113 S2132 IS: Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014
U.S. Senate
2014-03-13
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1.This Act may be cited as the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014
.
2.
The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—Indian tribal energy development and self-determination act amendments
Sec. 101. Indian tribal energy resource development.
Sec. 102. Indian tribal energy resource regulation.
Sec. 103. Tribal energy resource agreements.
Sec. 104. Technical assistance for Indian tribal governments.
Sec. 105. Conforming amendments.
TITLE II—Miscellaneous amendments
Sec. 201. Issuance of preliminary permits or licenses.
Sec. 202. Tribal biomass demonstration project.
Sec. 203. Weatherization program.
Sec. 204. Appraisals.
Sec. 205. Leases of restricted lands for Navajo Nation.
<enum>I</enum>
<header>Indian tribal
energy development and self-determination act amendments</header>
<section id="id63ECB11CE5934B9FA6226045B4E07D95">
<enum>101.</enum>
<header>Indian tribal
energy resource development</header>
<subsection id="ID784991a0db434e9c9638bd4857db0352">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In
general</header>
<text>Section 2602(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25
U.S.C. 3502(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idF05E9E7357434EC8A9CC9631211DD6C1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idFC78CCAA050E44A1A9306FA8EAA7540E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1E6C262FB664480EAA7AEA0CA21F0F35">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id587308BD07CE46949279097FF5FF0870">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37647BD57BC2437CB62038B72D7F995E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id39E904BA97354E2E905AC739950E1B3A">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>consult with each
applicable Indian tribe before adopting or approving a well spacing
program or
plan applicable to the energy resources of that Indian tribe or the
members of
that Indian tribe.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4DD35D3A540C4DF2A5C16C7D63BE7937">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2883B5DD0774BC685E438A46BE1769A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDba9f2db17c404e8b915a31a6f12e409c">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Planning</header>
<subparagraph id="ID12e6a4dafc044fcaa05c26c20f29ad8f">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In
general</header>
<text>In carrying out the program established by paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall provide technical assistance to interested
Indian tribes to
develop energy plans, including—</text>
<clause id="IDb1fbb6a70ae74bd98285292f718bcdf1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>plans for
electrification;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID61bccf3df7c448e18370074458facaeb">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>plans for oil
and gas permitting, renewable energy permitting, energy efficiency,
electricity
generation, transmission planning, water planning, and other
planning relating
to energy issues;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe7b9d1dc08804f078a7f97524f61b310">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>plans for the
development of energy resources and to ensure the protection of
natural,
historic, and cultural resources; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4ef125fec67c4b4db431a82ad869374f">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>any other plans
that would assist an Indian tribe in the development or use of
energy
resources.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2e4de9b7137b4c80850be5fc831c0bd1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Cooperation</header>
<text>In
establishing the program under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
work in
cooperation with the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs of
the
Department of
Energy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID80879c4b62c5403abc12e15db6e7dc66">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Department of
Energy Indian energy education planning and management assistance
program</header>
<text>Section 2602(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25
U.S.C. 3502(b)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0f2104ee1964454e962d9b19cd53f5e0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, intertribal
organization,</quote> after <quote>Indian tribe</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDad588a8cb3e5444daf3589a3a0eecaea">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4481c5538e804dc489a3a80640e79e6c">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting
after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07A0F042CFAB4ABAAE72EA523392E752" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID4cc9a428447d4a008e48dd87ef20147e">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>activities to
increase the capacity of Indian tribes to manage energy development
and energy
efficiency
programs;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2327FF65E37848DF8E86665D58EB8CBC">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Department of
Energy loan guarantee program</header>
<text>Section 2602(c) of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3502">25 U.S.C. 3502(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7d8bd405888f484ea44d9fae55333e60">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>or a tribal energy development organization</quote> after
<quote>Indian tribe</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID73895de4181f4caa8f6e25ac183db730">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID848b4964e4044ccc929551aef7fbc99c">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>guarantee</quote> and inserting
<quote>guaranteed</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDecafcb91c52d4e3a8cc35cf3a72fdd00">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>or</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6dd0f97e7eda46719eae3f5554c1ca4d">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDaac6381ab6ce4cdfa8f9943920f7e5f6">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15D3335B616B4C318B4961ECEF818CDB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDd283b84bd6084ee797fa773b3c8b2bfe">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>a tribal energy
development organization, from funds of the tribal energy
development
organization.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd46a249a9cae4dc9ac22ca8fcb4f9e66">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>The Secretary of Energy may</quote> and inserting <quote>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014</short-title>, the Secretary of Energy
shall</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID43b997ef68274eeb82a196bff721ac14">
<enum>102.</enum>
<header>Indian tribal
energy resource regulation</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2603(c) of the Energy Policy Act of
1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3503">25 U.S.C. 3503(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID68f48baf64b849fc8f544d8956bc5223">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>on the request of an Indian tribe, the Indian tribe</quote>
and inserting <quote>on the request of an Indian tribe or a tribal energy
development organization, the Indian tribe or tribal energy development
organization</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8cf3de297bb6478ea2aeb863d9fb1f31">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph
(2)(B), by inserting <quote>or tribal energy development organization</quote>
after <quote>Indian tribe</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id434DA9274CA74FD1B37F539948484418">
<enum>103.</enum>
<header>Tribal energy
resource agreements</header>
<subsection id="id6193F038597642D6BEB254E00D66E5D0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Amendment</header>
<text>Section
2604 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3504">25 U.S.C. 3504</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id0C5F2B4B4D4B463EAE3D96C5875C7AFA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID765d0ea8172f49ba94a7af3a6956914c">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="idC5849EB0CB904F43AC779A29D8EE1A21">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the
end;</text>
</clause><clause id="idBED1B19107CC4CFB901883DECD38E75A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="id2618D0A39A6846828C64415AB020C61B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by striking
clause (i) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id088A6A46CD814A79A57B5F3335A6FBAA" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID7c5ac4ffdfd34f75a41f1c25350bf4c0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>an electric
production, generation, transmission, or distribution facility
(including a
facility that produces electricity from renewable energy resources)
located on
tribal land; or</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="id1B88447ECB7E47C691B6CBC351EC3E07">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in clause
(ii)—</text>
<item id="id6240651F76404B91B365638D250CA85D">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>by
inserting <quote>, at least a portion of which have been</quote> after
<quote>energy resources</quote>;</text>
</item><item id="idBAC375D2DBCA47119976B5580B0D357D">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>by
inserting <quote>or produced from</quote> after <quote>developed on</quote>;
and</text>
</item><item id="id555306EAF6DD4361BDB37F4E419166AF">
<enum>(cc)</enum>
<text>by
striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end and inserting
<quote>or</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="ID0d6ce4754f1f418283feacff1afd368a">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF901B25063B4868AC654A2FB6EA6EE6" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDa3f4b4f903b843f6a9f9e53a9cd8f68d">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>pooling,
unitization, or communitization of the energy mineral resources of
the Indian
tribe located on tribal land with any other energy mineral resource
(including
energy mineral resources owned by the Indian tribe or an individual
Indian in
fee, trust, or restricted status or by any other persons or
entities) if the
owner of the resources has consented or consents to the pooling,
unitization,
or communitization of the other resources under any lease or
agreement;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF1F74175B7F140DA9EF88448DF9F23D8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id790F73A417614C52A1CD382A1EB922DB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDb5dcade682d946e69f8128822d40441e">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a lease or
