113 S17 IS: Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013
U.S. Senate
2013-02-27
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the
Energy Production and Project Delivery
Act of 2013
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—Outer Continental Shelf leasing
Sec. 101. Extension of leasing program.
Sec. 102. Lease sales.
Sec. 103. Applications for permits to drill.
Sec. 104. Lease sales for certain areas.
Sec. 105. Disposition of revenues.
TITLE II—Leasing program for land within Coastal
Plain
Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. Leasing program for lands within the Coastal
Plain.
Sec. 203. Lease sales.
Sec. 204. Grant of leases by the Secretary.
Sec. 205. Lease terms and conditions.
Sec. 206. Policies regarding buying, building, and working for
America.
Sec. 207. Coastal Plain environmental protection.
Sec. 208. Expedited judicial review.
Sec. 209. Treatment of revenues.
Sec. 210. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain.
Sec. 211. Conveyance.
TITLE III—Regulatory streamlining
Sec. 301. Jurisdiction over covered energy
projects.
Sec. 302. Environmental legal fees.
Sec. 303. Master leasing plans.
Sec. 304. National monuments.
Sec. 305. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions
reductions in China, India, and Russia.
Sec. 306. Employment effects of actions under Clean Air
Act.
Sec. 307. Endangered species.
Sec. 308. Central Valley Project.
Sec. 309. Keystone XL permit approval.
Sec. 310. Drakes Bay Oyster Company.
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Outer Continental Shelf leasing</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7DBBBBD74EF4D828E01E0F3F5C62F79" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of leasing program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6939C62465454732A21586918372CE2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (c), the Draft
Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010–2015 issued
by the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the
<quote>Secretary</quote>) under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>) shall be considered to be the final oil and gas leasing
program under that section for the period of fiscal years 2013 through
2018.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3976DF4A5BA6481F9816BF403F210251"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Final environmental impact
statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is
considered to have issued a final environmental impact statement for the
program applicable to the period described in subsection (a) in accordance with
all requirements under 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>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CC28F5C145847729A1E3D47B1DA63E1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Lease
Sales 214, 232, and 239 shall not be included in the final oil and gas leasing
program for the period of fiscal years 2013 through 2018.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4cad9042e36b46f5a956cd01535f7022"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eastern Gulf of
Mexico not included</header><text>Nothing in this section affects restrictions
on oil and gas leasing under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43
U.S.C. 1331 note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F008F949DD042B28F148507F43AB0F4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lease sales</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F6ECC0885C54EE7A549F289D1EE36E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this
section, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and
every 270 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this
section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall conduct a lease sale in each
outer Continental Shelf planning area for which the Secretary determines that
there is a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for
production on the outer Continental Shelf.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF36D959B0294423B4C301F7476EF6B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsequent determinations and
sales</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary
determines that there is not a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil
and gas leases for production on the outer Continental Shelf in a planning area
under this section, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the
determination and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A0D9703C22D4463B4393B6A2AD3D81C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine whether there is a commercial
interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for production on the outer
Continental Shelf in the planning area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E510B218E3E4E54A7E4370B789F0EC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the Secretary determines that there is a
commercial interest described in subsection (a), conduct a lease sale in the
planning area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd624b06cf82c4930a4c0ec90ca41b2c3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exclusion from
5-Year lease program</header><text>If a planning area for which there is a
commercial interest described in subsection (a) was not included in a 5-year
lease program, the Secretary shall include leasing in the planning area in the
subsequent 5-year lease program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDd7e88daa36e24b36bcadf33936b67fe2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Petitions</header><text>If
a person petitions the Secretary to conduct a lease sale for an outer
Continental Shelf planning area in which the person has a commercial interest,
the Secretary shall conduct a lease sale for the area in accordance with
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id664AD54CE99244488632273A92B81F66"><enum>103.</enum><header>Applications
for permits to drill</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5
of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1334">43 U.S.C. 1334</external-xref>) is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id539EB49753C74A6890477705DF4C91DD" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F81B317EA3747ED89E503E8909B2A30"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Applications
for permits To drill</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5008C471FF894E699B4ECB8ED604E7F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall approve or
disapprove an application for a permit to drill submitted under this Act not
later than 20 days after the date the application is submitted to the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCD467A1CE8E4015892AA4C6B65632B6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disapproval</header><text>If
the Secretary disapproves an application for a permit to drill submitted under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE69F5844521043A4893807E36BCEAA11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide to the
applicant a description of the reasons for the disapproval of the
application;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFFF976287B042DD986B1DD7B76C00EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allow the
applicant to resubmit an application during the 10-day period beginning on the
date of the receipt of the description by the applicant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98F52C1ADA8B416897B6D322E5529FF9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>approve or
disapprove any resubmitted application not later than 10 days after the date
the application is submitted to the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id21FB044B09FA4381ACDE0C7B91E3A78C"><enum>104.</enum><header>Lease sales
for certain areas</header>
<subsection id="idCFE6B5BB90234189969CDE19C66891B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</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 hold
Lease Sale 220 for areas offshore of the State of Virginia.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8D14EB5FC64149F0B6DF6F26841D3484"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compliance with
other laws</header><text>For purposes of the Lease Sales described in
subsection (a), the Environmental Impact Statement for the 2010-2015-Year OCS
Plan and the applicable Multi-Sale Environmental Impact Statement shall be
considered to satisfy 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>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDd080402b59bf48c588cd88278c124e1e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Energy projects
in Gulf of Mexico</header>
<paragraph id="ID6b0b9d1305e84aa59152ded763a858b1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Jurisdiction</header><text>The
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit shall have exclusive
jurisdiction over challenges to offshore energy projects and permits to drill
carried out in the Gulf of Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID78a2df2d14e94515a1be79d3276fd74b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Filing
deadline</header><text>Any civil action to challenge a project or permit
described in paragraph (1) shall be filed not later than 60 days after the date
of approval of the project or the issuance of the permit.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id83B67AC8E8B641BDB4DACCCC635A3BE8"><enum>105.</enum><header>Disposition of
revenues</header>
<subsection id="id5F79C92343AD473994E65415DBF51B55"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
102 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—</text>
<paragraph id="id0428856F29AD496CA2F62F69A4B59A95"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (5) through (11) as paragraphs (6) through (12),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAD84E6CD33514C6DBA2BBEDDB8E12EB6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (4) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9714663512944CD3A39E4400F2582098" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idC784DD5E538C4475BB0BDA436DFADD7C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Coastal
State</header><text>The term <term>coastal State</term> means a State with a
coastal seaward boundary within 200 nautical miles distance of the geographical
center of a leased tract in—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2DB0DC59FBA74DB6897E053B2EC59781"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an outer
Continental Shelf area in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent Zones
and OCS Planning Areas; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAD3EE1FF41FB4161BB451961EC60DFD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>effective for
fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, an outer Continental Shelf
area in any OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning
Areas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3DACABD9DCD74D90904F82C50BDB11E3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (10)
(as so redesignated), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82E94109156E48E0800465787C02CFE9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id731BFBEB215C4FFD8F7EC09222AA6B17"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>qualified outer Continental Shelf
revenues</term> means all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due
and payable to the United States from leases entered into on or after—</text>
<clause id="id816117C07EC94237B2856CDAB7E29348"><enum>(i)</enum><text>December 20,
2006, with respect to coastal States located in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="id96CB50B0AAC0461FBA604E142FD72BE2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>October 1, 2023,
with respect to coastal States located in—</text>
<subclause id="id80F3D6C18CAD452292EEDDDF7DD61FAC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Atlantic OCS
Region;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id35F17EDD1A87467D936899C8D8B48369"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Pacific OCS
Region; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id0DAED4C8EF874185A0946C0857DC56E5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Alaska OCS
Region.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id024C3AD3F17C4661A4868732625D397C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (11)
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>Gulf producing State</quote> each
place it appears and inserting <quote>coastal State</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfab191d78af6442c83349111e085587e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disposition of
