110 HR 6009 IH: National Environment and Energy Development
U.S. House of Representatives
2008-05-08
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Affordable Fuel for Consumers
Act of 2008
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—General Provisions
Sec. 101. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 102. Cap and reduction of boutique fuels.
Sec. 103. Antitrust prohibition of certain conduct by oil
producing cartels.
Sec. 104. Report to Congress on energy bottlenecks and
barriers.
Title II—Tax Provisions
Sec. 201. 60-day suspension of fuel taxes on highway motor
fuels.
Sec. 202. Temporary expensing of oil and natural gas
exploration and production property.
Sec. 203. Incentives for extraction and processing of oil
shale.
Title III—Oil and Gas drilling
Subtitle A—Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Sec. 301. Definitions.
Sec. 302. Leasing program for lands within the Coastal
Plain.
Sec. 303. Lease sales.
Sec. 304. Grant of leases by the Secretary.
Sec. 305. Lease terms and conditions.
Sec. 306. Coastal Plain environmental protection.
Sec. 307. Expedited judicial review.
Sec. 308. Federal and State distribution of
revenues.
Sec. 309. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain.
Sec. 310. Conveyance.
Sec. 311. Local government impact aid and community service
assistance.
Subtitle B—Off shore drilling for oil and gas
Sec. 321. Termination of prohibitions on expenditures for, and
withdrawals from, offshore leasing.
Sec. 322. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program.
Sec. 323. Sharing of revenues.
Subtitle C—Prohibition on exportation of Alaskan North Slope
crude oil
Sec. 331. Prohibition on exportation of Alaskan North Slope
crude oil.
<enum>I</enum><header>General
Provisions</header>
<section id="H7A333E71C22840BFABCFB33C35DE78A3"><enum>101.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
the Congress that the President should stop filling the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve until the price of petroleum no longer has a major adverse impact on
the national economy.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0EC97B5E580041CEB4275B14AC7737B5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Cap and reduction of
boutique fuels</header>
<subsection id="HEF3DE19633B140C4A574731BD424C288"><enum>(a)</enum><header>EPA Approval of
State Plans With Boutique Fuels</header><text>Section 211(c)(4) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)</external-xref>)
is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Clean Air Act" id="HB408F225373F475BBD923E1173DD49A8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H8217E0714733485C8BABF4E24C1FC6B2" indent="up2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>In the case of gasoline, after the
enactment of this subparagraph, the Administrator may give a preference to the
approval of State implementation plan provisions described in subparagraph (C)
if the control or prohibition in such provisions requires the use of either of
the following:</text>
<clause id="HD00B194C71C344BFA508FC291CF833C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Reformulated gasoline as defined in
subsection (k).</text>
</clause><clause id="H79A2FEC9FD3643B8B76CF58F92DE7FCC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Gasoline having a Reid Vapor Pressure
of 7.0 or 7.8 pounds per square inch (psi) for the high ozone season (as
determined by the Administrator).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">The
Administrator shall have no authority, when considering State implementation
plan revisions under subparagraph (C), to approve any fuel or fuel additive if
the effect of such approval would be to increase the total number of fuels and
fuel additives approved in all State implementation plans nationwide prior to
June 1,
2004.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H73CA5E45FC134133B5382FE53382C408"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cross
Reference</header><text>Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
7545(c)(4)(C)) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
<quote>After the date of enactment of subparagraph (D) of this paragraph, any
State implementation plan revision under this subparagraph involving gasoline
shall be considered only pursuant to both this subparagraph and subparagraph
(D).</quote> .</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1EC4F4AFB1E24AD680DA5FFED5AA7D3F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in cooperation with the
Secretary of Energy, shall undertake a study of the effects on air quality, on
the number of fuel blends, on fuel availability, and on fuel costs of the State
plan provisions adopted pursuant to section 211(c)(4)(D) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name>. In carrying out such
study, the Administrator shall obtain comments from affected parties. The
Administrator shall submit the results of such study to the Congress not later
than 18 months after the enactment of this Act, together with any recommended
legislative changes to the list of fuels in section 211(c)(4)(D), which, if
expanded, shall not exceed 10 fuels.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H90F163B222414799853F76695E17EF00"><enum>103.</enum><header>Antitrust
prohibition of certain conduct by oil producing cartels</header>
<subsection id="H461E293368A7491F9D8C0889D4CC1D74"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Antitrust
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Sherman Act (15
U.S.C. 1 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 7 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2DF61555214943E28C18D0E4A8785C49" style="traditional">
<section id="H33746F49E17743CE80697F9CD01BA0D0"><enum>7A.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H46D736FF34DE40C39EDD6E39EE694E41"><enum>(a)</enum><text>It shall be illegal and
a violation of this Act for any foreign state, or any instrumentality or agent
of any foreign state, to act collectively or in combination with any other
foreign state, any instrumentality or agent of any other foreign state, or any
other person, whether by cartel or any other association or form of cooperation
or joint action—</text>
<paragraph id="HA430F1B65D084B7BA733B9263164BDD3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to limit the
production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum
product;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C7251086E5E4170895C657B04C4A6D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to set or maintain
the price of oil, natural gas, or any petroleum product; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7DF8B56EB98427E8EDDA7A51D6D9DC7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to otherwise take
any action in restraint of trade for oil, natural gas, or any petroleum
product;</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">when such
action, combination, or collective action has a direct, substantial, and
reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of
oil, natural gas, or other petroleum product in the United States.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="H0F3CC56BF7AE40D18ED4DBFBA6372EDF"><enum>(b)</enum><text>A foreign state
engaged in conduct in violation of subsection (a) shall not be immune under the
doctrine of sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction or judgments of the courts
of the United States in any action brought to enforce this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H62E18D1138724EA794F58155ADA265B6"><enum>(c)</enum><text>No court of the
United States shall decline, based on the act of state doctrine, to make a
determination on the merits in an action brought under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA52F3D25570040C0AA099458A7AD3694"><enum>(d)</enum><text>The Attorney
General of the United States may bring an action to enforce this section in any
district court of the United States as provided under the antitrust
laws.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H047527537AE84BD594EC28725F38F22B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sovereign
immunity</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/1605">Section 1605(a)</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7A3A6E04BC3941CD86F35B9B1C8C0014"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7AD748972B574362AE8750E815FD0839"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA72E8645091F4B3B9CBFC5458656E297"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE20C97C76C144418B07646F179276EA" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HCD0185951F724D85ADA426607CCEED5E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in which the
action is brought under section 7A of the Sherman
Act.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3630C957362B46FD82EBA032F13400C7"><enum>104.</enum><header>Report to
Congress on energy bottlenecks and barriers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Congress a
report containing the results of a study on the effectiveness of our Nation’s
energy supply, and limitations on the current energy infrastructure, with
