115 S245 RS: Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017
U.S. Senate
2017-01-30
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1.This Act may be cited as the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017
. 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 amendmentsSec. 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.Sec. 106. Report.TITLE II—Miscellaneous amendmentsSec. 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.Sec. 206. Extension of tribal lease period for the Crow Tribe of Montana.Sec. 207. Trust status of lease payments.
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian tribal energy development and self-determination act amendments</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfdb720e8-e4fd-4222-a506-5414eab15065" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian tribal energy resource development</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab45da60-b68a-4058-b209-bbd63fa6c032"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2602(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3502">25 U.S.C. 3502(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0fc711b3-21b6-43b2-9aa8-7d9f5b6378fd"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c6bfc45-4ce9-4560-a6a3-dfd944962fde"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd909fdc6-aee6-4e7c-939f-dc80a3366037"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21505468-f4d6-4853-98db-40ec78d73f3f"><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="idf9eb7fa5-2bbd-460b-9ae3-06fa71daa6bc" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17ccca8f-a63b-4dc5-ab8e-5965bb363cd0"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide1848726-3ec7-4b87-92f6-d4bfeed33e4b"><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="id4d2204a6-5bbc-4cf1-b5d1-b8c0a39be966" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0bf82f88-ec57-459a-af28-408711c4127e"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Planning</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47f1aa07-a38c-4d46-ba60-dc8868d47330"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f6afe6f-68fc-42d8-bb97-e19f7972a9d0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans for electrification;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95174603-6640-4393-a416-e6aec4cea8e9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d8c4bd0-2a97-4a2f-bb00-1e638d49c795"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans for the development of energy resources and to ensure the protection of natural, historic, and cultural resources; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida47f3466-caa0-41cd-bae5-e07e910ca76d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other plans that would assist an Indian tribe in the development or use of energy resources.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45926804-b2aa-405e-8c14-1b323dbe8d92"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5402ef16-ef4b-4a21-adc2-c9bb1bec2daf"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department of Energy Indian energy education planning and management assistance program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2602(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3502">25 U.S.C. 3502(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c0edf33-0e1e-4045-911f-e2baa7fd789b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, intertribal organization,</quote> after <quote>Indian tribe</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ca299b0-68ac-4729-800d-fb38ffb932a9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd5092521-ddca-4be3-81e9-71f19f5a6b23"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8ed03ad-a858-4a47-ae8d-614e636073f6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcada9727-f6e5-417a-928d-5195ff8f2371"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department of Energy loan guarantee program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27507039-09d4-452b-bd53-98f2dc9229ab"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or a tribal energy development organization</quote> after <quote>Indian tribe</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2cb87db8-720d-484e-99bf-f72393ab1b8b"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id607fe0e6-a139-47aa-ab2d-d2acc046acbb"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>guarantee</quote> and inserting <quote>guaranteed</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idabfc66fc-ea44-4708-a31c-3be0da9934b3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b28ab91-5cf1-47d4-ab2a-437eaca85d15"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14ad7acf-6331-45e4-af3d-260c72b5dcf4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8dad64c-2011-4243-b01f-2c963ea63953" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c7d90c8-6405-4d5e-8969-32ddb3b2a70b"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e620222-e6e7-46fd-bc9e-c2fdbf5a6ba6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 2017</short-title>, the Secretary of Energy shall</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id126b9c9f-a306-4385-b736-d8e89910387c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5267ec5d-7758-4bf8-ad02-ce94eb33363f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="idb2c6f72b-86fa-4f2d-b656-b0a57300997d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting <quote>or tribal energy development organization</quote> after <quote>Indian tribe</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id354fbf0f-bc51-4af6-9ffc-f835a6ce5e1a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal energy resource agreements</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43bbef90-8b3a-494c-afd8-a5114652197e"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddabccc98-f830-421b-8355-ae83305df99d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id827c202a-412b-4614-87be-c302af39bc91"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id693bbfac-7ba1-4569-8d29-d60214973cd9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfee15361-b017-4bd9-abc9-538d3a5003df"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd30a440c-9eb5-49c5-b62e-a8f122e820c1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01c41f1e-ea89-49ca-899f-2bf527515fb5" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75fe9e63-62d5-4663-9a2e-f0988637b203"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd70a0a1e-2cbf-43c0-b4e0-c678dced0e65"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida329f286-38ba-4f10-9b32-707cd4b10f18"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, at least a portion of which have been</quote> after <quote>energy resources</quote>;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f99088e-646a-4164-8799-922b6c97247e"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or produced from</quote> after <quote>developed on</quote>; and</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida08a8228-270b-43de-b44c-3d0cf4bf3959"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>or</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39a243a8-59e8-4354-a73e-aa746baea575"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76f6ab68-8e93-44ca-b203-28413e46b3a1" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0fe5f09-9a5f-4a8a-b6d9-5a5f43ba05e8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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, or, if appropriate, lessee, 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a7f2b22-829a-4092-9196-851437aee50d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d474e3b-4247-4d43-99c3-a22aa13043ac" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1cb7b2c0-1a6d-43a2-b448-31e235d20ae8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/81">25 U.S.C. 81</external-xref>), or any other provision of law (including regulations), if the lease or business agreement—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee84aebe-fbbc-46df-bb47-57ef834bc994"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was executed—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8c6570d-179a-437c-a71b-c4005ac0e269"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6b34794-b6ee-41b0-bf17-5294b8dca72c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by the Indian tribe and a tribal energy development organization for which the Indian tribe has obtained a certification pursuant to subsection (h); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide59580f4-c573-4775-a074-377c7a581835"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a term that does not exceed—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbdd69b59-0a0a-4eb2-9f6b-f72bda890023"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">30 years; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddcd5418f-0e04-467d-aec4-beafb999652b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaceff7fc-ded8-43d7-a7ad-8404a96ed9a3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45fe259e-6657-42d0-b838-db6543c12676" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d4a2624-e76b-4403-800e-e42028d0d2d1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rights-of-Way</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94731c68-b199-44f9-bdd7-357d3c85cd1b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serves—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52430895-ffe6-4e90-924d-c5bf3968217c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida09206b1-cccb-469f-9c72-0d0753f21854"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a facility located on tribal land that extracts, produces, processes, or refines energy resources; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74c18dc3-ff09-4f8a-a6ca-411c1c5801e3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the purposes, or facilitates in carrying out the purposes, of any lease or agreement entered into for energy resource development on tribal land;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8705801-cc31-46bd-928c-3437cfad49b6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was executed—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75a04e1f-5ceb-47e9-8674-d66024d9e8f7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6a53eed-459d-4106-99e7-24c8a437d9e6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by the Indian tribe and a tribal energy development organization for which the Indian tribe has obtained a certification pursuant to subsection (h); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde795561-9a3b-4aea-80a5-d82091cd2b18"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a term that does not exceed 30 years.