revenues</header><text>Section 105 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—</text>
<paragraph id="id04480A25E5B244198F56D21B694C2D80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">from
181 Area, 181 South Area, and 2002-2007 planning areas of gulf of
mexico</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0071825E32DB4B638E2E8B7F1264A692"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Gulf producing State</quote> each place it appears (other than
subsection (b)(1)) and inserting <quote>coastal State</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9369AF6274A9410EA82D258F0977E659"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2C4D1DF12564172BBAEF2EDA01316AD" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id227408EC0655400A8256EF320D674CF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>25
percent—</text>
<clause id="idF1183AB84B7A4760A7E819F082BFB306"><enum>(i)</enum><text>of the qualified
outer Continental Shelf revenues described in section 102(10)(A)(i)—</text>
<subclause id="id7490AB8397CD4A97B21D755544B3AF96"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to provide
financial assistance to States in accordance with section 6 of the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/460l-8">16 U.S.C. 460<italic>l</italic>–8</external-xref>), which
shall be considered to be income to the Land and Water Conservation Fund for
purposes of section 2 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/460l-5">16 U.S.C. 460<italic>l</italic>–5</external-xref>), to a
maximum amount of $125,000,000; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idD93E45CE28D54886BF435857AFEA1C9D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for any amounts
in excess of the amount described in subclause (I), to the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id069CD847C1D94E659E91FE4AFB5861C5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>beginning in
fiscal year 2024, of the qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues described
in section 102(10)(A)(ii), to the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
Transit
Account).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD00A0FD7D0AE4DCD98F69E9E21240445"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4C588416D9B34C0DBE9D980549A11524"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Gulf
producing States</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">coastal States</header-in-text></quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1529F3F373A349A389078B4352A2D498"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="id941AF4E9213B489486FDDBC8B650B405"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">fiscal year 2017 and thereafter</header-in-text></quote> and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">fiscal years
2017 through 2023</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id0F87C48A056B4283B49B76B57BF50213"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>fiscal
year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter</quote> and inserting <quote>each of
fiscal years 2017 through 2023</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3591224E344140CDA4D6D6B72C4DC372"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD9BECDA660C44FFDB4853520FA22CED1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4455CE0A66B74A53B12161E16F435862" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id864d58bc55474f9ab2994fa9af44ab8e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation
among coastal States for fiscal year 2024 and thereafter</header>
<subparagraph id="id45bacb6f68db4f3b9b72fe99f9c4244a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), effective for fiscal years
2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount made available under
subsection (a)(2)(A) shall be allocated to each coastal State in amounts (based
on a formula established by the Secretary by regulation) that are inversely
proportional to the respective distances between the point on the coastline of
each coastal State that is closest to the geographic center of the applicable
leased tract and the geographic center of the leased tract.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide5bd8451cab046b28fa16b263465f622"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum
allocation</header><text>The amount allocated to a coastal State each fiscal
year under subparagraph (A) shall be at least 10 percent of the amounts
available under subsection (a)(2)(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73930ED2084E48C7A6A8B6344190E7FC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)
(as redesignated by subparagraph (C)), by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) and
(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDCEF9769861649918C1D295BE7347255"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(f), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0637F81ECF594D70BA0ED6472A2D6556" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id7ad0680e32ba4c729664d0c4e4e988e8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the total amount of qualified
outer Continental Shelf revenues made available under subsection (a)(2) shall
not exceed—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1FC6CABD1F524646A886540C58ACD1B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of an
outer Continental Shelf area in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent
Zones and OCS Planning Areas—</text>
<clause id="id63E605D215104B749AA175AA75FE7289"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2024; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id67C1A646458D4FEE835A6070A9B84E7A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$2,000,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2055; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id48B445F284C5493286F504330805CFBD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an
outer Continental Shelf area in OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS
Planning Areas other than the Zones and Areas described in subparagraph (A),
for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2055, $500,000,000 for each such area
located in—</text>
<clause id="id99CD90312FE34CEDB98DFECD6B25B032"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Atlantic OCS
Region;</text>
</clause><clause id="idB57787D7FB9F4437BF08A16957930357"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Pacific OCS
Region; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id92A0ADB1EF074D7BB860EFD63A287A6F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Alaska OCS
Region.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2913B8D0248C43158EAC1FD88711A673"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section take effect on October
1, 2013.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leasing program for land within Coastal
Plain</header>
<section id="HCEEC8A0576A143DB8994D861D9B58628"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H0988321039BB45ADAAA2AE9E2FF4D407"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coastal
plain</header><text>The term <quote>Coastal Plain</quote> means that area
described in appendix I to part 37 of title 50, Code of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68E0271C25DE4303A35E04AE5E9593F9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Peer
reviewed</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>peer
reviewed</quote> means reviewed—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE1BAF497BB9943BC8309FD41F808315B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by individuals
chosen by the National Academy of Sciences with no contractual relationship
with, or those who have no application for a grant or other funding pending
with, the Federal agency with leasing jurisdiction; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E188AD257A14810A8468AA1801F7196"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if individuals
described in subparagraph (A) are not available, by the top individuals in the
specified biological fields, as determined by the National Academy of
Sciences.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7403449C34A4548916B3E27B9C912C4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <quote>Secretary</quote>, except as otherwise provided, means the
Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary’s designee.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE4D9A9EDD42A470F9BC4734F53C5FACF"><enum>202.</enum><header>Leasing program
for lands within the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="HBDBAE460C391476E845DDA6A29ED5710"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall take such actions as are
necessary—</text>
<paragraph id="H472B4F121D2A4D6E983E24CFE3104AA2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to establish and
implement, in accordance with this title and acting through the Director of the
Bureau of Land Management in consultation with the Director of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, a competitive oil and gas leasing program
that will result in the exploration, development, and production of the oil and
gas resources of the Coastal Plain; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5E2372BCDC04AB787084D95778183EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to administer the
provisions of this title through regulations, lease terms, conditions,
restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other provisions that ensure the
oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities on the Coastal
Plain will result in no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, their
habitat, subsistence resources, and the environment, including, in furtherance
of this goal, by requiring the application of the best commercially available
technology for oil and gas exploration, development, and production to all
exploration, development, and production operations under this title in a
manner that ensures the receipt of fair market value by the public for the
mineral resources to be leased.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEA36708901A742399C913BF70CFA0016"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal of
existing restriction</header>
<paragraph id="HA2B5D1F01A26493BA9D45114F2DD53DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section
1003 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3143">16 U.S.C. 3143</external-xref>) is
repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE9AA818F68D48639D854F324ACA9625"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1 of such Act is
amended by striking the item relating to section 1003.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5EFFBCEC943E423E910FEBA8057E30D2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance with
requirements under certain other laws</header>
<paragraph id="HFC7B1D56FAF242128DA22C98CBAAB216"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compatibility</header><text>For
purposes of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16
U.S.C. 668dd et seq.), the oil and gas leasing program and activities
authorized by this section in the Coastal Plain are deemed to be compatible
with the purposes for which the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was
established, and no further findings or decisions are required to implement
this determination.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4416D92B7134B66A7CF6EE03BB209D9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adequacy of the
Department of the Interior’s legislative environmental impact
statement</header><text>The <quote>Final Legislative Environmental Impact
Statement</quote> (April 1987) on the Coastal Plain prepared pursuant to
section 1002 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
3142) and 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>) is deemed to satisfy the requirements under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 that apply with respect to prelease activities
under this title, including actions authorized to be taken by the Secretary to
develop and promulgate the regulations for the establishment of a leasing
program authorized by this title before the conduct of the first lease
sale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C9784E1F09743A9AE61E03A5403F974"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance with
NEPA for other actions</header><text>Before conducting the first lease sale
under this title, the Secretary shall prepare an environmental impact statement
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to the actions
authorized by this title that are not referred to in paragraph (2).
Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary is not required to identify
nonleasing alternative courses of action or to analyze the environmental
effects of such courses of action. The Secretary shall only identify a
preferred action for such leasing and a single leasing alternative, and analyze
the environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for those two
alternatives. The identification of the preferred action and related analysis
for the first lease sale under this title shall be completed within 18 months
after the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall only consider
public comments that specifically address the Secretary’s preferred action and
that are filed within 20 days after publication of an environmental analysis.
Notwithstanding any other law, compliance with this paragraph is deemed to
satisfy all requirements for the analysis and consideration of the
environmental effects of proposed leasing under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H954BA9810EA3415B9BBA3753B32F7BCF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to
State and local authority</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be
considered to expand or limit State and local regulatory authority.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAEB553E3D2B24F6AA4FC2028E389768B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
areas</header>
<paragraph id="HD4F6CC5C6022445687CF9CD32FE0A12D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, after consultation with the State of
Alaska, the city of Kaktovik, and the North Slope Borough, may designate up to
a total of 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain as a Special Area if the Secretary
determines that the Special Area is of such unique character and interest so as
to require special management and regulatory protection. The Secretary shall
designate as such a Special Area the Sadlerochit Spring area, comprising
approximately 4,000 acres.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B7866DFFBF54C47B0231F9382AAE725"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Management</header><text>Each
such Special Area shall be managed so as to protect and preserve the area’s
unique and diverse character including its fish, wildlife, and subsistence
resource values.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H619ECEB575B844C4963EF2A540F999FC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exclusion from
leasing or surface occupancy</header><text>The Secretary may exclude any
Special Area from leasing. If the Secretary leases a Special Area, or any part
thereof, for purposes of oil and gas exploration, development, production, and
related activities, there shall be no surface occupancy of the lands comprising
the Special Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7053B711CDC948619B01B16F4E9D36FC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Directional
drilling</header><text>Notwithstanding the other provisions of this subsection,
the Secretary may lease all or a portion of a Special Area under terms that
permit the use of horizontal drilling technology from sites on leases tracts
located outside the Special Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCBC14435216C45F1BC22F59C85E16C36"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on
closed areas</header><text>The Secretary’s sole authority to close lands within
the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing and to exploration, development, and
production is that set forth in this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H59905C01E987411499F4EDD16213FE57"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="H2B2FD71A4FBE4ED593A122F73590A4D6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be
necessary to carry out this title, including regulations relating to protection
of the fish and wildlife, their habitat, subsistence resources, and environment
of the Coastal Plain, by no later than 15 months after the date of enactment of
this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE664D4A6D20A4CB982C8BD06BC7B5B43"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revision of
regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall, through a rule making conducted in accordance with section 553 of title
5, United States Code, periodically review and, if appropriate, revise the
regulations issued under subsection (a) to reflect a preponderance of the best
available scientific evidence that has been peer reviewed and obtained by
following appropriate, documented scientific procedures, the results of which
can be repeated using those same procedures.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAD3516C26530469C9AF147120D1D6657"><enum>203.</enum><header>Lease
sales</header>
<subsection id="H099B915C965346B898F158CBC3BB3905"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Lands may be leased under this title to any person
qualified to obtain a lease for deposits of oil and gas under the Mineral
Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H852FB975D36845F0B4CC903F075A2E4A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Secretary shall, by regulation and no later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, establish procedures for—</text>
<paragraph id="HA4CCD3660A294D1E8FCC4C2E0C12BB5D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>receipt and
consideration of sealed nominations for any area of the Coastal Plain for
inclusion in, or exclusion (as provided in subsection (c)) from, a lease
sale;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE337DD2D01E41338C918609A1579593"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the holding of
lease sales after such nomination process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F6E8575D4FD4A87A404164FC3D8A034"><enum>(3)</enum><text>public notice of
and comment on designation of areas to be included in, or excluded from, a
lease sale.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H215ABB374868409EAD23CD31A0FF97CC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lease sale
bids</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lease sales under this
title may be conducted through an Internet leasing program, if the Secretary
determines that such a system will result in savings to the taxpayer, an
increase in the number of bidders participating, and higher returns than oral
bidding or a sealed bidding system.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1E6BCDE0E9674F89BD7F1DA8FF25649E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sale acreages
and schedule</header>
<paragraph id="HF6B3232240E64571BBB1B978DE20D033"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall offer for lease under this title those tracts the Secretary considers to
have the greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons, taking into
consideration nominations received pursuant to subsection (b)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E94997C213C4AF0B83BC8F680D20457"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall offer for lease under this title no less than 50,000 acres for lease
within 22 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27B8B64E44664576B5CD2EC1EA4FE42C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall offer for lease under this title no less than an additional 50,000 acres
at 6-, 12-, and 18-month intervals following offering under paragraph
(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H633E40ADA78448A58EEFB0AA0854942B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall conduct four additional sales under the same terms and schedule no later
than two years after the date of the last sale under paragraph (3), if
sufficient interest in leasing exists to warrant, in the Secretary’s judgment,
the conduct of such sales.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF74547A46A8422A9F89D0F37CB21E2F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall evaluate the bids in each sale and issue leases resulting from such
sales, within 90 days after the date of the completion of such sale.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAACA501F97D549EB9681865F089975C9"><enum>204.</enum><header>Grant of leases
by the Secretary</header>
<subsection id="H93AC2B189EBB4E14AC62D8C7D8855694"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may grant to the highest responsible
qualified bidder in a lease sale conducted under section 203 any lands to be
leased on the Coastal Plain upon payment by the such bidder of such bonus as
may be accepted by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEDC1CD0D84EB4D4782D2BC8460902F28"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subsequent
transfers</header><text>No lease issued under this title may be sold,
exchanged, assigned, sublet, or otherwise transferred except with the approval
of the Secretary. Prior to any such approval the Secretary shall consult with,
and give due consideration to the views of, the Attorney General.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H9F190546E3F3429F9C675E1E4BABF97D"><enum>205.</enum><header>Lease terms and
conditions</header>
<subsection id="H33D8B02287A94CC2A4EE6A3550860DD1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An oil or gas lease issued under this title shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4638167A1744E1FA3B80BC045F186FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the
payment of a royalty of not less than 12<fraction>½</fraction> percent in
amount or value of the production removed or sold under the lease, as
determined by the Secretary under the regulations applicable to other Federal
oil and gas leases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE03CB52A1F0B4B23B4C7D8F3F405247F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that the Secretary may close, on a
seasonal basis, portions of the Coastal Plain to exploratory drilling
activities as necessary to protect caribou calving areas and other species of
fish and wildlife based on a preponderance of the best available scientific
evidence that has been peer reviewed and obtained by following appropriate,
documented scientific procedures, the results of which can be repeated using
those same procedures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H247071814A4540A2B0EF661290B366FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>require that the
lessee of lands within the Coastal Plain shall be fully responsible and liable
for the reclamation of lands within the Coastal Plain and any other Federal
lands that are adversely affected in connection with exploration, development,
