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I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. __ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Terry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on _______________ A BILL To remove Federal Government obstacles to the production of more domestic energy; to ensure transport of that energy reliably to businesses, consumers, and other end users; to lower the cost of energy to consumers; to enable manufacturers and other businesses to access domestically produced energy affordably and reliably in order to create and sustain more secure and well-paying American jobs; and for other purposes.
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Short title; table of contents
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act. (b)
Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Division A—Energy and Commerce Title I—Modernizing Infrastructure Subtitle A—Northern Route Approval Sec. 101. Short title. Sec. 102. Findings. Sec. 103. Keystone XL permit approval. Sec. 104. Judicial review. Sec. 105. American burying beetle. Sec. 106. Right-of-way and temporary use permit. Sec. 107. Permits for activities in navigable waters. Sec. 108. Migratory Bird Treaty Act permit. Sec. 109. Oil spill response plan disclosure. Subtitle B—Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Sec. 121. Short title. Sec. 122. Regulatory approval of natural gas pipeline projects. Subtitle C—North American Energy Infrastructure Sec. 131. Short title. Sec. 132. Finding. Sec. 133. Authorization of certain energy infrastructure projects at the national boundary of the United States. Sec. 134. Importation or exportation of natural gas to Canada and Mexico. Sec. 135. Transmission of electric energy to Canada and Mexico. Sec. 136. No Presidential permit required. Sec. 137. Modifications to existing projects. Sec. 138. Effective date; rulemaking deadlines. Sec. 139. Definitions. Title II—Maintaining Diverse Electricity Generation and Affordability Subtitle A—Energy Consumers Relief Sec. 201. Short title. Sec. 202. Prohibition against finalizing certain energy-related rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy. Sec. 203. Reports and determinations prior to promulgating as final certain energy-related rules. Sec. 204. Definitions. Sec. 205. Prohibition on use of social cost of carbon in analysis. Subtitle B—Electricity Security and Affordability Sec. 211. Short title. Sec. 212. Standards of performance for new fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units. Sec. 213. Congress To set effective date for standards of performance for existing, modified, and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units. Sec. 214. Repeal of earlier rules and guidelines. Sec. 215. Definitions. Subtitle C—Report on Energy and Water Savings Potential From Thermal Insulation Sec. 221. Report on energy and water savings potential from thermal insulation. Title III—Unleashing Energy Diplomacy Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Action on applications. Sec. 303. Public disclosure of export destinations. Division B—Natural Resources Committee Sec. 201. References. Subdivision A—Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014 Sec. 1. Short title. Title I—Offshore Energy and Jobs Subtitle A—Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program Reforms Sec. 10101. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program reforms. Sec. 10102. Domestic oil and natural gas production goal. Sec. 10103. Development and submittal of new 5-year oil and gas leasing program. Sec. 10104. Rule of construction. Sec. 10105. Addition of lease sales after finalization of 5-year plan. Subtitle B—Directing the President To Conduct New OCS Sales Sec. 10201. Requirement to conduct proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 220 on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Virginia. Sec. 10202. South Carolina lease sale. Sec. 10203. Southern California existing infrastructure lease sale. Sec. 10204. Environmental impact statement requirement. Sec. 10205. National defense. Sec. 10206. Eastern Gulf of Mexico not included. Subtitle C—Equitable Sharing of Outer Continental Shelf Revenues Sec. 10301. Disposition of Outer Continental Shelf revenues to coastal States. Subtitle D—Reorganization of Minerals Management Agencies of the Department of the Interior Sec. 10401. Establishment of Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals and Assistant Secretary of Ocean Energy and Safety. Sec. 10402. Bureau of Ocean Energy. Sec. 10403. Ocean Energy Safety Service. Sec. 10404. Office of Natural Resources revenue. Sec. 10405. Ethics and drug testing. Sec. 10406. Abolishment of Minerals Management Service. Sec. 10407. Conforming amendments to Executive Schedule pay rates. Sec. 10408. Outer Continental Shelf Energy Safety Advisory Board. Sec. 10409. Outer Continental Shelf inspection fees. Sec. 10410. Prohibition on action based on National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order No. 13547. Subtitle E—United States Territories Sec. 10501. Application of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with respect to territories of the United States. Subtitle F—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 10601. Rules regarding distribution of revenues under Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006. Sec. 10602. Amount of distributed qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues. Sec. 10603. South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area defined. Sec. 10604. Enhancing geological and geophysical information for America’s energy future. Subtitle G—Judicial Review Sec. 10701. Time for filing complaint. Sec. 10702. District court deadline. Sec. 10703. Ability to seek appellate review. Sec. 10704. Limitation on scope of review and relief. Sec. 10705. Legal fees. Sec. 10706. Exclusion. Sec. 10707. Definitions. Title II—Onshore Federal Lands and Energy Security Subtitle A—Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Sec. 21001. Short title. Sec. 21002. Policies regarding buying, building, and working for America. Chapter 1—Onshore oil and gas permit streamlining Sec. 21101. Short title. Subchapter A—Application for Permits to Drill Process Reform Sec. 21111. Permit to drill application timeline. Subchapter B—Administrative Protest Documentation Reform Sec. 21121. Administrative protest documentation reform. Subchapter C—Permit Streamlining Sec. 21131. Making pilot offices permanent to improve energy permitting on Federal lands. Sec. 21132. Administration of current law. Subchapter D—Judicial Review Sec. 21141. Definitions. Sec. 21142. Exclusive venue for certain civil actions relating to covered energy projects. Sec. 21143. Timely filing. Sec. 21144. Expedition in hearing and determining the action. Sec. 21145. Standard of review. Sec. 21146. Limitation on injunction and prospective relief. Sec. 21147. Limitation on attorneys’ fees. Sec. 21148. Legal standing. Subchapter E—Knowing America’s Oil and Gas Resources Sec. 21151. Funding oil and gas resource assessments. Chapter 2—Oil and gas leasing certainty Sec. 21201. Short title. Sec. 21202. Minimum acreage requirement for onshore lease sales. Sec. 21203. Leasing certainty. Sec. 21204. Leasing consistency. Sec. 21205. Reduce redundant policies. Sec. 21206. Streamlined congressional notification. Chapter 3—Oil shale Sec. 21301. Short title. Sec. 21302. Effectiveness of oil shale regulations, amendments to resource management plans, and record of decision. Sec. 21303. Oil shale leasing. Chapter 4—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 21401. Rule of construction. Subtitle B—Planning for American Energy Sec. 22001. Short title. Sec. 22002. Onshore domestic energy production strategic plan. Subtitle C—National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska access Sec. 23001. Short title. Sec. 23002. Sense of Congress and reaffirming national policy for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Sec. 23003. National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: lease sales. Sec. 23004. National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: planning and permitting pipeline and road construction. Sec. 23005. Issuance of a new integrated activity plan and environmental impact statement. Sec. 23006. Departmental accountability for development. Sec. 23007. Deadlines under new proposed integrated activity plan. Sec. 23008. Updated resource assessment. Subtitle D—BLM Live Internet Auctions Sec. 24001. Short title. Sec. 24002. Internet-based onshore oil and gas lease sales. Subtitle E—Native American Energy Sec. 25001. Short title. Sec. 25002. Appraisals. Sec. 25003. Standardization. Sec. 25004. Environmental reviews of major Federal actions on Indian lands. Sec. 25005. Judicial review. Sec. 25006. Tribal biomass demonstration project. Sec. 25007. Tribal resource management plans. Sec. 25008. Leases of restricted lands for the Navajo Nation. Sec. 25009. Nonapplicability of certain rules. Title III—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 30101. Establishment of Office of Energy Employment and Training. Subdivision B—Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Amendment. Subdivision C—Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Wild and Scenic River; Crooked, Oregon. Sec. 3. City of Prineville Water Supply. Sec. 4. First fill protection. Sec. 5. Ochoco Irrigation District. Subdivision D—State Authority For Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation; EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Research Title I—State Authority For Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation Sec. 101. Short title. Sec. 102. State authority for hydraulic fracturing regulation. Sec. 103. Government Accountability Office study. Sec. 104. Tribal authority on trust land. Title II—EPA HYDRAULIC FRACTURING RESEARCH Sec. 201. Short title. Sec. 202. Epa hydraulic fracturing research. Title III—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 301. Review of State activities. Subdivision E—Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Incorporation of surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs. Division C—Judiciary Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Coordination of agency administrative operations for efficient decisionmaking.
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Energy and Commerce
<enum>I</enum> <header>Modernizing Infrastructure</header> <subtitle id="H1242080F97F3470D9B20925B783E3004"> <enum>A</enum> <header>Northern Route Approval </header> <section id="H89480767F9B74D5CABB0995E91A74C7C" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>101.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Northern Route Approval Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H04E5529B106F48998F6E37D711E66B3B"> <enum>102.</enum> <header>Findings</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H909D6C477138414DA9BA94A433E92CF6"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To maintain our Nation’s competitive edge and ensure an economy built to last, the United States must have fast, reliable, resilient, and environmentally sound means of moving energy. In a global economy, we will compete for the world’s investments based in significant part on the quality of our infrastructure. Investing in the Nation’s infrastructure provides immediate and long-term economic benefits for local communities and the Nation as a whole.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD8E31587F8540DF888F9A5448813891"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>The delivery of oil from Canada, a close ally not only in proximity but in shared values and ideals, to domestic markets is in the national interest because of the need to lessen dependence upon insecure foreign sources.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC95627E588E4B5788F043156D406D73"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Keystone XL pipeline would provide both short-term and long-term employment opportunities and related labor income benefits, such as government revenues associated with taxes.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H332D1CD9210B4DF2A9D54AC956090B69"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State of Nebraska has thoroughly reviewed and approved the proposed Keystone XL pipeline reroute, concluding that the concerns of Nebraskans have had a major influence on the pipeline reroute and that the reroute will have minimal environmental impacts.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H70628EC56A164756913CA64B7866F1BB"> <enum>(5)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Keystone XL is in much the same position today as the Alaska Pipeline in 1973 prior to congressional action. Once again, the Federal regulatory process remains an insurmountable obstacle to a project that is likely to reduce oil imports from insecure foreign sources.</text> </paragraph> </section> <section id="HF4D5C337690D4AE29FAF68C7FD040784"> <enum>103.</enum> <header>Keystone XL permit approval</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding Executive Order No. 13337 (3 U.S.C. 301 note), Executive Order No. 11423 (3 U.S.C. 301 note), section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and any other Executive order or provision of law, no Presidential permit shall be required for the pipeline described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline, as supplemented to include the Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in January 2013 and approved by the Nebraska governor. The final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on January 31, 2014, coupled with the Final Evaluation Report described in the previous sentence, shall be considered to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.).</text> </section> <section id="HD7F3D53386DE440FA96BB2C798BDADE1"> <enum>104.</enum> <header>Judicial review</header> <subsection id="HBB9C74450FF04D6EA0A2D5E98558B361"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Exclusive jurisdiction</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except for review by the Supreme Court on writ of certiorari, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction to determine—</text> <paragraph id="H777F01CEBC8C44518ACCBC8FE86E59BA"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the validity of any final order or action (including a failure to act) of any Federal agency or officer with respect to issuance of a permit relating to the construction or maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, including any final order or action deemed to be taken, made, granted, or issued;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H728327D9DE3E4F1B958D9798D68A59E3"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the constitutionality of any provision of this subtitle, or any decision or action taken, made, granted, or issued, or deemed to be taken, made, granted, or issued under this subtitle; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HEA08BECFB476443AB1B319E71C15F95E"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the adequacy of any environmental impact statement prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), or of any analysis under any other Act, with respect to any action taken, made, granted, or issued, or deemed to be taken, made, granted, or issued under this subtitle.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H31A114669E8349E29BF3B12170FF3E35"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Deadline for filing claim</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A claim arising under this subtitle may be brought not later than 60 days after the date of the decision or action giving rise to the claim.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HDA88D04DB82B46C89C1D4B62D14BA3BB"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Expedited consideration</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall set any action brought under subsection (a) for expedited consideration, taking into account the national interest of enhancing national energy security by providing access to the significant oil reserves in Canada that are needed to meet the demand for oil.</text> </subsection> </section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FA7ACFB772947B2A310C91889D8BD09" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>105.</enum> <header>American burying beetle</header> <subsection id="H9BCA342CDB3144C39D9847688B0150BE"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Findings</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph id="HC7CD21B503A54997AD33B489CD84541B"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>environmental reviews performed for the Keystone XL pipeline project satisfy the requirements of section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)) in its entirety; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D6F48BA52284A1AA150360D394D779F"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for purposes of that Act, the Keystone XL pipeline project will not jeopardize the continued existence of the American burying beetle or destroy or adversely modify American burying beetle critical habitat.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H368BF2E6414543D59F814EF3C4389795"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Biological opinion</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior is deemed to have issued a written statement setting forth the Secretary’s opinion containing such findings under section 7(b)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(b)(1)(A)) and any taking of the American burying beetle that is incidental to the construction or operation and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline as it may be ultimately defined in its entirety, shall not be considered a prohibited taking of such species under such Act.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="HEDD75E4218F6460E8D1339A2D997B75B"> <enum>106.</enum> <header>Right-of-way and temporary use permit</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior is deemed to have granted or issued a grant of right-of-way and temporary use permit under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), as set forth in the application tendered to the Bureau of Land Management for the Keystone XL pipeline.</text> </section> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA646DD91F81B471CA7CE6A65A85F7B97"> <enum>107.</enum> <header>Permits for activities in navigable waters</header> <subsection id="HCAA71232DF7543F6BB6C50BC209A7654"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Issuance of permits</header> <text>The Secretary of the Army, not later than 90 days after receipt of an application therefor, shall issue all permits under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) and section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403; commonly known as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899), necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the pipeline described in the May 4, 2012, application referred to in section 103, as supplemented by the Nebraska reroute. The application shall be based on the administrative record for the pipeline as of the date of enactment of this Act, which shall be considered complete.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HBEEB42789C1E4C1EAA2A6E80145C4BED"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Waiver of procedural requirements</header> <text>The Secretary may waive any procedural requirement of law or regulation that the Secretary considers desirable to waive in order to accomplish the purposes of this section.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H9447FB9776F745EDAAA48042033C7CDD"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Issuance in absence of action by the Secretary</header> <text>If the Secretary has not issued a permit described in subsection (a) on or before the last day of the 90-day period referred to in subsection (a), the permit shall be deemed issued under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) or section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403), as appropriate, on the day following such last day.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H3DCD00C9739E4F98B1B63F482826362B"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Limitation</header> <text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not prohibit or restrict an activity or use of an area that is authorized under this section.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="HDB1C37C9D27741749072C5058BF1FF38"> <enum>108.</enum> <header>Migratory Bird Treaty Act permit</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior is deemed to have issued a special purpose permit under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.), as described in the application filed with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for the Keystone XL pipeline on January 11, 2013.</text> </section> <section id="H6616EDED10124CD4BBB469BBFDFEC6EA"> <enum>109.</enum> <header>Oil spill response plan disclosure</header> <subsection id="H3C57A46C369F4005822FD91FA8CD6F37"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any pipeline owner or operator required under Federal law to develop an oil spill response plan for the Keystone XL pipeline shall make such plan available to the Governor of each State in which such pipeline operates to assist with emergency response preparedness.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H1F0D0DC7E48242CDBE6972991B3C5885"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Updates</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A pipeline owner or operator required to make available to a Governor a plan under subsection (a) shall make available to such Governor any update of such plan not later than 7 days after the date on which such update is made.</text> </subsection> </section> </subtitle> <subtitle id="H652CE4B459F7455AB30D5765C26518D9"> <enum>B</enum> <header>Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform</header> <section id="H7143B4BEDF7A4C98B2AFD895907D4CA7" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>121.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H0E16F9918A494458A664167821E889AB"> <enum>122.</enum> <header>Regulatory approval of natural gas pipeline projects</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="traditional" id="HBAA9A8986988401AAD7EC2A8C282CCD1" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H54EF853D399A47D6B220B8676545FB13"> <enum>(i)</enum> <paragraph id="H492DDC81742149129BF393B6B43F41DC" display-inline="yes-display-inline"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall approve or deny an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a prefiled project not later than 12 months after receiving a complete application that is ready to be processed, as defined by the Commission by regulation.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H5F972753E97844F9B41FF4D4CC77A3BC" indent="up1"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>The agency responsible for issuing any license, permit, or approval required under Federal law in connection with a prefiled project for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity is sought under this Act shall approve or deny the issuance of the license, permit, or approval not later than 90 days after the Commission issues its final environmental document relating to the project.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HDF6BADBFAA674C04BAAFA95CD8364EF1" indent="up1"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may extend the time period under paragraph (2) by 30 days if an agency demonstrates that it cannot otherwise complete the process required to approve or deny the license, permit, or approval, and therefor will be compelled to deny the license, permit, or approval. In granting an extension under this paragraph, the Commission may offer technical assistance to the agency as necessary to address conditions preventing the completion of the review of the application for the license, permit, or approval.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D91E3F809C64EACAC3CB6B9577CDC43" indent="up1"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an agency described in paragraph (2) does not approve or deny the issuance of the license, permit, or approval within the time period specified under paragraph (2) or (3), as applicable, such license, permit, or approval shall take effect upon the expiration of 30 days after the end of such period. The Commission shall incorporate into the terms of such license, permit, or approval any conditions proffered by the agency described in paragraph (2) that the Commission does not find are inconsistent with the final environmental document.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H6C2C75096FDB465EA42F049D76CB9AA6" indent="up1"> <enum>(5)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the term <quote>prefiled project</quote> means a project for the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a natural gas pipeline with respect to which a prefiling docket number has been assigned by the Commission pursuant to a prefiling process established by the Commission for the purpose of facilitating the formal application process for obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section> </subtitle> <subtitle id="HFB2C3E6B50654713B124B99A0F4AA7E8"> <enum>C</enum> <header>North American Energy Infrastructure</header> <section id="HC471294F28774132844EEB45185293E1" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>131.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>North American Energy Infrastructure Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section commented="no" id="HE21FB3FD455A4D85A251ECB863EC6138"> <enum>132.</enum> <header>Finding</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that the United States should establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process for the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of oil and natural gas pipelines and electric transmission facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity to and from Canada and Mexico, in pursuit of a more secure and efficient North American energy market.</text> </section> <section id="HF07ECB50A73B400C90999C52B0D7B7EE"> <enum>133.</enum> <header>Authorization of certain energy infrastructure projects at the national boundary of the United States</header> <subsection id="H63A6085618874721B7C5232DDD7644D9"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Authorization</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (c) and section 137, no person may construct, connect, operate, or maintain a cross-border segment of an oil pipeline or electric transmission facility for the import or export of oil or the transmission of electricity to or from Canada or Mexico without obtaining a certificate of crossing for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the cross-border segment under this section.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H7B7EA2E1A0504201AB8EB549FE8EBA27"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Certificate of crossing</header> <paragraph id="HFAE31AF621C34A3FA8D4F68DCB9469D9"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Requirement</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after final action is taken under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to a cross-border segment for which a request is received under this section, the relevant official identified under paragraph (2), in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, shall issue a certificate of crossing for the cross-border segment unless the relevant official finds that the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the cross-border segment is not in the public interest of the United States.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HD804B28C6A4A4197B2993510C44E39BA"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Relevant official</header> <text>The relevant official referred to in paragraph (1) is—</text> <subparagraph id="H201BA132D57249B9B396C334804966C9"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of State with respect to oil pipelines; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H52B25081F0724EC3923B0C14990683AB"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>the Secretary of Energy with respect to electric transmission facilities.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC1369A2C7E84016A0C47E47A269C55F"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Additional requirement for electric transmission facilities</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a request for a certificate of crossing for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of a cross-border segment of an electric transmission facility, the Secretary of Energy shall require, as a condition of issuing the certificate of crossing for the request under paragraph (1), that the cross-border segment of the electric transmission facility be constructed, connected, operated, or maintained consistent with all applicable policies and standards of—</text> <subparagraph id="H5A9E7C88839C431C956E02B8A5A2BB15"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>the Electric Reliability Organization and the applicable regional entity; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0A56C39F0FCA4B4EBA66DCE547BEE975"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any Regional Transmission Organization or Independent System Operator with operational or functional control over the cross-border segment of the electric transmission facility.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H3522D755370E41E6BBD4395964845535"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Exclusions</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall not apply to any construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of a cross-border segment of an oil pipeline or electric transmission facility for the import or export of oil or the transmission of electricity to or from Canada or Mexico—</text> <paragraph id="HBFB21D4843744054B70554D81077BEAD"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the cross-border segment is operating for such import, export, or transmission as of the date of enactment of this Act;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC82CB7690CE141E1A2141FF6B21F62B8"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>if a permit described in section 136 for such construction, connection, operation, or maintenance has been issued;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H875A8D0D342C415E84EC8E47BA827235"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if a certificate of crossing for such construction, connection, operation, or maintenance has previously been issued under this section; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H985D6C1113AF4953B028E696B6968089"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if an application for a permit described in section 136 for such construction, connection, operation, or maintenance is pending on the date of enactment of this Act, until the earlier of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H372CD4B691B04A10AC05C5CB9A6FF222"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>the date on which such application is denied; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H81E8DFD99DFC45DA9FB065EB8DD2929D"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>July 1, 2016.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H75476F116D9547ED892420A5433B0FC7"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Effect of other laws</header> <paragraph id="HC5E7FD050F48466F833B15F1C12B89E9"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Application to projects</header> <text>Nothing in this section or section 137 shall affect the application of any other Federal statute to a project for which a certificate of crossing for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of a cross-border segment is sought under this section.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC83A488CD00747FC9905E8C81258E32D"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Natural Gas Act</header> <text>Nothing in this section or section 137 shall affect the requirement to obtain approval or authorization under sections 3 and 7 of the Natural Gas Act for the siting, construction, or operation of any facility to import or export natural gas.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HD42751EFC2814A3A92874670BF98B1E8"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Energy Policy and Conservation Act</header> <text>Nothing in this section or section 137 shall affect the authority of the President under section 103(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. </text> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section id="H42035DFEB351400294202162A7BC1D35"> <enum>134.</enum> <header>Importation or exportation of natural gas to Canada and Mexico</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote><short-title>No order is required under subsection (a) to authorize the export or import of any natural gas to or from Canada or Mexico.</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HDDB9138897684DEC80B2A4A877684104"> <enum>135.</enum> <header>Transmission of electric energy to Canada and Mexico</header> <subsection id="H2605057EF2B74CC0B24921F4F3385208"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Repeal of requirement To secure order</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)) is repealed.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HE7B9A178FDA840B89F5A45BB505D7B7B"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="H23FF5B9D960F4FF2AA1D848DA4F96CEC"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>State regulations</header> <text>Section 202(f) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824a(f)) is amended by striking <quote><short-title>insofar as such State regulation does not conflict with the exercise of the Commission’s powers under or relating to subsection 202(e)</short-title></quote>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA1A8FF34D814845BF18B355D3E24FB1"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Seasonal diversity electricity exchange</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 602(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 824a–4(b)) is amended by striking <quote><short-title>the Commission has conducted hearings and made the findings required under section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act</short-title></quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote><short-title>the Secretary has conducted hearings and finds that the proposed transmission facilities would not impair the sufficiency of electric supply within the United States or would not impede or tend to impede the coordination in the public interest of facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Secretary.</short-title></quote>.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section id="H66BD66990A5C48AF8989F61801E1B5F9"> <enum>136.</enum> <header>No Presidential permit required</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">No Presidential permit (or similar permit) required under Executive Order No. 13337 (3 U.S.C. 301 note), Executive Order No. 11423 (3 U.S.C. 301 note), section 301 of title 3, United States Code, Executive Order No. 12038, Executive Order No. 10485, or any other Executive order shall be necessary for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric transmission facility, or any cross-border segment thereof.</text> </section> <section id="HDB3169CCDB0948B0865C34FEAE47A56C"> <enum>137.</enum> <header>Modifications to existing projects</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">No certificate of crossing under section 133, or permit described in section 136, shall be required for a modification to the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric transmission facility—</text> <paragraph id="H38855BCB9F8D43078E65EB5991422D9F"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>that is operating for the import or export of oil or natural gas or the transmission of electricity to or from Canada or Mexico as of the date of enactment of the Act;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4EBF1DF2957B4F50A058E895167865CA"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which a permit described in section 136 for such construction, connection, operation, or maintenance has been issued; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC18FC648298E4D8C865F1AFFE6AE639A"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which a certificate of crossing for the cross-border segment of the pipeline or facility has previously been issued under section 133.