116 HR 4294 IH: American Energy First Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2019-09-11
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the American Energy First Act
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is the following:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Onshore Oil and Gas
Sec. 101. Cooperative federalism in oil and gas permitting on available Federal land.
Sec. 102. Conveyance to certain States of property interest in State share of royalties and other
payments.
Sec. 103. Access to Federal oil and gas from non-Federal surface estate.
Sec. 104. State and Tribal authority for hydraulic fracturing regulation.
Sec. 105. Review of Integrated Activity Plan for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Sec. 106. Protested lease sales.
Sec. 107. Clarification regarding liability under Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Sec. 108. Amendments to the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Sec. 109. Administrative protest process reform.
Sec. 110. Notifications of permit to drill.
Title II—Offshore Oil and Gas
Sec. 201. Limitation of authority of the President to withdraw areas of the Outer Continental Shelf
from oil and gas leasing.
Sec. 202. Disposition of revenues from oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf to
Atlantic States and Alaska.
Sec. 203. Distribution of Outer Continental Shelf revenues to Gulf producing States.
Sec. 204. Addressing permits for taking of marine mammals.
Sec. 205. Energy Development in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Title III—Alternative Energy
Sec. 301. Geothermal, solar, and wind leasing priority areas.
Sec. 302. Geothermal production on Federal lands.
Sec. 303. Facilitation of coproduction of geothermal energy on oil and gas leases.
Sec. 304. Noncompetitive leasing of adjoining areas for development of geothermal resources.
Sec. 305. Application of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with respect to territories of the
United States.
Sec. 306. Disposition of revenues with respect to territories of the United States.
Sec. 307. Wind lease sales for areas of Outer Continental Shelf.
Sec. 308. Establishment of Coral Reef Conservation Fund.
Title IV—Limitations on Leasing Moratoriums
Sec. 401. Coal leases.
Sec. 402. Congressional authority requirement.
<enum>I</enum><header>Onshore Oil and Gas</header>
<section id="H64C1A3D98D0941B684430A200E763D5A"><enum>101.</enum><header>Cooperative federalism in oil and gas permitting on available Federal land</header>
<subsection id="HF6362A1371C0457E829F8E1E3B3281CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30 U.S.C. 181</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF5283EC145CB4A29AC777CC1126713DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating section 44 as section 48; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99E5FEBF10DF4B229C0C10E0E750CCD0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding after section 43 the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8CA49BD73CB4C599F037D3C015AD18C" style="OLC"> <section id="H8E7937A696BA4A4DB4073707C50BA70A"><enum>44.</enum><header>Cooperative federalism in oil and gas permitting on available Federal land</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HA12E2B2B80F04369852D727D8B8C2674"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorizations</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HF8D8BCD109514903B41AE229138CB6CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Upon receipt of an application under subsection (b), the Secretary may delegate to a State exclusive authority—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFD9D39692F5F479E82601A309C1BECA7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to issue an Application for Permit to Drill on available Federal land; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3E9EA63C7F0A46B7B3B190E20AD5FD58"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to approve drilling plans on available Federal land.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H09B9899316D343E194BB0F3B131761E7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sundry notices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any authorization under paragraph (1) may, upon the request of the State, include authority to process sundry notices.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H426F846013424EAFBA7C0F21C47968E8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inspection and enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any authorization under paragraph (1) may, upon the request of the State, include authorization to inspect and enforce an Application for Permit to Drill or drilling plan, as applicable. An authorization under paragraph (1)(A) shall not affect the ability of the Secretary to collect inspection fees under section 108(d) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/1718">30 U.S.C. 1718(d)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB10A1CBE28AA4A5A8C23B8BCA4A9C38B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State application process</header>
<paragraph id="H3E8C028C91464A0CBFE569C41FB57C08"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission of application</header><text>A State may submit an application under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9AF244383AB6439CA7E0953DC0EA7019"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content of application</header><text>An application submitted under this subsection shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="HAF8202C1F46248AEA013CD1F84C2B438"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the State program that the State proposes to administer under State law, including a State drilling plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA5269CE33634766AF4503F57E74BF33"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a statement from the Governor or Attorney General of such State that the laws of such State provide adequate authority to carry out the State program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0DD163B6CB74503AAB56F7B0860E13E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline for approval or disapproval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of receipt of an application under this subsection, the Secretary shall approve or disapprove such application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4F0F73CCC1C14E1DAFB6D1D4FDB01645"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Criteria for approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may approve an application received under this subsection only if the Secretary has—</text> <subparagraph id="H46716E28D28748989E5E538AAB561CCB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determined that the State applicant would be at least as effective as the Secretary in issuing Applications for Permit to Drill or in approving drilling plans, as applicable;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA86D3D7F8FC4E858F7E66BA99357E68"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determined that the State program of the State applicant—</text> <clause id="H96E1E2ACF97C43DA91FF1F1E1444CB9E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>complies with this Act; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5842895C177845D7AC163C1327E2F14E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides for the termination or modification of an issued Application for Permit to Drill or approved drilling plan, as applicable, for cause, including for—</text>
<subclause id="HE0FB57F3CA7142E0BB48AD3C97CDE007"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the violation of any condition of the issued Application for Permit to Drill or approved drilling plan;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H455262C2FEEF4C86A99F9B4B97C24E26"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obtaining the issued Application for Permit to Drill or approved drilling plan by misrepresentation; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBAA4D89099AB4A79B802EF7A2B318F53"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">failure to fully disclose in the application all relevant facts;</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4E08F4408BB4576B4A30F01599C8484"><enum>(C)</enum><text>determined that the State applicant has sufficient administrative and technical personnel and sufficient funding to carry out the State program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC778531F007E4FF681F5F31BA16B8D8C"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provided notice to the public, solicited public comment, and held a public hearing within such State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6940D158A7A14985B726CF327CAE6173"><enum>(E)</enum><text>determined that approval of the application would not result in decreased royalty payments owed to the United States under section 35(a), except as provided in subsection (e) of that section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13D78FF0169E4FDC8DC91EE0EFB95352"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a State applicant seeking authority under subsection (a)(3) to inspect and enforce Applications for Permit to Drill or drilling plans, as applicable, entered into a memorandum of understanding with such State applicant that delineates the Federal and State responsibilities with respect to such inspection and enforcement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F285FADF26149A3A741586E7433503D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Disapproval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary disapproves an application submitted under this subsection, then the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H35A62373CA624FFAAB27DC9FA1214585"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify, in writing, such State applicant of the reason for the disapproval and any revisions or modifications necessary to obtain approval; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69DA5CFED8104128A6648F8C053C4ACD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide any additional information, data, or analysis upon which the disapproval is based.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H884BDCDAA94D499EB296EF4AAF2EAE51"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Resubmittal of application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may resubmit an application under this subsection at any time.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4529A221A634828AE4FD4FA22207902"><enum>(7)</enum><header>State Memorandum of Understanding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before a State submits an application under this subsection, the Secretary may, at the request of such State, enter into a memorandum of understanding with such State regarding the proposed State program—</text>
<subparagraph id="H83129F9665E74A679DEBCD34A2B590AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to delineate the Federal and State responsibilities for oil and gas regulations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B494E4835494B57AF3874EF208AE0D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide technical assistance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE50BF67F4C75458891DFEAB6FD236C3B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to share best management practices.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2A888CEF1B92474281866B2EA3F5745C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrative fees for Applications for Permit To Drill</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE610D9D8578E480AA108866D90188A89"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State for which authority has been delegated under subsection (a)(1)(A) may collect a fee for each application for an Application for Permit to Drill that is submitted to the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9458DFA5D043415B8625B5F5AFCF0D20"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No collection of fee by Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not collect a fee from the applicant or from the State for an application for an Application for Permit to Drill that is submitted to a State for which authority has been delegated under subsection (a)(1)(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF7CBE4C6DD574702B0C7F05D8DD0EB4A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fee amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The fee collected under paragraph (1) shall be less than or equal to the amount of the fee described in section 35(d)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD791954B90364771B0B33AE9C5E0698E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use</header><text>A State shall use 100 percent of the fees collected under this subsection for the administration of the approved State program of the State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44661FED652C4744BD3B62F83BC86D11"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Voluntary termination of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may voluntarily terminate any authority delegated to such State under subsection (a) upon providing written notice to the Secretary 60 days in advance of the date of termination. Upon expiration of such 60-day period, the Secretary shall resume any activities for which authority was delegated to the State under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAA1CEAB9F0E04BDC8192034D73DAA1D1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Appeal of denial of application for Application for Permit To Drill or application for approval of
drilling plan</header>
<paragraph id="HBE3CB3BBE0374E0A96566819889A2A1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State for which the Secretary has delegated authority under subsection (a)(1) denies an application for an Application for Permit to Drill or an application for approval of a drilling plan, the applicant may appeal such decision to the Department of the Interior Office of Hearings and Appeals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14E070D725384CD7BD3BFDFA4473CEC0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fee allowed</header><text>The Secretary may charge the applicant a fee for the appeal referred to in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H11076F91B8674A21B883D5C678C23A07"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal administration of State program</header> <paragraph id="HD46A652F974347F4A5F366653120AF99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>If the Secretary has reason to believe that a State is not administering or enforcing an approved State program, the Secretary shall notify the relevant State regulatory authority of any possible deficiencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H261CC10AA6784F629D7D996302F6DCCC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State response</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which a State receives notification of a possible deficiency under paragraph (1), the State shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2CC93DB5E6C3489EA58C19485E7730EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>take appropriate action to correct the possible deficiency; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB458A30DE9B24ED38EB3B0859C9FE941"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notify the Secretary of the action in writing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE4114C4979344A83A5848FB8189CCD97"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Determination</header>
<subparagraph id="H870207D5958143ED83946F3F6B5CA3C9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On expiration of the 30-day period referred to in paragraph (2), if the Secretary determines that a violation of all or any part of an approved State program has resulted from a failure of the State to administer or enforce the approved State program of the State or that the State has not demonstrated its capability and intent to administer or enforce such a program, the Secretary shall issue public notice of such a determination.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDE4766722904E0A8B8AA13EEE59AAEB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Appeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may appeal the determination of the Secretary under subparagraph (A) in the applicable United States District Court. The Secretary may not resume activities under paragraph (4) pending the resolution of the appeal.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H57C8C244E44148B6A492A1B6B9DB7753"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Resumption by Secretary</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3)(B), 30 days after the date on which the Secretary issues the public notice described in paragraph 3(A), the Secretary shall resume any activities for which authority was delegated to the State during the period—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB9802DB9B8241B38D0D1D925317CA42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>beginning on the date 30 days after the date on which the Secretary issues the public notice under paragraph (3)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA11624D181F84C638A92280D51EF3921"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ending on the date on which the Secretary determines that the State will administer or enforce, as applicable, such State’s approved State program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4C54117906C9465BAE65CFB33269172F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Standing</header><text>States with approved regulatory programs shall have standing to sue the Secretary for any action taken under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0C9ADCA438554859994BEE54CC89DBA6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H5C00C4B429A241C0BEA8D2D4297047B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Available Federal land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>available Federal land</term> means any Federal land that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7DD2BA9DAA1147EF92BE27DEE8A1B0C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is located within the boundaries of a State;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA94694D85342449FA96EB7C11D541985"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not held by the United States in trust for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian Tribe or a member of such an Indian Tribe;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83C524B7F46F484B9C1FFA02523CF012"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is not a unit of the National Park System;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9F23F3148024E3EBC1D7A58577DCC16"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is not a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System, except for the portion of such unit for which oil and gas drilling is allowed under law;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF62A7A3211264C4FB8FDD1553F963238"><enum>(E)</enum><text>is not a congressionally approved wilderness area under the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131</external-xref> et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H847C998783964B48A3907EF241A9FF55"><enum>(F)</enum><text>has been identified as land available for lease or has been leased for the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas—</text>
