113 HR 70 IH: Deficit Reduction, Job Creation, and Energy Security Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-01-03
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Deficit Reduction, Job Creation, and Energy Security
Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Purposes.
Sec. 4. Definitions.
Title I—Deficit Reduction Energy Security
Sec. 101. Deficit Reduction Acreage.
Sec. 102. Deficit Reduction Energy Security Fund and Coastal
and Ocean Sustainability and Health Fund.
Sec. 103. Coastal and Ocean Disaster Grant Program.
Sec. 104. National Grant Program for Coastal and Ocean
Sustainability and Health.
Sec. 105. Eligible uses of grants.
Sec. 106. Grant application.
Title II—Timely issuance of offshore oil and gas
leases
Sec. 201. Reinstatement of offshore oil and gas
leases.
Sec. 202. Effective and efficient environmental
review.
Title III—Office of Energy Employment and Training and Office of
Minority and Women Inclusion
Sec. 301. Establishment of Office of Energy Employment and
Training.
Sec. 302. Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.
Title IV—Miscellaneous provisions
Sec. 401. Reporting.
2.The Congress finds and declares the
following:
(1)The Nation is
currently experiencing a national employment emergency, and urgent action is
needed to put Americans back to work in well-paid, long-term jobs.
(2)The Federal
Government distributed over $10,000,000,000 to Federal, State, and Indian
accounts from energy production during fiscal year 2009, primarily from oil and
natural gas production.
(3)The domestic oil
and natural gas industry is responsible for approximately 9.2 million
jobs.
(4)The approximately
43 million leased Outer Continental Shelf acres currently account for about 15
percent of America’s domestic natural gas production and about 27 percent of
America’s domestic oil production.
(5)The leasing of
these domestic offshore areas for oil and natural gas development provides
significant economic benefits to the Federal Government, as well as to States
and localities, through the creation and sustenance of jobs and domestic
product.
(6)The Department of
the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management currently has authorities
under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) and
related laws that can be effectively utilized to create jobs and revitalize the
Nation’s economy.
(7)Effective and
expedited development of Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas resources could
generate thousands of new jobs, many of which could be created almost
immediately.
(8)The coastal
regions of the United States have high productivity and contribute
approximately 50 percent of the gross domestic product of the United
States.
(9)The economies and
social structure of many communities are dependent on resources from ocean,
coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems.
(10)Supporting
science, research, monitoring, modeling, forecasting, exploration, and
assessment will continue to improve our understanding of the ocean, coastal,
and Great Lakes ecosystems as well as their long-term economic
sustainability.
(11)Safeguarding
these ecosystems is crucial to protecting the environment and waters of the
United States.
(12)The growth of our
energy domestic resources is vital to America’s national security.
3.The purposes of this Act are the
following:
(1)Require the Secretary of the Interior to
utilize its authorities regarding the leasing and development of offshore oil
and gas resources to accelerate job creation and economic revitalization to the
fullest extent practicable, taking into account the Department of the
Interior’s responsibilities regarding conservation, safety, and protection of
the environment.
(2)Promote expansion
of domestic employment opportunities.
(3)Respond to the
Nation’s increased need for domestic oil and natural gas resources.
(4)Support the
utilization of the Outer Continental Shelf for oil and gas production and
transmission.
(5)Protect, conserve, restore, and understand
the oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes of the United States, ensuring present and
future generations will benefit from the full range of ecological, economic,
educational, social, cultural, nutritional, and recreational opportunities and
services those resources are capable of providing.
(6)Confirm and ensure
the validity of appropriate oil and gas leases issued under the Final Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 2007–2012.
(7)Ensure the
continued leasing of Outer Continental Shelf areas pursuant to the Final Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 2007–2012.
4.In this Act:
(1)The term
Act means the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et
seq.).
(2)The term coastal State has the
same meaning that the term coastal state
has in the Coastal Zone
Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.).
(3)The term
DRES Fund means the Deficit Reduction Energy Security Fund.
(4)The term
COSH Fund means the Coastal and Ocean Sustainability and Health
Fund established by section 102.
(5)The term
program means a Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing
Program issued under section 18 of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1344).
(6)The term Secretary means the
Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
(7)Other terms shall
have the same meaning such terms have under the Act.
