067A35D7230A42EB83E"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>District court venue and deadline</header> <text>All energy related actions—</text> <paragraph id="HA95929C6C13F4B51B5F34102CF9774F9"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>shall be brought in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A3A16263BE846D8ACBB1DD022BEF45D"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>shall be resolved as expeditiously as possible, and in any event not more than 180 days after such cause of action is filed.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HFD85E3413B034A06BF65C05ED0990680"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Appellate review</header> <text>An interlocutory order or final judgment, decree or order of the district court in an energy related action may be reviewed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals shall resolve such appeal as expeditiously as possible, and in any event not more than 180 days after such interlocutory order or final judgment, decree or order of the district court was issued.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H6118EC7B583A4322A1469F2A4BEFFC0B"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Limitation on certain payments</header> <text>Notwithstanding section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, no award may be made under section 504 of title 5, United States Code, or under section 2412 of title 28, United States Code, and no amounts may be obligated or expended from the Claims and Judgment Fund of the United States Treasury to pay any fees or other expenses under such sections, to any person or party in an energy related action.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H0504C8FB738C42CDB041762115370F88"> <enum>(e)</enum> <header>Legal fees</header> <text>In any energy related action in which the plaintiff does not ultimately prevail, the court shall award to the defendant (including any intervenor-defendants), other than the United States, fees and other expenses incurred by that party in connection with the energy related action, unless the court finds that the position of the plaintiff was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust. Whether or not the position of the plaintiff was substantially justified shall be determined on the basis of the administrative record, as a whole, which is made in the energy related action for which fees and other expenses are sought.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HA2CF920A2613450B96F5AC9509C96C1A"> <enum>(f)</enum> <header>Definitions</header> <text>For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:</text> <paragraph id="HF9C5277362D54306BC1D2BBA95653788"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Agency action</header> <text>The term <quote>agency action</quote> has the same meaning given such term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H6549AEBE0BC94621969860803E47374D"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Indian land</header> <text>The term <quote>Indian Land</quote> has the same meaning given such term in section 203(c)(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58; 25 U.S.C. 3501), including lands owned by Native Corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (Public Law 92-203; 43 U.S.C. 1601).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF6C9CF846C3945FDA56A620DFC918017"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Energy related action</header> <text>The term <quote>energy related action</quote> means a cause of action that—</text> <subparagraph id="HFAE0F0E0B8624C77B505FB1F411E11FB"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>is filed on or after the effective date of this Act; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8EF51DC40D7C4CA7B6EF077D9C93358B"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>seeks judicial review of a final agency action to issue a permit, license, or other form of agency permission allowing:</text> <clause id="H2CE2B57156DF4FE0B7BDB45932A807C3"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>any person or entity to conduct activities on Indian Land, which activities involve the exploration, development, production or transportation of oil, gas, coal, shale gas, oil shale, geothermal resources, wind or solar resources, underground coal gasification, biomass, or the generation of electricity; or</text> </clause> <clause id="H2E10943184994C59A088D15C6F42FEC1"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>any Indian Tribe, or any organization of two or more entities, at least one of which is an Indian tribe, to conduct activities involving the exploration, development, production or transportation of oil, gas, coal, shale gas, oil shale, geothermal resources, wind or solar resources, underground coal gasification, biomass, or the generation of electricity, regardless of where such activities are undertaken.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCB597224E01F4AF9848134CD218B50A6"> <enum>(4)</enum> <header>Ultimately prevail</header> <text>The phrase <quote>ultimately prevail</quote> means, in a final enforceable judgment, the court rules in the party’s favor on at least one cause of action which is an underlying rationale for the preliminary injunction, administrative stay, or other relief requested by the party, and does not include circumstances where the final agency action is modified or amended by the issuing agency unless such modification or amendment is required pursuant to a final enforceable judgment of the court or a court-ordered consent decree.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section id="H22D200AE47904B3CAEED060919158995"> <enum>5006.</enum> <header>Tribal biomass demonstration project</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 is amended by inserting after section 2 (25 U.S.C. 3115a) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F110C50DEEB470DBAA1A8DD04DFD611" style="OLC"> <section id="HCC7BA32BEA2A42A286693D626441E685"> <enum>3.</enum> <header>Tribal biomass demonstration project</header> <subsection id="H5DF8B0A00533495BB2C264AEEE4679EF"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, the Secretary shall enter into stewardship contracts or other agreements, other than agreements that are exclusively direct service contracts, with Indian tribes to carry out demonstration projects to promote biomass energy production (including biofuel, heat, and electricity generation) on Indian forest land and in nearby communities by providing reliable supplies of woody biomass from Federal land.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HB865CE0A09364E90AFB5B27080766755"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Definitions</header> <text>The definitions in section 2 shall apply to this section.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HB132CA6692544953B0E6F7EB075C0BB5"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Demonstration projects</header> <text>In each fiscal year for which projects are authorized, the Secretary shall enter into contracts or other agreements described in subsection (a) to carry out at least 4 new demonstration projects that meet the eligibility criteria described in subsection (d).</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HDA677C00AEA444DBA620907CD3A28C30"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Eligibility criteria</header> <text>To be eligible to enter into a contract or other agreement under this subsection, an Indian tribe shall submit to the Secretary an application—</text> <paragraph id="HC8511D8D16B04F438B8BA9E4A464B398"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>containing such information as the Secretary may require; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H050F107F85F047B1A5DB044DAE111308"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>that includes a description of—</text> <subparagraph id="H2775725889554946A57F1537FB22EB26"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>the Indian forest land or rangeland under the jurisdiction of the Indian tribe; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD5C1F39AF54B4429A09EC18AB946506D"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>the demonstration project proposed to be carried out by the Indian tribe.