<clause id="HC0C9A06E0DDB4C24ABA4E9278EB4F78B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by the Bureau of Land Management under—</text> <subclause id="HEFABD885384D42E4A8A4B93E553B6938"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a resource management plan under the process provided for in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2C388BF2E94A4324A4119F7DB16B45E0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an integrated activity plan with respect to the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; or</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H70E3AC7241A84E838905276EBE9D1D90"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by the Forest Service under a National Forest management plan under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1600">16 U.S.C. 1600</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H256632A1F2CF4819A635D2E5EDD4E3C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Drilling plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>drilling plan</term> means a plan described under section 3162.3–1(e) of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulation).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5CC989A7C39745DC9337CF20C622E598"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application for Permit to Drill</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Application for Permit to Drill</term> or <term>Applications for Permit to Drill</term> means a permit—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6D21C2BD530C43A9BA4395BC559E44C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that grants authority to drill for oil and gas; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7A1F125CB2B04CB38381D806CA012C04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which an application has been received that contains—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HB74E14965137429BA8EB4A29127C8288"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a drilling plan;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE111BEB7F6DE43839EB69B5CF3C9C64B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a surface use plan of operations described under section 3162.3–1(f) of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulation);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HC1176D1841A84F058E7ED77D07D08A71"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>evidence of bond coverage; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H154A28D4A990478094A7D26D42B46B14"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>such other information as may be required by applicable orders and notices.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5569A386FA424F039EBC9F5FB669EA1A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H368807D623EA41C795E9B0FD75077AD9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means each of the several States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC70D1BDBA45447C8B09E4EC32FE52DEC"><enum>(6)</enum><header>State applicant</header><text>The term <term>State applicant</term> means a State that has submitted an application under subsection (b).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA34BA13CB68A4E12A05BE03431A5E284"><enum>(7)</enum><header>State program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State program</term> means a program that provides for a State to—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC536139D9D0F4EEE9E44633533FA33E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issue Applications for Permit to Drill or approve drilling plans, as applicable, on available Federal land; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6330FC582E964AECB8C3ED532D10138B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">impose sanctions for violations of State laws, regulations, or any condition of an issued Application for Permit to Drill or approved drilling plan, as applicable.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3DFB6279F56841DAB0F282976BF6B23E"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Sundry notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>sundry notice</term> means a written request—</text> <subparagraph id="HC228A85E49DB47E6A52111F36C4D67C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to perform work not covered under an Application for Permit to Drill or drilling plan; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H746594AB1FED4F5D82CAB155BA926F0E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a change to operations covered under a an Application for Permit to Drill or drilling plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3319E64ED50A49438350D8703883AB98"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inspection fees</header><text>Section 108 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/1718">30 U.S.C. 1718</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FD4F2AEBC3548E69532216B2DC672FF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H3382F5B059954434A6B7F43D67F015A8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Inspection fees for certain States</header>
<paragraph id="HB50FA704710B45759A8468CC72E8F9B1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct inspections of operations under each oil and gas lease. The Secretary shall collect annual nonrefundable inspection fees in the amount specified in paragraph (2), from each designated operator under each oil and gas lease on Federal that is subject to inspection under subsection (b) and that is located in a State for which the Secretary has delegated authority under section 44(a)(1)(A) of the Mineral Leasing Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB29ED7137BB740CF849282184FEB60C3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of the fees collected under paragraph (1) shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="H3F3E937C5B67447CA91B20571A3E03C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$700 for each lease or unit or communitization agreement with no active or inactive wells, but with surface use, disturbance or reclamation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB8CB914E4A14FA8AA40ABE70E8E78CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$1,225 for each lease or unit or communitization agreement with 1 to 10 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H085E80AD8EDA4D85A5CF6D672D8E99F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$4,900 for each lease or unit or communitization agreement with 11 to 50 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F1BD915677F4CE9B3A02196A09D7A94"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$9,800 for each lease or unit or communitization agreement with more than 50 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H34DA0F35964A4586AF6414A2E3F2F591"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Onshore Energy Safety Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Treasury a fund, to be known as the <quote>Onshore Energy Safety Fund</quote> (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Fund</quote>), into which shall be deposited all amounts collected as fees under paragraph (1) and which shall be available as provided under paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23487679E8E14D3FA7C359B974D9E5FE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Availability of fees</header><text>Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, all amounts deposited in the Fund—</text> <subparagraph id="H69F727F6174F48D6856393D6462E920A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be credited as offsetting collections;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC353B7B98A334AD5A21063BA51A51568"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be available for expenditure for purposes of carrying out inspections of onshore oil and gas operations in those States for which the Secretary has delegated authority under section 44(a)(1)(A) of the Mineral Leasing Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0BE1CED6F8E1467F874048B5F85072BD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall be available only to the extent provided for in advance in an appropriations Act; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCDE0C55097BB434A8029D485F7105F33"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H65D22227DA3D4B2DA1720E74D5470E80"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Payment due date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall require payment of any fee assessed under this subsection within 30 days after the Secretary provides notice of the assessment of the fee after the completion of an inspection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6C56215A59BB42EAA07ED4891F42E0F5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a designated operator assessed a fee under this subsection fails to pay the full amount of the fee as prescribed in this subsection, the Secretary may, in addition to utilizing any other applicable enforcement authority, assess civil penalties against the operator under section 109 in the same manner as if this section were a mineral leasing law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F22D87F78D84667BE2418CCE0D431FC"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Notification to State of noncompliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, on the basis of any inspection under subsection (b), the Secretary determines that an operator is in noncompliance with the requirements of mineral leasing laws and this chapter, the Secretary shall notify the State of such noncompliance immediately.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1F4F1378E4D84EB183628AE3718E790F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Existing authorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 390(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15942">42 U.S.C. 15942(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0C740E0F9F1140A29BDE444AB42B434C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Action by the Secretary of the Interior</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary of the Interior,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5DFE27D574B4EB29EEB81150C902E06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting a comma after <quote>Agriculture</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6F82CD3351814905AF3E41DE6FB647F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>with respect to any of the activities described in subsection (b) shall be subject to a rebuttable presumption that the use of</quote> and inserting <quote>shall apply</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H709EC729ECFF43008A3D07F060206354"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>would apply if the activity</quote> and inserting <quote>for each action described in subsection (b) if the action</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8B68E64A3A294C6380207FBC86E6B63F"><enum>102.</enum><header>Conveyance to certain States of property interest in State share of royalties and other payments</header> <subsection id="H64EB83EC76DF4EDA89AF4CFA57ABA274"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/191">30 U.S.C. 191</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0615D4FE1FA14FA08D51994C4542166F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>shall be paid into the Treasury</quote> and inserting <quote>shall, except as provided in subsection (e), be paid into the Treasury</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H28571A826EB640D39F15E96176909060"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1), by inserting <quote>and except as provided in subsection (e)</quote> before <quote>, any rentals</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DB723345D5042DF9F3E2DD391DFEB9F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H84364EE4894A48EFBF6963C16B4481C4" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H2C8CE9EB8D6C42BBAD25A91F6A691E27"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conveyance to certain States of property interest in State share</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H6B48882E151241BAABDAA0D6C796C722"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on request of a State and in lieu of any payments to the State under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the State all right, title, and interest in and to the percentage specified in that subsection for that State that would otherwise be required to be paid into the Treasury under that subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20D074B87B5E4B639F4AEC1F2D856A34"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after a conveyance to a State under paragraph (1), any person shall pay directly to the State any amount owed by the person for which the right, title, and interest has been conveyed to the State under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B7592DBA72A4AC882185DD9EE8BDE73"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall promptly provide to each holder of a lease of public land to which subsection (a) applies that is located in a State to which right, title, and interest is conveyed under this subsection notice that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H294AB2292E6245678E3E0F287FD13E4B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior has conveyed to the State all right, title, and interest in and to the amounts referred to in paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HABC0899F6901416CB02AA3222A0786D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the leaseholder is required to pay the amounts directly to the State.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D77628C716D47D6A8AA5B7BCBF7DF81"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>A State that has received a conveyance under this subsection shall report monthly to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue of the Department of the Interior the amount paid to such State pursuant to this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8A62CCCF10464DFBAF0E5FDA27D82D19"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Application with respect to Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the interest conveyed to a State under this subsection from sales, bonuses, royalties (including interest charges), and rentals collected under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/1701">30 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.), this subsection shall only apply with respect to States for which the Secretary has delegated any authority under section 44(a)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H758EFFA2088344A8828E82908B781299"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 35(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/191">30 U.S.C. 191(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>In determining</quote> and inserting <quote>Except with respect to States for which the Secretary has delegated any authority under section 44(a)(1), in determining</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6099466F117745E4BB322EA907F32886"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205(f) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/1735">30 U.S.C. 1735(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>All moneys</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to subsection (e) of section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/191">30 U.S.C. 191</external-xref>), all moneys</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H93B1F6DB94814C188D0068E520483F60" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Access to Federal oil and gas from non-Federal surface estate</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/226">30 U.S.C. 226</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H7AF6F0257AB640DCA075D5CE4389E5CF"><enum>(q)</enum><header>No Federal permit required for oil and gas activities on certain land</header>