business agreement described in paragraph (1) shall not require
review by, or
the approval of, the Secretary under section 2103 of the Revised
Statutes (25
U.S.C. 81), or any other provision of law, if the lease or business
agreement—</text>
<subparagraph id="id849975467DCE409C99CF66612B1B6C75">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>was
executed—</text>
<clause id="idCC72B7E0EFFC46079C5BDC48CF8FE08C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in accordance
with the requirements of a tribal energy resource agreement in
effect under
subsection (e) (including the periodic review and evaluation of the
activities
of the Indian tribe under the agreement, to be conducted pursuant
to
subparagraphs (D) and (E) of subsection (e)(2)); or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd5c6fbd7b8054f95af99546aa4c68bbd">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by the Indian
tribe and a tribal energy development organization—</text>
<subclause id="ID8614b16748104887b13737a0ad08d176">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>for which the
Indian tribe has obtained certification pursuant to subsection (h);
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID95aff7651de14f4cb5686e50a4a7903b">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the majority of
the interest in which is, and continues to be throughout the full
term or
renewal term (if any) of the lease or business agreement, owned and
controlled
by the Indian tribe (or the Indian tribe and 1 or more other Indian
tribes);
and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa385888c2e9a49e8aa6e102bae9b595e">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>has a term that
does not exceed—</text>
<clause id="ID6c85bb10a18e4904bb04ea3892af0604">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>30 years;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5a2671ee9fe04c78842d1f20c17d44ee">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in the case of a
lease for the production of oil resources, gas resources, or both,
10 years and
as long thereafter as oil or gas is produced in paying
quantities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id91C41637C46642D6820171C175771AED">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39B794F109684F5494AEACB882AECF3C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID6379abc3bc604ca9938a26d08b598dd0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Rights-of-Way</header>
<text>An
Indian tribe may grant a right-of-way over tribal land without
review or
approval by the Secretary if the right-of-way—</text>
<paragraph id="id18577A5B86D94176832D5B186C6968A2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>serves—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5B67AC4728B8450498A7CD17E49D833A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>an electric
production, generation, transmission, or distribution facility
(including a
facility that produces electricity from renewable energy resources)
located on
tribal land;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCFDC2A5982CA4B59BDB1E147E6989BBB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a facility
located on tribal land that extracts, produces, processes, or
refines energy
resources; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8F58BAA15ACA42238A56034C56E19055">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the purposes, or
facilitates in carrying out the purposes, of any lease or agreement
entered
into for energy resource development on tribal land; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE13B89F2A3C84FF78EB4FE7D7B1721D9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>was
executed—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD96BF19530E94227AAC37C5AC95474BB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in accordance
with the requirements of a tribal energy resource agreement in
effect under
subsection (e) (including the periodic review and evaluation of the
activities
of the Indian tribe under the agreement, to be conducted pursuant
to
subparagraphs (D) and (E) of subsection (e)(2)); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa51b40100c2943de982de6e3a12a8c9b">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by the Indian
tribe and a tribal energy development organization—</text>
<clause id="ID11815e8c4f834cd7be3bcd301ef78d01">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>for which the
Indian tribe has obtained certification pursuant to subsection (h);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7e7903aeb7224c01b520849aeb173afb">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the majority of
the interest in which is, and continues to be throughout the full
term or
renewal term (if any) of the right-of-way, owned and controlled by
the Indian
tribe (or the Indian tribe and 1 or more other Indian tribes); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6781cc68e9634d698de348a17c5e11c8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>has a term that
does not exceed 30
years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5009031917f340868a6423309d4807c0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking
subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD9A8976AC3B40D2B9C3FE7A428B4C08" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDab22b492611d43f88e48277500bf0a61">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Validity</header>
<text>No
lease or business agreement entered into, or right-of-way granted,
pursuant to
this section shall be valid unless the lease, business agreement,
or
right-of-way is authorized by subsection (a) or
(b).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB12C27E9B5DC477ABF99BB3BFD66CA55">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB273924444354745B9446C096428DF2D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="idEB9A925907E24B2C9D05DE068E0978BB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by
striking <quote>(2)(A)</quote> and all that follows through the end of
subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD46467A0B754467CA1710B5F01BA1110" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id2A1F789C8922454189F11826C754F4D5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Procedure</header>
<subparagraph id="id89EBE10E1E154616A05AB0E9E0E3E34C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Effective
date</header>
<clause id="idCBD244787E8B47CBA37649EAA025B87B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In
general</header>
<text>On the date that is 271 days after the date on which the
Secretary receives a tribal energy resource agreement from an
Indian tribe
under paragraph (1), the tribal energy resource agreement shall
take effect,
unless the Secretary disapproves the tribal energy resource
agreement under
subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause><clause id="ID89a0101eeb314467bd97501b2c58fcb8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Revised tribal
energy resource agreement</header>
<text>On the date that is 91 days after the
date on which the Secretary receives a revised tribal energy
resource agreement
from an Indian tribe under paragraph (4)(B), the revised tribal
energy resource
agreement shall take effect, unless the Secretary disapproves the
revised
tribal energy resource agreement under subparagraph
(B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="id4D312865E96C47B1BBA8F35161072608">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="idA4C92819F63C495FB4888392CA637401">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by striking
<quote>(B)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>if—</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id522FEBDF2FE44C6F81CED0DE2584998F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idD577A36120A04BCD881286AB660F7B41">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Disapproval</header>
<text>The
Secretary shall disapprove a tribal energy resource agreement
submitted
pursuant to paragraph (1) or (4)(B) only
if—</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="ID7fb97a3136004647a5938b7b5ffb0795">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by striking
clause (i) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF181F60F3DB546F2945B24D1498707B1" style="OLC">
<clause id="IDcc69239ddcff4db3ac6e56b60eba5496">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Secretary
determines that the Indian tribe has not demonstrated that the
Indian tribe has
sufficient capacity to regulate the development of the specific 1
or more
energy resources identified for development under the tribal energy
resource
agreement submitted by the Indian
tribe;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="id7A711DF35AB0495081A8563B999C0AEE">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>by
redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv) and indenting appropriately;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idAFDC754D677945168CCA479294D89887">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>by striking
clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9870D30C2464BCFAC49087F8C7A1849" style="OLC">
<clause id="id28071AF48E5E4E01AAF4A08663036A01">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a provision of
the tribal energy resource agreement would violate applicable
Federal law
(including regulations) or a treaty applicable to the Indian tribe;</text>
</clause><clause id="idB290A0B82E54464F88E96E56A85E4AC4">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the tribal
energy resource agreement does not include 1 or more provisions
required under
subparagraph (D); or</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="idCDD61DF84D3A42BFA386EBC6FDC57A8E">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>in clause (iv)
(as redesignated by subclause (III))—</text>
<item id="idFADC904A2F764CEFAA655120A7590CDD">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>in
the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>includes</quote> and all
that follows through <quote>section—</quote> and inserting <quote>does not
include provisions that, with respect to any lease, business agreement, or
right-of-way to which the tribal energy resource agreement applies—</quote>;
and</text>
</item><item id="ID1ead8fa3c61343b892cb73421d0a9d67">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>in
subclause (XVI)(bb), by striking <quote>or tribal</quote>;</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="id61CF784EB87A4497B2530B3F9B8E5208">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph
(C)—</text>
<subclause id="ID9e5b973322fa4ae99459e033cba480ec">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in the matter
preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>the approval of</quote> after
