113 S1401 IS: Domestic Energy and Jobs Act
U.S. Senate
2013-07-31
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Domestic Energy and Jobs
Act
.
(b)The table of
contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—Impacts of EPA Rules and Actions on Energy
Prices
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Transportation Fuels Regulatory
Committee.
Sec. 103. Analyses.
Sec. 104. Reports; public comment.
Sec. 105. No final action on certain rules.
Sec. 106. Consideration of feasibility and cost in revising or
supplementing national ambient air quality standards for ozone.
Sec. 107. Fuel requirements waiver and study.
TITLE II—Quadrennial Strategic Federal Onshore Energy Production
Strategy
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Onshore domestic energy production strategic
plan.
TITLE III—Onshore oil and gas leasing certainty
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Minimum acreage requirement for onshore lease
sales.
Sec. 303. Leasing certainty and consistency.
Sec. 304. Reduction of redundant policies.
TITLE IV—Streamlined energy permitting
Sec. 401. Short title.
Subtitle A—Application for permits To drill process
reform
Sec. 411. Permit to drill application timeline.
Sec. 412. Solar and wind right-of-way rental
reform.
Subtitle B—Administrative appeal documentation
reform
Sec. 421. Administrative appeal documentation
reform.
Subtitle C—Permit streamlining
Sec. 431. Federal energy permit coordination.
Sec. 432. Administration of current law.
Subtitle D—Judicial Review
Sec. 441. Definitions.
Sec. 442. Exclusive venue for certain civil actions relating to
covered energy projects.
Sec. 443. Timely filing.
Sec. 444. Expedition in hearing and determining the
action.
Sec. 445. Standard of review.
Sec. 446. Limitation on injunction and prospective
relief.
Sec. 447. Limitation on attorneys’ fees.
Sec. 448. Legal standing.
TITLE V—Expeditious oil and gas leasing program in National
Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Sense of Congress reaffirming national policy
regarding National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Sec. 503. Competitive leasing of oil and gas.
Sec. 504. Planning and permitting pipeline and road
construction.
Sec. 505. Departmental accountability for
development.
Sec. 506. Updated resource assessment.
Sec. 507. Colville River Delta designation.
TITLE VI—Internet-based onshore oil and gas lease
sales
Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Internet-based onshore oil and gas lease
sales.
TITLE VII—Advancing offshore wind production
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring
projects.
TITLE VIII—Critical minerals
Sec. 801. Definitions.
Sec. 802. Designations.
Sec. 803. Policy.
Sec. 804. Resource assessment.
Sec. 805. Permitting.
Sec. 806. Recycling and alternatives.
Sec. 807. Analysis and forecasting.
Sec. 808. Education and workforce.
Sec. 809. International cooperation.
Sec. 810. Repeal, authorization, and offset.
TITLE IX—Miscellaneous
Sec. 901. Limitation on transfer of functions under the Solid
Minerals Leasing Program.
Sec. 902. Amount of distributed qualified Outer Continental
Shelf revenues.
Sec. 903. Lease Sale 220 and other lease sales off the coast of
Virginia.
Sec. 904. Limitation on authority to issue regulations
modifying the stream zone buffer rule.
<enum>I</enum><header>Impacts of EPA
Rules and Actions on Energy Prices</header>
<section id="H11A592881F5A43F2A4F7494EAE53EA3E" 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>Gasoline Regulations Act of
2013</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H3081CEEDE1F74AE8AF5B85D7605344BB"><enum>102.</enum><header>Transportation
Fuels Regulatory Committee</header>
<subsection id="H4790BDE8A9BE48D5995FFC655B036226"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall establish a committee,
to be known as the Transportation Fuels Regulatory Committee (referred to in
this title as the <term>Committee</term>), to analyze and report on the
cumulative impacts of certain rules and actions of the Environmental Protection
Agency on gasoline, diesel fuel, and natural gas prices, in accordance with
sections 103 and 104.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H792429C7C8774791A8C86E04BDA362AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall be composed of the
following officials (or their designees):</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE2EB8BBE802A457EBB836426BF3BDF11"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy, who shall serve as
the Chair of the Committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7CA2384C5B44BBF9CC945057C21AC29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FE39D1361F24F4ABCFCB67EC3E85B17"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Commerce, acting through the Chief Economist and the Under Secretary for
International Trade.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53080F4EF940492BAB556B348F1A7994"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor, acting through the
Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBDCB8663103F4B0B88F76526CF3B68F9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury, acting
through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy of the
Department of the Treasury.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A3F61DA11C2487CA17612EB449130A2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Agriculture, acting through the Chief Economist.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81CA46BA5BCA4DAD8FFF3DCEB0C35591"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCC4A8F16F954B5087B0AB53A7D627E0"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chairman of the United States
International Trade Commission, acting through the Director of the Office of
Economics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8700A51B6D0847078E067C2091D54A22"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Energy Information
Administration.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H41C15B8DF1D945749B4C7F1F62CC363A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation by
Chair</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the
functions of the Chair of the Committee, the Chair shall consult with the other
members of the Committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H84383126A75D43D28A3927AD95E23AA3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation by
Committee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out
this title, the Committee shall consult with the National Energy Technology
Laboratory.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HABF922A981C14F199733006B8CDAB7FB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall terminate on the date
that is 60 days after the date of submission of the final report of the
Committee pursuant to section 104(c).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA1EC5014216C45C995D9B1792C868527"><enum>103.</enum><header>Analyses</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2A5D2917FEA2454390EADECC73640C62"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7C09776B7B246B4A08B8F59968BEB06"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered
action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered
action</term> means any action, to the extent that the action affects
facilities involved in the production, transportation, or distribution of
gasoline, diesel fuel, or natural gas, taken on or after January 1, 2009, by
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, a State, a local
government, or a permitting agency as a result of the application of part C of
title I (relating to prevention of significant deterioration of air quality),
or title V (relating to permitting), of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et
seq.), to an air pollutant that is identified as a greenhouse gas in the rule
entitled <quote>Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse
Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act</quote> (74 Fed. Reg. 66496
(December 15, 2009)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idCD0ECAB5C58843A5A4B22CFA950588A6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered
rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered
rule</term> means the following rules (and includes any successor or
substantially similar rules):</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id26C01C45E5814052A02014850BFABD77"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>Control of Air Pollution From New
Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards</quote>, as
described in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
under Regulatory Identification Number 2060–AQ86.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3773fa6710744f728d185fc2ccd3bdc9"><enum>(B)</enum><text><quote>National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone</quote> (73 Fed. Reg. 16436 (March 27,
2008)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88645199533345E793A678B0E3618F5F"><enum>(C)</enum><text><quote>Reconsideration
of the 2008 Ozone Primary and Secondary National Ambient Air Quality
Standards</quote>, as described in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and
Deregulatory Actions under Regulatory Identification Number 2060–AP98.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idef536a1879004d03b8080e1b2382a2d9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any rule proposed
after March 15, 2012, establishing or revising a standard of performance or
emission standard under section 111 or 112 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7411, 7412) applicable to petroleum refineries.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id601f9206b1154733abb419f5da308d14"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Any rule proposed
after March 15, 2012, to implement any portion of the renewable fuel program
under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDA4EA7F9D79D4404B3C7669AC80E76CB"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Any rule proposed
after March 15, 2012, revising or supplementing the national ambient air
quality standards for ozone under section 109 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7409).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6624BDBBB32141F8B28348B02A4F4086"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The
Committee shall conduct analyses, for each of calendar years 2016 and 2020, of
the prospective cumulative impact of all covered rules and covered
actions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBDDA226F55F44F4E88CD8B745A9868A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall include in each
analysis conducted under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H1DE0ED797E554FC498085759FA9ACB47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>estimates of the
cumulative impacts of the covered rules and covered actions relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F6D5A62EA9344F3B4143CC086B30762"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any resulting
change in the national, State, or regional price of gasoline, diesel fuel, or
natural gas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5F5DDE96B8A4F8C898BBBC360B1053A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>required capital
investments and projected costs for operation and maintenance of new equipment
required to be installed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D9D6010B34C4803BFCFCF87203227C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">global economic competitiveness of the
United States and any loss of domestic refining capacity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C531A9F18AC4D9DB6DC13B179D16F4D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other cumulative costs and cumulative
benefits, including evaluation through a general equilibrium model
approach;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H106CD249557A4274A093D9ED95666F42"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">national, State, and regional employment,
including impacts associated with changes in gasoline, diesel fuel, or natural
gas prices and facility closures; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0CE63723C13463DA5DBC07DA0D177B4"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other matters affecting the growth,
stability, and sustainability of the oil and gas industries of the United
States, particularly relative to that of other nations;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB91C0389B1D4990AAFE0674EE28CD4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of key uncertainties and
assumptions associated with each estimate under paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H677A5E66FA244B248363CC23BC13558B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a sensitivity analysis reflecting
alternative assumptions with respect to the aggregate demand for gasoline,
diesel fuel, or natural gas; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9BEE9276CAE04D388899DFA2BA08A66C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis and, if feasible, an assessment
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id454E1BC6E8BC47C89515274912677712"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cumulative impact of the covered rules
and covered actions on—</text>
<clause id="HD6C8AEEEF4F54C78A8429B4C9D72FA53"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consumers;</text>
</clause><clause id="H182A07CA428B428FB261612B5AEAA300"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>small
businesses;</text>
</clause><clause id="H825FDED8236F4CF8A2D87279BFD86672"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>regional
economies;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0C161DA664D740CA95E57C8FB944B745"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>State, local, and
tribal governments;</text>
</clause><clause id="H96FDC28D8534422BB3BE88F6CCC56E1E"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">low-income communities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0B23BBBDEA674791ADA764190F5D9CD1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>public health;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H68CD367F99294A598AEBEC01A67D55D0"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>local and
industry-specific labor markets; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD7E01AF444084039B141EEA9851E6BE6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>key uncertainties
associated with each topic described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4AD901B27B874B22BBC27B318DF5951B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Methods</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting analyses under this section,
the Committee shall use the best available methods, consistent with guidance
from the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and the Office of
Management and Budget Circular A–4.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H268C7ED38C2B44F5A70669437FE1E873"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting analyses under this section,
the Committee shall not be required to create data or to use data that is not
readily accessible.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H722901C0EBE642FCBA1B8C5B1059CEC6"><enum>104.</enum><header>Reports; public
comment</header>
<subsection id="HFD34EEA732E642C9846C6592B00C7844"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Preliminary
report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Committee shall make public and submit to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and
Public Works of the Senate a preliminary report containing the results of the
analyses conducted under section 103.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFEC81C7C3F9C4FCBA9A205B086393492"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public comment
period</header><text>The Committee shall accept public comments regarding the
preliminary report submitted under subsection (a) for a period of 60 days after
the date on which the preliminary report is submitted.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idBFA13EF345134CDF85D8EE6A56050E42"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Final
report</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the expiration of the 60-day
period described in subsection (b), the Committee shall submit to Congress a
final report containing the analyses conducted under section 103,
including—</text>
<paragraph id="id82F1019995AA4C5C93D22FA7CD586AF9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any revisions to
the analyses made as a result of public comments; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13B43E5AEECE4AB6BE9FAEB0BF278873"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a response to the
public comments.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HBD8EB78B6D864FE0BBABDD3AC1CFB1A8"><enum>105.</enum><header>No final action
on certain rules</header>
<subsection id="HB409B3917BD54E80B997B2337CC7C203"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency shall not finalize any of the following
rules until a date (to be determined by the Administrator) that is at least 180
days after the date on which the Committee submits the final report under
section 104(c):</text>
<paragraph id="H717C647A75BA4540BFF3CA47990D854B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>Control of Air Pollution From New
Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards</quote>, as
described in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
under Regulatory Identification Number 2060–AQ86, and any successor or
substantially similar rule.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB969B4279A264C38866D02D3C9254071"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any rule proposed after March 15, 2012,
establishing or revising a standard of performance or emission standard under
section 111 or 112 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7411">42 U.S.C. 7411</external-xref>, 7412) that is
applicable to petroleum refineries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE01B5BDB1B48401E97EAA94437F7E66C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Any rule revising
or supplementing the national ambient air quality standards for ozone under
section 109 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7409">42 U.S.C. 7409</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F790EAE9B1D45FCBD244D5AF6F540CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other rules not
