114 S3110 PCS: American Energy and Conservation Act of 2016
U.S. Senate
2016-06-29
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the American Energy and Conservation Act of 2016
. (b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—Onshore and offshore energy production reforms
Sec. 101. Disposition of outer Continental Shelf revenues to Gulf producing States.
Sec. 102. Distribution of revenue to Alaska.
Sec. 103. Disposition of revenues to Atlantic States.
Sec. 104. Limitations on amount of qualified revenues.
Sec. 105. Tribal Resilience Program.
Sec. 106. Tribal Resilience Fund.
Sec. 107. Restoring equity in State mineral revenue sharing.
Sec. 108. Parity in offshore wind revenue sharing.
Sec. 109. Effect.
TITLE II—Development of geothermal, solar, and wind energy on public land
Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. Land use planning; supplements to programmatic environmental impact statements.
Sec. 203. Environmental review on covered land.
Sec. 204. Program to improve renewable energy project permit coordination.
Sec. 205. Disposition of revenues from covered land.
Sec. 206. Savings clause.
TITLE III—Conservation
Sec. 301. National Park Service Maintenance and Revitalization Conservation Fund.
<enum>I</enum><header>Onshore and offshore energy production reforms</header>
<section id="idf581bee01b8945b2ab904dafd4731f84"><enum>101.</enum><header>Disposition of outer Continental Shelf revenues to Gulf producing States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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="id1B428397E7BF410FAC34FC1E311355B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2)—</text> <subparagraph id="idF4ECD291EF424D85BF29C6FAD744D291"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id71C2F7ECBA1847EC91DBA28C7748A986"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="id98EE67836FFF4DC999DA715F58B3A330"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>25</quote> and inserting <quote>22</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idD59DA41B67DA4DE8B5A99931C16771FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id02FD5910011741719A619C32ADF397C6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9EE3DAF8B3C142619FAB43C61A7A7349" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id1DF6029737CD4C5693F0F1729A19E63E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">3 percent to be used for projects that secure recreational public access to Federal land for hunting, fishing, or other recreational purposes in accordance with section 200306 of title 54, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id384BF49F61B9408DBAE0AFAD690CD480"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb95dfddc131c443d986fb0796aac68ed" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id80be763cfcf14c1894df1f2d93a9a0e5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the total amount of qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues described in section 102(9)(A)(ii) that are made available under subsection (a)(2) shall not exceed—</text>
<subparagraph id="idbf02fd30a6404e0aad3d49f6317aedde"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2026, $500,000,000;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5A143E42956D4900A851376BCD5C4F74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2036, $835,000,000; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2BA1A32CD3914A59BAC71B1234712767"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2037 through 2055, $705,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="id644956960F3A41F7B5FC723D8EC2F6EC"><enum>102.</enum><header>Distribution of revenue to Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1338">43 U.S.C. 1338</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id12071bc7d8e94b1082bf5aa2b97db34f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>All rentals,</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf118918347484bc7b6ac82711612f786" style="OLC"> <subsection id="id48b90a796a9743c6b504299387e64301"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), all rentals,</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id965a49b09404468aa4469669837c1b10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD26E079F19F48A794CACD8EE02F411A" style="OLC"> <subsection id="id0229DAEADFF440F8BA1EDB686D34E785"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution of revenue to Alaska</header> <paragraph id="id7CCFE8E1FC254BE185D9AF1FC1C64C95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="id964ACF1B287C451AABF39DE3458AC5BB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Coastal political subdivision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>coastal political subdivision</term> means a county-equivalent or municipal subdivision of the State—</text> <clause id="idBF8223854DB04ED8AA5D7AB0155FFCDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all or part of which lies within the coastal zone of the State (as defined in section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1453">16 U.S.C. 1453</external-xref>)); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id6261A26CC3254AEA9B83EF42F35AC00B"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB614D71FC45645CA93FE2DD0CE474CCC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the closest coastal point of which is not more than 200 nautical miles from the geographical center of any leased tract in the Alaska outer Continental Shelf region; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id4cca1c7880c44ddc868857d86ab6884e" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE3ED6DA7D473416EB1C01A9A3750302B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the closest point of which is more than 200 nautical miles from the geographical center of a leased tract in the Alaska outer Continental Shelf region; and</text>
</item><item id="idc7fcdd24d5e9418695132f3180f83f25" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>that is determined by the State to be a significant staging area for oil and gas servicing, supply vessels, operations, suppliers, or workers.</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id207FC32A227C4CAC8244B16511A81AFA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualified revenues</header>
<clause id="id9DF6823994EC4F26A69BEBD2FC12A274"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>qualified revenues</term> means all revenues derived from all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to the United States from energy development in the Alaska outer Continental Shelf region.</text>
</clause><clause id="idCDE79BB9AE42467FB5A89AE4AB5ED2A9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>qualified revenues</term> does not include revenues generated from leases subject to section 8(g).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id125862BB1A7D4549AFDFB6F7C989CA44"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means the State of Alaska.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5A7A3293379746E0B65BF993CE4BBC73"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>For fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall deposit—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0C6B1745C7C349729E27C72BE13FA027"><enum>(A)</enum><text>50 percent of qualified revenues in the general fund of the Treasury;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62219d70f8f74147bfc655f1fc6bacb4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>6.25 percent of qualified revenues for the payment in lieu of taxes program established by section 6902 of title 31, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC1FB1C5D5C9E45D393711689CEF3524A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>6.25 percent of qualified revenues in the Tribal Resilience Fund established by section 106(a) of the <short-title>American Energy and Conservation Act of 2016</short-title>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5A2338831B364873808A500A628028DF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>28 percent of qualified revenues in a special account in the Treasury, to be distributed by the Secretary to the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBE6D69C102B2482589502879C6CD99A8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>7.5 percent of qualified revenues in a special account in the Treasury, to be distributed by the Secretary to coastal political subdivisions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1B4DAC302A2C4DBDA57EEC77FC94A4BA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>2 percent of qualified revenues in the general account of the Denali Commission.