<enum>I</enum><header>Deficit Reduction
Energy Security</header>
<section id="HCB1E6EB1F1A3442BB71C74A67D7F85AB"><enum>101.</enum><header>Deficit
Reduction Acreage</header>
<subsection id="H266D920F3DA44FFEAF20653138686345"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the
Interior shall, during the period covered by the Proposed Outer Continental
Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012–2017 issued by the Department of the
Interior, and in addition to the acreage proposed to be leased under such
program, conduct oil and gas lease sales under the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.</external-xref>) for additional acreage of the outer
Continental Shelf (as that term is used in that Act) that total 10 percent of
the acreage proposed to be leased under such program. The acreage for which
lease sales are required under this section shall be known as the Deficit
Reduction Acreage.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB829D27C380949C796627CB34C430175"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each year in
such period, the Secretary shall lease 20 percent of the Deficit Reduction
Acreage.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H672B1A2EDF1A4B31893C7E222E3912F3"><enum>102.</enum><header>Deficit
Reduction Energy Security Fund and Coastal and Ocean Sustainability and Health
Fund</header>
<subsection id="H091AF291AE214F638FF7FA47F2077A47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deficit
Reduction Energy Security Fund</header>
<paragraph id="H145E9A932D5F4FBBB6CB007E76D7FCB3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is hereby established in the Treasury a separate
account to be known as the Deficit Reduction Energy Security Fund, consisting
of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to it.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53ECB5F584DC4443BF37487DD8D9253E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposit of
Deficit Reduction Acreage lease revenues</header>
<subparagraph id="HA3427EE615404089A015D9D5A9A8C364"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
subparagraph (C), all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and
payable to the United States under Deficit Reduction Acreage lease sales during
the 15-fiscal-year period beginning with the first fiscal year in which such
sums are received by the United States shall be deposited in the DRES
fund.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0372CF270394CA1A35FF3ED3CCF3EB2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Holding of oil
and gas revenues</header><text>Any amount deposited into the DRES Fund under
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="HCF60BF45D50548ED9D4AC307DF295C07"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall remain in DRES Fund and be invested
in accordance with paragraph (2) until the end of the second full fiscal year
after the amount is deposited into the DRES Fund; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1F4B7EB12C9C41E0BEAC535C6FD21A02"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>upon the end of
such fiscal year, shall be transferred to the general fund and applied solely
to reduce the annual Federal budget deficit.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H33BFD5D8D4FF4CAD909E1FD6BA6FC015"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Payments to
States not affected</header><text>This Act shall not affect any requirement
under other law to pay to States amounts received by the United States as such
royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF0183A785D7A46B0AEAEC4B039F4EF27"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Investment</header>
<subparagraph id="HF0F24C6110764D159F26F15E1FA83F26"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts in the DRES
Fund shall be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9602">section 9602</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7534B2A8FD945E6BC92A19547B6339F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion of
interest in DRES Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All
interest earned on, and the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, any
obligations held in the DRES Fund—</text>
<clause id="H5F1EB990EDD14DFBA26A3E5E6D581885"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be credited to and form part of the
DRES Fund; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H42D57648BE344ECC96CD4EE996FFB81A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall remain in the DRES Fund until
transferred under paragraph (5), without regard to paragraph (2)(B)(ii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7828C97281454DDAA159AA3A8BC81BB0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Availability of
proceeds of deposits</header><text>Amounts credited to the DRES Fund under
paragraph (3)(B) in excess of the amounts deposited into the DRES Fund under
paragraph (2) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB24BAC1658874A1C8974C2AE56D4F9F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be available for
expenditure, without further appropriation, solely for the purpose of and
activities eligible under this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H642141D5C7AC4E389E37EE3BBA71BDC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>remain available
until expended, without fiscal year limitation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6DF09EEDE1D34BBEBD9ED1339F91D59A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Transfer of
interest to Coastal and Ocean Sustainability and Health Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the transfer of an amount under
paragraph (2)(B)(ii), the interest earned on such amount shall be transferred
to the Coastal and Ocean Sustainability and Health Fund established under
subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8FB3E9936CFD4BD0B20B5D01315D6E32"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coastal and
Ocean Sustainability and Health Fund</header>
<paragraph id="H76E274BFA772401A8F898D4732E4A2C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is hereby established in the Treasury a separate
account to be known as the Coastal and Ocean Sustainability and Health Fund,
consisting of such amounts of interest as are transferred to it under
subsection (a)(5).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAFFFFA1DFF3E431E930BA18E3912CD47"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Of