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa92b1ee-dd1f-4bdd-9452-57a13e59ce77"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a4d839f-15c8-49b5-91a9-5cbf557f81ab"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Validity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc48bd24c-b7cc-4272-9948-431559c28148"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id662cf5d64f624f81a7999c5f5ab0ab2f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b99ccf216574299ae2be4216ab08708"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFE492AE249840189C6D0F5C7E33B05E"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On or after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017</short-title>, a qualified Indian tribe may submit to the Secretary a tribal energy resource agreement governing leases, business agreements, and rights-of-way under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C321DEF8FF140D3A1F25190248E6352"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice of complete proposed agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date on which the tribal energy resource agreement is submitted under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id437d497244b64645bc3d11184801be7b"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify the Indian tribe as to whether the agreement is complete or incomplete;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88BE83187D524804A80023E8A109EC90"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the agreement is incomplete, notify the Indian tribe of what information or documentation is needed to complete the submission; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ed5a5cd6fc941cdb3657fbba839fbce"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and notify the Indian tribe of the financial assistance, if any, to be provided by the Secretary to the Indian tribe to assist in the implementation of the tribal energy resource agreement, including the environmental review of individual projects.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F83568CC9264CA88D869DD2CF39DA01"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this paragraph precludes the Secretary from providing any financial assistance at any time to the Indian tribe to assist in the implementation of the tribal energy resource agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97d8e92d-60a9-47f1-8628-8abc105f8b77"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide89e7c6d-b791-449d-8db8-debe89b40439"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="id40571ec7-2488-4764-8dda-0631d15f6be6" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d1cf157-af04-4116-8155-59498b7989cf"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procedure</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id999b31d1-00a6-40ae-9814-f1b03d5c1297"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27eeb5e1-c260-43a2-85ec-303d89494c74"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the date that is 271 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a tribal energy resource agreement from a qualified 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa4654e4-d63d-4ff0-be3c-88559688e2ba"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revised tribal energy resource agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a revised tribal energy resource agreement from a qualified 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6bb432b2-e49b-40da-a6b1-38c61c8acab7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a97ebcb-02b4-46e2-854e-6772735f58f8"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(B)</quote> and all that follows through clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0D4C2AE138447DD83EF8804F175C712" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb84b45d8-6e4b-4236-b27a-97980993b8c9"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disapproval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall disapprove a tribal energy resource agreement submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) or (4)(B) only if—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76fa277e-452c-41d9-a08e-ccac96a4e8b8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a provision of the tribal energy resource agreement violates applicable Federal law (including regulations) or a treaty applicable to the Indian tribe;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf108c628-1cb8-4674-8815-66908f8d138e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the tribal energy resource agreement does not include one or more provisions required under subparagraph (D); or</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e53d68f-8d52-456f-9cfd-102e9f7ef7fe"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iii)—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf36f37b0-706a-45f7-9c1e-9b9094fd0b86"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id995a810d-b4ce-4e81-b38c-2d8840bc85a7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subclauses (I), (II), (V), (VIII), and (XV);</text> </item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50ADAC01B8E34CA88C0E85D32A2707DA"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clauses (III), (IV), (VI), (VII), (IX) through (XIV), and (XVI) as clauses (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V) through (X), and (XI), respectively;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1F2C36574634CAFAE236DAFB55233B3"><enum>(dd)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in item (bb) of subclause (XI) (as redesignated by item (cc))—</text> <subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9C768EE457141569D6E949AB344C0B3"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or tribal</quote>; and</text>
</subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13D4E9E58DE94F48B926805CEA3BC438"><enum>(BB)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDBEEBFDE51E14444A8FAD900C27B0EDF"><enum>(ee)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B2291DF2E81427399D8980DE7C32965" style="OLC">
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id327A0B21F38A466ABF88308C7C5EF97E"><enum>(XII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a certification by the Indian tribe that the Indian tribe has—</text> <item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF8BB6C419CE42F5A67A080A0EA3BC21"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carried out a contract or compact under title I or IV of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5301">25 U.S.C. 5301</external-xref> et seq.) for a period of not less than 3 consecutive years ending on the date on which the Indian tribe submits the application without material audit exception (or without any material audit exceptions that were not corrected within the 3-year period) relating to the management of tribal land or natural resources; or</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC45723900CE44F8865F45E4D8A902F4"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">substantial experience in the administration, review, or evaluation of energy resource leases or agreements or has otherwise substantially participated in the administration, management, or development of energy resources located on the tribal land of the Indian tribe; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EDF68A8057A4707A438D6A216094BC4"><enum>(XIII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the option of the Indian tribe, identify which functions, if any, authorizing any operational or development activities pursuant to a lease, right-of-way, or business agreement approved by the Indian tribe, that the Indian tribe intends to conduct.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e9df234-39f6-490b-a87b-c0a61c433734"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1269B8A62BBF49BFA01C7A1406374D70"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking clauses (i) and (ii);</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3525776719374851AD267C3269A12CAB"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clauses (iii) through (v) as clauses (ii) through (iv), respectively; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1C883B742534D29AA522D973DD446F4"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before clause (ii) (as redesignated by subclause (II)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47A6EB066A4D4F089C21135E0DC66E09" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D7A119F030547E3923265E2166F523D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a process for ensuring that—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9954B0AF5EDF41F186437D01EEBB0F7A"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the public is informed of, and has reasonable opportunity to comment on, any significant environmental impacts of the proposed action; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7A43775F610474C83C207CC12378703"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Indian tribe provides responses to relevant and substantive public comments on any impacts described in subclause (I) before the Indian tribe approves the lease, business agreement, or right-of-way;</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4851189c-d623-4574-89ae-cea9679df89f"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking <quote>subparagraph (B)(iii)(XVI)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (B)(iv)(XI)</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id012ad0f2-41b3-4300-b1ca-64d6366de932"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddda04e66-d901-4caa-8ac3-8a2de31a452b" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7726515-3782-4194-9f8f-609e62f1f356"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id234604fe-5aac-444e-b507-90ae2a99c85c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rescinded by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (7)(D)(iii)(II); or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c77b710-f2eb-404a-afb0-0a28dd07eb4a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">voluntarily rescinded by the Indian tribe pursuant to the regulations promulgated under paragraph (8)(B) (or successor regulations).