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id06878751A8E64F42A67222BF10CEB41B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation among coastal political subdivisions</header><text>Of the amount paid by the Secretary to coastal political subdivisions under paragraph (2)(E)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id61C33C7AA8394EBD8729008206D1E02E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>90 percent shall be allocated in amounts (based on a formula established by the Secretary by regulation) that are inversely proportional to the respective distances between the point in each coastal political subdivision that is closest to the geographic center of the applicable leased tract and not more than 200 miles from the geographic center of the leased tract; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id428C2AA1450A4403885F1F22FAE85FD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>10 percent shall be divided equally among each coastal political subdivision that—</text> <clause id="id10AFD78724794CD3889B212C82F9F3A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is more than 200 nautical miles from the geographic center of a leased tract; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idA67B8EC7C1684DBD8538563636DA1FB0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State of Alaska determines to be a significant staging area for oil and gas servicing, supply vessels, operations, suppliers, or workers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd47768bce5ed4abf9c82b6966b9f70c5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The amounts required to be deposited under paragraph (2) for the applicable fiscal year shall be made available in accordance with that paragraph during the fiscal year immediately following the applicable fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfd6a029066554e2abfe1334d750212f6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Amounts made available under subparagraphs (B) through (F) of paragraph (2) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id7ea7859439a14a45982bc197394c286f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be made available, without further appropriation, in accordance with this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id41fee04b735842a8b2a5ddc439ff9e72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>remain available until expended; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3d5a1a7e56164f87b1a841e6313dcb7f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be in addition to any amounts appropriated under any other provision of law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id7FC9972E39BE4F0E85F66DEEF4692601"><enum>103.</enum><header>Disposition of revenues to Atlantic States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1338">43 U.S.C. 1338</external-xref>) (as amended by section 102) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE49A74F849424A49B21388602764F804" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id2DB93EEB00E94CB1904671DEEDF69F81"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Distribution of revenue to Atlantic States</header>
<paragraph id="id9E243DCC50AD4FD4A1857841E0060374"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="id2285F585F7A040D19F185D9862C8594B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Atlantic State</header><text>The term <term>Atlantic State</term> means any of the following States, which are adjacent to the South Atlantic planning area:</text>
<clause id="idE6BFAF0B754A46A287FD105F800BD8D5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Georgia.</text> </clause><clause id="id102EF3C03DD74FFC91EC1A5F837F974A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>North Carolina.</text>
</clause><clause id="id8E48573A4FA94111B16835808E37BE00"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>South Carolina.</text> </clause><clause id="id86C0A7B538BE4E5FB474CDD07D84E280"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Virginia.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1077D3CEEBFC4EA8B6441018323B6FC6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualified revenues</header>
<clause id="idB2496116D7C44D138FC27D9E92EBFFBC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>qualified revenues</term> means all revenues derived from all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to the United States from energy development in the Atlantic planning region.</text>
</clause><clause id="idBFA730D8207F4A4FAD274E8CB0BF5138"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>qualified revenues</term> does not include revenues generated from leases subject to section 8(g).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id13ae04e071d24409a44f5fc18edab9dc"><enum>(C)</enum><header>South Atlantic planning area</header><text>The term <term>South Atlantic planning area</term> means the area of the outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref>)) that is located between the northern lateral seaward administrative boundary of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the southernmost lateral seaward administrative boundary of the State of Georgia.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC7F47A7C934845368CE649ECC2223F70"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>For fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID129ff7954472496e900706c93ecaf534"><enum>(A)</enum><text>50 percent of any qualified revenues shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBF6FDD0D077C4891A97C553660D7C2B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>12.5 percent shall be split equally among, and allocated to, or deposited in, as applicable—</text>
<clause id="id30260E3EF0E74D20961D587A3E046E90"><enum>(i)</enum><text>programs for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and nuclear energy at the Department of Energy;</text> </clause><clause id="id75008A6D9FD54154BF3D0E1B8B5B0B81"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the National Park Service Critical Maintenance and Revitalization Conservation Fund established by section 104908 of title 54, United States Code, for use in accordance with subsection (c) of that section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1A3C90C42E4E4CCBA611679F0348E229"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Secretary of Transportation to administer and award TIGER discretionary grants; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID99a4d01ba97b44b9badad99b3b4b164d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>37.5 percent of any qualified revenues shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury from which the Secretary shall disburse amounts to the Atlantic States in accordance with paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID38a41dbc23ee433daacc0e0085418326"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation to States</header>