affected</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) shall
not affect the finalization of any rule other than the rules described in
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6B23835A3B4640EEAB02B168B4301CB5"><enum>106.</enum><header>Consideration
of feasibility and cost in revising or supplementing national ambient air
quality standards for ozone</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In
revising or supplementing any national primary or secondary ambient air quality
standards for ozone under section 109 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7409">42 U.S.C. 7409</external-xref>),
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall take into
consideration feasibility and cost.</text>
</section><section id="H54DE101751FA4FE8BA0C4845C1CA3863"><enum>107.</enum><header>Fuel
requirements waiver and study</header>
<subsection id="H84B4F7AC0C244560B190ACF24FBFADD9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Waiver of fuel
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)(C)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H028E70A40503408899559402E235FF46"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)(II), by inserting <quote>a problem with distribution or delivery equipment
that is necessary for the transportation or delivery of fuel or fuel
additives,</quote> after <quote>equipment failure,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3398948C01C463A8DC321D951DEDE65"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iii)(II), by inserting before
the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>(except that the Administrator
may extend the effectiveness of a waiver for more than 20 days if the
Administrator determines that the conditions under clause (ii) supporting a
waiver determination will exist for more than 20 days)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EAAF6C42A904C21A2EDA47110291489"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
the second clause (v) (relating to the authority of the Administrator to
approve certain State implementation plans) as clause (vi); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H060CDCE519654CCA9B8930195F7B8430"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8007F2DCED3433EA384E3A40955A59E" style="OLC">
<clause id="H465D571D9E9541699549E1132F7E8F1B" indent="up3"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Presumptive
approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of this subparagraph, if the Administrator does not approve or
deny a request for a waiver under this subparagraph within 3 days after receipt
of the request, the request shall be deemed to be approved as received by the
Administrator and the applicable fuel standards shall be waived for the period
of time
requested.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCA84C74AE1464E78B230FC3891002B15"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fuel system
requirements harmonization study</header><text>Section 1509 of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 1083) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HACCFDE3FBC79471C9D63CD10A09A61C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H32FFF9DA9DA64820ACADAF18C2E592F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A), by inserting <quote>biofuels,</quote> after <quote>oxygenated
fuel,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B3F73F69D6E456C879F4475E80C6E35"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(G), by striking <quote>Tier II</quote> and inserting <quote>Tier
III</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H033A8D13B8DF4B01848F170BB1107F8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by striking <quote>2008</quote> and inserting
<quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Quadrennial
Strategic Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy</header>
<section id="H77881B3A4EF447968F5868CC2EC2AC8F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Planning for American Energy
Act of 2013</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HD4DF33E6E67146BBAA03B54E706785E6"><enum>202.</enum><header>Onshore
domestic energy production strategic plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Mineral Leasing Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7C1CAB01308D4F29A344E11AC6BD6B5D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating section 44 (30 U.S.C. 181
note) as section 45; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2C63333EB50F4F3EA5905CC30CF9B39B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after section 43 (30 U.S.C.
226–3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5248D3F63D8344368C136C687C4BB318" style="OLC">
<section id="HF38774394D134E028C0C698EDCAABBC2"><enum>44.</enum><header>Quadrennial
Strategic Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBE83C22AD8DE421C9C8F3C1FBC7CF255"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idEB8E4BD349A942C480DB84B22C18C107"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idE695F2CB61B5473196C77C9C40B4F3E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Strategic and
critical energy minerals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>strategic and critical energy minerals</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id25A96DE68E4E40F78376B056600F99AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">minerals that are necessary for the energy
infrastructure of the United States, including pipelines, refining capacity,
electrical power generation and transmission, and renewable energy production;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id29DA26810FBD457894BCC50BE90D3238"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">minerals that are necessary to support
domestic manufacturing, including materials used in energy generation,
production, and transportation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idB11911FA4FBD47E7B09A199991D95DCF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Strategy</header><text>The
term <term>Strategy</term> means the Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy
Production Strategy required under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5AC90DD58FAA4769A294DE86CBDF93F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Strategy</header>
<paragraph id="id777CE94CCBC345F6A8BAF6155BA52DB4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture with regard to land administered by the Forest Service, shall
develop and publish every 4 years a Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy
Production Strategy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9B93D0A2904D409C917D2FDA300C08A4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Energy
security</header><text>The Strategy shall direct Federal land energy
development and department resource allocation to promote the energy security
of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2893F53BCDC84E23B1184AA3E52262B7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purposes</header>
<paragraph id="id4A6D7D2C38054BB890E1226A0FF92CFC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In developing a Strategy, the Secretary shall consult
with the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration on—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1616374F94B840399D009A258D220F17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the projected
energy demands of the United States for the 30-year period beginning on the
date of initiation of the Strategy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA1632EF803C14D199EEBC498F645BB4D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how energy
derived from Federal onshore land can place the United States on a trajectory
to meet that demand during the 4-year period beginning on the date of
initiation of the Strategy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id619AE1C9778A421DB5AFD274C47623E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Energy
security</header><text>The Secretary shall consider how Federal land will
contribute to ensuring national energy security, with a goal of increasing
energy independence and production, during the 4-year period beginning on the
date of initiation of the Strategy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7322581FB84A42349721B9063D672488"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish a domestic strategic production objective for the
development of energy resources from Federal onshore land that is based on
commercial and scientific data relating to the expected increase in—</text>
<paragraph id="HA6F8235432AF488FBA405289FC41DCDB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>domestic
production of oil and natural gas from the Federal onshore mineral estate, with
a focus on land held by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest
Service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE4CC1F10E4B4EEFB05D93B8028C5509"><enum>(2)</enum><text>domestic coal
production from Federal land;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78001F2E59134507AEB5F391E9589992"><enum>(3)</enum><text>domestic
production of strategic and critical energy minerals from the Federal onshore
mineral estate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDC7FF3BF277A479D8C8CAA34C4EA61A9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>megawatts for
electricity production from each of wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, and
geothermal energy produced on Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land
Management and the Forest Service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H349E64F25FE04066B106E5E62B025741"><enum>(5)</enum><text>unconventional
energy production, such as oil shale;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4F02170E12BE44C4B84BCEBE97FF1643"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">domestic production of oil, natural gas,
coal, and other renewable sources from tribal land for any federally recognized
Indian tribe that elects to participate in facilitating energy production on
the land of the Indian tribe; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE0FC61EB9AD94AD98DA296701F9F7B12"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">domestic production of geothermal, solar,
wind, or other renewable energy sources on land defined as available lands
under section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 109,
chapter 42), and any other land considered by the Territory or State of Hawaii,
as the case may be, to be available lands.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBFBF29730B2045FE8671E5AA3A4FDE89"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Methodology</header><text>The
Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Energy Information
Administration regarding the methodology used to arrive at the estimates made
by the Secretary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H40FD30DB76AE4D9BA285DA63601BFE0D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Expansion of
plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may expand
a Strategy to include other energy production technology sources or
advancements in energy production on Federal land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1A4D3EC88DA54822B25BC89AB323DC28"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Tribal
objectives</header>
<paragraph id="idC40F5ECDFF454706934185E5E71496E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that federally recognized Indian tribes may elect to set the
production objectives of the Indian tribes as part of a Strategy under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF0A12B1E8C6D4A0997D12FE02A380CE9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall work in cooperation
with any federally recognized Indian tribe that elects to participate in
achieving the strategic energy objectives of the Indian tribe under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB95FBABB7F7E4E8FA6E8E0A969113178"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Execution of
Strategy</header>
<paragraph id="id28E09BE51B264EEEB1AF747181D642C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of
Secretary concerned</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>Secretary
concerned</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA230DA7D1AE64ED5A8965B11429FD3C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the Forest Service), with respect to
National Forest System land; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F5D46B4D2C44FA1BE152FE16CD9D388"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of
the Interior, with respect to land managed by the Bureau of Land Management
(including land held for the benefit of an Indian tribe).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3773F8FE3ACF4BAAB89DC5FB43312A03"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
land</header><text>The Secretary concerned may make determinations regarding
which additional land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned will be
made available in order to meet the energy production objectives established by
a Strategy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id017DC21AE5A84EE69450DDD83BCB0628"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Actions</header><text>The
Secretary concerned shall take all necessary actions to achieve the energy
production objectives established under this section unless the President
determines that it is not in the national security and economic interests of
the United States—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF1F385685ED4BE280FA8DE6EC8C0941"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to increase
Federal domestic energy production; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04E79DD25322486F9B067D421BAA0431"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to decrease
dependence on foreign sources of energy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EDE0AECC6D54CF8ABAE27AB6AD87EDE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Leasing</header><text>In
carrying out this subsection, the Secretary concerned shall only consider
leasing Federal land available for leasing at the time the lease sale
occurs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H04A7BF6B2FE74A55AF1BAEBEF8E47D5D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>State, federally
recognized Indian tribes, local government, and public input</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing a Strategy, the Secretary
shall solicit the input of affected States, federally recognized Indian tribes,
local governments, and the public.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE88D2128907E42B4AA8942DF24823DC1"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header>
<paragraph id="id3367D09FEFDF40D38E1AFE5053ADEBD9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><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 an annual report describing the progress made
in meeting the production goals of a Strategy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id65480AFF4FD840E594A14AB8C9FA9B29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In
a report required under this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2FB1EB3F7940473EB551258289AC33B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make projections
for production and capacity installations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFA00065294C44C299A778164869B6528"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe any
problems with leasing, permitting, siting, or production that will prevent
meeting the production goals of a Strategy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAB0CDE6525724FD69BB240E2EEFE337D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>make
recommendations to help meet any shortfalls in meeting the production
goals.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3FBEACDE317A4975BFD08EBEFF316BC0"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Programmatic
environmental impact statement</header>
<paragraph id="id0215142E2CDE4A6792908D72D107D70D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this subsection, 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 for carrying out this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id31D48CEEA4A84C7EA74546AAD42C99F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The programmatic environmental impact
statement shall be considered sufficient to comply with all requirements under
the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) for all necessary resource management
and land use plans associated with the implementation of a Strategy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA0BBC11ED0434ED09AF880B7CE11E572"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Congressional
review</header>
<paragraph id="idBA9224B70AC54798B8967E0965722241"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 60 days before publishing a proposed
Strategy under this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and the
President the proposed Strategy, together with any comments received from
States, federally recognized Indian tribes, and local governments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC56B3AECD3D54C98806196A4AA4EC839"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>The
submission shall indicate why any specific recommendation of a State, federally
recognized Indian tribe, or local government was not accepted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id01A0704E281747C1A921848DD9C6AD6C"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section modifies or affects
any multiuse plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3ADCF8DC6C1F497A9FEFB86F810087A6"><enum>(n)</enum><header>First
Strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18
months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall
submit to Congress the first
Strategy.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Onshore oil and
gas leasing certainty</header>
<section id="HC246BD31101D49F9B80863F88ED933E6" 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>Providing Leasing Certainty for
American Energy Act of 2013</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HBA7AF265F94F4319882439F5ABA5F656"><enum>302.</enum><header>Minimum acreage
requirement for onshore lease sales</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30
