1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Energy Production, Refining,
Infrastructure, Conservation and Efficiency Act
or the
Energy PRICE Act
.
(b)The table of
contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title;
table of contents.
TITLE I—Energy production
Subtitle A—Arctic Coastal Plain domestic energy
Sec. 1001. Definitions.
Sec. 1002. Leasing program for lands within the Coastal
Plain.
Sec. 1003. Lease sales.
Sec. 1004. Grant of leases by the Secretary.
Sec. 1005. Lease terms and conditions.
Sec. 1006. Coastal Plain environmental protection.
Sec. 1007. Expedited judicial review.
Sec. 1008. Federal and State distribution of
revenues.
Sec. 1009. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain.
Sec. 1010. Conveyance.
Sec. 1011. Local government impact aid and community service
assistance.
Subtitle B—Enhanced Oil Recovery
Sec. 1021. Enhanced credit for carbon dioxide
injections.
Subtitle C—Department of Defense contract
authority
Sec. 1031. Procurement of fuel derived from coal, oil shale,
and tar sands.
TITLE II—Refining
Subtitle A—Refinery permitting process
Sec. 2001. Definitions.
Sec. 2002. Streamlining of refinery permitting
process.
Sec. 2003. Fuel emergency waivers.
Sec. 2004. Boutique fuel reductions.
Sec. 2005. Fischer-Tropsch fuels.
Subtitle B—Accelerated depreciation for construction and
expansion
Sec. 2011. Expansion of election to expense certain
refineries.
TITLE III—Infrastructure
Subtitle A—Accelerated depreciation
Sec. 3001. Treatment of certain oil and gas pipelines as 5-year
property for depreciation purposes.
Subtitle B—Tax-exempt financing
Sec. 3011. Tax-exempt financing of energy transportation
infrastructure not subject to private business use test.
Subtitle C—Emergency service route
Sec. 3021. Emergency service route.
TITLE IV—Conservation and efficiency
Subtitle A—CAFE standards
Sec. 4001. Revised considerations for decisions on maximum
feasible average fuel economy.
Sec. 4002. Increased fuel economy standards.
Sec. 4003. Expedited procedures for congressional increase in
fuel economy standards.
Subtitle B—Natural Gas Energy Star Program
Sec. 4011. Efficiency.
<enum>I</enum><header>Energy production</header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="idCA5409EFF36C4718A3A540A50D4F482C" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Arctic Coastal Plain domestic energy</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1ED2A7BBFAFD48B288117C51C983C7D0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB2B91D1167954EC4A1008B6551D55BEA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coastal
Plain</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Coastal
Plain</term> means that area identified as such in the map entitled
<quote>Arctic National Wildlife Refuge</quote>, dated August 1980, as
referenced in section 1002(b) of the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3142(b)(1)">16 U.S.C. 3142(b)(1)</external-xref>),
comprising approximately 1,549,000 acres, and as described in appendix I to
part 37 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA764267A28194F6BBEA44021EA588528"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term>, except as
otherwise provided, means the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary’s
designee.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEBA587C81BDD4A0FB7370020AF898100" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Leasing program for
lands within the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID99E77731B90B445AA657D6E0E18C0851"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
take such actions as are necessary—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID70780704F1F74F3FAB4829329FF42906"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish and implement in accordance
with this Act a competitive oil and gas leasing program under the
<act-name parsable-cite="MLA">Mineral Leasing Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30 U.S.C. 181</external-xref> et
seq.) that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration,
development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2FE13F3DAFA045D196B4FD8B46960569"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to administer the provisions of this
subtitle through regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions,
prohibitions, stipulations, and other provisions that ensure the oil and gas
exploration, development, and production activities on the Coastal Plain will
result in no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, their habitat,
subsistence resources, and the environment, and including, in furtherance of
this goal, by requiring the application of the best commercially available
technology for oil and gas exploration, development, and production to all
exploration, development, and production operations under this subtitle in a
manner that ensures the receipt of fair market value by the public for the
mineral resources to be leased.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5880918A48934062A5902653CB405F54"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1003 of the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3143">16 U.S.C. 3143</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9B98428458414241A1DEA8C3E0580600"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance with
requirements under certain other laws</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD1B97632A27C4678B67B9CCDBD684400"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compatibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of the National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, the oil and gas leasing program and
activities authorized by this section in the Coastal Plain are deemed to be
compatible with the purposes for which the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was
established, and that no further findings or decisions are required to
implement this determination.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9D9D7E63B89D4DE5BEED5C09A95DFEEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adequacy of the
Department of the Interior’s legislative environmental impact
statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The <quote>Final
Legislative Environmental Impact Statement</quote> (April 1987) on the Coastal
Plain prepared pursuant to section 1002 of the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3142">16 U.S.C. 3142</external-xref>) and
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="NEPA69/102(2)(C)">section
102(2)(C)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332(2)(C)">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>) is
deemed to satisfy the requirements under the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name>
that apply with respect to actions authorized to be taken by the Secretary to
develop and promulgate the regulations for the establishment of a leasing
program authorized by this subtitle before the conduct of the first lease
sale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID71AC1D2F3A7F4B169F36F15388F55483"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance with
NEPA for other actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before
conducting the first lease sale under this subtitle, the Secretary shall
prepare an environmental impact statement under the
<act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> with respect to the actions authorized by this subtitle that
are not referred to in paragraph (2). Notwithstanding any other law, the
Secretary is not required to identify nonleasing alternative courses of action
or to analyze the environmental effects of such courses of action. The
Secretary shall only identify a preferred action for such leasing and a single
leasing alternative, and analyze the environmental effects and potential
mitigation measures for those two alternatives. The identification of the
preferred action and related analysis for the first lease sale under this
subtitle shall be completed within 18 months after the date of the enactment of
this Act. The Secretary shall only consider public comments that specifically
address the Secretary’s preferred action and that are filed within 20 days
after publication of an environmental analysis. Notwithstanding any other law,
compliance with this paragraph is deemed to satisfy all requirements for the
analysis and consideration of the environmental effects of proposed leasing
under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE6F984AD04694575869F39D7C4460841"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to
State and local authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle shall be
considered to expand or limit State and local regulatory authority.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAEEDA29495784CADB13DE3F847496530"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
areas</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDE14E312B8EF4A8595F82210877489B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, after
consultation with the State of Alaska, the city of Kaktovik, and the North
Slope Borough, may designate up to a total of 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain
as a Special Area if the Secretary determines that the Special Area is of such
unique character and interest so as to require special management and
regulatory protection. The Secretary shall designate as such a Special Area the
Sadlerochit Spring area, comprising approximately 4,000 acres as depicted on
such map as shall be identified by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFD5A0DB53929402B91D279EC84C2A875"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each such Special Area shall be managed so
as to protect and preserve the area’s unique and diverse character including
its fish, wildlife, and subsistence resource values.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID33DA24C80D794711B1001196CD943190"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exclusion from
leasing or surface occupancy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may exclude any Special Area
from leasing. If the Secretary leases a Special Area, or any part thereof, for
purposes of oil and gas exploration, development, production, and related
activities, there shall be no surface occupancy of the lands comprising the
Special Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFA77E0FFB591429AAA7113E5D1EDAD17"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Directional
drilling</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the
other provisions of this subsection, the Secretary may lease all or a portion
of a Special Area under terms that permit the use of horizontal drilling
technology from sites on leases located outside the area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9B6DBA42B4CD461C9369582D65CB60E8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on
closed areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary’s
sole authority to close lands within the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing
and to exploration, development, and production is that set forth in this
subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEA429AA15DD34F8B8B5704DEECB631CB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7E957C6123BA48CD81AB00F114BFFBF3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this subtitle,
including rules and regulations relating to protection of the fish and
wildlife, their habitat, subsistence resources, and environment of the Coastal
Plain, by no later than 15 months after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5752784E96F6453D00E4D6001D22D631"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revision of
regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall periodically review and, if appropriate, revise the rules and regulations
issued under subsection (a) to reflect any significant biological,
environmental, or engineering data that come to the Secretary’s
attention.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID07D09FE78F9C479D96BA0065F02B6B96" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Lease
sales</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9D1D7F1CED84477484FB52008F2DDECA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lands may be leased