<subparagraph id="id163D56AA49FF4E60B3593CDEB1F16050"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), effective for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall allocate the qualified revenues described in paragraph (2)(C) to each Atlantic State in amounts (based on a formula established by the Secretary, by regulation) that are inversely proportional to the respective distances between—</text>
<clause id="idF23A39BCAA794F388B30C5F14BA8CE1E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the point on the coastline of each Atlantic State that is closest to the geographical center of the applicable leased tract; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id137886C0D34A475FA2AC687C1B7A461B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the geographical center of that leased tract.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf39ff30295e740f8902fc79c61310484"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum allocation</header><text>The amount allocated to an Atlantic State for each fiscal year under subparagraph (A) shall be not less than 10 percent of the amounts available under paragraph (2)(C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC6FA727A09114658AAD8B96780CD141D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State allocation</header><text>Of the amounts received by a State under subparagraph (A), the Atlantic State may use, at the discretion of the Governor of the State—</text>
<clause id="id10697F94FE22469EB9C1F63B2FC26CEF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>10 percent—</text> <subclause id="idA332BD0B3DC241468C5911806A57C6E3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to enhance State land and water conservation efforts;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id50CA38B333684DEDB47FD2F428F22F48"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to improve State public transportation projects;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idfa1fc4e999444d5abe2b6e3597a2f74e"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to establish alternative, renewable, and clean energy production and generation within each State; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id8924b98826984013b90fdb89283a5098"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>to enhance beach nourishment and costal dredging; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA372A4C8328488A88CF852EA0A0D950"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>2.5 percent to enhance geological and geophysical education for the energy future of the United States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id087D0CE4C54E46DA8B5E153A7BD1577D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The amounts required to be deposited under paragraph (2) for the applicable fiscal year shall be made available in accordance with that paragraph during the fiscal year immediately following the applicable fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id103A16729BCA441E821EA9AE855FA0CA"><enum>104.</enum><header>Limitations on amount of qualified revenues</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1338">43 U.S.C. 1338</external-xref>) (as amended by section 103) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE7BE36CEBAEE4D559DA98BC3C13ECEFF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id757FE6AB80D1497686A58746418352AB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on amount of qualified revenues</header>
<paragraph id="id4DB8C522FE194F92BEDEBDF1CF56DCD9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The total amount of qualified revenues made available under subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) of subsection (b)(2) and subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (c)(2) shall not exceed—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5A510CD723384910BBE1CEAD77AB3976"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2036, $75,000,000;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1CDDEA00F5394B9CB36973735FA5FCAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2037 through 2055, $205,000,000; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4728F315031440A5A6F4D3B0EBE756E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2056 through 2067, $410,000,000.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2e868810b9754961842812a4417347c6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pro rata reductions</header><text>If paragraph (1) limits the amount of qualified revenues that would be paid under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id11c9be6b24f6407fa1032e600b28b775"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary shall reduce the amount of qualified revenues provided to each recipient under those subparagraphs on a pro rata basis; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7581112e92894dbb9ae21af7832bc1c1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any remainder of the qualified revenues that would be paid under those subparagraphs if not for paragraph (1) shall revert to the general fund of the Treasury.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id862C60A606904B5E9A72F62F27AF4DD6"><enum>105.</enum><header>Tribal Resilience Program</header>
<subsection id="id835D6F28A8D24E1BB974342F9B36CCFA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of Indian tribe</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id980019FEC6A7402E885D81F0A40E2ED4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program—</text> <paragraph id="idf1a525cc57d7472c8f886de6fdf4f906"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to improve the resilience of Indian tribes to the effects of a changing climate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idbde43d320a0a45c7ac7131906c86f607"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to support Native American leaders in building strong, resilient communities; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id832656e2df3c4bc4b62fa37be916dbd2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to ensure the development of modern, cost-effective infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id414a560f63a74fc486907198fb9799a4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations and amounts in the Tribal Resilience Fund established by section 106(a), in carrying out the program described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall make adaptation grants, in amounts not to exceed $200,000,000 total per fiscal year, to Indian tribes for eligible activities described in subsection (d).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idE3DD76846E394D2CA42568CC6BFCD37C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header><text>An Indian tribe receiving a grant under subsection (c) may only use grant funds for 1 or more of the following eligible activities:</text>
<paragraph id="id57fba22b16b24c57a266e530d80353db"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Development and delivery of adaptation training.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ida366f4d4654a47dba2d37bee901360f2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Adaptation planning, vulnerability assessments, emergency preparedness planning, and monitoring.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida807547fc8f341ee828e860b5fbe060f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Capacity building through travel support for training, technical sessions, and cooperative management forums.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6239232ee2174aebb7583b6d3040684e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Travel support for participation in ocean and coastal planning.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id571227fc9f1e4262951f355c2c8d6cb1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Development of science-based information and tools to enable adaptive resource management and the ability to plan for resilience.