<quote>with respect to</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id9B124E087F1540CAB348B248845B3795">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by striking
clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id983099CE4C564035BB71409755F63593" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID1a68126eff524d21a44387ae949e69f4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the
identification of mitigation measures, if any, that, in the
discretion of the
Indian tribe, the Indian tribe might propose for incorporation into
the lease,
business agreement, or
right-of-way;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="ID65945ee9bae14c2cbe54b265b3ac320c">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>in clause
(iii)(I), by striking <quote>proposed action</quote> and inserting
<quote>approval of the lease, business agreement, or
right-of-way</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id7D08F2936D7644EB90958261951899CA">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>in clause (iv),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id71FD9476FA364E4CAE4ADC372665E2FC">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>in clause (v), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idC9F2825ABDAC4546A0D2FB12C1FCF1C1">
<enum>(VI)</enum>
<text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC061D23278A044ACAA9E39BD63619A5D" style="OLC">
<clause id="IDa8aa0dc0d838430586008575c208c4fe">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>the
identification of specific classes or categories of actions, if
any, determined
by the Indian tribe not to have significant environmental
effects.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id3092694E27BB4E39B236FE0DAF4CEFD1">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>in
subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking <quote>subparagraph (B)(iii)(XVI)</quote> and
inserting <quote>subparagraph (B)(iv)(XV)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe9890f7ed97c4178bb83ed427fb57755">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3CA0E25B97C4623A185DD8886919FBE" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID4aea45d735774c1a84e27bdf7fe37b5f">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>A tribal energy
resource agreement that takes effect pursuant to this subsection
shall remain
in effect to the extent any provision of the tribal energy resource
agreement
is consistent with applicable Federal law (including regulations),
unless the
tribal energy resource agreement is—</text>
<clause id="ID202444dff4ed4846b30f19ba8080db44">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>rescinded by the
Secretary pursuant to paragraph (7)(D)(iii)(II); or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2ebf33bac4d149fdb96af7fd92e69998">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>voluntarily
rescinded by the Indian tribe pursuant to the regulations
promulgated under
paragraph (8)(B) (or successor regulations).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID01b6722a0eb9405fa125f17b333f4745">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF452573D5E314950B2567108AF8D402D"><enum>(i)</enum>
<text>The Secretary shall
make a capacity determination under subparagraph (B)(i) not later
than 120 days
after the date on which the Indian tribe submits to the Secretary
the tribal
energy resource agreement of the Indian tribe pursuant to paragraph
(1), unless
the Secretary and the Indian tribe mutually agree to an extension
of the time
period for making the determination.</text>
</clause><clause id="idF31BF2117C704989A287EC42D4F14966" indent="up1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>Any determination that the Indian
tribe lacks the requisite capacity shall be treated as a
disapproval under
paragraph (4) and, not later than 10 days after the date of the
determination,
the Secretary shall provide to the Indian tribe—</text>
<subclause id="id75409C11AE864944BCE62E7DAC67C31B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>a detailed, written explanation of each
reason for the determination; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id8AAF4729DC1B4CDE95C471EB498E701E">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>a description of the steps that the
Indian tribe should take to demonstrate sufficient capacity.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9cfcdca22e64477f9ffe4a202e75883c">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of this section, an Indian tribe shall be
considered to
have demonstrated sufficient capacity under subparagraph (B)(i) to
regulate the
development of the specific 1 or more energy resources of the
Indian tribe
identified for development under the tribal energy resource
agreement submitted
by the Indian tribe pursuant to paragraph (1) if—</text>
<clause id="ID5297b6aa2292459992bb3adb7b212454">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Secretary
determines that—</text>
<subclause id="idEDB6D4BAB98E47C29CA38B66046014BA">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the Indian tribe
has carried out a contract or compact under title I or IV of the
Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et
seq.);
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id324B7318ACDE45AE938C6AF29DD72E6F">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>for a period of
not less than 3 consecutive years ending on the date on which the
Indian tribe
submits the tribal energy resource agreement of the Indian tribe
pursuant to
paragraph (1) or (4)(B), the contract or compact—</text>
<item id="IDaab8997fcf034955b57db1b29523422f">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>has been carried
out by the Indian tribe without material audit exceptions (or
without any
material audit exceptions that were not corrected within the 3-year
period);
and</text>
</item><item id="IDee04aac6b8b14b7a95fb257ec8e3b22e">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>has included
programs or activities relating to the management of tribal land;
or</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="ID525e6b92607e4977be034d6ce51bf71d">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the Secretary
fails to make the determination within the time allowed under
subparagraph
(G)(i) (including any extension of time agreed to under that
subparagraph).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF5AB5DE64D6441C69172FC0BBA5BBB45">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>date of disapproval</quote> and all that follows through the
end of subparagraph (C) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE8649E403C4B460790F64BC796A3350E" style="OLC">
<text>date of disapproval, provide the
Indian tribe with—</text><subparagraph id="id9381780089F9409C9F68E6018337D36A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a detailed,
written explanation of—</text>
<clause id="idDF3384687851470694C10B5946E92C0C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>each reason for
the disapproval; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idE69288B27F4845A98A581E162B13B3D5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the revisions or
changes to the tribal energy resource agreement necessary to
address each
reason; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idABDA96FE4500421588A7421A8D31E7EC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>an opportunity to
revise and resubmit the tribal energy resource
agreement.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2DB1A27C4A5042CEB0EB838E2C0950F1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph
(6)—</text>
<clause id="id156D0CB4A90440709A9161FE41B79009">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="idF184766EC7F8484AA820E36D7FC2A974">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by striking
<quote>(B) Subject to</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F688C376D2C44FB9DF3EEF344A513A1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id2A57FDB2F87C4FB7A10AA0D5656B406C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Subject only
to</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="id10E3AF4868EA4151A75566C741ED4AC4">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by striking
<quote>subparagraph (D)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraphs (C) and
(D)</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id441E6E4C3B154A5B92D8351E717342F0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in
subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>to
perform the obligations of the Secretary under this section and</quote> before
<quote>to ensure</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id72C1B92F85B94BE28A4F7414F3E91F04">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph
(D), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id356EFC15F75D47E4B02BBC15351B141F" style="OLC">
<clause id="IDd826f419e2124894bea204f8fed29fe1">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>Nothing in this
section absolves, limits, or otherwise affects the liability, if
any, of the
United States for any—</text>
<subclause id="ID51d36cab77264abd9181f9b239703c06">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>term of any
lease, business agreement, or right-of-way under this section that
is not a
negotiated term; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID07e754459e3a4fbba2a7f69faf4873b5">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>losses that are
not the result of a negotiated term, including losses resulting
from the
failure of the Secretary to perform an obligation of the Secretary
under this
section.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9E76C1909A3A426FA3E1E3ECE61310BE">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in paragraph
(7)—</text>
<clause id="ID7f7e6a31027341e993f0ee531ec1f9d8">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>has demonstrated</quote> and inserting
<quote>the Secretary determines has demonstrated with substantial
evidence</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4cbc237978e04f0ab5eac0923b35b912">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>any tribal remedy</quote> and inserting
<quote>all remedies (if any) provided under the laws of the Indian
tribe</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID631cbd830564406298a2a266dfe4c5b5">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph
(D)—</text>
<subclause id="ID1e8850f464c3488592e49c19df9a4c8f">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>determine</quote> and all that follows through the end of the
clause and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id456B51672D9C47299BD0894102975D75" style="OLC">
<text>determine—</text><subclause id="idD167A6B1CC1F494FB113E86045E603C1">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>whether the petitioner is an interested
party; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDbd604530aac44f20a8868cd095f915f8">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>if the petitioner is an interested party,
whether the Indian tribe is not in compliance with the tribal
energy resource
agreement as alleged in the
petition.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="ID1a6df14187d548eb8b6ef9204970cedc">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii),
by striking <quote>determination</quote> and inserting
<quote>determinations</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6f1949fb348b4c2fbd3092e11b0e5a13">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>in clause
(iii), in the matter preceding subclause (I) by striking
<quote>agreement</quote> the first place it appears and all that follows
through <quote>, including</quote> and inserting <quote>agreement pursuant to
clause (i), the Secretary shall only take such action as the Secretary
determines necessary to address the claims of noncompliance made in the
petition, including</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID77a09c9c83fd4725b890f41c9baa28cb">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>in
subparagraph (E)(i), by striking <quote>the manner in which</quote> and
inserting <quote>, with respect to each claim made in the petition,
how</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3B9A777AD2AB4F42AFA0A7A2FBA2FAC6">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE88D3A283C724626AD29949BA17E25E5" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID87cacbd7334c4066a02d322ae41ae22a">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of this paragraph, the Secretary shall dismiss
any petition
from an interested party that has agreed with the Indian tribe to a
resolution
of the claims presented in the petition of that
party.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9e7d36a6f1d24f2aa6eef92cf9d3aaeb">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by redesignating
subsection (g) as subsection (j); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDba33cc996fee4c4f8049cd9dc6faa37b">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>by inserting
after subsection (f) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEEFB0E6289F94C9EB37FE4F0211BB135" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID3ee15c1046ff4b059238e7c81deff826">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Financial
assistance in lieu of activities by the Secretary</header>
<paragraph id="id51A4E132E7AA4C5187B00D4795348A8F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In
general</header>
<text>Any amounts that the Secretary would otherwise expend to
operate or carry out any program, function, service, or activity
(or any
portion of a program, function, service, or activity) of the
Department that,
as a result of an Indian tribe carrying out activities under a
tribal energy
resource agreement, the Secretary does not expend, the Secretary
shall, at the
request of the Indian tribe, make available to the Indian tribe in
accordance
with this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF3225F9A5AE14631AD2499FECF3DEE86">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Annual funding
agreements</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make the amounts described in
paragraph (1) available to an Indian tribe through an annual
written funding
agreement that is negotiated and entered into with the Indian tribe
that is
separate from the tribal energy resource agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3A515B165F314EE09D6BDCDCF1E4342F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Effect of
appropriations</header>
<text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id737DE35DAB65456E983844291BCA01AA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the provision of
amounts to an Indian tribe under this subsection is subject to the
availability
of appropriations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id72811AFD046C4A9286D0EC433F12C768">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Secretary
shall not be required to reduce amounts for programs, functions,
services, or
activities that serve any other Indian tribe to make amounts
available to an
Indian tribe under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID52d3d6fea462444cac2b20e9b8039587">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Determination</header>
<subparagraph id="ID15890a25c94a40dd97463d907ec72b06">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In
general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall calculate the amounts under paragraph
(1) in accordance with the regulations adopted under section 103(b)
of the
<short-title>Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDaa8014f95027497690b05517dce876e2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Applicability</header>
<text>The
effective date or implementation of a tribal energy resource
agreement under
this section shall not be delayed or otherwise affected by—</text>
<clause id="idB103D29647FA4EF1BBB2A2C37D9854C4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a
delay in the promulgation of regulations under section 103(b) of
the <short-title>Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014</short-title>;</text>
</clause><clause id="idE0B268A210DF4C0A9BBBB65A8DAA613D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the period of
time needed by the Secretary to make the calculation required under
paragraph
(1); or</text>
</clause><clause id="idE037741D9EC244318A2E34FF8DF0FCB4">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the adoption of
a funding agreement under paragraph (2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9C81F97A2B52431C843F82B3CD66E8F0">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Certification
of tribal energy development organization</header>
<paragraph id="id0D10C3B51C8E401FA48B256D0024131D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In
general</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date on which an Indian
tribe submits an application for certification of a tribal energy
development
organization in accordance with regulations promulgated under
section 103(b) of
the <short-title>Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014</short-title>, the Secretary shall
approve or disapprove the application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5950bf1f744e4e6a8aa67d109c533525">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>The
Secretary shall approve an application for certification if—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID184396660bf84c198152f1aae7142193">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id1AB76D1C7C2142A6BDD16286D287EB11"><enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Indian tribe has
carried out a contract or compact under title I or IV of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et
seq.);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idEE6A91D338F744449F1133E824864019" indent="up1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>for a period of not less than 3
consecutive years ending on the date on which the Indian tribe
submits the
application, the contract or compact—</text>
<subclause id="idC3F881D08E464DB9B87EB55D333FA786">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>has been carried out by the Indian tribe
without material audit exceptions (or without any material audit
exceptions
that were not corrected within the 3-year period); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id5929904D11D84DCFA01386DFF7F02B46">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>has included programs or activities
relating to the management of tribal land; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3434E526D48B4CDFA8E0CA7B8F281E2C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE7144D3F16ED4CD182C0BD9D414C8092"><enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the tribal energy
development organization is organized under the laws of the Indian
tribe and
subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the Indian tribe;</text>
</clause><clause id="id241D8256D9A94EE180948D4C4AFD13FE" indent="up1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the majority of the interest in
the tribal energy development organization is owned and controlled
by the
Indian tribe (or the Indian tribe and 1 or more other Indian
tribes);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3A9E1BB2C3C24D44A73F30AD7D938668" indent="up1">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the organizing document of the
tribal energy development organization requires that the Indian
tribe (or the
Indian tribe and 1 or more other Indian tribes) own and control at
all times a
majority of the interest in the tribal energy development
organization.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3F53E809176D42FBBD8F29C085E944F3">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Action by
Secretary</header>
<text>If the Secretary approves an application for
certification pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall, not
more than 10
days after making the determination—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd7c96396d3f6418ca79864629c126056">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>issue a
certification stating that—</text>
<clause id="IDc3b09747787843d5a38ddb797b2c4b3d">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the tribal energy
development organization is organized under the laws of the Indian
tribe and
subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the Indian tribe;</text>
</clause><clause id="id42CCA0FCEBFB4FA7BD4B6C4E7685090E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the majority of
the interest in the tribal energy development organization is owned
and
controlled by the Indian tribe (or the Indian tribe and 1 or more
other Indian
tribes);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID001ac11e271e405f9fbfdef1ed092e3f">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the organizing
document of the tribal energy development organization requires
that the Indian
tribe (or the Indian tribe and 1 or more other Indian tribes) own
and control
at all times a majority of the interest in the tribal energy
development
organization; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idD18384036D004BC3BB6AF2BACEBDCFBF">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the
certification is issued pursuant this subsection;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID37c5845baabf4884b1f4f081eb5f4e99">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>deliver a copy of
the certification to the Indian tribe; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID59857769d8dc4dfbbdab427e874ecd1e">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>publish the