production, or transportation activities conducted under the lease and within
the Coastal Plain by the lessee or by any of the subcontractors or agents of
the lessee;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H436EB2CA30CF4F01BBA4F7CE14FCB20A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide that the
lessee may not delegate or convey, by contract or otherwise, the reclamation
responsibility and liability to another person without the express written
approval of the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73F74A75C0C84834B0C450D9E95EDBDA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide that the
standard of reclamation for lands required to be reclaimed under this title
shall be, as nearly as practicable, a condition capable of supporting the uses
which the lands were capable of supporting prior to any exploration,
development, or production activities, or upon application by the lessee, to a
higher or better use as certified by the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC66A155D08F347E69E1DEA96B2BB16F3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>contain terms and
conditions relating to protection of fish and wildlife, their habitat,
subsistence resources, and the environment as required pursuant to section
202(a)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H966DCE67598246FC860A8081E8D43D8E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>provide that the
lessee, its agents, and its contractors use best efforts to provide a fair
share, as determined by the level of obligation previously agreed to in the
1974 agreement implementing section 29 of the Federal Agreement and Grant of
Right of Way for the Operation of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, of employment and
contracting for Alaska Natives and Alaska Native corporations from throughout
the State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6376744201154DD9B614B7F6DEB3C121"><enum>(8)</enum><text>prohibit the
export of oil produced under the lease; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DAF3B2251D94736AA92BD860CAD9A33"><enum>(9)</enum><text>contain such other
provisions as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure compliance with this
title and the regulations issued under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4309838958B84D4C952B57DFD8E233B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Negotiated labor
agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, as
a term and condition of each lease under this title, shall require that the
lessee and its agents and contractors negotiate to obtain an agreement for the
employment of laborers and mechanics on production, maintenance, and
construction under the lease.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5DB847826AB4DD6AE29A9219EC2958F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header>Policies regarding
buying, building, and working for America</header>
<subsection id="H03645B4D8A7B4D0BBAFC12FAAAC318DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Congressional
intent</header><text>It is the intent of the Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HF81E39B44171486BAA63E8CE97387439"><enum>(1)</enum><text>this title will
support a healthy and growing United States domestic energy sector that, in
turn, helps to reinvigorate American manufacturing, transportation, and service
sectors by employing the vast talents of United States workers to assist in the
development of energy from domestic sources; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A31D9354A46496387F93940E57804FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Congress will
monitor the deployment of personnel and material onshore and offshore to
encourage the development of American technology and manufacturing to enable
United States workers to benefit from this title through good jobs and careers,
as well as the establishment of important industrial facilities to support
expanded access to American resources.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H374D4C46109944A184B7CB797B571F43"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The
Secretary of the Interior shall when possible, and practicable, encourage the
use of United States workers and equipment manufactured in the United States in
all construction related to mineral development on the Coastal Plain.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD75A4358295B49F89552AA836ECFD1FB"><enum>207.</enum><header>Coastal Plain
environmental protection</header>
<subsection id="H5A4CB6285F7A4C46B5AE2E5E73182DE0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>No significant
adverse effect standard To govern authorized Coastal Plain
activities</header><text>The Secretary shall, consistent with the requirements
of section 202, administer this title through regulations, lease terms,
conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other provisions
that—</text>
<paragraph id="H52669ABA69F94757873EEDB94E3B47BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure the oil and
gas exploration, development, and production activities on the Coastal Plain
will result in no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, their
habitat, and the environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12D98A8AAC644F3A86BFE0D63E7592DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require the
application of the best commercially available technology for oil and gas
exploration, development, and production on all new exploration, development,
and production operations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEEA321E89ED24C66A78F1A719C810E27"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure that the
maximum amount of surface acreage covered by production and support facilities,
including airstrips and any areas covered by gravel berms or piers for support
of pipelines, does not exceed 10,000 acres on the Coastal Plain for each
100,000 acres of area leased.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEB1BD611535D4F1981ED5F0A236D15E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Site-Specific
assessment and mitigation</header><text>The Secretary shall also require, with
respect to any proposed drilling and related activities, that—</text>
<paragraph id="H800019E2E25449FA856DAB981DE3676F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
site-specific analysis be made of the probable effects, if any, that the
drilling or related activities will have on fish and wildlife, their habitat,
subsistence resources, and the environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFC284695E7E41BA9F52977729030DE1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
plan be implemented to avoid, minimize, and mitigate (in that order and to the
extent practicable) any significant adverse effect identified under paragraph
(1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7FF0DDBB12D249E2968AF982D1125B36"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the development of
the plan shall occur after consultation with the agency or agencies having
jurisdiction over matters mitigated by the plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDD3576DAC20043209A2A65DD6002275B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations To
protect Coastal Plain fish and wildlife resources, subsistence users, and the
environment</header><text>Before implementing the leasing program authorized by
this title, the Secretary shall prepare and promulgate regulations, lease
terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other measures
designed to ensure that the activities undertaken on the Coastal Plain under
this title are conducted in a manner consistent with the purposes and
environmental requirements of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7253997DE1B44F36A6956DFBE8D84574"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance with
Federal and State environmental laws and other requirements</header><text>The
proposed regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, and
stipulations for the leasing program under this title shall require compliance
with all applicable provisions of Federal and State environmental law, and
shall also require the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H68A8B21DE1D64D3DAF5730D3A4789CEF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Standards at least
as effective as the safety and environmental mitigation measures set forth in
items 1 through 29 at pages 167 through 169 of the <quote>Final Legislative
Environmental Impact Statement</quote> (April 1987) on the Coastal
Plain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87C3523D6E42453DAED768BCFB414384"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Seasonal limitations on exploration,
development, and related activities, where necessary, to avoid significant
adverse effects during periods of concentrated fish and wildlife breeding,
denning, nesting, spawning, and migration based on a preponderance of the best
available scientific evidence that has been peer reviewed and obtained by
following appropriate, documented scientific procedures, the results of which
can be repeated using those same procedures.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C944B5A7DCF4415886B92CFBC9745FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>That exploration
activities, except for surface geological studies, be limited to the period
between approximately November 1 and May 1 each year and that exploration
activities shall be supported, if necessary, by ice roads, winter trails with
adequate snow cover, ice pads, ice airstrips, and air transport methods, except
that such exploration activities may occur at other times if the Secretary
finds that such exploration will have no significant adverse effect on the fish
and wildlife, their habitat, and the environment of the Coastal Plain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67B1B429B4294A80BC4B703D4B667C96"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Design safety and
construction standards for all pipelines and any access and service roads,
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H240110085F5543CB804AFCED37261316"><enum>(A)</enum><text>minimize, to the
maximum extent possible, adverse effects upon the passage of migratory species
such as caribou; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7589229F64B447991A6A58F3FBAFCCA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minimize adverse
effects upon the flow of surface water by requiring the use of culverts,