emphasis on areas that create artificial shortages, long-term supply problems,
and higher costs. The study shall compare regional differences in supply and
cost of energy, and reasons for such differences.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Tax
Provisions</header>
<section id="H32498E456C2D4A3198A3C74EC10005A3"><enum>201.</enum><header>60-day
suspension of fuel taxes on highway motor fuels</header>
<subsection id="HC7F4B83A0CC74058A4D05FA1B2544BCA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4081">Section 4081</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to imposition of tax on motor and aviation fuels) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5ABB875B8F8041A28F80A1413F596287">
<subsection id="H9A87D984FE634AA087C51DBB8F92E338"><enum>(f)</enum><header>60-day
suspension of highway motor fuel taxes</header>
<paragraph id="H2B4E991D4891400E00354652468EF717"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>During the suspension period, no tax shall be imposed by
section 4041 or 4081 on highway motor fuel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1692EE6A49FA4021B0BC3219D54D78C9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2CAFA83900714793A375D3812D87AA30"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Suspension
period</header><text>The term <term>suspension period</term> means the 60-day
period beginning on the day after the date of the enactment of this
section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDCED58CFBAA04FAA9CAAE63DB2D50020"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Highway motor
fuel</header><text>The term <term>highway motor fuel</term> means any fuel
subject to tax under section 4041 or 4081 other than aviation gasoline and
aviation-grade kerosene.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H81F84DAD3E384F3080993C00AF003EFB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Preemption of
State law</header><text>No State tax may be increased by reason of any
suspension of tax under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H2E552EB141DA47900042D9AA1E4983AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maintenance of
trust funds deposits; amounts appropriated to trust funds treated as
taxes</header>
<paragraph id="HF413E612DA6E4243A3EC9CEC8DDCB537"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is hereby
appropriated (out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated) to
each trust fund which would (but for this subsection) receive reduced revenues
as a result of suspending a tax referred to in section 4081(f)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) an amount equal to
such reduction in revenues. Amounts appropriated by the preceding sentence to
any trust fund—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBDDB78BA15A74EBEB6192DC700B804B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be transferred from the general fund
at such times and in such manner as to replicate to the extent possible the
transfers which would have occurred had subsection (a) not been enacted,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E99A4AF645044839F8B52614D913CC9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be treated
for all purposes of Federal law as taxes received under the appropriate section
referred to in such section 4081(f)(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1E8BF1AE12E64BA3918055176F62427B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCABE8201A3B3469DA5E2B859A297C99C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Temporary expensing
of oil and natural gas exploration and production property</header>
<subsection id="H4B7BFE1BC4EC432B81D7ADA8714D62FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 179E the following
new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F8818CFF1D84228B4631C554CEF7777" style="OLC">
<section id="HDCC68FF2687E436B90B5DF4B3440CF74"><enum>179F.</enum><header>Temporary
expensing of oil and natural gas exploration and production property </header>
<subsection id="H140B9FC7C92D4119B24521E0E04B683E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Treatment as
Expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the election of
the taxpayer, there shall be allowed as a deduction an amount equal to the cost
paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year for qualified oil and
gas production property. The deduction under the preceding sentence with
respect to any property shall be allowed for the taxable year in which such
property is placed in service.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCEE985C34CAF4229BD4823AA3D74E03F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified oil
and gas production property</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HD54E350283D34CD5A900A060D3D4589F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>qualified oil and gas production
property</term> means any property—</text>
<subparagraph id="H20BCA54BA39D472D8F3DDBC0EB431591"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the original use of which begins with the
taxpayer, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8902C3B51ED648F199B651045B7CBF3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>which is described
in any of the following assets classes under Revenue Procedure 87–56:</text>
<clause id="H9ED9AB63857B48479E98059E12B900AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>13.0 (relating to
assets used in offshore drilling for oil and gas).</text>
</clause><clause id="HCF1EBEDEC90F49788799F448B0614628"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>13.1 (relating to
drilling of oil and gas wells).</text>
</clause><clause id="H055F30C6348741A6AFD31B78009279EF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">13.2 (relating to exploration for and
production of petroleum and natural gas deposits).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC0982DD85007434586E28897AF169D66"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application of
section</header><text>This section shall apply to any property only if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCF7AB664339C4CB1B6BD1BDB4E41558E"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF480C192ED98477F882135D9C75299E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>no written binding
contract for the construction of such property was in effect on or before May
8, 2008, or</text>
</clause><clause id="H955186F8B10647D4B9B61C31FA66A4AD" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of self-constructed
property, the construction of such property did not commence on or before such
date, and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD544B35C6E446F0B8760012C0FABC60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such property is
placed in service before January 1, 2012.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3AF218DD7ECD40FF9775523D0548CE49"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rule for
sale-leasebacks</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), if property
is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC4C238EBADEE4CA2992215FC50057771"><enum>(A)</enum><text>originally placed
in service after the date of the enactment of this section by a person,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA213D1B656FC4514953CAFFE9F007835"><enum>(B)</enum><text>sold and leased
back by such person within 3 months after the date such property was originally
placed in service,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">such
property shall be treated as originally placed in service not earlier than the
date on which such property is used under the leaseback referred to in
subparagraph (B).</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0EA72923153944E8A72ECBC8F33A462"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Basis
reduction</header>
<paragraph id="HFDC8F983F1124B6500FFF97B857239B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of this title, the basis of any property
shall be reduced by the portion of the cost of such property taken into account
under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED99E93D426B47FF8F14B5ABCCE35C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ordinary income
recapture</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
section 1245, the amount of the deduction allowable under subsection (a) with
respect to any property which is of a character subject to the allowance for
depreciation shall be treated as a deduction allowed for depreciation under
section 167.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4F6637F6DEA41AFBEA8F4EC35156437"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Election</header>
<paragraph id="HEAD1E16A38DD4C2A9F5BF0040A0FAFF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An election under this section for any taxable year shall
be made on the taxpayer’s return of the tax imposed by this chapter for the
taxable year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB3C4DDCA5C554A5EA8D79410712D2906"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election
irrevocable</header><text>Any election made under this section may not be