certification in the Federal Register.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC444638A28E54DA4ACCF790FB36609E2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Sovereign
immunity</header>
<text>Nothing in this section waives the sovereign immunity of
an Indian
tribe.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5b95dd243c244c538f197218b556891e">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014</short-title>, the Secretary shall
promulgate or update any regulations that are necessary to implement this
section, including provisions to implement—</text>
<paragraph id="id8F86A08C33D7432DB77013B63945703D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>section 2604(g)
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3504">25 U.S.C. 3504(g)</external-xref>) including the manner
in
which the Secretary, at the request of an Indian tribe, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id861B00CA9CBF4B799313DF67FE6BD1DC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>identify the
programs, functions, services, and activities (or any portions of
programs,
functions, services, or activities) that the Secretary will not have to
operate
or carry out as a result of the Indian tribe carrying out activities under
a
tribal energy resource agreement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id19F38F88C3CB4576B6092BA5ACB951C5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>identify the
amounts that the Secretary would have otherwise expended to operate or
carry
out each program, function, service, and activity (or any portion of a
program,
function, service, or activity) identified pursuant to subparagraph (A);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD950180CF5084A5B893C8C93F4426881">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>provide to the
Indian tribe a list of the programs, functions, services, and activities
(or
any portions of programs, functions, services, or activities) identified
pursuant subparagraph (A) and the amounts associated with each program,
function, service, and activity (or any portion of a program, function,
service, or activity) identified pursuant to subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB401939350414AA8884E2462DB634D3C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>section 2604(h)
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3504">25 U.S.C. 3504(h)</external-xref>), including the
process to
be followed by, and any applicable criteria and documentation required
for, an
Indian tribe to request and obtain the certification described in that
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4DD3B99CD06D4461A8B5BC661BC395AC">
<enum>104.</enum>
<header>Technical assistance
for Indian tribal governments</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2602(b) of the Energy Policy Act of
1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3502">25 U.S.C. 3502(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id71D3CE08CD65493C8F3AC8FD206F442E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4E26733734704778A1E8873AC019D94C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after
paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8BB00CFFD62D42BB885280775FC26BDE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID79739b3b20c442d5b9c2a71165a395ad">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Technical and
scientific resources</header>
<text>In addition to providing grants to Indian
tribes under this subsection, the Secretary shall collaborate with
the
Directors of the National Laboratories in making the full array of
technical
and scientific resources of the Department of Energy available for
tribal
energy activities and
projects.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idF06F1EC5AB8D44B88E3A1B3C90AF6D43">
<enum>105.</enum>
<header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subsection id="id80DADF498BE14E06998752E63EB43ED4">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definition of tribal
energy development organization</header>
<text>Section 2601 of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3501">25 U.S.C. 3501</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (11) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48E7F5C8B2C64767BA8FCC342042D689" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03608C0EB09A4BB1AB15A5C7481D7F80">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>The term <term>tribal
energy development organization</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF35CE1C3C59B4ED68FE4B1E0B47959C3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>any enterprise,
partnership, consortium, corporation, or other type of business
organization
that is engaged in the development of energy resources and is
wholly owned by
an Indian tribe (including an organization incorporated pursuant to
section 17
of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/477">25 U.S.C. 477</external-xref>) or section
3 of the
Act of June 26, 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/503">25 U.S.C. 503</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Oklahoma
Indian Welfare Act</quote>)); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFA27D871452044408B000B99D42D49FC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any organization of 2 or
more entities, at least 1 of which is an Indian tribe, that has the
written
consent of the governing bodies of all Indian tribes participating
in the
organization to apply for a grant, loan, or other assistance under
section 2602
or to enter into a lease or business agreement with, or acquire a
right-of-way
from, an Indian tribe pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii) or
(b)(2)(B) of
section
2604.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id90846A3136D7446BACB06762C8455B5F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Indian tribal energy
resource development</header>
<text>Section 2602 of the Energy Policy Act of
1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3502">25 U.S.C. 3502</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idABDD6E4815F04C4AB303DC8F37AFBF66">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id752E39B09FC3426AA31C909DEBFA8651">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>tribal energy resource development organizations</quote> and
inserting <quote>tribal energy development organizations</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9AE17B54C1854D629855104ABA5A65F1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>tribal energy resource development organizations</quote> each
place it appears and inserting <quote>tribal energy development
organizations</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA28CC4183BF3442E807A9B803F411B9F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(2), by
striking <quote>tribal energy resource development organization</quote> and
inserting <quote>tribal energy development organization</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEDFBFB121DD84894923468B80BA75244">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Wind and hydropower
feasibility study</header>
<text>Section 2606(c)(3) of the Energy Policy Act of
1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3506">25 U.S.C. 3506(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>energy resource
development</quote> and inserting <quote>energy development</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id51ABC79B5C6A4C67AFBFFBB35B16B22A">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<text>Section 2604(e) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25
U.S.C. 3504(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id0CB5CE0A860D4BA3960984685E0061BB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4CF5CD3CC1204AB7B6466C99B769A2F6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(1) On
the date</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09D5BF9E77AA411D87B5EC7D7EA989D3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idFECFCBB55C614D19821D67487D9F5019">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In
general</header>
<text>On the date</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77869731D7E740FDB268A6DEFAC6B2C1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>for
approval</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBC7D239B1E0440D299D9B61724EE74D8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(B)(iv)
(as redesignated by section 4(a)(4)(A)(ii)(III))—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3635C25A926F4FBCA9505170CF194B9E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subclause (XIV), by
inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73089EAB0F424E8E8D4196AFB8A8B5F2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking subclause
(XV); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id090EEAA9C2A2406E8566AD4F396F284F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by redesignating
subclause (XVI) as subclause (XV);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id280031ECF85F4BCFBD92BB4FF6712359">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9114D1E555484C5FB2FD8725A208DFF3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(3)
The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51C0A907BCEE4B4AAF9A3D3ED31D954E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idDF59028D7868415BA55DF535991018DB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Notice and comment;
Secretarial review</header>
<text>The
Secretary</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF58F4A222B4F432587409885E008D591">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>for
approval</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id11340F6D1BBA4775A8ECDEFD1608F935">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4), by
striking <quote>(4) If the Secretary</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B10840B1BC340B8A2F58E2AB30C2CEB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id73A9716915C745F285D0194683A8925E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Action in case of
disapproval</header>
<text>If the
Secretary</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4112A60107164FB38534B102102D097D">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7DF2A4953A6D49FB9C555AE42B54920C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(5) If
an Indian tribe</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA93B7D843CC4478BB921F7F6742CEF6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idD39D8AE27CD34AAEADB9F46A5230AABC">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Provision of documents
to Secretary</header>
<text>If an Indian
tribe</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBA652B6F77FD4A51AEAA0DDF37CDA25A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>approved</quote> and inserting <quote>in