bridges, and other structural devices.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H21FEE7B66A8247EE9F73761B2862BEFF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Prohibitions on
general public access and use on all pipeline access and service roads.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC97D745E8244639865F57C5C7DC2B55"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Stringent
reclamation and rehabilitation requirements, consistent with the standards set
forth in this title, requiring the removal from the Coastal Plain of all oil
and gas development and production facilities, structures, and equipment upon
completion of oil and gas production operations, except that the Secretary may
exempt from the requirements of this paragraph those facilities, structures, or
equipment that the Secretary determines would assist in the management of the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and that are donated to the United States for
that purpose.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H310DE4FE719F4A798C7C1F0FA7A309E0"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on access by all modes of transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA6BD4A9EDB24FE88BBD039A52DA0B2A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on sand and gravel extraction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D1CC541C9424EB0A6A95497CE171026"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Consolidation of
facility siting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F44EDEAD56F43B6B91A69566EB6CD22"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on use of explosives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB34D86E8159249A88E5AC5B944A6B160"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Avoidance, to the
extent practicable, of springs, streams, and river systems; the protection of
natural surface drainage patterns, wetlands, and riparian habitats; and the
regulation of methods or techniques for developing or transporting adequate
supplies of water for exploratory drilling.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5A63F6AF2BF4E9185DB6C75871D0CA2"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Avoidance or
minimization of air traffic-related disturbance to fish and wildlife.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFA38F5804D74163B9AB70FFDC90DF2D"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Treatment and
disposal of hazardous and toxic wastes, solid wastes, reserve pit fluids,
drilling muds and cuttings, and domestic wastewater, including an annual waste
management report, a hazardous materials tracking system, and a prohibition on
chlorinated solvents, in accordance with applicable Federal and State
environmental law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA52EDEE62CB4900BFB93C53C4BCC4CF"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Fuel storage and
oil spill contingency planning.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H80659B9F8A7446B0A4F12939A36BDFEF"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Research,
monitoring, and reporting requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6743F4B1D3F4036B179BBCCE5E9BDBF"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Field crew
environmental briefings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H736F0FE774C344EE9B67F15F24099ACE"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Avoidance of
significant adverse effects upon subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping by
subsistence users.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C21FEFD9F1247F481B3C2DA4A15DDA5"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Compliance with
applicable air and water quality standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC64E2AAEC33D4809BE48C5CBA4E68C22"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Appropriate
seasonal and safety zone designations around well sites, within which
subsistence hunting and trapping shall be limited.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H680560504704459EA3CE169AB34F6282"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Reasonable
stipulations for protection of cultural and archeological resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A64C227FBC04BBE883A10E8A7932175"><enum>(21)</enum><text>All other
protective environmental stipulations, restrictions, terms, and conditions
deemed necessary by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC4CA4BA07B1042EE9D2C83A345100B30"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
preparing and promulgating regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions,
prohibitions, and stipulations under this section, the Secretary shall consider
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HE4EBDE875EF64DCDBED5B58644458B58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The stipulations
and conditions that govern the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska leasing
program, as set forth in the 1999 Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
Final Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB64F1BD0EAC841D9B1BED5B35ED2C734"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The environmental
protection standards that governed the initial Coastal Plain seismic
exploration program under parts 37.31 to 37.33 of title 50, Code of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE93D0634E43A410F8E9748A629515B37"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The land use
stipulations for exploratory drilling on the KIC–ASRC private lands that are
set forth in appendix 2 of the August 9, 1983, agreement between Arctic Slope
Regional Corporation and the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8133B1D0795E4E9AB2467CE3671ED906"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Facility
consolidation planning</header>
<paragraph id="H6193857042664CEEA297E5C7C453722B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall, after providing for public notice
and comment, prepare and update periodically a plan to govern, guide, and
direct the siting and construction of facilities for the exploration,
development, production, and transportation of Coastal Plain oil and gas
resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H102DC6EC58CD4ABCACDCE15A9D0FB757"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
plan shall have the following objectives:</text>
<subparagraph id="H1C6308F37B02400C83EDBDD7EFB0549B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Avoiding
unnecessary duplication of facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0A049A13E3D4F028963BF88850C4BBF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Encouraging
consolidation of common facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1BB3618984CC4B3EB88B30DFC36194D2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Locating or
confining facilities and activities to areas that will minimize impact on fish
and wildlife, their habitat, and the environment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8EE39787AA8F42368DC29B169DC1DE83"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Utilizing existing
facilities wherever practicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE582BF95375E451BAC177087759F094C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Enhancing
compatibility between wildlife values and development activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H790E030EE7F849DDB67863DD45272DCC"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Access to public
lands</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HDC88A4D77F9E4E5B812D5C0375E8459B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>manage public
lands in the Coastal Plain subject to section 811 of the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3121">16 U.S.C. 3121</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41FCA1E97C9F446CBD336C008608AAFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that local
residents shall have reasonable access to public lands in the Coastal Plain for
traditional uses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4CD80077515849A9892B2F2B17E80D4C"><enum>208.</enum><header>Expedited
judicial review</header>
<subsection id="H1D7ABD7D972440E5B7399D7DAAA49310"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Filing of
complaint</header>
<paragraph id="HFE55CD9B7FBD415F8ED468BFDCEEB874"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Subject
to paragraph (2), any complaint seeking judicial review—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF21A3EC827A0488EAF308E47C315CC5A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of any provision of this title shall be
filed by not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE6EE489F6D240A287BA6B27EBAAF293"><enum>(B)</enum><text>of any action of
the Secretary under this title shall be filed—</text>
<clause id="H5DE24411B3E94F229DE3C8C5A8081FA3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>except as provided
in clause (ii), within the 90-day period beginning on the date of the action
being challenged; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H1E7808B384E7443C8E9C63954603BA54"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
the case of a complaint based solely on grounds arising after such period,
within 90 days after the complainant knew or reasonably should have known of
the grounds for the complaint.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7E5D6ECE797049ECBC99804A4AEF895F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>Any
complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of this title or any action
of the Secretary under this title may be filed only in the United States Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27E4EE60295148B59DFA107E16700503"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on
scope of certain review</header><text>Judicial review of a Secretarial decision
to conduct a lease sale under this title, including the environmental analysis
thereof, shall be limited to whether the Secretary has complied with this title
and shall be based upon the administrative record of that decision. The
Secretary’s identification of a preferred course of action to enable leasing to
proceed and the Secretary’s analysis of environmental effects under this title
shall be presumed to be correct unless shown otherwise by clear and convincing
evidence to the contrary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF799C5B5A635430AAF00B6751CB54314"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
other review</header><text>Actions of the Secretary with respect to which