pursuant to this subtitle to any person qualified to obtain a lease for
deposits of oil and gas under the <act-name parsable-cite="MLA">Mineral Leasing
Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30
U.S.C. 181</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID585429555D85420A9DED1FE7AEE170DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, by regulation,
establish procedures for—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9264818B74454AF9A32B00377C94A336"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receipt and consideration of sealed
nominations for any area in the Coastal Plain for inclusion in, or exclusion
(as provided in subsection (c)) from, a lease sale;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB914AC2377C4499597D1A25000A5CC40"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the holding of lease sales after such
nomination process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAAE3AD925F3D4722A96C7D00865C9721"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public notice of and comment on designation
of areas to be included in, or excluded from, a lease sale.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA586E9BB5EF643A9B7D5B74113DB3880"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lease sale
bids</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bidding for leases under
this subtitle shall be by sealed competitive cash bonus bids.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD3C292DA0D09409A9F950206E570F3E9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acreage minimum
in first sale</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the first
lease sale under this subtitle, the Secretary shall offer for lease those
tracts the Secretary considers to have the greatest potential for the discovery
of hydrocarbons, taking into consideration nominations received pursuant to
subsection (b)(1), but in no case less than 200,000 acres.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID146011C913B842D688841DA04F851500"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Timing of lease
sales</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4E3AE9DFFDA748C4AF6D6C002F3E52B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct the first lease sale under this
subtitle within 22 months after the date of the enactment of this Act;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAFCD33D3638D456FA86EB672DF85A058"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct additional sales so long as
sufficient interest in development exists to warrant, in the Secretary’s
judgment, the conduct of such sales.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID404A5B73BD924F07AE62F03F99ADF8F3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1004.</enum><header>Grant of leases by
the Secretary</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBA40BD8277574A8A9C81511D82265C00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
grant to the highest responsible qualified bidder in a lease sale conducted
pursuant to section 1003 any lands to be leased on the Coastal Plain upon
payment by the lessee of such bonus as may be accepted by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC59F46D0F1084A03A96F3F12E6CF7D84"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subsequent
transfers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No lease issued
under this subtitle may be sold, exchanged, assigned, sublet, or otherwise
transferred except with the approval of the Secretary. Prior to any such
approval the Secretary shall consult with, and give due consideration to the
views of, the Attorney General.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC70639E28E164E10B6FD9E5DD21897EB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1005.</enum><header>Lease terms and
conditions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9C36EA3980DC4E078982CAFCBF0799F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An oil or gas lease
issued pursuant to this subtitle shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0081C2680EE243E29D4621729D8F80E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for the payment of a royalty of not
less than 12½ percent in amount or value of the production removed or sold from
the lease, as determined by the Secretary under the regulations applicable to
other Federal oil and gas leases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4202B2B86A2D4EC9AD2522F612972FC3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that the Secretary may close, on a
seasonal basis, portions of the Coastal Plain to exploratory drilling
activities as necessary to protect caribou calving areas and other species of
fish and wildlife;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4B19BF1EF59048D7BCD960B700555EFE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require that the lessee of lands within the
Coastal Plain shall be fully responsible and liable for the reclamation of
lands within the Coastal Plain and any other Federal lands that are adversely
affected in connection with exploration, development, production, or
transportation activities conducted under the lease and within the Coastal
Plain by the lessee or by any of the subcontractors or agents of the
lessee;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE529E563A7EC4920A7CA984D87B46FF7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that the lessee may not delegate or
convey, by contract or otherwise, the reclamation responsibility and liability
to another person without the express written approval of the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAD4F4B0C6A4F4ABE8268003CC96F00E8"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that the standard of reclamation
for lands required to be reclaimed under this subtitle shall be, as nearly as
practicable, a condition capable of supporting the uses which the lands were
capable of supporting prior to any exploration, development, or production
activities, or upon application by the lessee, to a higher or better use as
approved by the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD5E89FEF00AC48CCBBF255FEE4619388"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contain terms and conditions relating to
protection of fish and wildlife, their habitat, and the environment as required
pursuant to section 10023(a)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID83CE6F880C1E47FCBDA4249714EB4CBC"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that the lessee, its agents, and
its contractors use best efforts to provide a fair share, as determined by the
level of obligation previously agreed to in the 1974 agreement implementing
section 29 of the Federal Agreement and Grant of Right of Way for the Operation
of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, of employment and contracting for Alaska Natives
and Alaska Native Corporations from throughout the State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3AD03DCDE2D04B87ADF738EDEBB088FA"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prohibit the export of oil produced under
the lease; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5DBB2C6CA36E4BA39D1D05BC06892885"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contain such other provisions as the
Secretary determines necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this
subtitle and the regulations issued under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID486BAFB9F44F46B3A217B200BC8D88CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project labor
agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, as
a term and condition of each lease under this subtitle and in recognizing the
Government’s proprietary interest in labor stability and in the ability of
construction labor and management to meet the particular needs and conditions
of projects to be developed under the leases issued pursuant to this subtitle
and the special concerns of the parties to such leases, shall require that the
lessee and its agents and contractors negotiate to obtain a project labor
agreement for the employment of laborers and mechanics on production,
maintenance, and construction under the lease.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0F6D415C194A40848841BB46628B3495" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1006.</enum><header>Coastal Plain
environmental protection</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4182AC066149444D9CEE68DFCC2E10D1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>No significant
adverse effect standard to govern authorized Coastal Plain
activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall, consistent with the requirements of section 1002, administer the
provisions of this subtitle through regulations, lease terms, conditions,
restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other provisions that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5B2F894B324D46FEB9A0F437FF5FD797"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure the oil and gas exploration,
development, and production activities on the Coastal Plain will result in no
significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, their habitat, and the
environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBEFBE7F70779427B906EFF79E91E0072"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the application of the best
commercially available technology for oil and gas exploration, development, and
production on all new exploration, development, and production operations;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9364F12378D14CB19BDD9350B6678183"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the maximum amount of surface
acreage covered by production and support facilities, including airstrips and
any areas covered by gravel berms or piers for support of pipelines, does not
exceed 2,000 acres on the Coastal Plain.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID85AD369B564A49DF923389DC63296E90"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Site-Specific
assessment and mitigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary shall also require, with respect to any proposed drilling and related
activities, that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID23D21D68ABD64795A3E4FD98F240525E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a site-specific analysis be made of the
probable effects, if any, that the drilling or related activities will have on
fish and wildlife, their habitat, and the environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID204F695BC12F4E4099D4C280028654B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan be implemented to avoid, minimize,
and mitigate (in that order and to the extent practicable) any significant
adverse effect identified under paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID85CADA318478464FB0A352A92694B981"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development of the plan shall occur
after consultation with the agency or agencies having jurisdiction over matters
mitigated by the plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID41E012E9142D4DE8B9F2EBF9CD8FBE00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations to
protect Coastal Plain fish and wildlife resources, subsistence users, and the
environment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before
implementing the leasing program authorized by this subtitle, the Secretary
shall prepare and promulgate regulations, lease terms, conditions,
restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other measures designed to ensure
that the activities undertaken on the Coastal Plain under this subtitle are
conducted in a manner consistent with the purposes and environmental
requirements of this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA008BBE270774558B9BE1DE01FC8CCCA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance with
Federal and State environmental laws and other requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The proposed regulations, lease terms,
conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, and stipulations for the leasing
program under this subtitle shall require compliance with all applicable