U.S.C. 226) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idCA10C3F3090B477B8AF11F13ED7BFA48"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>S<header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">ec. </header-in-text>17. (a) All
lands</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73767F0B7E424F17AF461ABF45B02925" style="OLC">
<section id="id61FD0920EA424A3FB44A6FDA64B29C33"><enum>17.</enum><header>Lease of oil
and gas land</header>
<subsection id="id63219B86D9DA4F44ABDE2F1450BA5C62"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header>
<paragraph id="id0BFCE0D77D4E4F689C5E2D498738DA2C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>All land</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id764EFDF21E074AE08839AFE334E26602"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
(as amended by paragraph (1)), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD7092F63F2D424E93A7EF423F333F15" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idEEF716B192A94B05A125E7AA74D84274"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum acreage
requirement for onshore lease sales</header>
<subparagraph id="idBE79DA547A4649E28698FDE81C2C9BBE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting lease
sales under this section, each year, the Secretary shall offer for sale not
less than 25 percent of the annual nominated acreage not previously made
available for lease.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id67740E870FC4455E8E34CF82E8F8B45B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The offering of acreage offered for lease
under this paragraph shall not be subject to review.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id402B0C4D9DEA44699BB070DF77DCAF35"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Categorical
exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acreage offered
for lease under this paragraph shall be eligible for categorical exclusions
under section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15942">42 U.S.C. 15942</external-xref>), except
that extraordinary circumstances shall not be required for a categorical
exclusion under this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AB03E265B2B48BFA58F1A352BF6DA5E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Leasing</header><text>In
carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall only consider leasing of
Federal land that is available for leasing at the time the lease sale
occurs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H69DB2520B03140439D38B28C26F92BF7"><enum>303.</enum><header>Leasing
certainty and consistency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30
U.S.C. 226(a)) (as amended by section 302) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6B8568D9600B4AE2A47D8C3615EDA0E6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6810BC121AF346939950BE9A795D16E3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Leasing
certainty</header>
<subparagraph id="H0E8F155B98384C478882822FF337D9A7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall not withdraw approval of any covered
energy project involving a lease under this Act without finding a violation of
the terms of the lease by the lessee.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD41947C1300141A7A3FA47ED8E83CC92"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Delay</header><text>The
Secretary shall not infringe on 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 a lease.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8179D95F642F4670908C9D44654DB376"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Availability of
nominated areas</header><text>Not later than 18 months after an area is
designated as open under the applicable land use plan, the Secretary shall make
available nominated areas for lease under paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF80A0559555416AA6DC77537E4DEDE4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Issuance of
leases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary shall issue all leases sold under this
Act not later than 60 days after the last payment is made.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H28F07FB03F0F442388104F8DAE8B81E7"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Cancellation or
withdrawal of lease parcels</header><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="H65D02797595447368D025BDE0FA5D35F"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Appeals</header>
<clause id="id56B996FE85774A45B063D5DE20560168"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall complete the review of any appeal of
a lease sale under this Act not later than 60 days after the receipt of the
appeal.</text>
</clause><clause id="id79E506CC7081444F89FBBF93FF1F378E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Constructive
approval</header><text>If the review of an appeal is not conducted in
accordance with clause (i), the appeal shall be considered approved.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23648319D34F4D87AA2B853AE2D85A06"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Additional
stipulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
may not add any additional lease stipulation for a parcel after the parcel is
sold unless the Secretary—</text>
<clause id="idB3B12DE6B21641D4ACF58C853D378FCA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consults with the lessee and obtains the
approval of the lessee; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id777BEB2CB0FD4876BD8B6BB6D2708A79"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that the stipulation is an
emergency action that is necessary to conserve the resources of the United
States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEE7A28DC8790476BA3248EAE4251CFF5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Leasing
consistency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Federal land
manager shall comply with applicable resource management plans and continue to
actively lease in areas designated as open when resource management plans are
being amended or revised, until a new record of decision is
signed.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H255576EE10DE40E286F1CD94293F3B5C"><enum>304.</enum><header>Reduction of
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><enum>IV</enum><header>Streamlined
energy permitting</header>
<section id="HB16D8B8AD6B6475691F98E12827B4E83" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Streamlining Permitting of
American Energy Act of 2013</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><subtitle id="HAD97294E198341188E88390F8BF07AA3"><enum>A</enum><header>Application for
permits To drill process reform</header>
<section id="H5CE41088E4F543EBA37CB7C3F4995ABC"><enum>411.</enum><header>Permit to drill
application timeline</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
17(p) of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/226">30 U.S.C. 226(p)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2F15EC76190F4AB88FAE00AAF35602F8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H89815C105DC543229FE4188A82CA143F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications for
permits to drill reform and process</header>
<subparagraph id="H7A3087829A0443499868C403E9E2A451"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall decide
whether to issue a permit to drill not later than 30 days after the date on
which the application for the permit is received by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE7F87B02801D463FA6781FDA41DC64D0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extensions</header>
<clause id="id39AC428F551F4DB2BE385FD1CA9124B3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may extend the period described in
subparagraph (A) for up to 2 periods of 15 days each, if the Secretary gives
written notice of the delay to the applicant.</text>
</clause><clause id="id29E26B09452741E29E9FE430BFA76CE3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The
notice shall—</text>
<subclause id="id29A0F570B1AA4BFEA8F2B3D339DB71EC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be in the form of
a letter from the Secretary or a designee of the Secretary; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idDAD719AD80514738906159EF90E2EAFD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>include—</text>
<item id="id5E291C8C8F9A420E8FEB14992B6A78B4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the names and
positions of the persons processing the application;</text>
</item><item id="id2385744504984BDFB1F4A54266F44A79"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the specific
reasons for the delay; and</text>
</item><item id="id3A0A1ACEE3704910BD0CCCBF22416F99"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>a
specific date on which a final decision on the application is expected.</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41F7FB7AE9C54EFA943F19FCCFAF4A05"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Notice of
reasons for denial</header><text>If the application is denied, the Secretary
shall provide the applicant—</text>
<clause id="HDD121D7672D640D0A5011E256486DF28"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
written notice that provides—</text>
<subclause id="id994FDF437CA94A97B7227F0C4C898439"><enum>(I)</enum><text>clear and
comprehensive reasons why the application was not accepted; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id9A4F259A7A104D1CA06DA58377F509F3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>detailed
information concerning any deficiencies; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H9130854C286D4D60B8362B6F50AD91B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an opportunity to
remedy any deficiencies.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF59E5CFDF9F4D3BA6DF395474710A1D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Application
considered approved</header><text>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 for the permit is received by the Secretary, the application shall
be considered approved unless applicable reviews under the
<act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) or the <act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species Act of 1973</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.) are incomplete.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7DDFA8382D94273994E3A5267251462"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Denial of
permit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary
decides not to issue a permit to drill under this paragraph, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<clause id="HD371D4F005584FBD9C533EB92B000B8A"><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="HC694ABE41B884A5ABC18006AF7A01F24"><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="HD33133076B27454DADB691205800D134"><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="HC22BE573775D4220859B55A9BB0515C9"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Fee</header>
<clause id="HE13EB92612B643CBBDC172ABDAED1464"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to clauses
(ii) and (iii) and notwithstanding any other provision of 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 this paragraph.</text>
</clause><clause id="idFA97A886A1CA4441856F29054C5D433F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Resubmitted
applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The fee
described in clause (i) shall not apply to any resubmitted application.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5E6EE9E8C6CC404B81D5EB6BF3503B2C"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Treatment of
permit processing fee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject
to appropriation, of all fees collected under this paragraph, 50 percent shall
be transferred to the field office where the fees are collected and used to
process leases, permits, and appeals under this
Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H48F21B198C884C468C49862BE0E45A97"><enum>412.</enum><header>Solar and wind
right-of-way rental reform</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
each fiscal year, of fees collected as annual wind energy and solar energy
right-of-way authorization fees required under section 504(g) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1764">43 U.S.C. 1764(g)</external-xref>), 50 percent shall be
retained by the Secretary of the Interior to be used, subject to
appropriation—</text>
<paragraph id="idA00805C502A3407F819AD280652B863D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by the Bureau of Land Management to process
permits, right-of-way applications, and other activities necessary for
renewable development; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1D1BD36EE16C47249AF8127221A14A2D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the option of the Secretary of the
Interior, by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or other Federal
agencies involved in wind and solar permitting reviews to facilitate the
processing of wind energy and solar energy permit applications on Bureau of
Land Management land.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H05B465FF060540D58A50FF3E5334EE7E"><enum>B</enum><header>Administrative
appeal documentation reform</header>
<section id="H130359339810437FB0E3A64E2D22338E"><enum>421.</enum><header>Administrative
appeal documentation reform</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17(p) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30
U.S.C. 226(p)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1DAB3118EF53476D890B0D371A850A96" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8BDBDD921F534AE2AF9B54924197B2A7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Appeal
fee</header>
<subparagraph id="H0039A67EF384411EA7A0F7868466D056"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall collect a $5,000 documentation fee to
accompany each appeal of an action on a lease, right-of-way, or application for
permit to drill.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BF6A6D47DD94C09BC5A684E29D0DC71"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment of
fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to
appropriation, of all fees collected under this paragraph, 50 percent shall
remain in the field office where the fees are collected and used to process
appeals.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H28E64F6B03D5461782D6EE4569E1914B"><enum>C</enum><header>Permit
streamlining</header>
<section id="H06A7FE6139E649C89EBC6689BE1EF066"><enum>431.</enum><header>Federal energy
permit coordination</header>
<subsection id="HA566A52F952040799ED3D1DBEE4FC80A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id8A917351479944FAB6A6C53A988B5782"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Energy
projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>energy projects</term> means oil, coal, natural gas, and renewable energy
projects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4D988262B82E436990B5FF0082C096D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Project</term> means the
Federal Permit Streamlining Project established under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF1183558987B48699A7938A292406A96"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFA709F98E72E4883ACCFCE9BF623826B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish a Federal Permit Streamlining Project in each Bureau
of Land Management field office with responsibility for issuing permits for
energy projects on Federal land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H206DE33213C04374BF363BCEE48613DC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Memorandum of
understanding</header>
<paragraph id="HF502CECA91254656BA1EE16A5F147A23"><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 to carry
out this section with—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9889638D4C4A4178AFF73CEB33C7E5DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Agriculture;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H497D3FE3856F49DA86D9F77A157C2F13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC88716B12255477A86FA67A5341338E0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary of
the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6C1C3DD08089497A99A473EA97674854"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State
participation</header><text>The Secretary may request the Governor of any State
with energy projects on Federal land to be a signatory to the memorandum of
understanding.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7D5AF617BCBD4E4EB9216D37AF6071BF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Designation of
qualified staff</header>
<paragraph id="HE55E139482814EE5930AC2C21D1FA069"><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 (c), 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="H7936B7CF5EE6448882789BBD267E84C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the consultations
and the preparation of biological opinions under section 7 of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE06BEC9F65B43DA817DB347801FE1FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>permits under
section 404 of Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1344">33 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD39D0EB904A4804BDE72435C6946C75"><enum>(C)</enum><text>regulatory matters
under the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4C59E72139942D3AD2E6AB74831ED35"><enum>(D)</enum><text>planning under the
National Forest Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/472a">16 U.S.C. 472a et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA342540C0C33460792F73F6CAF39941A"><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="H4D3F8917B4B845FA9A375C3C45D0FD2D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>Each
employee assigned under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCBCD0CECE59344EC99640F6DF64B3187"><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="HAB622A1ACBE04082855C78F5B0FD4753"><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 home office of the
employee; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4FAE5A3B6E2467EAA3D4A04599FF365"><enum>(C)</enum><text>participate as
part of the team of personnel working on proposed energy projects, planning,
and environmental analyses on Federal land.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3C14565DA9C24211AC561FC79BA7DD2D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional
personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