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddedddb33bb8a43a898868fcae336b698"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Relocation of villages or other communities experiencing or susceptible to coastal or river erosion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1688391BE4E1444A8A29F2BD6F307B5C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Construction of infrastructure to support emergency evacuations.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id178004bf0fce48dfaf7c15ceff98be09"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Restoration or repair of infrastructure damaged by melting permafrost or coastal or river erosion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id555ec99a1a41407ba91f71690e9c2097"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Installation and management of energy systems that reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions compared to the energy systems in use before that installation and management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf78c2f1d2ad34e03adb026739bc3047d"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Construction and maintenance of social or cultural infrastructure that the Secretary determines supports resilience.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA0389E00F92940FFB066425E1F449A1D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>An Indian tribe desiring an adaptation grant under subsection (c) shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a description of the eligible activities to be undertaken using the grant.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1d6ba93c9a3f4ea5be356ce8aa07d9d1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Capital projects</header><text>Of amounts made available to carry out this program, not less than 90 percent shall be used for the engineering, design, and construction or implementation of capital projects.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4bcbb3c3d2a14147b482c43312d68b82"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Interagency cooperation</header><text>The Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish under the White House Council on Native American Affairs an interagency subgroup on tribal resilience—</text>
<paragraph id="id60764ac897504a00a1ea9eff0bbedcdd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to work with Indian tribes to collect and share data and information, including traditional ecological knowledge, about how the effects of a changing climate are relevant to Indian tribes and Alaska Natives; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id04d06b730ecf4f1ab61b1ff45cc1a604"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to identify opportunities for the Federal Government to improve collaboration and assist with adaptation and mitigation efforts that promote resilience.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbe5407edcf0149c886fd88a1b1bd17aa"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Tribal resilience liaison</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a tribal resilience liaison—</text> <paragraph id="idFD76AB80F1CD4F319E8009E5086B3E63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to coordinate with Indian tribes and relevant Federal agencies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7E10C764FB34473E8A59ED1E48F4276B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to help ensure tribal engagement in climate conversations at the Federal level.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id99EB6F6AC8B0474599966000CFF7B625"><enum>106.</enum><header>Tribal Resilience Fund</header> <subsection id="idFFF1E36F558D4D5AB5587959FEE8C7CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury a fund, to be known as the <quote>Tribal Resilience Fund</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Fund</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id9e63e9adc0ed43f18782826a9d0b3fb3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>The Fund shall consist of the following:</text> <paragraph id="idd90fa1630a1d4566b05e745f8851045a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Amounts made available through an appropriation Act for deposit in the Fund.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFF194782FA0F4548A09629C7F30928BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Amounts deposited into the Fund under subsection (b)(2)(C) of section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1338">43 U.S.C. 1338</external-xref>) (as added by section 102(2)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfe17d7e4ed2240d4a5356d641fd5166a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="idd636a6eba35d4b138276ea75eaa6bfbb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to the amounts estimated by the Secretary to be deposited in the Fund under subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated annually to the Fund out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such amounts as are necessary to make the income of the Fund not more than $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida9709fa483c848a5becbea7c4abbf076"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of deposits</header>
<subparagraph id="id9AB269181B5543AC97BD2ACACB87C9EC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Amounts deposited in the Fund under this subsection shall remain available until expended, without fiscal year limitation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id802D37BC37F9449DAEE6E5A5E80A516A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use</header><text>Amounts deposited in the Fund under this subsection and made available for obligation or expenditure from the Fund may be obligated or expended only to carry out the Tribal Resilience Program under section 105.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idf3c0c14f17d9408c9eac37efb6fbd2cc"><enum>107.</enum><header>Restoring equity in State mineral revenue sharing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 35(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/191">30 U.S.C. 191(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id2A4A4BB1F7944C628C3B9360623C705C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>through fiscal year 2026</quote> after <quote>thereafter</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8625CDF551D84E3C9C3E5D661D8EFA33"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>In determining</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id148F8B38AF0E45A6927F01A8FDA75920" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id2499498A63654AEBBAE8F86134FCFBB0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fiscal years 2014 through 2026</header><text>In determining</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id74F08133781441DA821CC0D8A09E3FAA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5B0CE01866A4FACA237611B822FD024" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id644A69E3065C4994982FDAF7E9716FF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2027 and thereafter</header><text>In determining the amount of payments to the States under this section, beginning in fiscal year 2027 and for each year thereafter, the amount of such payments—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA3177E7A20F24A7A965CE249A1696034"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall not be reduced by any administrative or other costs incurred by the United States, if the total amount of administrative or other costs incurred by the United States in an applicable fiscal year is less than $38,000,000; but</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9640695EA04F4434915C780DAD4213DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be reduced by 2 percent to cover any administrative or other costs incurred by the United States in an applicable fiscal year that exceed $38,000,000, if the total amount of administrative or other costs incurred by the United States in an applicable fiscal year is at least $38,000,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idb1b5465b5400424ea8e24fbcf1d5dc2f"><enum>108.</enum><header>Parity in offshore wind revenue sharing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(p)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1337">43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id3CA04FA461CF44B7A0EC68EC7D328799"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>(A) The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2162C363B88948BF9C30A1CA92EA2D01" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idC52E8AB3F1014CEEA7E38634C47703DA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="id7490CA1325604022963948106C7BEAA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46ABC626D442459281612F2467610D9B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id092669F0ABAC4365AC5EFBC6555F184E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Payments to States</header>