effect</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4FFC9BC41CBF4CFC9D29A1E6B89CF165">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC5E6171375B4458E82373815C1236C02">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(6)(A)
In carrying out</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21993E5946DA4FAC8C13E3DA1F6D7C2D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id3D224F4A162A489F86764DC2FFB1ADF9">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Secretarial obligations
and effect of section</header>
<subparagraph id="id703C0726BBA54D80B791C40430E7010F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>In carrying
out</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7F135D45AB584693AF40077C95C8E363">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by
indenting clauses (i) and (ii) appropriately;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCE15D02B14C044F284CBBE0EB3942C56">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking <quote>approved</quote> and inserting <quote>in effect</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id374AD651AF104D349758B88CCD964C6D">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph
(D)—</text>
<clause id="id0A44522382164300861A828FCF7934C7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>an approved tribal energy resource agreement</quote> and
inserting <quote>a tribal energy resource agreement in effect under this
section</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id9AE00B91057044C8BA434CA394F4693B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii), by
striking <quote>approved by the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>in
effect</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id65C8CF660083412B9864B3DDC02B7722">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (7)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD79A4AD65EC24BB594DEA168EC4A53F9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(7)(A)
In this paragraph</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F38685ED29B4781A1DB66E33C40CEB0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id3C602477B69047FF8722D1C5C28734E5">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Petitions by interested
parties</header>
<subparagraph id="id0AF1387820E64B00939682F69608A929">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>In this
paragraph</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3163D8319C3D4693AB717A81FAA05134">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by
striking <quote>approved by the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>in
effect</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAC611EEA7535483DAA8963E6C8A23529">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking <quote>approved by the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>in
effect</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5FD8A1482C94401F821B9992FBD91A17">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph
(D)(iii)—</text>
<clause id="id93900606FD3C42A481063203BD889FC0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subclause (I), by
striking <quote>approved</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id88F222DADE3244FD83D2FDDABB514EBD">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subclause
(II)—</text>
<subclause id="id2E75744048C047E9A676E81EE7D3DA4B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by striking
<quote>approval of</quote> in the first place it appears; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56EB5F5C23294A6AA7BFA67E030342E0">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by striking
<quote>subsection (a) or (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a)(2)(A)(i) or (b)(2)(A)</quote>.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum>
<header>Miscellaneous
amendments</header>
<section id="id96D92176C94347AB9B30ADBFC8FF38DE">
<enum>201.</enum>
<header>Issuance of
preliminary permits or licenses</header>
<subsection id="idAD24C7091EA1454C97F2A3B082D968B7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In
general</header>
<text>Section 7(a) of the Federal Power Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/800">16 U.S.C. 800(a)</external-xref>)
is amended by striking <quote>States and municipalities</quote> and inserting
<quote>States, Indian tribes, and municipalities</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1e454c5fc6df450e978e944ae96d4f9a">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Applicability</header>
<text>The
amendment made by subsection (a) shall not affect—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3a149a4f39c44d068fb1bf9b87609459">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>any preliminary
permit or original license issued before the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014</short-title>; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1e9b915d594d400885cfd8703551f336">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>an application
for an original license, if the Commission has issued a notice accepting
that
application for filing pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/4">section 4.32(d)</external-xref> of title 18, Code of
Federal
Regulations (or successor regulations), before the date of enactment of
the
<short-title>Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB03A0EB03E364DE88A085F96B2C61C70">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Definition of
Indian tribe</header>
<text>For purposes of section 7(a) of the Federal Power
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/800">16 U.S.C. 800(a)</external-xref>) (as amended by subsection (a)), the term <term>Indian
tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idFCFD7B07C04140278BC0970922F15F42">
<enum>202.</enum>
<header>Tribal biomass
demonstration project</header>
<subsection id="id4EC2E9D7A25A4CC4944FDF7304DD72BA">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text>The
purpose of this section is to establish a biomass demonstration project
for
federally recognized Indian tribes and Alaska Native corporations to
promote
biomass energy production.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id47F7BEABADBE4A3D8965DD53A5A43659">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Tribal biomass
demonstration project</header>
<text>The Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/278">Public Law 108–278</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 868) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD24D30E097114697A7A596366FFFA9D6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in section 2(a), by
striking <quote>In this section</quote> and inserting <quote>In this
Act</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCD6BF50BD12F4007B57889CFEBBC9086">
<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="idFAA4CD6C73A94BCE9878B5D8911AC9AD" style="OLC">
<section id="id524DF08228B542F7B209FB18B08764B7">
<enum>3.</enum>
<header>Tribal biomass
demonstration project</header>
<subsection id="id9FEDCF5D070243EE87AF782DE51CC09F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Stewardship contracts
or similar agreements</header>
<text>For each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019,
the Secretary shall enter into stewardship contracts or similar
agreements
(excluding direct service contracts) with Indian tribes to carry
out
demonstration projects to promote biomass energy production
(including biofuel,
heat, and electricity generation) on Indian forest land and in
nearby
communities by providing reliable supplies of woody biomass from
Federal
land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id2E588CED449140449E1A0BB6EF8244DA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Demonstration
projects</header>
<text>In each fiscal year for which projects are authorized,
at least 4 new demonstration projects that meet the eligibility
criteria
described in subsection (c) shall be carried out under contracts or
agreements
described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id929588C38DEF410BBDC182394A042DC3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Eligibility
criteria</header>
<text>To be eligible to enter into a contract or agreement
under this section, an Indian tribe shall submit to the Secretary
an
application—</text>
<paragraph id="id7AC0CF2759AE47BC9D3CF584B32794CB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>containing such
information as the Secretary may require; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1E72FE066D904EBE9F8B84DD02EDE650">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>that includes a
description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8409EA01D84449E0A9B9423644A3986D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Indian forest land or
rangeland under the jurisdiction of the Indian tribe; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB12BA66E4FB247F186076D84136D310F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the demonstration project
proposed to be carried out by the Indian tribe.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA771E99829DA43108D4BD6F324D66BF8">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Selection</header>
<text>In
evaluating the applications submitted under subsection (c), the
Secretary
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id0B1E854CA0A44BFFB73CFDCFDC2BA27F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>take into
consideration—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2DF81055692140E6A2258B9A2741EAE9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the factors set forth in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2(e); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id390C74566CF34E319D53BF07F45FAE76">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>whether a proposed
project would—</text>
<clause id="id603575A30CBB49918EE40053AC6EDE35">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>increase the availability
or reliability of local or regional energy;</text>
</clause><clause id="id51AA3BECFE074A00BD0C4A520F12C962">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>enhance the economic
development of the Indian tribe;</text>
</clause><clause id="id4F7FC01E302340FEBD20139BD34C7AE9">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>result in or improve
the connection of electric power transmission facilities serving
the Indian
tribe with other electric transmission facilities;</text>
</clause><clause id="id39FAF5124DB541F88683203821EBF76A">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>improve the forest
health or watersheds of Federal land or Indian forest land or
rangeland;</text>
</clause><clause id="id65BD8B9F61EE4DF395A30A4622158E97">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>demonstrate new