review could have been obtained under this section shall not be subject to
judicial review in any civil or criminal proceeding for enforcement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1B68753268484AC991108712A2F09C05"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on
attorneys’ fees and court costs</header><text>No person seeking judicial review
of any action under this title shall receive payment from the Federal
Government for their attorneys’ fees and other court costs, including under any
provision of law enacted by the Equal Access to Justice Act (5 U.S.C. 504
note).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HACBB3A325DAC4C8E9B15A6AA11D4571B"><enum>209.</enum><header>Treatment of
revenues</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, 90 percent of the amount of bonus, rental, and royalty
revenues from Federal oil and gas leasing and operations authorized under this
title shall be deposited in the Treasury.</text>
</section><section id="HF5DF7546CA324C608ADD3CCEFAEF58E6"><enum>210.</enum><header>Rights-of-way
across the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="HEAB9508D6D27470AB7D7852293A80570"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall issue rights-of-way and easements
across the Coastal Plain for the transportation of oil and gas produced under
leases under this title—</text>
<paragraph id="HDA0E025D03EB4055BD62826B5CBA035E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>except as provided
in paragraph (2), under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/185">30 U.S.C. 185</external-xref>),
without regard to title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3161">16 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H664AA76E63E546C5B075D9B95478A8EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>under title XI of
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/3161">30 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.</external-xref>),
for access authorized by sections 1110 and 1111 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3170 and
3171).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2063209C7D884BEB8A12A8C07730A713"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header><text>The Secretary shall include in any right-of-way or
easement issued under subsection (a) such terms and conditions as may be
necessary to ensure that transportation of oil and gas does not result in a
significant adverse effect on the fish and wildlife, subsistence resources,
their habitat, and the environment of the Coastal Plain, including requirements
that facilities be sited or designed so as to avoid unnecessary duplication of
roads and pipelines.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB380D326112C412EA8B114CC2C128481"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall include in regulations under section 202(g) provisions granting
rights-of-way and easements described in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBBA175A384BB4584939EEBD11FB06190"><enum>211.</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In order to maximize Federal revenues by
removing clouds on title to lands and clarifying land ownership patterns within
the Coastal Plain, the Secretary, notwithstanding section 1302(h)(2) of the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3192">16 U.S.C. 3192(h)(2)</external-xref>), shall
convey—</text>
<paragraph id="HA3779FC01FB24C978D6C7CCEF97113A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to the Kaktovik
Inupiat Corporation the surface estate of the lands described in paragraph 1 of
Public Land Order 6959, to the extent necessary to fulfill the Corporation’s
entitlement under sections 12 and 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(43 U.S.C. 1611 and 1613) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Agreement between the Department of the Interior, the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Kaktovik Inupiat
Corporation dated January 22, 1993; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBEABD25FEFD46AE8977E0171522DB3E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the Arctic
Slope Regional Corporation the remaining subsurface estate to which it is
entitled pursuant to the August 9, 1983, agreement between the Arctic Slope
Regional Corporation and the United States of America.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulatory streamlining</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB10B335B78CE43D5B9A2C18584FEDFAD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Jurisdiction over covered energy
projects</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H528CD0FD1BFA41FE8E584B0841EA42B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of covered energy
project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the
term <term>covered energy project</term> means any action or decision by a
Federal official regarding—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8AC154ED48D4CD4BB4CFB00BA6046EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the leasing of Federal land (including
submerged land) for the exploration, development, production, processing, or
transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other source or form of energy,
including actions and decisions regarding the selection or offering of Federal
land for such leasing; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87CDB2AEDB874855818DE4AF007F584F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any action under such a lease, except that
this section and Act shall not apply to a dispute between the parties to a
lease entered into a provision of law authorizing the lease regarding
obligations under the lease or the alleged breach of the lease.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0250A52E1C04B3CB8EA00A57F770682"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusive jurisdiction over causes and
claims relating to covered energy projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have
exclusive jurisdiction to hear all causes and claims under this section or any
other Act that arise from any covered energy project, except for any such cause
or claim arising in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth
Circuit.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H707B55454E8A47DA9FE74E4F9309AE43"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Time for filing complaint</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05D296F33C354D338CF28706D3EF3B88"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each case or claim described in subsection
(b) shall be filed not later than the end of the 60-day period beginning on the
date of the action or decision by a Federal official that constitutes the
covered energy project concerned.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7E5D624E9B14CCFBF08BA6AB859EFDA"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any cause or claim described in subsection
(b) that is not filed within the time period described in paragraph (1) shall
be barred.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07AD64FE27DB40A2BFCD3EC46CDF1E71"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">District court for District of Columbia
deadline</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D82D0960A454DA8B1147997ACDF5199"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each proceeding that is subject to
subsection (b) shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FDB8051285B49C49E27204CE7B12F59"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be resolved as expeditiously as practicable
and in any event not more than 180 days after the cause or claim is filed;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA0355C2CA0C433000C3ADEADC003452"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take precedence over all other pending
matters before the district court.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H633E5876F7034D019930E4C212BF13FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to comply with
deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an interlocutory
or final judgment, decree, or order has not been issued by the district court
by the deadline required under this section, the cause or claim shall be
dismissed with prejudice and all rights relating to the cause or claim shall be
terminated.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2B06A9169E24C5E9C74E59988D0A788"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ability To seek appellate
review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An interlocutory or
final judgment, decree, or order of the district court under this section may
be reviewed by no other court except the Supreme Court.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idE93809A5B84843E98F79E1C3E7249268"><enum>302.</enum><header>Environmental
legal fees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 504 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB22B3340D7B4A4693AA5E2B26D64E74" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id2EAF6BC4F0D44077BA7DA9CDB0A303C6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Environmental
legal fees</header><text>Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1304">section 1304</external-xref> of title 31, no award may
be made under this section and no amounts may be obligated or expended from the
Claims and Judgment Fund of the United States Treasury to pay any legal fees of
an environmental nongovernmental organization related to an action that (with
respect to the United States)—</text>
<paragraph id="idE6C48EE4860B4A22BFE77F2614D21DA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prevents,
terminates, or reduces access to or the production of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0096804DB91B4E79896294883544D67B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65317F7CA1DD49438F64D0D2302418D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a mineral
resource;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5C6BB2293A47448AA42002FD7FA4DED5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>water by
agricultural producers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79BC53E9904B467AA84FBFD25CF54FD3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a resource by
commercial or recreational fishermen; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7dcae786e5bf4ee894414732ccd64d2f"><enum>(E)</enum><text>grazing or timber
production on Federal land;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4DA95F3C2A76414F9DC81C241CB77446"><enum>(2)</enum><text>diminishes the