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HD964B3D895794B0EB65EF8DD53EDB0C8"> <enum>(e)</enum> <header>Selection</header> <text>In evaluating the applications submitted under subsection (c), the Secretary—</text> <paragraph id="H28720CD921B247DF86D7B9BF571B2C03"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>shall take into consideration the factors set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2(e) of Public Law 108–278; and whether a proposed demonstration project would—</text> <subparagraph id="H82F577600DF843E09E7E398254093F25"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>increase the availability or reliability of local or regional energy;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBF54B6E293D84B94BEDE037AD4D1BC44"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>enhance the economic development of the Indian tribe;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB2856EB7B3064C67AF8F9A689E1EE034"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>improve the connection of electric power transmission facilities serving the Indian tribe with other electric transmission facilities;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H45D43266EAFB4FE08BF7538602C14D52"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text>improve the forest health or watersheds of Federal land or Indian forest land or rangeland; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35FECFD9D2BE4AFBA6841CE9F1F2E71E"> <enum>(E)</enum> <text>otherwise promote the use of woody biomass; and</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H5A8BC93478044598BBA6F5F4BBC613E0"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>shall exclude from consideration any merchantable logs that have been identified by the Secretary for commercial sale.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H449374169A7642DA80B25F7CDA63080F"> <enum>(f)</enum> <header>Implementation</header> <text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H4C1A379506EC4936A45E6A764ED91728"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>ensure that the criteria described in subsection (c) are publicly available by not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this section; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HA54BD46CC16E475D8CE7FAA9B1C2DAA8"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>to the maximum extent practicable, consult with Indian tribes and appropriate intertribal organizations likely to be affected in developing the application and otherwise carrying out this section.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H910173151F264DB68F1B091B10FA4BAC"> <enum>(g)</enum> <header>Report</header> <text>Not later than September 20, 2015, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes, with respect to the reporting period—</text> <paragraph id="HCE431847F0264EBE9244382CAFB03BAA"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>each individual tribal application received under this section; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H17CFB66BBD1A4765A879C4759749D455"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>each contract and agreement entered into pursuant to this section.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H0FF4926A41CD4DA585763EDA31C176D9"> <enum>(h)</enum> <header>Incorporation of management plans</header> <text>In carrying out a contract or agreement under this section, on receipt of a request from an Indian tribe, the Secretary shall incorporate into the contract or agreement, to the extent practicable, management plans (including forest management and integrated resource management plans) in effect on the Indian forest land or rangeland of the respective Indian tribe.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H1E58EEDEF15047E78C80961298ECCDB6"> <enum>(i)</enum> <header>Term</header> <text>A stewardship contract or other agreement entered into under this section—</text> <paragraph id="H0347A661547848B1B5ED49844303DCBE"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>shall be for a term of not more than 20 years; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC5426F4200EC4E7FA4738454E594794B"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>may be renewed in accordance with this section for not more than an additional 10 years.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section> <section id="HD71D488C57CB4F7F8F2A2B33AD405460"> <enum>5007.</enum> <header>Tribal resource management plans</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Unless otherwise explicitly exempted by Federal law enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act, any activity conducted or resources harvested or produced pursuant to a tribal resource management plan or an integrated resource management plan approved by the Secretary of the Interior under the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) or the American Indian Agricultural Resource Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), shall be considered a sustainable management practice for purposes of any Federal standard, benefit, or requirement that requires a demonstration of such sustainability.</text> </section> <section commented="no" id="H7C9D9B45E7774E59A514AAFC42598568"> <enum>5008.</enum> <header>Leases of restricted lands for the Navajo Nation</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (e)(1) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(e)(1); commonly referred to as the <quote>Long-Term Leasing Act</quote>), is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H475E4316E94B4B4AA1333001963B2E2C"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>by striking <quote>, except a lease for</quote> and inserting <quote>, including leases for</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HBAC9DE695A2C4D70A3955985772F8148"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>25</quote> the first place it appears and all that follows and inserting <quote>99 years;</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HF184B9C57A5940C481083DBD661BCA4A"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HF38888AF663A4B6F866A2329FFDFAEE0"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AEC88AB8B44457DAD0382357E9B1EA2" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB8D7956639184527A680BA41F5A321A9" indent="up1"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a lease for the exploration, development, or extraction of mineral resources, including geothermal resources, 25 years, except that any such lease may include an option to renew for one additional term not to exceed 25 years.</text> </subparagraph> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </paragraph> </section> <section id="H534FA84E621344F693698FC306C8F681"> <enum>5009.</enum> <header>Nonapplicability of certain rules</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">No rule promulgated by the Department of the Interior regarding hydraulic fracturing used in the development or production of oil or gas resources shall have any effect on any land held in trust or restricted status for the benefit of Indians except with the express consent of the beneficiary on whose behalf such land is held in trust or restricted status.</text> </section>