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8561e6c7-b24b-40ff-a009-120367651884"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="idf8ad49b4-55fe-4fdc-9eb4-00d3f91a5a54" style="OLC"> <text>date of disapproval, provide the Indian tribe with—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideaa655bb-2853-4800-a7e9-16a7adb6dfaa"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed, written explanation of—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48ec22b3-7fb5-400a-9de3-b3f62c37e5a4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each reason for the disapproval; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3cc2ba4-50aa-40c0-869f-b1d879ab6d83"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the revisions or changes to the tribal energy resource agreement necessary to address each reason; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ee93394-43b2-4b9e-b00a-3582b2b91586"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an opportunity to revise and resubmit the tribal energy resource agreement.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53bb8c21-0352-4941-a088-e00c2192c9c6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06a9e009-281a-4f02-8608-1fe3b4059d41"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e68e2ef-be5f-4587-807b-31857aef95f9"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(B) Subject to</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd391774-7811-48ba-a75a-50c94ddbd7ae" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06646192-b345-45d3-8d17-b1442b82d4cb"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject only to</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61ba1628-3bc8-4e79-95de-374b12671d43"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>subparagraph (D)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraphs (C) and (D)</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbfd602a6-4019-402a-a2e5-2fff56e12870"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id566c394d-78bd-4229-97ff-fa2a3f9f0d51"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20ebb17c-7abb-478a-b20a-a04129df3fd8" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52cb2faa-6214-49ae-b30b-d57177b49137"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section absolves, limits, or otherwise affects the liability, if any, of the United States for any—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84c5798d-255b-45cc-91f8-bd276d77ee0f"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">term of any lease, business agreement, or right-of-way under this section that is not a negotiated term; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b1b4c1d-bc7e-4412-99e1-d47bb4ffca91"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id434d74be-3406-4222-969e-ddcb55bfef47"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38348b3b-9106-42ba-bb2d-b09f038bcb52"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>has demonstrated</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary determines has demonstrated with substantial evidence</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c8507cc-a479-4725-855f-c7c42a33961c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3a2d3e6-aa4c-43c6-9651-219660e0d004"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id805216ed-8726-433f-9874-9b5afb9c02c3"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="iddea0694f-a323-43fc-93f7-96185c0946a6" style="OLC"> <text>determine—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfbbf813a-3f19-436e-818c-42ccdf88f6c1" indent="down1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the petitioner is an interested party; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id544827ee-fd3f-44cc-9316-4320b4bee5a7" indent="down1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea9d8d83-ba4e-4369-b46b-d307656a9c81"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking <quote>determination</quote> and inserting <quote>determinations</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd08f122c-d18c-438e-bbb4-7088492fd633"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc852b65b-bc87-4648-ad7c-c6ef1cf1fefa"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c3fccf7-1695-4977-8751-9c4ce22fbe2d"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24b20367-e68b-48b9-8696-2da59210cb67" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98c0e91d-c36c-436a-9620-9eb63f33cf89"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb711477ab80a4a05914c84e47bc58949"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90CEF241C50947B6893F0D68B725BD88"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A7981BB20B44C7DB20315FF9C1A530B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77593996c499485083c3d74b76f02ef9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated by clause (ii))—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16622DDC5160420295B042DADF07A9D8"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84EC9D2DE5194C898CD9AB1202D05A9F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by adding <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id680876D8C49A41A88369DE52879BEED7"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c5ad6f0bfaa48078cc01727f863d52a" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5891b01bba584b82bd730328da7a861d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amend an approved tribal energy resource agreement to assume authority for approving leases, business agreements, or rights-of-way for development of another energy resource that is not included in an approved tribal energy resource agreement without being required to apply for a new tribal energy resource agreement;</text></clause><after-quoted-block> and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8244edeb57eb48d085c2250bfd78ef9e"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e33b730ba784048ba35ed54d0ac602d" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c229dc35efd49ee8669dd566646d4f4"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section authorizes the Secretary to deny a tribal energy resource agreement or any amendment to a tribal energy resource agreement, or to limit the effect or implementation of this section, due to lack of promulgated regulations.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb236c952-44ef-45b1-9c7c-5f06ffcc2d5a"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (j); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d72a49d-96bd-44ea-a20d-635ff86f083d"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (f) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc53df991-832d-4dd6-8ca0-52b16ae2e875" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a65c872-f24c-416b-8fd7-95cb697e83dc"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial assistance in lieu of activities by the Secretary</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50b548b3-7f69-4146-80ba-ff31f5ab8920"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd66afdfa-6121-4701-b3ba-71ada60e7db9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual funding agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d833296-f02d-4ec0-95d4-4668dcd3bd5c"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24146240-fd87-47ad-b3df-0e426adcf4eb"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provision of amounts to an Indian tribe under this subsection is subject to the availability of appropriations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c709b8d-4401-406b-839e-bb968a8a6560"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0339aeac-db5a-4a2b-8c73-d8965939640d"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6132087-fa23-4c1e-aa42-56cfb7ea149a"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 2017</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3dd55ae2-d65d-4704-9d6f-97f5d2adecd8"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The effective date or implementation of a tribal energy resource agreement under this section shall not be delayed or otherwise affected by—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5bb4c010-4270-44d4-bb6f-a2b8a6d1fb8a"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 2017</short-title>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2c0a25c-e971-4a76-a5c7-a0d71f7641c4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the period of time needed by the Secretary to make the calculation required under paragraph (1); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6423fa85-8db6-4a63-b458-fc4b8b78deee"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the adoption of a funding agreement under paragraph (2).