revoked except with the consent of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6722D81B8CA3444894BC77FD7627064E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Election To
allocate deduction to cooperative owner</header><text>A rule similar to the
rule of section 179C(g) shall apply for purposes of this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H645D5502E2D046709717626F02DBDCBB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HD652923B336A4728A587BA104CE5654D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 263(a)(1)
of such Code is amended by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of
subparagraph (K), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (L) and
inserting <quote>, or</quote>, and by inserting after subparagraph (L) the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H00270F902EAF45F7BA6872D4F66BAF7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H2033470442CC47F194F9D39EA000A4D7"><enum>(M)</enum><text>expenditures for
which a deduction is allowed under section
179F.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE831C7576C9C4723821E3DD50355449E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 263A(c)(3)
of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>179F,</quote> after
<quote>179B,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B25A51FB0A44218A83525D73923AAD3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section
312(k)(3)(B) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>or 179E</quote> each
place it appears in the heading and text and inserting <quote>179E, or
179F</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D85B995D3304F7CB40051E75B9DB5ED"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 1016(a) of
such Code is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph
(36), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (37) and inserting
<quote>, or</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FA6495AC92C475DB037B53389DD2DE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1740610F5D1A4E33AD53994EBD87DE62"><enum>(38)</enum><text>to the extent
provided in section
179F(c).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H885C64D640A8458094A0F203A9C9C4AF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 1245(a) of
such Code is amended by inserting <quote>179F,</quote> after
<quote>179E,</quote> both places it appears in paragraphs (2)(C) and
(3)(C).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H96310D58971E40C083E9A008ED6353B5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The table of
sections for part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 179C the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9540FD881DF64DEB985399F23FBF2422" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 179F. Temporary expensing of oil and
natural gas exploration and production
property.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF428B685540F4055B363481271AD86BD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to costs
paid or incurred after the date of the enactment of this Act in taxable years
ending after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7E6FD1C84CA4B74BB87534BF833FEE"><enum>203.</enum><header>Incentives for
extraction and processing of oil shale</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F0B25131D2B4FD7BF00B0DC76735B24"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Investment tax
credit for extraction and processing of oil shale using in-situ conversion
technology</header>
<paragraph id="H87DA0BBC106D433EACD4B1F02703EC2C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subpart E of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 48B the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H623D9DDB5F544C56A959628FF51BF894" style="OLC">
<section id="H00CDED10B03B4919A6C2AF62F81608CF"><enum>48C.</enum><header>Oil shale
extraction and processing facility</header>
<subsection id="H10D739C31FAB4E90BD7905195C7E40F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of section
46, the oil shale extraction and processing credit for any taxable year is 30
percent of the cost of any qualified oil shale extraction and processing
property.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDE594A31AC744DAE0000AD70FCA9B2B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified oil
shale extraction and processing property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified oil shale
extraction and processing property</term> means property of a character subject
to the allowance for depreciation—</text>
<paragraph id="H77ECE5260E8E4E16BED9B82D21A79932"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which is used in the United States solely
to extract and process oil shale using in-situ conversion technology,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65FF8830A7554F37983178363E21F6D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the original use
of which commences with the taxpayer after the date of the enactment of this
section,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21F2BFEEB8094D3F96976C34027B15E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>which is acquired
by the taxpayer by purchase (as defined in section 179(d)) after the date of
the enactment of this subsection, but only if no written binding contract for
the acquisition was in effect on or before the date of the enactment of this
subsection, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5F838FD70094E1500F7DA61D6E083C8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>which is placed in
service by the taxpayer before January 1, 2019.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6342DD40BCFB4FC582F52E316003C125"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special rule for
certain subsidized property</header><text>For purposes of this section, rules
similar to the rules of section 48(a)(4) shall apply.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF7B1289D260D4DB785004660E6AF24A2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Denial of double
benefit</header><text>A deduction or credit shall not be allowed under any
other provision of this chapter for the cost taken into account under
subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB53166547C2B43E78F74CBC5EAEF15D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Credit treated as
part of investment credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 46 is amended by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (4), by striking the period at the
end of paragraph (5) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H426C5F18B25C45CD8CC3066F33D9CDE1" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4539B8D7DD5D48629DD8CB68049E2F62"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the oil shale extraction and processing
credit.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4245EC4268A4483853C61DAE9793C6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F1A06A91748494CA84EDB60E8FF1EA7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 49(a)(1)(C) is amended by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (iv), by striking the period at the end
of clause (v) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the end the
following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FB9155029CE4622BF8D7B44F1A1CCF2" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66ED0B62610C4435AA4FEB58AD826EB"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the basis of any qualified oil shale
extraction and processing
property.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A7BE38633D2452E8E222BAA70300581"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for subpart E of part
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 48B the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBD521C8DF08423492B4F4348BCA783D" style="OLC">
<toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H623D9DDB5F544C56A959628FF51BF894" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="H00CDED10B03B4919A6C2AF62F81608CF" level="section">Sec. 48C. Oil shale extraction and processing
facility.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD39F8C7E99434B2E8C0882F4C5B26DF1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expensing oil
shale extraction and processing property</header><text>Part VI of subchapter B
of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting after section 179F the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4266F346C8E34B7480EBDCA16CD04E81">
<section id="HFEAA14CFDF464F91948D9FBDAEAA2D43"><enum>179G.</enum><header>Election to
expense certain oil shale extraction and processing property</header>
<subsection id="H93DFFB4CC5104B07B5E3941554B64BDF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Treatment as
expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A taxpayer may elect
to treat the cost of any qualified oil shale extraction and processing property
as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account. Any cost so treated
shall be allowed as a deduction for the taxable year in which the expense is
incurred.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC088A403C0424AEF9D12298CBFC13047"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Election</header>