the amounts transferred to the COSH Fund under subsection (a)(5) each fiscal
year—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC9BF8589B5A4C7D93F0656CB40A3FCD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not more than 5
percent shall be available to the Secretary of Commerce to administer this
title; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6CC87E1EE9A4E8FB2EFE9C1F9E77238"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the remainder
shall be available to the Secretary of Commerce until expended and without
fiscal year limitation, for use for—</text>
<clause id="H564DA01F6B9B4227943057446CBF00F1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
Coastal and Ocean Disaster Grant Program under section 102; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFCA8824D050C4EBE9D652C8921553EF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
National Grant Program under section 103.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6893E1BB2E1C40899239B09F60536597"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation of
funding for grant programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of
amounts available under paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary of Commerce shall
allocate—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE4825DDF3A84C6A93841E409862E9FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>40 percent for the
Coastal and Ocean Disaster Grant Program under section 103, of which—</text>
<clause id="HC2F53C68352E42C4A2B97C99DB0D4D55"><enum>(i)</enum><text>50
percent shall be allocated equally among impacted coastal States;</text>
</clause><clause id="H226165A4527D4B1BAD7DE51FAFA17272"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>20
percent shall be allocated based on intensity of impact of disasters on
impacted coastal States;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF30BB26D4C21493C9DC75A1D3BA1294D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>15
percent shall be allocated based on tidal shorelines of impacted coastal
States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8D986E1EEB6E4D9ABCFE5D1794176B65"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>15
percent of the funds shall be allocated based on the coastal population of
impacted coastal States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFEFFFCC965845CA9B9E133E208C2CF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Sixty percent for
the National Grant Program for Coastal and Ocean Sustainability and Health
under section 104, of which—</text>
<clause id="HF8823583EB2140F89E34BAF06E721D20"><enum>(i)</enum><text>50
percent shall be allocated to coastal States;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8F23890E447B4CB9858086978F1A04F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>50
percent shall be allocated to any State, local, territory, and tribal
governments, institutions of higher learning, and non-profit and for-profit
organizations that may receive and expend Federal funds as legal entities;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H31461DBFD6AB42F291834FE7F0607DB0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>no
more than 10 percent of the total amount of funds available shall be allocated
to a single State or entity in a fiscal year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1CBBCE5C7DBF4B8F82CAEF89998D0784"><enum>(c)</enum><header>General
administrative charges prohibited</header><text>Grants issued under this Act
shall not be subject to a general administrative charge.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE2D1201153674AEBBB7733FD973CBBE3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Redeposit of
unused funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any funds
provided as a grant under this title that are not used by the grantee by the
end of the fiscal year following the first fiscal year for which they were
allocated shall be redeposited into the COSH Fund and be reallocated in
accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC8122D250EBC4EA0B3C3D9C21B589DBD"><enum>103.</enum><header>Coastal and
Ocean Disaster Grant Program</header>
<subsection id="HBA524FDF94174955B67A093255C7879C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce shall use amounts allocated
under section 102(b)(2)(B)(i) to make grants to coastal States and Indian
tribes impacted by coastal or ocean disasters for the purposes of restoring,
mitigating, monitoring, or otherwise managing coastal and ocean natural
resources impacted by such disasters.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2F692540E82F4727869A9EA2C4F91087"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="HD472163F692F42E79A535FED8B21213B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>First 5
years</header><text>During the 5-fiscal year period beginning with the first
fiscal year for which amounts are available for grants under this section, a
coastal State or Indian tribe shall be eligible for a grant under this section
only if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H46C82ED7745F4D7E8BC7842B3B3D27B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>it is one of the
States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, or an Indian
tribe in such State; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32CB44B22D73448D9E6F3589B2F91C9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>it is determined
by the Secretary, in that period, to be a coastal State that has been impacted
by a coastal or ocean disaster.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0499672200A140ED8CEB46805D5882FB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>After first 5
years</header><text>After the end of such 5-fiscal-year period, if the
Secretary determines for a fiscal year that there is no coastal State that has
been so impacted, the amount allocated for that fiscal year for grants under
this section shall be added to the amounts allocated for that fiscal year under
section 102(b)(2)(B)(ii) for the National Grant Program for Coastal and Ocean
Sustainability and Health.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85D80E5BBF524485842E441297544ED0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A
coastal State or Indian tribe shall not be eligible for a grant under this
section if it is receiving assistance under another Federal law for an activity