<clause id="idD1736859B2CF42ADA55E271AABCF80E1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide for the payment of the revenues received by the Federal Government as a result of payments under this section from projects that are located wholly or partially within the area extending 3 nautical miles seaward of State submerged land, in the following percentages:</text>
<subclause id="idC8E0BF9D4AF34416B2438ADE4855D2FD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>For each fiscal year through fiscal year 2026, 27 percent.</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48515B64F2B243AA9B69D007CC6BB37B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, 37.5 percent.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23D68C55F499427DB9F99C8B4B1AFD15"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Formula</header><text>Payments under clause (i) shall be made based on a formula established by the Secretary by rulemaking not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>American Energy and Conservation Act of 2016</short-title> that provides for equitable distribution, based on proximity to the project, among coastal States that have a coastline that is located within 30 miles of the geographic center of the project.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0961811B3238415D9641E548A8294784"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id138FE222D17845E09134F12E1AC0C57C" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="id39228F72F93146C9AEB6F669108E65A4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The total amount of revenues made available under subparagraph (B)(i)(II) shall not exceed for any fiscal year $11,000,000.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF835D4A51A084FD3B88D75538DA427AC"><enum>109.</enum><header>Effect</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title or an amendment made by this title opens for leasing any area on the outer Continental Shelf that is—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF645E27A9C1642F580C0F65DE81AD6AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to a moratorium under section 104 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>); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31B2E92830634F8AA67244308A36DDCE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">off the Atlantic coast of the State of Florida.</text> </paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Development of geothermal, solar, and wind energy on public land</header> <section id="idcd7372a5e9454f4abd95a42046005dde"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="ide79d6b9f65804d13926989459d4367a1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered land</header><text>The term <term>covered land</term> means land that is—</text> <subparagraph id="idbc931599881640108a5b9438d4637a9d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>public land administered by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id264321914ec94c83a546c18b9ef2352f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not excluded from the development of geothermal, solar, or wind energy under—</text> <clause id="id52e95e281d544c80b8e04d8f30d61e88"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a land use plan established under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text>
</clause><clause id="id8cfdc73f0a5a4b8cb46e335e0e20b05b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other Federal law.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id51b13ce32c004c08a7e59b838a7b79e8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion area</header><text>The term <term>exclusion area</term> means covered land that is identified by the Bureau of Land Management as not suitable for development of renewable energy projects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idffec0b6c08404f25b950296aca0083f8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal land</header><text>The term <term>Federal land</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="id458d4dbd6c644009bd91f4347f70ed31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>National Forest System land (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>)); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21c779fb052e4c94b382e21afdd8ef8b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>public land.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4289B4759624D97BA3DBFEFBB79829C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Fund</header><text>The term <term>Fund</term> means the Renewable Energy Resource Conservation Fund established by section 205(c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfbf0d3785fb349938f863e242ac8cc3f"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Priority area</header><text>The term <term>priority area</term> means covered land identified by the land use planning process of the Bureau of Land Management as being a preferred location for a renewable energy project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4830bccc4a6c4d2faa3a62202fa89e9e"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Public land</header><text>The term <term>public land</term> has the meaning given the term <term>public lands</term> in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idf740c4ce4bbd43aa8a788b38d23fbfb8"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Renewable energy project</header><text>The term <term>renewable energy project</term> means a project carried out on covered land that uses wind, solar, or geothermal energy to generate energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idbb38c34dfb18424a941ffd818dd65bff"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id0e62d51163664fd4920f496767ebab95"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Variance area</header><text>The term <term>variance area</term> means covered land that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2567dbcf44e84a0fb612e70abdcc354b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not an exclusion area; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5da2ccddef18486ea34222cb4179e7c4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not a priority area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idbc7205c9895144cf851628e773fdf303"><enum>202.</enum><header>Land use planning; supplements to programmatic environmental impact statements</header>
<subsection id="id6f507000fa764278ba322b171ef29b3c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Priority areas</header>
<paragraph id="id34f2d403884146b19b7667750783277c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall establish priority areas on covered land for geothermal, solar, and wind energy projects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id196afdaab44a4bc5b43bc0b624268e28"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline</header>