private property value of a property owner; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id807FA8E3AFE147408A6BA993FCF50062"><enum>(3)</enum><text>eliminates or
prevents 1 or more
jobs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id3C42AF15606245D1BC93A6B3F8E6D683"><enum>303.</enum><header>Master leasing
plans</header>
<subsection id="idEA6ED528591942048BEE43164782F1CE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the
Bureau of Land Management, shall not establish a master leasing plan as part of
any guidance issued by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id30AABDE7FDDF4D59BD55F5DA61B3997F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Existing master
leasing plans</header><text>Instruction Memorandum No. 2010–117 and any other
master leasing plan described in subsection (a) issued on or before the date of
enactment of this Act shall have no force or effect.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23D5615CB2C642DB8DA7E1250E33B8E1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>National
monuments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Act
of June 8, 1906 (commonly known as the <quote><act-name>Antiquities Act of
1906</act-name></quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/431">16 U.S.C. 431</external-xref>), is amended in the first sentence by
striking <quote>, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation</quote>
and inserting <quote>to declare, subject to approval by an Act of
Congress,</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idB799327EAD7C4DC58BA6CE3C1A1C93AE"><enum>305.</enum><header>Carbon dioxide
and other greenhouse gas emissions reductions in China, India, and
Russia</header>
<subsection id="idCE42FEE72CA54FEEBE76F81ACE1EB851"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
Administrator</header><text>In this section, the term
<term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id6C5AEB9F357941CC915057D94C2FBF11"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="idC7937EFD85AD4C4B99E51D80E20273A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in 1997, the
Senate adopted Senate Resolution 98, 105th Congress, agreed to July 25, 1997,
which expressed the sense of the Senate that the United States should not
accept any agreement that would mandate new commitments to limit or reduce
greenhouse gas emissions by developed countries unless the agreement also
mandated new specific scheduled commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas
emissions by developing countries within the same compliance period; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A5F1000465C4D2DBAA2EF7F3012AF71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Administrator
continues to move forward with the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions,
however, the People’s Republic of China, India, and the Russian Federation do
not impose similar regulations on carbon dioxide emissions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idFBA51A4DD81E4260A75FCEED48392694"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Carbon dioxide
or greenhouse gas emissions reductions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Administrator or the head of any other Federal agency or department shall
not regulate or continue to implement or enforce any regulations, proposals, or
actions establishing any carbon dioxide or greenhouse gas emissions reductions
until the Administrator, the Administrator of the Energy Information Agency,
and the Secretary of Commerce certify in writing that—</text>
<paragraph id="id74AB52BAEAF24AE980FA435C9DDCED2C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the People’s Republic of China, India, and
the Russian Federation have proposed, implemented, and enforced measures
requiring carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions reductions;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id942DBE81E9C04707A3F12EF0A18D88F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the reductions described in paragraph (1)
are substantially similar to the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas
emission reductions proposed by the Administrator or the head of any other
Federal agency or department for the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD179E5C6AE4241A99E9D616595BC3BCA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any regulation, proposal, or action in
effect before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, but before the
date on which the certification under subsection (c) is made, that requires any
carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions reduction shall have no force
or effect.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28DC75EEA3BB418F8144DE2EFBB8B4E7"><enum>306.</enum><header>Employment
effects of actions under Clean Air Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 321(b) of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7621(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB2D44E3693A47959D5AA100B96D9C17"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by designating the first through eighth
sentences as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DFC3FD950584AE69BCD7365C31464F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id781BD86A5CE24FAEA68B1D10E32C7FAE" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAE6D9CFDD0E4B49B48F9CE89D0B7935"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Economic
analysis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30
days before conducting a public hearing or providing notice of a determination
that a hearing is not necessary with respect to a requirement described in
paragraph (1), the Administrator shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21F2C16B83BA4A6B989A14C0B25EBD50"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a full economic analysis of the
requirement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D91DF44A5E84C78BCBB712D51B3447D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make the data,
methodologies, and results of the analysis available to the public.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4a72bb837fa54bc8ad4a0c88d31960b4"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Economic
review board</header>
<subparagraph id="idFE5F5296BE1040DC9CB65AFBA3223031"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which the
Administrator makes the results of an economic analysis of a requirement
available to the public under paragraph (9)(B), the Secretary of Commerce shall
establish an economic review board consisting of a representative from each
Federal agency with jurisdiction over affected industries to assess—</text>
<clause id="idC76A8D6AD738427B92EF6EAE29FD9680"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the cumulative
economic impact of the requirement, including the direct, indirect,
quantifiable, and qualitative effects;</text>
</clause><clause id="id17166602D11C4F5DA7792FFBBD79D6B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost of
compliance with the requirement;</text>
</clause><clause id="idD9394B825DB6434EA52B065DA767CF3C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the effect of
the requirement on the retirement or closure of domestic businesses;</text>
</clause><clause id="id4CED0BCBFDD5466185B5173C4D190F4F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>energy sectors
that could be expected to retire units as a result of the requirement;</text>
</clause><clause id="id943E861732944F6493852E3F1BE17D01"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the impact of the
requirement on the price of electricity, oil, gas, coal, and renewable
resources;</text>
</clause><clause id="idDFB2E54A43A54DE180154B3D9470492D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the economic
harm to consumers resulting from the requirement;</text>
</clause><clause id="idB20528FA48B64422B90DF84D773BD20C"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the impact of
the requirement on the ability of industries and businesses in the United
States to compete with industries and businesses in other countries, with
respect to competitiveness in both domestic and foreign markets;</text>
</clause><clause id="idACDFC99C242A4DFA969767F2EDD092ED"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the regions of
the United States that are forecasted to be—</text>
<subclause id="id55328D416BFF4D2282E7730A245B1636"><enum>(I)</enum><text>most affected
from the direct and indirect adverse impacts of the requirement from the
retirement of impacted units and increased prices for retail electricity,
transportation fuels, heating oil, and petrochemicals; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id4C781B3607984F5B90E6A5195263F582"><enum>(II)</enum><text>least affected
from adverse impacts described in subclause (I) due to the creation of new jobs
and economic growth that are expected to result directly and indirectly from
energy construction projects;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id824AE1B0EB1A4A0F8CE4269AADC19588"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>the adverse
impacts of the requirement on electric reliability that are expected to result
from the retirement of electric generation;</text>
</clause><clause id="id2310912EEABB4EB3B287D98B3B08190F"><enum>(x)</enum><text>the geographical
distribution of the projected adverse electric reliability impacts of the
requirement;</text>
</clause><clause id="id31A9C8C554694F15995B0BD31C11193F"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>Federal, State,
and local policies that have been or will be implemented to support energy
infrastructure in the United States, including policies that promote fuel
diversity, affordable and reliable electricity, and energy security;</text>
</clause><clause id="id1CB8F0C6DCC245868A34D256319C3FCC"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>the potential
economic impacts as a result of outsourcing; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id6BC61D66BBC146A6A2E54B84973280B4"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>other direct
and indirect impacts that are expected to result from the cumulative obligation
to comply with the requirement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id22622DF01C0D4F8E8B2F47F86BB7F69D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 30 days after the date on which the economic review board completes
the assessment of a requirement under subparagraph (A), the economic review
board shall submit to Congress, the President, and the Secretary a report that