<paragraph id="H48062D9E3CDC46A29104B45697E0A04D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not require an operator to obtain a Federal drilling permit for oil and gas exploration and production activities conducted on non-Federal surface estate, provided that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5FAA8CECDB604CE0939A67C4584A9E61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the United States holds an ownership interest of less than 50 percent of the subsurface mineral estate to be accessed by the proposed action; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H013A8307D8C64E7E9AC62C9B2B6C8E8A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the operator submits to the Secretary a State permit to conduct oil and gas exploration and production activities on the non-Federal surface estate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H43FEA600C65D45DEAD97728FA4902144"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No Federal action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oil and gas exploration and production activities carried out under paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H2AB0E6E6C1D64FA5B727D90684315F4D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall require no additional Federal action;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BE33B172FEA43FEA4912102DE7A6E78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may commence 30 days after submission of the State permit to the Secretary;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32F068C087634529B6982F39C9050B71"><enum>(C)</enum><text>are categorically excluded from any further analysis and documentation under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5FBE2A1678D2406CA3F051CC715A866F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall not require any analysis under section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/54/306108">54 U.S.C. 306108</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2646F45ED5534A0F98D7B03B537B709E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>shall not require any analysis, assessment, or consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H07891398810B4BA58809E82FBEAA9FF3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Royalties and production accountability</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEBC412BC49CF4CE687E60B8A0EC60F89"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall affect the amount of royalties due to the United States under this Act from the production of oil and gas, or alter the Secretary’s authority to conduct audits and collect civil penalties pursuant to the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/1711">30 U.S.C. 1711</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10B463E01E454597B2E6BD123C6AEC3A" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may conduct on-site reviews and inspections to ensure proper accountability, measurement, and reporting of production of Federal oil and gas, and payment of royalties.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4648C9B051A74991B4A09D96040673CE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection shall not apply to actions on Indian lands or resources managed in trust for the benefit of Indian tribes.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H6B3E9B6195E9461BBF0A5C08EF72905A"><enum>104.</enum><header>State and Tribal authority for hydraulic fracturing regulation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30 U.S.C. 181</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 44 (as added by section 101) the following:</text>
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<section id="H89CCC7CA93F44FFCBA1C850786EE48E4"><enum>45.</enum><header>State and Tribal authority for hydraulic fracturing regulation</header>
<subsection id="HAF5E852733054913B33464919C3B067C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall not enforce any Federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on or under any land in any State that has regulations, guidance, or permit requirements for that activity.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC92F35A1EC4C4C098B34C30811FF2C2A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall defer to State regulations, guidance, and permit requirements for all activities regarding hydraulic fracturing relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on Federal land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2622E2DD723B4120B17925062D464CDD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transparency of State regulations</header>
<paragraph id="H02C5CBC8776B4C03ACAD127750C7B70E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State shall submit to the Bureau of Land Management a copy of the regulations of such State that apply to hydraulic fracturing operations on Federal land, including those that require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10C020A5DFBB48F685583C80929605C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall make available to the public on the website of the Secretary the regulations submitted under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA54016B9040B417A913A1A7094ED7331"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Tribal authority on trust land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall not enforce any Federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement with respect to hydraulic fracturing on any land held in trust or restricted status for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian Tribe or a member of such an Indian Tribe, except with the express consent of the beneficiary on whose behalf such land is held in trust or restricted status.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1A53F52E783B4301A20CA3434EC91886"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Hydraulic fracturing defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section the term <term>hydraulic fracturing</term> means the process of creating small cracks, or fractures, in underground geological formations for well stimulation purposes of bringing hydrocarbons into the wellbore and to the surface for capture.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H1C0283D212B74144ABEDC081A7EF99E2"><enum>105.</enum><header>Review of Integrated Activity Plan for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall—</text> <paragraph id="H436B0BFE500441598649DF138DF50E73"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a review of the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska Final Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, for which notice of availability was published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 76515), to determine which lands within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska should be made available for oil and gas leasing; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B743E572B854DB1B8E832A316F35A5C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make available the lands described in paragraph (1) for oil and gas leasing.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H1059BCBA2F3247F497C4D7A5D8B5704D"><enum>106.</enum><header>Protested lease sales</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17(b)(1)(A) of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/226">30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>The Secretary shall resolve any protest to a lease sale within 60 days following such payment.</quote> after <quote>annual rental for the first lease year.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H083EC71452EE4F38AA73C961CCD6A558"><enum>107.</enum><header>Clarification regarding liability under Migratory Bird Treaty Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/707">16 U.S.C. 707</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H6EFF64E512564079998AC63C6FA503CC"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act shall not be construed to prohibit any activity proscribed by section 2 of this Act that is accidental or incidental to the presence or operation of an otherwise lawful activity.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H59B8C9150E5045D1912D8B86B1CBB837" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header>Amendments to the Energy Policy Act of 2005</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15942">42 U.S.C. 15942</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1A1B5645DCE445B908CD712893F9182" style="OLC"> <section id="H4B4B9C1BDA574CDBB20B69E374A89104"><enum>390.</enum><header>National Environmental Policy Act review</header> <subsection id="H601864FA37AC4BB29C60175CA928CB00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National Environmental Policy Act review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Action by the Secretary of the Interior, in managing the public lands, or the Secretary of Agriculture, in managing National Forest System lands, with respect to any of the activities described in subsection (d) shall be categorically excluded from any further analysis and documentation under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> et seq.) if the activity is conducted pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30 U.S.C. 181</external-xref> et seq.) for the purpose of exploration or development of oil or gas.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9D0595FBC6DC4C9B8250CFFCF2A25DBA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of a categorical exclusion created in this section—</text> <paragraph id="H07A56B2B2CD3472FA188E85526F318DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall not require a finding of no extraordinary circumstances; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4134CE1A8B840148760F3FC5231DDD8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be effective for the full term of the authorized permit or approval.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDAA628EF3FAF4F3787C21E004D687569"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall not apply to an action of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture on Indian lands or resources managed in trust for the benefit of Indian Tribes.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3D67D5ABC86942DD9BB8ACE249A2CBE6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Activities described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The activities referred to in subsection (a) are:</text> <paragraph id="H14DCAF1497D94072B6DDB0A0575EDCCA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Reinstating a lease pursuant to section 31 of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/188">30 U.S.C. 188</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C5A48F416104FC98A7D9EECCDAA09A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following activities, provided that any new surface disturbance is contiguous with the footprint of the original authorization and does not exceed 20 acres or the acreage evaluated in a document previously prepared under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>) with respect to such activity, whichever is greater:</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D07214EE84B4150B00C56B4BCB06BFA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Drilling an oil or gas well at a well pad site at which drilling has occurred previously.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58CABA9D44454A1984C792B0AE2A97DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Expansion of an existing oil or gas well pad site to accommodate an additional well.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H28EBA2F67F5A40FA929160534D4B8A83"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Expansion or modification of an existing oil or gas well pad site, road, pipeline, facility, or utilities submitted in a sundry notice.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7AC72877EDFC46DFB9AEEB0521BD1A13"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Drilling of an oil or gas well at a new well pad site, provided that the new surface disturbance does not exceed 20 acres or the acreage evaluated in a document previously prepared under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>) with respect to such activity, whichever is greater.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF182AD00E704A1187702B53F1D077E5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Construction or realignment of a road, pipeline, or utilities within an existing right-of-way or within a right-of-way corridor established in a land use plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4E09DB4B222E4E3687C8914C61D41988"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The following activities when conducted from non-Federal surface into federally owned minerals, provided that the operator submits to the Secretary concerned certification of a surface use agreement with the non-Federal landowner:</text>
<subparagraph id="H72D3808D8139464EAF499D35A2F50018"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Drilling an oil or gas well at a well pad site at which drilling has occurred previously.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC94618CFCF7D4DC591E65E7075310EFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Expansion of an existing oil or gas well pad site to accommodate an additional well.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96F4037EB7DC4D1D97B08320997F15D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Expansion or modification of an existing oil or gas well pad site, road, pipeline, facilities or utilities submitted in a sundry notice.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7DFE6CE59ED4C058EB6A94F1AEED73D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Drilling of an oil or gas well from non-Federal surface and non-Federal subsurface into Federal mineral estate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF80317588D3F40189840A1FAA5486B13"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Construction of up to 1 mile of new road on Federal or non-Federal surface, not to exceed 2 miles in total.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8F493A0E64E42018A05C7182C8F3087"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Construction of up to 3 miles of individual pipelines or utilities, regardless of surface ownership.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H9C5E0203EBD540A3A9CF9B8E5E71B0B7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><header>Administrative protest process reform</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/226">30 U.S.C. 226</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HA8FA8F12A3A042C1A475405AA6336334"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Protest filing fee</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5920B8874054263A07085413B1FED1A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before processing any protest filed under this section, the Secretary shall collect a filing fee from the protestor to recover the cost for processing documents filed for each administrative protest.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11BCF43AA28346018125B06904A891D4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The filing fee shall be calculated as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H19B0ECDCA72E43E7930E589DB00C2649"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For each protest filed in a submission not exceeding 10 pages in length, the base filing fee shall be $150.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E6687F95FDE4783892DA460BCE1CF42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For each submission exceeding 10 pages in length, an addition to the base filing fee, an assessment of $5 per page in excess of 10 pages shall apply.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H601DE75A035F40058ACF93A173DFDBFE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For protests that include more than one oil and gas lease parcel, right-of-way, or application for permit to drill in a submission, an additional assessment of $10 per additional lease parcel, right-of-way, or application for permit to drill shall apply.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H53B488FF3ABF440CB68ECDC152D5DCFC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adjustment</header>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC727691A42E4C368641FBAAE19DAC1F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall adjust the filing fees established in this subsection to whole dollar amounts to reflect changes in the Producer Price Index, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the previous 12 months.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA0DB5C0C11C4EA0867D250ECB78210F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Publication of adjusted filing fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least 30 days before the filing fees as adjusted under this paragraph take effect, the Secretary shall publish notification of the adjustment of such fees in the Federal Register.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H73DF0DAA78D346718870CDCA9307BD34"><enum>110.</enum><header>Notifications of permit to drill</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30 U.S.C. 181</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 45, as added by section 104, the following:</text>
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<section id="H411F575E450A4F0D8E9E25A423C7E69A"><enum>46.</enum><header>Notifications of permit to drill</header>
<subsection id="H4FEE5FE51D5C4DD1A14FEE13A4E0AF51"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish procedures by which an operator may conduct drilling and production activities on available Federal land and non-Federal land that is located in a State to which the Secretary has not delegated exclusive authority under section 44(a)(1) after sending to the Secretary a notification of permit to drill under this section in lieu of obtaining an Application for Permit to Drill.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA5953F5C2BC246F88F453D25EA3225AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content of notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be considered a complete notification of permit to drill under this section, an operator shall include in the notification of permit to drill submitted under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H164677F033F84662BB356A026B478C9E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a notification of permit to drill form;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1A164DC66B8E476197E8C2EE7BA79EC6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a surface use plan of operations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30AD6C2853DF40D081996FF7ACD9A992"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a drilling plan;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H04EE0E75841E4FAFAE5732C17F255185"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a well plat certified by a registered surveyor;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F3D8D2D95144BD782D71E55C36105FF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an operator certification;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H62A3119652E84BD6AA4A28C312464ECB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>evidence of bond coverage; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5AA9D5127F64EC49CF5300992F1BF0B"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a notification of permit to drill fee in an amount to be determined by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9AB3C68A346148FB8B00914DC8F5E499"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Justifications for objection</header> <paragraph id="H0C451268931F45958F4AEF73698A4140"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Secretary may not object to a notification of permit to drill under this section if the notification—</text>