provisions of Federal and State environmental law and shall also require the
following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID50D9897797D742018D70513D74C8FBC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Standards at least as effective as the
safety and environmental mitigation measures set forth in items 1 through 29 at
pages 167 through 169 of the <quote>Final Legislative Environmental Impact
Statement</quote> (April 1987) on the Coastal Plain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8B3E43B133E1437AA0D300965B1BEA18"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Seasonal limitations on exploration,
development, and related activities, where necessary, to avoid significant
adverse effects during periods of concentrated fish and wildlife breeding,
denning, nesting, spawning, and migration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID785F1D6AAC574689AFF7E5F5C42BEE10"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">That exploration activities, except for
surface geological studies, be limited to the period between approximately
November 1 and May 1 each year and that exploration activities shall be
supported by ice roads, winter trails with adequate snow cover, ice pads, ice
airstrips, and air transport methods, except that such exploration activities
may occur at other times, if the Secretary finds that such exploration will
have no significant adverse effect on the fish and wildlife, their habitat, and
the environment of the Coastal Plain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA5C06434F1AB44C280A507D81656FE8D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Design safety and construction standards
for all pipelines and any access and service roads, that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA15EDDBD523A42338105E3C6F4C34CAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">minimize, to the maximum extent possible,
adverse effects upon the passage of migratory species such as caribou;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9BF44CBA9EC4431599E38DB9F3F97F7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">minimize adverse effects upon the flow of
surface water by requiring the use of culverts, bridges, and other structural
devices.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID61DFD5FFA9564E2286FE74D915424D47"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibitions on public access and use on
all pipeline access and service roads.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7EA0C17714A34A58A4875B00BAEDE995"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Stringent reclamation and rehabilitation
requirements, consistent with the standards set forth in this subtitle,
requiring the removal from the Coastal Plain of all oil and gas development and
production facilities, structures, and equipment upon completion of oil and gas
production operations, except that the Secretary may exempt from the
requirements of this paragraph those facilities, structures, or equipment that
the Secretary determines would assist in the management of the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge and that are donated to the United States for that
purpose.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA5853EA7CF684760BC74C53951DBF97C"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate prohibitions or restrictions on
access by all modes of transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID79A9E29CC11242BB9966203CDBDBE5F7"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate prohibitions or restrictions on
sand and gravel extraction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID75ACD3FA6CBA4045806EB0985B5E412C"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consolidation of facility siting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID30BA79A4EA244983AD00B8110806EBA8"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate prohibitions or restrictions on
use of explosives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1AA5A96F598E497F867FF2B7EBAE6D80"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Avoidance, to the extent practicable, of
springs, streams, and river system; the protection of natural surface drainage
patterns, wetlands, and riparian habitats; and the regulation of methods or
techniques for developing or transporting adequate supplies of water for
exploratory drilling.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1C422115DF4443B7922097FD5242A12B"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Avoidance or reduction of air
traffic-related disturbance to fish and wildlife.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0B303560AA164A10ACA1E374707DFFDA"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment and disposal of hazardous and
toxic wastes, solid wastes, reserve pit fluids, drilling muds and cuttings, and
domestic wastewater, including an annual waste management report, a hazardous
materials tracking system, and a prohibition on chlorinated solvents, in
accordance with applicable Federal and State environmental law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDBF076E6F60F40A9AA013152DDF3885C"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fuel storage and oil spill contingency
planning.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID415A5A8D0EDD4062BA01B47F9B48D3C3"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research, monitoring, and reporting
requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID13ADF0B3FFE546DE8900EE86CD591558"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Field crew environmental briefings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB1C919942988443D9C4CD61D63D3D57E"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Avoidance of significant adverse effects
upon subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping by subsistence users.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID636E4C16FD5243B9A162FAB0E1D26940"><enum>(18)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance with applicable air and water
quality standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE1BD24E223F446D2B206CEF3BD48E553"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate seasonal and safety zone
designations around well sites, within which subsistence hunting and trapping
shall be limited.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID86E2DDDF25DD4BC5AD1CE25369AF12B2"><enum>(20)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reasonable stipulations for protection of
cultural and archeological resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF25989B637E84D6EA1345B9D9823368E"><enum>(21)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All other protective environmental
stipulations, restrictions, terms, and conditions deemed necessary by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4F7956A578C34E89B6063D593E0020E7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In preparing and promulgating regulations,
lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, and stipulations under
this section, the Secretary shall consider the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBDCC86F6B0484DCCA3F6F7A0AE63076C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The stipulations and conditions that govern
the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska leasing program, as set forth in the 1999
Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Final Integrated Activity
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB3106FE0DFDE433586006CD4D1A7DE36"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The environmental protection standards that
governed the initial Coastal Plain seismic exploration program under parts
37.31 to 37.33 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6BC87E9FE26D4EDA8FF5E7804F71B83E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The land use stipulations for exploratory
drilling on the KIC–ASRC private lands that are set forth in Appendix 2 of the
August 9, 1983, agreement between Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and the
United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID278B800D49244403AC6844518F2845CC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Facility
consolidation planning</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID712DC5BA4B334445B28F9868CA11D876"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall,
after providing for public notice and comment, prepare and update periodically
a plan to govern, guide, and direct the siting and construction of facilities
for the exploration, development, production, and transportation of Coastal
Plain oil and gas resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID16E53581C215480ABE4B6B61000060D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan shall have the following
objectives:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID561FE13973164F7FA13F8F73C5CB0091"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Avoiding unnecessary duplication of
facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAE5566111558416A93331E27E9BF6F00"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Encouraging consolidation of common
facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9708C7E7DA4B4E0B9E6090372EC91C63"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Locating or confining facilities and
activities to areas that will minimize impact on fish and wildlife, their
habitat, and the environment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE3A6035B664346B5BF5139D0511B85E9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Utilizing existing facilities wherever
practicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFDFA748666CD4ABA95C605EB12CF33FB"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancing compatibility between wildlife
values and development activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA4F4D628E17C4C84BEAD7FF98C48B9B5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Access to
public lands</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID90C0DAC736BC49FBA8C014711F860013"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">manage public lands in the Coastal Plain
subject to subsections (a) and (b) of section 811 of the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3121">16 U.S.C. 3121</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFD2AC8BB284B41EEBE8CC81E53624740"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that local residents shall have
reasonable access to public lands in the Coastal Plain for traditional
uses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8475F99A6652415C8DE0B720612B32DD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1007.</enum><header>Expedited judicial
review</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID196D59768EDD4123B4A88DBD0492C95F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Filing of
complaint</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID264F782E9DE34A029883164B4BAE66AF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), any complaint
seeking judicial review of any provision of this subtitle or any action of the
Secretary under this subtitle shall be filed in any appropriate district court
of the United States—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID86512C493D4A4F4A80C6FB6DB9F853A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in subparagraph (B),
within the 90-day period beginning on the date of the action being challenged;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID492B7BDB6EC14788A39C3769698FD8B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a complaint based solely on
grounds arising after such period, within 90 days after the complainant knew or
reasonably should have known of the grounds for the complaint.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5E18DFDB56DC4BB891B2D205239758C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Venue</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any complaint seeking judicial review of an
action of the Secretary under this subtitle may be filed only in the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDAF3E30EEE2848D28C5706E5D8039CAC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on