assign to each Bureau of Land Management field office identified under
subsection (b) 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 requirements of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC314D7337DE347E78071E0494BE667A6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Funding
for the additional personnel shall be derived from the Department of the
Interior reforms made by sections 411, 412, and 421 and the amendments made by
those sections.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H29A28D0A912E435BB1A4BD15A7D17FA7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Savings
provision</header><text>Nothing in this section affects—</text>
<paragraph id="HACE4ABE964B1498CA13183D5571AA866"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the operation of
any Federal or State law; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H011662B650EB47A2882127C8963BDDCD"><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></section><section id="H8D10D36DE58149E594AE2DBC90D49108"><enum>432.</enum><header>Administration
of current law</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding
any other provision of 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15942">42 U.S.C. 15942</external-xref>).</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HC120D795F42E457EA15AE3A7AA4DAD67"><enum>D</enum><header>Judicial
Review</header>
<section id="HE1E2A05DDC6D4E9DB58A4C4F6D46B418"><enum>441.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H1B5F5DF0E9AA430F808ACE593391A9F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered civil
action</header><text>The term <term>covered civil action</term> means a civil
action containing a claim under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/702">section 702</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code,
regarding agency action (as defined for the purposes of that section) affecting
a covered energy project on Federal land.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB671BE742B54993967AF3D1AA69CF1B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered energy
project</header>
<subparagraph id="idFB938708C9064CB98933ED07C7949EDB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>covered energy project</term> means the
leasing of Federal land of the United States for the exploration, development,
production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, wind, or any other
source of energy, and any action under such a lease.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5BC4F872FB184D32A3E074C2BAA09834"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The
term <term>covered energy project</term> does not include any disputes between
the parties to a lease regarding the obligations under the lease, including
regarding any alleged breach of the lease.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HD7CF49E59EE64F2CAD945CBD49B36622"><enum>442.</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 United States district court for the district in which the project or
leases exist or are proposed.</text>
</section><section id="HE4E5BB480A1A4348ACC0C7345907B228"><enum>443.</enum><header>Timely
filing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To ensure timely
redress by the courts, a covered civil action shall be filed not later than 90
days after the date of the final Federal agency action to which the covered
civil action relates.</text>
</section><section id="H32A9CEDBB4544847B39BC31C766FE43A"><enum>444.</enum><header>Expedition in
hearing and determining the action</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A court shall endeavor to hear and determine
any covered civil action as expeditiously as practicable.</text>
</section><section id="HCB78C1719E654CE8A1B52E233E6A92E6"><enum>445.</enum><header>Standard of
review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In any judicial review
of a covered civil action—</text>
<paragraph id="id9C46D689BA4B43849CCC22770EB5EF2F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">administrative findings and conclusions
relating to the challenged Federal action or decision shall be presumed to be
correct; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBC9A33853AE84759BC17FD9D0955810E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the presumption may be rebutted only by the
preponderance of the evidence contained in the administrative record.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF1BBBD70F1A642C9AEDE095ADACB4299"><enum>446.</enum><header>Limitation on
injunction and prospective relief</header>
<subsection id="id029377D74505486C859471BA8622C7F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a covered civil
action, a court shall not grant or approve any prospective relief unless the
court finds that the relief—</text>
<paragraph id="id0A9284E03FE0488387E98918E4151011"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is narrowly drawn;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBD8954D2FB0841AE80AF3463F0390F12"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">extends no further than necessary to
correct the violation of a legal requirement; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF0357B863D7343999391C5BE61780859"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is the least intrusive means necessary to
correct the violation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE094E6C38E744F5AA7F9DCCA55C7233A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preliminary
injunctions</header>
<paragraph id="id7E746ECE649E45CB90ADA84E36FA837D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A court shall limit
the duration of a preliminary injunction to halt a covered energy project to
not more than 60 days, unless the court finds clear reasons to extend the
injunction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC3859180A33244C8AA0B35590C69E0F3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extensions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extensions under paragraph (1)
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3F3DD536725B445590C78C650942D322"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">only be in 30-day increments; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE671EE37E2204A9CA0BC96CB66FD2EC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require action by the court to renew the
injunction.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H58025A99C0334185A94DD05FC2D3695D"><enum>447.</enum><header>Limitation on
attorneys’ fees</header>
<subsection id="id8A7C8144B3EF42DAA49446D460C20498"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 504 of title
5 and 2412 of title 28, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Equal
Access to Justice Act</quote>), shall not apply to a covered civil
action.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idF60F704F4967478C8D79A13BCD79ED47"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Attorney's fees
and court costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A party in a
covered civil action shall not receive payment from the Federal Government for
attorney's fees, expenses, or other court costs.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC41BE217F9F54ED78F1F2829FEB93DCE"><enum>448.</enum><header>Legal
standing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A challenger filing
an appeal with the Interior Board of Land Appeals shall meet the same standing
requirements as a challenger before a United States district court.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Expeditious oil
and gas leasing program in National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska</header>
<section id="H6E6F6A48ADBA4E1B99B32DC5881278E4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>National Petroleum Reserve
Alaska Access Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H715755438504492BAF295CC5FA1417EB"><enum>502.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress reaffirming national policy regarding National Petroleum Reserve in
Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H9FBE3EE19B7E4BABBE52A2546D4B951E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the National
Petroleum Reserve in the State of Alaska (referred to in this title as the
<term>Reserve</term>) 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="H0E038AB209C144E092DB1F59CC913898"><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="H3CFBDC1C3BD847D3A67223CDD1B31482"><enum>503.</enum><header>Competitive
leasing of oil and gas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
107 of the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6506a">42 U.S.C. 6506a</external-xref>) is
amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB956106D7B00453EAE244388486DF0E7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD1F225EFEE714315B27F1F7C564A554D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Competitive
leasing</header>
<paragraph id="id147826E843B0416586ED2AD170F1FC49"><enum>(1)</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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBEACEC204BA54B18A8568A02970A2360"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program under this subsection shall
include at least 1 lease sale annually in each area of the Reserve that is most
likely to produce commercial quantities of oil and natural gas for each of
calendar years 2013 through
2023.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HF9D32AFDAB8E42249D385D21061F63B5"><enum>504.</enum><header>Planning and
permitting pipeline and road construction</header>
<subsection id="HE9C350D8AEB94F64BF35BA093ED22200"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall
facilitate and ensure permits, in an environmentally responsible manner, for
all surface development activities, including for the construction of pipelines
and roads, necessary—</text>
<paragraph id="HBEA6F72C362440598822821BEB611E74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to develop and
bring into production any areas within the Reserve that are subject to oil and
gas leases; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB644A38A1E564D96BF0FFD295E69DC64"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to transport oil
and gas from and through the Reserve to existing transportation or processing
infrastructure on the North Slope of Alaska.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFF5B9A1C0F8D489C9DD1E8DB0BF26B44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that any Federal
permitting agency shall issue permits in accordance with the following
timelines:</text>
<paragraph id="H1E5F242C660C4631A2882B938755E3C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Existing
leases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each permit for
construction relating to the transportation of oil and natural gas produced
under existing Federal oil and gas leases with respect to which the Secretary
of the Interior has issued a permit to drill shall be approved by not later
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E8248B0FEA94C6FBCAD2EE65AF3F167"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requested
permits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each permit for
construction for transportation of oil and natural gas produced under Federal
oil and gas leases shall be approved by not later than 180 days after the date
of submission to the Secretary of a request for a permit to drill.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEE1AB16D8278441898433A8A69ECB1F0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To ensure timely future development of the
Reserve, not later than 270 days after the date of 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 to ensure that all leasable
tracts in the Reserve are located 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="H7F68C802A42C4FA8806A754A70A19E22"><enum>505.</enum><header>Departmental
accountability for development</header>
<subsection id="H19A13CACDBBA40D3A3F00E205D92FF4A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior
shall promulgate regulations to establish clear requirements to ensure that the
Department of the Interior is supporting development of oil and gas leases in
the Reserve.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA17ED9416B6145A0AF8EE16F480C088B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadlines</header><text>At
a minimum, the regulations promulgated pursuant to this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA5A55DCA9B7A4B4CBAF30B3D5B07EEDD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>require the
Secretary of the Interior to respond, acknowledging receipt of any permit
application for development, by not later than 5 business days after the date
of receipt of the application; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69CE6A77947D4C64844FB59396F560E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish a
timeline for the processing of each such application that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6E25395C56D44786899AF60C5449F601"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specifies
deadlines for decisions and actions regarding permit applications; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE58531FC721497CA26B56A7F593EF01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides that the
period for issuing each permit after the date of submission of the application
shall not exceed 60 days, absent the concurrence of the applicant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD266506E47C9471BB991596A87561235"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Actions required
for failure To comply with deadlines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of the Interior fails to
comply with any deadline described in subsection (b) with respect to a permit
application, the Secretary shall notify the applicant not less frequently than
once every 5 days with specific information regarding—</text>
<paragraph id="id53F88C791088427F8E9CE0858BD44F17"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the reasons for the permit delay;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id90FD109B765545B6B178842323445DD1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the name of each specific office of the
Department of the Interior responsible for—</text>
<subparagraph id="id759BE15D23A94DF4AC0B611A9F0EBFF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issuing the permit; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1108490ED51843B985528A1571DE28CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitoring the permit delay; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id84DA69CCF14C451390C4B2FEB27CE312"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the date on which the permit
will be issued.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD289633EE77F40C287D4BDFB861AF2C3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional
infrastructure</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, after consultation with
the State of Alaska and after providing notice and an opportunity for public
comment, shall approve right-of-way corridors for the construction of 2
separate additional bridges and pipeline rights-of-way to help facilitate
timely oil and gas development of the Reserve.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3260BBE2B9CC419E9522C1343C84899D"><enum>506.</enum><header>Updated
resource assessment</header>
<subsection id="H98CE2B33D79D4EF489987F1EDC0FBE6C"><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 Reserve, including all conventional and unconventional oil and
natural gas.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H861008F9AD8F4446A9EA90EE97F1F07B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cooperation and
consultation</header><text>The resource assessment under 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="HADF3CF7EFACF4D71864E737564B8223B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The
resource assessment under subsection (a) shall be completed by not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEF5236CF312843EF81BFA03550808A81"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>In
carrying out this section, the United States Geological Survey may
cooperatively use resources and funds provided by the State of Alaska.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA3A6655691EC468BA0AD78D3479EF358"><enum>507.</enum><header>Colville River
Delta designation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
designation by the Environmental Protection Agency of the Colville River Delta
as an aquatic resource of national importance shall have no force or effect on
this title or an amendment made by this title.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Internet-based
onshore oil and gas lease sales</header>
<section id="H917D29A7BF3C4EBEA3F461B8C8C36412" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>BLM Live Internet Auctions
Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H1F9C1756DF5140AE94ECC327CE64EB23"><enum>602.</enum><header>Internet-based
onshore oil and gas lease sales</header>
<subsection id="HA9AB026DD1054724915108469B335B49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Section
17(b)(1) of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/226">30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEB01864FD00348ED858B55AD2B1DF1A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), in the third sentence, by striking <quote>Lease sales</quote> and
inserting <quote>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), lease sales</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HACC7D756028D4640BA51FAD3B7F673DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7D123781B44A424DB4C8800CACC4EBC2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H9993C92DCBBA4A16AAE6AE15D87ADCCC" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In order to diversify and expand the
United States onshore leasing program to ensure the best return to Federal
taxpayers, to reduce fraud, and to secure the leasing process, the Secretary
may conduct onshore lease sales through Internet-based bidding methods, each of
which shall be completed by not later than 7 days after the date of initiation
of the
sale.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F29967E9BFE4F04991161158E0894EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the tenth Internet-based lease sale conducted pursuant
to subparagraph (C) of section 17(b)(1) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C.