<paragraph id="H61794DF4D7774956AF75ADBE80A0065"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An election under this section for any taxable year shall
be made on the taxpayer’s return of the tax imposed by this chapter for the
taxable year. Such election shall be made in such manner as the Secretary may
by regulations prescribe.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9AE7FB4EBA847EE84D7B02F5C553430"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election
irrevocable</header><text>Any election made under this section may not be
revoked except with the consent of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H869F045B78534E848193D06DFF109F5D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualified oil
shale extraction and processing property</header><text>For purposes of this
section—</text>
<paragraph id="H728AEA24288C4D40B654BB579E862FB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified oil shale
extraction and processing property</term> means any property located in the
United States—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B606122F798401D9E5B578626A25870"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the original use
of which commences with the taxpayer and which original use is solely to
extract or process oil shale, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA95E5FF3E2341AC882B1445CABFB90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>which is placed in
service by the taxpayer after the date of the enactment of this section and
before January 1, 2019.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB5EBE458D7C94F3495B212BFDDEDB70"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Election To
allocate deduction to cooperative owner</header><text>If—</text>
<paragraph id="H040AA6543A1142E98D5508C6E3AC61F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a taxpayer to
which subsection (a) applies is an organization to which part I of subchapter T
applies, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1645B369EB00405DBA50AE3C294BC208"><enum>(2)</enum><text>one or more
persons directly holding an ownership interest in the taxpayer are
organizations to which part I of subchapter T apply,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">the
taxpayer may elect to allocate all or a portion of the deduction allowable
under subsection (a) to such persons. Such allocation shall be equal to the
person’s ratable share of the total amount allocated, determined on the basis
of the person’s ownership interest in the taxpayer. The taxable income of the
taxpayer shall not be reduced under section 1382 by reason of any amount to
which the preceding sentence applies.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="HE24EBE61376A48DF81ED9C6910B7FBDA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Basis
reduction</header>
<paragraph id="H9EE231304CED4812BAEB6C0332BDE483"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this
title, if a deduction is allowed under this section with respect to any
qualified oil shale extraction and processing property, the basis of such
property shall be reduced by the amount of the deduction so allowed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89918403FEC4456FB09803181B43EE51"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ordinary income
recapture</header><text>For purposes of section 1245, the amount of the
deduction allowable under subsection (a) with respect to any property which is
of a character subject to the allowance for depreciation shall be treated as a
deduction allowed for depreciation under section 167.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6DE89352705F4E798188FBC697FFD325"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Application with
other deductions and credits</header>
<paragraph id="H494DA3DAC46F4BF0A8F0F671A979CF08"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Other
deductions</header><text>No deduction shall be allowed under any other
provision of this chapter with respect to any expenditure with respect to which
a deduction is allowed under subsection (a) to the taxpayer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB8305F085D34D18009C9BD09185A900"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Credits</header><text>No
credit shall be allowed under section 38 with respect to any amount for which a
deduction is allowed under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H917D647BDF9B4C8BABD6AC008CDA00B2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>No
deduction shall be allowed under subsection (a) to any taxpayer for any taxable
year unless such taxpayer files with the Secretary a report containing such
information with respect to the operation of the property of the taxpayer as
the Secretary shall
require.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD9C8083F0856461AB1B225F2583EE21B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H2B39E101997549929E41555729E0FD02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 1016(a) of
such Code is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph
(37), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (38) and inserting
<quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H525C92FCB8254DDBB280CC35CE8D5059" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE550B5C529644850B58C488261DBE04"><enum>(39)</enum><text>to the extent
provided in section
179G(e)(1).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDBF62F4C051743EF9F6114009F51EC83"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1245(a) of
such Code is amended by inserting <quote>179G,</quote> after
<quote>179F,</quote> both places it appears in paragraphs (2)(C) and
(3)(C).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9F6A80039D0437381CCE30005F59C18"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 263(a)(1)
of such Code is amended by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of
subparagraph (L), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (M) and
inserting <quote>, or</quote>, and by inserting after subparagraph (M) the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD81C6CF85F3342B2BC43F2586E58D6D">
<subparagraph id="H7C66DD42950642BD955011C3680506F0"><enum>(N)</enum><text>expenditures for
which a deduction is allowed under section
179G.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA2E9444FDAA4D0495516CF20330CF6C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section
312(k)(3)(B) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>or 179F</quote> each
place it appears in the heading and text and inserting <quote>179F, or
179G</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA51CC4B61DE4FD8916748BE0000E000"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The table of
sections for part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 179F the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H352D79986BDC4904A563C1A489F40000" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 179G. Election to expense certain oil
shale extraction and processing
property.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6255FEF65CA4F1EA090F500EAA09F5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to
properties placed in service after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Oil
and Gas drilling</header>
<subtitle id="HBD44D79BB2DC44E38B1192E0FECB00A8"><enum>A</enum><header>Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge</header>
<section id="H80A1013434C04941AF4C46032381F682"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="H2E5FF09D3A6B407195C68B08117753C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coastal
Plain</header><text>The term <term>Coastal Plain</term> means that area
described in appendix I to part 37 of title 50, Code of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H139B0A95F51F4D2DBBCE6EDAB6FDAFE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term>, except as otherwise provided, means the Secretary
of the Interior or the Secretary’s designee.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H03A6D05E5ABF4302AAE5E01C141EF8F"><enum>302.</enum><header>Leasing program
for lands within the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="HC529D06614F24A8FA243CA51E2E7CDA2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall take such actions as are
necessary—</text>
<paragraph id="HCE2A8AB78D8D4AEE95CBD2AC122FB250"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to establish and
implement, in accordance with this subtitle and acting through the Director of
the Bureau of Land Management in consultation with the Director of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, a competitive oil and gas leasing program
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 id="H6E3F2B7545E047E4883154191510F1A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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, 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 id="H6C60762738304DA8AFF4708D7FDD0040"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="HF25EDFC170AF4846BBBB77B77900BBA9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section
1003 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C.