scope of certain review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Judicial review of a Secretarial decision
to conduct a lease sale under this subtitle, including the environmental
analysis thereof, shall be limited to whether the Secretary has complied with
the terms of this subtitle and shall be based upon the administrative record of
that decision. The Secretary’s identification of a preferred course of action
to enable leasing to proceed and the Secretary’s analysis of environmental
effects under this subtitle shall be presumed to be correct unless shown
otherwise by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1052208EEFC5447AA834858BEFE8EDDC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
other review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Actions of the
Secretary with respect to which review could have been obtained under this
section shall not be subject to judicial review in any civil or criminal
proceeding for enforcement.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1FD5CD4CF8044AFE00E5378D67BA2800" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1008.</enum><header>Federal and State
distribution of revenues</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID09383794747240D79267EABFE424265C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, of the amount of adjusted bonus, rental, and royalty
revenues from oil and gas leasing and operations authorized under this
subtitle—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID120280D1DDC54DBFAEEB6F2ED90046F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent shall be paid to the State of
Alaska; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE016F7831DCE44A5AA051EDD85F1F8F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in section 1011(d), the
balance shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID334428DBDD3743B2BD02006347D0BEC0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payments to
Alaska</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments to the State
of Alaska under this section shall be made semiannually.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4F5B7F38BFBF4EE39049BFF9E13936A6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of bonus
payments for Low-Income home energy assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts that are received by the United
States as bonuses for leases under this subtitle and deposited into the
Treasury under subsection (a)(2) may be appropriated to the Secretary of the
Health and Human Services, in addition to amounts otherwise available, to
provide assistance under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8621">42 U.S.C.
8621</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE3614E7B647D4DE189C95D75E410FF3F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1009.</enum><header>Rights-of-way
across the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAA9519CEDF0F47AC80ED8B9C71E6228C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title XI of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3161">16 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> et seq.) shall not
apply to the issuance by the Secretary under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="MLA/28">section
28</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="MLA">Mineral Leasing
Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/185">30
U.S.C. 185</external-xref>) of rights-of-way and easements across the Coastal
Plain for the transportation of oil and gas.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0286766B44EA43FAB3136DF2C9FBDFBE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall include in any right-of-way or easement referred to in subsection (a)
such terms and conditions as may be necessary to ensure that transportation of
oil and gas does not result in a significant adverse effect on the fish and
wildlife, subsistence resources, their habitat, and the environment of the
Coastal Plain, including requirements that facilities be sited or designed so
as to avoid unnecessary duplication of roads and pipelines.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1C3BE66F2BD34AA591F6244474BAE9A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall include in regulations
under section 1002(g) provisions granting rights-of-way and easements described
in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE121206E11804ED2BC2600FB7853E451" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1010.</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In order to maximize Federal revenues by
removing clouds on title to lands and clarifying land ownership patterns within
the Coastal Plain, the Secretary, notwithstanding the provisions of section
1302(h)(2) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3192(h)(2)">16 U.S.C.
3192(h)(2)</external-xref>), shall convey—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB003096FAE5B437BBFD769463EE3FE38"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation the
surface estate of the lands described in paragraph 1 of Public Land Order 6959,
to the extent necessary to fulfill the Corporation’s entitlement under section
12 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1611">43 U.S.C. 1611</external-xref>) in accordance with
the terms and conditions of the Agreement between the Department of the
Interior, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land
Management, and the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation effective January 22, 1993;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID871EA956E1774940AB562C8CCBE14824"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
the remaining subsurface estate to which it is entitled pursuant to the August
9, 1983, agreement between the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and the United
States of America.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID04DDD010C64B4E4D8500A9F1DEA0B9B3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1011.</enum><header>Local government
impact aid and community service assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB788138FC1DD42F68EF5F2F900CB46EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financial
assistance authorized</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEC2C9FE64DFE4CA2AF25D9551FEBCE92"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use
amounts available from the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance
Fund established by subsection (d) to provide timely financial assistance to
entities that are eligible under paragraph (2) and that are directly impacted
by the exploration for or production of oil and gas on the Coastal Plain under
this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID36F61C4B313747D0B59FCDCD6394A442"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The North Slope
Borough, Kaktovik, and other boroughs, municipal subdivisions, villages, and
any other community organized under Alaska State law shall be eligible for
financial assistance under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDBB82FF552A5473BA9D353E220C2D9A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial
assistance under this section may be used only for—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID064EBE581FFA471EB897713D92377287"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">planning for mitigation of the potential
effects of oil and gas exploration and development on environmental, social,
cultural, recreational and subsistence values;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9A7F2E1C66E84640B256ED56BA54F5D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implementing mitigation plans and
maintaining mitigation projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8FE54AC5F6D14C3B9800B4B01316BADA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing, carrying out, and maintaining
projects and programs that provide new or expanded public facilities and
services to address needs and problems associated with such effects, including
firefighting, police, water, waste treatment, medivac, and medical services;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA28667EB16494A58B6E0F1566CD57693"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishment of a coordination office, by
the North Slope Borough, in the City of Kaktovik, which shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8E22ECBC31FF4F7798C99FAC7D789B78"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate with and advise developers on
local conditions, impact, and history of the areas utilized for development;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID48B466DF0FAE4635982B339040AFDBC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to the Committee on Resources of
the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Resources of the Senate an annual
report on the status of coordination between developers and the communities
affected by development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC8FF44501CD94E0794EBA18F2983A849"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7E8A1F11AF6A4817996BA4EBF5CDE3DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any community that is
eligible for assistance under this section may submit an application for such
assistance to the Secretary, in such form and under such procedures as the
Secretary may prescribe by regulation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF7A7429D89E94D58B1E2B2541644ABF7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>North Slope
Borough communities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
community located in the North Slope Borough may apply for assistance under
this section either directly to the Secretary or through the North Slope
Borough.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3421941E236945C982C0A8FA2D3BBCAC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall work closely with and assist the North Slope Borough and other
communities eligible for assistance under this section in developing and
submitting applications for assistance under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID65FB9E34AD1A4A4384ACD817C957EC30"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Establishment
of Fund</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBCBEEF0941C346F886DEBE38AF005F1C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established
in the Treasury the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance
Fund.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1077F963322D4138BC4DCF36371CAEA0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts in the fund may be used only for
providing financial assistance under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id549893DEB8BB4C988D6162AF3EBB8821"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (4), there shall be
deposited into the fund amounts received by the United States as revenues
derived from rents, bonuses, and royalties under on leases and lease sales
authorized under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID96566620FACF48459368C8E797BCD0DE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation on
deposits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total amount in
the fund may not exceed $11,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDED5A07BFB9C948DEBA41797B15712B50"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Investment of
balances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the
Treasury shall invest amounts in the fund in interest bearing government
securities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID76A9DC6F301F41EDA9EB0039C1261437"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To provide
financial assistance under this section there is authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary from the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance
Fund $5,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="id5E18BF54704B4D519ACE3C6FCCBE6746" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Enhanced Oil Recovery </header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID342ac8d27c824f50a74707226fafe682" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1021.</enum><header>Enhanced credit for