226(b)(1)) (as added by subsection (a)), the Secretary of the Interior shall
conduct, and submit to Congress a report describing the results of, an analysis
of the first 10 such lease sales, including—</text>
<paragraph id="HBA1DA64998DA49318AFE18F64F5D5570"><enum>(1)</enum><text>estimates of
increases or decreases in the lease sales, as compared to sales conducted by
oral bidding, in—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDED3591F58CE434DAC43C9476B221E8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
bidders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5343677F00A0480196D0D85D2CB3AFB5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the average amount
of the bids;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7377E5EEDD904E7C872B24B07FB89581"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the highest amount
of the bids; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92BA342C082147CB9765B8CBF5817030"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the lowest amount
of the bids;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H00DD19396F624CDCAFFE2EA75AE64BD4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an estimate on the
total cost or savings to the Department of the Interior as a result of the
sales, as compared to sales conducted by oral bidding; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7326490A3C4B49E1A8EAB63F7BEA3E59"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the demonstrated or expected effectiveness of different structures for lease
sales, which may—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB88E1E487B5D437BB8543C504DD9950F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide an
opportunity to better maximize bidder participation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD9BBDFF178B740959EDFBC3CA29B66D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure the
highest return to Federal taxpayers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA8AFAAE543854BE9813818582C38E26A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>minimize
opportunities for fraud or collusion; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB95643BF24704BAF84EFE1B407C5CCF7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensure the
security and integrity of the leasing process.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Advancing
offshore wind production</header>
<section id="HE26EE12FED384F2782982DE46A437F47"><enum>701.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
at the <quote><short-title>Advancing Offshore Wind
Production Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H3F36F0AF03434FF9AB500734FBF8051D"><enum>702.</enum><header>Offshore
meteorological site testing and monitoring projects</header>
<subsection id="HEA2B25A91AAC42588D19FDE96D01A24D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>offshore meteorological site testing and
monitoring project</term> means a project carried out on or in the waters of
the outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2 of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref>)) and administered by the Department of the
Interior to test or monitor weather (including energy provided by weather, such
as wind, tidal, current, and solar energy) using towers, buoys, or other
temporary ocean infrastructure, that—</text>
<paragraph id="H27A4BED0FAE048248B034B12DC1DD405"><enum>(1)</enum><text>causes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H758B919951F84D4FAA4A065481C83A9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>less than 1 acre
of surface or seafloor disruption at the location of each meteorological tower
or other device; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD641682F7CDE448ABD751174EFBC5F2E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not more than 5
acres of surface or seafloor disruption within the proposed area affected by
the project (including hazards to navigation);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD76452A07D5D43B69E938BD60C65545C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is decommissioned
not more than 5 years after the date of commencement of the project,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3DE8C260B1D748AD94BE1DB070CAB97B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>removal of towers,
buoys, or other temporary ocean infrastructure from the project site;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5071174327A49EEBB62460E3E32A5BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>restoration of the
project site to approximately the original condition of the site; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6B93253886DA4CEFA2F629B20DA417DE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides
meteorological information obtained by the project to the Secretary of the
Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4C78BA858063499A88C202B9D1A39B1A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Offshore
meteorological project permitting</header>
<paragraph id="H3462A50956F44FC09F8ED16EFD045D58"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall require, by
regulation, that any applicant seeking to conduct an offshore meteorological
site testing and monitoring project shall obtain a permit and right-of-way for
the project in accordance with this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE358906365DA42AEB7D35AC804DF7CF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Permit and
right-of-way timeline and conditions</header>
<subparagraph id="H97062C01C7C646AFA6F8F119571BFE72"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Deadline for
approval</header><text>The Secretary shall decide whether to issue a permit and
right-of-way for an offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project
by not later than 30 days after the date of receipt of a relevant
application.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H517B409655064B4DB25B564FBA53FF89"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public comment
and consultation</header><text>During the 30-day period referred to in
subparagraph (A) with respect to an application for a permit and right-of-way
under this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H0BA4C9140CC14C628633EA563C5FDA3B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide an
opportunity for submission of comments regarding the application by the public;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9B730B878278448495100FD017368568"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consult with the
Secretary of Defense, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the heads of other
Federal, State, and local agencies that would be affected by the issuance of
the permit and right-of-way.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B2453E962A04261A1579E2DAA976624"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Denial of
permit; opportunity to remedy deficiencies</header><text>If an application is
denied under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide to the
applicant—</text>
<clause id="H3F2B2EB670E2431BB79462AC017ACAD9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
writing—</text>
<subclause id="id31D69C6C84FF4F3BB1CCAF6DC809F7F2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a list of clear
and comprehensive reasons why the application was denied; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id17E0D692204141458A2234435BA1B82C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>detailed
information concerning any deficiencies in the application; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H5DDA42A17A974773A575D3E1E4159EC9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an
opportunity to remedy those deficiencies.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1DA5A09F4EF347139E175F3290982007"><enum>(c)</enum><header>NEPA
exclusion</header><text>Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>) shall not apply with respect to an offshore
meteorological site testing and monitoring project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H069DF5CF058E4554A2229C08FA81C51E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Protection of
information</header><text>Any information provided to the Secretary of the
Interior under subsection (a)(3) shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="idA9F48F95EE3D41ADB911A107805FD788"><enum>(1)</enum><text>treated by the
Secretary as proprietary information; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBA2E42B0AE0A44E58BA98C7709EBA959"><enum>(2)</enum><text>protected against
disclosure.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Critical
minerals</header>
<section id="id70ca81d20b4243deaf5c9190d1b61377"><enum>801.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="idf2b0d843e5f9427abdb5c467a16bb268"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicable
committees</header><text>The term <term>applicable committees</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idd8f6c8acc7df44328852503702462b24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5ea7f290703e4b81947095667cf8a024"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbd009a670fe64bd5b5acad4f4d11a36d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3d179229e86a483fb3f7897054be328c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc5bb248601184642b6072d16de0b4134"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clean energy
technology</header><text>The term <term>clean energy technology</term> means a
technology related to the production, use, transmission, storage, control, or
conservation of energy that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idebc5589d1216447aa1b089082896fb24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reduces the need
for additional energy supplies by using existing energy supplies with greater
efficiency or by transmitting, distributing, storing, or transporting energy
with greater effectiveness in or through the infrastructure of the United
States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3dc92abbc108402b977b2cea5490aee3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>diversifies the
sources of energy supply of the United States to strengthen energy security and
to increase supplies with a favorable balance of environmental effects if the
entire technology system is considered; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id53813b1cf2a44ce18b54b082d14e7cc2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>contributes to a
stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations through reduction,
avoidance, or sequestration of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddab26cc36d5d4b0eb1e4795c013f7f2d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Critical
mineral</header>
<subparagraph id="idec633738ecd84a5b9dc81cd149150dc4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>critical mineral</term> means any mineral
designated as a critical mineral pursuant to section 802.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id617e0645865847c4af39e9ebc0bf497b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The
term <term>critical mineral</term> does not include coal, oil, natural gas, or
any other fossil fuels.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id70385c1e50774388b88e1ac6624a4543"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Critical
mineral manufacturing</header><text>The term <term>critical mineral
manufacturing</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2ea5873e2f894640a6abcefd04b9fea6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the production,
processing, refining, alloying, separation, concentration, magnetic sintering,
melting, or beneficiation of critical minerals within the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcf4c8c797e7a44139e12b1852499d89d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the fabrication,
assembly, or production, within the United States, of clean energy technologies
(including technologies related to wind, solar, and geothermal energy,
efficient lighting, electrical superconducting materials, permanent magnet
motors, batteries, and other energy storage devices), military equipment, and
consumer electronics, or components necessary for applications; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb8f3b1c1e1494ac6987e54945f36ef43"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other
value-added, manufacturing-related use of critical minerals undertaken within
the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide562dc889a80420b8b5299b238fadce5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Indian
tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given
the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6e8010efcc6849849cb03c8402b576bd"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Military
equipment</header><text>The term <term>military equipment</term> means
equipment used directly by the Armed Forces to carry out military
operations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7ac2c73e32e6457e8b9840e068a3be29"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Rare earth
element</header>
<subparagraph id="id7415f925f6024455ad7f1c9d5e4719d7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>rare earth element</term> means the
chemical elements in the periodic table from lanthanum (atomic number 57) up to
and including lutetium (atomic number 71).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2b8b565655644c42bfa78ccee5f1f5bc"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The
term <term>rare earth element</term> includes the similar chemical elements
yttrium (atomic number 39) and scandium (atomic number 21).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2654225f9b634e70aa1e328085295323"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior—</text>
<subparagraph id="id62719a7f65494a888f88914d9e187007"><enum>(A)</enum><text>acting through
the Director of the United States Geological Survey; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd541653e0b724d8e9153133c2c17e97e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in consultation
with (as appropriate)—</text>
<clause id="id89cd0be0b8744ab0bf8d745afa847a1c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
Secretary of Energy;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6e88ba97430f487c8ae9e14d83212800"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Defense;</text>
</clause><clause id="ida50b7636775b4ca78cab3d198cfff78e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Secretary
of Commerce;</text>
</clause><clause id="id884f12dea6aa40cfa2fb9928ffbd5a8a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Secretary of
State;</text>
</clause><clause id="id511553cf5d6a472fa276ca2d7908d5cb"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the
Secretary of Agriculture;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6f9639eea70641528e259932347c18c9"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the United
States Trade Representative; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id73f9da919c0a4605abe1997fe907485f"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the heads of
other applicable Federal agencies.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd5949e20ba60439eab3a72d5d8a182d0"><enum>(9)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idf3d3a2bae21249f9875216291028dd4d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9db2efeb9afa4cc18997bd09725b6583"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id51b4ee7063814915b1445e8764b954c5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other
territory or possession of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idff76c78c01184d6cb146a983476415a6"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Value-added</header><text>The
term <term>value-added</term> means, with respect to an activity, an activity
that changes the form, fit, or function of a product, service, raw material, or
physical good so that the resultant market price is greater than the cost of
making the changes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id187e7bc9a2914cda9d9bae82a5ad9bf2"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Working
group</header><text>The term <term>Working Group</term> means the Critical
Minerals Working Group established under section 805(a).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id2ead495bdb484792ba223da74a41ebfe"><enum>802.</enum><header>Designations</header>
<subsection id="ide2e7ded60665497fabaee099cb0be138"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Draft
methodology</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register for public
comment a draft methodology for determining which minerals qualify as critical
minerals based on an assessment of whether the minerals are—</text>
<paragraph id="id9a3f811662f241a0be13d5b483e0ce55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>subject to
potential supply restrictions (including restrictions associated with foreign
political risk, abrupt demand growth, military conflict, and anti-competitive
or protectionist behaviors); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb80b41cebf774749a2c0e6bef2e473d0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>important in use
(including clean energy technology-, defense-, agriculture-, and health