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0c7991c4-a5bd-4ca0-9196-45add8d9242f"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certification of tribal energy development organization</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44a81755-8249-4977-9294-c9889fb8bf07"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 2017</short-title>, the Secretary shall approve or disapprove the application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f99e8e7-d474-443e-98ff-708d9b49ca07"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall approve an application for certification if—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb06db87-ca4a-4b0a-b49b-921a073bfcfa"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8e23a1fb-a288-434a-9b8b-40562d515387"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Indian tribe has carried out a contract or compact under title I or IV of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5301">25 U.S.C. 5301</external-xref> et seq.); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab60ad30-5943-4bb3-8430-61f6650f054b" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id949de105-5c07-42c5-86b1-ade2d4c016fb"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8bb13fc-e8ed-48d9-b189-1cf8bf8da824"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has included programs or activities relating to the management of tribal land; and</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ff23803-404c-492f-915b-8b9aed1d0d9a"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8778a8ae-aa78-4d1d-bdb5-27cc74eb877d"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the tribal energy development organization is organized under the laws of the Indian tribe;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e42f60b-e04f-4753-814e-6aa308e1c152" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6609DFF95142487ABA409804CB94A0F5"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the majority of the interest in the tribal energy development organization is owned and controlled by the Indian tribe (or the Indian tribe and one or more other Indian tribes) the tribal land of which is being developed; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE80B4E857FBA481B8B10F237564B9797" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the organizing document of the tribal energy development organization requires that the Indian tribe with jurisdiction over the land maintain at all times the controlling interest in the tribal energy development organization;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03a9534d-a7f6-431c-badd-468956c59a1b" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the organizing document of the tribal energy development organization requires that the Indian tribe (or the Indian tribe and one or more other Indian tribes) the tribal land of which is being developed own and control at all times a majority of the interest in the tribal energy development organization; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB061DC2C241C4A98990FA63EB2981122" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the organizing document of the tribal energy development organization includes a statement that the organization shall be subject to the jurisdiction, laws, and authority of the Indian tribe.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4060a8a-5ec9-49a8-ab87-b65245494dd9"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Action by Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20ae103c-8478-45ca-9039-46b25b8f93ed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issue a certification stating that—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79818824-0230-43a7-a3ba-f8baff01bf37"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the tribal energy development organization is organized under the laws of the Indian tribe and subject to the jurisdiction, laws, and authority of the Indian tribe;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id428b0058-fb4c-4d65-b649-fb113f93dddb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the majority of the interest in the tribal energy development organization is owned and controlled by the Indian tribe (or the Indian tribe and one or more other Indian tribes) the tribal land of which is being developed;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b1537678fce4b73b0ffc1372fb062f6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the organizing document of the tribal energy development organization requires that the Indian tribe with jurisdiction over the land maintain at all times the controlling interest in the tribal energy development organization;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd6e0b911-52e2-48de-b9e9-20700beebd77"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the organizing document of the tribal energy development organization requires that the Indian tribe (or the Indian tribe and one or more other Indian tribes the tribal land of which is being developed) own and control at all times a majority of the interest in the tribal energy development organization; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66383bec-0109-49d1-a4a7-0ab993c339d2"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the certification is issued pursuant this subsection;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0004ef43-abcb-457a-8ab2-474b4eddab5c"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deliver a copy of the certification to the Indian tribe; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd90095c1-a616-4aff-92a1-90bcb9816210"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">publish the certification in the Federal Register.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id940cbae2-c04f-428b-b493-ed64566e6945"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sovereign immunity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b1f7b07-9ec4-40ac-9271-539784250fd6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017</short-title>, the Secretary shall promulgate or update any regulations that are necessary to implement this section, including provisions to implement—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d3875cf-ed6a-46da-b55e-eeceace97ce1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 2604(e)(8) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3504">25 U.S.C. 3504(e)(8)</external-xref>), including the process to be followed by an Indian tribe amending an existing tribal energy resource agreement to assume authority for approving leases, business agreements, or rights-of-way for development of an energy resource that is not included in the tribal energy resource agreement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A44B55063D64B40800E927C20762231"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida7b6ae7b-dabd-415e-bf7e-382f86db3cd7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6cb42b3-27af-4838-b9db-167cc8fe9b66"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e79300a-2f1b-4b29-bd3c-1047cbdc3c28"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8db3e079-ced9-4690-833c-adbb1db00ab1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8781f172-48e3-446b-8ed3-b95164710968" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf2c1384-72a8-4b70-add9-057784153371"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id685e7b2b-ca6e-4a05-853b-92d7baacad63"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaac9a3d5-5837-420e-810a-a9276540e54d" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6381a52a-35fd-4b34-9e14-f41931e174f5"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and scientific resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0dffb7b8-9a8a-47f4-b2df-fd13d6e61a4c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d21a363-e912-4620-908e-129efc7e4c65"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of tribal energy development organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4DD7E5BDFF9C49DA81E7C182CDD1FE02"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (12) as paragraphs (10) through (13), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86F71C12BD9344A68DE6437C2CE8127D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFC7CFFA8FEA45AEA4C927FF970BB0C7" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CEA0664115845C9A83C1735B48ABA74"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified Indian tribe</term> means an Indian tribe that has—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01b3589828ea4dc19511c9e69efa20ee"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carried out a contract or compact under title I or IV of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5301">25 U.S.C. 5301</external-xref> et seq.) for a period of not less than 3 consecutive years ending on the date on which the Indian tribe submits the application without material audit exception (or without any material audit exceptions that were not corrected within the 3-year period) relating to the management of tribal land or natural resources; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5f9195512194350a78ff935fbbfa21a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">substantial experience in the administration, review, or evaluation of energy resource leases or agreements or has otherwise substantially participated in the administration, management, or development of energy resources located on the tribal land of the Indian tribe.