<subparagraph id="id2f7f2891199d40efa594f9c287478efb"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Geothermal energy</header><text>For geothermal energy, the Secretary shall establish priority areas as soon as practicable, but not later than 5 years, after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc88e0dc3c5da4d64bc8241e0b1d2460e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Solar energy</header><text>For solar energy, the solar energy zones established by the 2012 western solar plan of the Bureau of Land Management shall be considered to be priority areas for solar energy projects.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd7858bbe93b742d6be8ce51a3501a26e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Wind energy</header><text>For wind energy, the Secretary shall establish priority areas as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 years, after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf774047c5461438b80b5e8438ce6fa52"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Variance areas</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, variance areas shall be considered for renewable energy project development, consistent with the principles of multiple use as defined in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5A521CA7702446D6A1F295B1276A389C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review and modification</header><text>Not less frequently than once every 10 years, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="id9c74ce776b8a4401bc7f4af7ba79a5ff"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the adequacy of land allocations for geothermal, solar, and wind energy priority and variance areas for the purpose of encouraging new renewable energy development opportunities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1a589af88d254098a904d64991112108"><enum>(2)</enum><text>based on the review carried out under paragraph (1), add, modify, or eliminate priority, variance, and exclusion areas.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id238b8a92c87f4e0d83b814b545c0acdb"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance with the national environmental policy act</header><text>For purposes of this section, compliance with 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>) shall be accomplished—</text>
<paragraph id="id776ce5b9ad9044b586d37da65cf0b7b6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for geothermal energy, by supplementing the October 2008 final programmatic environmental impact statement for geothermal leasing in the western United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4a537cf80ce0495db13ee93d211ebb1b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for solar energy, by supplementing the July 2012 final programmatic environmental impact statement for solar energy projects; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5d22b42ddec64fa28649cf16a9d4977c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for wind energy, by supplementing the July 2005 final programmatic environmental impact statement for wind energy projects.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1724e890a2b64cd7aaf5c5a3d895d5d4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>No effect on processing applications</header><text>A requirement to prepare a supplement to a programmatic environmental impact statement under this section shall not result in any delay in processing an application for a renewable energy project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id752a5d4812a141f3abb58797363d6329"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In developing a supplement required by this section, the Secretary shall coordinate, on an ongoing basis, with appropriate State, tribal, and local governments, transmission infrastructure owners and operators, developers, and other appropriate entities to ensure that priority areas identified by the Secretary are—</text>
<paragraph id="id0f8a9c752e7f4dcb9c1e0c73986173df"><enum>(1)</enum><text>economically viable (including having access to transmission);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id1b11e310572b44939d31bd9752be1ef7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>likely to minimize conflict with habitat for animals and plants, recreation, and other uses of covered land; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0932c9cda932429eb43ba43591920e1e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>consistent with section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>), including subsection (c)(9) of that section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb7b9a9feead3425e8dcfdfa2a0042d0f"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Removal from classification</header><text>In carrying out subsections (a), (b), and (c), if the Secretary determines an area previously suited for development should be removed from priority or variance classification, not later than 90 days after the date of the determination, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the determination.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ide8af84b6849840d990fff3fe223ddc90"><enum>203.</enum><header>Environmental review on covered land</header>
<subsection id="id548c1e1b4e97499baaf5e8ace10583a4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a proposed renewable energy project has been sufficiently analyzed by a programmatic environmental impact statement conducted under section 202, the Secretary shall not require any additional review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="iddd4f12f7c9df47e09d9d19142783b368"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional environmental review</header><text>If the Secretary determines that additional environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) is necessary for a proposed renewable energy project, the Secretary shall rely on the analysis in the programmatic environmental impact statement conducted under section 202, to the maximum extent practicable when analyzing the potential impacts of the project.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idb94574665b8c454fb080067193e566d4"><enum>204.</enum><header>Program to improve renewable energy project permit coordination</header>
<subsection id="id397897da330a4e3590043cfae4160b14"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program to improve Federal permit coordination with respect to renewable energy projects on covered land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8639317837964e3483f7b52b28817711"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Memorandum of understanding</header>
<paragraph id="idddad63e68dc8461f941679277ee587e1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding for purposes of this section, including to specifically expedite the environmental analysis of applications for projects proposed in a variance area, with—</text>
<subparagraph id="ideb74d8fdb27c4afea122d4c33f21f4af"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of Agriculture; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd0f32ff21d964782bd3a4f65c708bcc7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6ac319432d43499893bdbe812a71216f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State participation</header><text>The Secretary may request the Governor of any interested State to be a signatory to the memorandum of understanding under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id821bc7e0ded642ee8f53646e4b2281c5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Designation of qualified staff</header>
<paragraph id="id311c8c90cfda44f79611175c2153c455"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date on which the memorandum of understanding under subsection (b) is executed, all Federal signatories, as appropriate, shall identify for each of the Bureau of Land Management Renewable Energy Coordination Offices an employee who has expertise in the regulatory issues relating to the office in which the employee is employed, including, as applicable, particular expertise in—</text>