</text> </paragraph> </section> <section id="H1D4A5CD039734D96A4AE45EE7BD4009B"> <enum>138.</enum> <header>Effective date; rulemaking deadlines</header> <subsection id="HE3088408EB8143FEB94E70462D8D0F30"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Effective date</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 133 through 137, and the amendments made by such sections, shall take effect on July 1, 2015.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H453BA42CEB3F4DB68E782A10697C9DF1"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Rulemaking deadlines</header> <text>Each relevant official described in section 133(b)(2) shall—</text> <paragraph id="H7101E2E6D2154144A13E87F20C1BD9F7"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, publish in the Federal Register notice of a proposed rulemaking to carry out the applicable requirements of section 133; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7BE5C53470BC4A1789180EE1F65607F8"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, publish in the Federal Register a final rule to carry out the applicable requirements of section 133.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section id="H67D29390BCB843C4BE1E8B732F78B6DF"> <enum>139.</enum> <header>Definitions</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle—</text> <paragraph id="H89FB65074D49499CA1E3449212B4A810" commented="no"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>the term <term>cross-border segment</term> means the portion of an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric transmission facility that is located at the national boundary of the United States with either Canada or Mexico;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB14677C07CE2429BBDAF0D5821A64C50"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>the term <term>modification</term> includes a reversal of flow direction, change in ownership, volume expansion, downstream or upstream interconnection, or adjustment to maintain flow (such as a reduction or increase in the number of pump or compressor stations);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD4EFB6B016D48FC9E863BF610CB2DD0"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>the term <term>natural gas</term> has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717a);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H1DD52A1787374C85899DE7B1905B6350"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>the term <term>oil</term> means petroleum or a petroleum product;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H026B2C0F5BA442859CCBCB2B72F53BAF" commented="no"> <enum>(5)</enum> <text>the terms <term>Electric Reliability Organization</term> and <term>regional entity</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 215 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H0843AA01BE334AA8AD3CA1F61DB9E34A" commented="no"> <enum>(6)</enum> <text>the terms <term>Independent System Operator</term> and <term>Regional Transmission Organization</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796).</text> </paragraph> </section> </subtitle> <enum>II</enum> <header>Maintaining Diverse Electricity Generation and Affordability</header> <subtitle id="H5E4B071BD778435693DFC844A2FEC4D5"> <enum>A</enum> <header>Energy Consumers Relief</header> <section id="HEB9844BDAEA44A4486F3D197009DEB19" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no"> <enum>201.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2014</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H31BEBFF25F2645269355A2E555B0E62B"> <enum>202.</enum> <header>Prohibition against finalizing certain energy-related rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not promulgate as final an energy-related rule that is estimated to cost more than $1 billion if the Secretary of Energy determines under section 203(3) that the rule will cause significant adverse effects to the economy.</text> </section> <section id="H4A0CA13A5CCA404FA44188985F4794DA"> <enum>203.</enum> <header>Reports and determinations prior to promulgating as final certain energy-related rules</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Before promulgating as final any energy-related rule that is estimated to cost more than $1 billion:</text> <paragraph id="H1A97C92D9DBE456B873EB0363369EF2C"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Report to Congress</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to Congress a report (and transmit a copy to the Secretary of Energy) containing—</text> <subparagraph id="H4C9D1B1680B6465A8E3DDA0CA52EB5DE"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>a copy of the rule;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCC142B1E7F034D4A8B10D6FF1607C58D"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>a concise general statement relating to the rule;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H50EA3C9902014A958247CBEE95FE06E2"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>an estimate of the total costs of the rule, including the direct costs and indirect costs of the rule;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H643E35B2967F4FD3BAE4279F69B499D1"> <enum>(D)</enum> <clause id="H2E45DE1C9D98455FA80D20E634ACEDA6" display-inline="yes-display-inline"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>an estimate of the total benefits of the rule and when such benefits are expected to be realized;</text> </clause> <clause id="H29BFCB8FB143429E8EE021BC9A5E62AB" indent="up1"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>a description of the modeling, the calculations, the assumptions, and the limitations due to uncertainty, speculation, or lack of information associated with the estimates under this subparagraph; and</text> </clause> <clause id="HBCA0439E68F14ACDB1308B57C2BD7713" indent="up1"> <enum>(iii)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a certification that all data and documents relied upon by the Agency in developing such estimates—</text> <subclause id="H1F3603A758734591B20479CA1EE32313"> <enum>(I)</enum> <text>have been preserved; and</text> </subclause> <subclause id="H93784F74939740049DE7A1FDD6829196"> <enum>(II)</enum> <text>are available for review by the public on the Agency’s Web site, except to the extent to which publication of such data and documents would constitute disclosure of confidential information in violation of applicable Federal law;</text> </subclause> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5B9A903D25B442A08E5A967D61A09C9A"> <enum>(E)</enum> <text>an estimate of the increases in energy prices, including potential increases in gasoline or electricity prices for consumers, that may result from implementation or enforcement of the rule; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2D685FBBC7884FADB5E970A7D349C505"> <enum>(F)</enum> <text>a detailed description of the employment effects, including potential job losses and shifts in employment, that may result from implementation or enforcement of the rule.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H2D6BA36D91C24EBDBA08F9CF02BE1F3A"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Initial determination on increases and impacts</header> <text>The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, shall prepare an independent analysis to determine whether the rule will cause—</text> <subparagraph id="H86F013C3517A4B3D8F0DFE935153C296"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>any increase in energy prices for consumers, including low-income households, small businesses, and manufacturers;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HADC27446388945C3955D75123DFB8F8B"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>any impact on fuel diversity of the Nation’s electricity generation portfolio or on national, regional, or local electric reliability; </text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H664FC51227EC432AA59E6B7321308FD9" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any adverse effect on energy supply, distribution, or use due to the economic or technical infeasibility of implementing the rule; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDEAC84AB41A54156AF3FDEC568B5674C"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other adverse effect on energy supply, distribution, or use (including a shortfall in supply and increased use of foreign supplies).</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H242A6B827E594BBB9622E31DD8222024"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Subsequent determination on adverse effects to the economy</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of Energy determines, under paragraph (2), that the rule will cause an increase, impact, or effect described in such paragraph, then the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HCF4A575B0D204515A58D4997335C32D9"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine whether the rule will cause significant adverse effects to the economy, taking into consideration—</text> <clause id="H4C73BB6481CE4FD0B0287FF6FE6FECFC"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the costs and benefits of the rule and limitations in calculating such costs and benefits due to uncertainty, speculation, or lack of information; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H0F17602AACB34B6BA16FA478FC76D607"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>the positive and negative impacts of the rule on economic indicators, including those related to gross domestic product, unemployment, wages, consumer prices, and business and manufacturing activity; and</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6A0539F8556C41BA9871D7BC21A06392"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>publish the results of such determination in the Federal Register.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </section> <section id="H8F16A8E4625D4556988D355154F79EA7"> <enum>204.</enum> <header>Definitions</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HBD78F9E170DC4301AD1D253A60019CF2"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>The terms <term>direct costs</term> and <term>indirect costs</term> have the meanings given such terms in chapter 8 of the Environmental Protection Agency’s <quote>Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analyses</quote> dated December 17, 2010.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H5919EFD484204EB9B2B16BA5F80B3A3D"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>energy-related rule that is estimated to cost more than $1 billion</term> means a rule of the Environmental Protection Agency that—</text> <subparagraph id="HFB95F19E6CE849058B26F2F316ABF1E8"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regulates any aspect of the production, supply, distribution, or use of energy or provides for such regulation by States or other governmental entities; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFB4FAA6A22AA42AB9B6B9CD2DCAFF571"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is estimated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to impose direct costs and indirect costs, in the aggregate, of more than $1,000,000,000.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H400A063343EB4E25A755D2C0F03390A0"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>rule</term> has the meaning given to such term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph> </section> <section id="HF358FF5F0B9E4BBDA9E7E639A8B792CE"> <enum>205.</enum> <header>Prohibition on use of social cost of carbon in analysis</header> <subsection id="H3480679AA05C4C3E83CF6C6B3644583B"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any executive order, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not use the social cost of carbon in order to incorporate social benefits of reducing carbon dioxide emissions, or for any other reason, in any cost-benefit analysis relating to an energy-related rule that is estimated to cost more than $1 billion unless and until a Federal law is enacted authorizing such use.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H89136B6B4D2648FEA7B1CE775A415A0E"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Definition</header> <text>In this section, the term <term>social cost of carbon</term> means the social cost of carbon as described in the technical support document entitled <quote>Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866</quote>, published by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in May 2013, or any successor or substantially related document, or any other estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon dioxide emissions in a given year.</text> </subsection> </section> </subtitle> <subtitle id="HEA520976FC2142A7B5A611292B3FF410"> <enum>B</enum> <header>Electricity Security and Affordability</header> <section id="H1DB1FE61F7134AD69FEA3D0B7F0C041B" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no"> <enum>211.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Electricity Security and Affordability Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H3411087CBFFA4DC181746D985F8A82B5"> <enum>212.</enum> <header>Standards of performance for new fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units</header> <subsection id="HDBCD5186F707447EBCBCBAA1BBC88D97"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Limitation</header> <text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not issue, implement, or enforce any proposed or final rule under section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) that establishes a standard of performance for emissions of any greenhouse gas from any new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless such rule meets the requirements under subsections (b) and (c).</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H8D727D5326444EDE939C7F0F1BCD68A8"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Requirements</header> <text>In issuing any rule under section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) establishing standards of performance for emissions of any greenhouse gas from new sources that are fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (for purposes of establishing such standards)—</text> <paragraph id="H72F6D87BE9A24792AEDAE4D3180FDB54"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall separate sources fueled with coal and natural gas into separate categories; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H854DE410D8A94E8991C2A48A68A1D325"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>shall not set a standard based on the best system of emission reduction for new sources within a fossil-fuel category unless—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H10BCCF3E6A804F9C98DB58431547FCB8"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>such standard has been achieved on average for at least one continuous 12-month period (excluding planned outages) by each of at least 6 units within such category—</text> <clause id="H3EE34960E73644AB8566F04F0F8B2747"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>each of which is located at a different electric generating station in the United States;</text> </clause> <clause id="HD550B0B29E6E429C887B3557A3304D9C"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which, collectively, are representative of the operating characteristics of electric generation at different locations in the United States; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H19378F49363D41EDB60FFCA53B73CFF3"> <enum>(iii)</enum> <text>each of which is operated for the entire 12-month period on a full commercial basis; and</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H123683726F864D0A925C59DB2A9E799E"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>no results obtained from any demonstration project are used in setting such standard.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H9500D135E68845A4B876F2AC542176CB"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Coal having a heat content of 8300 or less British Thermal Units per pound</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE45415C4B8114D94BB4C4622C0735601"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Separate subcategory</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out subsection (b)(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a separate subcategory for new sources that are fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units using coal with an average heat content of 8300 or less British Thermal Units per pound.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H05B43415A0514B8A8D3F3801C6F7D6C8"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Standard</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (b)(2), in issuing any rule under section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) establishing standards of performance for emissions of any greenhouse gas from new sources in such subcategory, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall not set a standard based on the best system of emission reduction unless—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD8F97CDCF8444182A08DE52BD01C807F"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>such standard has been achieved on average for at least one continuous 12-month period (excluding planned outages) by each of at least 3 units within such subcategory—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HC2E7674EE53A493BA9EADE6C3B2B3F42"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>each of which is located at a different electric generating station in the United States;</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" id="H3900806771E7409699F98810AF36AC2C"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>which, collectively, are representative of the operating characteristics of electric generation at different locations in the United States; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" id="HFCB11E8F21284B6891AF08D8C6E7940A"> <enum>(iii)</enum> <text>each of which is operated for the entire 12-month period on a full commercial basis; and</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H3AC30852520C4AC1A92A75C47A9AFD7B"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>no results obtained from any demonstration project are used in setting such standard.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H2B41A59FCB6448ADA001D375D2C77E4B"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Technologies</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the issuance, implementation, or enforcement of a standard of performance that—</text> <paragraph id="H3E31B32978C643108EA7BE21CDDDACE6"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>is based on the use of one or more technologies that are developed in a foreign country, but has been demonstrated to be achievable at fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units in the United States; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA499B74535B44F3A86798683C810FF5"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>meets the requirements of subsection (b) and (c), as applicable.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section id="HD4DC440D142F45A285426FAB766AA192"> <enum>213.</enum> <header>Congress To set effective date for standards of performance for existing, modified, and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units</header> <subsection id="HBE6829B5D77347CAADBDEFDC587BA002"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Applicability</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section applies with respect to any rule or guidelines issued by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) that—</text> <paragraph id="HEB2C5BF1AC094895A2FD38EB2B5CBDEE"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>establish any standard of performance for emissions of any greenhouse gas from any modified or reconstructed source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC627BAD6E8E9453B949DE26DC2D07F0F"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>apply to the emissions of any greenhouse gas from an existing source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HC658B39EC3A24C6D8BCD27AB30567E94"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Congress To set effective date</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A rule or guidelines described in subsection (a) shall not take effect unless a Federal law is enacted specifying such rule’s or guidelines’ effective date.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H0140C013CAB746A08A01607D834211AE"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Reporting</header> <text>A rule or guidelines described in subsection (a) shall not take effect unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has submitted to Congress a report containing each of the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HAC4FE06029D04B2D842CC91976F4F81C"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>The text of such rule or guidelines.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H9E7F79FBA6AB49ACBA9CEC3DF78B1713"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>The economic impacts of such rule or guidelines, including the potential effects on—</text> <subparagraph id="H71B63BA285A64AC6B628DA39E59CF0FA"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>economic growth, competitiveness, and jobs in the United States;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H293D63D27F1C48F3BD95D1A1773A68DF"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>electricity ratepayers, including low-income ratepayers in affected States;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0F3A2F05C82D4B02BD6228FD7A102D8F"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">required capital investments and projected costs for operation and maintenance of new equipment required to be installed; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4795D9717A3B4F03BC546DF740942DAC"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text>the global economic competitiveness of the United States.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H4313C39F866F43E5BFBC867B4CEDD0F1"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>The amount of greenhouse gas emissions that such rule or guidelines are projected to reduce as compared to overall global greenhouse gas emissions.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HDFD696F712F3402FA52353369573964E"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Consultation</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out subsection (c), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall consult with the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, the Comptroller General of the United States, the Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology. </text> </subsection> </section> <section id="H9516616E024945458B84D33D035A156E"> <enum>214.</enum> <header>Repeal of earlier rules and guidelines</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following rules and guidelines shall be of no force or effect, and shall be treated as though such rules and guidelines had never been issued:</text> <paragraph id="HEBBFE46E38B5497BB88DE66D8F35D329"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The proposed rule—</text> <subparagraph id="H358C0126FBA74113A940671D95736982"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>entitled <quote>Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units</quote>, published at 77 Fed. Reg. 22392 (April 13, 2012); and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE707BE4B387242F88402706CA17FF538"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>withdrawn pursuant to the notice entitled <quote>Withdrawal of Proposed Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units</quote>, published at 79 Fed. Reg. 1352 (January 8, 2014).</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4165CABBBFD4C74AEAF9F53C4AB213E"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The proposed rule entitled <quote>Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units</quote>, published at 79 Fed. Reg. 1430 (January 8, 2014).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H5CF8CAEDAAC54CAAB4EC58BAEEA8E90C"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>With respect to the proposed rules described in paragraphs (1) and (2), any successor or substantially similar proposed or final rule that—</text> <subparagraph id="HEA1FDFA16D5D4C358B2114EA2252D8C3"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>is issued prior to the date of the enactment of this Act;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4055D26601DF42C1A23F3982EF1ABB77"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>is applicable to any new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFC3D8C8065114F28ACF1857FB1237C9E"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>does not meet the requirements under subsections (b) and (c) of section 212.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HA5E2200599794D75B78CB6A4E2B2D0DF"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>The proposed rule entitled <quote>Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units</quote>, published at 79 Fed. Reg. 34830 (June 18, 2014).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9BF0400BF9944BCB9B418E64D12AAB4"> <enum>(5)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The proposed rule entitled <quote>Carbon Pollution Standards for Modified and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units</quote>, published at 79 Fed. Reg. 34960 (June 18, 2014).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H37D01879B31749D2A3C9399E164ADC2C" commented="no"> <enum>(6)</enum> <text>With respect to the proposed rules described in paragraphs (4) and (5), any successor or substantially similar proposed or final rule that—</text> <subparagraph id="HCD9EDE6B495E4F9883D569C178B62E0A" commented="no"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>is issued prior to the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8B4DA1B0D0564E39AFEAD032B369EF53" commented="no"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>is applicable to any existing, modified, or reconstructed source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </section> <section id="HA0C78FC3262B4CD3AF4A6A632849EF86"> <enum>215.</enum> <header>Definitions</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text> <paragraph id="H4840CF65093549BEBACE972FDF8B2313"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Demonstration project</header> <text>The term <term>demonstration project</term> means a project to test or demonstrate the feasibility of carbon capture and storage technologies that has received Federal Government funding or financial assistance.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C5D9AB803BB4D238EFB2F2ED9897E0E"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Existing source</header> <text>The term <term>existing source</term> has the meaning given such term in section 111(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(a)), except such term shall not include any modified source.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF5BB66CD6994FAD8904B1CBB80DC245"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Greenhouse gas</header> <text>The term <term>greenhouse gas</term> means any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HF69B3CCCD73849DAA13261AA0E40BB55"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>Carbon dioxide.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB566A7F95A1247379164D581B4B6E2CA"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>Methane.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6031FB137A6C41DFBB6256F3D435F5BA"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>Nitrous oxide.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC6DD604A85DC4B7097A32ED1D5C0E131"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text>Sulfur hexafluoride.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA9D38E189F4941B2A73767EF83079876"> <enum>(E)</enum> <text>Hydrofluorocarbons.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBCF2C5EDFCC943BEB9C9838E9EC6D971"> <enum>(F)</enum> <text>Perfluorocarbons.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H206CFEF8A839427DB1877B39F41027D0"> <enum>(4)</enum> <header>Modification</header> <text>The term <term>modification</term> has the meaning given such term in section 111(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(a)).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCBFB35E0E6E44EBEA720628CB1A39715"> <enum>(5)</enum> <header>Modified source</header> <text>The term <term>modified source</term> means any stationary source, the modification of which is commenced after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H51E3311206AB46FCA7D1E6E0B4568A84"> <enum>(6)</enum> <header>New source</header> <text>The term <term>new source</term> has the meaning given such term in section 111(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(a)), except that such term shall not include any modified source.</text> </paragraph> </section> </subtitle> <subtitle id="HB216C24B5F4F44C0BFB30ABB636B6112"> <enum>C</enum> <header>Report on Energy and Water Savings Potential From Thermal Insulation</header> <section id="HAEB16A7281644631A9F73DADB056E60F" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>221.</enum> <header>Report on energy and water savings potential from thermal insulation</header> <subsection id="H83BB835EA80749FB9DB56CF1DD4452B5"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Report</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies and relevant stakeholders, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the impact of thermal insulation on both energy and water use systems for potable hot and chilled water in Federal buildings, and the return on investment of installing such insulation.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HC0AFA04F35864DA6AA11772E94EDA02B"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Contents</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H2FE7DB0EE069434B83855CB275E131F0"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>an analysis based on the cost of municipal or regional water for delivered water and the avoided cost of new water; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H96B5BD1DE19C4D2CBDB116BF91216FA4"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>a summary of energy and water savings, including short term and long term (20 years) projections of such savings.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> </subtitle> <enum>III</enum> <header>Unleashing Energy Diplomacy</header> <section id="H53D983F14130497B818B388767688F1D" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>301.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H900F369E17E04B2A81B1B844E4A5B4B6"> <enum>302.</enum> <header>Action on applications</header> <subsection id="HBE207F93ED934152B1155347E48BF0E8"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Decision deadline</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For proposals that must also obtain authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the United States Maritime Administration to site, construct, expand, or operate LNG export facilities, the Department of Energy shall issue a final decision on any application for the authorization to export natural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) not later than 30 days after the later of—</text> <paragraph id="H7F29BC084AE44122A68845564F3884DE"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the conclusion of the review to site, construct, expand, or operate the LNG facilities required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S. C. 4321 et seq.); or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H6CB11B7A60484065952D902FAB86853D"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HCCF0DED0C14D497E92A1FEDAA4F089AF"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Conclusion of review</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subsection (a), review required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 shall be considered concluded—</text> <paragraph id="HE53F42B7F35D4E74B70C3FE80593FFD3"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a project requiring an Environmental Impact Statement, 30 days after publication of a Final Environmental Impact Statement;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H5798900DE21A4AFEBB42927966895065"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a project for which an Environmental Assessment has been prepared, 30 days after publication by the Department of Energy of a Finding of No Significant Impact; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H037A61E1099142B2973FE19152F30F06"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">upon a determination by the lead agency that an application is eligible for a categorical exclusion pursuant National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 implementing regulations.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H9DE2C41F16E24DF5A565A156099CC3C6"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Judicial action</header> <paragraph id="H7CAAE1023EC04F4EBC83A9286488F431" display-inline="yes-display-inline"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>The United States Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the export facility will be located pursuant to an application described in subsection (a) shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over any civil action for the review of—</text> <subparagraph id="H0CE61767A70D4A4EB59FBC8F915BEC7F" indent="up1"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>an order issued by the Department of Energy with respect to such application; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC811B79BE2804E38BBFDB1065C92FFF1" indent="up1"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>the Department of Energy’s failure to issue a final decision on such application.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A138E3E15C542238EDDD1744FEF2FA4" indent="up1"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>If the Court in a civil action described in paragraph (1) finds that the Department of Energy has failed to issue a final decision on the application as required under subsection (a), the Court shall order the Department of Energy to issue such final decision not later than 30 days after the Court’s order.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H83C026D535CA45E6A1C56C0A6ABA92B1" indent="up1"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>The Court shall set any civil action brought under this subsection for expedited consideration and shall set the matter on the docket as soon as practical after the filing date of the initial pleading.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section id="H92DE056806DD4943B90ED50400DD8045"> <enum>303.</enum> <header>Public disclosure of export destinations</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H64DCFD17789C41D3AD55FD05CB3B07B6" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HD877BEF5E6FB43EFB036869494A124B0"> <enum>(g)</enum> <header>Public Disclosure of LNG Export Destinations</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition for approval of any authorization to export LNG, the Secretary of Energy shall require the applicant to publicly disclose the specific destination or destinations of any such authorized LNG exports.</text> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section> B
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Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to this Act in any subdivision of this division shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that subdivision.