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE22FDB4222F4906AE4691D2485B1349"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (12) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8be4a99-e61d-4461-b262-234ab4b34816" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id742b8e74-c100-4d8a-866c-7ba44a2075d3"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>tribal energy development organization</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8fbb0c7e-1888-4fca-9fd6-322be3eab813"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 Act of June 18, 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5124">25 U.S.C. 5124</external-xref>) (commonly known as the “Indian Reorganization Act”) or section 3 of the Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967, chapter 831) (commonly known as the <quote>Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act</quote>)); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F7E687499294B6F97F3A1372E83E63D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any organization of two or more entities, at least one 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>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1338dd4c-e03a-4e4c-a6c8-3c25a5070bd2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian tribal energy resource development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id649cfe6b-1c7e-4aa7-b9d8-cec02e3e1710"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id511bbbb6-bee2-4d91-9a2c-08ba0e6f0e6c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>tribal energy resource development organizations</quote> and inserting <quote>tribal energy development organizations</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a90df1f-b996-46e6-9110-5059f9b59b0e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>tribal energy resource development organizations</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>tribal energy development organizations</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfddd9e67-2349-4f73-8e2d-162ea4875979"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1121d497-5d7b-4494-8fe3-07e8b2727ea1"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Wind and hydropower feasibility study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id954c1385-6c5a-4b6a-b663-1b401c029ed7"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2604(e) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3504">25 U.S.C. 3504(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3dc565eb-a844-4534-9924-7d5d0e3dc6df"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91020553-cfa8-4ce4-a60f-e6a7476298bd"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(3) The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb3d4c46-c34a-4e2b-b732-14f6498c48e8" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id585edd18-dd3a-4c4f-a2c6-f62c59623d25"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice and comment; Secretarial review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id007e63bc-eb88-4c9f-a909-6be331309529"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>for approval</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f117400-37ef-4a0a-ac04-e80bd58a2e20"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>(4) If the Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ad227bd-6139-4b89-bba6-40e160fe6daa" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c4ec875-24d0-42f7-9855-255bb2944a8c"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Action in case of disapproval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ffdc8f4-06cf-4dc4-a05c-09056765d47e"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97e16f48-82aa-481f-927f-e3d97459bf1e"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(5) If an Indian tribe</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea4889fb-ebb1-4084-bfa3-ab0db80149ad" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40698384-0ade-4d96-9a34-ea0514c45215"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provision of documents to Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an Indian tribe</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6bbc2fc-1f9b-4053-b5b1-bc3d12074754"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>approved</quote> and inserting <quote>in effect</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc0c3b3aa-508c-4411-91e7-372a95c991e8"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide48ddd68-9417-447a-8e6b-68f1d8c08227"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(6)(A) In carrying out</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id390441a1-c4c9-4696-a4ff-6ceec5a596dd" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91a9318c-d52d-491d-8b6a-68fd399ed858"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretarial obligations and effect of section</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3dd90dac-55c2-4742-a96e-610661caf3ce"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34105c12-b0a5-4f6e-8c44-af4108045be6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by indenting clauses (i) and (ii) appropriately;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida167e4c1-fe1c-4969-b236-8ca3a668dbc1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>approved</quote> and inserting <quote>in effect</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8bf8af6-4f42-425d-9a56-5bea92bd77a2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ac47b01-7148-4dc5-b754-7c9ca26b10b5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2586e86c-f23a-4ce6-bf0e-cd2cc377a7f7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking <quote>approved by the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>in effect</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07172287-030f-4a87-b1c9-169e49c40c1a"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id299e760a-72a3-4fc3-9830-0b87635e01eb"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(7)(A) In this paragraph</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf259ae02-b573-40a6-ab07-fce2686d5f0d" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id467481c4-e729-4a20-93bd-4da2f7979ef6"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Petitions by interested parties</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b4ccf83-22e3-4478-826c-a34913d819e1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c55a996-f7c9-42e3-9b22-2a95083c3743"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>approved by the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>in effect</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id743f017d-509e-4452-a195-dd6ca1c768ad"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>approved by the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>in effect</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd918548a-320f-4eb1-ba90-cd8362cad261"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D)(iii)—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide616d9de-8681-4ada-8379-9b250a019e6f"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (I), by striking <quote>approved</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a342c7b-2cb3-4778-ad55-c9abff9bfff4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (II)—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ba8b83f-3871-416d-8988-594ab8adcf98"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>approval of</quote> in the first place it appears; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa836f14-dec6-4613-8403-bd3c2255cb74"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id625307E0D5C94C94AB31ADD7474E543E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id351C5229B9DE4204B2A69D02DAD7C90C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report that details with respect to activities for energy development on Indian land, how the Department of the Interior—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89d145b404da4dd9b46e8678d8fd223f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">processes and completes the reviews of energy-related documents in a timely and transparent manner;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ac022faa0b34392993be8bc70f8b515"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitors the timeliness of agency review for all energy-related documents;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6928984295994bc78a525d40e83e4aaf"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintains databases to track and monitor the review and approval process for energy-related documents associated with conventional and renewable Indian energy resources that require Secretarial approval prior to development, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA4B70A8F7DE46E1AA73409EE49B3F3A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any seismic exploration permits;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B16B4699CA34955AFE799233BED29E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">permission to survey;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61B8369DD2DC4ED29EB3C3FC5EF7A99F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">archeological and cultural surveys;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1AF002B9B4C9438F88D765F5E82987AB"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">access permits;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id043A4F403AB94819A19B036B3ED12EE8"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">environmental assessments;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFB7A3F00A204FC9A0C3853609EFB79C"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">oil and gas leases;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F475CA6BFA14DDDAF4E69F5D36C56FD"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">surface leases;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17F91D3023FB469D81B607A169B5989F"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rights-of-way agreements; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D6293CABFBE49FAB3A888413D4F1A8F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">communitization