investments in infrastructure; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id18E61FE191754DB9AFE5454072C60EFF">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>otherwise promote the
use of woody biomass; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFBF299CC45AE4696998540375EAD5CA3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>exclude from
consideration any merchantable logs that have been identified by
the Secretary
for commercial sale.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCF7A6A0118EC4B3A93EC0C7F92297DB4">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text>The
Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idACE9B1DB1D9D4B60B83ACE9C00DC9BCE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>ensure that the criteria
described in subsection (c) are publicly available by not later
than 120 days
after the date of enactment of this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id141D0DBEF9D04CF3B63D0EF941056319">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to the maximum extent
practicable, consult with Indian tribes and appropriate intertribal
organizations likely to be affected in developing the application
and otherwise
carrying out this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id779D46F2EAC34A11A36E55A39708CBAC">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not
later than September 20, 2017, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report
that describes, with respect to the reporting period—</text>
<paragraph id="idB5A3715D916340EABAF7356156C9908B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>each individual tribal
application received under this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7C8EE712AA43420DB06F607151F62B3E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>each contract and
agreement entered into pursuant to this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEBB47C3D88484957A867182B941E1775">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Incorporation of
management plans</header>
<text>In carrying out a contract or agreement under
this section, on receipt of a request from an Indian tribe, the
Secretary shall
incorporate into the contract or agreement, to the maximum extent
practicable,
management plans (including forest management and integrated
resource
management plans) in effect on the Indian forest land or rangeland
of the
respective Indian tribe.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idED0CBEC3C2384EF894460C6CF93C8EF5">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Term</header>
<text>A
contract or agreement entered into under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="id79733C7C32C846E3972E8D0DA636454F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall be for a term of
not more than 20 years; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA013FE09FCC442ED83D079AA9FBFD31E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>may be renewed in
accordance with this section for not more than an additional 10
years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3F3F9D0E281148908D547D7E141A68D1">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Alaska Native
Corporation biomass demonstration project</header>
<paragraph id="id29F712DB94044CF3A94A987264B11FC1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In
this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="id15150A4F58DB4F59BA60BA94BB0C9219">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Alaska Native
corporation</header>
<text>The term <term>Alaska Native corporation</term> has
the meaning given the term <term>Native Corporation</term> in section 3 of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id015F55602E7A4482868781A934716AEB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Federal
land</header>
<text>The term <term>Federal land</term> means—</text>
<clause id="idC32546122698474ABF8FB0739FFCD71C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>land of the National
Forest System (as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland
Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1609">16 U.S.C. 1609(a)</external-xref>)) administered
by
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest
Service;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id42F677FD143347D0BF523545BCE740F7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>public lands (as defined
in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C.
1702)), the surface of which is administered by the Secretary of the
Interior,
acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id985D0EF3102449C69DA256521B03C7E7">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Forest
land</header>
<text>The term <term>forest land</term> means land that—</text>
<clause id="id5C38CE958F024EC69BF4222066471C35">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>is conveyed to an Alaska
Native corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); and</text>
</clause><clause id="idD602A475C7ED44F087378B3694BC5C01">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id1C43AFED82DF464FA54EB7DE5723BE77"><enum>(I)</enum>
<text>is considered chiefly
valuable for the production of forest products or to maintain watershed or
other land values enhanced by a forest cover (including commercial and
noncommercial timberland and woodland), regardless of whether a formal
inspection and land classification action has been taken; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idA9A1CCDA0D9A445D85521B6D37343E46" indent="up1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>formerly had a forest or
vegetative cover that is capable of restoration.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8110EA4120074FD18DEDF6AB16D8651D">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Secretary</header>
<text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means—</text>
<clause id="id20099C57CB8A4B788BFFE536A8C9B6CE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Secretary of
Agriculture, with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Forest
Service;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idD217B585E1344D8A9209F93490DAB19E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the Secretary of the
Interior, with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of
Land
Management.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB8B45127BD84463887B45518FFCFB782">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Agreements</header>
<text>For
each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019, the Secretary shall enter into a
stewardship contract or similar agreement (excluding a direct service
contract)
with 1 or more Alaska Native corporations to carry out a demonstration
project
to promote biomass energy production (including biofuel, heat, and
electricity
generation) on forest land of the Alaska Native corporations and in nearby
communities by providing reliable supplies of woody biomass from Federal
land.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE48CCF8D97F44AE6AFD97154E4EC2894">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Demonstration
projects</header>
<text>In each fiscal year for which projects are authorized,
at least 1 new demonstration project that meets the eligibility criteria
described in paragraph (4) shall be carried out under contracts or
agreements
described in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id60B6E584D25843BDA1A53C034BD82B0F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Eligibility
criteria</header>
<text>To be eligible to enter into a contract or agreement
under this subsection, an Alaska Native corporation shall submit to the
Secretary an application—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8EC25B2FDA2A4120A63976C276911095">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>containing such
information as the Secretary may require; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52F0CB5CB0EE42479CAA4239FC2CA8BD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>that includes a
description of—</text>
<clause id="id3705B77051704769BA628A289756879E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the forest land or
rangeland under the jurisdiction of the Alaska Native corporation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id24AFB5F915D44848A7074B13B7DF7801">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the demonstration
project proposed to be carried out by the Alaska Native corporation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1038A5BEF1604D6AB4209425F83313EC">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Selection</header>
<text>In
evaluating the applications submitted under paragraph (4), the Secretary
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id930555C1FE3044529829119823D782A8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>take into consideration
whether a proposed project would—</text>
<clause id="idBDC7820F8065488AA6979AC2DA4AF382">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>increase the availability
or reliability of local or regional energy;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8B0C5ED03AF946A384CEFC8ED70A742C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>enhance the economic
development of the Alaska Native corporation;</text>
</clause><clause id="id2F548B58CB914E51A1E7FC70944E40A7">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>result in or improve
the connection of electric power transmission facilities serving the
Alaska
Native corporation with other electric transmission facilities;</text>
</clause><clause id="id4D53178269694872940B7C35DC10D387">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>improve the forest
health or watersheds of Federal land or Alaska Native corporation forest
land
or rangeland;</text>
</clause><clause id="idB28B120DFC5242298A94594C981F5074">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>demonstrate new
investments in infrastructure; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id31A91B05A6F24EFBAFC4C572FAFCB1E0">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>otherwise promote the
use of woody biomass; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAE9AE3DB61864EDFB2898944A5150533">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>exclude from
consideration any merchantable logs that have been identified by the
Secretary
for commercial sale.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id13146412D4B2466E9E4FB630B37AAE7F">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text>The
Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBA99F8B076284615BE88D7F17C7D4018">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>ensure that the criteria
described in paragraph (4) are publicly available by not later than 120
days
after the date of enactment of this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7BF420AB8B9B427DA57BEC4BF7C32CEC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to the maximum extent