carbon dioxide injections</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2394E64959794CA6998D37853F34D9D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 43 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to enhanced oil recovery credit) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DB7C3ED7C054432B1ABDFF5833345F0" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5000de4b8ac1485390b91b22aaa364a1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Enhanced credit
for projects using qualified carbon dioxide</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID695117f414a14c93bfed2b6619a844cd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any
qualified enhanced oil recovery project described in paragraph (2), subsection
(a) shall be applied by substituting <quote>20 percent</quote> for <quote>15
percent</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID29d00f03c8f24ee788447543fca23ef7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specified
qualified enhanced oil recovery project</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDec0ada3cb41b4bac9bc1a6a05bc8ebdb"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A qualified enhanced
oil recovery project is described in this paragraph if—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb12c8190d6924648921e43fbc4108bab"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the project begins or is substantially
expanded after December 31, 2006, and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID521004f81f2e4e7e9de27ae4ed81ceb5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the project uses qualified carbon dioxide
in an oil recovery method which involves flooding or injection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa871468bdfcd4fbcb909cc0dd1965eb4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualified
carbon dioxide</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes
of this subsection, the term <term>qualified carbon dioxide</term> means carbon
dioxide that is—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa64d11baaa2e42a4b7cd13953f9fc738"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">from an industrial source, or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4294ddad7de746a89add8cca255ba2de"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">separated from natural gas and natural gas
liquids at a natural gas processing plant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd1a4881195e74997bf410dcb7fb02ca0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection shall not apply to costs
paid or incurred for any qualified enhanced oil recovery project after December
31,
2010.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5c1e2e545a5946dbb2fdd079957bb662"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
this section shall apply to costs paid or incurred in taxable years ending
after December 31, 2006.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="id37C0B0FDC2254ED78DCCE463CBE6592D" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Department of Defense contract
authority</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA5CE15A41B74DACA14CAB2F00EADD90" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1031.</enum><header>Procurement of fuel
derived from coal, oil shale, and tar sands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2398a(d) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking <quote>1 or more years</quote> and inserting
<quote>up to 25 years</quote>.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Refining</header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="id0519E4A5E1E44FAF85024FE780AF3EEF" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Refinery permitting process</header>
<section changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A466E0CF4974FAA9BF2E9FDCC5CA412" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2001.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa460e5103e004a7294f1b77e51836fa4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Administrator</term> means
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9d0f2c7b8a554f56b7551f93b3f2e5b1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indian
tribe</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Indian
tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID80f5e60b0c55441e81abd25c4d5d67e6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Permit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>permit</term> means any
permit, license, approval, variance, or other form of authorization that a
refiner is required to obtain—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id684A4DEF515B44348DC1920958FAA5DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under any Federal law; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5F4924714BE4BB4880A3F10A32B33CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">from a State or Indian tribal government
agency delegated authority by the Federal Government, or authorized under
Federal law, to issue permits.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdd8dd4c5f6a740bdbc2051719779ed8c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Refiner</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>refiner</term> means a
person that—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbd9f9d5e9ec44fadb01fbca216541f0f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">owns or operates a refinery; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcc3db60a9de54754a683374cae7175e3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seeks to become an owner or operator of a
refinery.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID34cb04b1f02441dd9a82bfc78e78d11d"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Refinery</header>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03910C85A25A43569152F260BC8D0675"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>refinery</term> means—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69DA9AFA87C745C8A3043DA4DA049B95"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a facility at which crude oil is refined
into transportation fuel or other petroleum products; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A1F8FF42EED46B2BE222E2A2F09DF4A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a coal liquification or coal-to-liquid
facility at which coal is processed into synthetic crude oil or any other
fuel.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45B0E1DB9B79492D8BA7EC9C519BD815"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>refinery</term>
includes—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5B66E51868741FFAE5D769C080CC68F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an expansion of a refinery;</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCD6582B9B25457EA73EB269A070DD24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a biorefinery; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8551CFCAD534EA1ABD56AF866A167F9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any facility that produces a renewable fuel
(as defined in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7545(o)(1)).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe48754a6a862488eb378958192e6b961"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Refinery
permitting agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>refinery permitting agreement</term> means an agreement entered into
between the Administrator and a State or Indian tribe under section
2004.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3018015D9F5B43A79F11E8CB3D648E0D"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of Commerce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5073c28c153945b39696010ca791867b"><enum>(8)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDab4a5397ac4845d4945398ec87adff1d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2b4eec4cc5ff4ca196a665e01917365b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the District of Columbia;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb6e5b108743f4ef8b76c37e2df01ad59"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID990b610a5b4a4d67b8e8d867ee7eb71e"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other territory or possession of the
United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9ae546c7d0564075a3552bcf0d2594cd" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2002.</enum><header>Streamlining of
refinery permitting process</header>
<subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4c4427967d1943a29ae24719c5e59051"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the request of the
Governor of a State or the governing body of an Indian tribe, the Administrator
shall enter into a refinery permitting agreement with the State or Indian tribe
under which the process for obtaining all permits necessary for the
construction and operation of a refinery shall be streamlined using a
systematic interdisciplinary multimedia approach as provided in this
subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe3a25c5a074b4100aa1b375a0353f98a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority of
Administrator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under a
refinery permitting agreement—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID61946fa9b22e470a8bf96d4c784169b4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Administrator shall have authority, as
applicable and necessary, to—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6dd5d8e945e74736b74e385e045ea5e2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accept from a refiner a consolidated
application for all permits that the refiner is required to obtain to construct
and operate a refinery;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDac0460b2c8204fd28532f02884fc3ba3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in consultation and cooperation with each
Federal, State, or Indian tribal government agency that is required to make any
determination to authorize the issuance of a permit, establish a schedule under
which each agency shall—</text>
<clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4a12a14c7a9a412cbf384af5f268c648"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">concurrently consider, to the maximum
extent practicable, each determination to be made; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfba20927e9ae45bd825970b980432ce7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">complete each step in the permitting
process; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcc1e3441bef848ba8951743e1033cd91"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issue a consolidated permit that combines
all permits issued under the schedule established under subparagraph (B);
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb25c80d0507c4653b62085ccd4a04a7f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Administrator shall provide to State
and Indian tribal government agencies—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID54bfdc784c474c24bd7deb64dc764166"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">financial assistance in such amounts as the
agencies reasonably require to hire such additional personnel as are necessary
to enable the government agencies to comply with the applicable schedule
established under paragraph (1)(B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2e3c7850a7ad41bea8b1828f3f5a7838"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">technical, legal, and other assistance in
complying with the refinery permitting agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbb8885ed7c0a4d5f913fa3f444ffa8fb"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agreement by
the State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under a refinery
permitting agreement, a State or governing body of an Indian tribe shall agree
that—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0dfac285729641108ecdaa992e9fe9fb"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Administrator shall have each of the
authorities described in subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID49a1e06966e04650b63b0bf900455b0a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each State or Indian tribal government