<subparagraph id="H643975E3388F45FC9CD03AA5A00F77CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrates that the drilling operations described in the notification of permit to drill will be located in—</text>
<clause id="HDCCB16F992D441D2BD1B9D402939D084"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a developed field, where there are existing oil and gas wells within a 5-mile radius and for which an approved land use plan or environmental review was prepared within the last 10 years under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> et seq.) that analyzed such drilling operations as a reasonably foreseeable activity;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9B8253BE14DF4E6BAE74E4980F9E8FD6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a location or well pad site at which drilling has occurred within 10 years before the date of spudding the well and the proposed operations do not increase the surface disturbance on the location or well pad site;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7AE3ED29245C4F7B8A3927529CE46920"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an area consisting of individual surface disturbances of less than 10 acres and the total surface disturbance on the lease is not greater than 150 acres and for which an approved land use plan or environmental review was prepared within the last 10 years under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> et seq.) that analyzed such drilling operations as a reasonably foreseeable activity;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDBE65D5AF4E34ABD8AA1AD2A8DB4D56E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an area consisting of Federal mineral interests that is located within the boundaries of a communitization agreement or unit agreement which contains minerals leased by a State or private mineral owner for which a drilling permit has been approved by a State regulatory agency; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H0E2C5192B1CA4B2F8D2F0CDB0C2AC7FC"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an area in which a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> et seq.) applies for oil and gas drilling or re-entry activities; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA11DAD7DA5434C5287E2C1271D5505B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes—</text> <clause id="H3FC69329C355488EA5BDF799846A6CBE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an environmental review that concludes that actions described in the notification of permit to drill pose no significant effects on the human environment or threatened or endangered species; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5E27C02EB66744F49540090A720489F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an archeological review that concludes that actions described in the notification of permit to drill pose no significant effects on cultural or historic properties or resources.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H20BA1DD7E47948D782AB8BAFF49F7779"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Endangered species protection</header>
<subparagraph id="H611D79A3844F40DFBC556345C038659D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary shall object to a notification of permit to drill if the activity described in such notification of permit to drill is likely to jeopardize the continued existence of a species that is a threatened species or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531</external-xref> et seq.) or result in the destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat of such species.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0069942C76042BF922B048AB0752A96"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Withdrawal of objection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may withdraw an objection under subparagraph (A) if the operator consults with the Secretary on such objection and places conditions on the notification of permit to drill sufficient to comply with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H395ABDF31E8E4425BE78734DF6FB5DA4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National Historic Preservation</header>
<subparagraph id="HE83A31D0A5064D3EB2D69486F6E1CBF8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary shall object to a notification of permit to drill if the activity described in such notification of permit to drill is likely to affect properties listed, or eligible for listing, in the National Register of Historic Places under section 306108 of title 54, United States Code (commonly known as the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFBAB351C1C3F4F378599D12071BA63B4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Withdrawal of objection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may withdraw an objection under subparagraph (A) if the operator consults with the Secretary on such objection and places conditions on the notification of permit to drill sufficient to comply with section 306108 of title 54, United States Code (commonly known as the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H574039481CD54A80A57AD87FA0432A19"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Objection or no action</header>
<paragraph id="H8CC37FD32E0749B3A16F6BEE56DA14F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification of incomplete notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after receipt of a notification of permit to drill, or a revised notification of permit to drill, from an operator under this section, the Secretary shall notify the operator in writing if the notification of permit to drill is not complete.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6299765F7C154ED18DFB12A4EE960340"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification of objections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall notify an operator of any objections to the notification of permit to drill not later than 45 days after receipt of a complete notification of permit to drill from an operator under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6B318B1BD474630B7C9EF0B84C9227B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No action required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary has not notified an operator under either paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) within 45 days after receipt of a notification of permit to drill from the operator under this section, the operator may, without further action from the Secretary, conduct the drilling and production activities for which the notification of permit to drill was submitted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0703E837B6C14F3DB3CF9923087149D5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Opportunity to resubmit notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary notifies an operator under paragraph (1) of an incomplete notification or paragraph (2) of an objection, the Secretary shall allow the operator to address such incomplete notification or objection and revise and resubmit the notification of permit to drill.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F003494936845F99180334DB1AB2D1A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Opportunity to resubmit notification as Application for Permit to Drill</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary notifies an operator under paragraph (2) of an objection, the Secretary shall allow the operator to resubmit such information in the form of an Application for Permit to Drill.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FE10C816FF14F82ABEFCA007AE85DBB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Notification fee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not charge an operator under this section a fee for submitting a notification of permit to drill greater than the fee the Secretary charges an applicant for an Application for Permit to Drill.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD8A3FE5B3F01452E9D2308223642CDDF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Environmental review</header>
<paragraph id="HB1FB24D8EC944C69A522AA051DAAAE3D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An environmental review or archeological review described in subsection (c)(1)(B) may be completed by a third-party contractor approved by the Secretary or pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the operator and the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA45450B9D9D4D1D8F6B6327B8A7A6A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Field work authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue a field work authorization to a third-party contractor for the purposes of paragraph (1) within a reasonable time.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6095D77802DA47D19ED213450A3FF996"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Request for concurrence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall allow a third-party contractor to submit a request to the State Historic Preservation Office on behalf of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2902A0E5C2004CEDBFB9E826B3E74FCC"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Additional surface use permits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not require an operator that has submitted a notification of permit to drill for which the Secretary did not object to obtain a surface use permit for an action included in the notification of permit to drill.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F6B5E91598F44B8A3803B53CF79466C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Site inspection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not require an operator that has submitted a notification of permit to drill for which the Secretary did not object to submit to a site inspection before commencement of the activities described in the notification of permit to drill.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8EB8FB299344F20AC3106FE8E3690F8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Federal enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may conduct inspections of and evaluate activities described in a notification of permit to drill for purposes of bringing an enforcement action. The Secretary may suspend enforcement proceedings if the operator modifies its activities to comply with the notification of permit to drill or obtains an Application for Permit to Drill for such activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCE3247F170754FB791675F298E00B754"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Application of the National Environmental Policy Act</header>
<paragraph id="HAC398B60A7C141D99986A323543277C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No action by Secretary</header><text>The decision by the Secretary to take no action under subsection (c)(1)(B)(2) shall not constitute a major Federal action under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5EC80637905C46169D66255DA23E8356"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Development of regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The development of any regulation pursuant to this section shall constitute a major Federal action under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA52DD74D65204EF49AF47C487BC0575A"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HD51FE44CA9624D95990C5874432E362C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The terms <term>Application for Permit to Drill</term>, <term>applications for Permit to Drill</term>, <term>available Federal land</term>, and <term>drilling plan</term> have the meaning given those terms in section 44.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6CCBC8391B249A5B08BB4E4263562C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Surface use plan of operation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>surface use plan of operation</term> means a plan containing—</text> <subparagraph id="H28C9BF15E549431A88BB29A5CEC6A568"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the road and drill pad location;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7CA879C6643A4EE28A3B30CE21FD0961"><enum>(B)</enum><text>details of pad construction;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD162D87B505748368B5E6E0E17DAAAFD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>methods for containment and disposal of waste material;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4AD5540D58648159D84816FAE3D6DC8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>plans for reclamation of the surface;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H931C38779B1A4D0488A6DB129838490D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other information specified in applicable orders or notices; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H219BF0E41C504D239B884EA1DAC4245A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>any other pertinent data as the Secretary may require.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><enum>II</enum><header>Offshore Oil and Gas</header> <section commented="no" id="H8FB263027C934888A13BC5A8980B2D93"><enum>201.</enum><header>Limitation of authority of the President to withdraw areas of the Outer Continental Shelf from oil and gas leasing</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H3EFB980702BC42489A01C890AF4E532E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on withdrawal from disposition of lands on the outer Continental Shelf</header><text>Section 12 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1341">43 U.S.C. 1341</external-xref>) is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9D3DD56E4A6F4165AB6D4579BF989D62" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HD2A7630076B94E628FCB1C1A8D8D07AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on withdrawal</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9A799B7140184287ABAECD3E953A4776"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this section, no lands of the outer Continental Shelf may be withdrawn from disposition except by an Act of Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7799169606044C019EDCB9EA2FA5492F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National marine sanctuaries</header><text>The President may withdraw from disposition any of the unleased lands of the outer Continental Shelf located in a national marine sanctuary designated in accordance with the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1431">16 U.S.C. 1431</external-xref> et seq.) or otherwise by statute.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD1FA24130DE44584AB7448D6445EDBBB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Existing withdrawals</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE411C8BC111246BCAB81CF5BED6E9D08"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except for the withdrawals listed in subparagraph (B), any withdrawal from disposition of lands on the outer Continental Shelf before the date of the enactment of this subsection shall have no force or effect.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H593801529B5443378E3DCDE47D4D6E01"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the following withdrawals:</text> <clause commented="no" id="H702F7CCFFE354A348CACA68022AB7671"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Any withdrawal in a national marine sanctuary designated in accordance with the National Marine Sanctuaries Act.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H72EE5217EB5E465584D3102D78862B37"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Any withdrawal in a national monument declared under section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, or the Act of June 8, 1906 (ch. 3060; 34 Stat. 225).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H3497FB035FEE43A09DBBE550FB13C5AF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any withdrawal in the North Aleutian Basin Planning Area, including Bristol Bay.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H94E0FCA157804335B557B05B6A9F19A6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of authority To establish marine national monuments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HAD2D3BE899124069A06D2386210C2C12"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on marine national monuments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8068FB6386074AC08D4DD1079DF1B0C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the President may not declare or reserve any ocean waters (as such term is defined in section 3 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1402">33 U.S.C. 1402</external-xref>)) or lands beneath ocean waters as a national monument.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6E93FE095088425AB75E2ADDEDB5AB16"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Marine national monuments designated before the date of the enactment of this subsection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection shall not affect any national monument designated by the President before the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HFAD32045A56147468F41FC498117D2F3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Disposition of revenues from oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf to Atlantic States
and Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1338">43 U.S.C. 1338</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H87062F57FE794B5AB2F8D66D1E093E59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>All rentals</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HB54E62E3525F4A8A9E8E7AF949BCCD60"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this section, all rentals</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5C02ED5156394228A62C9F9B0457ABD0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HE64597857F264D539220DD7722B39D05"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution of revenue to producing States</header>
<paragraph id="HDFB1AD2A5917435BA6601088F0C8A0C7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="HAF13BC5BDB1843A1B7F085F4466F2C35"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Covered planning area</header> <clause id="H259E6E80EAF84B839A68118023BAAC46"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), the term <term>covered planning area</term> means each of the following planning areas, as such planning areas are generally depicted in the later of the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program, dated November 2016, or a subsequent oil and gas leasing program developed under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>):</text>
<subclause id="H019D69FB57044691A248A91F7F2492C4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Mid-Atlantic.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HB021213A7C334C778BD90970385E6903"><enum>(II)</enum><text>South Atlantic.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H06DA25A69DBD4FE98351289C18DD6EA6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Any planning area located off the coast of Alaska.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HB7F6C253077E421BBC60E41292FC0E10"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>covered planning area</term> does not include any area in the Atlantic—</text>
<subclause id="H0E4F1C23E8F8441EB23A8786FF98DAF1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>north of the southernmost lateral seaward administrative boundary of the State of Maryland; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H8C3CED189B444BF2A65E097F858C71DB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>south of the northernmost lateral seaward administrative boundary of the State of Florida.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1594E03664A447F97392C1341F22CDC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Producing State</header><text>The term <term>producing State</term> means each of the following States:</text> <clause id="H75CCF9E7444442BFB5EDFE2A468CA083"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Virginia.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3F82735E15BF404B9F91F857BF51DD49"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>North Carolina.</text> </clause><clause id="H547D8ED5E4B3438B8C8C4C3AD33B686F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>South Carolina.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0269B26E39B4473C9AA5AB39534067D1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Georgia.</text> </clause><clause id="HAE4C78E2BA6B4169980F6C7BCF4735B7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Alaska.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H048EC9AC873B4EEA99EBB60C6FEE9D07"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Qualified revenues</header>
<clause id="H710A2DC77FEB4632B388301C2D9DBF16"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified revenues</term> means revenues derived from rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to the United States under oil and gas leases entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act for an area in a covered planning area.</text>
</clause><clause id="H8AE3EE41EA1B4F23B3D7DF3CA303EFD3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified revenues</term> does not include—</text> <subclause id="H8F16AE91227840299020906127B4F333"><enum>(I)</enum><text>revenues from the forfeiture of a bond or other surety securing obligations other than royalties, civil penalties, or royalties taken by the Secretary in-kind and not sold;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H83EFEA6B583142A7B8F85B379C11218D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>revenues generated from leases subject to section 8(g); and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HB79DD63010E7458887E481BD61CCDE8F"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the portion of rental revenues in excess of those that would have been collected at the rental rates in effect before August 5, 1993.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C261059B91C48E08ACE4D33CDBA12FF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposit of qualified revenues</header>
<subparagraph id="H929F6A719A4C4FF38C8ED80017ED3A3D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Phase I</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to qualified revenues under leases awarded under the first leasing program approved under section 18(a) that takes effect after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit or allocate, as applicable—</text>
<clause id="HB09C59D8AA154E25BC2360D0322BEDB6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">87.5 percent into the general fund of the Treasury; and</text> </clause><clause id="H6708461F048A4BE0A014B012779FEB28"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">12.5 percent to States in accordance with paragraph (3).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC42BE191B18748FBAC93225157A70900"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Phase II</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to qualified revenues under leases awarded under the second leasing program approved under section 18(a) that takes effect after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit or allocate, as applicable—</text>
<clause id="H0D0D6A04AB4347AD97A0A5E5856811A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">75 percent into the general fund of the Treasury; and</text> </clause><clause id="H6BBDFE94804B4BBDA8A6CFDCFE0EDCE2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">25 percent to States in accordance with paragraph (3).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81FBD82FC57D4C7C84C449D3C24E26B4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Phase III</header><text>With respect to qualified revenues under leases awarded under the third leasing program approved under section 18(a) that takes effect after the date of the enactment of this section and under any such leasing program subsequent to such third leasing program, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit or allocate, as applicable—</text>
<clause id="HC1C7E869FFF24B08B2F27842D7B57635"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent into the general fund of the Treasury; and</text> </clause><clause id="H7DF90717E1B44E74AB215602A45CDCBD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>50 percent into a special account in the Treasury from which the Secretary of the Treasury shall disburse—</text>
<subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17F53C17F13B460182614D5B4230D183"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">75 percent to States in accordance with paragraph (3); and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HB5B830E4B8564526923A0E260CB6052A"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">25 percent to the Secretary of the Interior for units of the National Park System.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBAD02F1306B4E42835395EEC8E8C38C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation to producing States</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H51D0CCEF8AB54C5CB826561419E56DC8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary of the Treasury shall allocate the qualified revenues distributed to States under paragraph (2) to each producing State in an amount based on a formula established by the Secretary of the Interior, by regulation, that—</text>
<clause id="H77480EE2D99B42B5A0FD9082D34110F7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is inversely proportional to the respective distances between—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="HDAFF2D643E6A485396C5EB0E4C875A53"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the point on the coastline of the producing State that is closest to the geographical center of the applicable leased tract; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H011674E59C1847E79E11019788C47DFC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the geographical center of that leased tract;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H1812A681BBDA4356B8EB8CC5A2BCB5ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not allocate qualified revenues to any producing State that is further than 200 nautical miles from the leased tract; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H2C11B87F300745928E61326DD8515227"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>allocates not less than 10 percent of qualified revenues to each producing State that is 200 or fewer nautical miles from the leased tract.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C8FB9F01BDA499BB8C6F7DF97213EBD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Payments to noncontiguous coastal States</header>
<clause id="HECFF8C5986014F16A5C2ABC460C4EDFD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>With respect to each producing State that is a noncontiguous coastal State, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay 20 percent of the allocable share of such State determined under this paragraph to the coastal political subdivisions of such State.</text>
</clause><clause id="H585ADDAA31BF4673A61D60C53E5C0C79"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to coastal political subdivisions under this subparagraph shall be allocated to each coastal political subdivision in accordance with subparagraphs (B) and (E) of section 31(b)(4).</text>
</clause><clause id="H2196B967A84A40ABB5C0CB1D74944C8F"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Definition of coastal political subdivision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subparagraph, the term <term>coastal political subdivision</term> means—</text> <subclause id="HD2E56DB6F4AF42129761E78F1E5144AD"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a county-equivalent subdivision of a State for which—</text>
<item id="H4EC4D523CF544F76A87AD768E2859AF3"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>all or part lies within the coastal zone of the State (as defined in section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1453">16 U.S.C. 1453</external-xref>)); and</text>
</item><item id="H5A365BB5378048449D1AF655903AF537"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the closest coastal point is not more than 200 nautical miles from the geographical center of any leased tract on the outer Continental Shelf; or</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H494E99307D654F9FBB40215D513F6023"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a municipal subdivision of a State for which—</text> <item id="H53AD9065955A471CBBFD529C7CAF7795"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the closest point is more than 200 nautical miles from the geographical center of a leased tract on the outer Continental Shelf; and</text>
</item><item id="HD81542AEED604B94A3917A2897EC177C"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the State has determined to be a significant staging area for oil and gas servicing, supply vessels, operations, suppliers, or workers.</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H28F931E5A67B4C8F8284D30B6C902314"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Payments to contiguous coastal States</header>
<clause id="H9CB0543DB08D4C73A0C9AF078C478641"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to each producing State that is a contiguous coastal State, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay—</text>
<subclause id="HD08593DA363C4F1AAE23EB0BA4F25256"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent of the allocable share of such State determined under this paragraph to the State treasury to be used by the State in accordance with clause (ii);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5B842E6549AA410787DBCBCD34B4FECE"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">25 percent of the allocable share of such State determined under this paragraph to coastal towns; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD2F622DFA6B442958E929E6D82D713FC"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">25 percent of the allocable share of such State determined under this paragraph to coastal counties.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HDEC32F68118C41CFBDB1862C37A96161"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds received by a producing State under clause (i)(I) shall be used by such State—</text> <subclause id="H0CC6CB25C8D642EFBBDCAB40344DE318"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to enhance State land and water conservation efforts, particularly in inlets, waterways, and beaches;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAE90153683674A3A842092403FD473C8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for the purposes of beach nourishment and coastline enhancements;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H3C400BD9FEF9449F9B5641E3F2476547"><enum>(III)</enum><text>for the protection of coastal wildlife;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDD9CE19C325F4645AAD07787F5E51A5E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>to support estuary health and aquaculture management;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H8671172DBE3143D4A6ACD7A5860E5A3A"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for dredging and port infrastructure development;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0DA04643376C48689D0FE683A31C1F5E"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grants to support the geological and geophysical sciences or petroleum engineering programs or departments at institutions of higher education (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>)) that are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and located within the producing State; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9B981AB0D71E4C859A642BBB5D9FF33C"><enum>(VII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for any other purpose that enhances coastal communities, as determined by the Governor of the producing State.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HAC4BCFA17D71493A8909E24B1B6A796E"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Definition of coastal town</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subparagraph, the term <term>coastal town</term> means an economic and residential center not more than 20 miles from the coast of the producing State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE14CFA9869074E05B7ACCCC1989126CF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made available under paragraph (2)(B) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HFD0DFA9520C145C6B3BA6B7DB5F5BEF5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be made available, without further appropriation, in accordance with this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB29E64C852624FA3A76AE840D645316C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>remain available until expended;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H114B574D34AA482F9568EFAC38E83318"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be in addition to any amounts appropriated under—</text>