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Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014
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This subdivision may be cited as the Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014.
<enum>I</enum> <header>Offshore Energy and Jobs</header> <subtitle id="H39CB6237BCE44554A182923FC16B25C9"> <enum>A</enum> <header>Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program Reforms</header> <section id="H50E09766260149C99CDF212AB753DCBB"> <enum>10101.</enum> <header>Outer Continental Shelf leasing program reforms</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H30D29C4601774525B401A8CE9C8E3DFF" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H5D9AA9507F26460DBB1E15AA010526BC"> <enum>(5)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB4C6E6A2170E403D9F989300983240D8"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>In each oil and gas leasing program under this section, the Secretary shall make available for leasing and conduct lease sales including at least 50 percent of the available unleased acreage within each outer Continental Shelf planning area considered to have the largest undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources (on a total btu basis) based upon the most recent national geologic assessment of the outer Continental Shelf, with an emphasis on offering the most geologically prospective parts of the planning area.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H76F034865ABD4240BD00C48F56CA09D7" indent="up1"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall include in each proposed oil and gas leasing program under this section any State subdivision of an outer Continental Shelf planning area that the Governor of the State that represents that subdivision requests be made available for leasing. The Secretary may not remove such a subdivision from the program until publication of the final program, and shall include and consider all such subdivisions in any environmental review conducted and statement prepared for such program under section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)).</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H03B0879978C24B22AA96CC9CF6895E18" indent="up1"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph the term <quote>available unleased acreage</quote> means that portion of the outer Continental Shelf that is not under lease at the time of a proposed lease sale, and that has not otherwise been made unavailable for leasing by law.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AB00D3FC73F47ACBA6C8553D67876AC"> <enum>(6)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H49F0118B0E4A48C7A38177AF6418F814"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>In the 5-year oil and gas leasing program, the Secretary shall make available for leasing any outer Continental Shelf planning areas that—</text> <clause id="H32EFAEDBE6C8465EAAC501FF7C350458" indent="up1"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>are estimated to contain more than 2,500,000,000 barrels of oil; or</text> </clause> <clause id="HA924054382CC4E929BC11824DC405A10" indent="up1"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>are estimated to contain more than 7,500,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF804332E452D44409516B8ED68D88771" indent="up1"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>To determine the planning areas described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall use the document entitled <quote>Minerals Management Service Assessment of Undiscovered Technically Recoverable Oil and Gas Resources of the Nation’s Outer Continental Shelf, 2006</quote>.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section> <section id="H6C6C31F4969F41C0999680E16F53D7F8"> <enum>10102.</enum> <header>Domestic oil and natural gas production goal</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18(b) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(b)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H513E28B4E6B64F21A7972AE99D5537EF" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H011CA6A662774713B75F1E7F774BF2F8"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Domestic oil and natural gas production goal</header> <text>–</text> <paragraph id="H8A7E2D98C1E64452BF28A8375B7EE7D0"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>In developing a 5-year oil and gas leasing program, and subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall determine a domestic strategic production goal for the development of oil and natural gas as a result of that program. Such goal shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="H5388356FBF27419D9114E27609AD0157"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>the best estimate of the possible increase in domestic production of oil and natural gas from the outer Continental Shelf;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H19C6C16907CD456C8BCF561E92B36D1C"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>focused on meeting domestic demand for oil and natural gas and reducing the dependence of the United States on foreign energy; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC86B4300E4D84D6181F944E07D8AF09F"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>focused on the production increases achieved by the leasing program at the end of the 15-year period beginning on the effective date of the program.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7BE9579901FA4CCAB9EA8D8BC8E5FEA4"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Program goal</header> <text>For purposes of the 5-year oil and gas leasing program, the production goal referred to in paragraph (1) shall be an increase by 2032 of—</text> <subparagraph id="H6345EA1CE3714B4B812A360806D0E8F9"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>no less than 3,000,000 barrels in the amount of oil produced per day; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB3F5A08B215B4516A887CE66BB2DE476"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>no less than 10,000,000,000 cubic feet in the amount of natural gas produced per day.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HA666F14794D34F82B8A5A5D34E78A81B"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Reporting</header> <text>The Secretary shall report annually, beginning at the end of the 5-year period for which the program applies, 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 the program in meeting the production goal. The Secretary shall identify in the report projections for production and any problems with leasing, permitting, or production that will prevent meeting the goal.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section> <section id="HC739EDDD55DA4C1C9D644F528872E949"> <enum>10103.</enum> <header>Development and submittal of new 5-year oil and gas leasing program</header> <subsection id="H8106621B6CEB49739243D9870656F7E9"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall—</text> <paragraph id="HAD71DFCE30E24F3FA559BD6D6EC5A16B"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>by not later than July 15, 2015, publish and submit to Congress a new proposed oil and gas leasing program under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) for the 5-year period beginning on such date and ending July 15, 2021; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF3D61D6D6D194AE286653C6FE93267D3"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>by not later than July 15, 2016, approve a final oil and gas leasing program under such section for such period.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H0D32DC5269D94E78A1B9E7679B537168"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Consideration of all areas</header> <text>In preparing such program the Secretary shall include consideration of areas of the Continental Shelf off the coasts of all States (as such term is defined in section 2 of that Act, as amended by this title), that are subject to leasing under this title.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H103C803DB6D544C1A615E72D08E496B1"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Technical correction</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 18(d)(3) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(d)(3)) is amended by striking <quote>or after eighteen months following the date of enactment of this section, whichever first occurs,</quote>.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="HA0726A41232749FE802621F6B8C5477C"> <enum>10104.</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 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) to any person designated for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to—</text> <paragraph id="HC58C7A1D050D43DC904B7EC9782A22A9"> <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="H788D1EDF1ED64D9F83743CF35231F260"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>Executive Order No. 13622 (July 30, 2012), Executive Order No. 13628 (October 9, 2012), or Executive Order No. 13645 (June 3, 2013);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H97BFE96944DB48BCBEE3C9ED1ABB3344"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>Executive Order No. 13224 (September 23, 2001) or Executive Order No. 13338 (May 11, 2004); or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H729E0CDECF1444CDBCA4E317FBD11133"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note).</text> </paragraph> </section> <section id="H424D08D961D74F16A927DFC73E1FE300"> <enum>10105.</enum> <header>Addition of lease sales after finalization of 5-year plan</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.1344(d)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HDBB6CEC1739D43F2ABAA11EFE6BD375B"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>After</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in paragraph (4), after</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HBF3DEC65FF354E9E9A25ED58370ACEC1"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H0F9EEEB0BB0A412A899E5900F266C249" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H4D486784E84546618E1F71C4A1240212" indent="up1"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>The Secretary may add to the areas included in an approved leasing program additional areas to be made available for leasing under the program, if all review and documents required under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) have been completed with respect to leasing of each such additional area within the 5-year period preceding such addition.</text> </paragraph> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </paragraph> </section> </subtitle> <subtitle id="HA76E7211485F48AE9B58E577D619B25F"> <enum>B</enum> <header>Directing the President To Conduct New OCS Sales</header> <section id="HF6DFEC5EC59046A2A3C6F47D2B54A24D"> <enum>10201.</enum> <header>Requirement to conduct proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 220 on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Virginia</header> <subsection id="H6AC007D0CB6E41589A0C547907F968BA"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>Notwithstanding the exclusion of Lease Sale 220 in the Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program 2012–2017, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 220 under section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) as soon as practicable, but not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H1936DEF6E31F4D34B00569029A0A1438"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Requirement To make replacement lease blocks available</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each lease block in a proposed lease sale under this section for which the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, under the Memorandum of Agreement referred to in section 10205(b), issues a statement proposing deferral from a lease offering due to defense-related activities that are irreconcilable with mineral exploration and development, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall make available in the same lease sale one other lease block in the Virginia lease sale planning area that is acceptable for oil and gas exploration and production in order to mitigate conflict.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H695862D267BC49E8BB73453D463200DB"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Balancing military and energy production goals</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In recognition that the Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program and the domestic energy resources produced therefrom are integral to national security, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Defense shall work jointly in implementing this section in order to ensure achievement of the following common goals:</text> <paragraph id="H55CD5F2A917D4FA580E0D2EF8B4444DC"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>Preserving the ability of the Armed Forces of the United States to maintain an optimum state of readiness through their continued use of the Outer Continental Shelf.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD57574C8AD9412D88B5E8F8511F72AF"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>Allowing effective exploration, development, and production of our Nation’s oil, gas, and renewable energy resources.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HC1F34DBD5E9548DE970144A3D08FB023"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Definitions</header> <text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H3C5F392D306F40A9A1F1BD0ABEFCF979"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Lease sale 220</header> <text>The term <quote>Lease Sale 220</quote> means such lease sale referred to in the Request for Comments on the Draft Proposed 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2010–2015 and Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Proposed 5-Year Program published January 21, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 3631).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HA42FBC75BD464403BE631467701EBC8C"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Virginia lease sale planning area</header> <text>The term <quote>Virginia lease sale planning area</quote> means the area of the outer Continental Shelf (as that term is defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (33 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.)) that is bounded by—</text> <subparagraph id="H663C4793739548A597EDC1A52B4C0A94"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>a northern boundary consisting of a straight line extending from the northernmost point of Virginia’s seaward boundary to the point on the seaward boundary of the United States exclusive economic zone located at 37 degrees 17 minutes 1 second North latitude, 71 degrees 5 minutes 16 seconds West longitude; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB49B8EA89B5341E9B74048DC2251A1C7"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>a southern boundary consisting of a straight line extending from the southernmost point of Virginia’s seaward boundary to the point on the seaward boundary of the United States exclusive economic zone located at 36 degrees 31 minutes 58 seconds North latitude, 71 degrees 30 minutes 1 second West longitude.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section id="HA13E5117579C41D7ABF540641291C521"> <enum>10202.</enum> <header>South Carolina lease sale</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding exclusion of the South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area from the Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program 2012–2017, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a lease sale not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act for areas off the coast of South Carolina determined by the Secretary to have the most geologically promising hydrocarbon resources and constituting not less than 25 percent of the leasable area within the South Carolina offshore administrative boundaries depicted in the notice entitled <quote>Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Administrative Boundaries Extending from the Submerged Lands Act Boundary seaward to the Limit of the United States Outer Continental Shelf</quote>, published January 3, 2006 (71 Fed. Reg. 127).</text> </section> <section id="HCFC506B12CD845F99A92E6D00EC5F7CD"> <enum>10203.</enum> <header>Southern California existing infrastructure lease sale</header> <subsection id="H11586861A2BF4031B66687C767EC0837"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>The Secretary of the Interior shall offer for sale leases of tracts in the Santa Maria and Santa Barbara/Ventura Basins of the Southern California OCS Planning Area as soon as practicable, but not later than December 31, 2015.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HDA80DF1A53FF4C438F0F191B1688CA63"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Use of Existing Structures or Onshore-Based Drilling</header> <text>The Secretary of the Interior shall include in leases offered for sale under this lease sale such terms and conditions as are necessary to require that development and production may occur only from offshore infrastructure in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act or from onshore-based, extended-reach drilling.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="H333318DA54924E9CA9F606D6809028B4"> <enum>10204.</enum> <header>Environmental impact statement requirement</header> <subsection id="H6D785EE9C9B34EC294907A8E059F10AF"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In General</header> <text>For the purposes of this title, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a multisale environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) for all lease sales required under this subtitle.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HC4235CA4E4484E94B6BEA6BB4C02AFE2"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Actions To be considered</header> <text>Notwithstanding section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332), in such statement—</text> <paragraph id="HFF79FB4621A040C18486A7B9EE04A9CB"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>the Secretary is not required to identify nonleasing alternative courses of action or to analyze the environmental effects of such alternative courses of action; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H501F9A02D83F48008727C132187DB093"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>the Secretary shall only—</text> <subparagraph id="H11E2D21A48B643E79FFE047CF6243ADD"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>identify a preferred action for leasing and not more than one alternative leasing proposal; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB2DB5CDB266E4C98962983F54AEA99B0"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>analyze the environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for such preferred action and such alternative leasing proposal.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section id="H44055F42EE38435CBAD127EC5BF40956"> <enum>10205.</enum> <header>National defense</header> <subsection id="H49CFE548819640779E3BC1443F04615C"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>National Defense Areas</header> <text>This title does not affect the existing authority of the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the President, to designate national defense areas on the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to section 12(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1341(d)).</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H3C2B0DAE56AA465CACC9BAECDF73EFDB"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Prohibition on Conflicts With Military Operations</header> <text>No person may engage in any exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas on the Outer Continental Shelf under a lease issued under this title that would conflict with any military operation, as determined in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior on Mutual Concerns on the Outer Continental Shelf signed July 20, 1983, and any revision or replacement for that agreement that is agreed to by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior after that date but before the date of issuance of the lease under which such exploration, development, or production is conducted.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="HA9BA728CC1034DECA8FF766ADBA9D37B"> <enum>10206.</enum> <header>Eastern Gulf of Mexico not included</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title affects restrictions on oil and gas leasing under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of division C of Public Law 109–432; 43 U.S.C. 1331 note).</text> </section> </subtitle> <subtitle id="H75AB56F75D534042BA8A28ED56E61996"> <enum>C</enum> <header>Equitable Sharing of Outer Continental Shelf Revenues</header> <section id="H606B5FD2EDD04061BF3C80A0FB6D8D04"> <enum>10301.</enum> <header>Disposition of Outer Continental Shelf revenues to coastal States</header> <subsection id="HEC53EF0665FE4431BE1B86D5E6A42391"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1338) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC29490FCA07040C8A72138DD60D47FA6"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>in the existing text—</text> <subparagraph id="H57DD4EE7B9CE4648AFADB6253A29CB43"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>All rentals,</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8CDE33F4953499286BEAF3549E57A10" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HF5749A970117401AA918E7B7F7142BBC"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Disposition of revenue under old leases</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All rentals,</text> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H61088F82C8834146AAB5FEE7B3FC1F76"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>in subsection (c) (as designated by the amendment made by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph), by striking <quote>for the period from June 5, 1950, to date, and thereafter</quote> and inserting <quote>in the period beginning June 5, 1950, and ending on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014</short-title></quote>;</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HD92412B97CE54D8E8A0434DE6C2BF0E5"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>by adding after subsection (c) (as so designated) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EE979AA153B43DB8EED291313B79272" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H038FD22FCC554123AAC0D530F9E71FB7"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header> Definitions</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H529C203620094584BA9E4464DBEF5EAA"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Coastal State</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>coastal State</quote> includes a territory of the United States.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H876986F8B53745FF814C6F01E7DE3B07"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>New leasing revenues</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>new leasing revenues</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="HC28310EAA20C481294D6819B0FE7052E"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>means amounts received by the United States as bonuses, rents, and royalties under leases for oil and gas, wind, tidal, or other energy exploration, development, and production on new areas of the outer Continental Shelf that are authorized to be made available for leasing as a result of enactment of the <short-title>Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014</short-title> and leasing under that Act; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7ED80E05C379454BB30CBA1ABE2FA5B2"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not include amounts received by the United States under any lease of an area located in the boundaries of the Central Gulf of Mexico and Western Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Planning Areas on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014</short-title>, including a lease issued before, on, or after such date of enactment.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HAF741437CAC1445EAE63E0745C1806BE"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>by inserting before subsection (c) (as so designated) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H184D6FBF8C594E6783409206D5819B0D" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HDE4A2174B8DD44C29F426A4E4585ADB7"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Payment of new leasing revenues to coastal States</header> <paragraph id="H4C585487ED9A42FBB97CA5945F47C100"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), of the amount of new leasing revenues received by the United States each fiscal year, 37.5 percent shall be allocated and paid in accordance with subsection (b) to coastal States that are affected States with respect to the leases under which those revenues are received by the United States.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H15F7D1C898604DAEBE3DE6BDF1FC1BD8"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Phase-in</header> <subparagraph id="H6AFEF7893389421AA5DB30124E73DAE6"> <enum>(A)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), paragraph (1) shall be applied—</text> <clause id="HDA4F1970CB3A4E1091A9F8EE4FF95A1A"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>with respect to new leasing revenues under leases awarded under the first leasing program under section 18(a) that takes effect after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014</short-title>, by substituting <quote>12.5 percent</quote> for <quote>37.5 percent</quote>; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H36B821F68AF347AA933166FE8E024A5F"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>with respect to new leasing revenues under leases awarded under the second leasing program under section 18(a) that takes effect after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014</short-title>, by substituting <quote>25 percent</quote> for <quote>37.5 percent</quote>.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H39B83AC9013647A0B01451FC2F7EC6A8"> <enum>(B)</enum> <header>Exempted lease sales</header> <text>This paragraph shall not apply with respect to any lease issued under subtitle B of the <short-title>Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014</short-title>.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0846B66796A54A30833379D1621AF65D"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Allocation of payments</header> <paragraph id="H64907E6A24ED4C47AF94BA312A4F39AA"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of new leasing revenues received by the United States with respect to a leased tract that are required to be paid to coastal States in accordance with this subsection each fiscal year shall be allocated among and paid to coastal States that are within 200 miles of the leased tract, in amounts that are inversely proportional to the respective distances between the point on the coastline of each such State that is closest to the geographic center of the lease tract, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D5C5D74E8014A7780ADD440E726DCC9"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Minimum and maximum allocation</header> <text>The amount allocated to a coastal State under paragraph (1) each fiscal year with respect to a leased tract shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="H9EEAA69A8A3241FDA99AA8D3DC180830"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a coastal State that is the nearest State to the geographic center of the leased tract, not less than 25 percent of the total amounts allocated with respect to the leased tract;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H939F488434CC455D94E60A59C53AC6DD"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of any other coastal State, not less than 10 percent, and not more than 15 percent, of the total amounts allocated with respect to the leased tract; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6821936DE1B143CB9713B4CCA506EA7F"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>in the case of a coastal State that is the only coastal State within 200 miles of a leased tract, 100 percent of the total amounts allocated with respect to the leased tract.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC1BC10DFB6FA470D84B8F80DB0CD43C3"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Administration</header> <text>Amounts allocated to a coastal State under this subsection—</text> <subparagraph id="H427A61085AD34E0A99E3E07F7C1D8233"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>shall be available to the coastal State without further appropriation;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H00D5DA7AB8964F3A82FBFB842542B485"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>shall remain available until expended;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H99586E9D60EA45D78B5B2300E9E05A07"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>shall be in addition to any other amounts available to the coastal State under this Act; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H17F731A14B7A4E9E85C21AFDFB7BC777"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text>shall be distributed in the fiscal year following receipt.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB3AB5476EB145619D40CBC9CF9FA6B7"> <enum>(4)</enum> <header>Use of funds</header> <subparagraph id="H24831A1015974790A60E02EFC06B98ED"> <enum>(A)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a coastal State may use funds allocated and paid to it under this subsection for any purpose as determined by the laws of that State.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFC2EF687521849C7A0C5A392F77A8414"> <enum>(B)</enum> <header>Restriction on use for matching</header> <text>Funds allocated and paid to a coastal State under this subsection may not be used as matching funds for any other Federal program.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H1266539EFD9D47E7A2B5F01950653BEA"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Limitation on application</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section and the amendment made by this section shall not affect the application of section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of division C of Public Law 109–432; (43 U.S.C. 1331 note)), as in effect before the enactment of this Act, with respect to revenues received by the United States under oil and gas leases issued for tracts located in the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Planning Areas, including such leases issued on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection> </section> </subtitle> <subtitle id="H457CE14D6333461D8649F4B4159E6CF0"> <enum>D</enum> <header>Reorganization of Minerals Management Agencies of the Department of the Interior</header> <section id="H5527435C3D9A4243B4120C725B0D3FA8" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>10401.</enum> <header>Establishment of Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals and Assistant Secretary of Ocean Energy and Safety</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">There shall be in the Department of the Interior—</text> <paragraph id="H3845F0DF335845A79BE63BCB32BA5191"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>an Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals, who shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H1D6E153BB31B438DBDD9027DF4FD7DE2"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>be appointed by the President, by and with the advise and consent of the Senate;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8DDF77947FD44498994EA05104637DF5"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report to the Secretary of the Interior or, if directed by the Secretary, to the Deputy Secretary of the Interior;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H47023F10CD3B445693325C0DBBD6D5A9"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>be paid at the rate payable for level III of the Executive Schedule; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE89F9140381F4100BABF5D5629964E2E"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be responsible for—</text> <clause id="HF017F87901BC48498275124C46298F33"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>the safe and responsible development of our energy and mineral resources on Federal lands in appropriate accordance with United States energy demands; and</text> </clause> <clause id="HBFF6EEA9420143F18625E51BA6C35DC7"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>ensuring multiple-use missions of the Department of the Interior that promote the safe and sustained development of energy and minerals resources on public lands (as that term is defined in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.));</text> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H637EA38408BD4BE0BB6EE73391ABB95C"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>an Assistant Secretary of Ocean Energy and Safety, who shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H961C252F05054401916F9C777E095D3A"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>be appointed by the President, by and with the advise and consent of the Senate;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDAE7F395098041DC88E5ECD214484739"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>report to the Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC39E6E4C55A949C7BDADA49EA36A2AD5"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>be paid at the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC948D19AEC764A269666DE1929583A7E"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be responsible for ensuring safe and efficient development of energy and minerals on the Outer Continental Shelf of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H5207F50D27C945F9B727C91092898AFC"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management, who shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0638A53A9AF840C39BE2395945A4225A"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>be appointed by the President, by and with the advise and consent of the Senate;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6DB86E5EB5F5436AA1222FA9D28C612A"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>report to the Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA0EF6BD00C944C24B73BF5F1A6930905"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>be paid at the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HEA0F1207E07544918533313BC4014260"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be responsible for ensuring safe and efficient development of energy and minerals on public lands and other Federal onshore lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, including implementation of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) and administration of the Office of Surface Mining.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </section> <section id="H4DEE5086E1E742AABE602DF00C9B970D"> <enum>10402.</enum> <header>Bureau of Ocean Energy</header> <subsection id="HA23D576134954BED9D1AA6CC03F4F954"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Establishment</header> <text>There is established in the Department of the Interior a Bureau of Ocean Energy (referred to in this section as the <quote>Bureau</quote>), which shall—</text> <paragraph id="HD5FDF6B702054E91997A4F73BA4EDDE0"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>be headed by a Director of Ocean Energy (referred to in this section as the <quote>Director</quote>); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC446685882349B5A3A5E2ADE2A5E707"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>be administered under the direction of the Assistant Secretary of Ocean Energy and Safety.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H97934D2914634EABB2C6F8C9A788D372"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Director</header> <paragraph id="HA5BCD411544F4FBE89F661D1BA4AD1FB"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Appointment</header> <text>The Director shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H9343182E96B54F8CBCF6690AD317F6AE"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Compensation</header> <text>The Director shall be compensated at the rate provided for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H0DCF0BB41FCD4930AC988C5DD5AAEB57"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Duties</header> <paragraph id="H0BED59C4E3094609902CB7299514E76B"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>The Secretary of the Interior shall carry out through the Bureau all functions, powers, and duties vested in the Secretary relating to the administration of a comprehensive program of offshore mineral and renewable energy resources management.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H12F0052A47814CAF8C82B36D5FED1930"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Specific authorities</header> <text>The Director shall promulgate and implement regulations—</text> <subparagraph id="H5559EBC40B284367BECF026636D438F2"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>for the proper issuance of leases for the exploration, development, and production of nonrenewable and renewable energy and mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H14C746742F104F4B9E5E2C4D73A4B09E"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>relating to resource identification, access, evaluation, and utilization;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2EC6E088B7B94BC39DC16FD2EA3714C8"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>for development of leasing plans, lease sales, and issuance of leases for such resources; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEC1E3F92D489479899CAD7EC3CDF233E"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regarding issuance of environmental impact statements related to leasing and post leasing activities including exploration, development, and production, and the use of third party contracting for necessary environmental analysis for the development of such resources.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCCCDF1CDBA3C4099A06D27DFC768483D"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Limitation</header> <text>The Secretary shall not carry out through the Bureau any function, power, or duty that is—</text> <subparagraph id="H9A3E473331F84D8585BD32E2DD4D44B7"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>required by section 10403 to be carried out through the Ocean Energy Safety Service; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF73BBECEC4E54BFFAB26D99826E6B583"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>required by section 10404 to be carried out through the Office of Natural Resources Revenue.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HF38B97AC50F0479FB2D1754C2FD623BD"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Responsibilities of land management agencies</header> <text>Nothing in this section shall affect the authorities of the Bureau of Land Management under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or of the Forest Service under the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–588).</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="HF5D77F592D654FE48AA8DAC8678726B9"> <enum>10403.</enum> <header>Ocean Energy Safety Service</header> <subsection id="H9C11A12B1A4E44848B4FAA7884957E75"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Establishment</header> <text>There is established in the Department of the Interior an Ocean Energy Safety Service (referred to in this section as the <quote>Service</quote>), which shall—</text> <paragraph id="HFF6D471025614864AC3BF5BEC60691EA"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>be headed by a Director of Energy Safety (referred to in this section as the <quote>Director</quote>); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H26CE42E75F93478C876BB38C9877362F"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>be administered under the direction of the Assistant Secretary of Ocean Energy and Safety.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H22155FD0BCE5436EBB69B08642F94C83"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Director</header> <paragraph id="HA0994A96935C4AF4B44808F169B5A64B"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Appointment</header> <text>The Director shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H08E410B2407143C3BE15D354BA96C4B3"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Compensation</header> <text>The Director shall be compensated at the rate provided for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HF67416E0CF714C0EBFCEBAB07135E2F4"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Duties</header> <paragraph id="H96C602AFA0504734BEF976F492E79373"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall carry out through the Service all functions, powers, and duties vested in the Secretary relating to the administration of safety and environmental enforcement activities related to offshore mineral and renewable energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) including the authority to develop, promulgate, and enforce regulations to ensure the safe and sound exploration, development, and production of mineral and renewable energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf in a timely fashion.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9DB55D261FC4205B04CF58CAF305A1A"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Specific authorities</header> <text>The Director shall be responsible for all safety activities related to exploration and development of renewable and mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H33A3369AFCDF4309AE56F7B70C599B61"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>exploration, development, production, and ongoing inspections of infrastructure;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC861976B66C4424C828EF1C136A0838F"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>the suspending or prohibiting, on a temporary basis, any operation or activity, including production under leases held on the Outer Continental Shelf, in accordance with section 5(a)(1) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1334(a)(1));</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H61BE77782EE24E1482B18155F0DFED02"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>cancelling any lease, permit, or right-of-way on the Outer Continental Shelf, in accordance with section 5(a)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1334(a)(2));</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7DB1E86C800F41B6BB66E92ED278D123"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text>compelling compliance with applicable Federal laws and regulations relating to worker safety and other matters;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F80F1D4638A4AD083437C4B5C751B1B"> <enum>(E)</enum> <text>requiring comprehensive safety and environmental management programs for persons engaged in activities connected with the exploration, development, and production of mineral or renewable energy resources;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F0B635591DD48F08C9E9044B7A54C18"> <enum>(F)</enum> <text>developing and implementing regulations for Federal employees to carry out any inspection or investigation to ascertain compliance with applicable regulations, including health, safety, or environmental regulations;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF07B48FBB4D14A65868FDA001843388D"> <enum>(G)</enum> <text>implementing the Offshore Technology Research and Risk Assessment Program under section 21 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1347);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3408DDBCF4C94A0B8CE8DDD71FABA7F8"> <enum>(H)</enum> <text>summoning witnesses and directing the production of evidence;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD87DBBF8D56644AE91113DC532A0130F"> <enum>(I)</enum> <text>levying fines and penalties and disqualifying operators;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8CE6CB053FB6477E82CAEB35374BC13B"> <enum>(J)</enum> <text>carrying out any safety, response, and removal preparedness functions; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9EDD89B91CDB4AF5A9E8DBF2B5E91728"> <enum>(K)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the processing of permits, exploration plans, development plans.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H6483458F6B8043338A42849935CA7D31"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Employees</header> <paragraph id="HA6881940BFD44336890852D7178A7ABB"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>The Secretary shall ensure that the inspection force of the Bureau consists of qualified, trained employees who meet qualification requirements and adhere to the highest professional and ethical standards.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H81340BDECE644AB1B7381E25F49EED78"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Qualifications</header> <text>The qualification requirements referred to in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H0AF5E36B347F417DA9158DCEBE681252"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>shall be determined by the Secretary, subject to subparagraph (B); and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC5254441823F4DCCB168D7289DC49704"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>shall include—</text> <clause id="H1968AECE3D394770AD89B913A0C82299"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>3 years of practical experience in oil and gas exploration, development, or production; or</text> </clause> <clause id="HB7018F9418CE4E04B12E579F3D059BE5"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>a degree in an appropriate field of engineering from an accredited institution of higher learning.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HEDD2789F2DD149B2BAD356BFCADFA3EE"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Assignment</header> <text>In assigning oil and gas inspectors to the inspection and investigation of individual operations, the Secretary shall give due consideration to the extent possible to their previous experience in the particular type of oil and gas operation in which such inspections are to be made.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H600208800837454D92D6DFD4209DC018"> <enum>(4)</enum> <header>Background checks</header> <text>The Director shall require that an individual to be hired as an inspection officer undergo an employment investigation (including a criminal history record check).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7FF9F01A6F6D49D4B5D3E1AEC419093B"> <enum>(5)</enum> <header>Language requirements</header> <text>Individuals hired as inspectors must be able to read, speak, and write English well enough to—</text> <subparagraph id="H9273F3A477554975A43E9451642FDCB6"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>carry out written and oral instructions regarding the proper performance of inspection duties; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H36C8044C3C5E449EB51D895524593836"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>write inspection reports and statements and log entries in the English language.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H00F44B1AB76544D0A6D284D154927B73"> <enum>(6)</enum> <header>Veterans preference</header> <text>The Director shall provide a preference for the hiring of an individual as a inspection officer if the individual is a member or former member of the Armed Forces and is entitled, under statute, to retired, retirement, or retainer pay on account of service as a member of the Armed Forces.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H2DE7B695DCE14E069EB21F76DECBB633"> <enum>(7)</enum> <header>Annual proficiency review</header> <subparagraph id="HD4418BF85965454AB0613E9176C82395"> <enum>(A)</enum> <header>Annual proficiency review</header> <text>The Director shall provide that an annual evaluation of each individual assigned inspection duties is conducted and documented.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAB11A565D593412B956E0D3BCCA75E4A"> <enum>(B)</enum> <header>Continuation of employment</header> <text>An individual employed as an inspector may not continue to be employed in that capacity unless the evaluation demonstrates that the individual—</text> <clause id="HE9C635AB94544DF3973CB5D1DEF81CF3"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>continues to meet all qualifications and standards;</text> </clause> <clause id="H5EF7D1C59F7841F082E3DA8F79047D66"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>has a satisfactory record of performance and attention to duty based on the standards and requirements in the inspection program; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H04A95D68380D4BC6865B8651CFE9F28D"> <enum>(iii)</enum> <text>demonstrates the current knowledge and skills necessary to courteously, vigilantly, and effectively perform inspection functions.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HEA1503CF3DC84EBCB5D5E856566223EB"> <enum>(8)</enum> <header>Limitation on right to strike</header> <text>Any individual that conducts permitting or inspections under this section may not participate in a strike, or assert the right to strike.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HEF160BCEC84C4C8D9A510B5C86D648A4"> <enum>(9)</enum> <header>Personnel authority</header> <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director may employ, appoint, discipline and terminate for cause, and fix the compensation, terms, and conditions of employment of Federal service for individuals as the employees of the Service in order to restore and maintain the trust of the people of the United States in the accountability of the management of our Nation’s energy safety program.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H2D718C4623F445C0BFA44104F6ED908E"> <enum>(10)</enum> <header>Training Academy</header> <subparagraph id="H60FE87E66277464CA010BCD3328B14D7"> <enum>(A)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish and maintain a National Offshore Energy Safety Academy (referred to in this paragraph as the <quote>Academy</quote>) as an agency of the Ocean Energy Safety Service.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H803A499A68EF4E84B5077EC0EA0A81C9"> <enum>(B)</enum> <header>Functions of Academy</header> <text>The Secretary, through the Academy, shall be responsible for—</text> <clause id="HAEE1002A62954EB7A20D7CF5C52DD3B3"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>the initial and continued training of both newly hired and experienced offshore oil and gas inspectors in all aspects of health, safety, environmental, and operational inspections;</text> </clause> <clause id="HCE0D116A52C64FD79A070A42A328F0E7"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>the training of technical support personnel of the Bureau;</text> </clause> <clause id="H2A136DEC74A04E33B576EFD9618A2C32"> <enum>(iii)</enum> <text>any other training programs for offshore oil and gas inspectors, Bureau personnel, Department personnel, or other persons as the Secretary shall designate; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H36BCD85BF7EB48C3A7627BFAC750D86F"> <enum>(iv)</enum> <text>certification of the successful completion of training programs for newly hired and experienced offshore oil and gas inspectors.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE1F2FDA4D3074575A8D9366C309CB02A"> <enum>(C)</enum> <header>Cooperative agreements</header> <clause id="HC567F63471E54598AE4E81EA945417FF"> <enum>(i)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>In performing functions under this paragraph, and subject to clause (ii), the Secretary may enter into cooperative educational and training agreements with educational institutions, related Federal academies, other Federal agencies, State governments, safety training firms, and oil and gas operators and related industries.</text> </clause> <clause id="H0EA79154A0B64F80BECE5B6F92DBD239"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <header>Training requirement</header> <text>Such training shall be conducted by the Academy in accordance with curriculum needs and assignment of instructional personnel established by the Secretary.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HADA86F08E49C4FD7B527FA154E25104B"> <enum>(11)</enum> <header>Use of Department personnel</header> <text>In performing functions under this subsection, the Secretary shall use, to the extent practicable, the facilities and personnel of the Department of the Interior. The Secretary may appoint or assign to the Academy such officers and employees as the Secretary considers necessary for the performance of the duties and functions of the Academy.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HDF11E42ABF3C45DFB5BD30237226C501"> <enum>(12)</enum> <header>Additional training programs</header> <subparagraph id="H6A1ACD5EF49B46A0B7032649BB1C684D"> <enum>(A)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>The Secretary shall work with appropriate educational institutions, operators, and representatives of oil and gas workers to develop and maintain adequate programs with educational institutions and oil and gas operators that are designed—</text> <clause id="H12F5BA0957C547879E263112C4F4B96E"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>to enable persons to qualify for positions in the administration of this title; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H1480824108014F1BA8A528F5EC9FC938"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>to provide for the continuing education of inspectors or other appropriate Department of the Interior personnel.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H211B49E8E3454CFE93EEB45E76A9DF6C"> <enum>(B)</enum> <header>Financial and technical assistance</header> <text>The Secretary may provide financial and technical assistance to educational institutions in carrying out this paragraph.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H39CC9DD0197345F78158251105CC56BA"> <enum>(e)</enum> <header>Limitation</header> <text>The Secretary shall not carry out through the Service any function, power, or duty that is—</text> <paragraph id="H454B277321A04DBF9D089F2D56674A7E"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>required by section 10402 to be carried out through Bureau of Ocean Energy; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H775E49E5275E4F8B96F6E296669E57B7"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>required by section 10404 to be carried out through the Office of Natural Resources Revenue.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section id="H49DAED7AD2E243D7A107FBD2B0E700CE"> <enum>10404.</enum> <header>Office of Natural Resources revenue</header> <subsection id="H1B97795636C941C09C9A72F736FBC89B"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Establishment</header> <text>There is established in the Department of the Interior an Office of Natural Resources Revenue (referred to in this section as the <quote>Office</quote>) to be headed by a Director of Natural Resources Revenue (referred to in this section as the <quote>Director</quote>).</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HB6E9A7E47456401DAB6687AB6C105B0E"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Appointment and compensation</header> <paragraph id="H3131006AE1EA4CE38AF47FAFC1E640B8"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HD710A376274F402BB8F7D407BE36A153"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Compensation</header> <text>The Director shall be compensated at the rate provided for Level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HE8606200445B4333AF5095671951ECDB"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Duties</header> <paragraph id="HA81C324C5506496E986DDA748DB4E81F"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>The Secretary of the Interior shall carry out, through the Office, all functions, powers, and duties vested in the Secretary and relating to the administration of offshore royalty and revenue management functions.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H619FCB7880434480A72EDCD5B93D1845"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Specific authorities</header> <text>The Secretary shall carry out, through the Office, all functions, powers, and duties previously assigned to the Minerals Management Service (including the authority to develop, promulgate, and enforce regulations) regarding offshore royalty and revenue collection; royalty and revenue distribution; auditing and compliance; investigation and enforcement of royalty and revenue regulations; and asset management for onshore and offshore activities.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HDADAD2B0E7D540CFAAD074B96B63B01C"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Limitation</header> <text>The Secretary shall not carry out through the Office any function, power, or duty that is—</text> <paragraph id="HA3584AD4DA3F4153A722D20C6F2F3F5C"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>required by section 10402 to be carried out through Bureau of Ocean Energy; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H3EA2C9329AAE447EB3C36BB87424E912"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>required by section 10403 to be carried out through the Ocean Energy Safety Service.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section id="H92E152F336A94CCEBB7DEDE502A8F886"> <enum>10405.</enum> <header>Ethics and drug testing</header> <subsection id="HC5FFAB1D9DA241B9963FC7AF11BB1800"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Certification</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall certify annually that all Department of the Interior officers and employees having regular, direct contact with lessees, contractors, concessionaires, and other businesses interested before the Government as a function of their official duties, or conducting investigations, issuing permits, or responsible for oversight of energy programs, are in full compliance with all Federal employee ethics laws and regulations under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) and part 2635 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, and all guidance issued under subsection (c).</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H9A4C475558624E1D8D3AFFD5EF69AB5D"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Drug Testing</header> <text>The Secretary shall conduct a random drug testing program of all Department of the Interior personnel referred to in subsection (a).</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H903C4F02F4414C57852AA015BE2CE3F8"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Guidance</header> <text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue supplementary ethics and drug testing guidance for the employees for which certification is required under subsection (a). The Secretary shall update the supplementary ethics guidance not less than once every 3 years thereafter.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="H9AED33429593440493AB35EC1A18CEEC"> <enum>10406.</enum> <header>Abolishment of Minerals Management Service</header> <subsection id="H8900566528CE4D308A1AAC9B6120045A"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Abolishment</header> <text>The Minerals Management Service is abolished.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HD59AD9F962CB499A99E69C1A702B87D4"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Completed administrative actions</header> <paragraph id="HB0E2154C4282403E9434F6705C481D14"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Completed administrative actions of the Minerals Management Service shall not be affected by the enactment of this Act, but shall continue in effect according to their terms until amended, modified, superseded, terminated, set aside, or revoked in accordance with law by an officer of the United States or a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H0AAE278AD4E84F05A8E51F8C1C1FB67D"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Completed administrative action defined</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraph (1), the term <quote>completed administrative action</quote> includes orders, determinations, memoranda of understanding, memoranda of agreements, rules, regulations, personnel actions, permits, agreements, grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, registrations, and privileges.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H37EB931FB48F4B39BB99230DC81C2F55"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Pending Proceedings</header> <text>Subject to the authority of the Secretary of the Interior and the officers of the Department of the Interior under this title—</text> <paragraph id="H6F172B5533EA4A64A051244508E58025"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pending proceedings in the Minerals Management Service, including notices of proposed rulemaking, and applications for licenses, permits, certificates, grants, and financial assistance, shall continue, notwithstanding the enactment of this Act or the vesting of functions of the Service in another agency, unless discontinued or modified under the same terms and conditions and to the same extent that such discontinuance or modification could have occurred if this title had not been enacted; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4FABEADCF8A14D2EA4150C537948F535"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>orders issued in such proceedings, and appeals therefrom, and payments made pursuant to such orders, shall issue in the same manner and on the same terms as if this title had not been enacted, and any such orders shall continue in effect until amended, modified, superseded, terminated, set aside, or revoked by an officer of the United States or a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HD5F54FF2D5E74150833E7459F667B643"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Pending Civil Actions</header> <text>Subject to the authority of the Secretary of the Interior or any officer of the Department of the Interior under this title, pending civil actions shall continue notwithstanding the enactment of this Act, and in such civil actions, proceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered and enforced in the same manner and with the same effect as if such enactment had not occurred.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H4BDCCA772FF847CFBA5C1F0583AF595D"> <enum>(e)</enum> <header>References</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">References relating to the Minerals Management Service in statutes, Executive orders, rules, regulations, directives, or delegations of authority that precede the effective date of this Act are deemed to refer, as appropriate, to the Department, to its officers, employees, or agents, or to its corresponding organizational units or functions. Statutory reporting requirements that applied in relation to the Minerals Management Service immediately before the effective date of this title shall continue to apply.</text> </subsection> </section> <section commented="no" id="H2E56F30F2B1E47EBBFA96E65EE00D234"> <enum>10407.</enum> <header>Conforming amendments to Executive Schedule pay rates</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HFEAC9E962C82402C8D9A166DA2B325A3"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <quote>Under Secretaries of the Treasury (3).</quote> the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE1575E1EEB1B4532B01FC95BFC84FAF5" style="OLC"> <list level="paragraph"> <list-item>Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals, Department of the Interior.</list-item> </list> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H853FAB106594493DA0DD0788DC993ED5"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Assistant Secretaries</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretaries of the Interior (6).</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD19714021BF4A4E90C9FED7E69C045F" style="OLC"> <list level="paragraph"> <list-item>Assistant Secretaries, Department of the Interior (7).</list-item> </list> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="H327492FDD86F460E96F35B4A047C9CE9"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Directors</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Director, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior.</quote> and inserting the following new items:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E584111F37C436496DC2895DA4FB1DA" style="OLC"> <list level="paragraph"> <list-item>Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy, Department of the Interior.</list-item> <list-item>Director, Ocean Energy Safety Service, Department of the Interior.</list-item> <list-item>Director, Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Department of the Interior.</list-item> </list> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </subsection> </section> <section id="H0FDD2575F3CE471D9C7584191BD2AD66"> <enum>10408.</enum> <header>Outer Continental Shelf Energy Safety Advisory Board</header> <subsection id="H087DBD43F13943C9A95B9A7E85135EC8"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Establishment</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall establish, under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, an Outer Continental Shelf Energy Safety Advisory Board (referred to in this section as the <quote>Board</quote>)—</text> <paragraph id="HFA8EF5FBEB6545D2BEB097B8A5648E82"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>to provide the Secretary and the Directors established by this title with independent scientific and technical advice on safe, responsible, and timely mineral and renewable energy exploration, development, and production activities; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HBAB3D280D10646539653F9B460F280D6"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to review operations of the National Offshore Energy Health and Safety Academy established under section 10403(d), including submitting to the Secretary recommendations of curriculum to ensure training scientific and technical advancements.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8213DF345E0F481998551A3AABD40F4A"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Membership</header> <paragraph id="H6BEC9B47DBF34EDD84B4434BBE8A9D5A"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Size</header> <text>The Board shall consist of not more than 11 members, who—</text> <subparagraph id="H3ADF6AC2BF8E4285A246D40E5BFDE5A6"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>shall be appointed by the Secretary based on their expertise in oil and gas drilling, well design, operations, well containment and oil spill response; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0A91B5EA72194A5485194D14C2BEF26B"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>must have significant scientific, engineering, management, and other credentials and a history of working in the field related to safe energy exploration, development, and production activities.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB4EAAB75FD24EF69E439B8D052EE7A1"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Consultation and nominations</header> <text>The Secretary shall consult with the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering to identify potential candidates for the Board and shall take nominations from the public.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC587ED82A5E4358B4A55DF747BC3BEF"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Term</header> <text>The Secretary shall appoint Board members to staggered terms of not more than 4 years, and shall not appoint a member for more than 2 consecutive terms.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4546FEC61794641B4E163D4875813D4"> <enum>(4)</enum> <header>Balance</header> <text>In appointing members to the Board, the Secretary shall ensure a balanced representation of industry and research interests.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H8D7EEE395E9141BF9267234028F1FC36"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Chair</header> <text>The Secretary shall appoint the Chair for the Board from among its members.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HCF477B8A3124492E9232A57C992B61E8"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Meetings</header> <text>The Board shall meet not less than 3 times per year and shall host, at least once per year, a public forum to review and assess the overall energy safety performance of Outer Continental Shelf mineral and renewable energy resource activities.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HB9A64A5557C445D3AED5C7B6183717E2"> <enum>(e)</enum> <header>Offshore drilling safety assessments and recommendations</header> <text>As part of its duties under this section, the Board shall, by not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section and every 5 years thereafter, submit to the Secretary a report that—</text> <paragraph id="H9FEDF42EAF0D495C9A3FC3B5798C9268"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>assesses offshore oil and gas well control technologies, practices, voluntary standards, and regulations in the United States and elsewhere; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A7BDEFB17F548388190B5A795F125F0"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as appropriate, recommends modifications to the regulations issued under this title to ensure adequate protection of safety and the environment, including recommendations on how to reduce regulations and administrative actions that are duplicative or unnecessary.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HE8BD3C48AC43486FA5983DC45C4F6863"> <enum>(f)</enum> <header>Reports</header> <text>Reports of the Board shall be submitted by the Board to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House or Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and made available to the public in electronically accessible form.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HEA665FA1B37C40B68A2E045A161E3F7E"> <enum>(g)</enum> <header>Travel expenses</header> <text>Members of the Board, other than full-time employees of the Federal Government, while attending meeting of the Board or while otherwise serving at the request of the Secretary or the Director while serving away from their homes or regular places of business, may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for individuals in the Government serving without pay.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="H6DFA5D6D32ED4EE5B51A6AB2EE3B2692"> <enum>10409.</enum> <header>Outer Continental Shelf inspection fees</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 22 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1348) is amended by adding at the end of the section the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HFBA21CE3F1E547B2927072C3A53CA0D9" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H6D5064CAF99D4EB184542D9062375832"> <enum>(g)</enum> <header>Inspection fees</header> <paragraph id="HC1FA9FFD5F8648D3992281B092AEFFB1"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Establishment</header> <text>The Secretary of the Interior shall collect from the operators of facilities subject to inspection under subsection (c) non-refundable fees for such inspections—</text> <subparagraph id="H34167A3F006E43F6808E9CE736A48974"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>at an aggregate level equal to the amount necessary to offset the annual expenses of inspections of outer Continental Shelf facilities (including mobile offshore drilling units) by the Department of the Interior; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H52449F10CC6542FDB0764C54757C961C"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>using a schedule that reflects the differences in complexity among the classes of facilities to be inspected.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H8D59CC8E439E42DB897A34E03DBAFF4D"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Ocean energy safety fund</header> <text>There is established in the Treasury a fund, to be known as the <quote>Ocean Energy Enforcement Fund</quote> (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Fund</quote>), into which shall be deposited all amounts collected as fees under paragraph (1) and which shall be available as provided under paragraph (3).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H90E3721FD11B46239CFA34A700956994"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Availability of fees</header> <subparagraph id="H17EABE4E6EDA44E98E58E7864672B2E0"> <enum>(A)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, all amounts deposited in the Fund—</text> <clause id="H96D9846059FB49DFB08E8D2094DA84BC"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>shall be credited as offsetting collections;</text> </clause> <clause id="H8C320EE7A307422CBF0E6A588C462D3C"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>shall be available for expenditure for purposes of carrying out inspections of outer Continental Shelf facilities (including mobile offshore drilling units) and the administration of the inspection program under this section;</text> </clause> <clause id="H255AA6C48BCA4EF0A956EB19D9561631"> <enum>(iii)</enum> <text>shall be available only to the extent provided for in advance in an appropriations Act; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H52F302319A0C47D8944563FBCAB3ED7C"> <enum>(iv)</enum> <text>shall remain available until expended.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H21700EFE6E6F4A5C932AE55DA9F9F7FA"> <enum>(B)</enum> <header>Use for field offices</header> <text>Not less than 75 percent of amounts in the Fund may be appropriated for use only for the respective Department of the Interior field offices where the amounts were originally assessed as fees.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF71A163D063449F5B994F6561ED9FE9B"> <enum>(4)</enum> <header>Initial fees</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees shall be established under this subsection for the fiscal year in which this subsection takes effect and the subsequent 10 years, and shall not be raised without advise and consent of the Congress, except as determined by the Secretary to be appropriate as an adjustment equal to the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for the month of June of the calendar year preceding the adjustment exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the month of June of the calendar year in which the claim was determined or last adjusted.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4415CC03AAAA4D05BD40DE717383A902"> <enum>(5)</enum> <header>Annual fees</header> <text>Annual fees shall be collected under this subsection for facilities that are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2013 shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="H9DD126A3C7154F0F8B884CC54DB0F0DA"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>$10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with processing equipment or gathering lines;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5D5F4D4A58EC4AAC9E9016BEA0FC8572"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>$17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5EA595CCB74E478B8529D864C510251E"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>$31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HA178A9672ADB47D19F54F62860EED6A4"> <enum>(6)</enum> <header>Fees for drilling rigs</header> <text>Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed under this subsection for all inspections completed in fiscal years 2015 through 2024. Fees for fiscal year 2015 shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="H5F06344108244FD09CA335ACF4C15E34"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>$30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths of 1,000 feet or more; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4B75663D323542E4B7C745C5A84011CE"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>$16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths of less than 1,000 feet.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB5D92BD0A771450D9896804E9137EFFD"> <enum>(7)</enum> <header>Billing</header> <text>The Secretary shall bill designated operators under paragraph (5) within 60 days after the date of the inspection, with payment required within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under paragraph (6) within 30 days of the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, with payment required within 30 days after billing.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H3F3C3AD292284E738546221944CA1DD7"> <enum>(8)</enum> <header>Sunset</header> <text>No fee may be collected under this subsection for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2024.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H2989C79B97C6471CAB4374CC9E2D808A"> <enum>(9)</enum> <header>Annual reports</header> <subparagraph id="H67D747B3D3A845E6BECFE75A19B7BF07"> <enum>(A)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2015, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report on the operation of the Fund during the fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H93F0F4EF3148401094757705C9DCA61E"> <enum>(B)</enum> <header>Contents</header> <text>Each report shall include, for the fiscal year covered by the report, the following:</text> <clause id="H92672BAF0D444A8FB5C6F173442370C8"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>A statement of the amounts deposited into the Fund.</text> </clause> <clause id="HAE9BF207817244D297C1383F3E1261B6"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>A description of the expenditures made from the Fund for the fiscal year, including the purpose of the expenditures and the additional hiring of personnel.</text> </clause> <clause id="H6FF40C7CF35A4B569FFA1A9BD73F2BCD"> <enum>(iii)</enum> <text>A statement of the balance remaining in the Fund at the end of the fiscal year.</text> </clause> <clause id="H3F108483E3B64A0DBF6E2C3DDFAE562A"> <enum>(iv)</enum> <text>An accounting of pace of permit approvals.</text> </clause> <clause id="H6AB7FCA5E3264539A41ECCC216DC1D77"> <enum>(v)</enum> <text>If fee increases are proposed after the initial 10-year period referred to in paragraph (5), a proper accounting of the potential adverse economic impacts such fee increases will have on offshore economic activity and overall production, conducted by the Secretary.</text> </clause> <clause id="HD24E3AD18ADE42329AF11311FDBE8D40"> <enum>(vi)</enum> <text>Recommendations to increase the efficacy and efficiency of offshore inspections.</text> </clause> <clause id="H9B6F2915534842BD9AD850FC1F717C8E"> <enum>(vii)</enum> <text>Any corrective actions levied upon offshore inspectors as a result of any form of misconduct.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section> <section id="H676690D5E997407494856046C6E01A87"> <enum>10410.</enum> <header>Prohibition on action based on National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order No. 13547</header> <subsection id="HE99525F0B0324B70A0709E77CD817DBE"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Prohibition</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Bureau of Ocean Energy and the Ocean Energy Safety Service may not develop, propose, finalize, administer, or implement, any limitation on activities under their jurisdiction as a result of the coastal and marine spatial planning component of the National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order No. 13547.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H4B296F977E4A467A8BCD2237C9E5AFA5"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Report on expenditures</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate identifying all Federal expenditures in fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy and the Ocean Energy Safety Service and their predecessor agencies, by agency, account, and any pertinent subaccounts, for the development, administration, or implementation of the coastal and marine spatial planning component of the National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order No. 13547, including staff time, travel, and other related expenses.</text> </subsection> </section> </subtitle> <subtitle id="H1FFD3A64155E4804B8AFE690C15D1118"> <enum>E</enum> <header>United States Territories</header> <section id="H7AE0C3440B81483586836BCCC87F39DC"> <enum>10501.</enum> <header>Application of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with respect to territories of the United States</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7E1D0FAE920941D0BFECA592391910E6"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>in paragraph (a), by inserting after <quote>control</quote> the following: <quote>or lying within the United States exclusive economic zone and the Continental Shelf adjacent to any territory of the United States</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H323591AD8BDD4C918A789398D59C1F79"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>in paragraph (p), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF861628E6E394580B9987B298366B945"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>in paragraph (q), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC76BCDF7C6A496DA897B95C0038454B"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H3BD7747DA0FE463C8B25F22DB6193D37" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H9EA9005B460F4BE4981758DA1E514397"> <enum>(r)</enum> <text>The term <quote>State</quote> includes each territory of the United States.</text> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </paragraph> </section> </subtitle> <subtitle id="HFB13BF4043B04265939EB3796ED71188"> <enum>F</enum> <header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header> <section id="HDAF7D19EAA3B4F0FB91B5E27E11114AF"> <enum>10601.</enum> <header>Rules regarding distribution of revenues under Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006</header> <subsection id="H0CF57297C9014E7BB5D68F2C1D56A6C4"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue rules to provide more clarity, certainty, and stability to the revenue streams contemplated by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note).</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H198DC76D05244E5399EE99805D09758E"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Contents</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The rules shall include clarification of the timing and methods of disbursements of funds under section 105(b)(2) of such Act.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="H514086B5849C44A5B2F234CCD2351404"> <enum>10602.</enum> <header>Amount of distributed qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105(f)(1) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of division C of Public Law 109–432; 43 U.S.C. 1331 note) shall be applied by substituting <quote>2024, and shall not exceed $999,999,999 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2055</quote> for <quote>2055</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H682D537BACBE4B9D828E80905B0C1C94"> <enum>10603.</enum> <header>South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area defined</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purposes of this Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), and any regulations or 5-year plan issued under that Act, the term <quote>South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area</quote> means the area of the outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1331)) that is located between the northern lateral seaward administrative boundary of the State of Virginia and the southernmost lateral seaward administrative boundary of the State of Georgia.</text> </section> <section id="HF5FEC4D8CD454FF7B38342B20CC2DD0B"> <enum>10604.</enum> <header>Enhancing geological and geophysical information for America’s energy future</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11 of the Outer Continental Shelf lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1340) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H3B800AFD4CDC4304BFC8E37F56D3143D" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE53D4BF59F014122A5EB4901EE7BD587"> <enum>(i)</enum> <header>Enhancing Geological and Geophysical Information for America’s Energy Future</header> <paragraph id="H7A06BF5589E54A90A02F8EDF9DACFC92"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, shall facilitate and support the practical study of geology and geophysics to better understand the oil, gas, and other hydrocarbon potential in the South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area by entering into partnerships to conduct geological and geophysical activities on the outer Continental Shelf.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC9DE16454CF64D3F95EF190274BF71FB"> <enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph id="HDFB438C0706B43C2AD18211B00111B95" display-inline="yes-display-inline"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>No later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014, the Governors of the States of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia may each nominate for participation in the partnerships—</text> <clause id="HA943923C509C4EE4A06C6DC60F99AA22" indent="up1"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>one institution of higher education located within the Governor’s State; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H48223A4499E24F90999D747FA969B569" indent="up1"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>one institution of higher education within the Governor’s State that is a historically black college or university, as defined in section 631(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1132(a)).</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9D9B7CBD5B25470D90992F9F981B3094" indent="up1"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>In making nominations, the Governors shall give preference to those institutions of higher education that demonstrate a vigorous rate of admission of veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7267909BD05440AD8734CC7F2639DD8F"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>The Secretary shall only select as a partner a nominee that the Secretary determines demonstrates excellence in geophysical sciences curriculum, engineering curriculum, or information technology or other technical studies relating to seismic research (including data processing).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HD809B6FC1A6D443A908B5BFBD651766D"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>Notwithstanding subsection (d), nominees selected as partners by the Secretary may conduct geological and geophysical activities under this section after filing a notice with the Secretary 30-days prior to commencement of the activity without any further authorization by the Secretary except those activities that use solid or liquid explosives shall require a permit. The Secretary may not charge any fee for the provision of data or other information collected under this authority, other than the cost of duplicating any data or information provided. Nominees selected as partners under this section shall provide to the Secretary any data or other information collected under this subsection within 60 days after completion of an initial analysis of the data or other information collected, if so requested by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H19C1ECB3427B4F74B3F743B878A3F8E6"> <enum>(5)</enum> <text>Data or other information produced as a result of activities conducted by nominees selected as partners under this subsection shall not be used or shared for commercial purposes by the nominee, may not be produced for proprietary use or sale, and shall be made available by the Secretary to the public.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HEFC17DA80E3145E28DB087B909DE2E0A"> <enum>(6)</enum> <text>The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate reports on the data or other information produced under the partnerships under this section. Such reports shall be made no less frequently than every 180 days following the conduct of the first geological and geophysical activities under this section.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H19D6F905F6FA4730A9E67993149C9A7A"> <enum>(7)</enum> <text>In this subsection the term <quote>geological and geophysical activities</quote> means any oil- or gas-related investigation conducted on the outer Continental Shelf, including geophysical surveys where magnetic, gravity, seismic, or other systems are used to detect or imply the presence of oil or gas.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section> </subtitle> <subtitle id="H60A4CBA381A64D0886AE7278A9DED5AF"> <enum>G</enum> <header>Judicial Review</header> <section id="H9419B8A7C1104BA18417926EBABB8192"> <enum>10701.</enum> <header>Time for filing complaint</header> <subsection id="H0EC676F29D5645B29C086C227AC89C75"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>Any cause of action that arises from a covered energy decision must be filed not later than the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of the covered energy decision. Any cause of action not filed within this time period shall be barred.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H1EFDF576B11C444E95CC7764E23DE39C"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Exception</header> <text>Subsection (a) shall not apply to a cause of action brought by a party to a covered energy lease.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="HFFBA5EBF07FA4664BFC12E14D86DC24E"> <enum>10702.</enum> <header>District court deadline</header> <subsection id="H1BE7770CAD2F4E71AE7F44787F7CD478"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>All proceedings that are subject to section 10701—</text> <paragraph id="H9569DC418E4F4ACA80D15169C61EFCF6"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>shall be brought in the United States district court for the district in which the Federal property for which a covered energy lease is issued is located or the United States District Court of the District of Columbia;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4CC20A49DFE45D79F37848DD0F98CCB"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>shall be resolved as expeditiously as possible, and in any event not more than 180 days after such cause or claim is filed; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7AFEB61899E145A09EE0C2BFC0107A62"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>shall take precedence over all other pending matters before the district court.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H5D9C3CAC00E148BF9001347E2FF4F723"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Failure To comply with deadline</header> <text>If an interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order has not been issued by the district court by the deadline described under this section, the cause or claim shall be dismissed with prejudice and all rights relating to such cause or claim shall be terminated.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="H056C9B16B5E84FCDB0154E059C2841B5"> <enum>10703.</enum> <header>Ability to seek appellate review</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">An interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order of the district court in a proceeding that is subject to section 10701 may be reviewed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The D.C. Circuit shall resolve any such appeal as expeditiously as possible and, in any event, not more than 180 days after such interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order of the district court was issued.</text> </section> <section id="HCE582B74A52841D192D0ECBB9437A167"> <enum>10704.</enum> <header>Limitation on scope of review and relief</header> <subsection id="HD7A70C1623FF422486968B900AF4AE26"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Administrative findings and conclusions</header> <text>In any judicial review of any Federal action under this subtitle, any administrative findings and conclusions relating to the challenged Federal action shall be presumed to be correct unless shown otherwise by clear and convincing evidence contained in the administrative record.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H8E0FE7869EAC48D6A7A600BF2656EAFB"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Limitation on prospective relief</header> <text>In any judicial review of any action, or failure to act, under this subtitle, 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 Federal law requirement, and is the least intrusive means necessary to correct the violation concerned.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="H5AA1B375C166476785E6528491D1AA3C"> <enum>10705.</enum> <header>Legal fees</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any person filing a petition seeking judicial review of any action, or failure to act, under this subtitle who is not a prevailing party shall pay to the prevailing parties (including intervening parties), other than the United States, fees and other expenses incurred by that party in connection with the judicial review, unless the Court finds that the position of the person was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.</text> </section> <section id="H77DFC9E2DF584B08B7BCD3ACE22DA54F"> <enum>10706.</enum> <header>Exclusion</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle shall not apply with respect to disputes between the parties to a lease issued pursuant to an authorizing leasing statute regarding the obligations of such lease or the alleged breach thereof.</text> </section> <section id="HFD8CC88672C74F37A3519376D718056A"> <enum>10707.</enum> <header>Definitions</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle, the following definitions apply:</text> <paragraph id="H8E915B99050641B187546FBF92508625"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Covered energy decision</header> <text>The term <quote>covered energy decision</quote> means any action or decision by a Federal official regarding the issuance of a covered energy lease.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H59B2816DD90A4BD2AE720DE0816FC5E4"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Covered energy lease</header> <text>The term <quote>covered energy lease</quote> means any lease under this title or under an oil and gas leasing program under this title.</text> </paragraph> </section> </subtitle> <enum>II</enum> <header>Onshore Federal Lands and Energy Security</header> <subtitle id="H89EE7AF45C834782953CF206C3A4C2F5"> <enum>A</enum> <header>Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security</header> <section id="H035974416CE443CA8F584C7EDA064CBD" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>21001.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HEADC33BF33B44334A7F4473502F4372A"> <enum>21002.</enum> <header>Policies regarding buying, building, and working for America</header> <subsection id="H4F3570808FFE4DA4AF893D524C7DD167"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Congressional intent</header> <text>It is the intent of the Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H4D7EA6588B7B456C8C8A8E0655A3274D"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>this subtitle 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="HE3318A05DCB54539BB035A6257A3A253"> <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 subtitle, 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="HD85D3D1FE4454CDB817AE7AA77D302DF"> <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 subtitle 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="HDAB33F476C064E758180F7299C1B8FF1"> <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 subtitle.</text> </subsection> </section> <chapter id="H0E2A99ABB0424B4B9515EF11C68AFA54"> <enum>1</enum> <header>Onshore oil and gas permit streamlining</header> <section id="H9174BDB81D414892893C33ACADD9BF8F" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>21101.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This chapter may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2014</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <subchapter id="HDF518CFFD08D4740A59DAAAC6301703B"> <enum>A</enum> <header>Application for Permits to Drill Process Reform</header> <section id="HAB2E59B2DAF94B179985FBA2CAAB215D"> <enum>21111.</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="H361209CAF34F4EB59A3C22F3829BF3F7" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H27F531340C524DAB91D71373337C666F"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Applications for permits to drill reform and process</header> <subparagraph id="HF93B507688F645958EC84A9E0B944FDE"> <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="H462EFDBBAAAD4E9E890A1053557C17BF"> <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="H3B3BE26948034B949653C1E979877338"> <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="HEAA002AB94B24D949372E1550043C61B"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>an opportunity to remedy any deficiencies.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2CEB8F0D6FDD4A11946B77BBAF8DF64F"> <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="H46679ECCECC74132A7519AF8F6AC1AD4"> <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="H8FB00211A0E542239186A7191719D3AC"> <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="HDF8203C2F8B947FBB3EAB0482BCE0C61"> <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="H452AB5E7A9F14FF58A1F6C34C7F4C068"> <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="H30F50487039C45ED9ABE3117E888E4A9"> <enum>(E)</enum> <header>Fee</header> <clause id="H46DD6AA5BC9A4AD6985B61699F880C81"> <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="H6947CBEE66EF4AEE82D71C43ABE66516"> <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> </subchapter> <subchapter id="H75C1583BE9D74F608F5FFDB599C163DE"> <enum>B</enum> <header>Administrative Protest Documentation Reform</header> <section id="H30063790EFCA47DEAF280E92CB6E94FF" commented="no"> <enum>21121.</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="H7CAE6B68822441188837DBFEA2B3D914" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HC6A1D05F70E34F95BCD18F38D15A086B" commented="no"> <enum>(4)</enum> <header>Protest fee</header> <subparagraph id="HAB701732A377417DAAFA378E6C0B5CDE" commented="no"> <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="HC5637C38EE1947018498362CF64D30E2" commented="no"> <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> </subchapter> <subchapter id="H9049CFDF34D942F6B315F0BEFF98B9B4"> <enum>C</enum> <header>Permit Streamlining</header> <section id="HC7766928DD7A420786AB3DACB4981E20"> <enum>21131.</enum> <header>Making pilot offices permanent to improve energy permitting on Federal lands</header> <subsection id="HF35C880A15894235BFF5591B2E6F3865"> <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="HA5C201B374DF4EC7814EB707BC1B6227"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Memorandum of understanding</header> <paragraph id="HB705C2D64130444D9B0D52F7B4C28786"> <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="H2E414CE6E6DC4538B614C19A577BA800"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>the Secretary of Agriculture;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H50ABBFB9B0CC4416B11DF3EB56E3CD95"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4363748312A244BA95C0FB6ED91D26C8"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB0E572E54664DDEBF8CC4B6FD416947"> <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="H6D0E0D7BB2944998B91A6439F8FB6940"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Designation of qualified staff</header> <paragraph id="H476D713FCEDC4EF8833A2BEFD8657B1D"> <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="H39FFFC8BDB344093A596E735D44F5F70"> <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="H15047E602B0B4C3EA376244F1BE512B0"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>permits under section 404 of Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6E9BAE7DAD7049DDA41366C32ADA35BF"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>regulatory matters under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE194817C748E43C3A36370C468D09805"> <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="H8AE397F376304758A1E9DBC5395121EB"> <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="H816AB302CC694EA2BA6DF2D23723820B"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Duties</header> <text>Each employee assigned under paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HCE3A288AA25A42DB9AFFA8B99361C432"> <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="HC3850402E3104EFABC180ADD14AC960B"> <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="H82B5A151322D458E830F0DCDD10E62A5"> <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="H806556B11EA447E6B78E32FDB0229B59"> <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="HBCCD4DCFD63549288B15CC8869E11A7A"> <enum>(e)</enum> <header>Funding</header> <text>Funding for the additional personnel shall come from the Department of the Interior reforms identified in sections 21111 and 21121.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HAA0F8E3CE28B4C89BB96F2F81C19092A"> <enum>(f)</enum> <header>Savings provision</header> <text>Nothing in this section affects—</text> <paragraph id="H195277B81CA348F48304DD32ECF389ED"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>the operation of any Federal or State law; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H4654A27151D542A3A87058ECFD4543A1"> <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="HDC313F422E8A400DB85F23880227D8DD"> <enum>(g)</enum> <header>Definition</header> <text>For purposes of this section the term <term>energy projects</term> includes oil, natural gas, and other energy projects as defined by the Secretary.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="HE04BAF53C6EC4DAAA3F9DD920405A036"> <enum>21132.</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> </subchapter> <subchapter id="H41A0FB08DD1A4A258C24C7C1DEC86C80"> <enum>D</enum> <header>Judicial Review</header> <section id="H63CA55C28ED7436E83F13B742A2CDE93"> <enum>21141.</enum> <header>Definitions</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subchapter—</text> <paragraph id="H6309B210CBC6464E823383F5F1D18393"> <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="HA918766C1B6C4BB0909163AD97F54CCB"> <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, 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="H3BA3F1628A0B4A498DD9A0CB3E463BE8"> <enum>21142.</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="H967382F364094CFEA1368F37360927CD"> <enum>21143.</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="H540664DE996948ADA9A0B4F3A360D6E4"> <enum>21144.</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="H4FE893B9E55645B1A9B5A0215979F244"> <enum>21145.</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="HEA514A6C29A54D348A9A7D92B6727DAD"> <enum>21146.</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="HA9B8FB1C684740D38CF9FF553BFCC2F4"> <enum>21147.</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="H3A5E00082F404E64959917914EB31858"> <enum>21148.</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> </subchapter> <subchapter id="HC4610E555FAB441EA61EA2AD22E46026"> <enum>E</enum> <header>Knowing America’s Oil and Gas Resources</header> <section id="H45AE766E1EC243C5A2071E795407A9A0"> <enum>21151.</enum> <header>Funding oil and gas resource assessments</header> <subsection id="H7F30DA4F880B4A0DBFDE5C23E274067E"> <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="HAE49F8430FB949D38EE1F79BBFD8ED05"> <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="H73E7669EE76F4DE4849550DDBCD1D0CB"> <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="H57192588F6944F028B606F68B87D0F60"> <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 2015 through 2018. </text> </subsection> </section> </subchapter> </chapter> <chapter id="HB3E6D43CC07C4F2FB31D65E0A5F17589"> <enum>2</enum> <header>Oil and gas leasing certainty</header> <section id="H3EAB04964C3146F9995CFAB6C5525C65" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>21201.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This chapter may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Providing Leasing Certainty for American Energy Act of 2014</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H7CB22EA89E9E4C95B8ADD76433FEF5E2"> <enum>21202.</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="H8A0228ED958D4058A5D9E35F5A83D806"> <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="HD97B3778D6634FA1B57198DE1EED9894"> <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="HC370C87AE3C14E95BF5F841A88980CD1"> <enum>21203.</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="H93C7632E5FD7405EAF367D94B005042D" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H95BFF4078EE14D53A2CDD8DC4B45E2B7" indent="up1"> <enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD91A61F339D24083A9526FBC70A61500"> <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="HE81358BED4584A4F8EF48CCC5199BF97" 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="H50D850FFDD9D4BF599A31C45352E3535" 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="H22C5DC06C37C4FFBB05515DCD122D083" 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="H44D48C77D0FA41E6A71CAF6D8F93D92E" 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="HA9FEBA69CD4D408E99B4F3A5FD841E59" indent="up1"> <enum>(F)</enum> <text>After the conclusion of the public comment period for a planned competitive lease sale, the Secretary shall not cancel, defer, or withdraw any lease parcel announced to be auctioned in the lease sale.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3FE45661531A41338552AE9BC90822CF" indent="up1"> <enum>(G)</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="HEB541AA8D13644CE841767203B160FC3" indent="up1"> <enum>(H)</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="HFBB93E5DF3BE40FC82CDD31E44980402"> <enum>21204.</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="HED068CA048324309991004EEF714F241"> <enum>21205.</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="H925083B04F7F449899D3666D7AD166E0"> <enum>21206.</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> </chapter> <chapter id="HE123D9C5F2F7458E99290F940B6BBEDB"> <enum>3</enum> <header>Oil shale</header> <section id="HD5CD8D196921419DAFA90547BDD61360" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>21301.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This chapter 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="HDA658375298247B08F6A66475F81AA23"> <enum>21302.</enum> <header>Effectiveness of oil shale regulations, amendments to resource management plans, and record of decision</header> <subsection id="HF71CA62BA76A4C7BB594DCE6ADC44FBA"> <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="HDCD77C5A30DA47DDA30BB7E3B56079DC"> <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="H06A72CABBF8F44E78EA1EFB01468AD51"> <enum>21303.</enum> <header>Oil shale leasing</header> <subsection id="HC114C4395C9641ED83EAA8C290723557"> <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="HAA61C2A1D73F4DB68A0E879F2FEF6540"> <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> </chapter> <chapter id="H8516F83ED5AE49BCA5AAEDDC730F052B"> <enum>4</enum> <header>Miscellaneous provisions</header> <section id="HFE73A3CBC2CD4632997D0511E78DA051"> <enum>21401.</enum> <header>Rule of construction</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle 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="HE2A2D75AAAD1473B942B9C984F493271"> <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="H431390A8DF2D4A659636787B58EB66C3"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 13622 (July 30, 2012), Executive Order No. 13628 (October 9, 2012), or Executive Order No. 13645 (June 3, 2013);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HFEB4B9D28F704CFE985A26EB1760F537"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order No. 13224 (September 23, 2001) or Executive Order No. 13338 (May 11, 2004); or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7691FFD7112C49958694C574241512F4"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note).</text> </paragraph> </section> </chapter> </subtitle> <subtitle id="H942049E9BBA645AC8C1F5E57B9179279"> <enum>B</enum> <header>Planning for American Energy</header> <section id="H5168E1C5843545C6871FCC1718F1A8C2" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>22001.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Planning for American Energy Act of 2014</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HF2C2C6AB34CA4FB196E0210D547BA301"> <enum>22002.</enum> <header>Onshore domestic energy production strategic plan</header> <subsection id="H4A3567887E5241B58889A108E6863D8A"> <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="H3307500F71D845BB845F757B5A564005" style="OLC"> <section id="HD9B9069358E54E2C8F2E1C191FFD73E9"> <enum>44.</enum> <header>Quadrennial Strategic Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy</header> <subsection id="H0D0ED95421CD4393B32FD8B596BDD481"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <paragraph id="HBFFD8AD0CF05406B8F54A75860A2276A"> <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="H7F8B41718DB04599B5AC8E918F85B1D8"> <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="H32CDD04A7F1D4A31ADD5733B0B657FC7"> <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="H3C3BC3299E6148C98F474C2746AF3ADA"> <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="H2B0EB1441C66404898E197844247172A"> <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="H873F3F9FEC654FB49E592C80CAEB7FEF"> <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="H49359A84D0F34DB08FAA9E1AAA20D907"> <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="H548F67BB54354F01B879A69264CE2700"> <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="HDA8C92CC0B4D4D90B5D29BEC3905A3F0"> <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; </text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H53C462341FE54E8291D6BDF0CD325CD6"> <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; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBD4982B814944878BF316D7683A9F0B7"> <enum>(H)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the best estimate, based upon commercial and scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic production of geothermal, solar, wind, or other renewable energy sources from <quote>available lands</quote> (as such term is defined in section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108 et seq.), and including any other lands deemed by the Territory or State of Hawaii, as the case may be, to be included within that definition) that the agency or department of the government of the State of Hawaii that is responsible for the administration of such lands selects to be used for such energy production.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HA1ED3D2DCA4E46569F4D9E3DF3207985"> <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="H091D4CF5AB53488B952AFCE606FD2E45"> <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> <paragraph id="H0C6128B7071043648DD206CB2CD2C4F4"> <enum>(6)</enum> <text>The Secretary shall include in the Strategy a plan for addressing new demands for transmission lines and pipelines for distribution of oil and gas across Federal lands to ensure that energy produced can be distributed to areas of need.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H07F814DA450B4D529D8B8A38EA0489F8"> <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="H1F81AA3DBD96445CB9BF7EE5467068EE"> <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="HB25481ED9E9B4033B68717D57F29ADE2"> <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="HE63F60CAD6A647C28B110BEB22C0E4D6"> <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="H75B042C6AF564BC1B5D9D76924FE6ADC"> <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="HDE1BE108322D43DC81BA8462C9197BB5"> <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="HDA59BCB6DA834068930CDE45A60044FA"> <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="HDD71110F5F9A411089B546C33B44EEFA"> <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> </subtitle> <subtitle id="HB2CEEF7BE6694611BFDF76A4DFE752EE"> <enum>C</enum> <header>National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska access</header> <section id="HE50FE760480B45A3860B7AD881A9F420" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>23001.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HF6875F50D17748CDB98927037BCC9713"> <enum>23002.</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="HB4466748CC494EFDBEC42388A76BBD47"> <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="H448B32D337CB4FFDA515A1C362C66E48"> <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="HD19DB46AE80448548037CD70FC39A03E"> <enum>23003.</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="HDFD01C969BD2455485B417DE128EC281" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HD6CC76B43B3A4D8EB0E1EFA1BD88294B"> <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 2014 through 2024.</text> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section> <section id="H41EE6AD20CA94D4794E9822A9AD93B1E"> <enum>23004.</enum> <header>National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: planning and permitting pipeline and road construction</header> <subsection id="H4E4F0752A6394968872D40595FD16821"> <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="H2DFFB643EAFF49C2B552DBAB0D8E00C7"> <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="H38597FF506854270A761C7B898365669"> <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="HE417DE9DC84E4A2FAD1818AA6F25C14C"> <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="HB08F540BBD6B47EBB5F45ADB207B7A84"> <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="HE9CDF790254E4C76A9B27CEFFFF41829"> <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="H15F9D04DC0AA4D208947545AAA8137DC"> <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="H54B49A2CA75A44E497AF0FF08E1FAAD1"> <enum>23005.</enum> <header>Issuance of a new integrated activity plan and environmental impact statement</header> <subsection id="H8C4399B6EEB04729BE03B3D8DFB93C98"> <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="H7B3A1A7F1DC64DBAB086CB40AD5F3D17"> <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="H876D1B51138F461C9E024EBC3A834BAD"> <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="H638E4F4352254E9C91E2D51A7A8385C5"> <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="H147BE6C85D1045B0AE7071A96FE0074F"> <enum>23006.</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="H872439A7C9004FDDA6B4680C09DD9936"> <enum>23007.</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 23005(a)(1) shall—</text> <paragraph id="HD8B5BEF89992427AB364F4CD74E05D19"> <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="H9401D0C676204FA39C63FF893D9BE93B"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>establish a timeline for the processing of each such application, that—</text> <subparagraph id="H7B4DB1E8E0E24191B6C5114F581FA2DC"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>specifies deadlines for decisions and actions on permit applications; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35350A26DBC14D7290FDF514CEF37391"> <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="HA205BAB054434B0F91782FF58BC10614"> <enum>23008.</enum> <header>Updated resource assessment</header> <subsection id="H9CBA79E2CD5A4221A0948A075BAFDCB0"> <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="H20545C2EB71B46A9ACB3FC96B808279D"> <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="HD07F48C8C9E048BC9197A4C0102C95C5"> <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="H3D3094AEF2C14F2AA411D8CA9FF77BF8"> <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> </subtitle> <subtitle id="H4FC54E037B344F23858CDC23040CFEDB"> <enum>D</enum> <header>BLM Live Internet Auctions</header> <section id="H3F7DEB8E7B654C25AF18CA51FCC2382F" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>24001.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>BLM Live Internet Auctions Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HEC8D452BDADE4F63939781B172920006"> <enum>24002.</enum> <header>Internet-based onshore oil and gas lease sales</header> <subsection id="H24FDC88C8D9D44F2BACD97295D69C30D"> <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="HB0679B61D0CC4CE1AEB55E34F9E281B9"> <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="H253E452C61B044A2A2EB7B6B3FA210AA"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H3408D9F2D07741B393C7222C595DF547" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HE19D836B67CC4D959C54079595BA3167" 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="H3CBB12B53B864C98A57C09409B2A7E14"> <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="HC172CDE6112D48DBB99CEE7678A53F66"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>estimates on increases or decreases in such lease sales, compared to sales conducted by oral bidding, in—</text> <subparagraph id="HAE04E443B8DC49F5A1E11AB6FB8FCB60"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>the number of bidders;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB6562DCBD19E46D0A06506C49B6FDB2E"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>the average amount of bid;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCF9436675A1049BAAA8DC4BCF9F710AB"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>the highest amount bid; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H379561A90C8C47479F372E8EE0F647D8"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text>the lowest bid;</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H116AEC85B42E42D0B67A0267F0A5B102"> <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="H577068E8AE6348BFA25AFCCFE740A3DC"> <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> </subtitle> <subtitle id="H9A21619374204981BBD62B3A91D648A4"> <enum>E</enum> <header>Native American Energy</header> <section id="HA1E2EA5F28344FF081ACF87A095B3FF6" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>25001.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Native American Energy Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H5FCABFB2DED64E9F888178C503B9CD29"> <enum>25002.</enum> <header>Appraisals</header> <subsection id="H3BA0407AC9F245798A1A9878A4CBC077"> <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="H2A252966783D4BF78F015007458AB9EB" style="OLC"> <section id="HDDB8B0EB7FF04814AF9FEE27A10F7239"> <enum>2607.</enum> <header>Appraisal reforms</header> <subsection id="HD940FA1301104108A70A6BB35F7BC216"> <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="H7D26B279275840D28168F47D1E8B0D4E"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>the Secretary;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H1E0F861D90A2473EAC8F4917AB66E199"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>the affected Indian tribe; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H09B54D7C066641D88C786769C7FFC6A2"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>a certified, third-party appraiser pursuant to a contract with the Indian tribe.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H93785DEB69994F688207943125FE3044"> <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="H32DD1038197D4B179E852EC783EF481A"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>review the appraisal; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC676F82B747742B0AEC68B99F3DD0711"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>provide to the Indian tribe a written notice of approval or disapproval of the appraisal.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H41F438808F714AE2964D9E4764A1845A"> <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="H043801A60649446EBE50CDA9A8D05EC7"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Option to Indian Tribes To Waive Appraisal</header> <paragraph id="HCAD1DF16881246668874E6BBC43FE86F"> <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="H5D6AC151E4194A0A83179F7B63550E5A"> <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="HBD108914293A4F87B4B8D937F87536CD"> <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="H2516C9A49F494EA8BEFF5E16C1C7E367"> <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="H7980A578A7884352981809D6D39AB082"> <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="H47443FFF95A44E27805C4E490D718D29"> <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="HA9575F6E93B143E8A9EF77EAB9D2B41D" 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="H9C5CA537CE96456F8CCA85D785FFDEFC"> <enum>25003.</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="HBADF8D19BC8545E7AACEE04923D9E3AC"> <enum>25004.</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="H40162FA694FB4C7E85D8D85AD803915B" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H0719F409B2A54D9A941FF104DF2C445D"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Review of major Federal actions on Indian lands</header> <paragraph id="HB651B0949C2F4BFA88B35D75D2C415CB"> <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="H58DB1AC4A991450AA7D087044E1A09F0"> <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="H2A73B9E24F2E442F8997A455B59E5B73"> <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="H08C6BAA42D7B4ACD8312636ECF42E1D5"> <enum>(4)</enum> <header>Clarification of authority</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in the Native American Energy Act, except section 25006 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="H30946FCE232F4896B3E53B4DDC731D9B"> <enum>25005.</enum> <header>Judicial review</header> <subsection id="HEAF8A4285F984C3DB9BBD05F9027746C"> <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="H38E794E521DB44DCB6E01381FB4C847E"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>District court venue and deadline</header> <text>All energy related actions—</text> <paragraph id="H88ECC97789A34EAC9FDC46AD8991D495"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>shall be brought in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H20DC0F9C14A84FE08454963727108674"> <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="H5E4A75E0BCF04C43A2DBB31897D6D9E8"> <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="HC78D15259910419C9A820FF143F7B154"> <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="H69BCF5B78CA7427682D9924BD7A80130"> <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="H801E3C617BCD49B283E39DD9D8A40CD1"> <enum>(f)</enum> <header>Definitions</header> <text>For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:</text> <paragraph id="HB65977346731425FBEC62B38474C0BE0"> <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="H47248476C7E4478A98BFF6F4B415DBCF"> <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="H375A9437E10A44AFAD6285A608134D17"> <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="HAB014455C3C54F51A5741CCE8D31CE0D"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>is filed on or after the effective date of this Act; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2120F143BE7043E0ACFBFC586E40A770"> <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="H48CCA186DB8B468E922F5DF90BABA1E7"> <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="H06E8B74C4E7F42DC8FA1E0B97BBD772D"> <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="HADE9ED43943F46F4BC6AACE90493A484"> <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="HEA754EC2FDDB42329ACB96CBD0D08CD9"> <enum>25006.</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="HC53C3563B009437AAFE9AE12E42FA3C8" style="OLC"> <section id="HAC0BCF9E38034E73A41A2378971BEB6B"> <enum>3.</enum> <header>Tribal biomass demonstration project</header> <subsection id="HC8A00C20B91B48B9A9F1E16BD937875B"> <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="H7BEF1E68DD524F0B9091C568133FC588"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Definitions</header> <text>The definitions in section 2 shall apply to this section.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HE4647295FF7044B4902F39C9CCB9D499"> <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="H228FAFCDDA414DA996525E8F9945B914"> <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="H1D60AC304A804AB4878A5BA31268BD01"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>containing such information as the Secretary may require; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H82A072F8108F4D778B2AA01B7EE60FB1"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>that includes a description of—</text> <subparagraph id="H091BFD328CE04272918A42BD5DE28E51"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>the Indian forest land or rangeland under the jurisdiction of the Indian tribe; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H80E32E74431241CD81AC2CEE9479E487"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>the demonstration project proposed to be carried out by the Indian tribe.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H50950A2D0B75401DA0628F354EBF3C05"> <enum>(e)</enum> <header>Selection</header> <text>In evaluating the applications submitted under subsection (c), the Secretary—</text> <paragraph id="H9F96BA95D27C4711BEB7AEAF1F73275A"> <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="H9222AE5E537A42CF833134752B35FF4C"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>increase the availability or reliability of local or regional energy;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3A793EFAE1C6491298B0CD64D51852DB"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>enhance the economic development of the Indian tribe;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEAA42C2FCEC642808A188A4D795176FF"> <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="H2EEA67A391CE45598DD58D4532D29E01"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text>improve the forest health or watersheds of Federal land or Indian forest land or rangeland; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H10137F880B8E47A6A68B1B2BFC9D5FA7"> <enum>(E)</enum> <text>otherwise promote the use of woody biomass; and</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB381AD7B985411BB67863DBE86A8ED8"> <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="HBC7D9EDB2F384B0E8E6A8C2B0774A39E"> <enum>(f)</enum> <header>Implementation</header> <text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H8352955FA43E4DBE820F63800497696A"> <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="HAD0D9A085CBD41DBBD767C29DE1347A9"> <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="H739798625BCD4EE0A13F536CFF4FB164"> <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="HF4F8F5F575334510BCB3A7A0812894E9"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>each individual tribal application received under this section; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC3D3CF636B344E6ABDA66CD38D57AE8"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>each contract and agreement entered into pursuant to this section.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HB60585F59CA742ABB3D37B904E809836"> <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="H78006E0411B24BA696D43BE4FE040F17"> <enum>(i)</enum> <header>Term</header> <text>A stewardship contract or other agreement entered into under this section—</text> <paragraph id="HC8D06B49CDBD476987358E37B2C5B25A"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>shall be for a term of not more than 20 years; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE3DB9D5CD224F3CB1E8CB7761F7D349"> <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="H64C9BAF19CD24936A3D90A25A7C776FD"> <enum>25007.</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="HB518AF5429A146018E45AE2E6245E1D4"> <enum>25008.</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="HA220BA378AFC489BACC3BAFA51366924"> <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="H5D0634FBDC084AD395B34A2A3E95CE4E"> <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="H667B607D3D454B069098A1AF8E907ECA"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H400750D5F9154ED4BAE0C179155E888E"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H972AE1376C4D4551B760CA9BE8F15574" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H07A3DB780C574B09ACA62A7890AB28BF" 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="H1F2F7BF086764EEB95B516553576C4FC"> <enum>25009.</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> </subtitle> <enum>III</enum> <header>Miscellaneous provisions</header> <section id="HE4F340DB495B4065A2367FA60F31F5CB"> <enum>30101.</enum> <header>Establishment of Office of Energy Employment and Training</header> <subsection id="H75052B717DCD493286EC2B2501E3BD74"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Establishment</header> <text>The Secretary of the Interior shall establish an Office of Energy Employment and Training, which shall oversee the hiring and training efforts of the Department of the Interior’s energy planning, permitting, and regulatory agencies.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HEFF3607198A54F8BAD90CA437437281D"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Director</header> <paragraph id="H42E7E7958E25445F9731E05D68B31F71"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>The Office shall be under the direction of a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Employment and Training, who shall report directly to the Assistant Secretary for Energy, Lands and Minerals Management, and shall be fully employed to carry out the functions of the Office.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCC5BA02D0F4647E59C0117D7C9600B74"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Duties</header> <text>The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Employment and Training shall perform the following functions:</text> <subparagraph id="H11DA4CA88E174C428F068A2A07E8C713"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>Develop and implement systems to track the Department’s hiring of trained skilled workers in the energy permitting and inspection agencies.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H57BEA8DDC10C4E2F9F1E1BEDFA64A074"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>Design and recommend to the Secretary programs and policies aimed at expanding the Department’s hiring of women, minorities, and veterans into the Department’s workforce dealing with energy permitting and inspection programs. Such programs and policies shall include—</text> <clause id="HF1828EA50030491B991483B7ADF42B4B"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>recruiting at historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, women’s colleges, and colleges that typically serve majority minority populations;</text> </clause> <clause id="H16E976B8C14041DF95157A64A52B5206"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in urban communities;</text> </clause> <clause id="HC2F5DD3BD5D74B40941672726D73EB5B"> <enum>(iii)</enum> <text>placing employment advertisements in newspapers and magazines oriented toward minorities, veterans, and women;</text> </clause> <clause id="HE706FE41DDED4FC1838FC8DEB0EA4226"> <enum>(iv)</enum> <text>partnering with organizations that are focused on developing opportunities for minorities, veterans, and women to be placed in Departmental internships, summer employment, and full-time positions relating to energy;</text> </clause> <clause id="H0822B3285DDB40E083056D62F3E8CDA8"> <enum>(v)</enum> <text>where feasible, partnering with inner-city high schools, girls’ high schools, and high schools with majority minority populations to demonstrate career opportunities and the path to those opportunities available at the Department;</text> </clause> <clause id="HAB3004913FD94EDFB97CBF7F3E399E94"> <enum>(vi)</enum> <text>coordinating with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense in the hiring of veterans; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H6931FAD58922475F9ACD02AA2F459AC9"> <enum>(vii)</enum> <text>any other mass media communications that the Deputy Assistant Secretary determines necessary to advertise, promote, or educate about opportunities at the Department.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCD82BE3B03E14110940C1E32520BE3B1"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>Develop standards for—</text> <clause id="H99946DBAF6C942AD914EFCD404D66553"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>equal employment opportunity and the racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of the workforce and senior management of the Department; and</text> </clause> <clause id="HB47FAAABDB2E403DBE3F464B14EB25D3"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>increased participation of minority-owned, veteran-owned, and women-owned businesses in the programs and contracts with the Department.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H523AA33C09A34B9CA4991E5DE0331FA1"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text>Review and propose for adoption the best practices of entities regulated by the Department with regards to hiring and diversity policies, and publish those best practices for public review.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H42A6F26D0BF1444DA8EFB40A4FF3DFBC"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Reports</header> <text>The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report regarding the actions taken by the Department of the Interior agency and the Office pursuant to this section, which shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H5D1F25235BAA4C7FA1878F102C730BFC"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>a statement of the total amounts paid by the Department to minority contractors;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H77FE84C3A07845BEA524A772F05A0BF3"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>the successes achieved and challenges faced by the Department in operating minority, veteran or service-disabled veteran, and women outreach programs;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7526E5F546DB485FBBC339E51AE91164"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>the challenges the Department may face in hiring minority, veteran, and women employees and contracting with veteran or service-disabled veteran, minority-owned, and women-owned businesses; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H188086323B1F4609A05FEE0B4B74F724"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>any other information, findings, conclusions, and recommendations for legislative or Department action, as the Director determines appropriate.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H486F020DB77D4459911642A5995F6103"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Definitions</header> <text>For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:</text> <paragraph id="H390097F46CC64426B93D7EA008071C98"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Minority</header> <text>The term <quote>minority</quote> means United States citizens who are Asian Indian American, Asian Pacific American, Black American, Hispanic American, or Native American.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H46D5D82352E14DE28ABC0A468D3FEC87"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Minority-owned business</header> <text>The term <quote>minority-owned business</quote> means a for-profit enterprise, regardless of size, physically located in the United States or its trust territories, that is owned, operated, and controlled by minority group members. <quote>Minority group members</quote> are United States citizens who are Asian Indian American, Asian Pacific American, Black American, Hispanic American, or Native American (terminology in NMSDC categories). Ownership by minority individuals means the business is at least 51 percent owned by such individuals or, in the case of a publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock is owned by one or more such individuals. Further, the management and daily operations are controlled by those minority group members. For purposes of NMSDC’s program, a minority group member is an individual who is a United States citizen with at least <fraction>1/4</fraction> or 25 percent minimum (documentation to support claim of 25 percent required from applicant) of one or more of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HFA55E9AAF75247FDB53868FCD1C4E455"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>Asian Indian American, which is a United States citizen whose origins are from India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE4AFD249CF0C49D18C4F2B02BABB2B28"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>Asian Pacific American, which is a United States citizen whose origins are from Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Samoa, Guam, the United States Trust Territories of the Pacific, or the Northern Marianas.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H59ED7BC7150F40DF8C7017201A2D1D2B"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>Black American, which is a United States citizen having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5214189DD0BD4DCF84CDE9EBF1131266"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text>Hispanic American, which is a United States citizen of true-born Hispanic heritage, from any of the Spanish-speaking areas of the following regions: Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean Basin only.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD3E2574E27FC42819E72B77F6461CACC"> <enum>(E)</enum> <text>Native American, which means a United States citizen enrolled to a federally recognized tribe, or a Native as defined under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HEDBF9666AB7845B6A0639F89849C4F81"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>NMSDC</header> <text>The term <quote>NMSDC</quote> means the National Minority Supplier Development Council.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H33BBAE9FAE414877A66B0A5EFA99D909"> <enum>(4)</enum> <header>Women-owned business</header> <text>The term <quote>women-owned business</quote> means a business that can verify through evidence documentation that 51 percent or more is women-owned, managed, and controlled. The business must be open for at least 6 months. The business owner must be a United States citizen or legal resident alien. Evidence must indicate that—</text> <subparagraph id="H7E00BAA9D75B4C65BDB5FB2D7FD565B9"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>the contribution of capital or expertise by the woman business owner is real and substantial and in proportion to the interest owned;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0C34810511544D9F89C089F418D0A957"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>the woman business owner directs or causes the direction of management, policy, fiscal, and operational matters; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H381F6C8C0C2348E6A3E9DFB40EBE135B"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>the woman business owner has the ability to perform in the area of specialty or expertise without reliance on either the finances or resources of a firm that is not owned by a woman.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC913AEF24C594AAEB47A43B46C99E5C9"> <enum>(5)</enum> <header>Service disabled veteran</header> <text>The term <quote>Service Disabled Veteran</quote> must have a service-connected disability that has been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs or Department of Defense. The SDVOSBC must be small under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to the procurement; the SDV must unconditionally own 51 percent of the SDVOSBC; the SDVO must control the management and daily operations of the SDVOSBC; and the SDV must hold the highest officer position in the SDVOSBC.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CC771309FC043A49B71BEA0703EC1C5"> <enum>(6)</enum> <header>Veteran-owned business</header> <text>The term <quote>veteran-owned business</quote> means a business that can verify through evidence documentation that 51 percent or more is veteran-owned, managed, and controlled. The business must be open for at least 6 months. The business owner must be a United States citizen or legal resident alien and honorably or service-connected disability discharged from service.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> B
Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act
1.
Short title
This subdivision may be cited as the Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act.
2.
Amendment
Section 9 of the Act entitled An Act authorizing construction of water conservation and utilization projects in the Great Plains and arid semiarid areas of the United States, approved August 11, 1939 (16 U.S.C. 590z–7; commonly known as the Water Conservation and Utilization Act), is amended— (1) by striking In connection with and inserting (a) In connection with; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized to enter into leases of power privileges for electric power generation in connection with any project constructed under this Act, and shall have authority in addition to and alternative to any authority in existing laws relating to particular projects, including small conduit hydropower development. (c) When entering into leases of power privileges under subsection (b), the Secretary shall use the processes applicable to such leases under section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)). (d) Lease of power privilege contracts shall be at such rates as, in the Secretary’s judgment, will produce revenues at least sufficient to cover the appropriate share of the annual operation and maintenance cost of the project and such fixed charges, including interest, as the Secretary deems proper. Lease of power privilege contracts shall be for periods not to exceed 40 years. (e) No findings under section 3 shall be required for a lease under subsection (b). (f) All right, title, and interest to installed power facilities constructed by non-Federal entities pursuant to a lease of power privilege, and direct revenues derived therefrom, shall remain with the lessee unless otherwise required under subsection (g). (g) Notwithstanding section 8, lease revenues and fixed charges, if any, shall be covered into the Reclamation Fund to be credited to the project from which those revenues or charges were derived. (h) When carrying out this section, the Secretary shall first offer the lease of power privilege to an irrigation district or water users association operating the applicable transferred conduit, or to the irrigation district or water users association receiving water from the applicable reserved conduit. The Secretary shall determine a reasonable timeframe for the irrigation district or water users association to accept or reject a lease of power privilege offer. If the irrigation district or water users association elects not to accept a lease of power privilege offer under subsection (b), the Secretary shall offer the lease of power privilege to other parties using the processes applicable to such leases under section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)). (i) The Bureau of Reclamation shall apply its categorical exclusion process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to small conduit hydropower development under this section, excluding siting of associated transmission facilities on Federal lands. (j) Nothing in this section shall obligate the Western Area Power Administration or the Bonneville Power Administration to purchase or market any of the power produced by the facilities covered under this section and none of the costs associated with production or delivery of such power shall be assigned to project purposes for inclusion in project rates. (k) Nothing in this section shall alter or impede the delivery and management of water by Bureau of Reclamation facilities, as water used for conduit hydropower generation shall be deemed incidental to use of water for the original project purposes. Lease of power privilege shall be made only when, in the judgment of the Secretary, the exercise of the lease will not be incompatible with the purposes of the project or division involved and shall not create any unmitigated financial or physical impacts to the project or division involved. The Secretary shall notify and consult with the irrigation district or legally organized water users association operating the transferred conduit in advance of offering the lease of power privilege and shall prescribe such terms and conditions necessary to adequately protect the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and other interests of the United States and the project or division involved. (l) Nothing in this section shall alter or affect any agreements in effect on the date of the enactment of the Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act for the development of conduit hydropower projects or disposition of revenues. (m) In this section: (1) The term conduit means any Bureau of Reclamation tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or similar manmade water conveyance that is operated for the distribution of water for agricultural, municipal, or industrial consumption and not primarily for the generation of electricity. (2) The term irrigation district means any irrigation, water conservation or conservancy, multi-county water conservation or conservancy district, or any separate public entity composed of two or more such districts and jointly exercising powers of its member districts. (3) The term reserved conduit means any conduit that is included in project works the care, operation, and maintenance of which has been reserved by the Secretary, through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation. (4) The term transferred conduit means any conduit that is included in project works the care, operation, and maintenance of which has been transferred to a legally organized water users association or irrigation district. (5) The term small conduit hydropower means a facility capable of producing 5 megawatts or less of electric capacity. .
C
Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act
1.
Short title
This subdivision may be cited as the Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act.
2.
Wild and Scenic River; Crooked, Oregon
Section 3(a)(72) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(72)) is amended as follows: (1) By striking 15-mile and inserting 14.75-mile. (2) In subparagraph (B)— (A) by striking 8-mile and all that follows through Bowman Dam and inserting 7.75-mile segment from a point one-quarter mile downstream from the toe of Bowman Dam; and (B) by adding at the end the following: The developer for any hydropower development, including turbines and appurtenant facilities, at Bowman Dam, in consultation with the Bureau of Land Management, shall analyze any impacts to the Outstandingly Remarkable Values of the Wild and Scenic River that may be caused by such development, including the future need to undertake routine and emergency repairs, and shall propose mitigation for any impacts as part of any license application submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission..
3.
City of Prineville Water Supply
Section 4 of the Act of August 6, 1956 (70 Stat. 1058), (as amended by the Acts of September 14, 1959 (73 Stat. 554), and September 18, 1964 (78 Stat. 954)) is further amended as follows: (1) By striking ten cubic feet the first place it appears and inserting 17 cubic feet. (2) By striking during those months when there is no other discharge therefrom, but this release may be reduced for brief temporary periods by the Secretary whenever he may find that release of the full ten cubic feet per second is harmful to the primary purpose of the project. (3) By adding at the end the following: Without further action by the Secretary, and as determined necessary for any given year by the City of Prineville, up to seven of the 17 cubic feet per second minimum release shall also serve as mitigation for City of Prineville groundwater pumping, pursuant to and in a manner consistent with Oregon State law, including any shaping of the release of the up to seven cubic feet per second to coincide with City of Prineville groundwater pumping as may be required by the State of Oregon. As such, the Secretary is authorized to make applications to the State of Oregon in conjunction with the City to protect these supplies instream. The City shall make payment to the Secretary for that portion of the minimum release that actually serves as mitigation pursuant to Oregon State law for the City in any given year, with the payment for any given year equal to the amount of mitigation in acre feet required to offset actual City groundwater pumping for that year in accordance with Reclamation Water and Related Contract and Repayment Principles and Requirements, Reclamation Manual Directives and Standards PEC 05–01, dated 09/12/2006, and guided by Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies, dated March 10, 1983. The Secretary is authorized to contract exclusively with the City for additional amounts in the future at the request of the City..
4.
First fill protection
The Act of August 6, 1956 (70 Stat. 1058), as amended by the Acts of September 14, 1959 (73 Stat. 554), and September 18, 1964 (78 Stat. 954), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
6. Other than the 17 cubic feet per second release provided for in section 4, and subject to compliance with the Army Corps of Engineers’ flood curve requirements, the Secretary shall, on a first fill priority basis, store in and release from Prineville Reservoir, whether from carryover, infill, or a combination thereof, the following: (1) 68,273 acre feet of water annually to fulfill all 16 Bureau of Reclamation contracts existing as of January 1, 2011, and up to 2,740 acre feet of water annually to supply the McKay Creek lands as provided for in section 5 of this Act. (2) Not more than 10,000 acre feet of water annually, to be made available to the North Unit Irrigation District pursuant to a Temporary Water Service Contract, upon the request of the North Unit Irrigation District, consistent with the same terms and conditions as prior such contracts between the District and the Bureau of Reclamation.
7. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, nothing in this Act— (1) modifies contractual rights that may exist between contractors and the United States under Reclamation contracts; (2) amends or reopens contracts referred to in paragraph (1); or (3) modifies any rights, obligations, or requirements that may be provided or governed by Oregon State law.
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5.
Ochoco Irrigation District
(a)
Early repayment
Notwithstanding section 213 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390mm), any landowner within Ochoco Irrigation District in Oregon, may repay, at any time, the construction costs of the project facilities allocated to that landowner’s lands within the district. Upon discharge, in full, of the obligation for repayment of the construction costs allocated to all lands the landowner owns in the district, those lands shall not be subject to the ownership and full-cost pricing limitations of the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act, including the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390aa et seq.). (b)
Certification
Upon the request of a landowner who has repaid, in full, the construction costs of the project facilities allocated to that landowner’s lands owned within the district, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide the certification provided for in subsection (b)(1) of section 213 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390mm(b)(1)). (c)
Contract amendment
On approval of the district directors and notwithstanding project authorizing legislation to the contrary, the district’s reclamation contracts are modified, without further action by the Secretary of the Interior, to— (1) authorize the use of water for instream purposes, including fish or wildlife purposes, in order for the district to engage in, or take advantage of, conserved water projects and temporary instream leasing as authorized by Oregon State law; (2) include within the district boundary approximately 2,742 acres in the vicinity of McKay Creek, resulting in a total of approximately 44,937 acres within the district boundary; (3) classify as irrigable approximately 685 acres within the approximately 2,742 acres of included lands in the vicinity of McKay Creek, where the approximately 685 acres are authorized to receive irrigation water pursuant to water rights issued by the State of Oregon and have in the past received water pursuant to such State water rights; and (4) provide the district with stored water from Prineville Reservoir for purposes of supplying up to the approximately 685 acres of lands added within the district boundary and classified as irrigable under paragraphs (2) and (3), with such stored water to be supplied on an acre-per-acre basis contingent on the transfer of existing appurtenant McKay Creek water rights to instream use and the State’s issuance of water rights for the use of stored water. (d)
Limitation
Except as otherwise provided in subsections (a) and (c), nothing in this section shall be construed to— (1) modify contractual rights that may exist between the district and the United States under the district’s Reclamation contracts; (2) amend or reopen the contracts referred to in paragraph (1); or (3) modify any rights, obligations or relationships that may exist between the district and its landowners as may be provided or governed by Oregon State law.
D
State Authority For Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation; EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Research
<enum>I</enum> <header>State Authority For Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation</header> <section id="H2C10E34765914EE9A68BC5A017D5CBBD" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>101.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Protecting States’ Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HD43B9A89FEC54CC6BB46F093AAAB0679"> <enum>102.</enum> <header>State authority for hydraulic fracturing regulation</header> <text display-inline="no-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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD0256C0C5434E10982DA065DC800F9B" style="OLC"> <section id="H85560C87180A46BAB7118BA14B4ACF18"> <enum>44.</enum> <header>State authority for hydraulic fracturing regulation</header> <subsection id="H89DF496C7BA2416296E949143475D24F"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>The Department of the Interior shall not enforce any Federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing, or any component of that process, relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on or under any land in any State that has regulations, guidance, or permit requirements for that activity.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H78421BC508F247F98D297D963ECD996B"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>State authority</header> <text>The Department of the Interior shall recognize and defer to State regulations, permitting, and guidance, for all activities related to hydraulic fracturing, or any component of that process, relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on Federal land.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HA1B0E42B73E3463CB23D12EC3F7E4025"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Transparency of State regulations</header> <paragraph id="HE168AE07A2A74C29B70C3F763D533BF3"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>Each State shall submit to the Bureau of Land Management a copy of its regulations that apply to hydraulic fracturing operations on Federal land.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H3243C759CEC24F9EA61A51BCF8FB83A2"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Availability</header> <text>The Secretary of the Interior shall make available to the public State regulations submitted under this subsection.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H929518C8FBCD4B6A9B34FE205A942E5F"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Transparency of State disclosure requirements</header> <paragraph id="HAEEFD4FCA8264699A6B0E28848BF8F1A"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>Each State shall submit to the Bureau of Land Management a copy of any regulations of the State that require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations on Federal land.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HB2CE68730A6B45D78235919F67345609"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Availability</header> <text>The Secretary of the Interior shall make available to the public State regulations submitted under this subsection.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HA51C80727B5343CC9F416B21D8824F95"> <enum>(e)</enum> <header>Hydraulic fracturing defined</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section the term <term>hydraulic fracturing</term> means the process by which fracturing fluids (or a fracturing fluid system) are pumped into an underground geologic formation at a calculated, predetermined rate and pressure to generate fractures or cracks in the target formation and thereby increase the permeability of the rock near the wellbore and improve production of natural gas or oil.</text> </subsection> </section> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section> <section id="H34B8A6DC575C4FA5B0DB82E4DC4CB350"> <enum>103.</enum> <header>Government Accountability Office study</header> <subsection id="H83B901A20328477EA0E969CDACB33270"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Study</header> <text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study examining the economic benefits of domestic shale oil and gas production resulting from the process of hydraulic fracturing. This study will include identification of—</text> <paragraph id="H3EAF803AA94F44AD98480D2E8A215477"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>State and Federal revenue generated as a result of shale gas production;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E95C29101F5418DB9AF4988A28C4073"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>jobs created both directly and indirectly as a result of shale oil and gas production; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2B8556C8F2F4EDCA0790E9D6919F76E"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>an estimate of potential energy prices without domestic shale oil and gas production.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H4D831946FBF14D98A5775E75FACEEB32"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Report</header> <text>The Comptroller General shall submit a report on the findings of such study to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives within 30 days after completion of the study.</text> </subsection> </section> <section id="H29D12A1CEABC494DA51B26BC065988CB"> <enum>104.</enum> <header>Tribal authority on trust land</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Department of the Interior shall not enforce any Federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding the process of hydraulic fracturing (as that term is defined in section 44 of the Mineral Leasing Act, as amended by section 102 of this Act), or any component of that process, relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities 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> <enum>II</enum> <header>EPA HYDRAULIC FRACTURING RESEARCH</header> <section id="H4E8D22E50D484663AE59BFA627688FA6"> <enum>201.</enum> <header>Short title</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote>EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="HABA42D75D80A477CA9D002FD56373312"> <enum>202.</enum> <header>Epa hydraulic fracturing research</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">In conducting its study of the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources, with respect to which a request for information was issued under Federal Register Vol. 77, No. 218, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall adhere to the following requirements:</text> <paragraph id="HBCADC7325D144F728002CED338E5D511"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Peer review and information quality</header> <text>Prior to issuance and dissemination of any final report or any interim report summarizing the Environmental Protection Agency’s research on the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and drinking water, the Administrator shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H774EF8E3A4D049ECBAB58350BA4B55A5"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>consider such reports to be Highly Influential Scientific Assessments and require peer review of such reports in accordance with guidelines governing such assessments, as described in—</text> <clause id="H345B9C685CCD40028FA240FEC3B8D2E9"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>the Environmental Protection Agency’s Peer Review Handbook 3rd Edition;</text> </clause> <clause id="H24CA9D586CFE40B9AB1A619B99E4CD3F"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>the Environmental Protection Agency’s Scientific Integrity Policy, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and</text> </clause> <clause id="H99035252C6D7402F99F7BE9891721558"> <enum>(iii)</enum> <text>the Office of Management and Budget’s Peer Review Bulletin, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and</text> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8E73A7DE8114801AF3EB00778E32A5E"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>require such reports to meet the standards and procedures for the dissemination of influential scientific, financial, or statistical information set forth in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Environmental Protection Agency, developed in response to guidelines issued by the Office of Management and Budget under section 515(a) of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106–554).</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H9F03CDC776CE4FC79AA33ED10B845E81"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Probability, uncertainty, and consequence</header> <text>In order to maximize the quality and utility of information developed through the study, the Administrator shall ensure that identification of the possible impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources included in such reports be accompanied by objective estimates of the probability, uncertainty, and consequence of each identified impact, taking into account the risk management practices of States and industry. Estimates or descriptions of probability, uncertainty, and consequence shall be as quantitative as possible given the validity, accuracy, precision, and other quality attributes of the underlying data and analyses, but no more quantitative than the data and analyses can support.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H145C4C8E1B5C4157923D0317195D64F1"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Release of final report</header> <text>The final report shall be publicly released by September 30, 2016.</text> </paragraph> </section> <enum>III</enum> <header>Miscellaneous provisions</header> <section id="H7FB8CAA7B4FA4103B611D89B35989261"> <enum>301.</enum> <header>Review of State activities</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall annually review and report to Congress on all State activities relating to hydraulic fracturing.</text> </section> E
Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America
1.
Short title
This subdivision may be cited as the Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America.
2.
Incorporation of surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs
(a)
In general
Section 503 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1253) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e)
Stream buffer zone management
(1)
In general
In addition to the requirements under subsection (a), each State program shall incorporate the necessary rule regarding excess spoil, coal mine waste, and buffers for perennial and intermittent streams published by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement on December 12, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 75813 et seq.) which complies with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) in view of the 2006 discussions between the Director of the Office of Surface Mining and the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s consideration and review of comments submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service during the rulemaking process in 2007. (2)
Study of implementation
The Secretary shall— (A) at such time as the Secretary determines all States referred to in subsection (a) have fully incorporated the necessary rule referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection into their State programs, publish notice of such determination; (B) during the 5-year period beginning on the date of such publication, assess the effectiveness of implementation of such rule by such States; (C) carry out all required consultation on the benefits and other impacts of the implementation of the rule to any threatened species or endangered species, with the participation of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the United States Geological Survey; and (D) upon the conclusion of such period, submit a comprehensive report on the impacts of such rule to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, including— (i) an evaluation of the effectiveness of such rule; (ii) an evaluation of any ways in which the existing rule inhibits energy production; and (iii) a description in detail of any proposed changes that should be made to the rule, the justification for such changes, all comments on such changes received by the Secretary from such States, and the projected costs and benefits of such changes. (3)
Limitation on new regulations
The Secretary may not issue any regulations under this Act relating to stream buffer zones or stream protection before the date of the publication of the report under paragraph (2), other than a rule necessary to implement paragraph (1). . (b)
Deadline for State implementation
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, a State with a State program approved under section 503 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1253) shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior amendments to such program pursuant to part 732 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, incorporating the necessary rule referred to in subsection (e)(1) of such section, as amended by this section.
C
Judiciary
1.
Short title
This division may be cited as the Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2014 or as the RAPID Act.
2.
Coordination of agency administrative operations for efficient decisionmaking
(a)
In general
Chapter 5 of part 1 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after subchapter II the following: IIA
Interagency Coordination Regarding Permitting
560.
Coordination of agency administrative operations for efficient decisionmaking
(a)
Congressional declaration of purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a framework and procedures to streamline, increase the efficiency of, and enhance coordination of agency administration of the regulatory review, environmental decisionmaking, and permitting process for projects undertaken, reviewed, or funded by Federal agencies. This subchapter will ensure that agencies administer the regulatory process in a manner that is efficient so that citizens are not burdened with regulatory excuses and time delays. (b)
Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter, the term— (1) agency means any agency, department, or other unit of Federal, State, local, or Indian tribal government; (2) category of projects means 2 or more projects related by project type, potential environmental impacts, geographic location, or another similar project feature or characteristic; (3) environmental assessment means a concise public document for which a Federal agency is responsible that serves to— (A) briefly provide sufficient evidence and analysis for determining whether to prepare an environmental impact statement or a finding of no significant impact; (B) aid an agency’s compliance with NEPA when no environmental impact statement is necessary; and (C) facilitate preparation of an environmental impact statement when one is necessary; (4) environmental impact statement means the detailed statement of significant environmental impacts required to be prepared under NEPA; (5) environmental review means the Federal agency procedures for preparing an environmental impact statement, environmental assessment, categorical exclusion, or other document under NEPA; (6) environmental decisionmaking process means the Federal agency procedures for undertaking and completion of any environmental permit, decision, approval, review, or study under any Federal law other than NEPA for a project subject to an environmental review; (7) environmental document means an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement, and includes any supplemental document or document prepared pursuant to a court order; (8) finding of no significant impact means a document by a Federal agency briefly presenting the reasons why a project, not otherwise subject to a categorical exclusion, will not have a significant effect on the human environment and for which an environmental impact statement therefore will not be prepared; (9) lead agency means the Federal agency preparing or responsible for preparing the environmental document; (10) NEPA means the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); (11) project means major Federal actions that are construction activities undertaken with Federal funds or that are construction activities that require approval by a permit or regulatory decision issued by a Federal agency; (12) project sponsor means the agency or other entity, including any private or public-private entity, that seeks approval for a project or is otherwise responsible for undertaking a project; and (13) record of decision means a document prepared by a lead agency under NEPA following an environmental impact statement that states the lead agency’s decision, identifies the alternatives considered by the agency in reaching its decision and states whether all practicable means to avoid or minimize environmental harm from the alternative selected have been adopted, and if not, why they were not adopted. (c)
Preparation of environmental documents
Upon the request of the lead agency, the project sponsor shall be authorized to prepare any document for purposes of an environmental review required in support of any project or approval by the lead agency if the lead agency furnishes oversight in such preparation and independently evaluates such document and the document is approved and adopted by the lead agency prior to taking any action or making any approval based on such document. (d)
Adoption and use of documents
(1)
Documents prepared under nepa
(A) Not more than 1 environmental impact statement and 1 environmental assessment shall be prepared under NEPA for a project (except for supplemental environmental documents prepared under NEPA or environmental documents prepared pursuant to a court order), and, except as otherwise provided by law, the lead agency shall prepare the environmental impact statement or environmental assessment. After the lead agency issues a record of decision, no Federal agency responsible for making any approval for that project may rely on a document other than the environmental document prepared by the lead agency. (B) Upon the request of a project sponsor, a lead agency may adopt, use, or rely upon secondary and cumulative impact analyses included in any environmental document prepared under NEPA for projects in the same geographic area where the secondary and cumulative impact analyses provide information and data that pertains to the NEPA decision for the project under review. (2)
State environmental documents; supplemental documents
(A) Upon the request of a project sponsor, a lead agency may adopt a document that has been prepared for a project under State laws and procedures as the environmental impact statement or environmental assessment for the project, provided that the State laws and procedures under which the document was prepared provide environmental protection and opportunities for public involvement that are substantially equivalent to NEPA. (B) An environmental document adopted under subparagraph (A) is deemed to satisfy the lead agency’s obligation under NEPA to prepare an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment. (C) In the case of a document described in subparagraph (A), during the period after preparation of the document but before its adoption by the lead agency, the lead agency shall prepare and publish a supplement to that document if the lead agency determines that— (i) a significant change has been made to the project that is relevant for purposes of environmental review of the project; or (ii) there have been significant changes in circumstances or availability of information relevant to the environmental review for the project. (D) If the agency prepares and publishes a supplemental document under subparagraph (C), the lead agency may solicit comments from agencies and the public on the supplemental document for a period of not more than 45 days beginning on the date of the publication of the supplement. (E) A lead agency shall issue its record of decision or finding of no significant impact, as appropriate, based upon the document adopted under subparagraph (A), and any supplements thereto. (3)
Contemporaneous projects
If the lead agency determines that there is a reasonable likelihood that the project will have similar environmental impacts as a similar project in geographical proximity to the project, and that similar project was subject to environmental review or similar State procedures within the 5-year period immediately preceding the date that the lead agency makes that determination, the lead agency may adopt the environmental document that resulted from that environmental review or similar State procedure. The lead agency may adopt such an environmental document, if it is prepared under State laws and procedures only upon making a favorable determination on such environmental document pursuant to paragraph (2)(A). (e)
Participating agencies
(1)
In general
The lead agency shall be responsible for inviting and designating participating agencies in accordance with this subsection. The lead agency shall provide the invitation or notice of the designation in writing. (2)
Federal participating agencies
Any Federal agency that is required to adopt the environmental document of the lead agency for a project shall be designated as a participating agency and shall collaborate on the preparation of the environmental document, unless the Federal agency informs the lead agency, in writing, by a time specified by the lead agency in the designation of the Federal agency that the Federal agency— (A) has no jurisdiction or authority with respect to the project; (B) has no expertise or information relevant to the project; and (C) does not intend to submit comments on the project. (3)
Invitation
The lead agency shall identify, as early as practicable in the environmental review for a project, any agencies other than an agency described in paragraph (2) that may have an interest in the project, including, where appropriate, Governors of affected States, and heads of appropriate tribal and local (including county) governments, and shall invite such identified agencies and officials to become participating agencies in the environmental review for the project. The invitation shall set a deadline of 30 days for responses to be submitted, which may only be extended by the lead agency for good cause shown. Any agency that fails to respond prior to the deadline shall be deemed to have declined the invitation. (4)
Effect of declining participating agency invitation
Any agency that declines a designation or invitation by the lead agency to be a participating agency shall be precluded from submitting comments on any document prepared under NEPA for that project or taking any measures to oppose, based on the environmental review, any permit, license, or approval related to that project. (5)
Effect of designation
Designation as a participating agency under this subsection does not imply that the participating agency— (A) supports a proposed project; or (B) has any jurisdiction over, or special expertise with respect to evaluation of, the project. (6)
Cooperating agency
A participating agency may also be designated by a lead agency as a cooperating agency under the regulations contained in part 1500 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on January 1, 2011. Designation as a cooperating agency shall have no effect on designation as participating agency. No agency that is not a participating agency may be designated as a cooperating agency. (7)
Concurrent reviews
Each Federal agency shall— (A) carry out obligations of the Federal agency under other applicable law concurrently and in conjunction with the review required under NEPA; and (B) in accordance with the rules made by the Council on Environmental Quality pursuant to subsection (n)(1), make and carry out such rules, policies, and procedures as may be reasonably necessary to enable the agency to ensure completion of the environmental review and environmental decisionmaking process in a timely, coordinated, and environmentally responsible manner. (8)
Comments
Each participating agency shall limit its comments on a project to areas that are within the authority and expertise of such participating agency. Each participating agency shall identify in such comments the statutory authority of the participating agency pertaining to the subject matter of its comments. The lead agency shall not act upon, respond to or include in any document prepared under NEPA, any comment submitted by a participating agency that concerns matters that are outside of the authority and expertise of the commenting participating agency. (f)
Project initiation request
(1)
Notice
A project sponsor shall provide the Federal agency responsible for undertaking a project with notice of the initiation of the project by providing a description of the proposed project, the general location of the proposed project, and a statement of any Federal approvals anticipated to be necessary for the proposed project, for the purpose of informing the Federal agency that the environmental review should be initiated. (2)
Lead agency initiation
The agency receiving a project initiation notice under paragraph (1) shall promptly identify the lead agency for the project, and the lead agency shall initiate the environmental review within a period of 45 days after receiving the notice required by paragraph (1) by inviting or designating agencies to become participating agencies, or, where the lead agency determines that no participating agencies are required for the project, by taking such other actions that are reasonable and necessary to initiate the environmental review. (g)
Alternatives analysis
(1)
Participation
As early as practicable during the environmental review, but no later than during scoping for a project requiring the preparation of an environmental impact statement, the lead agency shall provide an opportunity for involvement by cooperating agencies in determining the range of alternatives to be considered for a project. (2)
Range of alternatives
Following participation under paragraph (1), the lead agency shall determine the range of alternatives for consideration in any document which the lead agency is responsible for preparing for the project, subject to the following limitations: (A)
No evaluation of certain alternatives
No Federal agency shall evaluate any alternative that was identified but not carried forward for detailed evaluation in an environmental document or evaluated and not selected in any environmental document prepared under NEPA for the same project. (B)
Only feasible alternatives evaluated
Where a project is being constructed, managed, funded, or undertaken by a project sponsor that is not a Federal agency, Federal agencies shall only be required to evaluate alternatives that the project sponsor could feasibly undertake, consistent with the purpose of and the need for the project, including alternatives that can be undertaken by the project sponsor and that are technically and economically feasible. (3)
Methodologies
(A)
In general
The lead agency shall determine, in collaboration with cooperating agencies at appropriate times during the environmental review, the methodologies to be used and the level of detail required in the analysis of each alternative for a project. The lead agency shall include in the environmental document a description of the methodologies used and how the methodologies were selected. (B)
No evaluation of inappropriate alternatives
When a lead agency determines that an alternative does not meet the purpose and need for a project, that alternative is not required to be evaluated in detail in an environmental document. (4)
Preferred alternative
At the discretion of the lead agency, the preferred alternative for a project, after being identified, may be developed to a higher level of detail than other alternatives in order to facilitate the development of mitigation measures or concurrent compliance with other applicable laws if the lead agency determines that the development of such higher level of detail will not prevent the lead agency from making an impartial decision as to whether to accept another alternative which is being considered in the environmental review. (5)
Employment analysis
The evaluation of each alternative in an environmental impact statement or an environmental assessment shall identify the potential effects of the alternative on employment, including potential short-term and long-term employment increases and reductions and shifts in employment. (h)
Coordination and scheduling
(1)
Coordination plan
(A)
In general
The lead agency shall establish and implement a plan for coordinating public and agency participation in and comment on the environmental review for a project or category of projects to facilitate the expeditious resolution of the environmental review. (B)
Schedule
(i)
In general
The lead agency shall establish as part of the coordination plan for a project, after consultation with each participating agency and, where applicable, the project sponsor, a schedule for completion of the environmental review. The schedule shall include deadlines, consistent with subsection (i), for decisions under any other Federal laws (including the issuance or denial of a permit or license) relating to the project that is covered by the schedule. (ii)
Factors for consideration
In establishing the schedule, the lead agency shall consider factors such as— (I) the responsibilities of participating agencies under applicable laws; (II) resources available to the participating agencies; (III) overall size and complexity of the project; (IV) overall schedule for and cost of the project; (V) the sensitivity of the natural and historic resources that could be affected by the project; and (VI) the extent to which similar projects in geographic proximity were recently subject to environmental review or similar State procedures. (iii)
Compliance with the schedule
(I) All participating agencies shall comply with the time periods established in the schedule or with any modified time periods, where the lead agency modifies the schedule pursuant to subparagraph (D). (II) The lead agency shall disregard and shall not respond to or include in any document prepared under NEPA, any comment or information submitted or any finding made by a participating agency that is outside of the time period established in the schedule or modification pursuant to subparagraph (D) for that agency’s comment, submission or finding. (III) If a participating agency fails to object in writing to a lead agency decision, finding or request for concurrence within the time period established under law or by the lead agency, the agency shall be deemed to have concurred in the decision, finding or request. (C)
Consistency with other time periods
A schedule under subparagraph (B) shall be consistent with any other relevant time periods established under Federal law. (D)
Modification
The lead agency may— (i) lengthen a schedule established under subparagraph (B) for good cause; and (ii) shorten a schedule only with the concurrence of the cooperating agencies. (E)
Dissemination
A copy of a schedule under subparagraph (B), and of any modifications to the schedule, shall be— (i) provided within 15 days of completion or modification of such schedule to all participating agencies and to the project sponsor; and (ii) made available to the public. (F)
Roles and responsibility of lead agency
With respect to the environmental review for any project, the lead agency shall have authority and responsibility to take such actions as are necessary and proper, within the authority of the lead agency, to facilitate the expeditious resolution of the environmental review for the project. (i)
Deadlines
The following deadlines shall apply to any project subject to review under NEPA and any decision under any Federal law relating to such project (including the issuance or denial of a permit or license or any required finding): (1)
Environmental review deadlines
The lead agency shall complete the environmental review within the following deadlines: (A)
Environmental impact statement projects
For projects requiring preparation of an environmental impact statement— (i) the lead agency shall issue an environmental impact statement within 2 years after the earlier of the date the lead agency receives the project initiation request or a Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement is published in the Federal Register; and (ii) in circumstances where the lead agency has prepared an environmental assessment and determined that an environmental impact statement will be required, the lead agency shall issue the environmental impact statement within 2 years after the date of publication of the Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement in the Federal Register. (B)
Environmental assessment projects
For projects requiring preparation of an environmental assessment, the lead agency shall issue a finding of no significant impact or publish a Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement in the Federal Register within 1 year after the earlier of the date the lead agency receives the project initiation request, makes a decision to prepare an environmental assessment, or sends out participating agency invitations. (2)
Extensions
(A)
Requirements
The environmental review deadlines may be extended only if— (i) a different deadline is established by agreement of the lead agency, the project sponsor, and all participating agencies; or (ii) the deadline is extended by the lead agency for good cause. (B)
Limitation
The environmental review shall not be extended by more than 1 year for a project requiring preparation of an environmental impact statement or by more than 180 days for a project requiring preparation of an environmental assessment. (3)
Environmental review comments
(A)
Comments on draft environmental impact statement
For comments by agencies and the public on a draft environmental impact statement, the lead agency shall establish a comment period of not more than 60 days after publication in the Federal Register of notice of the date of public availability of such document, unless— (i) a different deadline is established by agreement of the lead agency, the project sponsor, and all participating agencies; or (ii) the deadline is extended by the lead agency for good cause. (B)
Other comments
For all other comment periods for agency or public comments in the environmental review process, the lead agency shall establish a comment period of no more than 30 days from availability of the materials on which comment is requested, unless— (i) a different deadline is established by agreement of the lead agency, the project sponsor, and all participating agencies; or (ii) the deadline is extended by the lead agency for good cause. (4)
Deadlines for decisions under other laws
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any case in which a decision under any other Federal law relating to the undertaking of a project being reviewed under NEPA (including the issuance or denial of a permit or license) is required to be made, the following deadlines shall apply: (A)
Decisions prior to record of decision or finding of no significant impact
If a Federal agency is required to approve, or otherwise to act upon, a permit, license, or other similar application for approval related to a project prior to the record of decision or finding of no significant impact, such Federal agency shall approve or otherwise act not later than the end of a 90-day period beginning— (i) after all other relevant agency review related to the project is complete; and (ii) after the lead agency publishes a notice of the availability of the final environmental impact statement or issuance of other final environmental documents, or no later than such other date that is otherwise required by law, whichever event occurs first. (B)
Other decisions
With regard to any approval or other action related to a project by a Federal agency that is not subject to subparagraph (A), each Federal agency shall approve or otherwise act not later than the end of a period of 180 days beginning— (i) after all other relevant agency review related to the project is complete; and (ii) after the lead agency issues the record of decision or finding of no significant impact, unless a different deadline is established by agreement of the Federal agency, lead agency, and the project sponsor, where applicable, or the deadline is extended by the Federal agency for good cause, provided that such extension shall not extend beyond a period that is 1 year after the lead agency issues the record of decision or finding of no significant impact. (C)
Failure to act
In the event that any Federal agency fails to approve, or otherwise to act upon, a permit, license, or other similar application for approval related to a project within the applicable deadline described in subparagraph (A) or (B), the permit, license, or other similar application shall be deemed approved by such agency and the agency shall take action in accordance with such approval within 30 days of the applicable deadline described in subparagraph (A) or (B). (D)
Final agency action
Any approval under subparagraph (C) is deemed to be final agency action, and may not be reversed by any agency. In any action under chapter 7 seeking review of such a final agency action, the court may not set aside such agency action by reason of that agency action having occurred under this paragraph. (j)
Issue identification and resolution
(1)
Cooperation
The lead agency and the participating agencies shall work cooperatively in accordance with this section to identify and resolve issues that could delay completion of the environmental review or could result in denial of any approvals required for the project under applicable laws. (2)
Lead agency responsibilities
The lead agency shall make information available to the participating agencies as early as practicable in the environmental review regarding the environmental, historic, and socioeconomic resources located within the project area and the general locations of the alternatives under consideration. Such information may be based on existing data sources, including geographic information systems mapping. (3)
Participating agency responsibilities
Based on information received from the lead agency, participating agencies shall identify, as early as practicable, any issues of concern regarding the project’s potential environmental, historic, or socioeconomic impacts. In this paragraph, issues of concern include any issues that could substantially delay or prevent an agency from granting a permit or other approval that is needed for the project. (4)
Issue resolution
(A)
Meeting of participating agencies
At any time upon request of a project sponsor, the lead agency shall promptly convene a meeting with the relevant participating agencies and the project sponsor, to resolve issues that could delay completion of the environmental review or could result in denial of any approvals required for the project under applicable laws. (B)
Notice that resolution cannot be achieved
If a resolution cannot be achieved within 30 days following such a meeting and a determination by the lead agency that all information necessary to resolve the issue has been obtained, the lead agency shall notify the heads of all participating agencies, the project sponsor, and the Council on Environmental Quality for further proceedings in accordance with section 204 of NEPA, and shall publish such notification in the Federal Register. (k)
Limitation on use of social cost of carbon
(1)
In general
In the case of any environmental review or environmental decisionmaking process, a lead agency may not use the social cost of carbon. (2)
Definition
In this subsection, the term social cost of carbon means the social cost of carbon as described in the technical support document entitled Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order No. 12866, published by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in May 2013, revised in November 2013, or any successor thereto or substantially related document, or any other estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon dioxide emissions in a given year. (l)
Report to congress
The head of each Federal agency shall report annually to Congress— (1) the projects for which the agency initiated preparation of an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment; (2) the projects for which the agency issued a record of decision or finding of no significant impact and the length of time it took the agency to complete the environmental review for each such project; (3) the filing of any lawsuits against the agency seeking judicial review of a permit, license, or approval issued by the agency for an action subject to NEPA, including the date the complaint was filed, the court in which the complaint was filed, and a summary of the claims for which judicial review was sought; and (4) the resolution of any lawsuits against the agency that sought judicial review of a permit, license, or approval issued by the agency for an action subject to NEPA. (m)
Limitations on claims
(1)
In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a claim arising under Federal law seeking judicial review of a permit, license, or approval issued by a Federal agency for an action subject to NEPA shall be barred unless— (A) in the case of a claim pertaining to a project for which an environmental review was conducted and an opportunity for comment was provided, the claim is filed by a party that submitted a comment during the environmental review on the issue on which the party seeks judicial review, and such comment was sufficiently detailed to put the lead agency on notice of the issue upon which the party seeks judicial review; and (B) filed within 180 days after publication of a notice in the Federal Register announcing that the permit, license, or approval is final pursuant to the law under which the agency action is taken, unless a shorter time is specified in the Federal law pursuant to which judicial review is allowed. (2)
New information
The preparation of a supplemental environmental impact statement, when required, is deemed a separate final agency action and the deadline for filing a claim for judicial review of such action shall be 180 days after the date of publication of a notice in the Federal Register announcing the record of decision for such action. Any claim challenging agency action on the basis of information in a supplemental environmental impact statement shall be limited to challenges on the basis of that information. (3)
Rule of construction
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to create a right to judicial review or place any limit on filing a claim that a person has violated the terms of a permit, license, or approval. (n)
Categories of projects
The authorities granted under this subchapter may be exercised for an individual project or a category of projects. (o)
Effective date
The requirements of this subchapter shall apply only to environmental reviews and environmental decisionmaking processes initiated after the date of enactment of this subchapter. In the case of a project for which an environmental review or environmental decisionmaking process was initiated prior to the date of enactment of this subchapter, the provisions of subsection (i) shall apply, except that, notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in determining a deadline under such subsection, any applicable period of time shall be calculated as beginning from the date of enactment of this subchapter. (p)
Applicability
Except as provided in subsection (p), this subchapter applies, according to the provisions thereof, to all projects for which a Federal agency is required to undertake an environmental review or make a decision under an environmental law for a project for which a Federal agency is undertaking an environmental review. (q)
Savings clause
Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede, amend, or modify sections 134, 135, 139, 325, 326, and 327 of title 23, sections 5303 and 5304 of title 49, or subtitle C of title I of division A of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act and the amendments made by such subtitle (Public Law 112–141).
. (b)
Technical amendment
The table of sections for chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the items relating to subchapter II the following: Subchapter IIA—Interagency Coordination Regarding Permitting 560. Coordination of agency administrative operations for efficient decisionmaking. . (c)
Regulations
(1)
Council on environmental quality
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this division, the Council on Environmental Quality shall amend the regulations contained in part 1500 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to implement the provisions of this division and the amendments made by this division, and shall by rule designate States with laws and procedures that satisfy the criteria under section 560(d)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code. (2)
Federal agencies
Not later than 120 days after the date that the Council on Environmental Quality amends the regulations contained in part 1500 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to implement the provisions of this division and the amendments made by this division, each Federal agency with regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) shall amend such regulations to implement the provisions of this division.