described in section 105(b) conducted for a purpose referred to in subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H79927396EB694773A7BEC41AF515B8F1"><enum>104.</enum><header>National Grant
Program for Coastal and Ocean Sustainability and Health</header>
<subsection id="HD739BCB9FAA14B8798528B6351D9CAF7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce shall use amounts allocated
under section 102(b)(2)(B)(ii) (including amounts added under section
103(b)(2)) to make grants to coastal States that are eligible under subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H139DDFC539394785A95DA3AD86352F0D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for a grant under this
section, a person—</text>
<paragraph id="H46DCA8B2DFF54B8A947622FFBDB7CED8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>must be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B3AA14C34764D76A64D0DF71ED40652"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a coastal State
that has a management program approved by the Secretary under section 306 of
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1455">16 U.S.C. 1455</external-xref>); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23C657F0D17D4F488C530FC592AAD834"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State, local, territory, or tribal
government, institution of higher learning, or nonprofit or and for-profit
organization that may receive and expend Federal funds as a legal entity;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF5F1B95DA72F4A7F9F48DA0AAAA44EC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>must submit to the
Secretary a multiyear plan for use of the grant that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H58C96356A8424523962A0D0BB12104EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specifies how the
grant funds will be allocated;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12E435C15B8248849C4D69301371ECE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is sufficiently
flexible to allow the coastal State to respond to emerging needs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAEE2B8EC75C6424C8448A3854E7B7B4D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is approved by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE8232C9858AB44D6901AC6EA562F5553"><enum>105.</enum><header>Eligible uses
of grants</header>
<subsection id="H4D5DB2EF9D674AFDB42BD5109260C9BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts provided as a
grant under this title shall be used for activities described in subsection (b)
that are intended to restore, protect, maintain, manage, or understand marine
resources and their habitats and resources in coastal and ocean waters,
including baseline scientific research and other activities carried out in
coordination with Federal and State departments or agencies, that are
consistent with Federal environmental laws, and that avoid environmental
degradation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H65C97E8280A443D0A916366F7C1CF4CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Included
activities</header><text>Activities referred to in subsection (a)
include—</text>
<paragraph id="H6AF03D06942041DDA3141D4FBD1D0501"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coastal management
planning and implementation under the Coastal Zone Management Act of
1972;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H56A2DAB0F3AE4A83AC5C195CCB3420A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coastal and
estuarine land protection, including the protection of the environmental
integrity of important coastal and estuarine areas, such as wetlands and
forests, that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological,
historical, or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion to other
uses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H759562D2B6A543F0ABD2F033A8035924"><enum>(3)</enum><text>efforts to protect
and manage living marine resources, including fisheries, coral reefs, research,
management, and enhancement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD392189D88B04C26A1B5669D982E00F2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>programs,
activities, and new technology designed to improve or complement the management
and mission of national marine sanctuaries, marine monuments, national
estuarine research reserves, and marine protected areas;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82A87C68E8634AB286AC866DCC55394B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>mitigation,
restoration, protection, and relocation of coastal communities threatened by
the impacts of climate change;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H620DFA99F8F34B688481ED862DDBCC31"><enum>(6)</enum><text>mitigation of the
effects of offshore activities, including environmental restoration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H925EA2F37D624C42A082AC63F99D44D5"><enum>(7)</enum><text>efforts to
acquire, protect and restore coastal lands and wetlands, and to restore or
prevent damage to wetlands in the coastal zone, coastal estuaries, and lands,
life, and property in the coastal zone;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H572CB851E71046088AC41DB7F535E74B"><enum>(8)</enum><text>management of
non-point sources of coastal and marine pollution;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FAC020946C84941B21D5C6D8ED29B2B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>long-term coastal
and ocean research and education, monitoring, and natural resource
management;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H312EE7B6A3F54544B9DAC1492D539BD3"><enum>(10)</enum><text>regional
multi-State management efforts designed to manage, protect, or restore the
coastal zone and ocean resources; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78CEEC8496E44327B8935D71C64752CF"><enum>(11)</enum><text>management and
administration of authorized activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAC1EC1AD1D75427792AE9FC81ED49F7E"><enum>106.</enum><header>Grant
application</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A person seeking a
grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application at such
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Timely issuance
of offshore oil and gas leases</header>
<section id="H4F11F5F941ED4C4E9AF8B33DA9CF8EBD"><enum>201.</enum><header>Reinstatement