<clause id="H69E28FFAAD6740D79746028859BCC2A4"><enum>(i)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/54/2003">chapter 2003</external-xref> of title 54, United States Code;</text> </clause><clause id="H3C35384012BB44FBA50F081EA765FEFC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other provision of this Act; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H38AAE8E8673341DEB98EB6EFF78D89A5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any other provision of law; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58EEC11005A04DB7A9CD27A08B4621D5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be made available during the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in which such amounts were received.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H06CC169DBC704A3FB9EB1652881F1380"><enum>203.</enum><header>Distribution of Outer Continental Shelf revenues to Gulf producing States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8408EA59BA114122BD1F78FA5642D252"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H717BAD243A2147BBBEA0176E025852D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>50</quote> and inserting <quote>37.5</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H859E52B52C8F416B82C9B07725FBBA37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H8ED35380CC5945EDA76B464D7FA94D9B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>50</quote> and inserting <quote>62.5</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="H0F0084341F6C428A819F378D99A45D81"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>75</quote> and inserting <quote>80</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H06D7E030943F44D4BAF06734D44A8419"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>25</quote> and inserting <quote>20</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6447C64125C2434BBD7BC1AC48AF38DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA796A3A3E7BB4474BD2A5ED3E16D19F2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header>Addressing permits for taking of marine mammals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1371">16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(5)(D)</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HBFECF4730E23424DA8EB61253DD09EBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In clause (i)—</text> <subparagraph id="H5B37673EBB254CD9B0CC1FA6212C8CE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>citizens of the United States</quote> and inserting <quote>persons</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6215670D1734454B8A5FFDADBB13BDAE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>within a specific geographic region</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DA513DC24E44C7C93413ED71439058A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of small numbers</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H318CDD57D0B6474DA2D6683E281B1BB8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such citizens</quote> and inserting <quote>such persons</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HADE38F3F698E45D19EF9B24259F1FB1D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking <quote>within that region</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2304EA38F9B64B7BB0E00B0C1AB208E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In clause (ii)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF520F08098DD4157B16CDFC30879CC76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>, and other means of effecting the least practicable impact on such species or stock and its habitat</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H15CF85BD7A334AA688CB28BB759DDC24"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (III), by striking <quote>requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking by harassment, including</quote> and inserting <quote>efficient and practical requirements pertaining to the monitoring of such taking by harassment while the activity is being conducted and the reporting of such taking, including, as the Secretary determines necessary, </quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF8E5922B65A4271A4F4E69181584BF7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCDD20B2572064B9E8978C805DD9BE80E" style="OLC"> <quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="section">Any condition imposed pursuant to subclause (I), (II), or (III) may not result in more than a minor change to the specified activity and may not alter the basic design, location, scope, duration, or timing of the specified activity.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H20337DDE11AD4B3E9198CB805B269418"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In clause (iii), by striking <quote>receiving an application under this subparagraph</quote> and inserting <quote>an application is accepted or required to be considered complete under subclause (I)(aa), (II)(aa), or (IV) of clause (viii), as applicable,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H84652B84640B45158431AD54EB455E51"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In clause (vi), by striking <quote>a determination of <quote>least practicable adverse impact on such species or stock</quote> under clause (i)(I)</quote> and inserting <quote>conditions imposed under subclause (I), (II), or (III) of clause (ii)</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6B915119F92447AEBF545A9E13E6C30B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>By adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC49E866BD34440D992F9FB5DE81F3FB5" style="OLC">
<clause id="HE1AE4A3FD9944966868EA6DFE162A433" indent="up3"><enum>(viii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6B156D93A5024CD3A193A3725FD5392A"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text> <item id="HA3E946D7BD744050B8F1EABB21167588" indent="up1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>accept as complete a written request for authorization under this subparagraph for incidental taking described in clause (i), by not later than 45 days after the date of submission of the request; or</text>
</item><item id="HD086266ED37E47AE91788909BE2F5CE2" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>provide to the requester, by not later than 15 days after the date of submission of the request, a written notice describing any additional information required to complete the request.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H65C29C79D4044AB194046A5D3A8AA54A" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>If the Secretary provides notice under subclause (I)(bb), the Secretary shall, by not later than 30 days after the date of submission of the additional information described in the notice—</text>
<item id="H148B78D978574478BF2DC1E07904C13A"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accept the written request for authorization under this subparagraph for incidental taking described in clause (i); or</text>
</item><item id="HBF9D826510994AA88A61A3059FA886B8"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>deny the request and provide the requester a written explanation of the reasons for the denial.</text> </item></subclause><subclause id="H5503010394A54AA99A2D5BC4AA1B5DBF" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>The Secretary may not make a second request for information, request that the requester withdraw and resubmit the request, or otherwise delay a decision on the request.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H434CE90A327B41E29594D1ACFEAF668F" indent="up1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>If the Secretary fails to respond to a request for authorization under this subparagraph in the manner provided in subclause (I) or (II), the request shall be considered to be complete.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HDD7DC65179E744D799DE902BB27C1487" indent="up3"><enum>(ix)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDCECE445422E4DC6B3E0BEC44A9D9A61"><enum>(I)</enum><text>At least 90 days before the expiration of any authorization issued under this subparagraph, the holder of such authorization may apply for a one-year extension of such authorization. The Secretary shall grant such extension within 14 days after the date of such request on the same terms and without further review if there has been no substantial change in the activity carried out under such authorization nor in the status of the marine mammal species or stock, as applicable, as reported in the final annual stock assessment reports for such species or stock.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD625A608B1E04A42913677F6A99DF252" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In subclause (I) the term <term>substantial change</term> means a change that prevents the Secretary from making the required findings to issue an authorization under clause (i) with respect to such species or stock.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE5646E6E111B40689FC8A82EFF4B4017" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>The Secretary shall notify the applicant of such substantial changes with specificity and in writing within 14 days after the applicant’s submittal of the extension request.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HDED919561D9B4245A39C12FBBEC8E42D" indent="up3"><enum>(x)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary fails to make the required findings and, as appropriate, issue the authorization within 120 days after the application is accepted or required to be considered complete under subclause (I)(aa), (II)(aa), or (III) of clause (viii), as applicable, the authorization is deemed to have been issued on the terms stated in the application and without further process or restrictions under this Act.</text>
</clause><clause id="H81C4182C64284798B769E497A5DE51E0" indent="up3"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>Any taking of a marine mammal in compliance with an authorization under this subparagraph is exempt from the prohibition on taking in section 9 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1538">16 U.S.C. 1538</external-xref>). Any Federal agency authorizing, funding, or carrying out an action that results in such taking, and any agency action authorizing such taking, is exempt from the requirement to consult regarding potential impacts to marine mammal species or designated critical habitat under section 7(a)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)</external-xref>).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF121F7B9E752409CA92B85455C616796"><enum>205.</enum><header>Energy Development in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico</header>
<subsection id="H7365BCA40B724B2D90EEF2AAE54024F9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Compatibility between military mission and oil and gas operations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB3A945BE0BE3443CB40791809F35D82C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Updating memorandum of agreement</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Defense shall update the memorandum of agreement entitled <quote>Memorandum of Agreement Between the Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior on Mutual concerns on the Outer Continental Shelf</quote> to ensure compatibility between the military mission and oil and gas operations in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA313873AE2346CD8A7C65C24BB43A42"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reservations</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect section 12 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1341">42 U.S.C. 1341</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C953E0892F94D52B8E3F41533D8447D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Existing leases</header><text>The stipulations and restrictions developed under this subsection shall not apply to existing leases in the Eastern Planning Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC81554BE017247B9BC5D4842564069CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Directed lease sales</header>
<paragraph id="H0FA84BB9417641208457CB847CCB2063"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding the omission of any of these areas from the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program approved by the Secretary of the Interior under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>), as in effect at the time of the lease sale, but subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary shall offer the following areas for oil and gas leasing under such Act:</text>
<subparagraph id="HF95536C6E2A743B3B8FFB05B26D59BFA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>All acreage of the Eastern Planning Area that is not subject to subsection (a) of section 104 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref> note), as such Act was in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, by holding at least two lease sales before December 31, 2021.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEE5214532C14D1081EA8C57FD3138A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>All acreage of the Eastern Planning Area by holding at least one additional sale after June 30, 2022 and before December 31, 2022, and at least two additional sales each subsequent year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B01F0173BD1468FB2B739C05EEAB6A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National Environmental Policy Act requirements</header><text>The Secretary and all other Federal officials shall complete all actions required by section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>) with respect to such lease sales by not later than one year before the final lease sale conducted under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78C4569F734646879B03D83418172F8E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Eastern Planning Area</term> means the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area of the Outer Continental Shelf, as designated in the document entitled <quote>2019–2024 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program</quote>, dated January 2018.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB4134A1B66154ADDA071A9ACE5F45960"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lease terms</header>
<paragraph id="HCAD6B256E4964337AAFFD54B68148AA0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 8(b) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1337">43 U.S.C. 1337(b)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4FCF1C5C9CF740EF919FD29F56A061B8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H66A7BE163E18457689873A7CB7545C65"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be for an initial period of—</text> <subparagraph id="HFB2D1E40207749F2A29E55CBFA178811"><enum>(A)</enum><text>five years, except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE47973C3E11445197FA7A15904CBD0F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not to exceed ten years if the Secretary finds that such longer period is necessary to encourage exploration and development in areas because of unusually deep water or other unusually adverse conditions, except as provided in subparagraph (C); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H397B0C3AFDE54E6CB0A0B5663E61DCAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for leases located in water depths of greater than 1,500 meters, 15 years, and as long thereafter as oil or gas is produced from the area in paying quantities or drilling or well reworking operations approved by the Secretary are conducted thereon.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H72FE8329DCE6430991A6ECB8EF7F76E3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension of existing leases</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF511F1C105624CB881DF8131FD34DCDF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue regulations under which the Secretary may extend by five years the term of an oil and gas lease under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>) for a tract located in water deeper than 1,500 meters.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8D98F7AEFE9A4440855566F7AD2AE1AA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application; payment</header><text>Regulations issued under this paragraph shall require—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H4C6F6687159749FFAD09A5C5BE0C7CC2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>submission of an application for such extension; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HB6F8DF8BAA224B13B5CA5E592A16D3A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>payment of a minimum bid amount.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6D087BC6ABD04BFEA0EC493D8EBF7BD6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary may not extend the term of a lease under this paragraph more than once.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9DE88B82D89E485B99A097DC34D35F87"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding options for sharing the revenues produced in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area with the Gulf States consistent with the revenue sharing formulas under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref> note) as amended by this Act. The report shall include analysis of potential economic benefits to the Gulf States and recommendations for authorizing the use of these revenues for coastal restoration, recovering endangered species, coral restoration, and mitigation of harmful algal blooms.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Alternative Energy</header>
<section id="H2FDA52EED1984BB8A7347B834F70BFF6"><enum>301.</enum><header>Geothermal, solar, and wind leasing priority areas</header>
<subsection id="H7E8053AED994404388525314CF074213"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H70C3E5DB77C14BBA936FDD45DE7BD68D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered land</term> means land that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7FFFE9D8F853430CAA6343A7D0919318"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Federal land; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD40CE5D77D77469B8124F7ACEED88720"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not excluded from the development of geothermal energy under—</text>
<clause id="H9920DB18C38041ADB8227A73F09EFCE3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a land use plan established under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> et seq.); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H44D00A7D141345E0839E9AF0D1680AA4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any other Federal law.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA5A67692765B428189330F421542B8F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority area; designated leasing areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>priority area</term> and <term>Designated Leasing Areas</term> mean covered land identified by the land use planning process of the Bureau of Land Management as being a preferred location for a renewable energy project for solar, wind, or geothermal energy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAFD48B185D084A76A900EDDD22F0017F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation of geothermal, solar, and wind leasing priority areas</header>
<paragraph id="H01C4099E4424417BA394CDB0D08747B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall establish priority areas on covered land for geothermal, solar, and wind energy projects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36AD602F6C1A490C99C8B72D6BB96D5B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline</header>