agreements;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id883dbb0f52cc49d3837e4405a2d0ec8d"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifies in the databases—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4AD16DCD0EE4C68BE55330D0B75EBAE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date lease applications and permits are received by the agency;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26b5f56eff1d450dbf12d6f6ddb408a2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the status of the review;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideee3eea7ac494498857fa975725c6852"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date the application or permit is considered complete and ready for review;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33f79ae68e5f40fc89efa95c4e4add93"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date of approval; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0ffcd7821af4e31b1a644cbd1fe2f9a"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the start and end dates for any significant delays in the review process;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c95f96848a1419faf49f0484616692f"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tracks in the databases, for all energy-related leases, agreements, applications, and permits that involve multiple agency review—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE49F88A9CF904A18B4A2E966458CAB33"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the dates documents are transferred between agencies;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56C8428CB8E240E097B52A355C13170F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the status of the review;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9522DCC6CF84BFC95705734E403CCDB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date the required reviews are completed; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76F92C4F501449EA942E09A78EC49690"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date interim or final decisions are issued.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA3D86BBB52147469AABB965C3DF1403"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report under subsection (a) shall include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14d5c11401854ab7b5813c307bb82718"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of any intermediate and final deadlines for agency action on any Secretarial review and approval required for Indian conventional and renewable energy exploration and development activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d7915e358504a7f9d93ac82b5f5d7c3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the existing geographic database established by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, explaining—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE747574F75C54519AE4BD0CFFCD49C2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the database identifies—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F492049FC2043499E1E82BA4D41264B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the location and ownership of all Indian oil and gas resources held in trust;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CFB01678E244A4CA8DFCE9E772A1460"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">resources available for lease; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C546498C3D04FAF88DC12126B53684C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the location of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E063EF1980D405F9BC8235927C8ACBB"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any lease of land held in trust or restricted fee on behalf of any Indian tribe or individual Indian; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2714F0620F14EB6902E26CE7D389EF6"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any rights-of-way on that land in effect;</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3291DCF3B7814C6CB0822E669FF3CEB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the information from the database is made available to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC88D78F161A24D07861D46C74830EA62"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs with responsibility over the management and development of Indian resources; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C2EFE5575174D5FAB7F8AC4E998D927"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">resource owners; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD64C177285C64508908EC156C4138850"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any barriers to identifying the information described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) or any deficiencies in that information; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40181f07289b457abecfd05afd86d83e"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id883ADA75E505435FB1D47D75DF766723"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability of each applicable agency to track and monitor the review and approval process of the agency for Indian energy development; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E8FF77B532343458E61CFAC6C6A3CC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which each applicable agency complies with any intermediate and final deadlines.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miscellaneous amendments</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id589b13ad-baac-44b9-9ced-466e0f91c01a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Issuance of preliminary permits or licenses</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85655524-718f-4ed3-a964-40294fc4fe0d"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd90bbc8e-afdf-4982-8fca-e8447a4756a0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not affect—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfcc83ac8-3ae0-47c1-9a81-f2747f3ff915"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 2017</short-title>; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd7f5757b-79f5-4a92-b5e9-7216a4199af1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an application for an original license, if the Commission has issued a notice accepting that application for filing pursuant to section 4.32(d) 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 2017</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61566c03-f60a-4817-a63c-344975f4326b"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of Indian tribe</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 <quote>Indian tribe</quote> 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/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17f6edf2-2292-4031-89f5-c7daca6fdc17" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal biomass demonstration project</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd680b1e5-6ade-481b-b262-b7233636ca5f"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id310d1fa6-a0c3-49d3-911b-0c50ea393f7c"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal biomass demonstration project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3115a">25 U.S.C. 3115a</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f650193-76f0-46ca-964d-da6b0d0beadd"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 2(a), by striking <quote>In this section</quote> and inserting <quote>In this Act</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id956b8cae-3a67-4715-b692-18c1010013df"><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="id35c2b71e-51b5-47b7-ba13-609a9e32238d" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idabadc915-1d12-40bd-bce5-0317441a4185" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal biomass demonstration project</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id952c7a2e-8ac1-4593-9547-6f97e2b82e69"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Stewardship contracts or similar agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021, 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2dccf2ba-a661-4690-90bf-0aba2af5460c"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Demonstration projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55535c72-c928-41aa-beb2-17180cc958ed"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7367c605-df47-4a29-96ae-847e0f285121"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">containing such information as the Secretary may require; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1fb879f1-9c92-440b-a4ce-fd80c240864c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that includes a description of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a12afb5-ef93-4796-bdd9-8027b5b77278"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Indian forest land or rangeland under the jurisdiction of the Indian tribe; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a265ba3-1636-4504-afa5-9da73284393d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the demonstration project proposed to be carried out by the Indian tribe.