of offshore oil and gas leases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2F68EF8B4794C6DB0279AD627C795C9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H69E880CE54774E7198E69FBC056954B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized, upon petition
of a prior leaseholder, to reinstate any Expired Producible Lease in the
offshore Gulf or Mexico if such reinstatement furthers the purposes and
objectives of this Act. The Secretary shall act on such petitions as soon as
possible after receipt thereof, and in any event, within 90 days of receipt of
such petition or prior to the next scheduled lease sale in which such lease
would be included, whichever is earlier. Any lease application pending for more
than 90 days shall be reported to Congress, the Secretary of the Interior, and
the Assistant Secretary for Land Management every 15 days until the application
is acted
upon.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H8DE41AA051EC4305970A71027304CCEF"><enum>202.</enum><header>Effective and
efficient environmental review</header>
<subsection id="H781D0AC5EDA945488AFDD4FB07B8FC03"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Completion of
analyses for lease sales</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum
extent practicable, complete all analyses, processes, and procedures required
by section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>) or
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>;
referred to in this section as <term>NEPA</term>), in connection with
exploration and development under any lease to be offered for sale under this
Act, prior to the annual lease sale in which such lease is first
offered.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H04EC59789EC54780B3F3614CD80BD735"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of
Secretary’s actions</header><text>Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
law, the Secretary’s actions, after any initial lease sale, in approving and
enforcing safety requirements and spill prevention and response requirements in
individual plans or permits shall be deemed to be actions for the purpose of
conserving and protecting the environment that are not subject to NEPA review
requirements.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Office of Energy
Employment and Training and Office of Minority and Women Inclusion</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C01ADCA49384B9982634C900DDCF24F"><enum>301.</enum><header>Establishment
of Office of Energy Employment and Training</header>
<subsection id="HA94B7E61163E403C9BD218F6996069C6"><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 efforts of the Department of the Interior’s
energy planning, permitting, and regulatory activities to carry out the
purposes, objectives, and requirements of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7A5D4D66771A48AAAB5E2A05C686649A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Director</header>
<paragraph id="HAADC39FE924F4132A70D120D182BC330"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Office shall be directed by an Assistant Secretary
for Energy Employment and Training, who shall report directly to the Secretary
and shall be fully employed to carry out the functions of the Office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2652B23373FF467E96EC86B17F5FC698"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Assistant Secretary for Energy Employment and Training shall perform the
following functions:</text>
<subparagraph id="H24FEBD5C3A6E466D94C9C8BAE3FB478E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Develop and
implement systems to track the Department’s compliance with the purposes,
objectives, and requirements of the Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55CD249854EE48F2AF4D6015A3296A54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Report at least
quarterly to the Secretary regarding the Department’s compliance with the
purposes, objectives, and requirements of this Act, including but not limited
to specific data regarding the numbers and types of jobs created through the
Department’s efforts and a report on all job training programs planned or in
progress by the Department.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4B24C3EEA034E3C8B0A1C55064B31FB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Design and
recommend to the Secretary programs and policies aimed at ensuring the
Department’s compliance with the purposes, objectives, and requirements of this
Act, and oversee implementation of such programs approved by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60E96C26ACDD483CAEADDCEC2EF41674"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Develop procedures
for enforcement of the Department’s requirements and responsibilities under
this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H37D6A3B9E791425E8A1CE8392E4498E8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Support the
activities of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion and any other offices
or branches established by the Secretary within the Office of Energy Employment
and Training.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93367FE22705459DB85688714E35CFC7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Assist the
Secretary in complying with the reporting requirements of title V of this
Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE5A2620A48704F25BC07E884ADD2F2CF"><enum>302.</enum><header>Office of
Minority and Women Inclusion</header>
<subsection id="HDF359124435149A387F8AA9B0122A503"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Office of
Minority and Women Inclusion</header>
<paragraph id="HE518F91535FA4FD0A2FB25C2A20DF190"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall
establish an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion not later than 6 months
after the effective date of this Act, that shall be responsible for all matters
of the Department of the Interior relating to diversity in management,
employment, and business activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H61E2C68022994B9AB6A619CE1D6D1CC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfer of
responsibilities</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that
the responsibilities described in paragraph (1) (or comparable
responsibilities) that are assigned to any other office, agency, or bureau of
the Department on the day before the date of enactment of this Act are