agency shall—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa876fef00ff84962bb4add4b26823223"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in accordance with State law, make such
structural and operational changes in the agencies as are necessary to enable
the agencies to carry out consolidated project-wide permit reviews concurrently
and in coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency and other Federal
agencies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd3e9131cc9784beca2b2ec989359e3f6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">comply, to the maximum extent practicable,
with the applicable schedule established under subsection (b)(1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID06e43fbf1d8944a4925530faa5de9794"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Interdisciplinary
approach</header>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6facc54f58934b85b50dc4bec4479395"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator and
a State or governing body of an Indian tribe shall incorporate an
interdisciplinary approach, to the maximum extent practicable, in the
development, review, and approval of permits subject to this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc38f2a93cff3486d9349b64069351c77"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Options</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Among other options, the interdisciplinary
approach may include use of—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf61b5a11d7a54eb8a66a6fbcac93698b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">environmental management practices;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8f71db1c6d4f4026afbeda780f1bad32"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">third party contractors.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4d76f71b7a1c41a8870a71e69a1e00fd"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Deadlines</header>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0206f5ecc99444d296837ce988a35f8f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>New
refineries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a
consolidated permit for the construction of a new refinery, the Administrator
and the State or governing body of an Indian tribe shall approve or disapprove
the consolidated permit not later than—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4ecec917b4c24ac0b1510b04d57a1850"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">360 days after the date of the receipt of
the administratively complete application for the consolidated permit;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0262dd9965bb4f7c8ea7bc50e40853bf"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on agreement of the applicant, the
Administrator, and the State or governing body of the Indian tribe, 90 days
after the expiration of the deadline established under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfd9dd64450504bc895e8c8e86d190ec0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expansion of
existing refineries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the
case of a consolidated permit for the expansion of an existing refinery, the
Administrator and the State or governing body of an Indian tribe shall approve
or disapprove the consolidated permit not later than—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID38a177b271fe42f8b61a47e1cf061731"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">120 days after the date of the receipt of
the administratively complete application for the consolidated permit;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe0283d7f11344de9bd358856141663f8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on agreement of the applicant, the
Administrator, and the State or governing body of the Indian tribe, 30 days
after the expiration of the deadline established under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID93a43d1679594b8b86240267fee35ab4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal
agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Federal agency
that is required to make any determination to authorize the issuance of a
permit shall comply with the applicable schedule established under subsection
(b)(1)(B).</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe46fcd94e8e14e11af23905d14e538d9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any civil action for
review of any permit determination under a refinery permitting agreement shall
be brought exclusively in the United States district court for the district in
which the refinery is located or proposed to be located.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfc6c51096e6846a48b8b5954baa326d5"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Efficient
permit review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to
reduce the duplication of procedures, the Administrator shall use State
permitting and monitoring procedures to satisfy substantially equivalent
Federal requirements under this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe7c9d08c8496459bb9a01530da5b1f41"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Severability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If 1 or more permits that are required for
the construction or operation of a refinery are not approved on or before any
deadline established under subsection (e), the Administrator may issue a
consolidated permit that combines all other permits that the refiner is
required to obtain other than any permits that are not approved.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAEC7A4F064394E24ADAF3A533CE81FAB"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section affects the
operation or implementation of otherwise applicable law regarding permits
necessary for the construction and operation of a refinery.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9BC098AC19CF4CDDB951EDAEE8F38524"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Consultation
with local governments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress encourages the Administrator,
States, and tribal governments to consult, to the maximum extent practicable,
with local governments in carrying out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6e32bca108db49bb88c971cc110d3346"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB25D87F603BD4DD5B76A72FF51B44FF2"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Effect on local
authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section affects—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id653187EB1B46423C8540FD3154A33F75"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the authority of a local government with
respect to the issuance of permits; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBCB58064AFD4452B0803EB6C004C9C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any requirement or ordinance of a local
government (such as a zoning regulation).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC00988898E645ACA84A0186637AE355" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2003.</enum><header>Fuel emergency
waivers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 211(c)(4)(C)
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)(C)) (as amended by section 1541 of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 1106)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F66C52010604D1F8EF8F47682B59605"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the first clause (v) as
clause (vi);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B5E4B12560A4C478BFF19427E901ABC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the second clause (v) as
clause (vii); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9BADCBF77A44DB0BCADF92EF2570C85"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after clause (iv) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9DCA9337AE4485DA31333998361413F" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8BE813ACDAE4717B22302039C950556" indent="up3"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
State shall be held harmless and not be required to revise its State
implementation plan under section 110 to account for the emissions from a
waiver granted by the Administrator under clause
(ii).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB2F6DB5FB84436C824A58A7641DCF4F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2004.</enum><header>Boutique fuel
reductions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
211(c)(4)(C)(vii) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)(C)(vii)) (as
redesignated by section 2003(2)) is amended by striking subclauses (III) and
(IV) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54324376FF6F4A9B9971486825C00CFD" style="OLC">
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB633F73CE1B54456B8C2E39883A8AA6A" indent="up4"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall remove a fuel from
the list published under subclause (II) if a fuel ceases to be included in a
State implementation plan or if a fuel in a State implementation plan is
identical to a Federal fuel formulation implemented by the Administrator and
shall reduce the total number of fuels permitted to be included in a State
implementation plan or revision on the list published under subclause (II)
accordingly.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id993A75695A3F4946B4FCE5E3B07593CB" indent="up4"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subclause (I) shall not limit the authority
of the Administrator to approve a control or prohibition respecting any new
fuel under this paragraph in a State implementation plan or revision to a State
implementation plan if the new fuel completely replaces a fuel on the list
published under subclause
(II).</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD309FFEFD664E489F4F77AC6E651DC3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2005.</enum><header>Fischer-Tropsch
fuels</header>
<subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E80DA97888A4F36A07AF9DBABD1D2C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In cooperation with
the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and
Fischer-Tropsch industry representatives, the Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6CE0CFDCCDD45AF816FE160D613BB86"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a research and demonstration
program to evaluate the air quality benefits of ultra-clean Fischer-Tropsch
transportation fuel, including diesel and jet fuel;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id609F0FC570464F23967CBF888E710CEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the use of ultra-clean
Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel as a mechanism for reducing engine exhaust
emissions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0960917B9A4C4802A13FAB32D1E44546"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit recommendations to Congress on the
most effective use and associated benefits of these ultra-clean fuel for
reducing public exposure to exhaust emissions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE091AF83159B40B1967592717BFF325C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidance and
technical support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Administrator shall, to the extent necessary, issue any guidance or technical
support documents that would facilitate the effective use and associated
benefit of Fischer-Tropsch fuel and blends.</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC21E0BEE43F84F7D9F592667F64BDEF2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program described in subsection (a)
shall consider—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DBD2F14C6424A7F8CAD6E4094547559"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of neat (100 percent)
Fischer-Tropsch fuel and blends with conventional crude oil-derived fuel for
heavy-duty and light-duty diesel engines and the aviation sector; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71BC1EB5DFD6436AB67B87F9815CF739"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the production costs associated with