describes the results of the assessment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd201165b6eaf44a28fe6a81b6b122221"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Administrator shall not promulgate regulations to implement a requirement
described in paragraph (1) until at least 60 days after the date of submission
of the report on the requirement under subparagraph
(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA17E6BA9ED744E62A0A56C9105C2C3A5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Endangered species</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA75B56304744124B15B1964D925A9C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1539">16 U.S.C. 1539</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A0AFCE18F01425FAFA8CB621AADAC54" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAADA1682F1A24969B4DC9B5CA3EA6561"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the declaration of an emergency by the
Governor of a State, the Secretary shall, for the duration of the emergency,
temporarily exempt from the prohibition against taking, and the prohibition
against the adverse modification of critical habitat, under this Act any action
that is reasonably necessary to avoid or ameliorate the impact of the
emergency, including fighting or preventing forest fires and the building,
rebuilding, or operation of any water supply or flood control project by a
Federal
agency.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E684549DBA54787ADB8F49FF992B224"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition of consideration of impact of
greenhouse gases and climate change</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79EFDF55B64A4F6E8AB0B5D5A24C4470"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6928E638BBC94E24A9BD77FCB6F2AFBF" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A2C3C87D3AC44F081808500B0FAAB5F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>19.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition of consideration of impact of
greenhouse gases and climate change</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9831996343C46FF913773C049864A39"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of greenhouse gas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>greenhouse
gas</term> means any of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD6E88C96BF244E0BC843B28E28F6188"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carbon dioxide;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1ADF1DCE7AD74C3A8EF3C718776C29ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">methane;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09A469CAA35B48CDB3B6902FCD80B048"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nitrous oxide;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA6F42ADBB0C4713859BE60069181420"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sulfur hexafluoride;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD56358FBC5324A7300E445DA00FB82B0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a hydrofluorocarbon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D037E1C8F7848E299CFE23EC51FAC8"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a perfluorocarbon; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DFD4683ACF34DA0AF3D9918A8FB6CEE"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other anthropogenic gas designated by
the Secretary for purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id396C43A2D98F479DAAFFC379F78D32F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Impact of greenhouse gases and climate
change</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The impact of any
greenhouse gas or climate change on any species of fish or wildlife or plant
shall not be considered for any purpose in the implementation of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9488AA668B845618EB8F21B6D3134BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in the first section
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. prec. 1531) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbd28cf3-2749-4286-9f84-fb6a21c5161f" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 18. Annual cost analysis
by the Fish and Wildlife Service.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 19. Prohibition of
consideration of impact of greenhouse gases and climate
change.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id50D795C7EC4E4074AB91E66AD2768039"><enum>308.</enum><header>Central Valley
Project</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Act of August 27,
1954 (68 Stat. 879, chapter 1012; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/695d">16 U.S.C. 695d et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E43D1B9B31A495C82976D883698EDB6" style="OLC">
<section id="idA3EA97087DC74D928E9BFDB991E1CD5F"><enum>9.</enum><header>Effect of
biological opinions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
in connection with the Central Valley Project, the Bureau of Reclamation and an
agency of the State of California operating a water project in connection with
the Project shall not restrict operations of an applicable project pursuant to
any biological opinion issued under the <act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species Act of 1973</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), if the restriction would result in a level of allocation of water
that is less than the historical maximum level of allocation of water under the
project.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id9C160D852D8B4EB3A62E84C18BFB6CBF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>309.</enum><header>Keystone XL permit
approval</header>
<subsection id="id5E3A29FBBDC04426B86037DD957E23D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding Executive Order No. 13337 (3 U.S.C. 301
note), Executive Order No. 11423 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/3/301">3 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note), <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/3/301">section 301</external-xref> of title 3,
United States Code, and any other Executive order or provision of law, no
presidential permit shall be required for the pipeline described in the
application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Corporation to the Department
of State for the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian
border to the border between the States of South Dakota and Nebraska.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idC325008B308D473CBB557D997310EF0A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Environmental
impact statement</header><text>The final environmental impact statement issued
by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, regarding the pipeline referred
to in subsection (a), shall be considered to satisfy all requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idCDB768BA06644F99A0864A4523C13ACC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Intrastate
portion</header>
<paragraph id="id6CFD522D8D5244CD937C4C1CA03D4CFA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the route of
the Keystone XL pipeline through the State of Nebraska reviewed in the Final
Evaluation Report conducted pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 57–1503(1) and
approved by the Governor of the State shall be considered approved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2C06E277D62C4568A059B04D29C3E8C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Environmental
impact statements</header><text>The Final Evaluation Report described in
paragraph (1) shall be considered to satisfy all requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idDC66D33BE5274452B06034FBC26E7945"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Critical
habitat</header><text>No area necessary to construct or maintain the Keystone
XL pipeline shall be considered critical habitat under the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species Act of 1973</act-name> (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or any other provision of law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id069597F72D2C48D5B5A09A66C244BA18"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Permits</header><text>Any
Federal permit or authorization issued before the date of enactment of this Act
for the pipeline and cross-border facilities described in subsections (a) and
(b), and the related facilities in the United States, shall remain in
effect.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id833623BE3129478195B0D8D129D6857B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal
judicial review</header><text>The pipeline and cross-border facilities
described in subsections (a) and (b), and the related facilities in the United
States, that are approved by this section, and any permit, right-of-way, or
other action taken to construct or complete the project pursuant to Federal
law, shall only be subject to judicial review on direct appeal to the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id177F882E0FB54EC9BBCA7BF49AE3C305"><enum>310.</enum><header>Drakes Bay
Oyster Company</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding
any other provision of law (including the memorandum of the Secretary of the
Interior dated November 29, 2012, with the subject entitled <quote>Point Reyes
National Seashore–Drakes Bay Oyster Company</quote>)—</text>
<paragraph id="id5390C3D479174E798E296BB2B3C02293"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Director of the National Park Service, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDBF3A5937EC944FEBC3ACF475546BE52"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reinstate, for a
period of not less than 10 years, the reservation of use and occupancy and
special use permits to conduct commercial operations within Point Reyes
National Seashore in the State of California held by Drakes Bay Oyster Company,
which expired on November 30, 2012, subject to the terms and conditions
contained in those permits, as in effect on November 29, 2012; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCE774BD1E42540D2A9B892F31E04706A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on receipt of a
request from Drakes Bay Oyster Company (or a successor in interest), renew
those reinstated permits for an additional 10-year period; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id61EF31231AEE4F74BC9679B5501AA32B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Drakes Estero in
the State of California shall not be converted to a designated
wilderness.</text>
</paragraph></section>