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2700e71c-43ac-49da-b871-d74f17e4299c"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In evaluating the applications submitted under subsection (c), the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea85431f-e09c-4b89-af84-4652da429cff"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take into consideration—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2e7f7af-00f3-4e96-b8a8-083f69170c27"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the factors set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2(e); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id058276df-d161-4f91-b1f0-53445cbbef94"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether a proposed project would—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14ac46eb-4fde-43ac-b5ab-036b45f3d600"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase the availability or reliability of local or regional energy;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide8de2dc8-cf50-4d4c-b4e1-ce17defa4192"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhance the economic development of the Indian tribe;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0fe7ef0d-d715-429f-9241-10506e2ff1a1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">result in or improve the connection of electric power transmission facilities serving the Indian tribe with other electric transmission facilities;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6783f1b6-8433-4f23-99cd-4f91144e72f1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the forest health or watersheds of Federal land or Indian forest land or rangeland;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a271ddd-4a9c-47a6-ae99-1545653ac690"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate new investments in infrastructure; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b0e7b90-c108-46d0-bc8d-4fe0e66cae7d"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">otherwise promote the use of woody biomass; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddfcfcd87-0c16-4675-bba0-f41d22d863fe"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exclude from consideration any merchantable logs that have been identified by the Secretary for commercial sale.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbdb9c28-389f-4aab-8e1e-3e47aee76443"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e25da27-4e66-40c4-a470-39164357e2b5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74876e34-9ad3-4e31-a3b2-0f97c0ae2eb6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbec9350e-81b7-4d8b-954e-fcf83f7a45e5"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 20, 2019, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes, with respect to the reporting period—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida3c1dff8-2c01-471d-961e-ae6b34e5f616"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each individual tribal application received under this section; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbe5bd614-395f-427d-a837-fd97c6c2ee56"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each contract and agreement entered into pursuant to this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8169ae6e-5847-4959-9bf5-f6c05575ac1f"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incorporation of management plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88cff8d6-982a-42a9-bbde-153116085cf2"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contract or agreement entered into under this section—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68bc14c9-6d21-498a-962f-1a10b4b7b4ee"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be for a term of not more than 20 years; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee444a12-47a0-4324-83a0-e7ab13915e47"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaebbe732-9c28-45d7-af89-caabedd5b2a1"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alaska Native biomass demonstration project</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5b03173-4e16-48f2-9fe4-8acb5aa088a8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d8af771-2971-40f2-8dbb-762b2b68f57c"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term “Federal land” means—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id698c9546-2e81-466e-a5cb-6779fa360aa0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03553824-ea1d-4244-bbe1-0f10d44029ca"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public lands (as 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>)), 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3E7985FC1E4490383C312A787BA219F"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian tribe</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideccc351d-5185-442f-be5a-cb2271cc8307"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term “Secretary” means—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55a1c9dc-ab6f-4869-8ffd-bf19cf4b233a"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe5a60dd-4252-46d4-a2e7-0d10b654e53b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5875CFE228949F1B3B39E775682AC1E"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>tribal organization</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/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf606ae87-5f4a-466a-952e-54a0dd5ae38f"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement or contract with an Indian tribe or a tribal organization to carry out a demonstration project to promote biomass energy production (including biofuel, heat, and electricity generation) by providing reliable supplies of woody biomass from Federal land.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd39486bb-3dd7-43ac-a7db-56a84ac9abff"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Demonstration projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd353a746-6a80-4b72-9738-db9861c86f81"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to enter into a contract or agreement under this subsection, an Indian tribe or tribal organization shall submit to the Secretary an application—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida14b1cfe-5bca-4633-ba87-96385f125c57"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">containing such information as the Secretary may require; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c66354e-1bea-4bdf-8146-9e74e6e3ed9f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that includes a description of the demonstration project proposed to be carried out by the Indian tribe or tribal organization.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ab9666d-d326-4451-9795-dce36633e860"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In evaluating the applications submitted under paragraph (4), the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47c802f8-b26a-48c3-8101-2eb0fc410c5d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take into consideration whether a proposed project would—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5aa4741f-78b1-4477-a91e-379925488e8f"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase the availability or reliability of local or regional energy;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ae42547-45f1-4af6-8698-6254dd600ba4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhance the economic development of the Indian tribe;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14c9645c-d6a4-4d72-9c08-798cb1ee9bb5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">result in or improve the connection of electric power transmission facilities serving the Indian tribe with other electric transmission facilities;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id130149d2-0683-46b1-91ae-614758d63378"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the forest health or watersheds of Federal land or non-Federal land;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63ba2a2c-03fb-41cd-aac2-8dedb8639ceb"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate new investments in infrastructure; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd975670-5eaa-43e8-a392-b58d481e825c"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">otherwise promote the use of woody biomass; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7eb2e719-b059-433c-ae83-1ed155e05e40"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exclude from consideration any merchantable logs that have been identified by the Secretary for commercial sale.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4dc69c54-4315-47f5-914a-8250832dedd1"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbe363465-381b-48ca-9185-23c9fc86e24b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8d257a0-afef-4344-8502-5629256c2d9b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the maximum extent practicable, consult with Indian tribes and appropriate tribal organizations likely to be affected in developing the application and otherwise carrying out this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74e7511b-52dc-42cb-93ae-5689c8e17b76"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 20, 2019, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes, with respect to the reporting period—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04f38aed-e8fd-4b8a-ba7f-e05d9e37b8af"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each individual application received under this subsection; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06292267-2fa9-4d03-b1e2-8f2956b99e34"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each contract and agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2214de2e-63c5-49c3-bf72-2ff8b9478011"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contract or agreement entered into under this subsection—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide54a4513-95c8-4abe-b54e-3adca324a590"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be for a term of not more than 20 years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad560900-e0e1-4773-b4cb-cc9f82fe4399"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be renewed in accordance with this subsection for not more than an additional 10 years.