<subparagraph id="HB60EC3F1747A4056BC6B45D2665E7473"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Geothermal and wind energy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to geothermal and wind energy, the Secretary shall establish priority areas as soon as practicable, but not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D1AB28A4376410CA628949814567048"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Solar energy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For solar energy, solar Designated Leasing Areas, including the solar energy zones established by the 2012 western solar plan of the Bureau of Land Management and any subsequent land use plan amendments, shall be considered to be priority areas for solar energy projects. The Secretary shall establish additional solar priority areas as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8C7CE63510FD4B6796710A0CC7D83D8F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Criteria for selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining which covered lands to designate as geothermal, solar, and wind leasing priority areas under subsection (b), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall consider if—</text>
<paragraph id="HF23A2E3647DA4E239A98D1FCEC7F4A54"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the covered land is preferable for geothermal, solar, and wind leasing;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HED9DB00D93334CAB81C949720DFF6355"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">production of geothermal, solar, and wind energy on such land is economically viable, including if such land has access to methods of energy transmission; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A4DC211FD904E3C9416755299EAE815"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the designation would be in compliance with section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>), including subsection (c)(9) of that section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2379E5767F76468AB3A65D6B01DFD925"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Review and modification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less frequently than once every 5 years, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HF344411B957C4535B571B5FB24B03C48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review covered land and, if appropriate, make additional designations of geothermal, solar, and wind leasing priority areas; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E71C53C5C624F83AF67AB4D443DAD27"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review each area designated as a geothermal, solar, or wind energy leasing priority area under this section, and, if appropriate, remove such designation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD1FC2B4B98F747B99C434FAC7437D39D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this section, compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> et seq.) shall be accomplished—</text>
<paragraph id="H7E05515C456446E6B5BD316114181B50"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to geothermal energy, by supplementing the October 2008 final programmatic environmental impact statement for geothermal leasing in the Western United States and incorporating any additional regional analyses that have been completed by Federal agencies since such programmatic environmental impact statement was finalized;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85B81B3F2CE14683AA2078447DD23B86"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to solar energy, by supplementing the July 2012 final programmatic environmental impact statement for solar energy development and incorporating any additional regional analyses that have been completed by Federal agencies since such programmatic environmental impact statement was finalized; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCCF8728CFE94CC6A5AC3C8D5643AD30"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to wind energy, by supplementing the July 2005 final programmatic environmental impact statement for wind energy development and incorporating any additional regional analyses that have been completed by Federal agencies since such programmatic environmental impact statement was finalized.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF833EDA9B5C84B87967689F336C5BDDA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional environmental review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that additional environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> et seq.) is necessary for a proposed renewable energy project, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB8C955E508274CF5AA24164AAE2276FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rely on the analysis in the programmatic environmental impact statement conducted under subsection (e), to the maximum extent practicable when analyzing the potential impacts of the project;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11ED39CDD70C4C408B45778B0AA418D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>complete any environmental review document in not more than 364 days; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H25B7B03D766E420B938E82051F3EC39B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>limit any review documents to 150 pages in length.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE77871BCB3ED4E54B900E7126F2EA605"><enum>302.</enum><header>Geothermal production on Federal lands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/1001">30 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H315C0905749E4CCC914CBAD1D0DAB240"><enum>30.</enum><header>Geothermal exploration test projects</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3B695D3BECF415B965B36C6B00AA5A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of geothermal exploration test project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>geothermal exploration test project</term> means the drilling of a well to test or explore for geothermal resources on lands for which the Secretary has issued a lease under this Act, that—</text>
<paragraph id="H9AEC86F758C54629A4943EF8FBF3C23B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is carried out by the holder of the lease;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF4203556F9724A159B5429060920053E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>causes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H13DD6D9C83484EFEA4B65EC6AAD0D592"><enum>(A)</enum><text>less than 5 acres of soil or vegetation disruption at the location of each geothermal exploration well; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBAC779BE9D674E03BD2AA04F2C06F0C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not more than an additional 5 acres of soil or vegetation disruption during access or egress to the test site;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H271DCC9AFACD44F089F83B698B97391C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is developed—</text> <subparagraph id="HECF33B7E07A04F6C8484F2A161086921"><enum>(A)</enum><text>less than 9 inches in diameter;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC27A20D543FC49CC813CB83D1F8FF78D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in a manner that does not require off-road motorized access other than to and from the well site along an identified off-road route;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF09747C35D7E4C1AB65EA9644C3978AE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>without construction of new roads other than upgrading of existing drainage crossings for safety purposes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB1EAC1A20364219941E3476BFD0AD62"><enum>(D)</enum><text>with the use of rubber-tired digging or drilling equipment vehicles; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEADA615B7905444BBA5E0A753C2C3EA0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>without the use of high-pressure well stimulation;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65046E19A7E54A0FB82533F2D8E81020"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is completed in less than 90 days, including the removal of any surface infrastructure from the site; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E2185E86DD9421FB07920F048430197"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires the restoration of the project site within 3 years of the date of first exploration drilling to approximately the condition that existed at the time the project began, unless the site is subsequently used as part of energy development under the lease.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4092DA3EDA86450A9FF735365CD135C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion</header>
<paragraph id="HFF0E8C954FCC4998AD38E09FC72EA3DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless extraordinary circumstances exist, a project that the Secretary determines under subsection (c) is a geothermal exploration test project shall be categorically excluded from the requirements for an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> et seq.) or section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAA425D1C3504AF5B96643F585680D89"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extraordinary circumstances definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>extraordinary circumstances</term> has the same meaning given such term in the Department of the Interior Departmental Manual, 516 DM 2.3A(3) and 516 DM 2, Appendix 2 (or successor provisions).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H44C0F666DB794F38A30D028C076BAE12"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Process</header>
<paragraph id="H92E736872A9D41088F3AC76DA5274BA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement to provide notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A leaseholder shall provide notice to the Secretary of the leaseholder’s intent to carry out a geothermal exploration test project at least 30 days before the date on which drilling under the project will begin.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46795CB547C04D8B823EE8FEE1967267"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review and determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 10 days after receipt of a notice of intent under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, with respect to the project described in the notice of intent—</text>
<subparagraph id="H636D777606024C2FA1B82C10355A02D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine if the project qualifies for a categorical exclusion under subsection (b); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32B35F1F66AE49F4970E2C6001D243B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify the leaseholder of such determination.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H15AF2E6DA3CC4BD080D02D3EB5D10AD8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Opportunity to remedy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines under paragraph (2)(A) that the project does not qualify for a categorical exclusion under subsection (b), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE0423EAD42634D02B5329AAC397E69CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include in such notice clear and detailed findings on any deficiencies in the project that resulted in such determination; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1A34AC7459745F1A17082F971D0B7F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow the leaseholder to remedy any such deficiencies and resubmit the notice of intent under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D886D0404DB4FC5A55B865D3A4C6BD1"><enum>303.</enum><header>Facilitation of coproduction of geothermal energy on oil and gas leases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(b) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/1003">30 U.S.C. 1003(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H84F38BBA6A304E1CB42BF236FB3CA745"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Land subject to oil and gas lease</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land under an oil and gas lease issued pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30 U.S.C. 181</external-xref> et seq.) or the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/351">30 U.S.C. 351</external-xref> et seq.) that is subject to an approved application for permit to drill and from which oil and gas production is occurring may be available for noncompetitive leasing under subsection (c) by the holder of the oil and gas lease—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE808B84A3B4743A893F3DB1E950D0468"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on a determination that geothermal energy will be produced from a well producing or capable of producing oil and gas; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H214E4DE464EC4E19AFCAB4F4A1752FE3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in order to provide for the coproduction of geothermal energy with oil and gas.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HD92480D403E0407B9518AD5C913092F2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Noncompetitive leasing of adjoining areas for development of geothermal resources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(b) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/1003">30 U.S.C. 1003(b)</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H8F498C692F95425196E5D991AF6AE648"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Adjoining land</header>
<subparagraph id="H7D36391575F94DF2BE5ACDB87A25AAE6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph:</text> <clause id="HC18E41932B8646DA907A0DD7DEB18A0A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Fair market value per acre</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>fair market value per acre</term> means a dollar amount per acre that—</text>
<subclause id="HA871EFE39F0847D49F8395A72AB94E4D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>except as provided in this clause, shall be equal to the market value per acre (taking into account the determination under subparagraph (B)(iii) regarding a valid discovery on the adjoining land) as determined by the Secretary under regulations issued under this paragraph;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCC6DFA42F1904A60A19A477D7ED6D918"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall be determined by the Secretary with respect to a lease under this paragraph, by not later than the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date the Secretary receives an application for the lease; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H99E64F4D07FF4C218140E3AF1EBE1FDD"><enum>(III)</enum><text>shall be not less than the greater of—</text> <item id="H9094B728574F47499989494231DCA3E9"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>4 times the median amount paid per acre for all land leased under this Act during the preceding year; or</text>
</item><item id="H1852A4DBB3024177B45D623BED91BD9C"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>$50.</text> </item></subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F20455BE29E4E728C4E55402D95ACD3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Industry standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>industry standards</term> means the standards by which a qualified geothermal professional assesses whether downhole or flowing temperature measurements with indications of permeability are sufficient to produce energy from geothermal resources, as determined through flow or injection testing or measurement of lost circulation while drilling.</text>
</clause><clause id="H764E86D5A14C4AF89CFB6B942F68B5D1"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Qualified Federal land</header><text>The term <term>qualified Federal land</term> means land that is otherwise available for leasing under this Act.</text> </clause><clause id="H736D06CA66BC42629B1FA29F882C0F10"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Qualified geothermal professional</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified geothermal professional</term> means an individual who is an engineer or geoscientist in good professional standing with at least 5 years of experience in geothermal exploration, development, or project assessment.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0068C2DE5F8B4857A33456233BE8750D"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Qualified lessee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified lessee</term> means a person who may hold a geothermal lease under this Act (including applicable regulations).</text> </clause><clause id="H1E479822EC24481584CC4EC370374E0D"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Valid discovery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>valid discovery</term> means a discovery of a geothermal resource by a new or existing slim hole or production well, that exhibits downhole or flowing temperature measurements with indications of permeability that are sufficient to meet industry standards.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE13ABBB6E9DE41D3987882C74B941B16"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>An area of qualified Federal land that adjoins other land for which a qualified lessee holds a legal right to develop geothermal resources may be available for a noncompetitive lease under this section to the qualified lessee at the fair market value per acre, if—</text>
<clause id="HADB53214D9AD4A42A182F2E5B4005945"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the area of qualified Federal land—</text> <subclause id="H010008FF88644473BBB32E9E73081AE7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>consists of not less than 1 acre and not more than 640 acres; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA2651F2BAF0A4BDB8DAD7CE25DA27792"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is not already leased under this Act or nominated to be leased under subsection (a);</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H0439BD7FDC364703904EB38AAA03A356"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the qualified lessee has not previously received a noncompetitive lease under this paragraph in connection with the valid discovery for which data has been submitted under clause (iii)(I); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H016A21C4E2F94A0EB0F1FF5DD1DA2F06"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>sufficient geological and other technical data prepared by a qualified geothermal professional has been submitted by the qualified lessee to the applicable Federal land management agency that would lead individuals who are experienced in the subject matter to believe that—</text>