care-related applications).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3b785b08e32d48c99c5e264df0d4c754"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
data</header><text>If available data is insufficient to provide a quantitative
basis for the methodology developed under this section, qualitative evidence
may be used.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id2996c5b41ae84bdca9c221faa5f60829"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Final
methodology</header><text>After reviewing public comments on the draft
methodology under subsection (a) and updating the draft methodology as
appropriate, the Secretary shall enter into an arrangement with the National
Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering to obtain, not
later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act—</text>
<paragraph id="idef1435c2df10468abc6e66a119b1dec7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a review of the
methodology; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide4c1cf88badb47049d8557af0f6de097"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations
for improving the methodology.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4a9397dbf168461f91136e945d00567f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Final
methodology</header><text>After reviewing the recommendations under subsection
(c), not later than 150 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a description of the final
methodology for determining which minerals qualify as critical minerals.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1d8bf6cd46aa44b99fd622109cd38070"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Designations</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall publish in the Federal Register a list of minerals designated as
critical, pursuant to the final methodology under subsection (d), for purposes
of carrying out this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id0a3e1df5ed074eb59d2f09db14a201fb"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Subsequent
review</header><text>The methodology and designations developed under
subsections (d) and (e) shall be updated at least every 5 years, or in more
regular intervals if considered appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idab29db09c7cd473eba4448435182a16e"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>On
finalization of the methodology under subsection (d), the list under subsection
(e), or any update to the list under subsection (f), the Secretary shall submit
to the applicable committees written notice of the action.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id2d3d8004bccf4a28a68ad4e66ef7300b"><enum>803.</enum><header>Policy</header>
<subsection id="id4af305b6ed1244839c76bb8edade511c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>It
is the policy of the United States to promote an adequate, reliable, domestic,
and stable supply of critical minerals, produced in an environmentally
responsible manner, in order to strengthen and sustain the economic security,
and the manufacturing, industrial, energy, technological, and competitive
stature, of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7a356b533803411aaa9ce21c7b174655"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
President, acting through the Executive Office of the President, shall
coordinate the actions of Federal agencies under this and other Acts—</text>
<paragraph id="idf9f75647bba14e5a9b0c8dd507ac2cf5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to encourage
Federal agencies to facilitate the availability, development, and
environmentally responsible production of domestic resources to meet national
critical minerals needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3e8a25d789894b76901cc8ef2d62ef8f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to minimize
duplication, needless paperwork, and delays in the administration of applicable
laws (including regulations) and the issuance of permits and authorizations
necessary to explore for, develop, and produce critical minerals and to
construct and operate critical mineral manufacturing facilities in an
environmentally responsible manner;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfcd7949cd8524f4eb7c6930335e28d18"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to promote the
development of economically stable and environmentally responsible domestic
critical mineral production and manufacturing;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idae79ab89d4d747e39932071b94c1d7d3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to establish an
analytical and forecasting capability for identifying critical mineral demand,
supply, and other market dynamics relevant to policy formulation so that
informed actions may be taken to avoid supply shortages, mitigate price
volatility, and prepare for demand growth and other market shifts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6688004b4b76402fad7fb1b9e4ed57ea"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to strengthen
educational and research capabilities and workforce training;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idab70a1a6c3de49319fc48b21176ad22e"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to bolster
international cooperation through technology transfer, information sharing, and
other means;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd92a07dbe4b84ff49802d41ceabef3c9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to promote the
efficient production, use, and recycling of critical minerals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0ce6c79585b84de0b5e5f4e8baccba8d"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to develop
alternatives to critical minerals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id53920d6580b048b0bb68541b590d1193"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to establish
contingencies for the production of, or access to, critical minerals for which
viable sources do not exist within the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id49a29e16243c495f8f84bbf214969193"><enum>804.</enum><header>Resource
assessment</header>
<subsection id="idc0c841805b434740a9f78332aa91cea9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, in consultation with applicable State (including geological surveys),
local, academic, industry, and other entities, the Secretary shall complete a
comprehensive national assessment of each critical mineral that—</text>
<paragraph id="ide80f7fccfc234e9f9cb5fedfcef0e03d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifies and
quantifies known critical mineral resources, using all available public and
private information and datasets, including exploration histories;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6f513a44c3cc45788c9a8cd6e6975770"><enum>(2)</enum><text>estimates the
cost of production of the critical mineral resources identified and quantified
under this section, using all available public and private information and
datasets, including exploration histories;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id79c268a179774aafaea67cf1a2b82b08"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides a
quantitative and qualitative assessment of undiscovered critical mineral
resources throughout the United States, including probability estimates of
tonnage and grade, using all available public and private information and
datasets, including exploration histories;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc4c5e410a0a44e76990ff00a2cbe76f5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provides
qualitative information on the environmental attributes of the critical mineral
resources identified under this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id19e35da8e58242fb9677d75f4a0b0332"><enum>(5)</enum><text>pays particular
attention to the identification and quantification of critical mineral
resources on Federal land that is open to location and entry for exploration,
development, and other uses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id53f92bba94a8414d8ed4c35184e9b693"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Field
work</header><text>If existing information and datasets prove insufficient to
complete the assessment under this section and there is no reasonable
opportunity to obtain the information and datasets from nongovernmental
entities, the Secretary may carry out field work (including drilling, remote
sensing, geophysical surveys, geological mapping, and geochemical sampling and
analysis) to supplement existing information and datasets available for
determining the existence of critical minerals on—</text>
<paragraph id="id5acabfc1600c4d64b33bef96e21e33c5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Federal land that
is open to location and entry for exploration, development, and other
uses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id62d52048e4664f1787a6724cb71e9ade"><enum>(2)</enum><text>tribal land, at
the request and with the written permission of the Indian tribe with
jurisdiction over the land; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id82e927c8f8f8437ca48c59b7830ad612"><enum>(3)</enum><text>State land, at
the request and with the written permission of the Governor of the
State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide5181f22716c423cb0b08088c556b829"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text>At the request of the Governor of a State or an Indian
tribe, the Secretary may provide technical assistance to State governments and
Indian tribes conducting critical mineral resource assessments on non-Federal
land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8dde9513a2c145518b3c9e331bbb3868"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Financial
assistance</header><text>The Secretary may make grants to State governments, or
Indian tribes and economic development entities of Indian tribes, to cover the
costs associated with assessments of critical mineral resources on State or
tribal land, as applicable.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id91014e8a75384468b803d29829ffa3d3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
submit to the applicable committees a report describing the results of the
assessment conducted under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idff1349c7b68e4e36990bccee9b974a30"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Prioritization</header>
<paragraph id="id96539a93e3e64579b1c68998e50dabcb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may sequence the completion of resource
assessments for each critical mineral such that critical materials considered
to be most critical under the methodology established pursuant to section 802
are completed first.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id72d07a4ad9394de78eda077ceb03753e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>If
the Secretary sequences the completion of resource assessments for each
critical material, the Secretary shall submit a report under subsection (e) on
an iterative basis over the 4-year period beginning on the date of enactment of
this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3637dddda6814aa3ba75ca6d00a737d4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The
Secretary shall periodically update the assessment conducted under this section
based on—</text>
<paragraph id="id2933131f34d941528e75788d2879b833"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the generation of
new information or datasets by the Federal Government; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd1c8b862fb7541e7a45c769b586c7e61"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the receipt of
new information or datasets from critical mineral producers, State geological
surveys, academic institutions, trade associations, or other entities or
individuals.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idb418b6b62aa5469a83bb524cc85609cc"><enum>805.</enum><header>Permitting</header>
<subsection id="id8c935ff34937437a9910b1bb5c9b361a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Critical
minerals working group</header>
<paragraph id="idde36320be3ef41bb8d6f6c7d5cadf430"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established within the Department of the
Interior a working group to be known as the <quote>Critical Minerals Working
Group</quote>, which shall report to the President and the applicable
committees through the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4e0291342052433f91ca37668e1b8c45"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
Working Group shall be composed of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="idd8bbbcab99904deb8091cf3bebb02b54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary of
the Interior (or a designee), who shall serve as chair of the Working
Group.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40189f4e6ee94a529082b77e77480965"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A Presidential
designee from the Executive Office of the President, who shall serve as
vice-chair of the Working Group.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id723dcc4398a74704a053fa1f332d7636"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Energy (or a designee).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id64422750565544e0ac7332cff31978df"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Agriculture (or a designee).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd18d0f5a177048c7a1832da6ead53470"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Defense (or a designee).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id19d214162808400ea4fe9e1808f278f5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Commerce (or a designee).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6080f14922a9415db4ae5b7c23cd5996"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The Secretary of
State (or a designee).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id91fcde91e59345dbb6c270b25db0a7d3"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The United States
Trade Representative (or a designee).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc93fac75a3824e4b897dfc448f7df108"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency (or a designee).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87c3a072cfea4b07801a59646db33c2e"><enum>(J)</enum><text>The Chief of
Engineers of the Corps of Engineers (or a designee).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id28e38104eba24177b945595a75172da1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Working Group shall operate in consultation with private sector, academic, and
other applicable stakeholders with experience related to—</text>
<paragraph id="id4962c48bafcb43efadffb7df0b107951"><enum>(1)</enum><text>critical minerals
exploration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide885f2ef08c94012a126009cbe0cc65a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>critical minerals
permitting;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7dee5008878c4cbfb77d660388b701b1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>critical minerals
production; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2112884428b4439c8fc597ba18ffa173"><enum>(4)</enum><text>critical minerals
manufacturing.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id57c757b49d45430ba1a5303f734d1229"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Working Group shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id857d9842ddba4a0daa52306a84737d25"><enum>(1)</enum><text>facilitate
Federal agency efforts to optimize efficiencies associated with the permitting
of activities that will increase exploration and development of domestic
critical minerals, while maintaining environmental standards;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9b87baa855944183b0507c60eceffbe2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>facilitate
Federal agency review of laws (including regulations) and policies that
discourage investment in exploration and development of domestic critical
minerals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0ab897ccae1e414aa0ee1ddf1d67fb41"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assess whether
Federal policies adversely impact the global competitiveness of the domestic
critical minerals exploration and development sector (including taxes, fees,
regulatory burdens, and access restrictions);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf22b23f4411f4ee582f9a37dc927314f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>evaluate the
sufficiency of existing mechanisms for the provision of tenure on Federal land
and the role of the mechanisms in attracting capital investment for the
exploration and development of domestic critical minerals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2de5e3f957794e5489de0167795ab8f6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>generate such
other information and take such other actions as the Working Group considers
appropriate to achieve the policy described in section 803(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ideb03a0a152c543de9d8faaa441ebe1a4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 300 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Working Group