<subparagraph id="id399eded538c144f2a3f02345e43ef104"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consultation regarding, and preparation of, biological opinions under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6c7f3638050a45058f1ed84edebaff41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>permits under section 404 of Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1344">33 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5f26a31d5dfb4c2788d7cf95b89b64d7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>regulatory matters under the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8e0982135ba84ddf9090465e95d6a8ed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>planning under section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/472a">16 U.S.C. 472a</external-xref>);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide7a36461591442009a4292a68bd56c9f"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcd6f3ffdcf73464eae236c44c04f15d9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/703">16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id719705002a9143e58a7825c3a4d31b1f"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the preparation of analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id671de212a8724c8eb670ac057a41d12b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>Each employee assigned under paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="idac75e2693c454c6e9dafe616baf6b860"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be responsible for addressing all issues relating to the jurisdiction of the home office or agency of the employee; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id645a56bcfded4e778c9c3e1fc658eba6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>participate as part of the team of personnel working on proposed energy projects, planning, monitoring, inspection, enforcement, and environmental analyses.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3312e56009b24f14b9c8b8e698ff1ea3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional personnel</header><text>The Secretary may assign additional personnel for the renewable energy coordination offices as are necessary to ensure the effective implementation of any programs administered by those offices, including inspection and enforcement relating to renewable energy project development on covered land, in accordance with the multiple use mandate of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id46bff4efd3b14b9695479c705f5d6a92"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Renewable energy coordination offices</header><text>In implementing the program established under this section, the Secretary may establish additional renewable energy coordination offices or temporarily assign the qualified staff described in subsection (c) to a State, district, or field office of the Bureau of Land Management to expedite the permitting of renewable energy projects as the Secretary determines to be necessary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idb71c29b8ea2c4401b00cd5504dbd54cb"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report to congress</header>
<paragraph id="id80186ebbc0b845049444c4e1e1f629b4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than February 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, and each February 1 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report describing the progress made pursuant to the program under this title during the preceding year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd9eca32e42554d7896baab8108049af9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>Each report under this subsection shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="id63c67777e24a4b9cb7e177742b7d6a6d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>projections for renewable energy production and capacity installations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id20f92d8050104d669a75a62bfc14b7a3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of any problems relating to leasing, permitting, siting, or production.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id32a32170467c4c73bdfc275af1421450"><enum>205.</enum><header>Disposition of revenues from covered land</header> <subsection id="id4e89c685159a404bbcf08ab4b115cfb0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disposition of revenues</header> <paragraph id="idCC3FBB2F9C48482CBE3F48F7820E8EA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, of the amounts collected as bonus bids, rentals, fees, or other payments under a right-of-way, permit, lease, or other authorization (other than under section 504(g) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1764">43 U.S.C. 1764(g)</external-xref>)) for the development of wind or solar energy on covered land—</text>
<subparagraph id="id623e47ac4a3d4de4906643106fd1e5c7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>25 percent shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State within the boundaries of which the revenue is derived;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide5aed73903f342f78f315e1269e0f9d5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>25 percent shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the 1 or more counties within the boundaries of which the revenue is derived, to be allocated among the counties based on the percentage of the covered land from which the revenue is derived in each county;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd7aa84a8ea204fa9a3d89091253b0cd8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>15 percent shall be deposited in the Treasury and be made available to the Secretary to carry out the program established under section 204(a), including the transfer of the funds by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to other Federal agencies and State agencies to facilitate the processing of renewable energy permits on covered land, with priority given to using the amounts, to the maximum extent practicable, to expedite the issuance of permits required for the development of renewable energy projects in the States from which the revenues are derived;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8fb32a8a96f6433e96d08fc048590206"><enum>(D)</enum><text>25 percent shall be deposited in the Fund; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2a9525a5579743228e42e6f93bd6b7bd"><enum>(E)</enum><text>10 percent shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF42B6A8C484C47CD83E859AD0601A734"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The total amount made available under subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (1) shall not exceed for any fiscal year $40,000,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idee1ac5735a474f8c9b1de6953d0fceb9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payments to states and counties</header>
<paragraph id="idd5166524c1054632bc44ce3ef836e5f1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Amounts paid to States and counties under subsection (a)(1) shall be used consistent with section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/191">30 U.S.C. 191</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9bb8371785064e2aae8b827075c286d9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payments in lieu of taxes</header><text>A payment to a county under paragraph (1) shall be in addition to a payment in lieu of taxes received by a county under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/69">chapter 69</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1997485308e34174997161e60a429812"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Renewable energy resource conservation fund</header>