3143) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H09935E1F52684C1F83AF9D3E6675F7C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1 of such Act is
amended by striking the item relating to section 1003.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1332FE1CFF76438487C25BB66D633F9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance with
requirements under certain other laws</header>
<paragraph id="H8A11A4E6817F47AC9957DBACEB234477"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compatibility</header><text>For
purposes of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16
U.S.C. 668dd et seq.), 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 no further findings or decisions are required to implement
this determination.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9B5524D78624168ADAE424954DE7362"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adequacy of the
Department of the Interior’s legislative environmental impact
statement</header><text>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 (16
U.S.C. 3142) and section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>) is deemed to satisfy the requirements under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 that apply with respect to prelease
activities, including 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 id="H1D680AA071C1480EAF69FA5536DFC889"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance with
NEPA for other actions</header><text>Before conducting the first lease sale
under this subtitle, the Secretary shall prepare an environmental impact
statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 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 enactment of this subtitle. 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 id="H103696238A1E43C8A253A538694B08CA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to
State and local authority</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle shall be
considered to expand or limit State and local regulatory authority.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD7CB0ADB0C5C42BB9DAB4BB57DE544C4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
areas</header>
<paragraph id="H3209B8D61F8B41779FB8A7AADF2D5583"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98857FF0A143430E9C747CE3A5D02D4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Management</header><text>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 id="HE16E09ED1501456CAF436C27600492E8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exclusion from
leasing or surface occupancy</header><text>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 id="H417CC42EA294445095C095DC2861EE7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Directional
drilling</header><text>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 Special Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7B482238DAA244F58BA81B6894B76EA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on
closed areas</header><text>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 id="H4ADE8C9901AB40678C99E4D454B900F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="HCE9800AA2F7247609122E5571C28F933"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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 enactment of this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8EEA742F3B0457090143F39261FA48C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revision of
regulations</header><text>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 id="H8EE9ABD45B684B52AAB81E6BFF2666CD"><enum>303.</enum><header>Lease
sales</header>
<subsection id="H70F3F1FC90EA4DBC86A9CB7F94F608FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Lands may be leased pursuant to this subtitle to any
person qualified to obtain a lease for deposits of oil and gas under the
Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE76F5FA4177541ADA6CFA8A19F57A689"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for—</text>
<paragraph id="H6B100E8AC2C2409BBB833200AB00787B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 id="H9DA54F7D7FD94ABDAEFBD72731D6281F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the holding of
lease sales after such nomination process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF4D8B4829DE456C8923FACF941D878"><enum>(3)</enum><text>public notice of
and comment on designation of areas to be included in, or excluded from, a
lease sale.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H87B38582646C480DBCEA8990003D7DB7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lease sale
bids</header><text>Bidding for leases under this subtitle shall be by sealed
competitive cash bonus bids.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFCE49CCA60EC4C7C979EF2D8E31D598C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acreage minimum
in first sale</header><text>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 id="H50B22F56B6AC44419E99912982C6593E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Timing of lease
sales</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H27149469138E4883B7363B8F944DCAB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct the first
lease sale under this subtitle within 22 months after the date of the enactment
of this subtitle; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49EC0ACF76454C56BE2000630679119B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 id="HA92B4486E7EF44B48855DFFC948F1432"><enum>304.</enum><header>Grant of leases
by the Secretary</header>
<subsection id="HAAD1D6E5C38F4D4A8DAC535219C5B737"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may grant to the highest responsible
qualified bidder in a lease sale conducted pursuant to section 303 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 id="H304048B4E78A4CADA34D245865C8DD7D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subsequent
transfers</header><text>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 id="HB6B85891E13A41A0843D709528375500"><enum>305.</enum><header>Lease terms and
conditions</header>
<subsection id="H493BE44D39654040B58F79ADE2A39769"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An oil or gas lease issued pursuant to this subtitle
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5FD8DF0525834D73831D0071B3000079"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 id="H35A4DEAE1F794577AED8329F17F11CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 id="HA9222FCD7A664FBC8B95FD7FDCA6F9F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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 id="HC56CEE69C3AA464EA7D00027F6BC9780"><enum>(4)</enum><text>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 id="H55F93FBB01024E178238006E0087E8B2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>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 id="H1F57A6833B4F422EAA5222CC51DAE570"><enum>(6)</enum><text>contain terms and
conditions relating to protection of fish and wildlife, their habitat,
subsistence resources, and the environment as required pursuant to section
302(a)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB21C8F974E04C5181D3817E86008F90"><enum>(7)</enum><text>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 id="HF3328682F4264943B8676C086CC004C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>prohibit the export
of oil produced under the lease; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3DF5220159B34FCDB98C31E321109425"><enum>(9)</enum><text>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 id="H35D9A3390DED42A7A4B315392EFE643C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project labor
agreements</header><text>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 id="HAFC8CB04A59D4C63817F0960A36900EB"><enum>306.</enum><header>Coastal Plain
environmental protection</header>
<subsection id="HD6A92D200542432CB9602766EC3881C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>No significant
adverse effect standard To govern authorized Coastal Plain
activities</header><text>The Secretary shall, consistent with the requirements
of section 302, administer the provisions of this subtitle through regulations,
lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other
provisions that—</text>
<paragraph id="HD5C9C6A2811746A98E17BD3F798F9156"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 id="HE5E90815604C45D996E2F20056BE63A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 id="H6813710F9C8B4872AFC5767B4072E03D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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 id="HB19379CA52C848669920715300F4E401"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Site-specific
assessment and mitigation</header><text>The Secretary shall also require, with
respect to any proposed drilling and related activities, that—</text>
<paragraph id="H54632B79A93B4E90B627ADD566CB2038"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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,
subsistence resources, and the environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H56D6912F6A054F6B912FAC765D007704"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 id="H377C1485ED1142E99F39DDB2C01C544"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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 id="H6DAE2EF9568D4B8FBC8CC5E2CD9FA0D6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations To
protect coastal plain fish and wildlife resources, subsistence users, and the
environment</header><text>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 id="H3D82B8F3437E484E9DF271F6A5CB88A7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance with
Federal and State environmental laws and other requirements</header><text>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 id="HDD073C2727504068ABC356A813A8E6A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 id="H74B3D2D442B64ECEB7537378E4D4F5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 id="H0C3B80C66D024411BE2DA5E5938489E6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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, if necessary, 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 id="H4F50776D451C4917BCA2416DC2607183"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Design safety and
construction standards for all pipelines and any access and service roads,