transferred to the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE46C7BDB8BC140D29E47E92B9D5217A4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties with
respect to civil rights laws</header><text>The responsibilities described in
paragraph (1) do not include enforcement of statutes, regulations, or executive
orders pertaining to civil rights, except each Director shall coordinate with
the Secretary, or the designee of the Secretary, regarding the design and
implementation of any remedies resulting from violations of such statutes,
regulations, or executive orders.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H367C61687F724A1AAF99755DE2442383"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Director</header>
<paragraph id="H54DF8E319F9043249BB4B7B03770CF60"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Office shall have a Director who shall be appointed
by, and shall report to, the Secretary of the Interior. The position of
Director shall be a career reserved position in the Senior Executive Service,
as that position is defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3132">section 3132</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, or
an equivalent designation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H858ACB627706464D882C8CD13BBFAE00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Director shall develop standards for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4293A694E32B4F9B9C914D06D8C0789E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>equal employment
opportunity and the racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of the workforce and
senior management of the Department;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31CA75BF6F6140B88D6AF307269482DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increased
participation of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in the programs and
contracts of the Department, including standards for coordinating technical
assistance to such businesses; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE061EFDCB1674254A422B32BB10281A2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assessing the
diversity policies and practices of entities regulated by the
Department.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H50ABDD7A1974479D98074360BE9BC0EB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other
duties</header><text>The Director shall advise the Secretary of the Interior on
the impact of the policies and regulations of the Department on minority-owned
and women-owned businesses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7F0EB638DC54494A568D91914DBE745"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in paragraph (2)(C) may be construed to
mandate any requirement on or otherwise affect the lending policies and
practices of any regulated entity, or to require any specific action based on
the findings of the assessment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1640F33A5EA24F5B94681ABA56091878"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusion in all
levels of business activities</header>
<paragraph id="H512D50C0E54C43B1AE63E9CDE3A32E22"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Director shall develop and implement standards and
procedures to ensure, to the maximum extent possible, the fair inclusion and
utilization of minorities, women, and minority-owned and women-owned businesses
in all business and activities of the Department at all levels, including in
procurement, insurance, and all types of contracts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0372D11D064749E897C4875291CE64D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contracts</header><text>The
procedures established by the Department for review and evaluation of contract
proposals and for hiring service providers shall include, to the extent
consistent with applicable law, a component that gives consideration to the
diversity of the applicant. Such procedure shall include a written statement,
in a form and with such content as the Director shall prescribe, that a
contractor shall ensure, to the maximum extent possible, the fair inclusion of
women and minorities in the workforce of the contractor and, as applicable,
subcontractors.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD9646FA7162B4BC08797561D69208790"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination</header>
<subparagraph id="H86E37B6690F34537B97EE7615BF906D5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>The
standards and procedures developed and implemented under this subsection shall
include a procedure for the Director to make a determination whether a
Department contractor, and, as applicable, a subcontractor has failed to make a
good faith effort to include minorities and women in their workforce.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B8B425297984CF6BBD12ED98B636F77"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect of
determination</header>
<clause id="H0E4AB86301994DAEA8A3EBB516BFDB30"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Recommendation
to Secretary</header><text>Upon a determination described in subparagraph (A),
the Director shall make a recommendation to the Secretary that the contract be
terminated.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5FACEEA826CF4D3E8E79FB0185DB6B20"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Action by
Secretary</header><text>Upon receipt of a recommendation under clause (i), the
Secretary may—</text>
<subclause id="H9ECBA8EABD8C4FD398116DB685C15D3E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>terminate the
contract;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5727EF9E03574CD7903C9C70B029C886"><enum>(II)</enum><text>make a referral
to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the Department of
Labor; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H42FD4F9A88EE4FFFA5D7AE52E6423716"><enum>(III)</enum><text>take other
appropriate action.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H42859D5ADC1B4D8FB1370D4ACAA76B9D"><enum>(d)</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="HB202BC8C6E074EF9BEC20F35BF2F0015"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
statement of the total amounts paid by the Department to contractors since the
previous report;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB63119F979A84E90828A7701D77BF113"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the percentage of