<subclause id="H99ECDD499F8A4B9684CA298F01D4F655"><enum>(I)</enum><text>there is a valid discovery of geothermal resources on the land for which the qualified lessee holds the legal right to develop geothermal resources; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3879C16CAB0A4DA7BFE5FA2E90586937"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that geothermal feature extends into the adjoining areas.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H810B347C44504CEF8BF1468F5AA29AD5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Determination of fair market value</header> <clause id="HC1F4C4F5093F4A6698AAD7955E3329BB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subclause id="HC2AF5A4878554832922519351972F838"><enum>(I)</enum><text>publish a notice of any request to lease land under this paragraph;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HB2B427DCC39E45BFBCFA7D34D384318B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>determine fair market value for purposes of this paragraph in accordance with procedures for making those determinations that are established by regulations issued by the Secretary;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9CB04D756A824B80A3B1D0C39A08D0A3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>provide to a qualified lessee and publish, with an opportunity for public comment for a period of 30 days, any proposed determination under this subparagraph of the fair market value of an area that the qualified lessee seeks to lease under this paragraph; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD4226D3D40C5442081CB89283BB60D13"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>provide to the qualified lessee and any adversely affected party the opportunity to appeal the final determination of fair market value in an administrative proceeding before the applicable Federal land management agency, in accordance with applicable law (including regulations).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H8CB1D70C23564CCA9AD3C49B3D81DC67"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation on nomination</header><text>After publication of a notice of request to lease land under this paragraph, the Secretary may not accept under subsection (a) any nomination of the land for leasing unless the request has been denied or withdrawn.</text>
</clause><clause id="HAC2C6612CF644B4EB9AB42E008318DDB"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Annual rental</header><text>For purposes of section 5(a)(3), a lease awarded under this paragraph shall be considered a lease awarded in a competitive lease sale.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HACDA0CF1D7974B9AA8510478B93FBE53"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H1CF95042A3354E2488B38280D672B02E"><enum>305.</enum><header>Application of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with respect to territories of the United States</header>
<subsection id="HC3F857CA9FD743EB95FEC961AD3E746F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H9D1C020266C44D5EB79987CC4D379354"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H68E9CCC9778D432A92C1328D024529E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>control</quote> the following: <quote>or lying within the exclusive economic zone of the United States and the outer Continental Shelf adjacent to any territory or possession of the United States</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32184FC1DE484790A08911D20E6572BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end before the semicolon the following: <quote>, except that such term shall not include any area conveyed by Congress to a territorial government for administration</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDAE81F6731804E289FB90692E92542CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (p), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE87A86A2C75142B2BE90C71F987DAEDD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (q), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B2EF76B77454788B2997018433AC223"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H5BE8FA7FC0C641A48EFF187B41CA7417" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H9EA2D036BA2B49DFB5242B3CAC3CF823"><enum>(r)</enum><text>The term <term>State</term> includes each territory of the United States.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDB03753E75C24D8F8A92F5A9C35BAC20"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3C0C666CAAFF4BD1B8CF44AA4DE04D0C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HDC72E6FE242948F4B0C23BC3911C1191"><enum>(i)</enum><text>This section shall not apply to the scheduling of lease sales in the outer Continental Shelf adjacent to the territories and possessions of the United States.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HFDFAD7BD1BB048129FFF321A2771C3F9"><enum>306.</enum><header>Disposition of revenues with respect to territories of the United States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1338">43 U.S.C. 1338</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF4802B0598B24CFBA7E9F7CB5C757CB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>All rentals</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H6031833305D94429A4B3E6B395000BE6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in law, all rentals</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC69E672277D342398B64E03C464F5024"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H28B390BBC7E94708B04CEEC17FDA5FD8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disposition of revenues to territories of the United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the rentals, royalties, and other sums paid to the Secretary under this Act from a lease for an area of land on the outer Continental Shelf adjacent to a territory and lying within the exclusive economic zone of the United States pertaining to such territory, and not otherwise obligated or appropriated—</text>
<paragraph id="H9D280D6BD1254B9896BD5023C41FA621"><enum>(1)</enum><text>50 percent shall be deposited in the Treasury and credited to miscellaneous receipts;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H56D1E448615B4F3A816CE7969412E4D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">12.5 percent shall be deposited in the Coral Reef Conservation Fund established under section 211 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDDBA84FEC1514C90BCFFA0230147FE9E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">37.5 percent shall be disbursed to territories of the United States in an amount for each territory (based on a formula established by the Secretary by regulation) that is inversely proportional to the respective distance between the point on the coastline of the territory that is closest to the geographic center of the applicable leased tract and the geographic center of the leased tract.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H8549C3A990D1469382FA80DC0CFE7221"><enum>307.</enum><header>Wind lease sales for areas of Outer Continental Shelf</header>
<subsection id="H9A02A1D6FDDA4B8E858DC528B8AACB46"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conditional wind lease sales in territories of the United States</header><text>The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H315F8D0370234B66B1AD9B08518DBB4D"><enum>33.</enum><header>Wind lease sales for areas of Outer Continental Shelf</header>
<subsection id="HADCF41479732494B9DDFDD488B7770BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The Secretary may conduct wind lease sales on the outer Continental Shelf.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HAAA3A982BD584C03BE6B1DBFF143DB01"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Wind lease sale procedure</header><text>Any wind lease sale conducted under this section shall be considered a lease under section 8(p).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4A86426B36444A189CB39AC6EC7EAF7C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Wind lease sales off coasts of territories of the United States</header>
<paragraph id="HDE25C0CEC9224D7A8AD9C640A2ACEA02"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study on feasibility of conducting wind lease sales</header>
<subparagraph id="H28DD585CB10E40D293652AF98F23BC82"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study on the feasibility, including the technological and long-term economic feasibility, of conducting wind lease sales on an area of the outer Continental Shelf within the territorial jurisdiction of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBD45B9F0931408A94C819A12DA49D2C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In conducting the study required in paragraph (A), the Secretary shall consult—</text> <clause id="HC715D13F6A1940FEA49F048E410B42B5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the National Renewable Energy Laboratory of the Department of Energy; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC5D8E35F9E4C4C41A0094196A98B03BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Governor of each of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8545FD3E3D6F421981FF6D0FCC1DE01C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Publication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study required in paragraph (A) shall be published in the Federal Register for public comment for not fewer than 60 days.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF10AF824D37B4F5A814A299C2941503B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Submission of results</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit the results of the study conducted under subparagraph (A) to:</text>
<clause id="HDE0CB37B84A3484CB0000689A9EA7CBC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate;</text> </clause><clause id="HC514DEC37FF84FC5A7CDE852187104C9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3FD7D018DC84447180C31ED747ADC4C0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>each of the delegates or resident commissioner to the House of Representatives from American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, respectively.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF753C9D4BC4481D8922D0767DAB74F0"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The study required under subparagraph (A) and results submitted under subparagraph (C) shall be made readily available on a public Government internet website.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4A3711974B14498EA8E081FDFA916823"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Call for information and nominations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue a call for information and nominations for proposed wind lease sales for areas determined to be feasible under the study conducted under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5751AD3AAFCE4D4DA051888F5886B99E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conditional wind lease sales</header>
<subparagraph id="HB770F63D71FC404992F981F1DCEB4468"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each territory, the Secretary shall conduct not less than 1 wind lease sale on an area of the outer Continental Shelf within the territorial jurisdiction of such territory that meets each of the following criteria:</text>
<clause id="H8EEFBC3A32F241A2967CA5EB1EAA8914"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The study required under paragraph (1)(A) concluded that a wind lease sale on the area is feasible.</text> </clause><clause id="HAE97DD59052A41449CD4E529CD65ED56"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary has determined that the call for information has generated sufficient interest for the area.</text>
</clause><clause id="H6285B57442EC4A93832F4BBCC605ED75"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary has consulted with the Secretary of Defense regarding such a sale.</text> </clause><clause id="H26D3A481292141F68033FE7648287861"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary has consulted with the Governor of the territory regarding the suitability of the area for wind energy development.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H990D64D8796E429F95C2EB426E4470BA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If no area of the outer Continental Shelf within the territorial jurisdiction of a territory meets each of the criteria in clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (A), the requirement under subparagraph (A) shall not apply to such territory.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H5732A176154441D8A3A75C817142DD39"><enum>308.</enum><header>Establishment of Coral Reef Conservation Fund</header>
<subsection id="HCE1102341E5A4C1890C8ACEFCEDCBE85"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6401">16 U.S.C. 6401</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H196E2C3386504A258463F3F03BB0E554" style="OLC">
<section id="HEA9226F21D0E466D97C0780329C8773C"><enum>211.</enum><header>Coral Reef Conservation Fund</header>
<subsection id="HE0CA0F9E75964E468F810EFA5B51560A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Treasury the Coral Reef Conservation Fund, hereafter referred to as the Fund.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF06B757034AA46C1B7EE60594A9841F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each fiscal year, there shall be deposited in the Fund the portion of such revenues due and payable to the United States under subsection (b)(2) of section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1338">43 U.S.C. 1338</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H73A3997B58BF491A8D125DFD75D09F56"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts deposited in the Fund under this section and appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce under subsection (f) shall be used by the Secretary of Commerce to carry out the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6401">16 U.S.C. 6401</external-xref> et seq.), with priority given to carrying out sections 204 and 206 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6403">16 U.S.C. 6403</external-xref> and 6405).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB1EAB559A32C4C1CB8A5A79B2DB3BA9E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts deposited in the Fund shall remain in the Fund until appropriated by Congress.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H4F30E8E2C60940C2AE020E8B1882651F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall include with the proposed budget for the United States Government submitted to Congress for a fiscal year a comprehensive statement of deposits into the Fund during the previous fiscal year and estimated requirements during the following fiscal year for appropriations from the Fund.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H42EF1719D82644DD892E1748B1448C75"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated from the Fund to the Secretary of Commerce, an amount equal to the amount deposited in the Fund in the previous fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8B4BFF2F575B444AA80D10D0154D8911"><enum>(g)</enum><header>No limitation</header><text>Appropriations from the Fund pursuant to this section may be made without fiscal year limitation.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HE7471D26E09D4AB58ED6511D17E5C467"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Renaming of existing fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6404">16 U.S.C. 6404</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H312900299822456C90E106ED383177D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Coral reef conservation fund</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Coral Reef Public-Private Partnership</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAEEB7A82D2DA4BA98F508D5127F76CB1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H184BA845170F49178887EFEF6BDF5FCE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Fund</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Public-Private Partnership</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE21683DA7BEA4928A0F18461B7D92384"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, hereafter referred to as the Fund,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF198615EAA644975B5B69563B37FBE6D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>Fund</quote> and inserting <quote>separate interest bearing account</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Limitations on Leasing Moratoriums</header> <section id="H1E4C5D3594AB41968D43B4D58DDEEB18"><enum>401.</enum><header>Coal leases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2(a)(1) of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/202a">30 U.S.C. 202a(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>in his discretion, upon the request of any qualified applicant or on his own motion from time to time</quote> and inserting <quote>at the Secretary’s discretion or upon the request of any qualified applicant</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HB4365879D7ED46F381162FD3D2F7381D"><enum>402.</enum><header>Congressional authority requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior may not declare a moratorium on the leasing of Federal lands, including on the Outer Continental Shelf, for the drilling, mining, or collection of oil, gas, or coal, or related activities unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.</text>
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