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD653F5A40D5E4C0C9ED762853003F8AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>minimize, to the
maximum extent possible, adverse effects upon the passage of migratory species
such as caribou; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80D0B3D4A62E4BF3A790FE44BE9F5700"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minimize adverse
effects upon the flow of surface water by requiring the use of culverts,
bridges, and other structural devices.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H386704C39F9C474B988763B806B5C02"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Prohibitions on
general public access and use on all pipeline access and service roads.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54DE5579B264430781CABB72C425DBC4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>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 id="HCDC41AECF42C48F6B46FF88307659000"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on access by all modes of transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBBA3D9F207BB49098228D8D588D49976"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on sand and gravel extraction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5E4FFDE5A1447879102C250341868CB"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Consolidation of
facility siting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4D71790A49F4E77896EA2B65CA9163"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on use of explosives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55869E95218D4A0E98F93F7289589EF3"><enum>(11)</enum><text>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 id="H39DAC990FCBD4124BBE1B7DF3EBF00"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Avoidance or
minimization of air traffic-re<nobreak></nobreak>lated disturbance to fish and
wildlife.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B56AD975828424EBCE4B8B56B150000"><enum>(13)</enum><text>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 id="H0E758B937C95437C0079DEDDED33E95B"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Fuel storage and
oil spill contingency planning.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H505170EB06A641C3A570E9C1654949C4"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Research,
monitoring, and reporting requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63EDD66211824E8089E693C4CA6305C"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Field crew
environmental briefings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE6D125F30E34D45AB5592094C463796"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Avoidance of
significant adverse effects upon subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping by
subsistence users.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H536B3523FA904705850060178B44C9E"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Compliance with
applicable air and water quality standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8850BC42E24241ECA0BB2183FC746795"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Appropriate
seasonal and safety zone designations around well sites, within which
subsistence hunting and trapping shall be limited.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H671115A99D2D43E0938198576FABE77E"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Reasonable
stipulations for protection of cultural and archaeological resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7125E39A74014EAABCCA576EE1852335"><enum>(21)</enum><text>All other
protective environmental stipulations, restrictions, terms, and conditions
deemed necessary by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H141199A2F6A047F088A736A0DC9ECFF8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
preparing and promulgating regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions,
prohibitions, and stipulations under this section, the Secretary shall consider
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H9B52B920EFF642EFAE407723F25300C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 id="H347C2638ED7E44E3AB744DB931C27CC4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 id="H2702D325AD0A4765A7C5C0F8EFC0A9EF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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 id="H5AC210BAD63145D18B6F086485F8CCB3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Facility
consolidation planning</header>
<paragraph id="H8F1F05C44A1C44D0A85D99F3695EF074"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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 id="HF13AAC72D5B94367970826385498ACEB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
plan shall have the following objectives:</text>
<subparagraph id="HDE30DE2BDCB3413CA4A330A174D03869"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Avoiding
unnecessary duplication of facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2A7B6094E9F4DB9A7FBCBFBEF369C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Encouraging
consolidation of common facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC595ECA60CF439CA38C836D4D335FFD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Locating or
confining facilities and activities to areas that will minimize impact on fish
and wildlife, their habitat, and the environment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C94CD26074945BCB0A46659A263A659"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Utilizing existing
facilities wherever practicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB948AF46D9EC4E078DCDC4B8779E3F2F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Enhancing
compatibility between wildlife values and development activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCC47D423AC744E8A8529353D6FF9BEF5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Access to public
lands</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC838715E12024E9480A40470EF94C6FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 id="HD21A3AA6465F4A7BB4C26DD67FD23799"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that local
residents shall have reasonable access to public lands in the Coastal Plain for
traditional uses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2DF7FBFCCAD246C79C2DAA8010A1B36C"><enum>307.</enum><header>Expedited
judicial review</header>
<subsection id="HF4217E8003FE45C6880259D3B22256D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Filing of
complaint</header>
<paragraph id="H52B0E84A32E04332B1397908BDA257C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>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—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7DD568C511254D5BB95C1011C6724D00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as provided
in subparagraph (B), within the 90-day period beginning on the date of the
action being challenged; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95CA3D8BEE0D4E85ABA2809372FD4C1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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 id="H4D30719EA0C64EC0A98177B3C0D0E100"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>Any
complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of this subtitle or any
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 id="H30112C4D2AF24720B5781130977B4E41"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on
scope of certain review</header><text>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 id="HCADB8907B30D4AD9B48D003335CD73A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
other review</header><text>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 id="H1C0DFA880C894083984658451C009C00"><enum>308.</enum><header>Federal and
State distribution of revenues</header>
<subsection id="H95A44D63ECF04417B8006EB64035978B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amount
of adjusted bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from Federal oil and gas
leasing and operations authorized under this subtitle—</text>
<paragraph id="H4D89AFC4638F41BD00A392797EE7EBA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>50 percent shall
be paid to the State of Alaska; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10E8EC47CC5D4591903100FBFA6CE12F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>except as provided
in section 311(d), the balance shall be deposited into the Treasury as
miscellaneous receipts.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA5CDBA0850414FE583E2441EB7DD1D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payments to
Alaska</header><text>Payments to the State of Alaska under this section shall
be made semiannually.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H057D9936E1EF4B4AA99BE034E00B12D"><enum>309.</enum><header>Rights-of-way
across the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="HD5290BFA47B4497D81ABF030997B33D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall issue rights-of-way and easements
across the Coastal Plain for the transportation of oil and gas—</text>
<paragraph id="H26B84D47090243BBAAFF8FEBF06ABB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>except as provided
in paragraph (2), under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/185">30 U.S.C. 185</external-xref>),
without regard to title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/3161">30 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3951FC692664ED9AC14C1EFD2495EDC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>under title XI of
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/3161">30 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.</external-xref>),
for access authorized by sections 1110 and 1111 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3170 and
3171).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4020AADEF0D3497385A23E7433CE689"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header><text>The Secretary shall include in any right-of-way or
easement issued under 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 id="H89F35F510917491D8EF71FDDF92C1CE7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall include in regulations under section 302(g) provisions granting
rights-of-way and easements described in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC1750137EDCF4020A503818D00BAFDA1"><enum>310.</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 (16 U.S.C.