<paragraph id="id0b033b93234b4eb88e3f2e9791e2d5ac"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in the Treasury a fund, to be known as the <quote>Renewable Energy Resource Conservation Fund</quote> (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Fund</quote>), to be administered by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, for distribution in regions in which a renewable energy project is located on covered land.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3FD5C581C4FD43D6AD810D5757641E82"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use</header>
<subparagraph id="idF8E9AB7D54B74C068A9F43542FE693B0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Amounts in the Fund shall be available to the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture, who may make amounts available from the Fund to other Federal, tribal, or State agencies for distribution in regions in which renewable energy projects are located on covered land, for the purposes described in subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2d16b5242fe546b8999c2652d857f9d0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes referred to in subparagraph (A) are—</text> <clause id="id7D346B7996F94697812A6321534A8953"><enum>(i)</enum><text>restoring and protecting—</text>
<subclause id="id6186688aaa4d4bd89973954ad440731f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>fish and wildlife habitat for affected species;</text> </subclause><subclause id="idce404da6dcdb44d38050da5da6947e75"><enum>(II)</enum><text>fish and wildlife corridors for affected species; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idb33cc55575434d4f92573948b34d7a35"><enum>(III)</enum><text>water resources in areas affected by wind, geothermal, or solar energy development; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="idf50daa1e7a0a455d8eaac16a4ae51637"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>preserving and improving recreational access to Federal land and water in an affected region through an easement, right-of-way, or other instrument acquired from willing landowners for the purpose of enhancing public access to existing Federal land and water that is inaccessible or significantly restricted.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8a08ae6cab4e4d40952d4aea87e916be"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cooperative agreement</header><text>The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with State and tribal agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other appropriate entities to carry out the activities described in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id56d4fb92021547729c339b14bbbf1ea9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Investment of fund</header>
<subparagraph id="iddbbb8cd4148147f1bd4312a5c324c0e1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any amounts deposited in the Fund shall earn interest in an amount determined by the Secretary of the Treasury on the basis of the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4c4da8bde9334b51ad382b1b19582c49"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use</header><text>Any interest earned under subparagraph (A) may be expended in accordance with this subsection.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb90e9bdb11f84f0583ec4eea92af1b8e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Intent of congress</header><text>It is the intent of Congress that the amounts made available from the Fund shall supplement and not supplant annual appropriations for activities described in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id7e7b540f0c79433d9fdd6fd9895ace57"><enum>206.</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Secretary shall continue to manage the covered land in accordance with the principles of multiple use and sustained yield (as those terms are defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref>)), including giving due consideration to mineral and nonrenewable energy-related projects and other nonrenewable energy uses, for the purposes of land use planning, permit processing, and conducting environmental reviews with respect to the covered land.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Conservation</header>
<section id="id8d45bb34f5ec4e0d89633b9e0c73befc"><enum>301.</enum><header>National Park Service Maintenance and Revitalization Conservation Fund</header>
<subsection id="id33cbb7b1f6724362b7a45458784e3d2c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/54/1049">Chapter 1049</external-xref> of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0c13e81d58c74b18aa9397834d709e8f" style="USC"> <section id="idB4F1CE15E92E4A58878CE0F1E4F83808"><enum>104908.</enum><header>National Park Service Maintenance and Revitalization Conservation Fund</header> <subsection id="id3f7b09b9dfe8403c8aeb345fcc9c8ad1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in the Treasury a fund, to be known as the <quote>National Park Service Critical Maintenance and Revitalization Conservation Fund</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Fund</quote>), consisting off such amounts as are deposited under subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii) of section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1338">43 U.S.C. 1338</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idcc2ff442cd854936b1e0c0b1e1b75f08"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use and availability</header>
<paragraph id="id99dc8ecb636b436da7d022277821df1c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Amounts deposited in the Fund shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id7d5218a5df73422db3d8a813dd7bdc48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be used only for the purposes described in subsection (c); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7ced95a6a3a14596adb769f1b78abd0d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be available for expenditure only after the amounts are appropriated for those purposes.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idad73cba128b04bffab2df310e45dc8ac"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Any amounts in the Fund not appropriated shall remain available in the Fund until appropriated.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5abe2d4c6f474507838757b6548dac1c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No limitation</header><text>Appropriations from the Fund pursuant to this section may be made without fiscal year limitation.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idece97399b67342d6ae6aa8a6af4a9d80"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National park system critical deferred maintenance</header><text>The Secretary shall use amounts appropriated from the Fund for high-priority deferred maintenance needs of the Service that support critical infrastructure and visitor services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8c3b5cb557c54885a95d9c474f8fc551"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Land acquisition prohibition</header><text>Amounts in the Fund shall not be used for land acquisition.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="id5707dc1c0c6e417d8f59b9701117abee"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/54/1049">chapter 1049</external-xref> of title 54, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/54/104907">section 104907</external-xref> the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67C3CE0886184A3DBF7C18B1C53AFAC5" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">§104908. National Park Service Maintenance and Revitalization Conservation Fund.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>July 6, 2016Read the second time and placed on the calendar