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca6d1778-f0cf-4847-9319-f3b816c736c1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f44861d-f524-4b8c-b10d-1387c1f2f356"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8e101c3-fa9d-40fe-9f31-6e742660afa6" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07c664ad-6234-4c42-94ac-ac38483e4399"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reservation of amounts</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaca5417d-4fb3-4182-ba8c-dcb009296e87"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b4ec260-8aad-4908-86dc-b914993e4d2b"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restrictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) shall apply only if—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb6b81d7-ba36-476d-8440-7e98fe6f917b"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f6a828a-2617-41d1-8f27-6bc8be80cf5c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17AB4E975FC44076ADFB049D3514ACDB"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Presumption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the tribal organization requesting the grant is a tribally designated housing entity (as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4103">25 U.S.C. 4103</external-xref>)) that has operated without material audit exceptions (or without any material audit exceptions that were not corrected within a 3-year period), the Secretary shall presume that the low-income members of the applicable Indian tribe would be equally or better served by making a grant directly to the tribal organization than by a grant made to the State in which the low-income members reside.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7fd45f20-5915-4d99-9d74-8169c99d78fc"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52bf21fc-cccc-464e-b548-48a6653029cd"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ede9608-085f-4856-b85a-56d6b9dccaad"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>on the basis of his determination</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b8533ae-b6e4-45a2-a147-943181e6cef3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d736c2b-d2cc-4722-ab60-c3ba285d57c8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>he</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab88a2e7-54a4-4fe2-9b78-e062f8b54af2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc7896e8d-992c-42ef-9833-5a8a76933de2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appraisals</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4188a2ed-2f04-462e-8218-03630ffde07b"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title XXVI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3501">25 U.S.C. 3501</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddfa38860-8223-4afc-861c-91a04887e43a" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e8b857b-6921-4a45-89cc-4e5770354ca9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2607.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appraisals</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2d906d4-9f2c-469a-8d6f-7e3dc921d3c9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f737027-982d-4d63-9bb2-ae572b1b12c2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f72dee1-0ab8-44a1-976d-72c4cb46ee63"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the affected Indian tribe; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8be7cf6a-9b73-4ede-8898-59b87dc6b3b8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a certified, third-party appraiser pursuant to a contract with the Indian tribe.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f500052-3cc1-4aa9-8987-ea33ab3ffdb9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretarial review and approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35487f7c-7d86-417b-bc85-872dcd1d0d39"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the appraisal; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e816cb7-4377-4697-a0a2-ad298b4e9569"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f9949b0-6545-4716-bccb-75201c72d462"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice of Disapproval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8b6f5cd-716d-496b-8ecb-e244910d4d1e"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each reason for the disapproval; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e2fdfb0-6060-4b90-9dae-e51907dac017"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id825b50d8-2795-4a6a-aeb1-f4207f8bf090"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3032756-610e-44d1-b88e-b39601f3d1af" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leases of restricted lands for Navajo Nation</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id517f7596-d498-436f-aaec-78f81e164831"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee34127e-3722-4506-a6e8-c0d7baddcb32"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>, except a lease for</quote> and inserting <quote>, including a lease for</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id609d89ca-54b5-4b4a-8f1e-a155b51a3c9c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e00c76c-8f3f-4c6d-9e09-1ffdb8b701c7" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ed84dee-238c-4c16-b6b2-12900a72c46a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a business or agricultural lease, 99 years;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id863fb104-f48a-41cb-bdd7-179e56ffa5aa"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4b570ee-cde3-4058-9f6b-ff71eaf71c68"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8faf472b-1e12-4604-88d7-bb964b7108b9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d005ef5-fc03-45a0-8d09-8e32a9175d08"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb51a0e78-884b-484d-ba4f-9f959d50b01f"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any such lease may include an option to renew for 1 additional term of not to exceed 25 years; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01e5cf06-ec73-445d-8601-56fe56bfca8e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idacb8d6e5-d1d1-4648-a648-e470fd7c825f"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GAO report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08E5637362A549AB8FAE1C01662CBE69" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of tribal lease period for the Crow Tribe of Montana</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/415">25 U.S.C. 415(a)</external-xref>), is amended in the second sentence by inserting <quote>, land held in trust for the Crow Tribe of Montana</quote> after <quote>Devils Lake Sioux Reservation</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1BFBD64376B64E8694084DD9754D74AB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Trust status of lease payments</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b1b32889efd46bd9bc3fe92a018794e"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9E4C54D31B94CD38AA9481BFB15442B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of lease payments</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40999138020944A8B8D3DB8B0C08542C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2) and at the request of the Indian tribe or individual Indian, any advance payments, bid deposits, or other earnest money received by the Secretary in connection with the review and Secretarial approval under any other Federal law (including regulations) of a sale, lease, permit, or any other conveyance of any interest in any trust or restricted land of any Indian tribe or individual Indian shall, upon receipt and prior to Secretarial approval of the contract or conveyance instrument, be held in the trust fund system for the benefit of the Indian tribe and individual Indian from whose land the funds were generated.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c41dcdbd4b546c0b5769abf2c7d1c0e"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restriction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the advance payment, bid deposit, or other earnest money received by the Secretary results from competitive bidding, upon selection of the successful bidder, only the funds paid by the successful bidder shall be held in the trust fund system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02e7c3eafc564fdb8aa912e5472074e6"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37FBC64DDB36453F98E42C37B1C1AE08"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the approval of the Secretary of a contract or other instrument for a sale, lease, permit, or any other conveyance described in subsection (b)(1), the funds held in the trust fund system and described in subsection (b), along with all income generated from the investment of those funds, shall be disbursed to the Indian tribe or individual Indian landowners.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe6d0efe6b0c4684bbf59df1ebc54bf2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a contract or other instrument for a sale, lease, permit, or any other conveyance described in subsection (b)(1) is not approved by the Secretary, the funds held in the trust fund system and described in subsection (b), along with all income generated from the investment of those funds, shall be paid to the party identified in, and in such amount and on such terms as set out in, the applicable regulations, advertisement, or other notice governing the proposed conveyance of the interest in the land at issue.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2dbeafc7e86e4b0aad7c4e6ffee69141"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall apply to any advance payment, bid deposit, or other earnest money received by the Secretary in connection with the review and Secretarial approval under any other Federal law (including regulations) of a sale, lease, permit, or any other conveyance of any interest in any trust or restricted land of any Indian tribe or individual Indian on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>May 24, 2017Reported without amendment