practicable, consult with Alaska Native corporations and appropriate
Alaska
Native organizations likely to be affected in developing the application
and
otherwise carrying out this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id54E87BB1F28544F38EEBE7CC6C496C25">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not
later than September 20, 2017, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a
report
that describes, with respect to the reporting period—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3B9E71B7872349E2A72766940C8D1308">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>each individual
application received under this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE92A3A32FADD4820AB96D58565E88114">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>each contract and
agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5B733FCADD24426299AA63553F39D7E0">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Term</header>
<text>A
contract or agreement entered into under this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBEDEBCA06DAE4718B917206FC1F4E3E5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>shall be for a term of
not more than 20 years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0BDEB8FEA084A388C102C69B78FAF81">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>may be renewed in
accordance with this subsection for not more than an additional 10
years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id9C9FF1F8801E4A4A9CC4E92E419FF327">
<enum>203.</enum>
<header>Weatherization
program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 413(d) of the
Energy Conservation and Production Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6863">42 U.S.C. 6863(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id86CC2746740847059DF272C802D064DB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id157A47D60D10436E94F1D6FE24CD4E43" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id8A8B89682B424FED9F0E09D81A33A4F6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Reservation of
amounts</header>
<subparagraph id="idBD9698B2AD224E60BEB38C2FF22EB4CE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In
general</header>
<text>Subject to subparagraph (B) and notwithstanding any other
provision of this part, the Secretary shall reserve from amounts
that would
otherwise be allocated to a State under this part not less than 100
percent,
but not more than 150 percent, of an amount which bears the same
proportion to
the allocation of that State for the applicable fiscal year as the
population
of all low-income members of an Indian tribe in that State bears to
the
population of all low-income individuals in that State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id70A266C9CEDE4502A34A4263704C0327">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Restrictions</header>
<text>Subparagraph
(A) shall apply only if—</text>
<clause id="idA01A0A0F873340B99CE7DB254FCB2E00">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the tribal
organization serving the low-income members of the applicable
Indian tribe
requests that the Secretary make a grant directly; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idC8CB5D9EBD1D40FB95CA6A6236F89EE8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the Secretary
determines that the low-income members of the applicable Indian
tribe would be
equally or better served by making a grant directly than a grant
made to the
State in which the low-income members
reside.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id66DBBAA63F3849D8BA7A9BB186FC3B8B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE485C3DC09CD4F0E95F8D511DE2D0153">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking
<quote>The sums</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Administration</header-in-text>.—The amounts</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id809B7D4F78E1407CB9437A8F18C72704">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking
<quote>on the basis of his determination</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD7E74AADDCCE417FAEF85B57670EB884">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking
<quote>individuals for whom such a determination has been made</quote> and
inserting <quote>low-income members of the Indian tribe</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12BC3F8857D34CC38862140108FBFF7E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by striking
<quote>he</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBC2B657151324A8F9D54C7559480C460">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>In order</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Application</header-in-text>.—In
order</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id6275360E76354481BB072C136DAC6DEE">
<enum>204.</enum>
<header>Appraisals</header>
<subsection id="id8AACB8ABF8F74912A1292AFC73B7179E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In
general</header>
<text>Title XXVI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D2736B7897B4891A152EBBC39E33F04" style="OLC">
<section id="id6C645B54C4F447719702021A47DA7B7B">
<enum>2607.</enum>
<header>Appraisals</header>
<subsection id="id7F0179B9C27B47D893F6D709696F84C2">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In
general</header>
<text>For any transaction that requires approval of the
Secretary and involves mineral or energy resources held in trust by
the United
States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or by an Indian tribe
subject to
Federal restrictions against alienation, any appraisal relating to
fair market
value of those resources required to be prepared under applicable
law may be
prepared by—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf6990b3a777e4a9c9aa2a69d9e89c596">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID384f4a9db86c4c87b198c2c1ce6c646d">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the affected Indian
tribe; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID74985042aa7e4c2284201746e7c304ac">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>a certified, third-party
appraiser pursuant to a contract with the Indian tribe.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0ae255eceae5452b817ddc9e18942b9f">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Secretarial review and
approval</header>
<text>Not later than 45 days after the date on which the
Secretary receives an appraisal prepared by or for an Indian tribe
under
paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDb3d4457e71e04918bba256e2a7c48981">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>review the appraisal;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID031f7d0fed3c4970912c11d9c1b04895">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>approve the appraisal
unless the Secretary determines that the appraisal fails to meet
the standards
set forth in regulations promulgated under subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2a7efbda39ca46ac82f95049b3d39f33">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Notice of
Disapproval</header>
<text>If the Secretary determines that an appraisal
submitted for approval under subsection (b) should be disapproved,
the
Secretary shall give written notice of the disapproval to the
Indian tribe and
a description of—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3ef7a9655f774b7790b9ce95574c646b">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>each reason for the
disapproval; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd0bfd4c27cdb46778b6712f09efc78a5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>how the appraisal should
be corrected or otherwise cured to meet the applicable standards
set forth in
the regulations promulgated under subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9a095263875147edae5907b963efd2ef">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<text>The
Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section,
including
standards the Secretary shall use for approving or disapproving the
appraisal
described in subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="idFAFEFE337A83499EA34CD85CBAC9B591">
<enum>205.</enum>
<header>Leases of restricted
lands for Navajo Nation</header>
<subsection id="idC18997FBB69148E28BD1CECA9B910DC4">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In
general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (e)(1) of
the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the
<quote>Long-Term Leasing Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/415">25 U.S.C. 415(e)(1)</external-xref>), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id1F0AD691C1694797AD3F618C9D9D64A6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>,
except a lease for</quote> and inserting <quote>, including a lease
for</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb5452c7055314670873798e6c0b96bb7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph
(A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ECFCD23C2E2466C849A9FBB97E6315D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id53CDC31318FB4047A1822B9886A0E30B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the case of a business
or agricultural lease, 99
years;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id30a3b0c5f6a448e9aafbad22f7565552">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8bdae3dfb86d4ad9be9fb2725f48178c">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08E7F866F54F410AAEDDF4BE9293C301" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id74442af815ee45d7b0de1df90720a493">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in the case of a lease
for the exploration, development, or extraction of any mineral
resource
(including geothermal resources), 25 years, except that—</text>
<clause id="id0b6a7dbe284749dc9089285fee16c12a">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>any such lease may
include an option to renew for 1 additional term of not to exceed
25 years;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idA5330C6130894760A6153F30ED910745">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>any such lease for the
exploration, development, or extraction of an oil or gas resource
shall be for
a term of not to exceed 10 years, plus such additional period as
the Navajo
Nation determines to be appropriate in any case in which an oil or
gas resource
is produced in a paying
quantity.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9EE2F649006444CDBF4AC6BBCF7A2186">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>GAO
report</header>
<text>Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare and submit
to
Congress a report describing the progress made in carrying out the
amendment
made by subsection (a)(4).</text>
</subsection></section>