shall submit to the applicable committees a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="ide661264fbb4c45b99cdc3b2fbcded25e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the
results of actions taken under subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4e744e5231384444aa11585e93b52ded"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluates the
amount of time typically required (including the range derived from minimum and
maximum durations, mean, median, variance, and other statistical measures or
representations) to complete each step (including those aspects outside the
control of the executive branch of the Federal Government, such as judicial
review, applicant decisions, or State and local government involvement)
associated with the processing of applications, operating plans, leases,
licenses, permits, and other use authorizations for critical mineral-related
activities on Federal land, which shall serve as a baseline for the performance
metric developed and finalized under subsections (e) and (f),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1c3825030df241a18b33f3772ce97f5e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identifies
measures (including regulatory changes and legislative proposals) that would
optimize efficiencies, while maintaining environmental standards, associated
with the permitting of activities that will increase exploration and
development of domestic critical minerals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5fadd655514c4c479b9ded5e900459d1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identifies
options (including cost recovery paid by applicants) for ensuring adequate
staffing of divisions, field offices, or other entities responsible for the
consideration of applications, operating plans, leases, licenses, permits, and
other use authorizations for critical mineral-related activities on Federal
land.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide4ddafe852bf4bf88bb92ac69495a941"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Draft
performance metric</header><text>Not later than 330 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and on completion of the report required under
subsection (d), the Working Group shall publish in the Federal Register for
public comment a draft description of a performance metric for evaluating the
progress made by the executive branch of the Federal Government on matters
within the control of that branch towards optimizing efficiencies, while
maintaining environmental standards, associated with the permitting of
activities that will increase exploration and development of domestic critical
minerals.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id433020b8be9c4dbb897e570e8b4f84cb"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Final
performance metric</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, and after consideration of any public comments received
under subsection (e), the Working Group shall publish in the Federal Register a
description of the final performance metric.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id846853a5f49b406c88387b8925f99646"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this
Act and annually thereafter, using the final performance metric under
subsection (f), the Working Group shall submit to the applicable committees, as
part of the budget request of the Department of the Interior for each fiscal
year, each report that—</text>
<paragraph id="id69c8e7591c094fd4ad19eb6e00155477"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the
progress made by the executive branch of the Federal Government on matters
within the control of that branch towards optimizing efficiencies, while
maintaining environmental standards, associated with the permitting of
activities that will increase exploration and development of domestic critical
minerals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1198f7ca1e9e49adb06f2ee510fb31ed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>compares the
United States to other countries in terms of permitting efficiency,
environmental standards, and other criteria relevant to a globally competitive
economic sector.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbeddca9b0b704daf95e49a84c84dddb2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Report of small
business administration</header><text>Not later than 300 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration
shall submit to the applicable committees a report that assesses the
performance of Federal agencies in—</text>
<paragraph id="id0636907bc9524ed287242751bb92168f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>complying with
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/6">chapter 6</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the
<quote>Regulatory Flexibility Act</quote>), in promulgating regulations
applicable to the critical minerals industry; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id49837574ffc141ce842a8710c1d65c6b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>performing an
analysis of regulations applicable to the critical minerals industry that may
be outmoded, inefficient, duplicative, or excessively burdensome.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3489128785aa46cb96abf65afd60adf2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header>
<paragraph id="id7bafa94f0e204e3d9b2c3c1cc9ab7c08"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Nothing in this section affects any judicial review of an
agency action under any other provision of law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb56cf5d7c15f4e9787da7f0ae5bab51b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>This
section—</text>
<subparagraph id="id91c79e24593b4dc6a47de8e01943757d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is intended to
improve the internal management of the Federal Government; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id925b0fcceca44b50a137c93cf366e423"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not create
any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity
by a party against the United States (including an agency, instrumentality,
officer, or employee) or any other person.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id71163e2ed67840438e5c3697b37e0569"><enum>806.</enum><header>Recycling and
alternatives</header>
<subsection id="id2dea3e5adb4d487c8babc198f51da286"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary of Energy shall conduct a program of research and development to
promote the efficient production, use, and recycling of, and alternatives to,
critical minerals.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idcdbc6e29907d43ae8d74bff86efede0b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>In
carrying out the program, the Secretary of Energy shall cooperate with
appropriate—</text>
<paragraph id="id3b1a40d2a77e4e479672463b20d0524b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Federal agencies
and National Laboratories;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8f93d9d396344313b1bd9c7f981d53ff"><enum>(2)</enum><text>critical mineral
producers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2e1f0a553ce444368518c3eb01152373"><enum>(3)</enum><text>critical mineral
manufacturers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddd2319722b6842d19663e0e9a700b3d1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>trade
associations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id01e082a9be2642888cc21a279b070efc"><enum>(5)</enum><text>academic
institutions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf9dc74e330c84429a6b1fc6c02d80bc5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>small businesses;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9d4a07e1101d4f1c8303d0d6b6feae0a"><enum>(7)</enum><text>other relevant
entities or individuals.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1c2112f7a682457cb08bb626fba7468c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>Under
the program, the Secretary of Energy shall carry out activities that include
the identification and development of—</text>
<paragraph id="id8dab8d14459d45b481135050166e184e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>advanced critical
mineral production or processing technologies that decrease the environmental
impact, and costs of production, of such activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida9c15fc13eb54673b6d43ac75c9ec425"><enum>(2)</enum><text>techniques and
practices that minimize or lead to more efficient use of critical
minerals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5b1d224e8ffb447ca18fa20722e30093"><enum>(3)</enum><text>techniques and
practices that facilitate the recycling of critical minerals, including options
for improving the rates of collection of post-consumer products containing
critical minerals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id993b854687054e1095b0b2ccceb63c79"><enum>(4)</enum><text>commercial
markets, advanced storage methods, energy applications, and other beneficial
uses of critical minerals processing byproducts; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9b73cafca43747a28e01ce18f32f956d"><enum>(5)</enum><text>alternative
minerals, metals, and materials, particularly those available in abundance
within the United States and not subject to potential supply restrictions, that
lessen the need for critical minerals.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9102e73d858d4c3c98030b981c18d934"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act and every 5 years
thereafter, the Secretaries shall submit to the applicable committees a report
summarizing the activities, findings, and progress of the program.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id1d74122d82bb4fe0bb15c169f9b75518"><enum>807.</enum><header>Analysis and
forecasting</header>
<subsection id="idc800f8e3c4a447a6a047a81c57bddf1d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Capabilities</header><text>In
order to evaluate existing critical mineral policies and inform future actions
that may be taken to avoid supply shortages, mitigate price volatility, and
prepare for demand growth and other market shifts, the Secretary, in
consultation with academic institutions, the Energy Information Administration,
and others in order to maximize the application of existing competencies
related to developing and maintaining computer-models and similar analytical
tools, shall conduct and publish the results of an annual report that
includes—</text>
<paragraph id="id4bed9ed958a641d69eb8bcfcb50de15a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as part of the
annually published Mineral Commodity Summaries from the United States
Geological Survey, a comprehensive review of critical mineral production,
consumption, and recycling patterns, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0082cac91bcd4687af7f12f51d418033"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the quantity of
each critical mineral domestically produced during the preceding year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4a9b1bb286a04800be865d491a3ebdd7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the quantity of
each critical mineral domestically consumed during the preceding year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id93d0104c5f8c406381223b57cf94dbbc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>market price data
for each critical mineral;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8c2777a888eb41cd8b8ad744cf2b7dd9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an assessment
of—</text>
<clause id="id4096714e7b6b466ba780011cfae034fa"><enum>(i)</enum><text>critical mineral
requirements to meet the national security, energy, economic, industrial,
technological, and other needs of the United States during the preceding
year;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6ef04479fbbc4db482ecc99423716e11"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the reliance of
the United States on foreign sources to meet those needs during the preceding
year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id5f7c37c8167944b5b2084e9708a66963"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the
implications of any supply shortages, restrictions, or disruptions during the
preceding year;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddaf7435e58dc4905a92a8752c0634f58"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the quantity of
each critical mineral domestically recycled during the preceding year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65a80d4a3cc94a018fdeb0bf96de584f"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the market
penetration during the preceding year of alternatives to each critical
mineral;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida4a5541cdf8944adbaa68738100ca0d9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a discussion of
applicable international trends associated with the discovery, production,
consumption, use, costs of production, prices, and recycling of each critical
mineral as well as the development of alternatives to critical minerals;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1c84a84073da497e9d419e9a25c38d65"><enum>(H)</enum><text>such other data,
analyses, and evaluations as the Secretary finds are necessary to achieve the
purposes of this section; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id68fb73e7ca374791be0913a38927071d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a comprehensive
forecast, entitled the <quote>Annual Critical Minerals Outlook</quote>, of
projected critical mineral production, consumption, and recycling patterns,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id33b93cd6b63b4a9a810d74524282435d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the quantity of
each critical mineral projected to be domestically produced over the subsequent
1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida755514838984aba8138d5688cd04f42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the quantity of
each critical mineral projected to be domestically consumed over the subsequent
1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida8f86c2a06004f85ba438df2d9b0e92b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>market price
projections for each critical mineral, to the maximum extent practicable and
based on the best available information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7e2eb4b03fcb4ee4a970cdc1923b39c4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an assessment
of—</text>
<clause id="idda5e2056acbb4c55b16094e2059af054"><enum>(i)</enum><text>critical mineral
requirements to meet projected national security, energy, economic, industrial,
technological, and other needs of the United States;</text>
</clause><clause id="id3f40b3b673024d33a5e5c3a000561a1a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the projected
reliance of the United States on foreign sources to meet those needs;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ide4bae4ed64b345968fc828d423393663"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the projected
implications of potential supply shortages, restrictions, or
disruptions;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida4b34046e7484f98b457154cfba64b6a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the quantity of
each critical mineral projected to be domestically recycled over the subsequent
1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida3fca76812f243cea3ed27185e613836"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the market
penetration of alternatives to each critical mineral projected to take place
over the subsequent 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaee42cd0c360459a9da17182d7f003c7"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a discussion of
reasonably foreseeable international trends associated with the discovery,
production, consumption, use, costs of production, prices, and recycling of
each critical mineral as well as the development of alternatives to critical
minerals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3162c725a31f4aec9eadc28994198b83"><enum>(H)</enum><text>such other
projections relating to each critical mineral as the Secretary determines to be
necessary to achieve the purposes of this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0a09b64d2054498d9f74a95b693ed237"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Proprietary
information</header><text>In preparing a report described in subsection (a),
the Secretary shall ensure that—</text>
<paragraph id="idb966c4532f164597bcb500f81b32ee09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>no person uses
the information and data collected for the report for a purpose other than the
development of or reporting of aggregate data in a manner such that the
identity of the person who supplied the information is not discernible and is
not material to the intended uses of the information;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb71d5a7e611a48fa98bea32824f324e3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>no person
discloses any information or data collected for the report unless the
information or data has been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form
that does not allow the identification of the person who supplied particular
information; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb4597c1d0f92430fb89e0f4f4920bd62"><enum>(3)</enum><text>procedures are
established to require the withholding of any information or data collected for
the report if the Secretary determines that withholding is necessary to protect
proprietary information, including any trade secrets or other confidential
information.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idef668d91b2ca4674b69783bdc8de9c1b"><enum>808.</enum><header>Education and
workforce</header>
<subsection id="ide0a23c9ff13f4ae89ea40ba6b5cc22e9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Workforce
assessment</header><text>Not later than 300 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Labor (in consultation with the Secretary of the
Interior, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and employers in the
critical minerals sector) shall submit to Congress an assessment of the
domestic availability of technically trained personnel necessary for critical
mineral assessment, production, manufacturing, recycling, analysis,
forecasting, education, and research, including an analysis of—</text>
<paragraph id="id7e4e8a82199b40b9b2f779c92520906a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>skills that are
in the shortest supply as of the date of the assessment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8441218a22e54ea59b075a21f615a32a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>skills that are
projected to be in short supply in the future;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idffb2e6ff11764921b710403f3a7976ca"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the demographics
of the critical minerals industry and how the demographics will evolve under
the influence of factors such as an aging workforce;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idaf12013f6c174d00be2e2a0900a045a6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the effectiveness
of training and education programs in addressing skills shortages;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id22df370c7a97434fbedeb92bf2f2dcd0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>opportunities to
hire locally for new and existing critical mineral activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idba3f4a86995641b8bcb5262f62951915"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the sufficiency
of personnel within relevant areas of the Federal Government for achieving the
policy described in section 803(a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddd35335a6d994c93acbc40f92d7fbaf3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the potential
need for new training programs to have a measurable effect on the supply of
trained workers in the critical minerals industry.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb23b7c0c6849444f945726a296181b16"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Curriculum
study</header>
<paragraph id="idc1eeb101bfeb47c58e77294e1b492c6b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary and the Secretary of Labor shall jointly
enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences and the
National Academy of Engineering under which the Academies shall coordinate with
the National Science Foundation on conducting a study—</text>
<subparagraph id="idbd3182978d5d4be49c4aba9534c7df40"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to design an
interdisciplinary program on critical minerals that will support the critical
mineral supply chain and improve the ability of the United States to increase
domestic, critical mineral exploration, development, and manufacturing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3b84b733b3554cd2a7d6b6aea073142d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to address
undergraduate and graduate education, especially to assist in the development
of graduate level programs of research and instruction that lead to advanced
degrees with an emphasis on the critical mineral supply chain or other
positions that will increase domestic, critical mineral exploration,
development, and manufacturing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2b8b64ec61bd4707848756ca6ea5f836"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to develop
guidelines for proposals from institutions of higher education with substantial
capabilities in the required disciplines to improve the critical mineral supply
chain and advance the capacity of the United States to increase domestic,
critical mineral exploration, development, and manufacturing; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id08b2c071114d44f6881112a0cae7446b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to outline
criteria for evaluating performance and recommendations for the amount of
funding that will be necessary to establish and carry out the grant program
described in subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idca1d54445a354bf6a11e3345dd0cabdc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
submit to Congress a description of the results of the study required under
paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc58fd47a0d63433997ab373165ac07df"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant
program</header>
<paragraph id="iddc34a9d41bf84830b0b4e34edcc8cfaa"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary and the National Science Foundation shall jointly conduct a
competitive grant program under which institutions of higher education may
apply for and receive 4-year grants for—</text>
<subparagraph id="id13d553cd88d84fd18c0f1b49af1caa02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>startup costs for
newly designated faculty positions in integrated critical mineral education,
research, innovation, training, and workforce development programs consistent
with subsection (b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id74be71de3eb6401ba53ba0582592e353"><enum>(B)</enum><text>internships,
scholarships, and fellowships for students enrolled in critical mineral
programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5962f417e9cc4c9e86983f720cbed9af"><enum>(C)</enum><text>equipment
necessary for integrated critical mineral innovation, training, and workforce
development programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id424c4a243e9541a985886ce8237fe011"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewal</header><text>A
grant under this subsection shall be renewable for up to 2 additional 3-year
terms based on performance criteria outlined under subsection (b)(1)(D).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id65de8c4568d940719423bf4651509995"><enum>809.</enum><header>International
cooperation</header>
<subsection id="ida235616379e746c08a9102c4118084ce"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary, shall carry out a
program to promote international cooperation on critical mineral supply chain
issues with allies of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idba68ad1b2c084fae99ff26ba8f781e42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>Under
the program, the Secretary of State may work with allies of the United
States—</text>
<paragraph id="id8a2b570a9fae462496acbfbe8a4f73b9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to increase the
global, responsible production of critical minerals, if a determination is made
by the Secretary of State that there is no viable production capacity for the
critical minerals within the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf0d9a5beb7e24bf2b1de134d93fee323"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to improve the
efficiency and environmental performance of extraction techniques;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3d5aabbc155941bdbf7f78f629398e68"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to increase the
recycling of, and deployment of alternatives to, critical minerals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf5d2187066324fe98993b37f21d77e69"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to assist in the
development and transfer of critical mineral extraction, processing, and
manufacturing technologies that would have a beneficial impact on world
commodity markets and the environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb79f0f678450400d810ec50e04d254b6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to strengthen and
maintain intellectual property protections; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5ecc511d0e47439fad1965236f3bc29c"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to facilitate the
collection of information necessary for analyses and forecasts conducted
pursuant to section 807.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7cd1268760a74f359e230a28ab83932c"><enum>810.</enum><header>Repeal,
authorization, and offset</header>
<subsection id="id6314db1b9c2e48d49894387f263cab76"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="idb8d215023c34437cbe9b684c931fb3a7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The National Critical Materials Act of 1984 (30 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id530f6241390c4791a0e673e18c2a6217"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 3(d) of the National Superconductivity and
Competitiveness Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/5202">15 U.S.C. 5202(d)</external-xref>) is amended in the first
sentence by striking <quote>, with the assistance of the National Critical
Materials Council as specified in the National Critical Materials Act of 1984
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/1801">30 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.</external-xref>),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida3e712ba637f4f0db6aee4a73366e039"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this title and the amendments made by this title $30,000,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id673e8f14fcd44f6480c788fadb9678ae"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization
offset</header><text>Section 207(c) of the Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17022">42 U.S.C. 17022(c)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the period at the
end the following: <quote>, except that the amount authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section not appropriated as of the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Domestic Energy and Jobs
Act</short-title> shall be reduced by $30,000,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="H8623251998BB40C582919AC91CAA628E"><enum>901.</enum><header>Limitation on
transfer of functions under the Solid Minerals Leasing Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior may not
transfer to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement any
responsibility or authority to perform any function performed on the day before
the date of enactment of this Act under the solid minerals leasing program of
the Department of the Interior, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H63B1613F0C6B49F8964D7444B51F0E85"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any function
under—</text>
<subparagraph id="H60EBF4AD568E4AC287F112D7EB18F02D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sections 2318
through 2352 of the Revised Statutes (commonly known as the “Mining Law of
1872”) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/21">30 U.S.C. 21 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFE9B1B3923214BE1A88DB8A453756412"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Act of July
31, 1947 (commonly known as the <quote>Materials Act of 1947</quote>) (30
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A9C7EB4AE0C4CDB819750E42C6374C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Mineral
Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8AEF225EAF0348D78EBD537D04836FBB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Mineral
Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/351">30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5FEEC93749BB46ABB0EEA8D43CF649FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any function
relating to management of mineral development on Federal land and acquired land
under section 302 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1732); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21273DA445B041ECAF731B637D113B2A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any function
performed under the mining law administration program of the Bureau of Land
Management.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H830F5EE7CA774A87B931B8D778E460BC"><enum>902.</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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>2055</quote> and inserting <quote>2025, and shall
not exceed $750,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through
2055</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HE01E8519C87D493FBDEFCE782A56C20D"><enum>903.</enum><header>Lease Sale 220
and other lease sales off the coast of Virginia</header>
<subsection id="H0004B5ECBC4F4509B75D9246D79AC793"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion in
leasing programs</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H84B2BDB528884BEDA09152D88F6DE468"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as soon as
practicable after, but not later than 10 days after, the date of enactment of
this Act, revise the proposed outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing
program for the 2012–2017 period to include in the program Lease Sale 220 off
the coast of Virginia; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01DB3CFDA6254E5A9238FA5AB3E405E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include the outer
Continental Shelf off the coast of Virginia in the leasing program for each
5-year period after the 2012–2017 period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HADFB940CC34F489192CC34614BD98F44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conduct of Lease
Sale</header><text>As soon as practicable, but not later than 1 year, after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall carry out
under section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1337">43 U.S.C. 1337</external-xref>) Lease
Sale 220.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0AE0B8A2BEE34BE7BBE8C2429F0B2F95"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Balancing
military and energy production goals</header>
<paragraph id="HCA0413C032B745759F691C6CF276CE62"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Joint
goals</header><text>In recognition that the outer Continental Shelf oil and gas
leasing program and the domestic energy resources produced under that program
are integral to national security, the Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Defense shall work jointly in implementing this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H20659825284C4A12B926D9AC1EFDE867"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to preserve the
ability of the Armed Forces to maintain an optimum state of readiness through
their continued use of energy resources of the outer Continental Shelf;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD248181D1984297A5575A2AB1C54897"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to allow effective
exploration, development, and production of the oil, gas, and renewable energy
resources of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFAC2A87B6EBE48E9AA7EC34DC396DB95"><enum>(2)</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 off the coast of
Virginia that would conflict with any military operation, as determined in
accordance with—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9E5138450DE54AE1B0E7FBC35C516526"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the agreement
entitled <quote>Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Defense and
the Department of the Interior on Mutual Concerns on the Outer Continental
Shelf </quote> signed July 20, 1983; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6BAEF08A04A6468EAB3AE7C19C756E7C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any revision to,
or replacement of, the agreement described in subparagraph (A) that is agreed
to by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior after July 20,
1983, but before the date of issuance of the lease under which the exploration,
development, or production is conducted.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C90AB1A65E34B2B9C4B242376202990"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National defense
areas</header><text>The United States reserves the right to designate by and
through the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the President, national
defense areas on the outer Continental Shelf under section 12(d) of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1341">43 U.S.C. 1341(d)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2889c5e46a4045859f72fa974ef66395"><enum>904.</enum><header>Limitation on
authority to issue regulations modifying the stream zone buffer
rule</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the
Interior may not, before December 31, 2013, issue a regulation modifying the
final rule entitled “Excess Spoil, Coal Mine Waste, and Buffers for Perennial
and Intermittent Streams” (73 Fed. Reg. 75814 (December 12, 2008)).</text>
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