domestic production of those ultra clean fuel and prices for consumers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id279412EABE6A4B6C9D75120ED51497DB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall submit to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idABBE11621F1C455F8B246E6C8B06B7EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than October 1, 2006, an interim
report on actions taken to carry out this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE49B533869F4F43904DA7302C1852DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than December 1, 2007, a final
report on actions taken to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="idD07F6314675D4BA29BD9BCA292B2DFA5" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Accelerated depreciation for construction and
expansion</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C202619805C4887B47F262D950DCF5E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2011.</enum><header>Expansion of
election to expense certain refineries</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD70BB3A258AE4980B311F066161EFF4A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Full
expensing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 179C(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to treatment as expenses) is
amended by striking <quote>50 percent of</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE96362718F764577B1D96D551C4EF0D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
this section shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Infrastructure </header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="id35FDABBB77FF43528A3009A934ED9BE1" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Accelerated depreciation</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2051F5837C65437D8E2A9F406D9AC8FB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3001.</enum><header>Treatment of
certain oil and gas pipelines as 5-year property for depreciation
purposes</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9290203C57774D76AA3F26432E80A4D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 168(e)(3)(B)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 5-year property) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18938AA17BE54130BFC41FB482BCE556"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end
of clause (v),</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C6E7CFF21274F1597264FF2834C25FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end of clause
(vi)(III) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26AA6EC64BCE4F0A95A3D4DE2980E518"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after clause (vi)(III) the
following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id628D29A5F2964AD380D33B1F59996268" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id579CD9C9159F4D16A3E5B0159F9056C2"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any oil or natural gas pipeline described
in asset class 13.2, the original use of which commences with the taxpayer
after the date of the enactment of this
clause.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE471A0402ECA43BABDED63D08E6417C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="id992DA6A1CEB740E3B90AA9B62A556D59" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Tax-exempt financing</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id733A39761EB44AE2BCBF56F83BAB5E44" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3011.</enum><header>Tax-exempt
financing of energy transportation infrastructure not subject to private
business use test</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9bd75fede3834b089ed2adf211ee8796"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 141(b)(6) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining private business use ) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBBA2AEA35797423C9FDC987BE3AD87E8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdf12bdef3f9c44d185f311d54e24a6ee"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exception for
certain energy transportation infrastructure</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAE71303249C47FF9E3C7517FBD97A11"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of the
1st sentence of subparagraph (A), the operation or use of any property
described in clause (ii) by any person which is not a governmental unit shall
not be considered a private business use.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id314DC79BFBDF4FDDA11EF8B272F2ED96"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Property
described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
clause (i), the following property is described in this clause:</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC8A8A16483D4DC3937037D6D89935B5"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any tangible property used to transmit
electricity at 230 or more kilovolts if such property is placed in service as
part of a State or multi-State effort to improve interstate electricity
transmission and that is physically located in not less than 2 States.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCCA175384E08421CBEC3E6A41D765C78"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any tangible property used as a natural gas
transmission pipeline if such property is placed in service as part of a State
or multi-State effort to improve interstate natural gas transmission and that
is physically located in not less than 2 States or in a geographic area
determined by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to experience natural
gas transmission capacity constraints or congestion.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97E7F540B4704C918E6D777A0DDE25D2"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any tangible property used as a
transmission pipeline for crude oil or diesel fuel produced from coal or other
synthetic petroleum products produced from coal if such property is placed in
service as part of a State or multi-State effort to improve the transportation
of crude oil or diesel fuel produced from coal or other synthetic petroleum
products produced from
coal.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB510506EF454D3BB754FC64EF87AF02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception to
private loan financing test</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 141(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (defining the private loan financing test) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F80D15E0DA94BFF9F5A6EEA9DFC10A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (B) and adding <quote>, or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD2725190F514208BDC30721C4F84304"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id144DFE823A5A462F957C931F74AFCB32" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FACEB6CD74946D1BC1B6A34AE462265"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enables the borrower to finance certain
energy transportation infrastructure as defined in section
141(b)(6)(C)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5213eedc8d314a37ba8dc89b39c8ef85"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall apply to bonds issued after the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="idD10B1A46B4F946F8B44C0C2AFE076865" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Emergency service route</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8B351B992C14DE7B3D57B8FB8AF77E6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3021.</enum><header>Emergency service
route</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1948 of the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1514) is repealed.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Conservation and efficiency</header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="id53A6F27A94BD4213A9FB2DACF47B5A79" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>CAFE standards</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4c072057504647958e71f3578aa643ae" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4001.</enum><header>Revised
considerations for decisions on maximum feasible average fuel
economy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 32902 of title
49, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C96882026B74A1EA20D6077B629B236" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe363a69bb1e34bc6af68a35c95129e96"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Considerations
for decisions on maximum feasible average fuel economy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When deciding maximum feasible average fuel
economy under this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall consider the
following matters:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID67becefb0ced45918910cdbfdb016a59"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technological feasibility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID350e0bf3091342c084ba4f6e8c3930db"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Economic practicability.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe04381f910ee402e9305663e04d0c96b"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The effect of other motor vehicle standards
of the Federal Government on fuel economy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfd164f8999e14cfaa085da25d8a0c143"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The need of the United States to conserve
energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa43a9a5b9c1b40ff9db29e6e5e4d86b0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The desirability of reducing United States
dependence on imported oil.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3099418641444a9fbd11cf9ef940115a"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The effects of the average fuel economy
standards on motor vehicle and passenger safety.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID423bcbd6bfbb4f8fa6ba8f107a7fed44"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The effects of increased fuel economy on
air quality.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDeabdbd08da7c4295a1ba4caf280a07d0"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The adverse effects of average fuel economy
standards on the relative competitiveness of manufacturers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3973dcb3e9b24f419837066525e583d9"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The effects of compliance with average fuel
economy standards on levels of employment in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb3432ec41e5348b59334dfbcf9bc887b"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cost and lead time necessary for the
introduction of the necessary new technologies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID248cc12d280245b4901737aa65dcfb4c"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The potential for advanced technology
vehicles, such as hybrid and fuel cell vehicles, to contribute to the
achievement of significant reductions in fuel consumption.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfd454f105f5f434b959b33110f70b9b0"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The extent to which the necessity for
vehicle manufacturers to incur near-term costs to comply with the average fuel
economy standards adversely affects the availability of resources for the
development of advanced technology for the propulsion of motor vehicles.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2493d16eff08426d892eee784af3554d"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report of the National Research Council
entitled <quote>Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy
Standards</quote>, issued in January
2002.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5cbc39944e3644ae862d5e6553a2c14f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4002.</enum><header>Increased fuel
economy standards</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7a65662e62aa4dfba8495c283f82ed26"><enum>(a)</enum><header>New regulations
required for passenger automobiles</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6a431bdde7784820bc23acdab13e5ea9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23D67EED1D7C44958F1157581C3D97D5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Transportation shall issue, under section 32902 of title 49, United States
Code, new regulations setting forth increased average fuel economy standards
for passenger automobiles.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id809CD21CC0C6439684C972DEDF8FA072"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regulations shall be determined on the
basis of the maximum feasible average fuel economy levels for the passenger
automobiles, taking into consideration the matters set forth in subsection (f)
of that section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc53e725c72014b9aa952b74b4a188388"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Time for
issuing regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later
than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Transportation shall issue the final regulations under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8c20aaffc20e45b980e273d24393cb7e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Phased
increases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regulations
issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall specify standards that take effect
successively over several vehicle model years not exceeding 15 vehicle model
years.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3bb227c652fd45c2a858fd456960e57d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarification
of authority to amend passenger automobile standard</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 32902(b) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following:
<quote>or such other standard as the Secretary prescribes under subsection
(c)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID639f70e8d85749e490d30b943c509fee"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Environmental
assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When issuing final
regulations setting forth increased average fuel economy standards under
subsection (a) or (c) of section 32902 of title 49, United States Code, the
Secretary of Transportation shall issue an environmental assessment of the
effects of the increased standards on the environment under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbce33f4ce558442a809e06271e72b3d4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation $5,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012 for carrying out this section and for
administering the regulations issued pursuant to this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcb2c16e772d94f3ebf048326a7207045" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4003.</enum><header>Expedited
procedures for congressional increase in fuel economy standards</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID74f49c31b623466a94a5b4c11bd51edc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Condition for
applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the
Secretary of Transportation fails to issue final regulations with respect to
passenger automobiles under section 4002 on or before the date by which such
final regulations are required by that section to be issued, respectively, this
section shall apply with respect to a bill described in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7c9af3f190004b48bda6903620e09b23"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Bill</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A bill referred to in subsection (a) is a
bill that satisfies the following requirements:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDda37c784c62b44a396cd04e160be959c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Introduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The bill is introduced by 1 or more Members
of Congress by not later than 60 days after the date referred to in subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID787a4aa818f249bbb24230cf7003f15b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The title of the bill is as follows:
<quote>A bill to establish new average fuel economy standards for certain motor
vehicles.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID11cbf43d77cd4be093f2581ff031ee43"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Text</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The bill provides after the enacting clause
only the text specified in subparagraph (A) or any provision described in
subparagraph (B), as follows:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa76158efdaa54f00b4f485b94d0761eb"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Passenger
automobiles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a
bill relating to a failure timely to issue final regulations relating to
passenger automobiles, the following text, with the first blank space being
filled in with the number of a year and the second blank space being filled in
with a number:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id185E87DE19EF406C8F0AEF1F64F82ECE" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9656f6cfcf694c77bc21bf2510658205" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Passenger
automobiles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 32902 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (b) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB15B45DAB9144A5B5F3619786A04507" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC677E789122248EE9A15BB6AD2926593"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Passenger
automobiles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as
provided in this section, the average fuel economy standard for passenger
automobiles manufactured by a manufacturer in a model year after model year __
shall be __ miles per
gallon.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd3f59bd52f3646e79748fae6d75860d8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Substitute
text</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any text substituted by
an amendment that is in order under subsection (c)(3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2bbd0aaa0abf43949905a0ab4504d0ab"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expedited
procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A bill described
in subsection (b) shall be considered in a House of Congress in accordance with
the procedures provided for the consideration of joint resolutions in
paragraphs (3) through (8) of section 8066(c) of the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1985 (as contained in section 101(h) of Public Law 98–473;
98 Stat. 1936), with the following exceptions:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID34f87ef9cdfb4daeba84dd7721170266"><enum>(1)</enum><header>References to
resolution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The references in
those paragraphs to a resolution shall be deemed to refer to the bill described
in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbde7cb117e7b492a9b97bd7f6d1383db"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Committees of
jurisdiction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The committees
to which the bill is referred under this subsection shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2890a91a4f8e48ff8b6b39012eac5748"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the Senate, be the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7edecee7fa8e4de1b2f090a7fd2147fe"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the House of Representatives, be the
Committee on Energy and Commerce.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb2ddf3e2e12d471aba71dba27516e294"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amendments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe668b7c723f443b8aa9b7fa1a61d7af2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amendments in
order</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Only 4 amendments to
the bill are in order in each House, as follows:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7dc49a2fbaa24d849a75f7d08b2087a6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 amendments proposed by the majority
leader of that House.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfca47bcbd8b94e418e587d72ab1afb87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 amendments proposed by the minority
leader of that House.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID08205df4b97b43f99fdb174d32be6172"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form and
content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be in order under
subparagraph (A), an amendment shall propose to strike all after the enacting
clause and substitute text that only includes the same text as is proposed to
be stricken except for 1 or more different numbers in the text.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0f079a020dfc48fcbee1626565181cf3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requirements
for consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (B) of section 8066(c)(5) of
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1985 (98 Stat. 1936), shall apply
to the consideration of each amendment proposed under this paragraph in the
same manner as that subparagraph applies to debatable motions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="id61B0881BC80B484996015DF6BADA4587" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Natural Gas Energy Star Program</header>
<section changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id915DF65DE9B540A2B6C03C56321B268C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4011.</enum><header>Efficiency</header>
<subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF0F324584FF436792DF5B7F897D3A09"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Methane
reduction projects</header>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C575858E9C84D15B18777CE099CE613"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission shall solicit applications from eligible entities,
as determined by the Administrator, for grants under the Natural Gas STAR
Program under the Environmental Protection Agency to pay the Federal share of
the cost of projects relating to the reduction of methane emissions in the oil
and gas industries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67EAE4E15E074C5AB39185636AC9B139"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project
inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To receive a grant
under paragraph (1), the application of the eligible entity shall
include—</text>
<subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE1B1F088269481B974FD2AC99FF3F72"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of 1 or more technologies
used to achieve a reduction in the emission of methane; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFEF775F3AD34FFF927FCD999DC7B341"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the cost-effectiveness of a
technology described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00B3CF2FC73D4340B302D17BBC036397"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant to an eligible entity under this
subsection shall not exceed $50,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9A61E3205A546CFB4115771F4F5631A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of
the cost of a project under this subsection shall not exceed 50 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8F22DD0146E4C89B38C33998B49DA4B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $1,000,000 for the
period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1579DD9625943229A4124209B70B344"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Efficiency
promotion workshops</header>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C3F3D8B98B34764A0F04B97DA9637E7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator, in
conjunction with the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, shall conduct a
series of technical workshops to provide information to officials in oil- and
gas-producing States relating to methane emission reduction techniques.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2AE696585CDF4EF2AA8E081B7529CB8C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $1,000,000 for the
period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>