3192(h)(2)), shall convey—</text>
<paragraph id="H06DA2DB8471A40DDA87D17B493E720E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 sections 12 and 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(43 U.S.C. 1611 and 1613) 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 id="H130B163A03EE4AFDBFA560900ABF9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 id="H9E05F195464243B4ACF9106F26F2B00"><enum>311.</enum><header>Local government
impact aid and community service assistance</header>
<subsection id="HCEFDBAE3C70C4113991CB687DB0100D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financial
assistance authorized</header>
<paragraph id="H3C1DE57F370947E8A3436C90F8E93494"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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 id="HAECD33BA071348F1A2005F2DA14DE07F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
entities</header><text>The North Slope Borough, the City of Kaktovik, and any
other borough, municipal subdivision, village, or other community in the State
of Alaska that is directly impacted by exploration for, or the production of,
oil or gas on the Coastal Plain under this subtitle, as determined by the
Secretary, shall be eligible for financial assistance under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB9FE7471C43446149192E7A73EA9692"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
assistance</header><text>Financial assistance under this section may be used
only for—</text>
<paragraph id="HC97776ADB4934877BB3BCE0900640168"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 id="H5A40DEEAFB2A4A8EB57C87DC6EC916A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementing
mitigation plans and maintaining mitigation projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H25B5D252E8324AC9A63F33B5506854F3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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 fire-fighting, police, water, waste
treatment, medivac, and medical services; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF922BB4805A046BBB75BA31200D97FEB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establishment of a
coordination office, by the North Slope Borough, in the City of Kaktovik, which
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD2A2B61DF26C4D4EB9607B410086B4D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinate with
and advise developers on local conditions, impact, and history of the areas
utilized for development; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C2A79CAC8744815A4A614A53E365D48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide to the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Energy and Natural 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 id="HD783A0580C704796B5FA4F44ADE5E6B9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="HFA79CD9A1D814B3093C2ECC406CDD19"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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 id="HE1FCD0F9D0464DEB922215006E26ABB0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>North Slope
Borough communities</header><text>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 id="HA8DE3CB056C4494E9924DEAD9D4584D1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application
assistance</header><text>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 id="HB7271B7483CE4B2FB0507E1181A9C0B5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Establishment of
fund</header>
<paragraph id="HA632ABCEFC9741DAB5DF00945DDF7B72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established in the Treasury the Coastal Plain
Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H16DD6F34DEA7474481CA796240FB2100"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use</header><text>Amounts
in the fund may be used only for providing financial assistance under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04ABC88CDABF497194929D8587AB614C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>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 from
Federal leases and lease sales authorized under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49F2CC0FD21440C7A152443D62E88639"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation on
deposits</header><text>The total amount in the fund may not exceed
$11,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDFD75A52B6894D7E9C6B5424FD576E8F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Investment of
balances</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest amounts in
the fund in interest bearing government securities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7BDC0F8B84B4424891CFEBFE2F97EDFB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>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 id="HBE61D40EF268446E9F4E6B06763BBDC1"><enum>B</enum><header>Off shore drilling
for oil and gas</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H294F876257314E24AAF141D0778813CB"><enum>321.</enum><header>Termination of
prohibitions on expenditures for, and withdrawals from, offshore
leasing</header>
<subsection id="H396B9BA378584319AD6EC57698800E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibitions on
expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All provisions
of Federal law that prohibit the expenditure of appropriated funds to conduct
oil or natural gas leasing and preleasing activities for any area of the Outer
Continental Shelf shall have no force or effect with respect to such
activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF453818C709F4E0489F3427C1FDEDF29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Revocation
withdrawals</header><text>All withdrawals of Federal submerged lands of the
Outer Continental Shelf from leasing, including withdrawals by the President
under the authority of section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1341">43 U.S.C. 1341(a)</external-xref>), are hereby revoked and are no longer in effect with
respect to the leasing of areas for exploration for, and development and
production of, oil and natural gas.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H06DA9F5E9B79416CBE81739C9922B116"><enum>322.</enum><header>Outer
Continental Shelf leasing program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 9 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5701FBDE91B146B8963E87DA1F4E0137" style="OLC">
<section id="H820DE48DCF734AA28998762340CD2E84"><enum>10.</enum><header>Moratoria area
and State approval requirement with respect to oil and natural gas
leasing</header>
<subsection id="H740BF0E4A647418A9C16A495A5043791"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Buffer
zone</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not
grant any oil or natural gas lease for any area of the outer Continental Shelf
that is located within 25 miles of the coastline of a State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H028DC8CD87514557A9F1E097552CF1FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State approval
requirement</header>
<paragraph id="HAD246A482D3648149688255FDDD2D1F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not
issue any lease authorizing exploration for, or development of, natural gas in
any area of the outer Continental Shelf that is located within 50 miles of the
coastline of a State unless the State has enacted a law approving of the
issuance of such leases by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C4EE71B552345F8B29C19B7E12B9391"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State approval
permanent</header><text>Repeal of such a law by a State shall have no effect
for purposes of paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE2A46C450EF74A288098EDD26B477F88"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State
disapproval authority</header>
<paragraph id="H44E4732699A54E50BA260052FA17F458"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may not issue any lease authorizing
exploration for, or development of, oil or natural gas in any area of the outer
Continental Shelf that is located more than 50 miles and less than 100 miles
from the coastline of a State if the State has enacted a law disapproving of
the issuance of such leases by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67EC5E9BE9344CF4B27DEED90047881D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements for
State law</header><text>A law enacted by a State for purposes of paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H671ECFAE44564BD9A3AE819CDD2D4B7C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall have no
force or effect for purposes of paragraph (1) unless first enacted by the State
within the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>National Environment and Energy Development
Act</short-title>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA2E3F78FECA455A9E07F42200AE81DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall have no
force or effect for purposes of paragraph (1) after the end of the 2-year
period beginning on the date it first takes effect, unless the State, in the
2-year period preceding the application of the law for purposes of paragraph
(1), enacted legislation extending the effectiveness of the
law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE02E3ACA514C4CF6AF596421B7F8CC6"><enum>323.</enum><header>Sharing of
revenues</header>
<subsection id="H14DDF7217B09421C9F12F51FE5C000F3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8(g) of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1337">43 U.S.C. 1337(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4AC824274C084D0C811C3783AC9C35AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