the amounts described in paragraph (1) that were paid to contractors described
in subsection (c)(1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA26AA15A23A34ABEA6168BDF7DEE21C3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the successes
achieved and challenges faced by the Department in operating minority and women
outreach programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64A27E96AB1241A0B9FE649333824130"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the challenges the
Department may face in hiring minority and women employees and contracting with
minority-owned and women-owned businesses; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01A60117F08F41D9BEBA2AE2E3DC167B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any other
information, findings, conclusions, and recommendations for legislative or
Department action, as the Director determines appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8205C2039AF14399A963AE7532051A2A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Diversity in
Department workforce</header><text>The Secretary shall take affirmative steps
to seek diversity in the workforce of the Department at all levels of the
Department in a manner consistent with applicable law. Such steps shall
include—</text>
<paragraph id="HCD8EB2017EE54BA3A9E0079BCA777B4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recruiting at
historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions,
women’s colleges, and colleges that typically serve majority minority
populations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3607F454B71C458890CCBC4BD1D840B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>sponsoring and
recruiting at job fairs in urban communities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9ECAA9FE11B64C9682A37948DB3B6280"><enum>(3)</enum><text>placing employment
advertisements in newspapers and magazines oriented toward minorities and
women;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43C0306907F54260A5EBC5DB5716CF3B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>partnering with
organizations that are focused on developing opportunities for minorities and
women to be placed in energy industry internships, summer employment, and
full-time positions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8D64FC514CD41CFA8EC44267E699A57"><enum>(5)</enum><text>where feasible,
partnering with inner-city high schools, girls’ high schools, and high schools
with majority minority populations to establish or enhance financial literacy
programs and provide mentoring; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H147AB2D9CF114ECF87D5CAA229443233"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any other mass
media communications that the Office determines necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H27FB8CE6F15446019DF5DD62A0E61B68"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H4E1FAF2FD10A46ACA91C329FBE3F6DD8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minority</header><text>The
term <term>minority</term> means United States citizens who are Asian Indian
American, Asian Pacific American, Black American, Hispanic American, or Native
American.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F022887614B4202B335C4116F5F0E09"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minority-owned
business</header><text>The term <term>minority-owned business</term> means a
for-profit enterprise, regardless of size, physically located in the United
States or its trust territories, which 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="HA87AF01F278B4538AE79E1E399A8BEA4"><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="H707AF294D8F845BFAD9B7F3E272F6F43"><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="H7AB4582BEF6C4703A7444ED6DCE5E2FE"><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="H5603FFA230F841DEA16C453D003F850E"><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="HA4213273ED9640D89FC6AD3916BAA933"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Native American,
which is a person who is an American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut or Native Hawaiian,
and regarded as such by the community of which the person claims to be a part.
Native Americans must be documented members of a North American tribe, band, or
otherwise organized group of native people who are indigenous to the
continental United States and proof can be provided through a Native.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H66BED36D1723429B9AF34DC7EA73BFBE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>NMSDC</header><text>The
term <term>NMSDC</term> means the National Minority Supplier Development
Council.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46CE980DFB0142ABAE20C97D749A3D7C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Office</header><text>The
term <term>Office</term> means the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion
established under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77208FF76A31469C87FD8FD9C4F3F255"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Women-owned
business</header><text>The term <term>women-owned business</term> 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="H9BE0EE7CFB67435AA1582A8DC058B576"><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="HEF558F7A896D42BC9CC78B1A1F453FF8"><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="H7E7CA319E57749C19BAD8665F07E859C"><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></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Miscellaneous
provisions</header>
<section id="H4C8F2042A8384463AE1D4D4ACC8A0DE9"><enum>401.</enum><header>Reporting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Within 12 months of the effective date of
this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior, in
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Energy Employment and Training,
shall submit a report to Congress on the Department’s compliance with the
requirements of titles III and IV, including but not limited to specific
information regarding the numbers and types of jobs created through the
Department of the Interior’s efforts, the results of the Department’s efforts
to enhance the quality and efficiency of planning and permitting processes, and
of any actions taken to increase total production and to encourage production
early in lease terms.</text>
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