by striking <quote>Notwithstanding</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as
provided in paragraph (6), and notwithstanding</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2B177F28A61423C9BC1BB7C83A063A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (8) and (9); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB892AC3B9D1C40C19129C49A7825F46"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
inserting after paragraph (5) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBEB6889AFE64D5D81FEA57CEA8F5785" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD8289EBA4B3E4CCE9CB4B843E20DEA8"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Bonus bids and
royalties under qualified oil and gas leases</header>
<subparagraph id="HF39EEC1D06F948D58C401D221801AF90"><enum>(A)</enum><header>New oil and gas
leases</header><text>Of amounts received by the United States as bonus bids and
royalties under any qualified oil or gas lease on submerged lands that are
located within the seaward boundaries of a State established under section
4(a)(2)(A)—</text>
<clause id="H48D44D03233248B5919ED8EC0386F2E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>37.5 percent shall
be paid to the States that are producing States with respect to those submerged
lands; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF721C6C8430E442500615FD124344581"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the remainder shall be transferred to the
American-Made Energy Trust Fund established by section 9511 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0556C36CDF45459FB6B7A9562F81B514"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Leased tract
that lies partially within the seaward boundaries of a State</header><text>In
the case of a leased tract that lies partially within the seaward boundaries of
a State, the amounts of bonus bids and royalties from such tract that are
subject to subparagraph (A) with respect to such State shall be a percentage of
the total amounts of bonus bids and royalties from such tract that is
equivalent to the total percentage of surface acreage of the tract that lies
within such seaward boundaries.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77F98A9D92DC4C1EBCA057F3C5012D00"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of payments
to States</header><text>Amounts paid to a State under subparagraph (A)(ii)
shall be used by the State for one or more of the following:</text>
<clause id="H8536ABDDDA244C368F281E81506373CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Education.</text>
</clause><clause id="H83DDC9BDDB8745DDAE3BA133F6C23EBF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Transportation.</text>
</clause><clause id="H453C776F222A4140815BB49EB565819B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Reducing
taxes.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7C1CBB5D95A440DDAA9FFAE0DE47B8F9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Coastal and
environmental restoration.</text>
</clause><clause id="HCC89227F3AAF4987961363B2BD00FE35"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Energy
infrastructure and projects.</text>
</clause><clause id="HAF4617EE308C43C9A03DAD55A00C187"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>State seismic
monitoring programs.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2A6E3421CA694E6DBDF602FED38D1803"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Alternative
energy development.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5DAC9DA283B142D2ACCAFA1D25D8D975"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Energy
efficiency and conservation.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA364386DB5EE444488F095188F546F49"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>Hurricane and
natural disaster insurance programs.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0436890CCE4F44A49000D1F010CBCDDB"><enum>(x)</enum><text>Any other purpose
determined by State law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8FE02044ED6A43A1A515F504A94C1604"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this paragraph:</text>
<clause id="H279AA4321C464DA193481CC3B4F373D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Adjacent
State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>adjacent
State</term> means, with respect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract
or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to the provisions
of this Act, any State the laws of which are declared, pursuant to section
4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States for the portion of the outer
Continental Shelf on which such program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or
activity appertains or is, or is proposed to be, conducted.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7565E85CBB194364ACE4884FF2636C18"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Adjacent
zone</header><text>The term <term>adjacent zone</term> means, with respect to
any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or other activity, proposed,
conducted, or approved pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the portion of
the outer Continental Shelf for which the laws of a particular adjacent State
are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United
States.</text>
</clause><clause id="H609B53E29EAF4AE48FA48F45F1087390"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Producing
State</header><text>The term <term>producing State</term> means an Adjacent
State having an adjacent zone containing leased tracts from which are derived
bonus bids and royalties under a lease under this Act.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC2F30C7CF1E946E699FEA93403B98564"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> includes Puerto Rico and the other Territories of the
United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA9CEA382357D40EDA03B9B70F12DE839"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Qualified gas
lease</header><text>The term <term>qualified oil or gas lease</term> means a
lease under this Act granted after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>National Environment and Energy Development
Act</short-title> that authorizes development and production of oil or natural
gas and associated condensate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1FD0D895C0B4B64BDC3BE7B91EDA2F"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This paragraph shall apply to bonus bids
and royalties received by the United States after September 30, 2008.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H352D727C9DEE47E9ADB5E6F5F2387865"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Maintenance of
effort by States</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that
financial assistance provided to a State for any purpose with amounts made
available under this subsection supplement, and do not replace, the amounts
expended by the State for that purpose before the date of the enactment of this
paragraph.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA4F56B8FA9634416B43C530028CEE1D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of
State seaward boundaries</header><text>Section 4(a)(2)(A) of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1333">43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended in the first
sentence by striking <quote>, and the President</quote> and all that follows
through the end of the sentence and inserting the following: <quote>. Such
extended lines are deemed to be as indicated on the maps for each Outer
Continental Shelf region entitled <quote>Alaska OCS Region State Adjacent Zone
and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, <quote>Pacific OCS Region State Adjacent Zones
and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, <quote>Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent
Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, and <quote>Atlantic OCS Region State
Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, all of which are dated September
2005 and on file in the Office of the Director, Minerals Management Service.
The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to the treatment under
section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of
division C of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>) of qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues
deposited and disbursed under subsection (a)(2) of that
section.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HF076F36091EA4A61858DAC2DD2CCFE29"><enum>C</enum><header>Prohibition on
exportation of Alaskan North Slope crude oil</header>
<section id="H52F26F13D31A487E8CCC42CF805F7B8C"><enum>331.</enum><header>Prohibition on
exportation of Alaskan North Slope crude oil</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act—</text>
<paragraph id="H367CACFDA55F406E80D54795DAC2FB82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>no domestically
produced crude oil transported by pipeline over right-of-way granted pursuant
to section 203 of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1652">43 U.S.C. 1652</external-xref>)
may be exported from the United States, or any commonwealth, territory, or
possession of the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C57E86BF63242ED944469D9C27BA910"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subsections (s)
and (u) of section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/185">30 U.S.C. 185(s)</external-xref> and
(u)), and section 7(d) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App.
2406(d)), are repealed.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle>