110 HR 6384 IH: Strengthening Americas Science
U.S. House of Representatives
2008-06-26
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1.
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Americans for American Energy
Act of 2008
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Title I—OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Policy.
Sec. 103. Definitions under the Submerged Lands
Act.
Sec. 104. Seaward boundaries of States.
Sec. 105. Exceptions from confirmation and establishment of
States title, power, and rights.
Sec. 106. Definitions under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act.
Sec. 107. Determination of adjacent zones and planning
areas.
Sec. 108. Administration of leasing.
Sec. 109. Grant of leases by Secretary.
Sec. 110. Disposition of receipts.
Sec. 111. Reservation of lands and rights.
Sec. 112. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program.
Sec. 113. Coordination with adjacent States.
Sec. 114. Environmental studies.
Sec. 115. Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Act of
2008.
Sec. 116. Termination of effect of laws prohibiting the
spending of Appropriated funds for certain purposes.
Sec. 117. Outer continental shelf incompatible use.
Sec. 118. Repurchase of certain leases.
Sec. 119. Offsite environmental mitigation.
Sec. 120. Minerals management service.
Sec. 121. Authority to use decommissioned offshore oil and gas
platforms and other facilities for artificial reef, scientific research, or
other uses.
Sec. 122. Repeal of requirement to conduct comprehensive
inventory of OCS oil and natural gas resources.
Sec. 123. Onshore and offshore mineral lease fees.
Sec. 124. OCS regional headquarters.
Sec. 125. Leases for areas located within 100 miles of
California or Florida.
Sec. 126. Coastal impact assistance.
Sec. 127. Sense of the Congress to buy and build
American.
Sec. 128. Repeal of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of
2006.
Sec. 129. Removal of additional fee for new applications for
permits to drill.
Sec. 130. Credit for producing fuel from nonconventional
sources to apply to gas produced onshore from formations more than 15,000 feet
deep.
Sec. 131. Tax credit for carbon dioxide captured from
industrial sources and used in enhanced oil and natural gas
recovery.
Title II—OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM FOR COASTAL PLAIN OF
ALASKA
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Definitions.
Sec. 203. Leasing program for lands within the Coastal
Plain.
Sec. 204. Lease sales.
Sec. 205. Grant of leases by the Secretary.
Sec. 206. Lease terms and conditions.
Sec. 207. Coastal plain environmental protection.
Sec. 208. Expedited judicial review.
Sec. 209. Federal and State distribution of
revenues.
Sec. 210. Rights-of-way across the coastal plain.
Sec. 211. Conveyance.
Sec. 212. Local government impact aid and community service
assistance.
Title III—OIL SHALE AND TAR SANDS
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Repeal of limitation on use of funds for regulations
regarding a commercial leasing program for oil shale resources on public
lands.
Sec. 303. Permanent funding for PILT and refuge revenue
sharing.
Sec. 304. Reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and
Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
Sec. 305. Oil shale and tar sands amendments.
Sec. 306. Repeal.
Title IV—COAL
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Standby loans for qualifying coal-to-liquids
projects.
Sec. 403. Government auction of long term put option contracts
on coal-to-liquid fuel produced by qualified coal-to-liquid
facilities.
Title V—NUCLEAR
Sec. 501. Use of funds for recycling.
Sec. 502. Rulemaking for licensing of spent nuclear fuel
recycling facilities.
Sec. 503. Nuclear waste fund budget status.
Sec. 504. Waste Confidence.
Sec. 505. ASME Nuclear Certification credit.
Title VI—CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY
Sec. 601. Trust fund.
Sec. 602. Developing solar energy on Federal lands.
Title VII—PROMOTE GREATER ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND
CONSERVATION
Sec. 701. Increase and extension of energy efficient commercial
buildings deduction.
Sec. 702. Permanent extension of the credit for nonbusiness
energy property, the credit for gas produced from biomass and for synthetic
fuels produced from coal, and the credit for energy efficient
appliances.
Sec. 703. Extension and clarification of new energy efficient
home credit.
Sec. 704. Extension and modification of deduction for energy
efficient commercial buildings.
Sec. 705. Deduction for energy efficient low-rise
buildings.
Title VIII—INCREASING AMERICA’S GASOLINE REFINING
CAPABILITIES
Sec. 801. Definitions.
Sec. 802. State assistance.
Sec. 803. Refinery process coordination and
procedures.
Sec. 804. Designation of closed military bases.
Sec. 805. Savings clause.
Sec. 806. Refinery revitalization repeal.
Sec. 807. New source review under the Clean Air
Act.
Sec. 808. Designation of new refining capacity on brownfield
sites.
Sec. 809. Year extension of
election to expense certain refineries.
Title IX—COMMON SENSE REGULATORY RELIEF AND POLICY
REFORM
Sec. 901. Extension and modification of renewable energy
production tax credit.
Sec. 902. Extension and modification of solar energy and fuel
cell investment tax credit.
Sec. 903. Repeal of requirement to deduct from an amount
payable to each state.
Sec. 904. Production credit for electricity produced from
conventional hydropower projects.
Sec. 905. Definition of renewable biomass.
Sec. 906. NEPA judicial review.
Title X—TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING OF CERTAIN ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION
FACILITIES
Sec. 1001. Tax-exempt financing of certain electric
transmission facilities not subject to private business use test.
Title XI—RESTORE OUR DOMESTIC ENERGY WORKFORCE SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
Sec. 1101. Short title.
Sec. 1102. Policy.
Sec. 1103. Maintaining science and technology education
programs.
Sec. 1104. Funds for scholarships and fellowships.
Sec. 1105. Use of funds by institutions.
Sec. 1106. Establishment of a national center.
Sec. 1107. Stakeholder Committee on Science and Technology
Education.
Sec. 1108. Career technical and community college
education.
Sec. 1109. Nuclear science and engineering
scholarships.
Sec. 1110. Nuclear workforce development.
Sec. 1111. Authorization of appropriations.
Title XII—TAPPING AMERICA’S INGENUITY AND CREATIVITY
Sec. 1201. Definitions.
Sec. 1202. Statement of policy.
Sec. 1203. Prize authority.
Sec. 1204. Eligibility.
Sec. 1205. Intellectual property.
Sec. 1206. Waiver of liability.
Sec. 1207. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1208. Next generation automobile prize
program.
Sec. 1209. Advanced battery manufacturing incentive
program.
2.Congress finds as follows:
(1)America has a
tremendous abundance of virtually all energy resources.
(2)America has 21st
century technologies that can harvest these resources with very little
environmental impact.
(3)America can
greatly strengthen our national security by reducing our dependence on foreign
energy supplies, particularly from hostile nations.
(4)America needs to
develop more of all of its resources in order to achieve true energy
independence.
<enum>I</enum><header>OUTER
CONTINENTAL SHELF</header>
<section id="HDF6DCDE19D3747D1A66EEDD158DFD4E3"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act
of 2008</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HB118A07CACBB46579E96D539584BD1B"><enum>102.</enum><header>Policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the policy of the United States
that—</text>
<paragraph id="HE21C4826A4A54846B699F67FBB7EF3DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States
is blessed with abundant energy resources on the outer Continental Shelf and
has developed a comprehensive framework of environmental laws and regulations
and fostered the development of state-of-the-art technology that allows for the
responsible development of these resources for the benefit of its
citizenry;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2EA28B042BF49AD00C855E5FA93C3E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>adjacent States
are required by the circumstances to commit significant resources in support of
exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources on
the outer Continental Shelf, and it is fair and proper for a portion of the
receipts from such activities to be shared with Adjacent States and their local
coastal governments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0588FE293B454973988E5FDB2F209C46"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the existing laws
governing the leasing and production of the mineral resources of the outer
Continental Shelf have reduced the production of mineral resources, have
preempted Adjacent States from being sufficiently involved in the decisions
regarding the allowance of mineral resource development, and have been harmful
to the national interest;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1D7392402B64D1E955F5740AE0013E9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the national
interest is served by granting the Adjacent States more options related to
whether or not mineral leasing should occur in the outer Continental Shelf
within their Adjacent Zones;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95C505CC1E34408EB770B67C5284A4F6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>it is not
reasonably foreseeable that exploration of a leased tract located more than 25
miles seaward of the coastline, development and production of a natural gas
discovery located more than 25 miles seaward of the coastline, or development
and production of an oil discovery located more than 50 miles seaward of the
coastline will adversely affect resources near the coastline;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H524E58E03148475F8F4B28D5CBE3DA5B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>transportation of
oil from a leased tract might reasonably be foreseen, under limited
circumstances, to have the potential to adversely affect resources near the
coastline if the oil is within 50 miles of the coastline, but such potential to
adversely affect such resources is likely no greater, and probably less, than
the potential impacts from tanker transportation because tanker spills usually
involve large releases of oil over a brief period of time; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B5E4B6EADE4427C8F3DD478A135EA34"><enum>(7)</enum><text>among other bodies
of inland waters, the Great Lakes, Long Island Sound, Delaware Bay, Chesapeake
Bay, Albemarle Sound, San Francisco Bay, and Puget Sound are not part of the
outer Continental Shelf, and are not subject to leasing by the Federal
Government for the exploration, development, and production of any mineral
resources that might lie beneath them.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H8860930876694B279962A40400DEBE91"><enum>103.</enum><header>Definitions
under the Submerged Lands Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Submerged Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1301) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H084E5F2B232F4D3DAADB4098DE00AB33"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(2) of paragraph (a) by striking all after <quote>seaward to a line</quote> and
inserting <quote>twelve nautical miles distant from the coast line of such
State;</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5CFD3213D1D24786B9C15EB12795547E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking out
paragraph (b) and redesignating the subsequent paragraphs in order as
paragraphs (b) through (g);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B5D7873FA7F4B40A5E395D2A379336D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (g) (as so redesignated) and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD02C5339DB834B5A80792108B5943676"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD4A15C68F12479BA82BB6FC100873F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1EE4D87B8E9441DA9FD1241DB966EA07"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24E81FDFEDF744D4887F981766037922"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by defining
<quote>State</quote> as it is defined in section 2(r) of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331(r)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H569DEBB6AE354985BF9981AC7B861B7E"><enum>104.</enum><header>Seaward
boundaries of States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4
of the Submerged Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1312">43 U.S.C. 1312</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD317DD7B98C34CA78F0225AA5D414FF6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence by striking <quote>original</quote>, and in the same sentence by
striking <quote>three geographical</quote> and inserting <quote>twelve
nautical</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H342A81BE876B477DB00082A39EA97377"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking all
after the first sentence and inserting the following: <quote>Extension and
delineation of lateral offshore State boundaries under the provisions of this
Act shall follow the lines used to determine the Adjacent Zones of coastal
States under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to the extent such lines
extend twelve nautical miles for the nearest coastline.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H3FB1B9B3540A4F25BAF9284C1943BB7F"><enum>105.</enum><header>Exceptions from
confirmation and establishment of States title, power, and rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the Submerged Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1313) is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="HEA13631B489E4614A6AFC456DA5198D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraphs (a) through (c) in order as paragraphs (1) through
(3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H09EDEB3492254E3590E12CEFE077CF26"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(a)</quote> before <quote>There is excepted</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H905282F3B44D4F0CAE1E02C49F90277E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF4BD5520A3994DF78329A9C301B9C5BD" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H07805DD239D746ECBFC3DC68597024E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception of Oil
and Gas Mineral Rights</header><text>There is excepted from the operation of
sections 3 and 4 all of the oil and gas mineral rights for lands beneath the
navigable waters that are located within the expanded offshore State seaward
boundaries established under this Act. These oil and gas mineral rights shall
remain Federal property and shall be considered to be part of the Federal outer
Continental Shelf for purposes of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) and subject to leasing under the authority of that Act and
to laws applicable to the leasing of the oil and gas resources of the Federal
outer Continental Shelf. All existing Federal oil and gas leases within the
expanded offshore State seaward boundaries shall continue unchanged by the
provisions of this Act, except as otherwise provided herein. However, a State
may exercise all of its sovereign powers of taxation within the entire extent
of its expanded offshore State
boundaries.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2E2BEC7B830A4CA9B6A515415246A4B0"><enum>106.</enum><header>Definitions
under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE3E09E97F6F2417CB6E72BAB007EF15D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (f) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H49DB0429FDB74DC4817464CC7649F6AA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE042D0276A1C475B9E0516A6EDC5A200"><enum>(f)</enum><text>The term
<quote>affected State</quote> means the <quote>Adjacent
State</quote>.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE416B4EE685545B3007C61E7DA60100"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
striking the semicolon at the end of each of paragraphs (a) through (o) and
inserting a period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H293FD1B6C52F4F01BB929D70B48EABA6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>; and</quote> at the end of paragraph (p) and inserting a period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2393E5A923DC4AAEA393258C464E7FC3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBCB7C084B0E248DBA4C80090F2784849" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H84CF5B639EE542F1AB30E78C500C1DE"><enum>(r)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Adjacent State</quote> 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. For
purposes of this paragraph, the term <quote>State</quote> includes the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the other Territories of the
United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF62C7BC7B0194DA79C62359DDE00FF1D"><enum>(s)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Adjacent Zone</quote> 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>
</subsection><subsection id="H842C5B9D309B40D4A1BC14E1C27E55D"><enum>(t)</enum><text>The term
<quote>miles</quote> means statute miles.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB68A7C3F16064550AA005225D0524BB"><enum>(u)</enum><text>The term
<quote>coastline</quote> has the same meaning as the term <quote>coast
line</quote> as defined in section 2(c) of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1301(c)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF749EC65D41E46C68F5271B760E19415"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Neighboring State</quote> means a coastal State having a common boundary
at the coastline with the Adjacent
State.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B194C3540A144A6A8B925F002B622D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in
paragraph (a), by inserting after <quote>control</quote> the following:
<quote>or lying within the United States exclusive economic zone adjacent to
the Territories of the United States</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H308440E3A4B44CCF9EBDAAFA88A61F7F"><enum>107.</enum><header>Determination
of adjacent zones and planning areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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>. The lines extending
seaward and defining each State’s Adjacent Zone, and each OCS Planning Area,
are 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.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H151FA9CBD8874E07AFD3AE24E128447"><enum>108.</enum><header>Administration
of leasing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1334">43 U.S.C. 1334</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H96E70E7108DF4280B6DA72ED1C6537E9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0F7D862700454ADC8BA698A93875FEE"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Voluntary Partial
Relinquishment of a Lease</header><text>Any lessee of a producing lease may
relinquish to the Secretary any portion of a lease that the lessee has no
interest in producing and that the Secretary finds is geologically prospective.
In return for any such relinquishment, the Secretary shall provide to the
lessee a royalty incentive for the portion of the lease retained by the lessee,
in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary to carry out this
subsection. The Secretary shall publish final regulations implementing this
subsection within 365 days after the date of the enactment of the Deep Ocean
Energy Resources Act of 2008.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1E9FAE4FFEE94105A500E209BAE1D56"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Natural Gas Lease
Regulations</header><text>Not later than July 1, 2010, the Secretary shall
publish a final regulation that shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF502E8F90C2C4FE881FC2EB3D2934B3F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish
procedures for entering into natural gas leases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4DAD058C6024711A776F341D6A912F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that
natural gas leases are only available for tracts on the outer Continental Shelf
that are wholly within 100 miles of the coastline within an area withdrawn from
disposition by leasing on the day after the date of enactment of the Deep Ocean
Energy Resources Act of 2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5099EEB8EE141C7827066E773301C86"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide that
natural gas leases shall contain the same rights and obligations established
for oil and gas leases, except as otherwise provided in the Deep Ocean Energy
Resources Act of 2008;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95ECC0BA1CD44E9B9C105930F84B36C7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide that, in
reviewing the adequacy of bids for natural gas leases, the value of any crude
oil estimated to be contained within any tract shall be excluded;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H59AFF826F52E4D39AE1D86C355FABD99"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide that any
crude oil produced from a well and reinjected into the leased tract shall not
be subject to payment of royalty, and that the Secretary shall consider, in
setting the royalty rates for a natural gas lease, the additional cost to the
lessee of not producing any crude oil; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0BECAA5EF294EADAB711709553C47CA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide that any
Federal law that applies to an oil and gas lease on the outer Continental Shelf
shall apply to a natural gas lease unless otherwise clearly
inapplicable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H5B74F3374F474DE5A8D151E1EFB0D1C7"><enum>109.</enum><header>Grant of leases
by Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8 of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1337">43 U.S.C. 1337</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H28CA362FD62642D8B61486A235DA1500"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1) by inserting after the first sentence the following: <quote>Further, the
Secretary may grant natural gas leases in a manner similar to the granting of
oil and gas leases and under the various bidding systems available for oil and
gas leases.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6EC5FC445628421DAE2818FBCCC3F3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
adding at the end of subsection (b) the following: <quote>The Secretary may
issue more than one lease for a given tract if each lease applies to a separate
and distinct range of vertical depths, horizontal surface area, or a
combination of the two. The Secretary may issue regulations that the Secretary
determines are necessary to manage such leases consistent with the purposes of
this Act.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40AC92D6387D48A59BC5D94FD500638F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (p)(2)(B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7AC7C35DBBC34736AECD73C34CE0930" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HEA4FE1AE23A54E9B84EA00D85C797E06"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall provide for the payment to coastal states, and their local coastal
governments, of 75 percent of Federal receipts from projects authorized under
this section located partially or completely within the area extending seaward
of State submerged lands out to 4 marine leagues from the coastline, and the
payment to coastal states of 50 percent of the receipts from projects
completely located in the area more than 4 marine leagues from the coastline.
Payments shall be based on a formula established by the Secretary by rulemaking
no later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Deep Ocean Energy
Resources Act of 2008 that provides for equitable distribution, based on
proximity to the project, among coastal states that have coastline that is
located within 200 miles of the geographic center of the
project.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9FBEE2FEFCD14E449BB6858D5E776002"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H946AF9AB20D94D81ABFFFE34DD3D68D9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6F346785BEC74640B5777E55698DF707"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Natural Gas
Leases</header>
<paragraph id="H5828A8237C3B4886BA95AD90B283AB5C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Right to produce
natural gas</header><text>A lessee of a natural gas lease shall have the right
to produce the natural gas from a field on a natural gas leased tract if the
Secretary estimates that the discovered field has at least 40 percent of the
economically recoverable Btu content of the field contained within natural gas
and such natural gas is economical to produce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6A25046434C49E8AB67606243B308AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Crude
oil</header><text>A lessee of a natural gas lease may not produce crude oil
from the lease unless the Governor of the Adjacent State agrees to such
production.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H029E6712FA8D4B2FBC246D5E143F3373"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Estimates of btu
content</header><text>The Secretary shall make estimates of the natural gas Btu
content of discovered fields on a natural gas lease only after the completion
of at least one exploration well, the data from which has been tied to the
results of a three-dimensional seismic survey of the field. The Secretary may
not require the lessee to further delineate any discovered field prior to
making such estimates.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3CA934ABA774E82BF97264F226ED559"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definition of
natural gas</header><text>For purposes of a natural gas lease, natural gas
means natural gas and all substances produced in association with gas,
including, but not limited to, hydrocarbon liquids (other than crude oil) that
are obtained by the condensation of hydrocarbon vapors and separate out in
liquid form from the produced gas stream.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H07459A64C3A24749B8478EA11CBC6341"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Removal of
Restrictions on Joint Bidding in Certain Areas of the Outer Continental
Shelf</header><text>Restrictions on joint bidders shall no longer apply to
tracts located in the Alaska OCS Region. Such restrictions shall not apply to
tracts in other OCS regions determined to be <quote>frontier tracts</quote> or
otherwise <quote>high cost tracts</quote> under final regulations that shall be
published by the Secretary by not later than 365 days after the date of the
enactment of the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2008.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H066C46963B29430FA82C89E8B0C7B41D"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Royalty
Suspension Provisions</header><text>After the date of the enactment of the Deep
Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2008, price thresholds shall apply to any royalty
suspension volumes granted by the Secretary. Unless otherwise set by Secretary
by regulation or for a particular lease sale, the price thresholds shall be
$40.50 for oil (January 1, 2006 dollars) and $6.75 for natural gas (January 1,
2006 dollars).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H497C283B8C5B4D38AFD7DDE22E38E168"><enum>(t)</enum><header>Conservation of
Resources Fees</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2008, the Secretary by
regulation shall establish a conservation of resources fee for nonproducing
leases that will apply to new and existing leases which shall be set at $3.75
per acre per year. This fee shall apply from and after October 1, 2008, and
shall be treated as offsetting
receipts.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DE73FEF6402443F83C5EE00DDE74272"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (a)(3)(A) and redesignating the subsequent subparagraphs as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2DD85A99FFD40B9AEDBA2FE4C7B252B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3)(A) (as so redesignated) by striking <quote>In the Western</quote> and
all that follows through <quote>the Secretary</quote> the first place it
appears and inserting <quote>The Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30AACF537E024F3989B174168D23394F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>effective October
1, 2008, in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HED3A0814F63F469FB0B1542124F3D2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking all
after <quote>(g)</quote>, except paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9DC8485D49AD4CE4B42811008807339D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
last sentence of paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6EF1A146FD14AB691F64D8D22682B5D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(3)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H563CE5AD999E4578A400F5A76FA32C51"><enum>110.</enum><header>Disposition of
receipts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1338">43 U.S.C. 1338</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4312930F4DF54194992E6897B916003B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by designating the
existing text as subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBEA5C9B2D04B49FC9267C43D28790387"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
(as so designated) by inserting <quote>, if not paid as otherwise provided in
this title</quote> after <quote>receipts</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB804E0DFDDCF4411AAF700F40974102B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H66AB7688E9FA475C8EBF9B9BEE856195" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAE85BCDBC1BF45759C1379B660E499F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of OCS
Receipts From Tracts Completely Within 100 Miles of the Coastline</header>
<paragraph id="HFFB0F3D5416B49FDA3C9797CA8F9F3E3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>The
Secretary shall deposit into a separate account in the Treasury the portion of
OCS Receipts for each fiscal year that will be shared under paragraphs (2),
(3), and (4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0095F32C0B064E7CA73C50C2F60027BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Phased-in
receipts sharing</header>
<subparagraph id="H5CE1DDAAA75C49B1BBEF5E40F1FEC800"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Beginning October
1, 2008, the Secretary shall share OCS Receipts derived from the following
areas:</text>
<clause id="H1245E257E23442A690C6FED523078EC0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Lease tracts
located on portions of the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region completely beyond 4 marine
leagues from any coastline and completely within 100 miles of any coastline
that were available for leasing under the 2002–2007 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas
Leasing Program.</text>
</clause><clause id="H9FB2373B544C49B2BC40AF8700A74F24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Lease tracts in
production prior to October 1, 2008, completely beyond 4 marine leagues from
any coastline and completely within 100 miles of any coastline located on
portions of the OCS that were not available for leasing under the 2002–2007
5-Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDF3834A07C0D4979B72E98E22DDB5EA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Lease tracts for
which leases are issued prior to October 1, 2008, located in the Alaska OCS
Region completely beyond 4 marine leagues from any coastline and completely
within 100 miles of the coastline.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H944E03F02F3B42B1838C81F41B6C863B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall share the following percentages of OCS Receipts from the leases described
in subparagraph (A) derived during the fiscal year indicated:</text>
<clause id="H919A8399A61946EBB52DE8B3B778A7B5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2009, 5 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H19D62F8411264C559BE61FD993343883"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2010, 8 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H75130B8D7F0A47B89410001ECE7CEE2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2011, 11 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF5BE2A3A90564179BDB9C62EC7423874"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2012, 14 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H8DA8BF2CBE9840A3B7F5D7D94B9C3268"><enum>(v)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2013, 17 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H1DD8970FFEC54B139C3F897D89EFA5B2"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2014, 20 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H4F2D4862F1654455BCBE098C7F0435DE"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2015, 23 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H9E8CABF43B2D467A00874B6E56C74C49"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2016, 26 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H167767E4994146E496FDB6BFD97587EC"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2017, 29 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H280896796D014C11B2AB15B6E2EB765"><enum>(x)</enum><text>For
fiscal year 2018, 32 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA2DF9E2DCF8645C6BF7FF95D61431065"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2019, 35 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HAB8ADC3FE6934BA9AAEC7994923FB18"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2020 and each subsequent fiscal year, 37.5 percent.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4BE696836EF413BBC36C8826F1800AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The provisions of
this paragraph shall not apply to leases that could not have been issued but
for section 5(k) of this Act or section 6(2) of the Deep Ocean Energy Resources
Act of 2008.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H28AE7C23805E4D59900002E11FBC13B9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Immediate
receipts sharing</header><text>Beginning October 1, 2008, the Secretary shall
share 37.50 percent of OCS Receipts derived from all leases located completely
beyond 4 marine leagues from any coastline and completely within 100 miles of
any coastline not included within the provisions of paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE50F0F50904846FF0000FB9D8D9FFD39"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Receipts sharing
from tracts within 4 marine leagues of any coastline</header>
<subparagraph id="H077ED8018F394D16B382655CFFF9DAED"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Areas described
in paragraph (2)</header><text>Beginning October 1, 2008, and continuing
through September 30, 2010, the Secretary shall share 25 percent of OCS
Receipts derived from all leases located within 4 marine leagues from any
coastline within areas described in paragraph (2). For each fiscal year after
September 30, 2010, the Secretary shall increase the percent shared in 5
percent increments each fiscal year until the sharing rate for all leases
located within 4 marine leagues from any coastline within areas described in
paragraph (2) becomes 75 percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05F95FCAD9C14427918CA498CEF1A89"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Areas not
described in paragraph (2)</header><text>Beginning October 1, 2008, the
Secretary shall share 75 percent of OCS receipts derived from all leases
located completely or partially within 4 marine leagues from any coastline
within areas not described paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE82521DF3E4449AC88C0AECF3756AA60"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Allocations</header><text>The
Secretary shall allocate the OCS Receipts deposited into the separate account
established by paragraph (1) that are shared under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)
as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H546E7AAFB7C54C13A8DFFC6F894BA1B4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Bonus
bids</header><text>Deposits derived from bonus bids from a leased tract,
including interest thereon, shall be allocated at the end of each fiscal year
to the Adjacent State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14B2EEF9E88F489C98FEA762ADE018F1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Royalties</header><text>Deposits
derived from royalties from a leased tract, including interest thereon, shall
be allocated at the end of each fiscal year to the Adjacent State and any other
producing State or States with a leased tract within its Adjacent Zone within
100 miles of its coastline that generated royalties during the fiscal year, if
the other producing or States have a coastline point within 300 miles of any
portion of the leased tract, in which case the amount allocated for the leased
tract shall be—</text>
<clause id="H5C07FE03342448149BAB22D96F4F721F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>one-third to the
Adjacent State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6567755E8268495E83F4E04ED066902"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>two-thirds to each
producing State, including the Adjacent State, inversely proportional to the
distance between the nearest point on the coastline of the producing State and
the geographic center of the leased tract.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD411527F61D744669BE8BFBD8F530565"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of OCS
receipts from tracts partially or completely beyond 100 miles of the
coastline</header>
<paragraph id="H50479F5C0B244017A08109ACF885B72E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>The
Secretary shall deposit into a separate account in the Treasury the portion of
OCS Receipts for each fiscal year that will be shared under paragraphs (2) and
(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D97BD1F30234ACFBB87540085530082"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Phased-in
receipts sharing</header>
<subparagraph id="H8F27993318374B9900299584812D7608"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Beginning October
1, 2008, the Secretary shall share OCS Receipts derived from the following
areas:</text>
<clause id="HD12409065B7B4EAEBF8B3E3240A7D86B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Lease tracts
located on portions of the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region partially or completely
beyond 100 miles of any coastline that were available for leasing under the
2002–2007 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program.</text>
</clause><clause id="H6200806DA9064220AA091DE77D5F41E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Lease tracts in
production prior to October 1, 2008, partially or completely beyond 100 miles
of any coastline located on portions of the OCS that were not available for
leasing under the 2002–2007 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program.</text>
</clause><clause id="H147291BEA52A4460B572570676406FF0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Lease tracts for
which leases are issued prior to October 1, 2008, located in the Alaska OCS
Region partially or completely beyond 100 miles of the coastline.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42ABBC31E9594E20A8D1EDAB5765D00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
share the following percentages of OCS Receipts from the leases described in
subparagraph (A) derived during the fiscal year indicated:</text>
<clause id="H38C2837180D649C78FAC6CA345437949"><enum>(i)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2009, 5 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB82DEEB692BC469E98E2E0A9481BFCF2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2010, 8 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H011CC41FBA83483B9D369212AC15300"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2011, 11 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5E9ED12EF5B040D48F381E7D97933898"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2012, 14 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H038EAFA2442640EF0047B451C17E323F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2013, 17 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H785C1FCCAB5249D28C1F907D9EFBB588"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2014, 20 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5A8ED88D979848E0A768254EA4ED8222"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2015, 23 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H4460DDFA53594388BA9D7C8E509622BE"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2016, 26 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0DB03BCEE04346ACA84F76D66BE5BD19"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2017, 29 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H903A9087E780443AA3C69400CA478DB3"><enum>(x)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2018, 32 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0F6D35FF47244DA8BBBB6D287BAFE843"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2019, 35 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDFF7FF2FB1D74DBB8FD24381DE006400"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2020 and each subsequent fiscal year, 37.5 percent.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F03EF1B160D4212A24435675CEDB356"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The provisions of
this paragraph shall not apply to leases that could not have been issued but
for section 5(k) of this Act or section 6(2) of the Deep Ocean Energy Resources
Act of 2008.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F86069ECF5C496FB703EA94C8450836"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Immediate
receipts sharing</header><text>Beginning October 1, 2008, the Secretary shall
share 37.5 percent of OCS Receipts derived on and after October 1, 2008, from
all leases located partially or completely beyond 100 miles of any coastline
not included within the provisions of paragraph (2), except that the Secretary
shall only share 25 percent of such OCS Receipts derived from all such leases
within a State’s Adjacent Zone if no leasing is allowed within any portion of
that State’s Adjacent Zone located completely within 100 miles of any
coastline.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE65B53DFDA8C49FFB37C93BF3B1B63E2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Allocations</header><text>The
Secretary shall allocate the OCS Receipts deposited into the separate account
established by paragraph (1) that are shared under paragraphs (2) and (3) as
follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8AF0A4BABF444EB69DF22F8589D1DBAB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Bonus
bids</header><text>Deposits derived from bonus bids from a leased tract,
including interest thereon, shall be allocated at the end of each fiscal year
to the Adjacent State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3439E9BC86EC4BCE00B85860D3CF289C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Royalties</header><text>Deposits
derived from royalties from a leased tract, including interest thereon, shall
be allocated at the end of each fiscal year to the Adjacent State and any other
producing State or States with a leased tract within its Adjacent Zone
partially or completely beyond 100 miles of its coastline that generated
royalties during the fiscal year, if the other producing State or States have a
coastline point within 300 miles of any portion of the leased tract, in which
case the amount allocated for the leased tract shall be—</text>
<clause id="H571EE31C665F4360B0CCBB1B02A55C59"><enum>(i)</enum><text>one-third to the
Adjacent State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE00314F49F8B4531B0CF7DD338B73217"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>two-thirds to
each producing State, including the Adjacent State, inversely proportional to
the distance between the nearest point on the coastline of the producing State
and the geographic center of the leased tract.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H204AE0A9552A44899ED0BA2D3329DAFD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transmission of
Allocations</header>
<paragraph id="HB36B775D0A6F4B3490661D24A62E666C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year,
the Secretary shall transmit—</text>
<subparagraph id="H02224AF2DDB9450B8D87D8B7407379CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to each State 60
percent of such State’s allocations under subsections (b)(5)(A), (b)(5)(B),
(c)(4)(A), and (c)(4)(B) for the immediate prior fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE58F18253CEB43E1A9324E61ADA22D54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to each coastal
county-equivalent and municipal political subdivisions of such State a total of
40 percent of such State’s allocations under subsections (b)(5)(A), (b)(5)(B),
(c)(4)(A), and (c)(4)(B), together with all accrued interest thereon;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63A33ACCE0DC45D995D88B5DC7DEC2DF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the remaining
allocations under subsections (b)(5) and (c)(4), together with all accrued
interest thereon.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H273A4E5749CB4869BBC33C31C7523B12"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocations to
coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions</header><text>The Secretary
shall make an initial allocation of the OCS Receipts to be shared under
paragraph (1)(B) as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFC6B921FE3854BBEA0154495A2AE3339"><enum>(A)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be allocated to coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions that are
completely more than 25 miles landward of the coastline and at least a part of
which lies not more than 75 miles landward from the coastline, with the
allocation among such coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions based on
population.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H295154A3E9E3438E88F75ECCE4948B23"><enum>(B)</enum><text>75 percent shall
be allocated to coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions that are
completely or partially less than 25 miles landward of the coastline, with the
allocation among such coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions to be
further allocated as follows:</text>
<clause id="HBB6556A7AC9F401E82953BA009447BF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>25
percent shall be allocated based on the ratio of such coastal county-equivalent
political subdivision’s population to the coastal population of all coastal
county-equivalent political subdivisions in the State.</text>
</clause><clause id="H6C17C60E53E64B6481453563496B23B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be allocated based on the ratio of such coastal county-equivalent political
subdivision’s coastline miles to the coastline miles of all coastal
county-equivalent political subdivisions in the State as calculated by the
Secretary. In such calculations, coastal county-equivalent political
subdivisions without a coastline shall be considered to have 50 percent of the
average coastline miles of the coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions
that do have coastlines.</text>
</clause><clause id="H09F4FF96A06841EC9F002E94B67D1BF6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be allocated to all coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions having a
coastline point within 300 miles of the leased tract for which OCS Receipts are
being shared based on a formula that allocates the funds based on such coastal
county-equivalent political subdivision’s relative distance from the leased
tract.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC706C6EDC6494D968378008BFB942858"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be allocated to all coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions having a
coastline point within 300 miles of the leased tract for which OCS Receipts are
being shared based on the relative level of outer Continental Shelf oil and gas
activities in a coastal political subdivision compared to the level of outer
Continental Shelf activities in all coastal political subdivisions in the
State. The Secretary shall define the term <quote>outer Continental Shelf oil
and gas activities</quote> for purposes of this subparagraph to include, but
not be limited to, construction of vessels, drillships, and platforms involved
in exploration, production, and development on the outer Continental Shelf;
support and supply bases, ports, and related activities; offices of geologists,
geophysicists, engineers, and other professionals involved in support of
exploration, production, and development of oil and gas on the outer
Continental Shelf; pipelines and other means of transporting oil and gas
production from the outer Continental Shelf; and processing and refining of oil
and gas production from the outer Continental Shelf. For purposes of this
subparagraph, if a coastal county-equivalent political subdivision does not
have a coastline, its coastal point shall be the point on the coastline closest
to it.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFA7DF3AA1DFE401D8E4362B8D476739D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocations to
coastal municipal political subdivisions</header><text>The initial allocation
to each coastal county-equivalent political subdivision under paragraph (2)
shall be further allocated to the coastal county-equivalent political
subdivision and any coastal municipal political subdivisions located partially
or wholly within the boundaries of the coastal county-equivalent political
subdivision as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H202F7F0AD0D24A7BB7E2BA82CC82FB89"><enum>(A)</enum><text>One-third shall be
allocated to the coastal county-equivalent political subdivision.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB66EC72A01C4AC1B01EE50404980000"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Two-thirds shall
be allocated on a per capita basis to the municipal political subdivisions and
the county-equivalent political subdivision, with the allocation to the latter
based upon its population not included within the boundaries of a municipal
political subdivision.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9F50D4D4EEB8438BAA6F44637B83EA8B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Investment of
Deposits</header><text>Amounts deposited under this section shall be invested
by the Secretary of the Treasury in securities backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States having maturities suitable to the needs of the
account in which they are deposited and yielding the highest reasonably
available interest rates as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF0032957328D466FAB003C00C6175B38"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of
Funds</header><text>A recipient of funds under this section may use the funds
for one or more of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HA2A4A0968DD74ACEB1BD2992D448001F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To reduce in-State
college tuition at public institutions of higher learning and otherwise support
public education, including career technical education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC06D8BCE90F24B6FA027DB1EAFC94686"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To make
transportation infrastructure improvements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1142C9C564034A2ABBCAB2BA5DA51690"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To reduce
taxes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CCB9F092FA0462EBF75392F80008385"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To promote, fund,
and provide for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE1317BE8EAD94EB1B6754364B3C7F8E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coastal or
environmental restoration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45D923ECCFC64686A0CFA7225EB39800"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fish, wildlife,
and marine life habitat enhancement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92D1F4360A2A49C400DCD482F6C03FF5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>waterways
construction and maintenance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E01FCCA578C4A86959998BDDE84853F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>levee construction
and maintenance and shore protection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA010D5D63E4B42628CD0D62CA6413343"><enum>(E)</enum><text>marine and
oceanographic education and research.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H499471DC58504ABAAD7FEAED7648258"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To promote, fund,
and provide for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF5D40EF814FC4B0DBA4300F170FA525"><enum>(A)</enum><text>infrastructure
associated with energy production activities conducted on the outer Continental
Shelf;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8303EB0A02C9426190DCA521BEC9636E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>energy
demonstration projects;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35E8AFEA63F340F1AC13F9DBE6517878"><enum>(C)</enum><text>supporting
infrastructure for shore-based energy projects;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H74407A502EB34B4CADB121FEBD029742"><enum>(D)</enum><text>State geologic
programs, including geologic mapping and data storage programs, and state
geophysical data acquisition;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBA257347F6F44858EE44152426B79FC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>State seismic
monitoring programs, including operation of monitoring stations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64F40BAD05E24AA088CEA23001B2DD5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>development of oil
and gas resources through enhanced recovery techniques;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD985CB6419F4765B53069AF5B1FA500"><enum>(G)</enum><text>alternative energy
development, including bio fuels, coal-to-liquids, oil shale, tar sands,
geothermal, geopressure, wind, waves, currents, hydro, and other renewable
energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8A76E483E584090A4312C68E8B348DF"><enum>(H)</enum><text>energy efficiency
and conservation programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC2BFEE9A709448D99526534A84482E4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>front-end
engineering and design for facilities that produce liquid fuels from
hydrocarbons and other biological matter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE566F747389348A19086E82327485CE1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>To promote, fund,
and provide for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD70D28FED794390B8338BE078D0087"><enum>(A)</enum><text>historic
preservation programs and projects;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40FE2DF3D1334AC6A3CE977632FC2F44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>natural disaster
planning and response; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0266DCECF614902BF4CA4882F403814"><enum>(C)</enum><text>hurricane and
natural disaster insurance programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBD946CF71D3E4C19A644B8431DC63208"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For any other
purpose as determined by State law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA0A2850937D8417394777E26C2D749F1"><enum>(g)</enum><header>No Accounting
Required</header><text>No recipient of funds under this section shall be
required to account to the Federal Government for the expenditure of such
funds, except as otherwise may be required by law. However, States may enact
legislation providing for accounting for and auditing of such expenditures.
Further, funds allocated under this section to States and political
subdivisions may be used as matching funds for other Federal programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6B6D79B104634270AB00A6C15F48F50"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Effect of Future
Laws</header><text>Enactment of any future Federal statute that has the effect,
as determined by the Secretary, of restricting any Federal agency from spending
appropriated funds, or otherwise preventing it from fulfilling its pre-existing
responsibilities as of the date of enactment of the statute, unless such
responsibilities have been reassigned to another Federal agency by the statute
with no prevention of performance, to issue any permit or other approval
impacting on the OCS oil and gas leasing program, or any lease issued
thereunder, or to implement any provision of this Act shall automatically
prohibit any sharing of OCS Receipts under this section directly with the
States, and their coastal political subdivisions, for the duration of the
restriction. The Secretary shall make the determination of the existence of
such restricting effects within 30 days of a petition by any outer Continental
Shelf lessee or producing State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7F3949DD3A1C4C2399AC849CE6899BCC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HE4968333B0574A668EEAA5FD46C77294"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coastal
county-equivalent political subdivision</header><text>The term <quote>coastal
county-equivalent political subdivision</quote> means a political jurisdiction
immediately below the level of State government, including a county, parish,
borough in Alaska, independent municipality not part of a county, parish, or
borough in Alaska, or other equivalent subdivision of a coastal State, that
lies within the coastal zone.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A30403E6C9B42649DBCAC3538D28C04"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coastal
municipal political subdivision</header><text>The term <quote>coastal municipal
political subdivision</quote> means a municipality located within and part of a
county, parish, borough in Alaska, or other equivalent subdivision of a State,
all or part of which coastal municipal political subdivision lies within the
coastal zone.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H512289FAAA36437300E73197447E5CD0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coastal
population</header><text>The term <quote>coastal population</quote> means the
population of all coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions, as
determined by the most recent official data of the Census Bureau.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4414467E9AC44A798C009978263B499D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coastal
zone</header><text>The term <quote>coastal zone</quote> means that portion of a
coastal State, including the entire territory of any coastal county-equivalent
political subdivision at least a part of which lies, within 75 miles landward
from the coastline, or a greater distance as determined by State law enacted to
implement this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H977B7D57AA494BE088DAFD6700108C43"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Bonus
bids</header><text>The term <quote>bonus bids</quote> means all funds received
by the Secretary to issue an outer Continental Shelf minerals lease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C52E1F6FD8D4E85B0FD07BF5204FD15"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Royalties</header><text>The
term <quote>royalties</quote> means all funds received by the Secretary from
production of oil or natural gas, or the sale of production taken in-kind, from
an outer Continental Shelf minerals lease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H322900DFAC3B448198894C92AD92EB45"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Producing
state</header><text>The term <quote>producing State</quote> means an Adjacent
State having an Adjacent Zone containing leased tracts from which OCS Receipts
were derived.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6EF2ED3FBC3544C1B3C5163944E1BD5E"><enum>(8)</enum><header>OCS
receipts</header><text>The term <quote>OCS Receipts</quote> means bonus bids,
royalties, and conservation of resources
fees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5552BDF7514241CCAE00DE2395E7693"><enum>111.</enum><header>Reservation of
lands and rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12 of
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1341">43 U.S.C. 1341</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9CEA398EB9D2420E83AAD9D62F199261"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
by adding at the end the following: <quote>The President may partially or
completely revise or revoke any prior withdrawal made by the President under
the authority of this section. The President may not revise or revoke a
withdrawal that is extended by a State under subsection (h), nor may the
President withdraw from leasing any area for which a State failed to prohibit,
or petition to prohibit, leasing under subsection (g). Further, in the area of
the outer Continental Shelf more than 100 miles from any coastline, not more
than 25 percent of the acreage of any OCS Planning Area may be withdrawn from
leasing under this section at any point in time. A withdrawal by the President
may be for a term not to exceed 10 years. When considering potential uses of
the outer Continental Shelf, to the maximum extent possible, the President
shall accommodate competing interests and potential uses.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H517D510F23BF4C6D87D10030B41F1E86"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H65AE0A83260D4743A3AD12B7FBFDB016" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H12235F48A5DA40CA95ADE209086FF3EF"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Availability for
Leasing Within Certain Areas of the Outer Continental Shelf</header>
<paragraph id="H9DA4E71AD4AB40298DD1B18020243282"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition
against leasing</header>
<subparagraph id="H8768E19DB96C4C20A984D467241FD3DA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Unavailable for
leasing without state request</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in
this subsection, from and after enactment of the Deep Ocean Energy Resources
Act of 2008, the Secretary shall not offer for leasing for oil and gas, or
natural gas, any area within 50 miles of the coastline that was withdrawn from
disposition by leasing in the Atlantic OCS Region or the Pacific OCS Region, or
the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Eastern Planning Area, as depicted on the maps
referred to in this subparagraph, under the <quote>Memorandum on Withdrawal of
Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing
Disposition</quote>, 34 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1111, dated June 12, 1998, or
any area within 50 miles of the coastline not withdrawn under that Memorandum
that is included within the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Eastern Planning Area as
indicated on the map entitled <quote>Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent
Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote> or the Florida Straits Planning Area as
indicated on the map entitled <quote>Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent Zones
and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, both of which are dated September 2005 and on
file in the Office of the Director, Minerals Management Service.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A703470193D4B08A064C6C69F2C13"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Areas between 50
and 100 miles from the coastline</header><text>Unless an Adjacent State
petitions under subsection (h) within one year after the date of the enactment
of the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2008 for natural gas leasing or by
June 30, 2010, for oil and gas leasing, the Secretary shall offer for leasing
any area more than 50 miles but less than 100 miles from the coastline that was
withdrawn from disposition by leasing in the Atlantic OCS Region, the Pacific
OCS Region, or the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Eastern Planning Area, as depicted
on the maps referred to in this subparagraph, under the <quote>Memorandum on
Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from
Leasing Disposition</quote>, 34 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1111, dated June 12,
1998, or any area more than 50 miles but less than 100 miles of the coastline
not withdrawn under that Memorandum that is included within the Gulf of Mexico
OCS Region Eastern Planning Area as indicated on the map entitled <quote>Gulf
of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote> or
within the Florida Straits Planning Area as indicated on the map entitled
<quote>Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>,
both of which are dated September 2005 and on file in the Office of the
Director, Minerals Management Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5C24105942DB4562B63E48F5CD31729"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revocation of
withdrawal</header><text>The provisions of the <quote>Memorandum on Withdrawal
of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing
Disposition</quote>, 34 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1111, dated June 12, 1998, are
hereby revoked and are no longer in effect. Any tract only partially added to
the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Central Planning Area by this Act shall be
eligible for leasing of the part of such tract that is included within the Gulf
of Mexico OCS Region Central Planning Area, and the remainder of such tract
that lies outside of the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Central Planning Area may be
developed and produced by the lessee of such partial tract using extended reach
or similar drilling from a location on a leased area. Further, any area in the
OCS withdrawn from leasing may be leased, and thereafter developed and produced
by the lessee using extended reach or similar drilling from a location on a
leased area located in an area available for leasing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6E05DCD9458417EAE8926B3AFB37C89"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Petition for
leasing</header>
<subparagraph id="H6F3DB3620CF14EEEA8A23E9067217048"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Governor of the State, upon concurrence of its
legislature, may submit to the Secretary a petition requesting that the
Secretary make available any area that is within the State’s Adjacent Zone,
included within the provisions of paragraph (1), and that (i) is greater than
25 miles from any point on the coastline of a Neighboring State for the conduct
of offshore leasing, pre-leasing, and related activities with respect to
natural gas leasing; or (ii) is greater than 50 miles from any point on the
coastline of a Neighboring State for the conduct of offshore leasing,
pre-leasing, and related activities with respect to oil and gas leasing. The
Adjacent State may also petition for leasing any other area within its Adjacent
Zone if leasing is allowed in the similar area of the Adjacent Zone of the
applicable Neighboring State, or if not allowed, if the Neighboring State,
acting through its Governor, expresses its concurrence with the petition. The
Secretary shall only consider such a petition upon making a finding that
leasing is allowed in the similar area of the Adjacent Zone of the applicable
Neighboring State or upon receipt of the concurrence of the Neighboring State.
The date of receipt by the Secretary of such concurrence by the Neighboring
State shall constitute the date of receipt of the petition for that area for
which the concurrence applies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7278C1DD8C341719EBBB4B7DD79162"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitations on
leasing</header><text>In its petition, a State with an Adjacent Zone that
contains leased tracts may condition new leasing for oil and gas, or natural
gas for tracts within 25 miles of the coastline by—</text>
<clause id="H67972DCD7EBB47AC85EC55D220A809D9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>requiring a net
reduction in the number of production platforms;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA0B9D8EB415747EE8170CAB78B78CAD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>requiring a net
increase in the average distance of production platforms from the
coastline;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEE63A7CF3BFC4A17B0D7F2B7ABA3879"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>limiting
permanent surface occupancy on new leases to areas that are more than 10 miles
from the coastline;</text>
</clause><clause id="H42CB404D095446F0A779B958BEB1C9E5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>limiting some
tracts to being produced from shore or from platforms located on other tracts;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H34E87E15B3DC43AD9E006EB75142212"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other conditions
that the Adjacent State may deem appropriate as long as the Secretary does not
determine that production is made economically or technically impracticable or
otherwise impossible.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B636D8B16414E8095A8347B924C9C9D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Action by
Secretary</header><text>Not later than 90 days after receipt of a petition
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall approve the petition, unless the
Secretary determines that leasing the area would probably cause serious harm or
damage to the marine resources of the State’s Adjacent Zone. Prior to approving
the petition, the Secretary shall complete an environmental assessment that
documents the anticipated environmental effects of leasing in the area included
within the scope of the petition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H739D4980B287405C9C17A6ECC14DF481"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Failure to
act</header><text>If the Secretary fails to approve or deny a petition in
accordance with subparagraph (C) the petition shall be considered to be
approved 90 days after receipt of the petition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8773BF4301D2488DB75D2DF67241FA72"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Amendment of the
5-year leasing program</header><text>Notwithstanding section 18, within 180
days of the approval of a petition under subparagraph (C) or (D), after the
expiration of the time limits in paragraph (1)(B), and within 180 days after
the enactment of the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2008 for the areas made
available for leasing under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall amend the
current 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program to include a
lease sale or sales for at least 75 percent of the associated areas, unless
there are, from the date of approval, expiration of such time limits, or
enactment, as applicable, fewer than 12 months remaining in the current 5-Year
Leasing Program in which case the Secretary shall include the associated areas
within lease sales under the next 5-Year Leasing Program. For purposes of
amending the 5-Year Program in accordance with this section, further
consultations with States shall not be required. For purposes of this section,
an environmental assessment performed under the provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to assess the effects of approving the
petition shall be sufficient to amend the 5-Year Leasing Program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCEEC58D0AC3C49ACA5B683A13986C29D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Option To Extend
Withdrawal From Leasing Within Certain Areas of the Outer Continental
Shelf</header><text>A State, through its Governor and upon the concurrence of
its legislature, may extend for a period of time of up to 5 years for each
extension the withdrawal from leasing for all or part of any area within the
State’s Adjacent Zone located more than 50 miles, but less than 100 miles, from
the coastline that is subject to subsection (g)(1)(B). A State may extend
multiple times for any particular area but not more than once per calendar year
for any particular area. A State must prepare separate extensions, with
separate votes by its legislature, for oil and gas leasing and for natural gas
leasing. An extension by a State may affect some areas to be withdrawn from all
leasing and some areas to be withdrawn only from one type of leasing.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H91405061621D4005B314A3C5D6C9E500"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Effect of Other
Laws</header><text>Adoption by any Adjacent State of any constitutional
provision, or enactment of any State statute, that has the effect, as
determined by the Secretary, of restricting either the Governor or the
Legislature, or both, from exercising full discretion related to subsection (g)
or (h), or both, shall automatically (1) prohibit any sharing of OCS Receipts
under this Act with the Adjacent State, and its coastal political subdivisions,
and (2) prohibit the Adjacent State from exercising any authority under
subsection (h), for the duration of the restriction. The Secretary shall make
the determination of the existence of such restricting constitutional provision
or State statute within 30 days of a petition by any outer Continental Shelf
lessee or coastal State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H60AE54D64B684B0BA7BB161229475E"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Prohibition on
Leasing East of the Military Mission Line</header>
<paragraph id="H0BC0754347C845F78558267553815934"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, from and after the enactment of the Deep Ocean
Energy Resources Act of 2008, prior to January 1, 2022, no area of the outer
Continental Shelf located in the Gulf of Mexico east of the military mission
line may be offered for leasing for oil and gas or natural gas unless a waiver
is issued by the Secretary of Defense. If such a waiver is granted, 62.5
percent of the OCS Receipts from a lease within such area issued because of
such waiver shall be paid annually to the National Guards of all States having
a point within 1000 miles of such a lease, allocated among the States on a per
capita basis using the entire population of such States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDF6E1547C8F4AC693EC53A9593D8963"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In this
subsection, the term <quote>military mission line</quote> means a line located
at 86 degrees, 41 minutes West Longitude, and extending south from the coast of
Florida to the outer boundary of United States territorial waters in the Gulf
of
Mexico.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H67E73994BB0C45A4A36BA39B2D804397"><enum>112.</enum><header>Outer
Continental Shelf leasing program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H72505126391D4864B188E7324C77ABE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the following: <quote>The Secretary
shall, in each 5-year program, include lease sales that when viewed as a whole
propose to offer for oil and gas or natural gas leasing at least 75 percent of
the available unleased acreage within each OCS Planning Area. Available
unleased acreage is that portion of the outer Continental Shelf that is not
under lease at the time of the proposed lease sale, and has not otherwise been
made unavailable for leasing by law.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20D97B0E820D4726833B1B5089241FB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by striking so much as precedes paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H71E562C887C04EC38BBFF331EAC33B78" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HADE1E09B4CBC4BD8A5BE3CF8E9B954A7"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H19227A32B3364353A204D0486FFBDE98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>During the preparation
of any proposed leasing program under this section, the Secretary shall
consider and analyze leasing throughout the entire Outer Continental Shelf
without regard to any other law affecting such leasing. During this preparation
the Secretary shall invite and consider suggestions from any interested Federal
agency, including the Attorney General, in consultation with the Federal Trade
Commission, and from the Governor of any coastal State. The Secretary may also
invite or consider any suggestions from the executive of any local government
in a coastal State that have been previously submitted to the Governor of such
State, and from any other person. Further, the Secretary shall consult with the
Secretary of Defense regarding military operational needs in the outer
Continental Shelf. The Secretary shall work with the Secretary of Defense to
resolve any conflicts that might arise regarding offering any area of the outer
Continental Shelf for oil and gas or natural gas leasing. If the Secretaries
are not able to resolve all such conflicts, any unresolved issues shall be
elevated to the President for resolution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9AF14285B7A4EE8AE9555179548003D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>After the consideration and analysis
required by paragraph (1), including the consideration of the suggestions
received from any interested Federal agency, the Federal Trade Commission, the
Governor of any coastal State, any local government of a coastal State, and any
other person, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a proposed
leasing program accompanied by a draft environmental impact statement prepared
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. After the publishing
of the proposed leasing program and during the comment period provided for on
the draft environmental impact statement, the Secretary shall submit a copy of
the proposed program to the Governor of each affected State for review and
comment. The Governor may solicit comments from those executives of local
governments in the Governor’s State that the Governor, in the discretion of the
Governor, determines will be affected by the proposed program. If any comment
by such Governor is received by the Secretary at least 15 days prior to
submission to the Congress pursuant to paragraph (3) and includes a request for
any modification of such proposed program, the Secretary shall reply in
writing, granting or denying such request in whole or in part, or granting such
request in such modified form as the Secretary considers appropriate, and
stating the Secretary’s reasons therefor. All such correspondence between the
Secretary and the Governor of any affected State, together with any additional
information and data relating thereto, shall accompany such proposed program
when it is submitted to the Congress.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3B6A63FC1C542EEB4C1E0D6A2DD9677"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HED80B0313D2A4559938700EAE2903CB3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H84940E6BF5FB4A50962FE4B61BA3D2F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Projection of
State Adjacent Zone Resources and State and Local Government Shares of OCS
Receipts</header><text>Concurrent with the publication of the scoping notice at
the beginning of the development of each 5-year outer Continental Shelf oil and
gas leasing program, or as soon thereafter as possible, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H03193FC94C4D4B6C9CCFED037909FF41"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide to each
Adjacent State a current estimate of proven and potential oil and gas resources
located within the State’s Adjacent Zone; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88ECAD96A5FD4B9BA4EF9B21EADB8C4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide to each
Adjacent State, and coastal political subdivisions thereof, a best-efforts
projection of the OCS Receipts that the Secretary expects will be shared with
each Adjacent State, and its coastal political subdivisions, using the
assumption that the unleased tracts within the State’s Adjacent Zone are fully
made available for leasing, including long-term projected OCS Receipts. In
addition, the Secretary shall include a macroeconomic estimate of the impact of
such leasing on the national economy and each State’s economy, including
investment, jobs, revenues, personal income, and other
categories.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H30D86C8B07D24EDFA5153C8DEB7E3DA3"><enum>113.</enum><header>Coordination
with adjacent States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
19 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1345">43 U.S.C. 1345</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4B79986E1F0D4D5EB780ECF0C3E955D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
in the first sentence by inserting <quote>, for any tract located within the
Adjacent State’s Adjacent Zone,</quote> after <quote>government</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A2979A43D114AD5A8FD25E9CC60F2A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB4A051361EA1470FA1FA0000CC96AA44" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBBB557B32D164CB49700A92D501BB2DE"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H632417EB8C1944CA8F5270B00A0A87F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>No Federal agency may
permit or otherwise approve, without the concurrence of the Adjacent State, the
construction of a crude oil or petroleum products (or both) pipeline within the
part of the Adjacent State’s Adjacent Zone that is withdrawn from oil and gas
or natural gas leasing, except that such a pipeline may be approved, without
such Adjacent State’s concurrence, to pass through such Adjacent Zone if at
least 50 percent of the production projected to be carried by the pipeline
within its first 10 years of operation is from areas of the Adjacent State’s
Adjacent Zone.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H45BC56E38D1A4FDB92DB1A7C7F58FE" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>No State may prohibit the
construction within its Adjacent Zone or its State waters of a natural gas
pipeline that will transport natural gas produced from the outer Continental
Shelf. However, an Adjacent State may prevent a proposed natural gas pipeline
landing location if it proposes two alternate landing locations in the Adjacent
State, acceptable to the Adjacent State, located within 50 miles on either side
of the proposed landing
location.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HEB83707CD3284868B11DA1371842D883"><enum>114.</enum><header>Environmental
studies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20(d) of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1346">43 U.S.C. 1346</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDDB093081C7B4F929C1DE842346FEDCF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(d)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F943232D8894E9F9EE98E3F791FAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5456272C3AFE476AA45F18251337C233" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7FC238F6D7D64C7EA52FE1A8DEFC1155"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For all programs,
lease sales, leases, and actions under this Act, the following shall apply
regarding the application of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969:</text>
<subparagraph id="H11EA6C293E274917BCDED51097941DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Granting or
directing lease suspensions and the conduct of all preliminary activities on
outer Continental Shelf tracts, including seismic activities, are categorically
excluded from the need to prepare either an environmental assessment or an
environmental impact statement, and the Secretary shall not be required to
analyze whether any exceptions to a categorical exclusion apply for activities
conducted under the authority of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF445034F193F4CA900AB395DD395800"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The environmental
impact statement developed in support of each 5-year oil and gas leasing
program provides the environmental analysis for all lease sales to be conducted
under the program and such sales shall not be subject to further environmental
analysis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAFC5A2B45474E30813B0082F4666E1B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Exploration plans
shall not be subject to any requirement to prepare an environmental impact
statement, and the Secretary may find that exploration plans are eligible for
categorical exclusion due to the impacts already being considered within an
environmental impact statement or due to mitigation measures included within
the plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EE5035982564A149B3F5592C79C02A4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Within each OCS
Planning Area, after the preparation of the first development and production
plan environmental impact statement for a leased tract within the Area, future
development and production plans for leased tracts within the Area shall only
require the preparation of an environmental assessment unless the most recent
development and production plan environmental impact statement within the Area
was finalized more than 10 years prior to the date of the approval of the plan,
in which case an environmental impact statement shall be
required.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA66749AAD08044DE8CDDAF6FE8E9244C"><enum>115.</enum><header>Federal Energy
Natural Resources Enhancement Act of 2008</header>
<subsection id="HB54509A811034F3FB214B8000060845E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The
Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H583AF2FE94034FB8AA9D44F839DDA55E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Energy and
minerals exploration, development, and production on Federal onshore and
offshore lands, including bio-based fuel, natural gas, minerals, oil,
geothermal, and power from wind, waves, currents, and thermal energy, involves
significant outlays of funds by Federal and State wildlife, fish, and natural
resource management agencies for environmental studies, planning, development,
monitoring, and management of wildlife, fish, air, water, and other natural
resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64715B3B9B7F41268422E2A72B7FB088"><enum>(2)</enum><text>State wildlife,
fish, and natural resource management agencies are funded primarily through
permit and license fees paid to the States by the general public to hunt and
fish, and through Federal excise taxes on equipment used for these
activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2BA485E6D094F1BA774479026F50011"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Funds generated
from consumptive and recreational uses of wildlife, fish, and other natural
resources currently are inadequate to address the natural resources related to
energy and minerals development on Federal onshore and offshore lands.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H774E861D19224A8095DC135DB0DD3150"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Funds available to
Federal agencies responsible for managing Federal onshore and offshore lands
and Federal-trust wildlife and fish species and their habitats are inadequate
to address the natural resources related to energy and minerals development on
Federal onshore and offshore lands.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7CA9689F236A48D4B71C7C8FD21662E1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Receipts derived
from sales, bonus bids, and royalties under the mineral leasing laws of the
United States are paid to the Treasury through the Minerals Management Service
of the Department of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD913EFFABB5417BA400000055DAA4D1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>None of the
receipts derived from sales, bonus bids, and royalties under the minerals
leasing laws of the United States are paid to the Federal or State agencies to
examine, monitor, and manage wildlife, fish, air, water, and other natural
resources related to natural gas, oil, and mineral exploration and
development.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE19766C66EB14D21A18C9547E62E5730"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>It
is the purpose of this section to—</text>
<paragraph id="H5EBB6E037FB441A6AE01FFC28162DCA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>authorize
expenditures for the monitoring and management of wildlife and fish, and their
habitats, and air, water, and other natural resources related to energy and
minerals development on Federal onshore and offshore lands;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFD49537E07E45578C7E15D1DF06DB70"><enum>(2)</enum><text>authorize
expenditures for each fiscal year to the Secretary of the Interior and the
States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D0BBD62D5F849B0BEDDE75F57B2A557"><enum>(3)</enum><text>use the
appropriated funds to secure the necessary trained workforce or contractual
services to conduct environmental studies, planning, development, monitoring,
and post-development management of wildlife and fish and their habitats and
air, water, and other natural resources that may be related to bio-based fuel,
gas, mineral, oil, wind, or other energy exploration, development,
transportation, transmission, and associated activities on Federal onshore and
offshore lands, including, but not limited to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDA3D7DFB334640C3B1C9A19B3DD1CED6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>pertinent
research, surveys, and environmental analyses conducted to identify any impacts
on wildlife, fish, air, water, and other natural resources from energy and
mineral exploration, development, production, and transportation or
transmission;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H15F3F618103441318C00811B5CB37BCD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>projects to
maintain, improve, or enhance wildlife and fish populations and their habitats
or air, water, or other natural resources, including activities under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC05B5FA267A74F1BA840C366209569AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>research, surveys,
environmental analyses, and projects that assist in managing, including
mitigating either onsite or offsite, or both, the impacts of energy and mineral
activities on wildlife, fish, air, water, and other natural resources;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E26C8239656492A9819C83350104367"><enum>(D)</enum><text>projects to teach
young people to live off the land.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC57ABB5E41994C9E9DD0B4C2398D867"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H8D10195127424ED0B25467F896028623"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Enhancement
program</header><text>The term <quote>Enhancement Program</quote> means the
Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Program established by this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE492F50037114D23ADEEEE5BBA41177E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <quote>State</quote> means the Governor of the State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H08CEBD27D419487EAD9808F9104F4B00"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out the Enhancement Program $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal
year thereafter.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB196C48A4DD2442ABC760060A2288F92"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Establishment of
Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Program</header>
<paragraph id="H03AF2760587B465C8599A632383D5E9F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established the Federal Energy Natural Resources
Enhancement Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87A4086A42A743F1AA823517DE6F43A2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payment to
Secretary of the Interior</header><text>Beginning with fiscal year 2009, and in
each fiscal year thereafter, one-third of amounts appropriated for the
Enhancement Program shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior for use
for the purposes described in subsection (b)(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H569FB382FD324F0C84AF9DAF1311CB10"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payment to
States</header>
<subparagraph id="HAAE9A289D8A24BF5BDBE00B5679559E3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Beginning with fiscal year 2009, and in each fiscal year
thereafter, two-thirds of amounts appropriated for the Enhancement Program
shall be available to the States for use for the purposes described in
(b)(3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA783C258FC1C46F9A852078726EA4159"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of payments
by state</header><text>Each State shall use the payments made under this
paragraph only for carrying out projects and programs for the purposes
described in (b)(3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA0CD65E08F4463883B70527066E75A9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Encourage use of
private funds by state</header><text>Each State shall use the payments made
under this paragraph to leverage private funds for carrying out projects for
the purposes described in (b)(3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE057385F640B4CD89CCD4E389E30A7E7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on
Use</header><text>Amounts made available under this section may not be used for
the purchase of any interest in land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7BF982756B7049099B4E9B2445A43D16"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header>
<paragraph id="H9981F10D09FA4D1BA42097A889C2D1DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Beginning in fiscal year 2010 and continuing for each
fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior and each State receiving
funds from the Enhancement Fund shall submit a report to the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of
the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93CE86E369E2410F009CB3ABD0808B79"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required
information</header><text>Reports submitted to the Congress by the Secretary of
the Interior and States under this subsection shall include the following
information regarding expenditures during the previous fiscal year:</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE2EFEB3CEC04BD78945199464612D71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A summary of
pertinent scientific research and surveys conducted to identify impacts on
wildlife, fish, and other natural resources from energy and mineral
developments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA920DDB77886471B81786427730600F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A summary of
projects planned and completed to maintain, improve or enhance wildlife and
fish populations and their habitats or other natural resources.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB83269B281F8454A8D235EDB9DAF3BCF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A list of
additional actions that assist, or would assist, in managing, including
mitigating either onsite or offsite, or both, the impacts of energy and mineral
development on wildlife, fish, and other natural resources.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8C8E8A6E17A4CF18F9B3D8E13D9776"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A summary of
private (non-Federal) funds used to plan, conduct, and complete the plans and
programs identified in paragraphs (2)(A) and (2)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HCE5294FB43E84059B1D2A7A1D17ED173"><enum>116.</enum><header>Termination of
effect of laws prohibiting the spending of Appropriated funds for certain
purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">All provisions of
existing Federal law prohibiting the spending of appropriated funds to conduct
oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities, or to issue a lease to
any person, for any area of the outer Continental Shelf shall have no force or
effect.</text>
</section><section id="H58F84C5992124ECC97E7D9B7B188A153"><enum>117.</enum><header>Outer
continental shelf incompatible use</header>
<subsection id="HA9B3377B3A724511A3731BBC984C2446"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>No Federal agency may permit construction or operation
(or both) of any facility, or designate or maintain a restricted transportation
corridor or operating area on the Federal outer Continental Shelf or in State
waters, that will be incompatible with, as determined by the Secretary of the
Interior, oil and gas or natural gas leasing and substantially full exploration
and production of tracts that are geologically prospective for oil or natural
gas (or both).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD6A8B957CF1845CDA3354661C63713CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Subsection
(a) shall not apply to any facility, transportation corridor, or operating area
the construction, operation, designation, or maintenance of which is or will
be—</text>
<paragraph id="HE803250517F74033AD364E03A0F6FE00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>located in an area
of the outer Continental Shelf that is unavailable for oil and gas or natural
gas leasing by operation of law;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B4549F5F9214AF1982215A32C49A721"><enum>(2)</enum><text>used for a
military readiness activity (as defined in section 315(f) of Public Law
107–314; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/703">16 U.S.C. 703</external-xref> note); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B61EFB780E44AAA8D00C7F9007FD5B4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>required in the
national interest, as determined by the President.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2CE828FE6FD24310BB063EC561DEC73C"><enum>118.</enum><header>Repurchase of
certain leases</header>
<subsection id="H94B7FCA78DAC46F7BEB8D0F29C4D08A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To
Repurchase and Cancel Certain Leases</header><text>The Secretary of the
Interior shall repurchase and cancel any Federal oil and gas, geothermal, coal,
oil shale, tar sands, or other mineral lease, whether onshore or offshore, but
not including any outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases that were subject
to litigation in the Court of Federal Claims on January 1, 2006, if the
Secretary finds that such lease qualifies for repurchase and cancellation under
the regulations authorized by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCCCF5D2F80B94249AEAF39038B676442"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not
later than 365 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall publish a final regulation stating the conditions under which a lease
referred to in subsection (a) would qualify for repurchase and cancellation,
and the process to be followed regarding repurchase and cancellation. Such
regulation shall include, but not be limited to, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H050FAB5DFEDB4ED7B5E1EDCDF07CB564"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall repurchase and cancel a lease after written request by the lessee upon a
finding by the Secretary that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB82F674585144AC8897DEF052CDB1D1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a request by the
lessee for a required permit or other approval complied with applicable law,
except the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1451">16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.</external-xref>), and
terms of the lease and such permit or other approval was denied;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16018E6BDCAE4985A4EF478D032C47FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a Federal agency
failed to act on a request by the lessee for a required permit, other approval,
or administrative appeal within a regulatory or statutory time-frame associated
with the requested action, whether advisory or mandatory, or if none, within
180 days; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA2570B2E9074AE900982669207F68F4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a Federal agency
attached a condition of approval, without agreement by the lessee, to a
required permit or other approval if such condition of approval was not
mandated by Federal statute or regulation in effect on the date of lease
issuance, or was not specifically allowed under the terms of the lease.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0B7F65E327D74DCB944192172805E172"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A
lessee shall not be required to exhaust administrative remedies regarding a
permit request, administrative appeal, or other required request for approval
for the purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE377DB18552542A7B776001151009105"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall make a final agency decision on a request by a lessee under this section
within 180 days of request.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB3D255FD5FFC4271A949626B04816E96"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Compensation to a
lessee to repurchase and cancel a lease under this section shall be the amount
that a lessee would receive in a restitution case for a material breach of
contract.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H973FBB35D6EB43E893CC5B7C22C45B72"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Compensation shall
be in the form of a check or electronic transfer from the Department of the
Treasury from funds deposited into miscellaneous receipts under the authority
of the same Act that authorized the issuance of the lease being
repurchased.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6475F3C1C6FD46D4A100EAE0B6C1E22"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Failure of the
Secretary to make a final agency decision on a request by a lessee under this
section within 180 days of request shall result in a 10 percent increase in the
compensation due to the lessee if the lease is ultimately repurchased.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H714CDEF3188146A69512398ED03D4833"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No
Prejudice</header><text>This section shall not be interpreted to prejudice any
other rights that the lessee would have in the absence of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA406CB31662D4386AF18C5E19005600"><enum>119.</enum><header>Offsite
environmental mitigation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any person conducting activities under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181
et seq.), the Geothermal Steam Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/1001">30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.</external-xref>), the Mineral
Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/351">30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.</external-xref>), the Weeks Act (16
U.S.C. 552 et seq.), the General Mining Act of 1872 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/22">30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.</external-xref>), the
Materials Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/601">30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</external-xref>), or the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.</external-xref>), may in satisfying any mitigation
requirements associated with such activities propose mitigation measures on a
site away from the area impacted and the Secretary of the Interior shall accept
these proposed measures if the Secretary finds that they generally achieve the
purposes for which mitigation measures appertained.</text>
</section><section id="HAE4A369F6FDE43C5B086CB6E482F5077"><enum>120.</enum><header>Minerals
management service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The bureau
known as the <quote>Minerals Management Service</quote> in the Department of
the Interior shall be known as the <quote>National Ocean Resources and Royalty
Service</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H6F239A6B98AE45B9BC5922FA6D00CB3C"><enum>121.</enum><header>Authority to
use decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms and other facilities for
artificial reef, scientific research, or other uses</header>
<subsection id="H2DC5C7C58E364595AE0066CF62DA78A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short
Title</header><text>This section may be cited as the <quote>Rigs to Reefs Act
of 2008</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDBEDD6CC0830406FB0DBEC8200B363F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301 et
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 9 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD8F36750B2384969BB5EBF10146D5236" style="OLC">
<section id="H7A6044A06686493792BEA1996CAEAAD8"><enum>10.</enum><header>Use of
decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms and other facilities for
artificial reef, scientific research, or other uses</header>
<subsection id="H91052722A6C74693BA91C066862377C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary shall issue regulations under which the
Secretary may authorize use of an offshore oil and gas platform or other
facility that is decommissioned from service for oil and gas purposes for an
artificial reef, scientific research, or any other use authorized under section
8(p) or any other applicable Federal law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEF721245F546499380DE2157167DBFED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer
Requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall not allow the transfer of a
decommissioned offshore oil and gas platform or other facility to another
person unless the Secretary is satisfied that the transferee is sufficiently
bonded, endowed, or otherwise financially able to fulfill its obligations,
including but not limited to—</text>
<paragraph id="HB0CE332D9E764164803F8933675FA4D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ongoing
maintenance of the platform or other facility;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69D49572877A4F57B07C29936BF79675"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any liability
obligations that might arise;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64ACBA464CF743549F1F00542CF446C2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>removal of the
platform or other facility if determined necessary by the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE598EAA34AA34D84B924EB854FF11223"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any other
requirements and obligations that the Secretary may deem appropriate by
regulation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFD6467A7A482404797ED6264D19B59F1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plugging and
abandonment</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that plugging and
abandonment of wells is accomplished at an appropriate time.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6229E2C825F14427B4B2B1390456B8EC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Potential To
Petition To Opt-Out of Regulations</header><text>An Adjacent State acting
through a resolution of its legislature, with concurrence of its Governor, may
preliminarily petition to opt-out of the application of regulations promulgated
under this section to platforms and other facilities located in the area of its
Adjacent Zone within 12 miles of the coastline. Upon receipt of the preliminary
petition, the Secretary shall complete an environmental assessment that
documents the anticipated environmental effects of approving the petition. The
Secretary shall provide the environmental assessment to the State, which then
has the choice of no action or confirming its petition by further action of its
legislature, with the concurrence of its Governor. The Secretary is authorized
to except such area from the application of such regulations, and shall approve
any confirmed petition.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF9239B577D25471B0092AAEDBDB866CE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on
liability</header><text>A person that had used an offshore oil and gas platform
or other facility for oil and gas purposes and that no longer has any ownership
or control of the platform or other facility shall not be liable under Federal
law for any costs or damages arising from such platform or other facility after
the date the platform or other facility is used for any purpose under
subsection (a), unless such costs or damages arise from—</text>
<paragraph id="H78CC3E6DFB814ED09DCEB807EFA94B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>use of the platform
or other facility by the person for development or production of oil or gas;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3BEE8684B08D49E98EDAD41FA6EFFFEF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>another act or
omission of the person.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8326E4B5005D4CDDBD140064D64FFEC7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Other leasing
and use not affected</header><text>This section, and the use of any offshore
oil and gas platform or other facility for any purpose under subsection (a),
shall not affect—</text>
<paragraph id="H8680E842494D408283706000D7175CFF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the authority of
the Secretary to lease any area under this Act; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70956EED1EFF46CD8413054F8D64F01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any activity
otherwise authorized under this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HBC1CFB3818D94EFE8BA0009767085745"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deadline for
Regulations</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall issue regulations
under subsection (b) by not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBFCDF7CDFCED444FA090D723E1610000"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Study and Report
on Effects of Removal of Platforms</header><text>Not later than one year after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, in
consultation with other Federal agencies as the Secretary deems advisable,
shall study and report to the Congress regarding how the removal of offshore
oil and gas platforms and other facilities from the outer Continental Shelf
would affect existing fish stocks and coral populations.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7DDA7F8DE7FC4C4AA3717775CB8B3FA3"><enum>122.</enum><header>Repeal of
requirement to conduct comprehensive inventory of OCS oil and natural gas
resources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Energy Policy
Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8951C9DB14E84FF9B894B07685114950"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by repealing
section 357 (119 Stat. 720; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15912">42 U.S.C. 15912</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7291058391142EB945200FC002F7FC1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the table of
contents in section 1(b), by striking the item relating to such section
357.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE7FE888524454925998FF5EBF90C293"><enum>123.</enum><header>Onshore and
offshore mineral lease fees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
the Department of the Interior is prohibited from charging fees applicable to
bidding or actions on Federal onshore and offshore oil and gas, coal,
geothermal, and other mineral leases, including transportation of any
production from such leases, if such fees were not established in final
regulations prior to the date of issuance of the lease.</text>
</section><section id="HBA38A053315B4B29A1F713E7C6B75863"><enum>124.</enum><header>OCS regional
headquarters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than
July 1, 2010, the Secretary of the Interior shall establish the headquarters
for the Atlantic OCS Region, the headquarters for the Gulf of Mexico OCS
Region, and the headquarters for the Pacific OCS Region within a State
bordering the Atlantic OCS Region, a State bordering the Gulf of Mexico OCS
Region, and a State bordering the Pacific OCS Region, respectively, from among
the States bordering those Regions, that petitions by no later than January 1,
2010, for leasing, for oil and gas or natural gas, covering at least 40 percent
of the area of its Adjacent Zone within 100 miles of the coastline. Such
Atlantic and Pacific OCS Regions headquarters shall be located within 25 miles
of the coastline and each MMS OCS regional headquarters shall be the permanent
duty station for all Minerals Management Service personnel that on a daily
basis spend on average 60 percent or more of their time in performance of
duties in support of the activities of the respective Region, except that the
Minerals Management Service may house regional inspection staff in other
locations. Each OCS Region shall each be led by a Regional Director who shall
be an employee within the Senior Executive Service.</text>
</section><section id="H8F07A1D2666F489AB6A617B400A79F6D"><enum>125.</enum><header>Leases for
areas located within 100 miles of California or Florida</header>
<subsection id="H3C830F6BAF4A4395A479425F34CB63C2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization To
Cancel and Exchange Certain Existing Oil and Gas Leases; Prohibition on
Submittal of Exploration Plans for Certain Leases Prior to June 30,
2012</header>
<paragraph id="HE54F2382E72E4BB9A11F6716E959C2ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Within
2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the lessee of an existing oil
and gas lease for an area located completely within 100 miles of the coastline
within the California or Florida Adjacent Zones shall have the option, without
compensation, of exchanging such lease for a new oil and gas lease having a
primary term of 5 years. For the area subject to the new lease, the lessee may
select any unleased tract on the outer Continental Shelf that is in an area
available for leasing. Further, with the permission of the relevant Governor,
such a lessee may convert its existing oil and gas lease into a natural gas
lease having a primary term of 5 years and covering the same area as the
existing lease or another area within the same State’s Adjacent Zone within 100
miles of the coastline.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B3440D8E2EC40878C7DD8279C22BD54"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative
process</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall establish a
reasonable administrative process to implement paragraph (1). Exchanges and
conversions under subsection (a), including the issuance of new leases, shall
not be considered to be major Federal actions for purposes of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>). Further, such
actions conducted in accordance with this section are deemed to be in
compliance all provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1331 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0AE5B1C78E6C4155B1692200CB5EDD69"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Operating
restrictions</header><text>A new lease issued in exchange for an existing lease
under this section shall be subject to such national defense operating
stipulations on the OCS tract covered by the new lease as may be applicable
upon issuance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1D67031F8DA4E21BF9EB1EACB3C035"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The
Secretary shall give priority in the lease exchange process based on the amount
of the original bonus bid paid for the issuance of each lease to be exchanged.
The Secretary shall allow leases covering partial tracts to be exchanged for
leases covering full tracts conditioned upon payment of additional bonus bids
on a per-acre basis as determined by the average per acre of the original bonus
bid per acre for the partial tract being exchanged.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8597C3A477EC4BDEB9E1DF4C63AA02C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Exploration
plans</header><text>Any exploration plan submitted to the Secretary of the
Interior after the date of the enactment of this Act and before July 1, 2012,
for an oil and gas lease for an area wholly within 100 miles of the coastline
within the California Adjacent Zone or Florida Adjacent Zone shall not be
treated as received by the Secretary until the earlier of July 1, 2012, or the
date on which a petition by the Adjacent State for oil and gas leasing covering
the area within which is located the area subject to the oil and gas lease was
approved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB9100FD608854F44BC68114934483428"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Further Lease
Cancellation and Exchange Provisions</header>
<paragraph id="H4FF41C18FC924052B230CCA22E7946E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cancellation of
lease</header><text>As part of the lease exchange process under this section,
the Secretary shall cancel a lease that is exchanged under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCBE2F6ACFE3486E93F3FD4E13DB9701"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consent of
lessees</header><text>All lessees holding an interest in a lease must consent
to cancellation of their leasehold interests in order for the lease to be
cancelled and exchanged under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEC4DA9B151F4E34A7D3D3F58D8745E3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver of
rights</header><text>As a prerequisite to the exchange of a lease under this
section, the lessee must waive any rights to bring any litigation against the
United States related to the transaction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69C63DE03EF54CB1A0723435111EFC29"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Plugging and
abandonment</header><text>The plugging and abandonment requirements for any
wells located on any lease to be cancelled and exchanged under this section
must be complied with by the lessees prior to the cancellation and
exchange.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H32A1943326D2436E9501F1CE8EF58941"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Area Partially
Within 100 Miles of Florida</header><text>An existing oil and gas lease for an
area located partially within 100 miles of the coastline within the Florida
Adjacent Zone may only be developed and produced using wells drilled from
well-head locations at least 100 miles from the coastline to any bottom-hole
location on the area of the lease. This subsection shall not apply if Florida
has petitioned for leasing closer to the coastline than 100 miles.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H692669BC0DA84FE6BAEAB64013C148D0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Existing Oil and
Gas Lease Defined</header><text>In this section the term <quote>existing oil
and gas lease</quote> means an oil and gas lease in effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H94222AD3637C4D7DAA005C6388DE6346"><enum>126.</enum><header>Coastal impact
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 31 of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1356a">43 U.S.C. 1356a</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="H312A1FD706CA479700FE8BFE649FFDFF"><enum>127.</enum><header>Sense of the
Congress to buy and build American</header>
<subsection id="H185E862638264181AE59A7A9AC413C30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Buy and Build
American</header><text>It is the intention of the Congress that this Act, among
other things, result in a healthy and growing American industrial,
manufacturing, transportation, and service sector employing the vast talents of
America’s workforce to assist in the development of affordable energy from the
Outer Continental Shelf. Moreover, the Congress intends to monitor the
deployment of personnel and material in the Outer Continental Shelf to
encourage the development of American technology and manufacturing to enable
United States workers to benefit from this Act by good jobs and careers, as
well as the establishment of important industrial facilities to support
expanded access to American resources.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCC416200CC20483A8E0919A9FB000012"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Safeguard for
Extraordinary Ability</header><text>Section 30(a) of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1356">43 U.S.C. 1356(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding
paragraph (1) by striking <quote>regulations which</quote> and inserting
<quote>regulations that shall be supplemental and complimentary with and under
no circumstances a substitution for the provisions of the Constitution and laws
of the United States extended to the subsoil and seabed of the outer
Continental Shelf pursuant to section 4(a)(1) of this Act, except insofar as
such laws would otherwise apply to individuals who have extraordinary ability
in the sciences, arts, education, or business, which has been demonstrated by
sustained national or international acclaim, and that</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC09B4F48677F4D6782652839838F20FD"><enum>128.</enum><header>Repeal of the
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of
2006 is repealed effective October 1, 2008.</text>
</section><section id="H91E725FDB74B4108A83354DC957B86D3"><enum>129.</enum><header>Removal of
additional fee for new applications for permits to drill</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The second undesignated paragraph of the
matter under the heading <quote>MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES</quote> under
the heading <quote>Bureau of Land Management</quote> of title I of the
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</external-xref>; 121 Stat. 2098) is amended by striking <quote>to
be reduced</quote> and all that follows through <quote>each new
application,</quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC66A28B30E0544A795CD30E2D44C7AC"><enum>130.</enum><header>Credit for
producing fuel from nonconventional sources to apply to gas produced onshore
from formations more than 15,000 feet deep</header>
<subsection id="H8A64DD88BB6C45A9897D858CA4014FD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 45K(c)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of
clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (ii) and
inserting <quote>or</quote>, and by inserting after clause (ii) the following
new clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7F858C50F6B14D81A415CB0000E830C4" style="OLC">
<clause id="H032486B527E8407FBD98A6B04EC138B8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an onshore well
from a formation more than 15,000 feet deep,
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HFBDFCAFE80644A7780F70782652880E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible Deep
Gas Wells</header><text>Section 45K of such Code is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H58D13826814F47AC8E1120EC6767AA1E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H122FACCECB064C869700B222A7D95636"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Eligible Deep
Gas Wells</header><text>In the case of a well producing qualified fuel
described in subsection (c)(1)(B)(iii)—</text>
<paragraph id="H9E378FEBEFC74DAFB1F9B8052B457353"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for purposes of
subsection (e)(1)(A), such well shall be treated as drilled before January 1,
1993, if such well is drilled after the date of the enactment of this
subsection, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58B5CEA1499B4D7F81F26E20672605AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subsection (e)(2)
shall not
apply.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H28C4A70960B34C4FADE9EB99C13F152B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6ACD41613AC549C893FC279D398F7C95"><enum>131.</enum><header>Tax credit for
carbon dioxide captured from industrial sources and used in enhanced oil and
natural gas recovery</header>
<subsection id="H06E389347EBC45D78FBE3C89EBA5546D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business credits) is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9B9BB74CE3A341A4BDB55462B11BB68" style="OLC">
<section id="H84043AB56C2C4E6D006C11C5C7355B3C"><enum>45P.</enum><header>Credit for
carbon dioxide captured from industrial sources and used as a tertiary
injectant in enhanced oil and natural gas recovery</header>
<subsection id="HFAED3B6F5B0C477F95FA9B5698303382"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
Rule</header><text>For purposes of section 38, the captured carbon dioxide
tertiary injectant credit for any taxable year is an amount equal to the
product of—</text>
<paragraph id="H1160362786A3491D85B2B2058580F898"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the credit amount,
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H819A04555BBB424296A1006C58897056"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the qualified
carbon dioxide captured from industrial sources and used as a tertiary
injectant in qualified enhanced oil and natural gas recovery which is
attributable to the taxpayer.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5EC93D4F06E9441E8756D8864624D78E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Credit
Amount</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H71732BCBF7984A518FAD78C5D0E3D5A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The credit amount is $0.75 per 1,000 standard cubic
feet.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85854F0A5BDA4D29A569627753E0FEE9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inflation
adjustment</header><text>In the case of any taxable year beginning in a
calendar year after 2007, there shall be substituted for the $0.75 amount under
paragraph (1) an amount equal to the product of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1B2D15E11D0945E5A71C524EEDE09C6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$0.75, multiplied
by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA59B5ABF5E7E4A25A88584A9A959D6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the inflation
adjustment factor for such calendar year determined under section 43(b)(3)(B)
for such calendar year, determined by substituting <quote>2006</quote> for
<quote>1990</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H47ECE8074C8E49099797EC525BA8D910"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualified Carbon
Dioxide</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HEBFDFFC13E42428000A4F7F8059115E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <quote>qualified carbon dioxide</quote> means
carbon dioxide captured from an anthropogenic source that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H54CDD07E56784167A44E99C7A005228"><enum>(A)</enum><text>would otherwise be
released into the atmosphere as industrial emission of greenhouse gas,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79AC93D1249B463DBA1570740059FBDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is measurable at
the source of capture,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68A0F97F4A28450A9461AF8082E0B68"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is compressed,
treated, and transported via pipeline,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0EF1E0E668F43C99ED7782811AFD2D8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is sold as a
tertiary injectant in qualified enhanced oil and natural gas recovery,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7E85054C48E467C00798B219D19C254"><enum>(E)</enum><text>is permanently
sequestered in geological formations as a result of the enhanced oil and
natural gas recovery process.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEC915010CFD144278BBF6C40AAF45E3F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Anthropogenic
source</header><text>An anthropogenic source of carbon dioxide is an industrial
source, including any of the following types of plants, and facilities related
to such plant—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8D2D72E752764A3095C0255C65139841"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a coal and natural
gas fired electrical generating power station,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7879272F747046F19F3219B4CE4B1BC9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a natural gas
processing and treating plant,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21C0D224A8F64572B191DB1F1113C300"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an ethanol
plant,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1CD423C4F4B43E3B11BCFD9BC5064CD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a fertilizer
plant, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H245800A057F646F698A4E1C48389868E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a chemical
plant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H68765B9606174FA688707380B56B04DD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subparagraph id="H1EC3006A082E4008A5240059F55393D6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Qualified
enhanced oil and natural gas recovery</header><text>The term <quote>qualified
enhanced oil and natural gas recovery</quote> has the meaning given such term
by section 43(c)(2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CB910F74DDC44D58C22000376CD1C7F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Tertiary
injectant</header><text>The term <quote>tertiary injectant</quote> has the same
meaning as when used within section 193(b)(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H77A4F1AEC4CD4B02AE2CA9C767C6CC6D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other
Definitions and Special Rules</header><text>For purposes of this
section—</text>
<paragraph id="H18ACF6212DDE4FC9BA793D47CD31004C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Only carbon
dioxide captured within the United States taken into
account</header><text>Sales shall be taken into account under this section only
with respect to qualified carbon dioxide of which is within—</text>
<subparagraph id="H964637489B65466C96DB34EEDB8B049D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the United States
(within the meaning of section 638(1)), or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H246B98E0A79E430BB3F1CC235932DB12"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a possession of
the United States (within the meaning of section 638(2)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4DCF5DBE24D2474EB391209D02D005B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recycled carbon
dioxide</header><text>The term <quote>qualified carbon dioxide</quote> includes
the initial deposit of captured carbon dioxide used as a tertiary injectant.
Such term does not include carbon dioxide that is re-captured, recycled, and
re-injected as part of the enhanced oil and natural gas recovery
process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33FEFE0DB72E449FA5C2DB873E89714E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Credit
attributable to taxpayer</header><text>Any credit under this section shall be
attributable to the person that captures, treats, compresses, transports and
sells the carbon dioxide for use as a tertiary injectant in enhanced oil and
natural gas recovery, except to the extent provided in regulations prescribed
by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H382C57004199451B864255D2191D6232"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendment</header><text>Section 38(b) of such Code (relating to general
business credit), as amended by section 302, is amended by striking
<quote>plus</quote> at the end of paragraph (31), by striking the period at the
end of paragraph (32) and inserting <quote>, plus</quote>, and by adding at the
end of following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC18BC50DB89448D3B1E6D03DF29DDDFF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H439D02B601DE4961A778E80023858C41"><enum>(33)</enum><text>the captured
carbon dioxide tertiary injectant credit determined under section
45P(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5595A0FBFA004723B800B8489FFC5889"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart B of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code (relating to other credits) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H9B9BB74CE3A341A4BDB55462B11BB68" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="H84043AB56C2C4E6D006C11C5C7355B3C" level="section">Sec. 45P. Credit for carbon dioxide captured from industrial
sources and used as a tertiary injectant in enhanced oil and natural gas
recovery.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HEADDD63945374E5CB7D1AEC694002CEF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>OIL
AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM FOR COASTAL PLAIN OF ALASKA</header>
<section id="HD8588472165D4580BFB3ED55DDA541DF"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>American Energy Independence and Price Reduction
Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H6CA762DE155D4D68B9246418AB5F6882"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H8A459E9BD2DE448A8865E0FBC97F2DA0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coastal
plain</header><text>The term <quote>Coastal Plain</quote> means that area
described in appendix I to part 37 of title 50, Code of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41B0AD71359B4BADBA3E6BF9A536E0D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <quote>Secretary</quote>, except as otherwise provided, means the
Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary’s designee.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H816EBA506248400ABE12A5D392889FC5"><enum>203.</enum><header>Leasing program
for lands within the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="H951C158F16D740EC00929B6E6971DC0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary shall take such actions as are
necessary—</text>
<paragraph id="HC1C3DCB2C89F4B3A817C83C37F9132A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to establish and
implement, in accordance with this Act 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="HA35E0F8AE5A14089AB9296542B4B8106"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to administer the
provisions of this Act 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 Act 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="HAB5364F57D0544D18C8CF8B97B402134"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="H530D1565356D4E10A64E6FF0BEBCA56C"><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="H8E15488893174E6DA0E7465236553913"><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="HC0349DABEF284EED8E9B66B1FC70939F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance With
Requirements Under Certain Other Laws</header>
<paragraph id="H688C42A6E4784F7A88CD28D68C68BA3F"><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="H93D55E73EE2946CFB05D826F976FA1A2"><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 Act before the conduct of the first lease
sale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E203BED6AA346909BC552199F9D47AE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance with
NEPA for other actions</header><text>Before conducting the first lease sale
under this Act, the Secretary shall prepare an environmental impact statement
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to the actions
authorized by this Act 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 Act shall be completed within 18 months
after the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall only consider
public comments that specifically address the Secretary’s preferred action and
that are filed within 20 days after publication of an environmental analysis.
Notwithstanding any other law, compliance with this paragraph is deemed to
satisfy all requirements for the analysis and consideration of the
environmental effects of proposed leasing under this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H569567952D194C379C166FA8AFE476D6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to
State and Local Authority</header><text>Nothing in this Act shall be considered
to expand or limit State and local regulatory authority.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H877170B4F91E4A04A09F596058507EC3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
Areas</header>
<paragraph id="H9F647F006C0241F383CAF0FD99CA12E6"><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="H9EB6A020729C4AADA92EF77E00BA635D"><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="H4E7C9F21244348BFA46F2D29EDEA6E00"><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="H299217CDF8F0472FA9B033F2F84B00FE"><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="H317134A5679F4CCEB08ED0BFB9B8E80"><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 Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H135BDB3C75944BC3A859A14C02008315"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="HBFC7993D79A84FA2B0185FE2BDCDA4D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be
necessary to carry out this Act, 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 Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3CD975F152B435F804500CA7B20E583"><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="H7791CD38E8AD45008644AB2878EB9E27"><enum>204.</enum><header>Lease
sales</header>
<subsection id="H7425E78A21964210BD309146BEC25AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Lands may be leased pursuant to this Act 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="HC0496031BB5F445CAC004C4CBF566B76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for—</text>
<paragraph id="HDDB02FED05D0487080F092329D8CC748"><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="H4D744C0FB19F4593A4252B55BCCD0000"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the holding of
lease sales after such nomination process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0382B46A4E624B95964699272587003D"><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="HD975FBE0B7B0429ABC5E5B006EF693F6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lease Sale
Bids</header><text>Bidding for leases under this Act shall be by sealed
competitive cash bonus bids.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H06A9F87A423E494D8E34DF13B5FD0973"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acreage Minimum
in First Sale</header><text>In the first lease sale under this Act, 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="H35599CBABFF2450E91AC6D6BF1342AC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Timing of Lease
Sales</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H78CA4F1E38F6401EA72346F8DB52348"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct the first
lease sale under this Act within 22 months after the date of the enactment of
this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BAA80573E7E42AA8CCA74011D83225F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate the bids
in such sale and issue leases resulting from such sale, within 90 days after
the date of the completion of such sale; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8AF18DB647AA467488C84E8897AF4F29"><enum>(3)</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="HA5C128E90F8743FDB524B508B001D62"><enum>205.</enum><header>Grant of leases
by the Secretary</header>
<subsection id="H7E58E17FAF0247A189456B1720B83B7"><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 4 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="HB87AF6DBAFAB4EC2ACAA9300A0305BFA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subsequent
Transfers</header><text>No lease issued under this Act 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="H21961D65C8EE44F489569DE6924E1CBC"><enum>206.</enum><header>Lease terms and
conditions</header>
<subsection id="H2BAB6331247B4AF0ADDF308976B7AE16"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>An oil or gas lease issued pursuant to this Act
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H869BC6B0268C4AE4957C54B46B508239"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the
payment of a royalty of not less than 12<fraction>½</fraction> 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="H6EACBE1D82F24D4D87225DB60013E528"><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="HBF496AA302784E8ABCD75616DA29C02D"><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="H2B499EA80C1B4EF68B8CDD986B1C03"><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="H184B9A5ABEA14D948FF802E3BE67DCE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide that the
standard of reclamation for lands required to be reclaimed under this Act 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="H81F117917B6C4E02991EF719C256450"><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
3(a)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5C11B94933D4D2A874C43BF11D6C92"><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="H3D8D5436026C467191CD74B212EA448"><enum>(8)</enum><text>prohibit the export
of oil produced under the lease; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E0547FBFEE0410E810362A84F77893C"><enum>(9)</enum><text>contain such other
provisions as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure compliance with the
provisions of this Act and the regulations issued under this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H00BCC250C4274AC088DFB2D50280FE95"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project Labor
Agreements</header><text>The Secretary, as a term and condition of each lease
under this Act 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 Act 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="HE597174608244EDD85CACBFB84AECAC3"><enum>207.</enum><header>Coastal plain
environmental protection</header>
<subsection id="H65BE7D8716A1482F848CA91C6C845850"><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 3, administer the provisions of this Act through regulations, lease
terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other
provisions that—</text>
<paragraph id="H6EB100416CF849559702D4F0D2A53C52"><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="HD89E6AB18D3E4C9B8B52B751812D2498"><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="H5EF88D38B04D450F859269B55DF49C2F"><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="HB0D83D46C34644C680C3DA805E4028B4"><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="H0BEE65E24B944F06A2D429A8FFC4A8E"><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="HF578E0D54975410099DEE8B75274FCE"><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="HDC2BA1F18F7A4AF587536795744300B2"><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="H8AEFE87507CF444081BD281042000024"><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 Act, 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 Act are conducted in a manner consistent with the purposes and
environmental requirements of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9D01F52B658346A281A58D28D9829216"><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 Act shall require compliance
with all applicable provisions of Federal and State environmental law, and
shall also require the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H835AFA8DF7954F918784FCCB03D18300"><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="HA52D916312794CD08600E7DFC748F77B"><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="HDB6267EAE17644F2BAD08E1B4DF3B9BE"><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="HD8D94ECD2DFC4FDEB0DC51785C00D732"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Design safety and
construction standards for all pipelines and any access and service roads,
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2E84279D92E94AA29500F8F5CC9F92E5"><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="HF757080C68FD474183C67898D6D45DDE"><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="H81283A88D9034721A427B1CE4B93858B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Prohibitions on
general public access and use on all pipeline access and service roads.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7CA4AEF28AA4A0B948612C153ECAA05"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Stringent
reclamation and rehabilitation requirements, consistent with the standards set
forth in this Act, 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="H57E87155682B4A78A0DEF63F2C2900D5"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on access by all modes of transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4C3C65836FE4D92853EBC4D5BC2D083"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on sand and gravel extraction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A67871766BA4D8997E01FD858BACD4"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Consolidation of
facility siting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A97123DE35348DB933E4680C72338DF"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on use of explosives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B13964776EA4003A0EB34DA5EDEE605"><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="H609E02EBAAD240EF00019B001726F316"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Avoidance or
minimization of air traffic-related disturbance to fish and wildlife.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52BA93C11411436CA6FFC1E825789445"><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="HD95D19CD96E344C2A879C0093AE60D4"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Fuel storage and
oil spill contingency planning.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HACFFABB605BA4FAEBB4C40DEAEC46950"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Research,
monitoring, and reporting requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D41C8C0A1324F5490E4B8453BB30235"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Field crew
environmental briefings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6013877D1C0843E4B6F433D78EECC28E"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Avoidance of
significant adverse effects upon subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping by
subsistence users.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC085158F77E5403F8DB71B99E529000"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Compliance with
applicable air and water quality standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90BB724B65054057899329966B95F1D7"><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="H99C17377C60141B29D7B639FB6DAE9F3"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Reasonable
stipulations for protection of cultural and archeological resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H75843315548F49EDBBCA67B53737A67D"><enum>(21)</enum><text>All other
protective environmental stipulations, restrictions, terms, and conditions
deemed necessary by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCB5EF2F8B3244D0DBA1CEF5895A9604"><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="HCFD1FA8378CB489CA6BE07C0FE30AF35"><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="H6DC5D95CDF674FD8A6DC4ECEFB72C92"><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="HF2E091557A9445C081D200E561E8EC8B"><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="HB48DCB78CE474A26866F6E5ED4BB599F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Facility
Consolidation Planning</header>
<paragraph id="H039972C329104CB8A3779C89B0003641"><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="HD223B463AD054DA99DB5F23CBA31C98D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
plan shall have the following objectives:</text>
<subparagraph id="HB46978A3289A451D932D0000DEF900E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Avoiding
unnecessary duplication of facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H89EC9139D32341708BEF33C12735BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Encouraging
consolidation of common facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91B3BC51349F49DA84E404FF2B4D10B6"><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="H13274A52CED54971A5A5BC2D05C8D7D5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Utilizing existing
facilities wherever practicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B31EF0EEAA744F3BA34EC004B388B73"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Enhancing
compatibility between wildlife values and development activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H76CDFCE579204E7594EBFD9B6F3AEC1"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Access to Public
Lands</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HCE93A75C85AB4C7D8CD4A2D4B8F5A089"><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="H73C4588A83DE4066981DBC421CCB19AB"><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="H72A9706835CB44D8AAB849ED59FB47D"><enum>208.</enum><header>Expedited
judicial review</header>
<subsection id="H338BF5E8C30A42E8956703E546D3F5F3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Filing of
Complaint</header>
<paragraph id="H2B28F65169484C729F74EB49F2CB67F2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Subject
to paragraph (2), any complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of
this Act or any action of the Secretary under this Act shall be filed—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6483D6D0F1C74E5181AC62DF77C3BAEA"><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="H0D69DF13E3D94C6A875569BF248E7CF2"><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="H30D4CD4F1D4146308CA63EE2673E4BE4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>Any
complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of this Act or any action of
the Secretary under this Act may be filed only in the United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE62A83DC6D50431AB0845B56A7B300C1"><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 Act, including the environmental analysis
thereof, shall be limited to whether the Secretary has complied with the terms
of this Act 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 Act shall be presumed to be correct unless shown otherwise by clear and
convincing evidence to the contrary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6B3D0D2A3505443184176C912BAF54E2"><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="HD6BAD08A59674279AEF2A6CAF703EA24"><enum>209.</enum><header>Federal and
State distribution of revenues</header>
<subsection id="HB144A28FA3714688897389E1439CDD5F"><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 Act—</text>
<paragraph id="H5DDF06706A384095A105599281A8DFA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>50 percent shall
be paid to the State of Alaska; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC34CE77BD7974114AE32CAD3005C5531"><enum>(2)</enum><text>except as provided
in section 12(d), the balance shall be transferred to the American Energy Trust
Fund established by this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3D8BC9F6D731496CA67FABCA4FCBAD7D"><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="H68145A22988B4EDEABBD6548E9008D84"><enum>210.</enum><header>Rights-of-way
across the coastal plain</header>
<subsection id="HED4E96968F194478AACF823154430525"><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="H1C596DDA5A9B4E2591C4FB6F4DD9BF86"><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="HB8D5EBE778CC4742AA0271FFEC4367D5"><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="HA7CD15E1E8AE44A0A5643D99FAE31EA"><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="H683EB9BA8A1A48E1BFCA25008B85D9BC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall include in regulations under section 3(g) provisions granting
rights-of-way and easements described in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE83CE98260F64E2DACB766D0DB831B00"><enum>211.</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="H5B6E10D16B2D4822A60058D849967DA"><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="H79FDF5BF17B043D0B8583F20DD638F12"><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="H85E7E638939C468B00008C50004BE834"><enum>212.</enum><header>Local
government impact aid and community service assistance</header>
<subsection id="H9D1FF3DD1A9646DEBE5B902EDA927CFB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financial
Assistance Authorized</header>
<paragraph id="HCF2A819C4F0842B5B503A53CD9400FE"><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 Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1CC4039FFD6C4071AC1611F80629E1CD"><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 Act, as determined by the Secretary,
shall be eligible for financial assistance under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H47E3C6497B83469393376615EBD5E584"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
Assistance</header><text>Financial assistance under this section may be used
only for—</text>
<paragraph id="H0E1221C3E4224232B1B18000D9E24707"><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="H531DB5718F47447895467E658D844200"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementing
mitigation plans and maintaining mitigation projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88F4C679B1414DCB81C72EFB04770038"><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="H209E5E4641554E9EBCCC87A5D3332CBA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establishment of a
coordination office, by the North Slope Borough, in the City of Kaktovik, which
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE98C349E93C6488FB13B65D865ACDFAD"><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="HEED44EE82D274D1497EA917208ED79BD"><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="H988F3EC1A44C4636AA8E287FBD001351"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="H42379B8D868143A5B0587FF8CFF9BE23"><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="HCF9A017F441C423EB239933200FFA58B"><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="HF4174A62D5154003887DA343BF001019"><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="H90390725F5C441A29D62E4F20097BC79"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Establishment of
Fund</header>
<paragraph id="H8822B1F481D0440DB20488F660EEC705"><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="H6AEFE652F38C41AFAEA57712ECC82FA9"><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="HD4A1CC92B1614AB2A0BC2008D922BBF6"><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 Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94FB66D227D04BB98737FAF9BAB570F9"><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="H888FFA15E57A447BAFBE96B06D687961"><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="H7DFFAADEC8444E1CACC8F9C21F3230D9"><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><enum>III</enum><header>OIL
SHALE AND TAR SANDS</header>
<section id="H812B398BF1A6427F93A30F5B31BF7FA"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Oil Shale Opportunity Act of 2008</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HA61BE00928444F77842DB098F1CB48FC"><enum>302.</enum><header>Repeal of
limitation on use of funds for regulations regarding a commercial leasing
program for oil shale resources on public lands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 433 of the Department of the
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 (Division
F of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/161">Public Law 110–161</external-xref>; 121 Stat. 2152) is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="H5B0A4DC1E6D249CC9C062E6ECB6580C4"><enum>303.</enum><header>Permanent
funding for PILT and refuge revenue sharing</header>
<subsection id="HEDF72D2579344539873F71E93C930115"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payments in lieu
of taxes</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6906">Section 6906</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H59B5E01D22E341C3B68689EC001946FA" style="OLC">
<section id="H5FD84890B58D4FC289DAAA1D2D91C7F3"><enum>6906.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated out of the American Energy Trust Fund created by
this Act such sums as may be necessary to the Secretary of the Interior to
carry out this chapter. Beginning in fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year
thereafter, amounts authorized under this chapter shall be made available to
the Secretary of the Interior without further appropriation, for obligation or
expenditure in accordance with this
chapter.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HAC8CDCF2ED694353A79700A80421A288"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Refuge revenue
sharing</header><text>Section 401(d) of the Act of June 15, 1935 (16 U.S.C.
715s(d)), relating to refuge revenue sharing, is amended by adding at the end
the following: <quote>Beginning in fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year
thereafter, such amounts shall be made available to the Secretary without
further appropriation, out of the American Energy Trust Fund created by this
Act, as may be necessary to carry out this chapter, for obligation or
expenditure in accordance with this section.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H9AA5B0D5D28F42FA981F006D96F54172"><enum>304.</enum><header>Reauthorization
of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of
2000</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secure Rural Schools
and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/393">Public Law 106–393</external-xref>; 16 U.S.C. 500
note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3C981524CB6E4423A7089BE6E54B229F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in sections 208
and 303, by striking <quote>2013</quote> both places it appears and inserting
<quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBA8203105CE40FB8E7B66D336D8FCE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in sections
101(a), 102(b)(2), 103(b)(1), 203(a)(1), 207(a), 208, 303, and 401, by striking
<quote>2006</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HCCC91232107B4002A7AFF814905500DC"><enum>305.</enum><header>Oil shale and
tar sands amendments</header>
<subsection id="HED7528C268FA4097A6323E40422407CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of
requirement to establish payments</header><text>Section 369(o) of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 728; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15927">42 U.S.C. 15927</external-xref>) is
repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7E7F9D0746464C5E8E63317805AECC2E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of
revenues</header><text>Section 21 of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/241">30 U.S.C. 241</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA9983A307A1C45D7984608A4FA95CC8" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H31BC3533F2484D15A3F2D913B709BF72"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Revenues</header>
<paragraph id="H1FE5AFBB5E0147DC9F2ECB857DBE5E3C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35, all
revenues received from and under an oil shale or tar sands lease shall be
disposed of as provided in this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H637CA8186EC843CAB996B418398592E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Royalty rates
for commercial leases</header>
<subparagraph id="H6B1B92179C784B1CBF42F58FCF77B0BC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Royalty
rates</header><text>The Secretary shall model the royalty schedule for oil
shale and tar sands leases based on the royalty program currently in effect for
the production of synthetic crude oil from oil sands in the Province of
Alberta, Canada.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AD6940E9F9C43E8B5B78DB21B23DFDD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reduction</header><text>The
Secretary shall reduce any royalty otherwise required to be paid under
subparagraph (A) under any oil shale or tar sands lease on a sliding scale
based upon market price, with a 10 percent reduction if the average futures
price of NYMEX Light Sweet Crude, or a similar index, drops, for the previous
quarter year, below $50 (in January 1, 2008, dollars), and an 80 percent
reduction if the average price drops below $30 (in January 1, 2008, dollars)
for the quarter previous to the one in which the production is sold.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6D750BBD0BF0451596A7BFC5EA122E5D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Disposition of
revenues</header>
<subparagraph id="H5B389D3FDB9941A4A0722DC800FEB799"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>The
Secretary shall deposit into a separate account in the Treasury all revenues
derived from any oil shale or tar sands lease.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1469A440E92484A9DBADD2932DFEFF6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocations to
states and local political subdivisions</header><text>The Secretary shall
allocate 50 percent of the revenues deposited into the account established
under subparagraph (A) to the State within the boundaries of which the leased
lands are located, with a portion of that to be paid directly by the Secretary
to the State's local political subdivisions as provided in this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C7EAE690CAB4ECB88C5788C83744661"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Transmission of
allocations</header>
<clause id="HBDBF2498697348F28CA6243DBBDBDD02"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than the last business day of the month after
the month in which the revenues were received, the Secretary shall
transmit—</text>
<subclause id="H2DB695A335284FB4B208CC882300392C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to each State
two-thirds of such State’s allocations under subparagraph (B), and in
accordance with clauses (ii) and (iii) to certain county-equivalent and
municipal political subdivisions of such State a total of one-third of such
States allocations under subparagraph (B), together with all accrued interest
thereon; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H80C0FCF5BBBC4EECBDDDD8006BAE44BF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the remaining
balance of such revenues shall be deposited into the American Energy Trust Fund
created by this Act.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H26D3A0D028184277A4926C10088D2E98"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Allocations to
certain county-equivalent political subdivisions</header><text>The Secretary
shall under clause (i)(I) make equitable allocations of the revenues to
county-equivalent political subdivisions that the Secretary determines are
closely associated with the leasing and production of oil shale and tar sands,
under a formula that the Secretary shall determine by regulation.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5EA9FE6C26DB4D748800935007A4D7A9"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Allocations to
municipal political subdivisions</header><text>The initial allocation to each
county-equivalent political subdivision under clause (ii) shall be further
allocated to the county-equivalent political subdivision and any municipal
political subdivisions located partially or wholly within the boundaries of the
county-equivalent political subdivision on an equitable basis under a formula
that the Secretary shall determine by regulation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16E2C12A97ED458F9DCDA5FB978462B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Investment of
deposits</header><text>The deposits in the Treasury account established under
this section shall be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury in securities
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States having maturities
suitable to the needs of the account and yielding the highest reasonably
available interest rates as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A0FB0D9080C472C868865F9FC084500"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>A recipient of funds under this subsection may use the
funds for any lawful purpose as determined by State law. Funds allocated under
this subsection to States and local political subdivisions may be used as
matching funds for other Federal programs without limitation. Funds allocated
to local political subdivisions under this subsection may not be used in
calculation of payments to such local political subdivisions under programs for
payments in lieu of taxes or other similar programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B0FBF4DD7B442C3AA36DAD700D08433"><enum>(F)</enum><header>No accounting
required</header><text>No recipient of funds under this subsection shall be
required to account to the Federal Government for the expenditure of such
funds, except as otherwise may be required by law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8AD9DCEAF16D4B6FA8E6519D8D7FEAEA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD26F6F5D4E42424C97CEA3B17851248F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>County-equivalent
political subdivision</header><text>The term <quote>county-equivalent political
subdivision</quote> means a political jurisdiction immediately below the level
of State government, including a county, parish, borough in Alaska, independent
municipality not part of a county, parish, or borough in Alaska, or other
equivalent subdivision of a State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6220BFDD8C8472DAB5143C517910177"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Municipal
political subdivision</header><text>The term <quote>municipal political
subdivision</quote> means a municipality located within and part of a county,
parish, borough in Alaska, or other equivalent subdivision of a
State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HB440516921B848D683BE8CFDA040C372"><enum>306.</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 526 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17142">42 U.S.C. 17142</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>COAL</header>
<section id="HDA82297B682D41358EBB09ABFDF5DC5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Coal Liquid Fuel
Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H454FF724CE0E4B70A6E8424663738DAE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Standby loans for
qualifying coal-to-liquids projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16512">42 U.S.C. 16512</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF72B3278BC5A4601BFCD13A5F0F02B8" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H08ECD442E50E40080098998104B608E"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Standby Loans for
Qualifying CTL Projects</header>
<paragraph id="H6D2705F8E33D4210A7A87B7D5EB2E40"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E101601218147B6811D9B09ED8FA5B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Cap
price</header><text>The term <quote>cap price</quote> means a market price
specified in the standby loan agreement above which the project is required to
make payments to the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1CB15C270273467C81A9811C3D5557C3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Full
term</header><text>The term <quote>full term</quote> means the full term of a
standby loan agreement, as specified in the agreement, which shall not exceed
the lesser of 30 years or 90 percent of the projected useful life of the
project (as determined by the Secretary).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B404FFA15794E9AA3F477DF08593FE4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Market
price</header><text>The term <quote>market price</quote> means the average
quarterly price of a petroleum price index specified in the standby loan
agreement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC990842E48848A895162E11C107C28C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Minimum
price</header><text>The term <quote>minimum price</quote> means a market price
specified in the standby loan agreement below which the United States is
obligated to make disbursements to the project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D1944E8805E4DB1BED80818B00E0C9"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Output</header><text>The
term <quote>output</quote> means some or all of the liquid or gaseous
transportation fuels produced from the project, as specified in the loan
agreement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1893AD9347684FDF8E00F3BB64C8F7A8"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Primary
term</header><text>The term <quote>primary term</quote> means the initial term
of a standby loan agreement, as specified in the agreement, which shall not
exceed the lesser of 20 years or 75 percent of the projected useful life of the
project (as determined by the Secretary).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4E13E4A119A4295BE7E34B8C7C3B806"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Qualifying ctl
project</header><text>The term <quote>qualifying CTL project</quote>
means—</text>
<clause id="H569B201E4CA24E32B833CF9801F69588"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
commercial-scale project that converts coal to one or more liquid or gaseous
transportation fuels; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H1DFDA5DB84E147420001B6F466712373"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not more than one
project at a facility that converts petroleum refinery waste products,
including petroleum coke, into one or more liquids or gaseous transportation
fuels,</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">that
demonstrates the capture, and sequestration or disposal or use of, the carbon
dioxide produced in the conversion process, and that, on the basis of a carbon
dioxide sequestration plan prepared by the applicant, is certified by the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the
Secretary, as producing fuel with life cycle carbon dioxide emissions at or
below the average life cycle carbon dioxide emissions for the same type of fuel
produced at traditional petroleum based facilities with similar annual
capacities.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3BFF9D343A214F60B769283D6D84F967"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Standby loan
agreement</header><text>The term <quote>standby loan agreement</quote> means a
loan agreement entered into under paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H204B6A50BB5047799C6B644BCEEEC5AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standby
Loans</header>
<subparagraph id="H40262C0CABFC47EDB3D1B6D9827DABE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Loan
Authority</header><text>The Secretary may enter into standby loan agreements
with not more than six qualifying CTL projects, at least one of which shall be
a project jointly or in part owned by two or more small coal producers. Such an
agreement—</text>
<clause id="H3D655EEF1B8541C2A5EC593E8960309F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall provide that
the Secretary will make a direct loan (within the meaning of section 502(1) of
the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990) to the qualifying CTL project;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8CD04C18BF44426DA1B32869507362C5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall set a cap
price and a minimum price for the primary term of the agreement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83CF7D12366C4CFD8ECFC08B9D4B7EE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Loan
Disbursements</header><text>Such a loan shall be disbursed during the primary
term of such agreement whenever the market price falls below the minimum price.
The amount of such disbursements in any calendar quarter shall be equal to the
excess of the minimum price over the market price, times the output of the
project (but not more than a total level of disbursements specified in the
agreement).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB748F7C38964F2185841B879E6FA043"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Loan
Repayments</header><text>The Secretary shall establish terms and conditions,
including interest rates and amortization schedules, for the repayment of such
loan within the full term of the agreement, subject to the following
limitations:</text>
<clause id="H595FD55A25354CD99424132ED98B2619"><enum>(i)</enum><text>If
in any calendar quarter during the primary term of the agreement the market
price is less than the cap price, the project may elect to defer some or all of
its repayment obligations due in that quarter. Any unpaid obligations will
continue to accrue interest.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE0A273ACC91446B08BD52076AB95CB63"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If in any
calendar quarter during the primary term of the agreement the market price is
greater than the cap price, the project shall meet its scheduled repayment
obligation plus deferred repayment obligations, but shall not be required to
pay in that quarter an amount that is more than the excess of the market price
over the cap price, times the output of the project.</text>
</clause><clause id="H9D05985477FB45D08EB05B0011242694"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>At the end of
the primary term of the agreement, the cumulative amount of any deferred
repayment obligations, together with accrued interest, shall be amortized (with
interest) over the remainder of the full term of the agreement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6ABA20CC4DEB412C9961BE3F77510021"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Profit-sharing</header><text>The
Secretary is authorized to enter into a profit-sharing agreement with the
project at the time the standby loan agreement is executed. Under such an
agreement, if the market price exceeds the cap price in a calendar quarter, a
profit-sharing payment shall be made for that quarter, in an amount equal
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F7FA38E1E8A48C882FFA67E391FF091"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the excess of the
market price over the cap price, times the output of the project; less</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2819CB7BF6E6446C96D9F7B23720B257"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any loan
repayments made for the calendar quarter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1021444B01FE4D8090C366B25963B217"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compliance with
Federal Credit Reform Act</header>
<subparagraph id="H973ED58F7D084F7288DBFD1FFE6B5ED"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Upfront Payment
of Cost of Loan</header><text>No standby loan agreement may be entered into
under this subsection unless the project makes a payment to the United States
that the Office of Management and Budget determines is equal to the cost of
such loan (determined under 502(5)(B) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of
1990). Such payment shall be made at the time the standby loan agreement is
executed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA9A8D4A79F884E6C8E17932EAFD24609"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimization of
Risk to the Government</header><text>In making the determination of the cost of
the loan for purposes of setting the payment for a standby loan under
subparagraph (A), the Secretary and the Office of Management and Budget shall
take into consideration the extent to which the minimum price and the cap price
reflect historical patterns of volatility in actual oil prices relative to
projections of future oil prices, based upon publicly available data from the
Energy Information Administration, and employing statistical methods and
analyses that are appropriate for the analysis of volatility in energy
prices.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H152F3B1A913E4233BBC9C1F03E16099D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Treatment of
Payments</header><text>The value to the United States of a payment under
subparagraph (A) and any profit-sharing payments under paragraph (3) shall be
taken into account for purposes of section 502(5)(B)(iii) of the Federal Credit
Reform Act of 1990 in determining the cost to the Federal Government of a
standby loan made under this subsection. If a standby loan has no cost to the
Federal Government, the requirements of section 504(b) of such Act shall be
deemed to be satisfied.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H09643139EE174814868B41440361BE22"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Other
Provisions</header>
<subparagraph id="HFBDB1210323A4BE5AE00E8AADE6DDA8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>No Double
Benefit</header><text>A project receiving a loan under this subsection may not,
during the primary term of the loan agreement, receive a Federal loan guarantee
under subsection (a) of this section, or under other laws.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8BD77D79B0204ED392B7F41C59B19BB5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Subrogation,
Etc</header><text>Subsections (g)(2) (relating to subrogation), (h) (relating
to fees), and (j) (relating to full faith and credit) shall apply to standby
loans under this subsection to the same extent they apply to loan
guarantees.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H6AA3389AB1C240BDB651FFBF2913AC93"><enum>403.</enum><header>Government
auction of long term put option contracts on coal-to-liquid fuel produced by
qualified coal-to-liquid facilities</header>
<subsection id="H53D576FFC56D4B4AB39800A5DF919DF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary shall, from time to time, auction to the
public coal-to-liquid fuel put option contracts having expiration dates of 5
years, 10 years, 15 years, or 20 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFF8A6C429CE944E9A74005BF04AA00E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation
With Secretary of Energy</header><text>The Secretary shall consult with the
Secretary of Energy regarding—</text>
<paragraph id="H45573CB22952405300522FBA18AD3FC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the frequency of
the auctions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7367DFA52A4340DB9593469DC07E03EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the strike prices
specified in the contracts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2928563E03604B0EA2E600965B81001C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the number of
contracts to be auctioned with a given strike price and expiration date;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2809520D34B4AA2998908DD017908FF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the capacity of
existing or planned facilities to produce coal-to-liquid fuel.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCB6B8305F441425B8929E359B277997B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HC5A72C04CC7F4575B3BC4460521D9065"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coal-to-liquid
fuel</header><text>The term <quote>coal-to-liquid fuel</quote> means any
transportation-grade liquid fuel derived primarily from coal (including peat)
and produced at a qualified coal-to-liquid facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7324949DCD2142C195001B72F0977C09"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coal-to-liquid
put option contract</header><text>The term <quote>coal-to-liquid put option
contract</quote> means a contract, written by the Secretary, which—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCEC7F7E4756B449E8BBD45A634817FD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>gives the holder
the right (but not the obligation) to sell to the Government of the United
States a certain quantity of a specific type of coal-to-liquid fuel produced by
a qualified coal-to-liquid facility specified in the contract, at a strike
price specified in the contract, on or before an expiration date specified in
the contract; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70CF095832B94A418BA6DFF98D300D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is transferable by
the holder to any other entity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD74EE0A4E11E46E095F050D084EEDC94"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualified
coal-to-liquid facility</header><text>The term <quote>qualified coal-to-liquid
facility</quote> means a manufacturing facility that has the capacity to
produce at least 10,000 barrels per day of transportation grade liquid fuels
from a feedstock that is primarily domestic coal (including peat and any
property which allows for the capture, transportation, or sequestration of
by-products resulting from such process, including carbon emissions).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A5680084F67478B9972F98D00E8CFE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of the Treasury.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF79B5DBAA01F4D6A80ED1801DCDEF4BB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Strike
price</header><text>The term <quote>strike price</quote> means, with respect to
a put option contract, the price at which the holder of the contract has the
right to sell the fuel which is the subject of the contract.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5452B120BB5A4FE98DA79E8900184C25"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out
this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5DAE05BB45E74063AC47D146F7DE3494"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>This section shall take effect 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>NUCLEAR</header>
<section id="HA739E1CC8E714756BD30E44C2900F2A0"><enum>501.</enum><header>Use of funds
for recycling</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302 of
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10222">42 U.S.C. 10222</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H41C8602AAF7F47FB9FB25105ED0FE04"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
subsection (d), by striking <quote>The Secretary may</quote> and inserting
<quote>Except as provided in subsection (f), the Secretary may</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5FF5104782740958BED417D1051EDC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB25DB998AE704DD3A1B74E8B19E0B0FB" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAAEB390A9A60454C94474C326EC78964"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Recycling</header>
<paragraph id="H21BACB99EC9C472885CBF098898E2BB2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Amounts in the Waste Fund may be used by the Secretary of
Energy to make grants to or enter into long-term contracts with private sector
entities for the recycling of spent nuclear fuel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H84296746F6154B958CD6C06F607EE80"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Competitive
selection</header><text>Grants and contracts authorized under paragraph (1)
shall be awarded on the basis of a competitive bidding process that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDEC90A2A8C024E4693145333DBDF4939"><enum>(A)</enum><text>maximizes the
competitive efficiency of the projects funded;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD20BEAFF46644B19F1E46C62F7B9D65"><enum>(B)</enum><text>best serves the
goal of reducing the amount of waste requiring disposal under this Act;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52E5481B340240589116E2A79FDFDFED"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensures adequate
protection against the proliferation of nuclear materials that could be used in
the manufacture of nuclear
weapons.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H31C8E31FFB4A4C5B80F020289828D001"><enum>502.</enum><header>Rulemaking for
licensing of spent nuclear fuel recycling facilities</header>
<subsection id="H49FDD4D051CC448D00A21431FA051C11"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall, as expeditiously as possible, but in no
event later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, complete a
rulemaking establishing a process for the licensing by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, of facilities for the
recycling of spent nuclear fuel.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6DD3F1F0D5C24E67B74F9874D12CB473"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Amounts
in the Nuclear Waste Fund established under section 302 of the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10222">42 U.S.C. 10222</external-xref>) shall be made available to the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission to cover the costs of carrying out subsection (a) of this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDF56E19FBDF940DA99CFD0E55942A7B"><enum>503.</enum><header>Nuclear waste
fund budget status</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
302(e) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10222">42 U.S.C. 10222(e)</external-xref>) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCB71247863674DC29F625400C6696247" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFC55FD3541694EBBA233024BD525835"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The receipts and
disbursements of the Waste Fund shall not be counted as new budget authority,
outlays, receipts, or deficits or surplus for purposes of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD8EE6147EC3F4919B53CFF76454079F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the budget of the
United States Government as submitted by the President;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9662CA0D234D459CB654FF6F6B24EE3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the congressional
budget; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C36A4471CD04C9C8BA943F6508B4AF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HAA98786F67CE4047005EEE654FF3321E"><enum>504.</enum><header>Waste
Confidence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Nuclear
Regulatory Commission may not deny an application for a license, permit, or
other authorization under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 on the grounds that
sufficient capacity does not exist, or will not become available on a timely
basis, for disposal of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste from
the facility for which the license, permit, or other authorization is
sought.</text>
</section><section id="HAC94DFAE921A4EA5BB8FD8FB04743166"><enum>505.</enum><header>ASME Nuclear
Certification credit</header>
<subsection id="HCF58134197BD4E9093E9117FA66E35F3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
(relating to business related credits) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H796E3BFC45874D11A5F1FDF7704CBE1F" style="OLC">
<section id="HE8085ADD77FC47E89B09F13BD8A8D3CA"><enum>45O.</enum><header>ASME Nuclear
Certification credit</header>
<subsection id="HACBB0252B0CA45528D6E7BDCD860FEF2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of section 38, the ASME Nuclear
Certification credit determined under this section for any taxable year is an
amount equal to 15 percent of the qualified nuclear expenditures paid or
incurred by the taxpayer.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA96DC46E2C764FE0AC14A3EAEC988238"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified
nuclear expenditures</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term
<term>qualified nuclear expenditures</term> means any expenditure related
to—</text>
<paragraph id="H2DCCCD9AF25B41DDBC896522005F5015"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obtaining a certification under the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Nuclear Component Certification
program, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1D41660386D4089AFF3F7E16D9D4F2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing the taxpayer’s capacity to
construct, fabricate, assemble, or install components—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2D2201D1BEAE45DFA8E7522DA325BE9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for any facility
which uses nuclear energy to produce electricity, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B09123CF58142D3854DC4279CF182EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to
the construction, fabrication, assembly, or installation of which the taxpayer
is certified under such program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE90AE49DFE7943599DE48203AEFD041D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timing of
credit</header><text>The credit allowed under subsection (a) for any
expenditures shall be allowed—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3FAC60D3D34D40B5933F7249B2CC9FBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of a
qualified nuclear expenditure described in subsection (b)(1), for the taxable
year of such certification, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC94583F02C854CA19F4FBA4CB7008C20"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of any
other qualified nuclear expenditure, for the taxable year in which such
expenditure is paid or incurred.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H448F28EA53D846D3AB5F8872E7C0009F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special
rules</header>
<paragraph id="HBD6001FE1A9841C481005E945D750053"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Basis
adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
this subtitle, if a credit is allowed under this section for an expenditure,
the increase in basis which would result (but for this subsection) for such
expenditure shall be reduced by the amount of the credit allowed under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3250E066315E46BFB8EDE70F649662E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Denial of double
benefit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No deduction shall be
allowed under this chapter for any amount taken into account in determining the
credit under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBF73913049B347CBA660BFC2009969C9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>This
section shall not apply to any expenditures paid or incurred in taxable years
beginning after December 31,
2019.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC1175C3B5E78412A9D84188B6E343F24"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7BB781C463274E75AC83533C998EE99C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of
section 38 is amended by striking <quote>plus</quote> at the end of paragraph
(30), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (31) and inserting
<quote>, plus</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FF4DA9EFA6843418FB2E1D7247E435C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8AE60E52EDE84BAAB88F3156B92F81EE"><enum>(32)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ASME Nuclear Certification credit
determined under section
45O(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H375FFCE226B74F5AAD4545004026E1DF" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of section 1016
(relating to adjustments to basis) 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>, and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46A2364A95734378A0E7C8224FE841A2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2C8FB1629AED469AA80043E15BAF337"><enum>(38)</enum><text>to the extent
provided in section
45O(e)(1).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8C4708152CFC44E9BBE7F2EED563256"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to
expenditures paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31,
2007.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>CLEAN RENEWABLE
ENERGY</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF113806FE274136943C76DF6BD9D738"><enum>601.</enum><header>Trust
fund</header>
<subsection id="HB1DC1CC0B9E04399B18F35AAF36FC2C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Creation of
trust fund</header><text>Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by inserting at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H174531EDCB814D559876DA60CEE4854B" style="OLC">
<section id="H7C2BEC29B1CC468DA2F2C03D59AECCE9"><enum>9511.</enum><header>American
Energy Trust Fund</header>
<subsection id="H8C429B56B48C4B5298A5FED0008CD161"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
trust fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as
the <quote>American Energy Trust Fund</quote>, consisting of such amounts as
may be appropriated or credited to the American Energy Trust Fund as provided
in this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H86F6602E9FAB4E8DBB6CDFBD36D14C64"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfers to
trust fund</header><text>There are hereby appropriated to the American Energy
Trust Fund all revenues generated by titles I, II, and III of the Americans for
American Energy Act of 2008 not reserved for other purposes.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF2206C1B90964F2E87D4CE1B60EE2E42"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expenditures
from American-Made Energy Trust Fund</header>
<paragraph id="H09EF30ED199D48FBA98FFF40BAF87876"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As provided by appropriation Acts, amounts in the
American Energy Trust Fund shall be available for transfer to the general fund
of the Treasury to offset any reduction in revenue to the United States that
results from any provision of the Americans for American Energy Act of
2008.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H459657415F6A47818963CF2EB57EDE18"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding for
renewable energy provisions in the Energy Policy Act of
2005</header><text>Amounts in the American Energy Trust fund shall be available
without further appropriation to carry out specified provisions of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>; in this section referred to as
<quote>EPAct2005</quote>), as follows:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H21FC2C2348D048B3BDC7E0878952A522"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section
210.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H806ED197DA154161B703BB013E6CCC9B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section
242.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7229926A5C4843FEB822EEFBFE5300FD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section
369.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H599FBBE08172442A8273D31088AAD355"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section
401.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3CE6748322CB4F3F8D6E2233A700B85D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section
812.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H00AED7B7178144178FB52158777731FD"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Section
931.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7E34D81D8870443FB63552F051F22E06"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Section
942.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H13A7579675B94D56B7FFE5AE74EE6812"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Section
968.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H572E773EAA68450AA46F4D58D366C304"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Title XVII.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H59ADE67131C442BFA8FD24C622BE8D51"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funding for
provisions of Energy Independence and Security Act of
2007</header><text>Amounts in the American Energy Trust Fund shall be available
without further appropriation to carry out specified provisions of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/140">Public Law 110–140</external-xref>; in this section
referred to as <quote>EISAct2007</quote>), as follows:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H18BA93D522AF4CF490A1E15BB3B700BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section
207.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H93B993AF325D44A5918DA313F62F16D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 607.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC7972FF569014A46A76B964CA399DF7C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Subtitle B.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8E3D67B6CF03425586188BF73DE6A415"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Subtitle C.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBDB00FB135634D9F91694DEABDBB8D00"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section
641.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE2E03B3E38034AC5B96DD2B2E7E18D34"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Subtitle A.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H63D4068B419541BBAC004181D22C3D13"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Funding for
provisions of Americans for American Energy Act of 2008</header><text>Amounts
in the American Energy Trust Fund shall be made available without further
appropriation to carry out specified provisions of the Americans for American
Energy Act of 2008 as follows:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEB84CBF4DAE54E0090FDC7ECC8C508AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Title I, section
15.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAFF42FB965604298A8CC4E0024B78BBC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Title V, section
4.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE31A7B8C686D4A34B6B50D363D55072"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Title XI.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5E3AC9A1242C41269FDC2190D74991AB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Title XII.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5383B9FFA20D4AF0A982C43005FFDC2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation on
availability to carry out provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and the Americans for American
Energy Act of 2008</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), amounts in the
American-Made Energy Trust Fund shall be available to carry out the provisions
referred to in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) only with respect to so much of
such amount as the Secretary certifies, in the estimation of the Secretary, is
in excess (taking into account the Secretary’s estimate of future
appropriations and credits to the American Energy Trust Fund) of the amounts
necessary to make all future transfers described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H273E4A0C16FD4017A541D353BCEC1C4B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Apportionment of
excess amount</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the excess amount
certified by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be apportioned to the
provisions referred to in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) according to the
percentages as follows:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDF2B6BE78F60469B92F2BF212EDB9FD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 210, 3
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5D4C54D3F6AA4579AF1767CFB13895FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 242, 2
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE02E0FBE2DD74B95AB42DB449952E391"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 369, 3
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8A088899602647958CB272FB04D6047D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section 401, 3
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA1F957E0E19843E3A20082103F1262AE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section 812, 2
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H126E9DF874FF403885206B547BE6BD80"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Section 931, 10
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H54184D1EB4FD4DA599823DE517AF681E"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Section 942, 1.5
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE52B188A4D074DC896429D4FE40031B2"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Section 968, 1,5
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1CDB8B0111A045F6A7BD3DC63311A03C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Title XVII, 4
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFA216DD4CFD2473500D274A91D9713C7"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Section 207, 1
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAB4889B896964E88BBB822BBF89C049"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Section 607, 2
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H66D3D4D4FC5B49D9886189F2C7C3D06"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Subtitle B, 4
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB72EE425DB2A4074816254DC4546DB6C"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Subtitle C, 2
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HEE97A4A9252646A68DC6EBCDAFF49011"><enum>(N)</enum><text>Section 641, 2
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4626D89B6F524D2D9515ABFA97D6A2AD"><enum>(O)</enum><text>Subtitle A, 2
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF7F9C286D8744D0D91DF36E9BEF792D"><enum>(P)</enum><text>Title 1, section
15, 5 percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBBD859B7A1C546B5893FDE54B3DBEC4F"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>Title V, section
4, 7 percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC83547CE92C4428490A2D0AC3CDF4DE5"><enum>(R)</enum><text>Title XI, 5
percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE5C171DF4CB94A93AC4261C571C89621"><enum>(S)</enum><text>Title XII, 40
percent.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF024F911B93C42089700DAD382100F1"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Funding
limitation</header><text>Funds distributed in paragraph (6) shall not exceed
maximum authorization levels for individual programs. Excess funds above
authorized levels, with exception of paragraph (6)(S), shall be deposited in
the general treasury.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H71CEA1EA1F2D4B9F98E93F9403251FE5"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Maximum time
limitation</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), funding allocations
made available by this Act shall require reauthorization at the end of fiscal
year 2018 in order to evaluate advances in technology and national
priorities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBF2299F270C44B43B4EC1908AADFAC00"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Any certification made under paragraph (1) shall be made
in a written report to the Congress and shall include the relevant estimates of
the Secretary of future transfers, appropriations, and
credits.</text>
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</subsection><subsection id="H76A954553FD5417A90EF653372BED7E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 98 of
such Code is amended by inserting at the end the following new item:</text>
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</subsection><subsection id="HF3EEFB1072484082AD7158E00A23C05"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply after the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H44034970D7C24C869F1F32ADC800A500"><enum>602.</enum><header>Developing
solar energy on Federal lands</header>
<subsection id="HF63F6755F36847E18F335BB6F42C61F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall carry out in
accordance with this section a program for the leasing of Federal lands for the
advancement, development, assessment, installation, and operation of commercial
photovoltaic and concentrating solar power energy systems.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H81FCACE952FC4CE38BB74EFAD4C6B874"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Identification
of Lands for Leasing</header>
<paragraph id="H7A77237979D2421493656548CE973800"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Lands
selection</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the
Director of the Bureau of Land Management and in consultation with the
Secretary of Energy, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF28580A48C774FF5840050828CA4B300"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify lease
sites comprising a total of 6,400,000 acres of Federal lands under the
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in the States of Arizona,
California, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah, that are suitable and feasible for
the installation and operation of photovoltaic and concentrating solar power
energy systems, subject to valid existing rights; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FC3F66427124397BD3DFFA3B864EBDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>incorporate solar
energy development into the relevant agency land use and resource management
plans or equivalent plans for the lands identified under subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9552C34B009843C9AE3C0017FBC2A7E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum and
maximum acreage of sites</header><text>Each individual lease site identified
under paragraph (1)(A) shall be a minimum of 1280 acres and shall not exceed
12,800 acres.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C9D92FAA3F844E2AD71242B41F24D78"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Lands released
for leasing</header><text>The Secretary shall release for leasing under this
section lease sites identified under paragraph (1), in acreages that meet the
following annual milestones:</text>
<subparagraph id="HC9DA18D62D8743368ECE4091C3B705D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>By 2010, 79,012
acres.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H849B2750C55E47AF87C4142F346EE8DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>By 2011, 316,049
acres.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1CBC20E99984BF1AE8BE9FB9CD86150"><enum>(C)</enum><text>By 2012, 711,111
acres.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E2C782A6ABC436380927062C6AFA71"><enum>(D)</enum><text>By 2013, 1,300,000
acres.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H831829549C7E43959BD226F602A46C61"><enum>(E)</enum><text>By 2014, 2,000,000
acres.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50AB070EED0349A5B452AE26C3D17498"><enum>(F)</enum><text>By 2015, 2,800,000
acres.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63BA665741D7463E8FDD3BCD5F600749"><enum>(G)</enum><text>By 2016, 3,700,000
acres.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF51D8D07AC1B4E10A485822E004BEFD2"><enum>(H)</enum><text>By 2017, 4,650,000
acres.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EE4FE2B18FC4D129B92003CBAAF1B06"><enum>(I)</enum><text>By 2018, 5,800,000
acres.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36E631509584465D800027DF689537C1"><enum>(J)</enum><text>By 2019, 6,400,000
acres.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C51576F92CF483B89398255515611FC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Lands not
included</header><text>The following Federal lands shall not be included within
a solar lands leasing program:</text>
<subparagraph id="H48BC7C684AD54750AF49956251FD486E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Components of the
National Landscape Conservation System.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE99A86A8B263412B8E00C1E7DD2C867C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Wilderness and
Wilderness Study Areas.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61A9050EF1C8474EB3E2398D30C649D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Wild and Scenic
Rivers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE1BB034B5524FF587FC4C1710BA56F9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>National Scenic
and Historic Trails.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23BA75B6D0684E1CB7F0897BEA67A14D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Monuments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD9A8947A26E45C68F4478FF32CA2631"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Resource Natural
Areas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H763FBE439B3F461D9E551E9FFF14FCE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Competitive Lease
Sale Requirements Leasing Procedures</header>
<paragraph id="H0143CD02E79744C4BA219CA7DD3F6221"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Nominations</header><text>The
Secretary shall accept at any time nominations of land identified under
subsection (b) for leasing under this Act, from any qualified person.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32F91A467BC443589C64CBA1ACE0993"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Competitive lease
sale required</header>
<subparagraph id="H2F7A44517C5547CCB4B16FC3EED600C7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as otherwise specifically provided by this Act,
all land to be leased under this Act that is not subject to leasing under
paragraph (3) shall be leased to the highest responsible qualified bidder, as
determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H656C1C20455E4E8A95EDBCC8643BF860"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual sales
required</header><text>The Secretary shall hold a competitive lease sale under
this Act at least once every year for land in a State with respect to which
there is a nomination pending under paragraph (1) of land otherwise available
for leasing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7EC846ABF29B42F882BB22387DA0B129"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Noncompetitive
leasing</header><text>The Secretary shall make available for a period of 2
years for noncompetitive leasing any tract for which a competitive lease sale
is held under paragraph (2), but for which the Secretary does not receive any
bids in such sale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD703E663775F4CDDBD1C63CF53E56BD4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pending lease
applications</header><text>It shall be a priority for the Secretary to ensure
timely completion of administrative actions and process applications for
leasing of Federal lands described in subsection (b)(1)(A) for installation and
operation of photovoltaic and concentrating solar power energy systems, that
are pending on the date of enactment of this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCAB6AE0B4DB34D25970810DF20CDA828"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Leasing Time
Period</header><text>Any lease of lands under this section shall be effective
for a period of 30 years, with an option to renew once for an additional period
of 30 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1FA03185F9AE4D62BD6024A2C457033F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reservation of
Royalty</header>
<paragraph id="HDCBCECF2AB3C4B6594BB84A1F9DF5D63"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Production of solar energy under a lease under this
section shall be subject to a royalty described in paragraph (2), which shall
be assessed and collected by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the
Minerals Management Service. The leaseholder shall be liable for payment of
such royalty.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF49BACE77B1442CFB0D88E22BDEEFD26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Royalty for
projects under the federal solar lands leasing program</header><text>The
royalty under paragraph (1) shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H759C8D2AA1FD415F8F61584C4F3F3783"><enum>(A)</enum><text>0.25 percent per
kw/h on energy produced under the lease in years 1 through 5 of the
lease;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FDDBBFE47A6463BB00922ED6C6EA3ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>0.5 percent per
kw/h on energy produced under the lease in years 5 through 15 of the
lease;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35680A7C4EAB48A5B43806D3A2FE731D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>1 percent per kw/h
on energy produced under the lease in years 15 through 30 of the lease;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC712B753A4B0410A96DC454BFE5BE48E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>1 percent per kw/h
on energy produced under the lease after year 30.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H10431E97311241D4879C710928FBB3AE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Revenue
sharing</header><text>Of the amount received by the United States as royalty
under this subsection for a leased tract—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC4A4B86DCF364179B5D36CF913D721EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>one-third shall be
paid to the State in which the lands are located;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0383998AD6244DE84EF709F0875C259"><enum>(B)</enum><text>one-third shall be
paid to the county in which the lands are located; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2CC5939F4EF4DB999F6AC9EEC1041DD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>one-third shall be
deposited into the American Energy Trust fund created by this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H270240B4FD19450ABDE025FABAB92F7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Duties of
Leaseholders</header>
<paragraph id="H9CA3AA115B9E461888A4BA82644190CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Payment of
royalty</header><text>A person who is required to make any royalty payment
under this section shall make such payments to the United States at such times
and in such manner as the Secretary may by rule prescribe.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA579F17B4B5C416D9BBF60F652B540F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Joint and
severable liability</header><text>Any person liable for royalty payments under
this section who assigns any payment obligation shall remain jointly and
severally liable for all royalty payments due for the claim for the
period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35DEC23E5F1B406D859934ABE6B82FEF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Affirmation of
payment responsibility</header><text>Any person paying royalties under this
section shall file a written instrument, together with the first royalty
payment, affirming that such person is responsible for making proper payments
for all amounts due for all time periods for which such person has a payment
responsibility. Such responsibility for the periods referred to in the
preceding sentence shall include any and all additional amounts billed by the
Secretary and determined to be due by final agency or judicial action.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBEF7605EF09A456982FC769EE2B67048"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Recordkeeping</header><text>Records
required by the Secretary under this section shall be maintained for 7 years
after release of financial assurance unless the Secretary notifies the
leaseholder that the Secretary has initiated an audit or investigation
involving such records and that such records must be maintained for a longer
period. In any case when an audit or investigation is underway, records shall
be maintained until the Secretary releases the operator of the obligation to
maintain such records.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE14DC41F4D14FFBBDFCD8B4E2BD6C22"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Audits</header><text>The
Secretary may conduct such audits of all leaseholders directly or indirectly
involved in the production of solar energy on lands leased under this section
as the Secretary considers necessary for the purposes of ensuring compliance
with the requirements of this section. For purposes of performing such audits,
the Secretary shall, at reasonable times and upon request, have access to, and
may copy, all books, papers, and other documents that relate to compliance with
any provision of this section by any person.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78EA824D7E0F4ED4974FA3E2D548A78C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Provision of
protected information</header><text>Trade secrets, proprietary, and other
confidential information protected from disclosure under section 552 of title
5, United States Code, popularly known as the Freedom of Information Act, shall
be made available by the Secretary to other Federal agencies as necessary to
assure compliance with this Act and other Federal laws.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2E4F8FAEAD744838075E01279D360C0"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Underreporting</header>
<subparagraph id="HE8E8AF0E6CF84C2697DBC7AA0400393D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>If
there is any underreporting of royalty owed on energy produced under a lease
for any production month by any person liable for royalty payments under this
section, the Secretary shall assess a penalty of not greater than 10 percent of
the amount of that underreporting.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC17EDB8EB7D04657A9A3A601447EE734"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waiver or
reduction authorized</header><text>The Secretary may waive or reduce a penalty
assessed under this paragraph if the person liable for royalty payments under
this section corrects the underreporting before the date such person receives
notice from the Secretary that an underreporting may have occurred, or before
90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, whichever is
later.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H171BD3D5CFD646E89191CC2CDCB4BC88"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Waiver
required</header><text>The Secretary shall waive any portion of an assessment
under this paragraph attributable to that portion of the underreporting for
which the person responsible for paying the royalty demonstrates that—</text>
<clause id="HBC04E072D40E4665836D12166CA0A443"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such
person had written authorization from the Secretary to report royalty on the
value of the production on basis on which it was reported;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBD3A324EE6B745B688F300A895005C57"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such person had
substantial authority for reporting royalty on the value of the production on
the basis on which it was reported;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE71AC1A2CCBE401AB73531098E809313"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>such person
previously had notified the Secretary, in such manner as the Secretary may by
rule prescribe, of relevant reasons or facts affecting the royalty treatment of
specific production which led to the underreporting; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H7CC05341C89944C3A80071F960A2C635"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>such person meets
any other exception which the Secretary may, by rule, establish.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F938DBD6A074FAFB040F8D50900759F"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Treatment as
federal share</header><text>Subsection (b)(4) shall not apply to penalties
received by the United States under this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC37D56016F0E41AE89D06D46C99FBE4F"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Underreporting
defined</header><text>For the purposes of this subsection, the term
<quote>underreporting</quote> means the difference between the royalty on the
value of the production that should have been reported and the royalty on the
value of the production that was reported, if the value that should have been
reported is greater than the value that was reported.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7944EA31D32D49A59DEA34F7005F151C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Programmatic
environmental impact statement</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the
date of enactment of this Act, in accordance with 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>), the Secretary
of the Interior shall complete a programmatic environmental impact statement
for the solar leasing program under section 3.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDD81965A5C614B23B8D1EE74BF9BDB8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Final
Regulation</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the completion of the
programmatic environmental impact statement under this section, the Secretary
shall publish a final regulation implementing this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H07D10DFE9EB8434AACDC0094133C32AC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
the Interior shall complete a study of—</text>
<paragraph id="H3CF3021DBE3747E6A1F0B3AD2C600D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Federal lands
available for possible consideration of leasing for a compressed air energy
storage system;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8338A49FD2DA4F3200158500C1D793D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>barriers to
additional access to Federal lands for transmission of energy produced under
leases awarded under the solar energy leasing program under this Act;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H897767AAA7B44E1886D179C6A253C591"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the need for
energy transmission corridors on public lands to address identified congestion
or constraints.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>PROMOTE GREATER
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION</header>
<section id="H6919839FB84640E8A0A2B6E41515E2D"><enum>701.</enum><header>Increase and
extension of energy efficient commercial buildings deduction</header>
<subsection id="H573DA6BC99B44A36B37C10D0634CFF23"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in
Amount of Deduction</header><text>Section 179D of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to energy efficient commercial buildings deduction) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE5769A5C082349619E849200ED84027B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)(A) by striking <quote>$1.80</quote> and inserting <quote>$2.25</quote>,
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC1066D8C351464594D8C2D8B5DF653"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
subsection (d)(1)(A) by striking <quote>$.60 for $1.80</quote> and inserting
<quote>$.75 for $2.25</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2FAB006D57AD407EB48E4BB73D2536E7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Subsection
(h) of section 179D of such Code (relating to termination) is amended by
striking <quote>December 31, 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2013</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0CD345A977724CCAB71DE4A398422418"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA8843170CA44494E853D9E52F6BE623B"><enum>702.</enum><header>Permanent
extension of the credit for nonbusiness energy property, the credit for gas
produced from biomass and for synthetic fuels produced from coal, and the
credit for energy efficient appliances</header>
<subsection id="H1FFDD7BCAC524D7AA0F55F00251E32C9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Credit for
nonbusiness energy property made permanent</header>
<paragraph id="H60AB94B0C46B46D69561F1DDFBAB90C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/25C">Section 25C</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by striking subsection (g).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0FED3050B4834FA200DD008845BBB31B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to
property placed in service after December 31, 2007.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDC25179D02CA447385CAF5F2AEE16300"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Credit for gas
produced from biomass and for synthetic fuels produced from coal made
permanent</header>
<paragraph id="H58BDC1014F754B198D615F74B588E800"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 45K(f)(1) of such Code is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC4A99F845E75479F94708C62A795E7C7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HCE2A9E46B79E457E84086DF4D65374AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if such facility
is originally placed in service after December 31, 1992, paragraph (2) of
subsection (e) shall not
apply.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1F0F0AD5EEB42429E185539A6F23759"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to fuel
sold after December 31, 2007.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H18210F4A3B2F49B1B92808ECB7D3C3A3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Credit for
energy efficient appliances made permanent</header>
<paragraph id="HB4BA20C2A7F340498002D56B48523306"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Dishwashers</header>
<subparagraph id="HC4319BDE3DF849E98320AABC46A5B092"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Subparagraph (A)
of section 45M(b)(1) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>which—</quote>
and all that follows and inserting <quote>which meets the requirements of the
Energy Star program which are in effect for dishwashers for the calendar year
in which manufactured.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F0007DE7EBF43AEAF963945D15CEDFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Clauses (i) and
(ii) of section 45M(b)(2)(B) of such Code are amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA0237C114D464E599BBE022B5F844FC2" style="OLC">
<clause id="HCAD1968470564A3E85BC34BF5576D374"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the EF required by
the Energy Star program for dishwashers for the calendar year in which
manufactured minus the EF required by the Energy Star program for dishwashers
in 2005, to</text>
</clause><clause id="H58A161E14DC9497E9224A1A78166A9C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the EF required by
the Energy Star program for dishwashers for the calendar year in which
manufactured.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7585D6A3A7444FA4BAF61FC730EB49F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clothes
washers</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 45M(b)(1) of such Code is
amended by striking <quote>which—</quote> and all that follows and inserting
<quote>which meets the requirements of the Energy Star program which are in
effect for clothes washers for the calendar year in which
manufactured.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA492236D8B44552A631D69CEC005923"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Refrigerators</header>
<subparagraph id="H5D2B0BA020584278858D052CD5048E1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Clause (i) of
section 45M(b)(1)(C) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>which—</quote>
and all that follows and inserting <quote>which consumes at least 15 percent
but not more than 20 percent less kilowatt hours per year than the 2001 energy
conservation standards.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52AB1B5E7E2A4818A38B3BA458E8398B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Clause (ii) of
section 45M(b)(1)(C) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>which—</quote>
and all that follows and inserting <quote>which consumes at least 20 percent
but not more than 25 percent less kilowatt hours per year than the 2001 energy
conservation standards.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H849FB3A9D3D2472993ABAF7CEC6BA8E3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Clause (iii) of
section 45M(b)(1)(C) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>which—</quote>
and all that follows and inserting <quote>which consumes at least 25 percent
less kilowatt hours per year than the 2001 energy conservation
standards.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA39E3097B8CD42B6831907E880D71002"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to
appliances manufactured after 2007.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFA11D9E5A5034FF49247603CA7517F00"><enum>703.</enum><header>Extension and
clarification of new energy efficient home credit</header>
<subsection id="H436FCEABF83642DBB6B204A0387CED79"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Subsection
(g) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/45L">section 45L</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
termination), as amended by section 205 of division A of the Tax Relief and
Health Care Act of 2006, is amended by striking <quote>December 31,
2008</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2013</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H676A1A39D55D4E929C6EE5DE216F2B00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification</header>
<paragraph id="HB4F39C3FA68A4B48A6B2B8C9D4707416"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 45L(a) is amended by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A) and by striking subparagraph
(B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD01D459A12D44D63BDC8D1FC7EE18C7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H59EE121BB1C947E0BEABBDB1F9FB4C12"><enum>(B)</enum><text>acquired by a
person from such eligible contractor, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0A417C59ECC49ADABE3F3B570BBF4BE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>used by any person
as a residence during the taxable
year.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A8DC17733C64F84BAAF4C218683D3FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect as
if included in section 1332 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H037BE372DEBE4ABA96BE8E6200C4AFAC"><enum>704.</enum><header>Extension and
modification of deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings</header>
<subsection id="H668F1B372D6540ED90E26ADB6B01FA0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Subsection
(h) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/179D">section 179D</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
termination) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFE48D770C8E24990AF000398233B4F22" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H57633CF01A674085A0549D26FD6B7500"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>This
section shall not apply with respect to property—</text>
<paragraph id="HB92037968864407CA0358DB2CDA3DB13"><enum>(1)</enum><text>which is certified
under subsection (d)(6) after December 31, 2012, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H466E52CE2CB045A78B6ED8CD44E985B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>which is placed in
service after December 31, 2014.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">A
provisional certification shall be treated as meeting the requirements of
paragraph (1) if it is based on the building plans, subject to inspection and
testing after
installation.</continuation-text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H0D360884A3B6430EA623607E39B1F84"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Increase in
Maximum Amount of Deduction</header>
<paragraph id="H844D90D29BDA4A9DB8E41000F7E2DC57"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of section 179D(b)(1) of such Code is
amended by striking <quote>$1.80</quote> and inserting
<quote>$2.25</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H97AD06B2BAAF40F8BBF3985CF1832105"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Partial
allowance</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 179D(d) of such Code is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC9CFDF3CA404854B0B78937770149DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$.60</quote> and inserting <quote>$0.75</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA76CEE5B87A46E097AB792F2EEE6B17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$1.80</quote> and inserting <quote>$2.25</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H85E9872217F744E19E4D2700A75639BB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Modifications to
Certain Special Rules</header>
<paragraph id="HC81EC40D74DB4667A4D7FAC1C9B3063D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Methods of
calculating energy savings</header>
<subparagraph id="H866E38DCF71A4DD8956317DE1E356912"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 179D(d) of such Code is
amended—</text>
<clause id="H4278220A929B41A58FAAC3CDCFB3FC53"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>in detail</quote> after <quote>based</quote>,</text>
</clause><clause id="H223DBE75D4B2430AB200295C4C16D969"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>, except that the Secretary shall use Standard 90.1–2001 in
lieu of the California title 24 energy standards and the tables contained
therein and the Secretary may add requirements from Standard 90.1–2001 (or any
successor standard)</quote> before the period at the end, and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF2629FC840B3479A9765FCC87B36DF7E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>The calculation methods
contained in such regulations shall also provide for the calculation of
appropriate energy savings for design methods and technologies not otherwise
credited in such manual or standard, including energy savings associated with
natural ventilation, evaporative cooling, automatic lighting controls (such as
occupancy sensors, photocells, and time clocks), day lighting, designs
utilizing semi-conditioned spaces which maintain adequate comfort conditions
without air conditioning or without heating, improved fan system efficiency
(including reductions in static pressure), advanced unloading mechanisms for
mechanical cooling (such as multiple or variable speed compressors), on-site
generation of electricity (including combined heat and power systems, fuel
cells, and renewable energy generation such as solar energy), and wiring with
lower energy losses than wiring satisfying Standard 90.1–2001 requirements for
building power distribution systems.</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7425226846E34FDB00595504E145DA17"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements for
computer software used in calculating energy and power consumption
costs</header><text>Paragraph (3)(B) of section 179D(d) of such Code is amended
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (ii), by striking the
period at the end of clause (iii) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H90B44C0C78694B9AAB246DC112009E6B" style="OLC">
<clause id="H5ABF9145381E4F1E937132F4A773F0C7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>which
automatically—</text>
<subclause id="H025DE13D320742419299D91B94363374"><enum>(I)</enum><text>generates the
features, energy use, and energy and power consumption costs of a reference
building which meets Standard 90.1–2001,</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H894D4D7EACC047478779AD9834DCCE00"><enum>(II)</enum><text>generates the
features, energy use, and energy and power consumption costs of a compliant
building or system which reduces the annual energy and power costs by 50
percent compared to Standard 90.1–2001, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H58C563BD587B46759854CD92DBED1374"><enum>(III)</enum><text>compares such
features, energy use, and consumption costs to the features, energy use, and
consumption costs of the building or system with respect to which the
calculation is being
made.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4EC8E0DDA7F44C85A5CC73A463C3FD00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Targets for
partial allowance of credit</header><text>Paragraph (1)(B) of section 179D(d)
of such Code is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFE3FC73370484CF485EC1FCD49DFEF31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H07C16D435F0242CB9EDF1D6968DB415B" style="OLC">
<clause id="HF3CE06A8626A4F5DA9EC2F9F829F2DDB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>,
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1034452158C146C4A2E276B87C00FA77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1A323EC52F864ED2A938B944212B1B23" style="OLC">
<clause id="H299E4D1FCED7484B974D770065D057A8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Additional
requirements</header><text>For purposes of clause (i)—</text>
<subclause id="H0111A5E1BC3A4BBE99481C21459D0000"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall determine prescriptive criteria that can be modeled explicitly for
reference buildings which meet the requirements of subsection (c)(1)(D) for
different building types and regions,</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0DCED94F2EEE4CBD976E04A161FFAEEB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a system may be
certified as meeting the target under subparagraph (A)(ii) if the appropriate
reference building either meets the requirements of subsection (c)(1)(D) with
such system rather than the comparable reference system (using the calculation
under paragraph (2)) or meets the relevant prescriptive criteria under
subclause (I), and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3746B2FCF6EE4793A0CC4DCBDA1A0D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the lighting
system target shall be based on lighting power density, except that it shall
allow lighting controls credits that trade off for lighting power density
savings based on Section 3.2.2 of the 2005 California Nonresidential
Alternative Calculation Method Approval Manual.</text>
</subclause></clause><subparagraph id="H933E582D651847BFBE81EAE1CEF188E1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The
Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the bases for the target levels
established in the regulations under clause
(i).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H296DE51C17104A5E8DC677C63A5CA1E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Alternative
Standards</header><text>Section 179D(d) of such Code is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4C50D12FE40F40B700200090DFEA29D4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4719110F5CC44CC18934919BB8662F7E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Alternative
standards pending final regulations</header><text>Until such time as the
Secretary issues final regulations under paragraph (1)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5F2843D738EE4D088E924152BD17A155"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of
property which is part of a building envelope, the building envelope system
target under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) shall be a 7 percent reduction in total
annual energy and power costs (determined in the same manner as under
subsection (c)(1)(D)), and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8764E49F778484B9EF38831B500CEB9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of
property which is part of the heating, cooling, ventilation, and hot water
systems, the heating, cooling, ventilation, and hot water system shall be
treated as meeting the target under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) if it would meet the
requirement in subsection (c)(1)(D) if combined with a building envelope system
and lighting system which met their respective targets under
paragraph(1)(A)(ii) (including interim targets in effect under subsection (f)
and subparagraph
(A)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HDB96EBAD0EE146BB8FEA61CA7707B149"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Modifications to
Lighting Standards</header>
<paragraph id="H853AD8BFD28E4785A08B060538A80766"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Standards to be
alternate standards</header><text>Subsection (f) of section 179D of such Code
is amended by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE1D11DD7668E460C815FEE2F31870083"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
<quote>Interim</quote> in the heading and inserting <quote>Alternative</quote>,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC203B7FEC1B34E22B3C4FB4728E335F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>inserting <quote>,
or, if the taxpayer elects, in lieu of the target set forth in such final
regulations</quote> after <quote>lighting system</quote> at the end of the
matter preceding paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H84C83D50A96C4E30BD9556253335FA8C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified
individuals</header><text>Section 179D(d)(6)(C) of such Code is amended by
adding at the end the following: <quote>For purposes of certification of
whether the alternative target for lighting systems under subsection (f) is
met, individuals qualified to determine compliance shall include individuals
who are certified as Lighting Certified (LC) by the National Council on
Qualifications for the Lighting Professions, Certified Energy Managers (CEM) by
the Association of Energy Engineers, and LEED Accredited Professionals (AP) by
the U.S. Green Buildings Council.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H871531ADDCEE4584844B4F002500B856"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement for
bilevel switching</header><text>Section 179D(f)(2) of such Code is amended by
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H85706E757B5746EB00001DE42C06FC31" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6C069A63B055459284C068BB664FCB10"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application of
subsection to bilevel switching</header>
<subparagraph id="HF131FDAF948B4406B67E991039712228"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(C)(i), this subsection
shall apply to a system which does not include provisions for bilevel switching
if the reduction in lighting power density is at least 37.5 percent of the
minimum requirements in Table 9.3.1.1 or Table 9.3.1.2 (not including
additional interior lighting allowances) of Standard 90.1–2001.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H11D0A37C519246EF9EE8FE4BBB830030"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reduction in
deduction</header><text>In the case of a system to which this subsection
applies by reason of subparagraph (A), paragraph (2) shall be applied—</text>
<clause id="H67F266FCA1A24F0EB2194638BC3EDF36"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>40 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>50 percent</quote> in
subparagraph (A) thereof, and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6BB1295B55934BA4922215EFA075D555"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(ii) thereof—</text>
<subclause id="H124B2739AF4A4326A0A3004642C035B2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>25 percentage points</quote> and inserting <quote>37.5 percentage
points</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H98126894427F414FBA8D6660A4D19DD5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>15</quote> and inserting
<quote>12.5</quote>.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H768A4A753FD5494A821BC6B654AD6D00"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Public
Property</header><text>Paragraph (4) of section 179(d) of such Code is amended
by striking <quote>the Secretary shall promulgate a regulation to allow the
allocation of the deduction</quote> and inserting <quote>the deduction under
this section shall be allowed</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9C521992F33A4A6597E0011D145145F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service in taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC500EDE265814B3CA0F78F4455CC59C3"><enum>705.</enum><header>Deduction for
energy efficient low-rise buildings</header>
<subsection id="H574EC9A0EAE5475FB561DA94267E8299"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 404 of division A of the Tax Relief
and Health Care Act of 2006, is amended by inserting after section 179E the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB9192A37AD5749888BCD8EFC5BEE2F53" style="OLC">
<section id="H2F0E9061C9BE48F0A35678F1236E95E0"><enum>179F.</enum><header>Energy
efficient low-rise buildings deduction</header>
<subsection id="H8A116F1AD8FB48C0904B1624494C3D75"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>There shall be allowed as a deduction an amount equal to
the amount of qualified energy efficiency expenditures paid or incurred by the
taxpayer during the taxable year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H770F47CF9EAB425600E651501423DA30"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="HCC0ED61D438E4E2DB277AC4C444B6230"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amount allowed as a credit under subsection (a) with
respect to any dwelling unit shall not exceed the product of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12BB5D9DB5FE42F7B8E87DC534E143C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the qualified
energy savings achieved, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45AF57823D5F444BA5D66E8129D0DFC3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$12,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H10E59B5CF83242F59702349822024BCE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum amount
of qualified energy savings</header><text>No credit shall be allowed under
subsection (a) with respect to any dwelling unit in a qualified low-rise
building which achieves a qualified energy savings of less than 20
percent.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC206772BCC3845F0AEFD5B0118B90200"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualified Energy
Efficiency Expenditures</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H2F7C81F64160444CA7606FD05219E44"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <quote>qualified energy efficiency
expenditures</quote> means any amount paid or incurred which is related to
producing qualified energy savings in any dwelling unit located in a qualified
low-rise building of the taxpayer which is located in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H295008EC8B444756BB0036E4983EB224"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No double
benefit for certain expenditures</header><text>The term <quote>qualified energy
efficiency expenditures</quote> shall not include any expenditure for any
property for which a deduction has been allowed to the taxpayer under section
179G.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0DC29B8C7F3047EAAE21B15760133296"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualified
low-rise building</header><text>The term <quote>qualified low-rise
building</quote> means a building—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2FF2815597334123A9803B25B7ACD5B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to
which depreciation is allowable under section 167,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H533E592F3EDF43B4A403909CF305AD00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>which is used for
multifamily housing, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H271A55F1430848ECA9B099A200F708C8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>which is not
within the scope of Standard 90.1–2001 (as defined under section
179D(c)(2)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H79CBB1BC5BE64709922F230030ECD633"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Qualified Energy
Savings</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H940D002C671B4D32A871F0E8F21BACC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <quote>qualified energy savings</quote> means,
with respect to any dwelling unit in a qualified low-rise building, the amount
(measured as a percentage) by which—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCEBC46516F654A26BF6066EDB96B5D84"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the annual energy
use with respect to such dwelling unit after qualified energy efficiency
expenditures are made, as certified under paragraph (2), is less than</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCB97CA2446C49F89FDFFE34A1C3BFDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the annual energy
use with respect to such dwelling unit before the qualified energy efficiency
expenditures were made, as certified under paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">In
determining annual energy use under subparagraph (B), any energy efficiency
improvements which are not attributable to qualified energy efficiency
expenditures shall be disregarded.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H63EBC23741D44DB38F4C0063AAA9BFAC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification</header>
<subparagraph id="HF83C88DBD8724DDE9C61304CD4E9B7DC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
Energy, shall prescribe the procedures and method for the making of
certifications under this paragraph based on the Residential Energy Services
Network (RESNET) Technical Guidelines in effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF83F5447EB3462B971709B0A0E12167"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualified
individuals</header><text>Any certification made under this paragraph may only
be made by an individual who is recognized by an organization certified by the
Secretary for such purposes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2874492765C1453F0029CB4F4565B7C1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
Rules</header><text>For purposes of this section, rules similar to the rules
under paragraphs (8) and (9) of section 25D(e) shall apply.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5537B46788DB4650A667AF70DE8EA5AD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Basis
Adjustments</header><text>For purposes of this subtitle, if a credit is allowed
under this section with respect to any expenditure with respect to any
property, the increase in the basis of such property which would (but for this
subsection) result from such expenditure shall be reduced by the amount of the
credit so allowed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H353B73E01F594AA991C22F3574C3604D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>This
section shall not apply with respect to any property placed in service after
December 31,
2013.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H7566E06084D140FF9F0064CE8EE3F4F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H98B45B6EDF614466BC6768E9A2A4AAE4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 263(a)(1)
of such Code, as amended by section 404 of division A of the Tax Relief and
Health Care Act of 2006, 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="HB0CBC24FFD934081BA0075D0FE81FA9E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H6939EFFFE5DB426D864700FBFA7E314"><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="H4E7EF9F5FEE64D9EA9921037D1BD9ED6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section
312(k)(3)(B) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>179, 179A, 179B, 179C,
179D, or 179E</quote> each place it appears in the heading and text and
inserting <quote>179, 179A, 179B, 179C, 179D, 179E, or 179F</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H34E3AA010A714A1083C9A261CAA6DA23"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 1016(a) of
such Code, as amended by section 101, 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 id="HDB8D3B8053184D058BE321F5EAD14BA8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H342BCD29B4054AB9B65B5EE21EE71752"><enum>(39)</enum><text>to the extent
provided in section
179F(f).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE8B7A0E29F540FD82D0B2FE2AFC60"><enum>(4)</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="H2A7882D90DA743389EF095965F9F95DA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The table of
sections for part VI of subchapter B of such Code is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 179E the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CA2A3ABFAA644788F8BD9D031A1EB46" style="OLC">
<toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="HB9192A37AD5749888BCD8EFC5BEE2F53" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="H2F0E9061C9BE48F0A35678F1236E95E0" level="section">Sec. 179F. Energy efficient low-rise buildings
deduction.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7B5E3C2BCA6C43D68E8B591DE0ED06C1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts
paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>INCREASING
AMERICA’S GASOLINE REFINING CAPABILITIES</header>
<section id="H03BD3DEAE8C946358EBFC22522677B23"><enum>801.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title—</text>
<paragraph id="H14640934014D499F9ED70053E4C5E1DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D1A435F52F744EBA2E330BF04D7179"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>applicant</quote> means a
person who (with the approval of the governor of the State, or in the case of
Native American tribes or tribal territories the designated leader of the tribe
or tribal community, where the proposed refinery would be located) is seeking a
Federal refinery authorization;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1A04389E471418DB184BD6F5366A536"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<quote>biomass</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 932(a)(1) of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BE7130FD77842F49FF37CF92CF46C97"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term
<term>Federal refinery authorization</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDBEBA4FDC489434EB788C4E52219BE9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means any
authorization required under Federal law, whether administered by a Federal or
State administrative agency or official, with respect to siting, construction,
expansion, or operation of a refinery; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E5605F3534B4A5B8B358C33C6F4FBF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes any
permits, licenses, special use authorizations, certifications, opinions, or
other approvals required under Federal law with respect to siting,
construction, expansion, or operation of a refinery;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H471D1941D71B406AA91C8C82DC27935"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term
<term>refinery</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDAA3B9F04F7B46D58600B3299B21B4FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a facility
designed and operated to receive, load, unload, store, transport, process, and
refine crude oil by any chemical or physical process, including distillation,
fluid catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, coking, alkylation, etherification,
polymerization, catalytic reforming, isomerization, hydrotreating, blending,
and any combination thereof, in order to produce gasoline or distillate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C90F106F72547698E01C486AD27DCE8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a facility
designed and operated to receive, load, unload, store, transport, process, and
refine coal by any chemical or physical process, including liquefaction, in
order to produce gasoline or diesel as its primary output; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C08D25539B44D349921D03BF8FDD8B3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a facility designed and operated to
receive, load, unload, store, transport, process (including biochemical,
photochemical, and biotechnology processes), and refine biomass in order to
produce biofuel;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD69F0F5A43CD49ACB0BA40BB1C89741B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term
<quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EE1ABD217F749999C798E914EF7FF7C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term
<quote>State</quote> means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H56F5FC6CB64040C4850528A51039838"><enum>802.</enum><header>State
assistance</header>
<subsection id="HCC79B760A5844B75B11CA13D4C959DC0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the request of
a governor of a State, or in the case of Native American tribes or tribal
territories the designated leader of the tribe or tribal community, the
Administrator is authorized to provide financial assistance to that State or
tribe or tribal community to facilitate the hiring of additional personnel to
assist the State or tribe or tribal community with expertise in fields relevant
to consideration of Federal refinery authorizations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFC8191539E7B4F2EB1FE31AB92E9168E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the request of
a governor of a State, or in the case of Native American tribes or tribal
territories the designated leader of the tribe or tribal community, a Federal
agency responsible for a Federal refinery authorization shall provide
technical, legal, or other nonfinancial assistance to that State or tribe or
tribal community to facilitate its consideration of Federal refinery
authorizations.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4FF4D2AC372941D081C1F8F0E8B5AF5"><enum>803.</enum><header>Refinery process
coordination and procedures</header>
<subsection id="HBD438751F26C4575855C923124F7C56C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appointment of
federal coordinator</header>
<paragraph id="H2B11DDD222DD4A6DAF00ACC23324CD9F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President shall appoint a Federal coordinator to
perform the responsibilities assigned to the Federal coordinator under this
title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A8AB72D20094724B51525612C149298"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other
agencies</header><text>Each Federal and State agency or official required to
provide a Federal refinery authorization shall cooperate with the Federal
coordinator.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H38B7940AF66E46C6ABD6EC52FBFDF587"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal refinery
authorizations</header>
<paragraph id="H2792BF9825904FFF8CBEF85A39C00BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Meeting
participants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
30 days after receiving a notification from an applicant that the applicant is
seeking a Federal refinery authorization pursuant to Federal law, the Federal
coordinator appointed under subsection (a) shall convene a meeting of
representatives from all Federal and State agencies responsible for a Federal
refinery authorization with respect to the refinery. The governor of a State
shall identify each agency of that State that is responsible for a Federal
refinery authorization with respect to that refinery.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H710686420F6E42C29F87C4419CD05496"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Memorandum of
agreement</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDF5A472B58EC498C8DD563E19BC19805"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 90 days
after receipt of a notification described in paragraph (1), the Federal
coordinator and the other participants at a meeting convened under paragraph
(1) shall establish a memorandum of agreement setting forth the most
expeditious coordinated schedule possible for completion of all Federal
refinery authorizations with respect to the refinery, consistent with the full
substantive and procedural review required by Federal law. If a Federal or
State agency responsible for a Federal refinery authorization with respect to
the refinery is not represented at such meeting, the Federal coordinator shall
ensure that the schedule accommodates those Federal refinery authorizations,
consistent with Federal law. In the event of conflict among Federal refinery
authorization scheduling requirements, the requirements of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall be given priority.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8709FEBC666740D3B74FC07916DDF0DB" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Not later than 15 days after
completing the memorandum of agreement, the Federal coordinator shall publish
the memorandum of agreement in the Federal Register.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H119BC4F578F440F68550C485027C8015" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal coordinator shall ensure that
all parties to the memorandum of agreement are working in good faith to carry
out the memorandum of agreement, and shall facilitate the maintenance of the
schedule established therein.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H57B3178EA7EF41899DBC049538BC83B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consolidated
record</header><text>The Federal coordinator shall, with the cooperation of
Federal and State administrative agencies and officials, maintain a complete
consolidated record of all decisions made or actions taken by the Federal
coordinator or by a Federal administrative agency or officer (or State
administrative agency or officer acting under delegated Federal authority) with
respect to any Federal refinery authorization. Such record shall be the record
for judicial review under subsection (d) of decisions made or actions taken by
Federal and State administrative agencies and officials, except that, if the
Court determines that the record does not contain sufficient information, the
Court may remand the proceeding to the Federal coordinator for further
development of the consolidated record.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H06983EF40A394056AE5EE3594A07001"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Remedies</header>
<paragraph id="H7D6CA0BCB2374D0896F72316B3AC9673"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The United States District Court for the district in
which the proposed refinery is located shall have exclusive jurisdiction over
any civil action for the review of the failure of an agency or official to act
on a Federal refinery authorization in accordance with the schedule established
pursuant to the memorandum of agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H84CF2BF8653247068EFE00C808E798E8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an applicant or a party to a memorandum
of agreement alleges that a failure to act described in paragraph (1) has
occurred and that such failure to act would jeopardize timely completion of the
entire schedule as established in the memorandum of agreement, such applicant
or other party may bring a cause of action under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BD191E2F8D840CC9642A197006021E0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Court
action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an action is
brought under paragraph (2), the Court shall review whether the parties to the
memorandum of agreement have been acting in good faith, whether the applicant
has been cooperating fully with the agencies that are responsible for issuing a
Federal refinery authorization, and any other relevant materials in the
consolidated record. Taking into consideration those factors, if the Court
finds that a failure to act described in paragraph (1) has occurred, and that
such failure to act would jeopardize timely completion of the entire schedule
as established in the memorandum of agreement, the Court shall establish a new
schedule that is the most expeditious coordinated schedule possible for
completion of proceedings, consistent with the full substantive and procedural
review required by Federal law. The court may issue orders to enforce any
schedule it establishes under this paragraph.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F824CBB1F424906AF36CDBF3DB6F6EA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Federal
coordinator’s action</header><text>When any civil action is brought under this
subsection, the Federal coordinator shall immediately file with the Court the
consolidated record compiled by the Federal coordinator pursuant to subsection
(c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8620690CBF8431900716CBE032EF784"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Expedited
review</header><text>The Court shall set any civil action brought under this
subsection for expedited consideration.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H31A042AB08B14E93B59640E78871D534"><enum>804.</enum><header>Designation of
closed military bases</header>
<subsection id="HCCA4B0B169254BEB83D344B4B9E9D1FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall designate no
less than 3 closed military installations, or portions thereof, as potentially
suitable for the construction of a refinery. At least 1 such site shall be
designated as potentially suitable for construction of a refinery to refine
biomass in order to produce biofuel.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H052A967D6B9849EBA4BB08004000F22E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Redevelopment
authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The redevelopment
authority for each installation designated under subsection (a), in preparing
or revising the redevelopment plan for the installation, shall consider the
feasibility and practicability of siting a refinery on the installation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H61A746D9848D45948E9E11D7BFE0FBEE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Management and
disposal of real property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary of Defense, in managing and disposing of real property at an
installation designated under subsection (a) pursuant to the base closure law
applicable to the installation, shall give substantial deference to the
recommendations of the redevelopment authority, as contained in the
redevelopment plan for the installation, regarding the siting of a refinery on
the installation. The management and disposal of real property at a closed
military installation or portion thereof found to be suitable for the siting of
a refinery under subsection (a) shall be carried out in the manner provided by
the base closure law applicable to the installation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD82EE2D989024027865D888D35647DAD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H618931D18113417DB1A20087AEE29F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>base closure law</quote>
means the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title
XXIX of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/510">Public Law 101–510</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2687">10 U.S.C. 2687</external-xref> note) and title II of the Defense
Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law
100–526; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2687">10 U.S.C. 2687</external-xref> note); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0150B325FD904AFF9E6D023F443D341F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>closed military
installation</quote> means a military installation closed or approved for
closure pursuant to a base closure law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HADA91E8995DB4FAA9BDA35BCA7CE594"><enum>805.</enum><header>Savings
clause</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title
shall be construed to affect the application of any environmental or other law,
or to prevent any party from bringing a cause of action under any environmental
or other law, including citizen suits.</text>
</section><section id="HE7864A587AC046BB9E02970050461C00"><enum>806.</enum><header>Refinery
revitalization repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle
H of title III of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the items relating thereto
in the table of contents of such Act are repealed.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B77026687F14AEAB241F0973E2D234" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>807.</enum><header>New source review
under the Clean Air Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A
of title I of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 and following) is amended by
adding the following new section at the end thereof:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B49FB0F5849492F920139C7FB8F0381" style="OLC">
<section id="HC9B11D21AC7F4F9CA4853F4CA2784365"><enum>132</enum><header>New source
review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In promulgating
regulations respecting new source review under this Act, the Administrator
shall include in such regulations provisions providing that routine maintenance
and repair shall not constitute a modification of an existing source requiring
compliance with new source review requirements. Such provisions shall provide
that equipment replacement shall be considered routine maintenance and repair
if it meets each of the following requirements:</text>
<paragraph id="H3EFB1E4E125247DE00CDDB62E0EFC813"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It does not increase actual emissions of
any air pollutant by more than 5 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF64C83AC16474DBB83F07BE697660FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>It does not
increase actual emissions of any air pollutant by more than 40 tons per
year.</text>
</paragraph></section><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Act, no State may include in any State implementation plan any
provisions regarding new source review that are more stringent than those
contained in the regulations of the Administrator under this
section.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HFF77169B01EC4A28B6539D4DAF7FA8A0"><enum>808.</enum><header>Designation of
new refining capacity on brownfield sites</header>
<subsection id="H20DF4278349C4C9A86C4166DD5271900"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation
Requirement</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall designate no less than 5 brownfield sites, or
portions thereof, subject to subsection (c)(2), that are appropriate and
available for the purposes of siting a refinery.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1C7EEF8E39D943CFA1B668A82DB2C107"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Analysis of
Refinery Sites</header><text>In considering any site for possible designation
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall conduct an analysis of—</text>
<paragraph id="HC56B3637262B474ABD91B999F607B101"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the availability
of crude oil supplies to the site, including supplies from domestic production
of shale oil and tar sands and other strategic unconventional fuels;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4452D12FFFB042ADB3D8A2FD979D84AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the distribution
of the Nation’s refined petroleum product demand;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A139DBEC75044E8A22CB1B361039BD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>whether such site
is in close proximity to substantial pipeline infrastructure, including both
crude oil and refined petroleum product pipelines, and potential infrastructure
feasibility;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88A79C7B3915408DB21B9D84D6FAAF52"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the need to
diversify the geographical location of the domestic refining capacity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B60B4D0F9F54D7383D218F94D2C8336"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the effect that
increased refined petroleum products from a refinery on that site may have on
the price and supply of gasoline to consumers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5415E3AE36A44061829823D2003FE958"><enum>(6)</enum><text>such other factors
as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB079392E45D744BEB175271721C3E4D9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Making
Designated Sites Available</header>
<paragraph id="HBC665F058AC941E3B29BD5A4691F5B45"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary’s
role</header><text>If a designated site is owned by the Federal Government, the
Secretary shall take appropriate actions to make the site available for the
construction of a refinery. If the site is not owned by the Federal Government,
the Secretary shall facilitate the necessary transfer of interest in the site
from a willing seller to enable the construction of a refinery on the
site.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA13D51B6F3A045C4B458C453826C083B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Governor’s
objection</header><text>No site may be used for a refinery under this Act if,
not later than 60 days after designation of the site under subsection (a), the
Governor of the State in which the site is located transmits to the Secretary
an objection to the designation, unless, not later than 60 days after the
Secretary receives such objection, the Congress has by law overridden the
objection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idA04D010EBB4E46A788BC3999C7889AF7"><enum>809.</enum><header>Year extension
of election to expense certain refineries</header>
<subsection id="id792BED8537124E258316283859CB60A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 179C(c) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (defining qualified refinery property) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id720A4F17EE1D40829531A080C419CC29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>January 1, 2012</quote> in subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>January
1, 2017</quote>, and (2) by striking <quote>January 1, 2008</quote> each place
it appears in subparagraph (F) and inserting <quote>January 1,
2013</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8EC53D0F1A7A4298AB7A81047F5E90F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation
through secretarial guidance</header>
<paragraph id="idC656160C554940F1B2EE52317A6E0478"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>Paragraph
(1) of section 179C(b) of such Code (relating to general rule for election) is
amended by inserting <quote>or other guidance</quote> after
<quote>regulations</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFC07580A67934B4AA3F49F16978268C9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Subsection
(h) of section 179C of such Code (relating to reporting) is amended by striking
<quote>shall require</quote> and inserting <quote>may, through guidance,
require</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4326C0BCD560486AB4997C6118601298"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this Act shall apply to property
placed in service after December 31, 2007.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id82CB6A1EC7B542238001FF5AE32F941D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirement for
issuance of guidance</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue regulations or
other guidance to carry out <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/179C">section 179C</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(as amended by this section).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>COMMON SENSE
REGULATORY RELIEF AND POLICY REFORM</header>
<section id="H0BEDBE8EA5C747DFB5FAF1BCEDA2163F"><enum>901.</enum><header>Extension and
modification of renewable energy production tax credit</header>
<subsection id="HF4D3704F3C5340168DDE14F8005BA23"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of
Credit</header><text>Each of the following provisions of section 45(d)
(relating to qualified facilities) is amended by striking <quote>January 1,
2009</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2018</quote>:</text>
<paragraph id="H079EA03CF0C045ADAAD0E0A6A37002AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5FA67089F214B02008C4B01C103C64D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Clauses (i) and
(ii) of paragraph (2)(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H959B217CE2844FCA9D349988005790BC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Clauses (i)(I) and
(ii) of paragraph (3)(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5627FA00A90A44AA948FF1EE2EFABB9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Paragraph
(4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H031CA5DB462B41E9BE12CED32E6900C2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Paragraph
(5).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD760865D2C44BDAAED6DFE6E932B3CB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Paragraph
(6).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C11AACD1DA746BFA954875051C6B4CB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Paragraph
(7).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F0021E575D34D0D960018A1259704F0"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Paragraph
(8).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H549469F71980478FA6459E15232B9320"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of paragraph (9).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H01FCCE9981C045269C36D4B52984ABD6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Production
Credit for Electricity Produced From Marine Renewables</header>
<paragraph id="HC59F77956AA548239D78D7C2B0E89592"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 45(c) (relating to resources) is
amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (G), by
striking the period at the end of subparagraph (H) and inserting <quote>,
and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAE73EA13DD134EAFA4197EB4B92DA3B5" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H8F3DA8DD94584FD9B876622C0071CE1B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>marine and
hydrokinetic renewable
energy.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HECA2DE694D2C442400109070D7AB9C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Marine
renewables</header><text>Subsection (c) of section 45 is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H072BEDB72E7C4E35A7EB192E21B504E4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB09CB673CCD04EA1A5EFF748C8222D2B"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Marine and
hydrokinetic renewable energy</header>
<subparagraph id="HE7C1A1F2485A4DD4999842F55782CAC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <quote>marine and hydrokinetic renewable
energy</quote> means energy derived from—</text>
<clause id="H678C507F74FD418CACD35FBCCC74DFC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>waves, tides, and
currents in oceans, estuaries, and tidal areas,</text>
</clause><clause id="HCD4EE0C818C64AD488F5AA73123725AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>free flowing
water in rivers, lakes, and streams,</text>
</clause><clause id="H38F70B9B7C854EAA90F3C8BFA66083D1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>free flowing
water in an irrigation system, canal, or other man-made channel, including
projects that utilize nonmechanical structures to accelerate the flow of water
for electric power production purposes, or</text>
</clause><clause id="H0C924B500A144F77ADA41011DDE97B49"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>differentials in
ocean temperature (ocean thermal energy conversion).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H590F8791C1454718A1DB752F10AE5B4F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Such
term shall not include any energy which is derived from any source which
utilizes a dam, diversionary structure (except as provided in subparagraph
(A)(iii)), or impoundment for electric power production
purposes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B0F5FBED84544DBBFBDF4AFEA4C38D0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition of
facility</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 45 is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD4EEC567666845AD864CB25F00F43E1E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H72A3B4FEE9C441D3802B26F88F09954F"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Marine and
hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities</header><text>In the case of a
facility producing electricity from marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy,
the term <quote>qualified facility</quote> means any facility owned by the
taxpayer—</text>
<subparagraph id="H62C707CAA075475DBE4EBD7B209781C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>which has a
nameplate capacity rating of at least 150 kilowatts, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H73E3BB5593C54E2BAE40C0825618C587"><enum>(B)</enum><text>which is
originally placed in service on or after the date of the enactment of this
paragraph and before January 1,
2010.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H929862A9148C4C978DDA6E9BDF5FED5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Credit
rate</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of section 45(b)(4) is amended by striking
<quote>or (9)</quote> and inserting <quote>(9), or (11)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE7641CCC1C04395BC3F36EACB720105"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Coordination
with small irrigation power</header><text>Paragraph (5) of section 45(d), as
amended by subsection (a), is amended by striking <quote>January 1,
2013</quote> and inserting <quote>the date of the enactment of paragraph
(11)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD05F648620BF48579EABCE48E8A28B24"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sales of
Electricity to Regulated Public Utilities Treated as Sales to Unrelated
Persons</header><text>Section 45(e)(4) (relating to related persons) is amended
by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>A taxpayer shall be
treated as selling electricity to an unrelated person if such electricity is
sold to a regulated public utility (as defined in section
7701(a)(33).</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE33B094E6BBF4B66007BC52D4FB5E00"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Trash Facility
Clarification</header><text>Paragraph (7) of section 45(d) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3FC52386E02B45A8AC6F044098278517"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>facility which burns</quote> and inserting <quote>facility (other than a
facility described in paragraph (6)) which uses</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BAEDBB0288E4FB98B42445722218142"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>COMBUSTION</quote> in the heading thereof.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H412DD35FCB6740F0B4C689988CC06480"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
Dates</header>
<paragraph id="HA7A2FBF626DF417AAFBC007800CD15EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>The
amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to property originally placed in
service after December 31, 2008.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3107F86CCC44FD68E1300E4A33296A7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Modifications</header><text>The
amendments made by subsections (b) and (c) shall apply to electricity produced
and sold after the date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years ending
after such date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32ACDF16B64143C1B44F006B184C2670"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Trash facility
clarification</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (d) shall apply
to electricity produced and sold before, on, or after December 31, 2007.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4A9D172559BE41578716EF24BFD3008"><enum>902.</enum><header>Extension and
modification of solar energy and fuel cell investment tax credit</header>
<subsection id="H1A5896197A6A4F41A897F33EFAA56D27"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of
Credit</header>
<paragraph id="H56ABFD8CB7BE4747BAB3B0E4A98FB5E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Solar energy
property</header><text>Paragraphs (2)(A)(i)(II) and (3)(A)(ii) of section 48(a)
(relating to energy credit) are each amended by striking <quote>January 1,
2009</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2584A7CE69E14568BDAE36A13648F200"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fuel cell
property</header><text>Subparagraph (E) of section 48(c)(1) (relating to
qualified fuel cell property) is amended by striking <quote>December 31,
2008</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2017</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H890E770C14FD4AB496C691D75D6F63C9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualified
microturbine property</header><text>Subparagraph (E) of section 48(c)(2)
(relating to qualified microturbine property) is amended by striking
<quote>December 31, 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2017</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9939E71BB046407AADCD4D3F17021F14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allowance of
Energy Credit Against Alternative Minimum Tax</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of
section 38(c)(4) (relating to specified credits) is amended by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (iii), by striking the period at the
end of clause (iv) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the end
the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8448E933C2D14EC2876994D50051635F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA0203ACA8F854AD0A7A73F6314B64C62"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the credit
determined under section 46 to the extent that such credit is attributable to
the energy credit determined under section
48.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H26D0ED8DB57E447783A2C8C63768EAD5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal of Dollar
Per Kilowatt Limitation for Fuel Cell Property</header>
<paragraph id="HA4598D51EBEF408B9C2F94F3C9DBAB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 48(c)(1) (relating to qualified fuel cell), as
amended by subsection (a)(2), is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and by
redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (B), (C), and
(D), respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H637CE2A107114B4B9788DED316FF0656"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 48(a)(1) is amended by striking
<quote>paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of subsection (c)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsection (c)(2)(B)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H462970A28F4244C88FC56EE13BD5FE33"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public Electric
Utility Property Taken Into Account</header>
<paragraph id="H2AE63BF7A7214399B45ED946300FE07"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (3) of section 48(a) is amended by striking the
second sentence thereof.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2940D1F84A045AC9B3B699DF29DAB02"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="HB2D2B657038A4215A1434DAAAD0195A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) of
section 48(c), as amended by this section, is amended by striking subparagraph
(C) and redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD24466F3207D4A0300E3E922F64042DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Paragraph (2) of
section 48(c), as amended by subsection (a)(3), is amended by striking
subparagraph (D) and redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8CE88F338E894E1A94B5BF86BBBFB630"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
Dates</header>
<paragraph id="HD81F7FEA162E41B687F3DFD56F7611E0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>The
amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1F5D404133E48F0B6AB7ED8CA77CE84"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allowance
against alternative minimum tax</header><text>The amendments made by subsection
(b) shall apply to credits determined under section 46 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 in taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this
Act and to carrybacks of such credits.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D2FC21ECD0943F6B8457FDA2974A6F2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fuel cell
property and public electric utility property</header><text>The amendments made
by subsections (c) and (d) shall apply to periods after the date of the
enactment of this Act, in taxable years ending after such date, under rules
similar to the rules of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/48">section 48(m)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Revenue
Reconciliation Act of 1990).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5E42028176284BC898AE7C0919F0D070"><enum>903.</enum><header>Repeal of
requirement to deduct from an amount payable to each state</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of division F of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2008 is amended under the heading <quote>Minerals
Management Service</quote>, under the heading <quote>administrative
provisions</quote>, by striking the second sentence.</text>
</section><section id="HE47665FB3F104950995FB861BD833C91"><enum>904.</enum><header>Production
credit for electricity produced from conventional hydropower projects</header>
<subsection id="HB148FC427E984E6D937179EC341FE372"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/45">section 45(c)(8)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified
hydropower production) is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of
clause (i), by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting
<quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2141B6A040C84A77BF9CD2BF16CE8014" style="OLC">
<clause id="H0925BB6D98DA43C3B89933B7DE2B0465"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of any hydroelectric dam which
was placed in service after the date of the enactment of this clause, the
hydropower production from the facility for the taxable
year.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF1BE1BDC1EFC49939B7927BD3D11C400"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H606FEF8DA3E549C6802B42F03249FADD"><enum>905.</enum><header>Definition of
renewable biomass</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
211(o)(1)(I) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)(I)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H94553F347A23473889AFBA28F7A7C29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
clause (ii), by striking <quote>on non-federal land</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8AC653830D5743948B468446DAE1CA32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by
striking <quote>that are from non-federal forestlands, including
forestlands</quote> and inserting <quote>from forestlands, including those on
public lands and those</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HFFF76EC3E5144391A200258CC173E6E5"><enum>906.</enum><header>NEPA judicial
review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4331">42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding
at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC08BF913C4E34C1CB2BA96B62E7CD700" style="OLC">
<section id="H184FA224FB0E413600416F749311B2CF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header>Judicial
review</header>
<subsection id="HF7D54DF0F52F4E49A7A766358B41E6BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of a Federal
agency’s compliance with section 102 of the Act may be filed in the circuit in
which the petitioner resides or transacts business which is directly affected
by the action. Any such application for review shall be made within ninety days
from the date of promulgation of the Federal agency’s decision.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8A92DBC926254F7F9FABD47D5E484610"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures for
review</header>
<paragraph id="H2653521BB2514FF081E66C8014C6C64"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any judicial action under this Act,
judicial review of any issues concerning a Federal agency’s compliance with
section 102 shall be limited to the administrative record. Otherwise applicable
principles of administrative law shall govern whether any supplemental
materials may be considered by the court.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B26934F8C9947C88C009300DAF45F2B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standard</header><text>In
considering objections raised in any judicial action under this Act, the court
shall uphold the Federal agency’s decision, whether in is the first instance, a
revocation, recession or other action, unless the objecting party can
demonstrate, on the administrative record, that the decision was arbitrary and
capricious or otherwise not in accordance with law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4193623853C4764833D6B31A105FC64"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Remedy</header><text>If
the court finds that the selection of the response action was arbitrary and
capricious or otherwise not in accordance with law, the court shall award such
relief as the court deems appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEAF38A4C00247B9972F8E4356060035"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Procedural
errors</header><text>In reviewing alleged procedural errors, the court may
disallow costs or damages only if the errors were so serious and related to
matters of such central relevance to the action that the action would have been
significantly changed had such errors not been made.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3A544F10325A412B93B03926EA3EBC7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notice of
actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever any action
is brought under this Act in a court of the United States by a plaintiff other
than the United States, the plaintiff shall provide a copy of the complaint to
the Attorney General of the United States and to the Secretary or Administrator
of the affected Federal agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA10FFEF8380F4205A0001CFACCD9C68F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Intervention</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any action commenced under this Act, any
person may intervene as a matter of right when such person claims an interest
relating to the subject of the action and is so situated that the disposition
of the action may, as a practical matter, impair or impede the person’s ability
to protect that interest, unless the Secretary or Administrator shows that the
person’s interest is adequately represented by existing
parties.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>X</enum><header>TAX-EXEMPT
FINANCING OF CERTAIN ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FACILITIES</header>
<section id="HC7BC74592A4143D5A53B8452E56734AA"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Tax-exempt
financing of certain electric transmission facilities not subject to private
business use test</header>
<subsection id="H79402853CF744A4BB0BD74733F080036"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/141">Section 141(b)(6)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(defining private business use) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9E0A246947EF4814B6FB87B9FCA8079" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H70201E987CA44756A5ADD8B1A7FB59FA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exception for
certain electric transmission facilities</header><text>For purposes of the 1st
sentence of subparagraph (A), the operation or use of an electric transmission
facility by any person which is not a governmental unit shall not be considered
a private business use if—</text>
<clause id="H4667ED6C754C4D3EA5DF2DC205D0EF50"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the facility is
placed in service on or after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph
and is owned by—</text>
<subclause id="H3C2D306FCFA94921B1082338F621D975"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a State or
political subdivision of a State, or any agency, authority, or instrumentality
of any of the foregoing providing electric service, directly or indirectly to
the public, or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4EEF334C3AAB4502BAC6DE3E4492D505"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a State or
political subdivision of a State expressly authorized under applicable State
law effective on or after January 1, 2004, to finance and own electric
transmission facilities, and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H65EE0840C0BC4AD79013F4FA007E6F00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>bonds for such
facility are issued before the date which is 5 years after the date of the
enactment of this
subparagraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE5D81E827A27406998C77742DE3C028"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to bonds
issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>XI</enum><header>RESTORE OUR
DOMESTIC ENERGY WORKFORCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION</header>
<section id="H02294B36CADF4F0392A84829D1059E2B"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Strengthening Americas Science
and Technology Education Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HDB08A9557E32414F9CECD0A2ACE83B56"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the policy of the United States to
maintain the human capital needed to preserve and foster the economic, energy,
and mineral resources security of the United States. The Science and Technology
programs that produce human capital needed for the energy and mineral resources
security of the United States are national assets and shall be assisted with
Federal funds to ensure their continued health and existence.</text>
</section><section id="HA9ED31D212394D56B94D6480DFAD2600"><enum>1103.</enum><header>Maintaining
science and technology education programs</header>
<subsection id="H9FB4FFE0DF394160B8357E5FC63E4FC1"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The Secretary of
the Interior (in this title referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall
administer this title and shall prescribe rules and regulations to carry out
its policies and provisions not later than 1 year after enactment.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6B46F0BE67AC4AA0B63316045F572279"><enum>(b)</enum><text>In support of the
policy stated in section 2, the Secretary shall provide research funds to
schools, universities, and institutions to assist in maintaining recognized
programs in energy, petroleum, mining, and mineral engineering education and
research.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H082D42065C33450FA34FB8B9174EA5ED"><enum>(c)</enum><text>All funds shall be
directed only to recognized programs and shall be subject to the conditions of
this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H015E791D420D49808212428D539E7C8C"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Research funded at
recognized programs under this title shall include studies and research to
enhance basic science and engineering as well as studies to provide proof of
scientific or engineering concepts and studies to determine scientific or
engineering feasibility.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBDD3CD407E604D1CA2DE4705FED51205"><enum>(e)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall only provide funds to recognized programs, which for the purposes of this
title shall mean—</text>
<paragraph id="H3A68D9F2A4624DA3AAD712AACFC2F7CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an engineering
program for energy, petroleum, chemical, mining, or mineral engineering
accredited on the date of enactment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB4DE93D01C64CBC828F00739366285D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
geological engineering or geophysical engineering that is accredited on the
date of enactment of this Act and which is focused on petroleum or natural gas
production, the production of mineral resources, and the development of
permanent underground workings as demonstrated by the curriculum and the
expertise of the existing faculty; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F1FF051F40C4F87841B63FF5ED9F5D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a
program in geology or geophysics that the Secretary determines to be acceptable
under this title and that have undergraduate and graduate programs of research
and education in the geology and geophysics of conventional or nonconventional
energy, geothermal, metallic and nonmetallic deposits, including industrial
minerals, sand and gravel deposits.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H839D7BCE3C1D4B719EA5BD7FC19E5581"><enum>(f)</enum><text>All recognized
engineering programs must meet meeting the specific program criteria,
established by the member societies of ABET, Inc. of Baltimore Maryland. In the
absence of a nationally recognized accreditation program for the applied
geology and geophysics programs the Secretary shall request the Committee
created by this title to examine the program and the outcomes of the programs
to determine if it is appropriate to provide funding for the program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB70B7B02931E454098321CBB89C27B38"><enum>(g)</enum><text>Each school,
university, or institution receiving funds under this title shall maintain the
program for which the funds are provided for 10 years after the date of the
last receipt of such funds and take steps described in its application for
funding to increase the number of undergraduate students enrolled in and
completing the programs of study in petroleum, chemical, mining, geological,
geophysical, or mineral engineering, and geology and geophysics.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDA21EBDF7A7C4814B660A5786E20BF17"><enum>(h)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall show particular consideration to minority serving institutions with an
established recognized program or that proposes to establish a recognized
program, including but not limited to assigning appropriate employees to serve
as mentors and adjunct faculty, transferring appropriate equipment to the
programs and allowing faculty or students at such institutions free access to
appropriate departmental training.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFC4E115A52F54D3FAB9B61C0E981F4C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Where appropriate,
the Secretary may make funds available to consortia to conduct projects of
broad application that could not otherwise be undertaken, including national
and regional projects in geology or geophysics and engineering as applied to
petroleum, geothermal, mining, and mineral processing or beneficiation.
Provided, that funds granted to any consortium shall only be given to a single
eligible school with a recognized program which shall be responsible for
distribution, monitoring, and reporting on the activities of the consortium as
required by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HCC4AAFD5B62C46BAB25316D1A648AA82"><enum>1104.</enum><header>Funds for
scholarships and fellowships</header>
<subsection id="H011C19C7DF6D44678BAAE8EC93A4D883"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall provide funds for the purpose of providing merit-based scholarships for
undergraduate education, graduate fellowships, and postdoctoral fellowships at
eligible schools.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9129816484BC4944AD456D95DCE59020"><enum>(b)</enum><text>In awarding the
Scholarships and fellowships authorized by this section the Secretary shall
give a preference for veterans and service members who have received or will
receive either the Afghanistan Campaign Medal or the Iraq Campaign Medal as
authorized by <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/234">Public Law 108–234</external-xref>, and Executive Order No. 13363.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD397D2CCC00648ECBE7B90C3522FD40"><enum>(c)</enum><text>In order to receive
a scholarship or a graduate fellowship, an individual student must be a lawful
permanent resident of the United States or a United States citizen and must
agree in writing to complete a course of studies and receive a degree in
petroleum, chemical, mining, geological, geophysical, or mineral engineering,
petroleum geology, geothermal geology, mining and economic geology, petroleum
and mining geophysics, or mineral economics in a program recognized under this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4488E01917F549A5ADC132D22578A12F"><enum>(d)</enum><text>The regulations
shall require that an individual, in order to retain a scholarship or graduate
fellowship, must continue in one of the course of studies authorized by this
section, must remain in good academic standing, as determined by the school,
institution, or university and must allow for reinstatement of the scholarship
or graduate fellowship by the Secretary, upon the recommendation of the school
or institution. Such regulations may also provide for recovery of funds from an
individual who fails to complete any of the courses of study listed in
subsection (c) of this section after notice that such completion is a
requirement of receipt funding under this title. Students may change courses of
study provided they remain within the listing of programs in subsection
(c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA3C720931AEF4B44A79CB5CA00857681"><enum>(e)</enum><text>An individual
granted a scholarship or fellowship with funds provided under this title shall
through their respective school, university, or institution, advise the
Director of the office established by this title of progress towards completion
of the course of studies and upon the awarding of the degree within 30 days
after the award.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFA6C7D2B81814F0EA51211AA7BC1A6E"><enum>(f)</enum><text>To carry out this
section, the schools, universities, and institutions that are eligible to
receive funding under this title shall be responsible for enforcing the
requirements of this section for scholarship or fellowship students and shall
return to the Secretary any funds recovered from an individual under subsection
(d). An institution seeking funds under this subsection shall describe, in its
application to the Secretary for funding, the number of students that would be
awarded scholarships or fellowships if the application is approved, how such
students would be selected, and how the provisions of this section will be
enforced.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8A5FFDFB79974C90AC04953F3000535D"><enum>1105.</enum><header>Use of funds
by institutions</header>
<subsection id="HBC1503E26CC944CFA71D764700B9002D"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Grants for basic
science and engineering studies and research shall not require additional
participation by funding partners. All other grants for studies shall include
participation by industry and may include funding from other Federal
agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5C73C61D4CA74301996284821BA329EB"><enum>(b)</enum><text>No funds made
available under this section shall be applied to the acquisition by purchase or
lease of any land or interests therein, or the rental, purchase, construction,
preservation, or repair of any building.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H49D4B8AF192C449E97290448C52FD5C0"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Funding made
available may be used with the express approval of the Secretary for proposals
to maintain or upgrade existing laboratories and laboratory equipment, but such
funds shall not be used for any university overhead expenses.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H021EFC842A7248A289AB9E77B710552B"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Funding made
available under this title may be used for maintaining and upgrading mines and
oil and gas drilling rigs owned by an eligible program or the school in which
the program is located that are used for undergraduate and graduate training
and worker safety training. All requests for funding such mines and oil and gas
drilling rigs must demonstrate that they have been owned by the school for 5
years prior to the date of enactment.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA69E02E5881C4578B2CD9536FBEE5CEC"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Each school shall
have an officer appointed by its governing authority who shall receive and
account for all funds paid under this title and shall make an annual report to
the Secretary on or before the first day of September of each year, on work
accomplished and the status of projects underway, together with a detailed
statement of the amounts received under this title during the preceding fiscal
year, and of its disbursements on schedules prescribed by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6B3BBB4B92AC4ECEBB89348019C6A864"><enum>(f)</enum><text>The schools,
universities, and institutions receiving funding under this title shall make
detailed reports to the Center on projects completed, in progress, or planned
with funds provided under this title. All such reports shall be available to
the public on not less than an annual basis through the Center.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1632E71B0DC248149BF5535245FD175B"><enum>(g)</enum><text>All uses,
products, processes, and other developments resulting from any research,
demonstration, or experiment funded in whole or in part under this title shall
be made available promptly to the general public, subject to exception or
limitation, if any, as the Secretary may find necessary in the interest of
national security, and subject to the applicable Federal law governing
patents.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF8BB3198E03B4CD8007B1CF2D54523BC"><enum>1106.</enum><header>Establishment
of a national center</header>
<subsection id="H719B0583B4B84506B061B4CCD1F1F17C"><enum>(a)</enum><text>There is
established in the Department of the Interior an office to be known as the
National Science and Technology Education Center (hereafter in this title
referred to as the <quote>Center</quote>) to administer the provisions of this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4F7B72124F084AC3BA7EA2FF90BB1D45"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Center shall
answer directly to the Secretary and shall be located at a site on or near the
campus of a school, college or university with a recognized program, to be
determined by the Secretary after consultation with the Committee and the
receipt of public comments.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB3BCB7C0A2FD4BA0A000573213ABADB6"><enum>(c)</enum><text>There shall be a
director of the Center who shall be a member of the Senior Executive Service,
provided further that the position of the director shall be a career reserved
position as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3132">section 3132(a)(8)</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7B9CB704104849E600F763B14152199B"><enum>(d)</enum><text>The director is
authorized to appoint a deputy director and to employ such officers and
employees as may be necessary to enable the Center to carry out its
functions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H23C564FD2CAC4F498BA83BD9B5B71356"><enum>(e)</enum><text>In carrying the
Center’s functions, the director shall provide professional and administrative
staff support for the Committee, including recordkeeping and maintaining
minutes of all Committee and subcommittee meetings, maintaining accurate
records of funds disbursed for all scholarship and fellowship grants, research
grants, and grants for career technical education purposes, preparing any
regulations required to implement this title, conducting site visits at
programs receiving funding under this title, and serving as a central
repository for reports and clearing house for public information on research
funded by this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0B8B5020175E419D97582D005EC554FB"><enum>(f)</enum><text>The director or an
employee of the Center shall be present at each meeting of the Committee or a
subcommittee of the Committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HADF0ECB909084187A7A5E2B44B11F8CD"><enum>(g)</enum><text>As needed the
director shall ascertain whether the requirements of this title have been met
by recognized programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9E7C605C1B6C430089D6D782A6B807C0"><enum>(h)</enum><text>Each employee or
contractor of the Center and each member of the Committee shall disclose to the
Secretary any financial interests in or financial relationships with schools,
universities, institutions, or individuals receiving funds, scholarships, or
fellowships under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3EC918DFFDCD46A98BD1C90009EEF24"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Any employee,
contractor, or member of the Committee with a financial relationship must
recuse themselves from any recommendation or decision regarding the awarding of
funds, scholarships or fellowships or any review, report, analysis, or
investigation regarding compliance with the provisions of this title by a
school, university, institution, or any individual.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HCED90ACF850F42D59DBF4217866C94A2"><enum>1107.</enum><header>Stakeholder
Committee on Science and Technology Education</header>
<subsection id="H0CEB76CC28FE479FB051E96ED7EE3506"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall appoint a Stakeholder Committee for Science and Technology Education
(referred to in this title as the <quote>Committee</quote>) which shall be
composed of—</text>
<paragraph id="HF763A9F5ABB54BC091A21F5176D20070"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Assistant
Secretary of the Interior responsible for land and minerals management;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB80D901ECD6477AAA8BE8DF3C5FC134"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not more than 18
other persons who are knowledgeable in the fields of energy, petroleum,
geothermal, mining and mineral resources research, including two university
leaders from a school with at least one recognized program; a community or
technical college administrator, a tribal college administrator; a career
technical education educator; six representatives equally distributed from the
energy, mining, and aggregate industries; a working miner; a working oilfield
worker; a representative of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission; a
representative from the Interstate Mining Compact Commission; a representative
of the State geologists, and two representatives of the general public. In
making these appointments, the Secretary shall consult with interested
groups.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4135C0CBDD314E540000562CBD0754FF"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Chairman of
the Committee may have present during meetings representatives of Federal
agencies with responsibility for energy and minerals resources management,
energy and mineral resource investigations, energy and mineral commodity
information, international trade in energy and mineral commodities, mining
safety regulation and mine safety research, and research into the development,
production, and utilization of energy and mineral commodities. These
representatives shall serve as technical advisors to the committee and shall
have no voting responsibilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE70E047912D6492BB4E95E389FD5BF3F"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall consult with the Committee on policy matters relating to carrying out
this title and carefully consider its recommendations in such matters.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEF997D82C99A41E0949D15A300CB71CC"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Committee members,
other than officers or employees of Federal, State, or local governments, shall
be, for each day (including travel time) during which they are performing
Committee business, paid at a rate fixed by the Secretary but not in excess of
the daily equivalent of the maximum rate of pay for level IV of the Executive
Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5136">section 5136</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, and shall be fully
reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and related expenses.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8AA84B22ACB54D41B02DF1C75B5E943E"><enum>(e)</enum><text>The Assistant
Secretary of the Interior responsible for Land and Minerals management shall be
the Chairman of the Committee. There shall also be a Vice Chairman elected by
the Committee from among the members, who shall perform such duties as are
determined to be appropriate by the committee, except that the Chairman must
personally preside at all meetings of the full Committee. The Committee may
organize itself into such subcommittees as the Committee may deem
appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF549909FF7C6443EAE5870D4AE3DC400"><enum>(f)</enum><text>Following
completion of the report required by section 385 of the Energy Policy Act of
2005, the Committee shall consider the recommendations of the report and shall
formulate and recommend a national plan for utilizing the fiscal resources
provided under this title. The Committee shall submit such plan to the
Secretary for approval. Upon approval, the plan shall guide the Secretary and
the Committee in their actions under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6DCABD2A693D432B9FAF46E984D2C8C0"><enum>(g)</enum><text>The Committee
shall make recommendations to the Secretary regarding both the long term and
short term viability of the faculty at schools with recognized programs and may
recommend the awarding of graduate fellowships and postdoctoral fellowships to
those students who declare their intent to seek roles as future faculty at the
domestic recognized programs.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2E4A7C0F2952490A92E4E56011B69E38"><enum>1108.</enum><header>Career
technical and community college education</header>
<subsection id="H4FE5909978F044B692AADCE5EAE3F341"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall provide grants to support sustaining the operation or the development of
programs in mining engineering technology, petroleum engineering technology,
industrial engineering technology, or industrial technology that—</text>
<paragraph id="HD6ED4BA51C3640F3BB04F7AAECD9248"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are focused on
technology and its use in energy and mineral production and related
maintenance, operational safety, or energy infrastructure protection and
security;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A561CDBF92B4B2400BC2702AD4E9BEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prepare students
for advanced or supervisory roles in the mining industry or the petroleum
industry; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B98ADBE70544C13BBFC7F14527FA6B4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>grant either an
associate’s degree or a baccalaureate degree.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD236CFB92619405BA15D1F1D7BB294C1"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD7F3C9C50F4A4E8C8D30AA74D23D84E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
provide grants to sustain the operation or the development of programs,
including joint apprenticeship programs authorized by Federal law, university,
college or community college programs, secondary school vocational education
programs, or career academy programs, that provide training for individuals
seeking to enter the geothermal, petroleum, mining, or mineral mining
industries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD04730FB5F2B40F7BA3396463C8C45D1" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall give particular
consideration to supporting programs that provide training for a progressive
career path in the industries listed in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H47B625B90DF94EA8A966E781ACDCA8ED" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary, after consultation
with the Committee, may offer support to programs that grant degrees or
certificates in programs that provide training in disciplines that provide
essential support for the industries listed in subsection (b), including those
listed in subsection (c) of this section even if those programs are not
purposely designed to provide personnel for the industries listed in subsection
(b) of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H357149DE30B44A61B33EBDA88B743100"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall provide grants to support the operation or the development of programs of
program of career technical education at a secondary school, offered
cooperatively with a community college in one of the industrial sectors
of—</text>
<paragraph id="HD52659EFA14F401A8707D30529A3C0B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>agriculture,
forestry, or fisheries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A56DF1A873942EF8D75EE030A45F10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>utilities,
particularly power transmission and pipeline construction and
operations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51E32C8673634F95832FF6495DF5F174"><enum>(3)</enum><text>maintenance and
maintenance logistics;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD915DDCC32954052AF456F1949600007"><enum>(4)</enum><text>construction;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H497FBB0A95B24DF0A9B27DAB4505F23"><enum>(5)</enum><text>manufacturing;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C7381370C1B41F6BB81A217B85FEFBD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>transportation and
warehousing.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDA6270471AA846EFBBBB47EC4584E200"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Schools or
institutions receiving funds under this section must show evidence of an
institutional commitment for the purposes of career technical education and
provide evidence that the school or institution has received or will receive
industry cooperation in the form of equipment, employee time, or donations of
funds to support the activities that are within the scope of this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HADC99ED6A03847C5931446ED4BC5E28"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Schools seeking
funds to support the operation of a program may initially only use those funds
for enhancing the instructional skills of teachers through additional training
and resources as will permit such teachers to enhance their skills. After the
teachers have achieved enhanced skills and meets an appropriate standard as
agreed to by local authorities in consultation with the Secretary the funds be
used to purchase classroom and laboratory equipment.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8E52CEC5C7754E21A395CAECB15445E7"><enum>(f)</enum><text>Schools seeking
funds to support the development of a new program shall use the funds to
support the purchase of classroom and laboratory equipment and to supplement
teacher salaries to encourage the hiring of highly qualified teachers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9AB383BCB8764D828B09ECC181400EC"><enum>(g)</enum><text>Schools or
institutions receiving funds under this section must agree to maintain the
programs for which the funding is sought for a period of 10 years beginning on
the date the school or institution receives such funds, unless the Secretary
finds that a shorter period of time is appropriate for the local labor market
or is required by State authorities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H113988887AA74C43A9E4972061FCD1DF"><enum>(h)</enum><text>Schools or
institutions receiving funds under this section may combine these funds with
State funds, and other Federal funds where allowed by law, to carry out
programs described in this section, however the use of the funds received under
this section must be reported to the Secretary not less than annually.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD54A1D75015746358DE7E46F73C676A9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall seek the advice of the Committee in determining the criteria used to
carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HED785472270F4117B0DC34EA863972D9"><enum>1109.</enum><header>Nuclear
science and engineering scholarships</header>
<subsection id="H931F7A357CBD46D484D2829BA93CB257"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>It
is the purpose of this section to authorize scholarships funded by the
Department of Energy for undergraduate education in nuclear science and nuclear
engineering.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE490C9BA91B44A908B6EE526A419DBE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Scholarship
Program Authorized</header>
<paragraph id="HA063CBCAB27B4391A7D284890643BAE4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall award not less than 65
grants per year to eligible undergraduate institutions to support scholarships
for students majoring in nuclear science or nuclear engineering.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1042461473ED4831BE8C237504F3DB07"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>An
eligible undergraduate institution that desires to receive a grant under this
section shall submit to the Secretary of Energy an application at such time, in
such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E3483D04DFA4883B8214C297E8F2334"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duration and
amount</header><text>A grant under this section shall be 4 years in duration.
An eligible undergraduate institution that receives a grant under this section
shall receive $100,000 for each year of the grant period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA157C274A6A84EC9A049C839D5A6C49"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>An eligible undergraduate institution that receives a grant
under this section shall use the grant funds for the awarding of scholarships
in nuclear science or nuclear engineering.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HDE8B344D2C8140E69F1BA76118DFDC44"><enum>1110.</enum><header>Nuclear
workforce development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not
later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall provide to Congress
recommendations for developing a robust nuclear workforce within the United
States.</text>
</section><section id="H5E83DFB552714BEA9DEEC7E4FF8625EF"><enum>1111.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 5 percent of all funds
available within the American Energy Trust Fund for each of fiscal years 2009
through 2019 and all funds that are authorized shall remain available until
expended.</text>
</section><enum>XII</enum><header>TAPPING
AMERICA’S INGENUITY AND CREATIVITY</header>
<section id="HC1AB074579144C6FBD5F71D169733985"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H6C9F7F282B874D16A9B83BBB15D369C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administering
entity</header><text>The term <quote>administering entity</quote> means the
entity with which the Secretary enters into an agreement under section
1204(c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H771444E04939406BA5C61C670029DC2F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The
term <quote>Department</quote> means the Department of Energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F022183CC7F4CA797802131DFE5CBED"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H880DFC9757454C3FBA2C1D9537440676"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Statement of
policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the policy of the
United States to provide incentives to encourage the development and
implementation of innovative energy technologies and new energy sources that
will reduce our reliance on foreign energy.</text>
</section><section id="H692A170CF9954D3985F00DAA95C88AB"><enum>1203.</enum><header>Prize
authority</header>
<subsection id="HD658734D85A4400286B53E444E2B4E5B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a program to competitively
award cash prizes in conformity with this title to advance the research,
development, demonstration, and commercial application of innovative energy
technologies and new energy sources.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H52257C61A226414086EFCEB1C313E954"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advertising and
Solicitation of Competitors</header>
<paragraph id="H242844E548C247928F83A868D239A5E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advertising</header><text>The
Secretary shall widely advertise prize competitions to encourage broad
participation in the program carried out under subsection (a), including
individuals, universities, communities, and large and small businesses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCBCF97C876254EC1BD72CC58579136C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Announcement
through federal register notice</header><text>The Secretary shall announce each
prize competition by publishing a notice in the Federal Register. This notice
shall include essential elements of the competition such as the subject of the
competition, the duration of the competition, the eligibility requirements for
participation in the competition, the process for participants to register for
the competition, the amount of the prize, and the criteria for awarding the
prize.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H99AE927C3D4E45C2A10370854518D727"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administering
the Competition</header><text>The Secretary may enter into an agreement with a
private, nonprofit entity to administer the prize competitions, subject to the
provisions of this title. The administering entity shall perform the following
functions:</text>
<paragraph id="H3FCC5A9D989A4CE5B000298882812C62"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Advertise the
competition and its results.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H97348DACEB894AF393DFED214F7B898C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Raise funds from
private entities and individuals to pay for administrative costs and cash
prizes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H708BD5ACDAD5480F840700B609E0548"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Develop, in
consultation with and subject to the final approval of the Secretary, criteria
to select winners based upon the goal of safely and adequately storing nuclear
used fuel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D9E34DB094F4BB19575EAD4B166AEB2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Determine, in
consultation with and subject to the final approval of the Secretary, the
appropriate amount of the awards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC252B405D09247709CE1539E81A3B21E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Protect against
the administering entity’s unauthorized use or disclosure of a registered
participant’s intellectual property, trade secrets, and confidential business
information. Any information properly identified as trade secrets or
confidential business information that is submitted by a participant as part of
a competitive program under this title may be withheld from public
disclosure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE0A2541968C348929721EEA8AB344505"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Develop and
promulgate sufficient rules to define the parameters of designing and proposing
innovative energy technologies and new energy sources with input from industry,
citizens, and corporations familiar with such activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDAC7794B2A9641DEAFE271480581DE82"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding
Sources</header><text>Prizes under this title may consist of Federal
appropriated funds, funds provided by the administering entity, or funds raised
through grants or donations. The Secretary may accept funds from other Federal
agencies for such cash prizes and, notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3302">section 3302(b)</external-xref> of title 31,
United States Code, may use such funds for the cash prize program. Other than
publication of the names of prize sponsors, the Secretary may not give any
special consideration to any private sector entity or individual in return for
a donation to the Secretary or administering entity.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0E1CB9E38796474FBA232B75DCB755BB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Announcement of
Prizes</header><text>The Secretary may not publish a notice required by
subsection (b)(2) until all the funds needed to pay out the announced amount of
the prize have been appropriated to the Department or the Department has
received from the administering entity a written commitment to provide all
necessary funds.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF55CAC4C776A4CE4B92B8401D235BC2E"><enum>1204.</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To be eligible to win a prize under this
title, an individual or entity—</text>
<paragraph id="H43C352F10AD24B77909BE5009FF87C3E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall notify the
administering entity of intent to submit ideas and intent to collect the prize
upon selection;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6CBE6930E422422B87624EC058CDC424"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall comply with
all the requirements stated in the Federal Register notice required under
section 1203(b)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBC17B57900CB4EC492C6974C649FC541"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of a
private entity, shall be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of
business in the United States, and in the case of an individual, whether
participating singly or in a group, shall be a citizen of the United
States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4C3ED247749484CBB41BAC040752BBE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>shall not be a
Federal entity, a Federal employee acting within the scope of his or her
employment, or an employee of a national laboratory acting within the scope of
employment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72DAA698A7264D518675428E2CF72CF5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>shall not use
Federal funding or other Federal resources to compete for the prize; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2110CC62DB874E4987773BF0D2FE87F0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>shall not be an
entity acting on behalf of any foreign government or agent.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HEE0CF595220D498DA9ACD841BF1F0002"><enum>1205.</enum><header>Intellectual
property</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Federal
Government shall not, by virtue of offering or awarding a prize under this
title, be entitled to any intellectual property rights derived as a consequence
of, or in direct relation to, the participation by a registered participant in
a competition authorized by this title. This section shall not be construed to
prevent the Federal Government from negotiating a license for the use of
intellectual property developed for a prize competition under this title. The
Federal Government may seek assurances that technologies for which prizes are
awarded under this title are offered for commercialization in the event an
award recipient does not take, or is not expected to take within a reasonable
time, effective steps to achieve practical application of the
technology.</text>
</section><section id="HFA8CFB4A31554A8190EB8D681FAD984"><enum>1206.</enum><header>Waiver of
liability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may
require registered participants to waive claims against the Federal Government
and the administering entity (except claims for willful misconduct) for any
injury, death, damage, or loss of property, revenue, or profits arising from
the registered participants’ participation in a competition under this title.
The Secretary shall give notice of any waiver required under this section in
the notice required by section 1203(b)(2). The Secretary may not require a
registered participant to waive claims against the administering entity arising
out of the unauthorized use or disclosure by the administering entity of the
registered participant’s intellectual property, trade secrets, or confidential
business information.</text>
</section><section id="H4C7581910771414EA021A6A7DFFA40E2"><enum>1207.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="HE6699954734543C48375F3CFDD68E23"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Awards</header><text>40
percent of amounts in the American Energy Trust Fund shall be available without
further appropriation to carry out specified provisions of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF77DAA5DEAF94F41BDB88291FFEA0043"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of
Awards</header><text>Amounts received pursuant to an award under this title may
not be taxed by any Federal, State, or local authority.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB3BD750C19D24F89B19327B5DC5300AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>In
addition to the amounts authorized under subsection (a), there are authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2020
$2,000,000 for the administrative costs of carrying out this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC76F54AFB201494B9DB59520CE62D590"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Carryover of
Funds</header><text>Funds appropriated for prize awards under this title shall
remain available until expended and may be transferred, reprogrammed, or
expended for other purposes only after the expiration of 11 fiscal years after
the fiscal year for which the funds were originally appropriated. No provision
in this title permits obligation or payment of funds in violation of section
1341 of title 31, United States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HCD79B979BE7A413897D4AA3B3D1542E"><enum>1208.</enum><header>Next generation
automobile prize program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary of Energy shall establish a program to award a prize in the amount of
$500,000,000 to the first automobile manufacturer incorporated in the United
States to manufacture and sell in the United States 50,000 midsized sedan
automobiles which operate on gasoline and can travel 100 miles per
gallon.</text>
</section><section id="H023EA1281EE14B008C9FADE17EE55414"><enum>1209.</enum><header>Advanced
battery manufacturing incentive program</header>
<subsection id="H2C350E0E3BC9473C88DD006366301F09"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H0FFD4422F41042118E0086F7EE38BE40"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advanced
battery</header><text>The term <quote>advanced battery</quote> means an
electrical storage device suitable for vehicle applications.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0741016C90484862BFE6E8FBDFEF101"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Engineering
integration costs</header><text>The term <quote>engineering integration
costs</quote> includes the cost of engineering tasks relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBDFE84F7B4284D7EB049CC00D9254ED1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>incorporation of
qualifying components into the design of advanced batteries; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H960345A899AA47D99960C41E03ED8796"><enum>(B)</enum><text>design of tooling
and equipment and developing manufacturing processes and material suppliers for
production facilities that produce qualifying components or advanced
batteries.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H05D05E87AC5E4410B4878D153DBE531C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advanced Battery
Manufacturing Facility</header><text>The Secretary shall provide facility
funding awards under this section to advanced battery manufacturers to pay not
more than 30 percent of the cost of reequipping, expanding, or establishing a
manufacturing facility in the United States to produce advanced
batteries.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9EC051BCBCED4F2F9300F6619EE5FD47"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Period of
Availability</header><text>An award under subsection (b) shall apply to—</text>
<paragraph id="H2D9EAD503CEE4DC9A531A99B7C0009B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>facilities and
equipment placed in service before December 30, 2020; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1599EAE7178486B989B687048B1304E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>engineering
integration costs incurred during the period beginning on the date of enactment
of this Act and ending on December 30, 2020.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0B17A05815E40EBB27B054EAFBD072"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Direct Loan
Program</header>
<paragraph id="H660E29277CF34002A972202B8352C722"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
title, and subject to the availability of appropriated funds, the Secretary
shall carry out a program to provide a total of not more than $100,000,000 in
loans to eligible individuals and entities (as determined by the Secretary) for
the costs of activities described in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77F5197B8796445BA73405B76731F07F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection of
eligible projects</header><text>The Secretary shall select eligible projects to
receive loans under this subsection in cases in which, as determined by the
Secretary, the award recipient—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA0FE1D162C7E427C9FDC8FF1FF69D4D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is financially
viable without the receipt of additional Federal funding associated with the
proposed project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC370E6300C364CA2AC85FBC247941573"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will provide
sufficient information to the Secretary for the Secretary to ensure that the
qualified investment is expended efficiently and effectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCCF64ABA899483295D55EB26B58ECB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has met such other
criteria as may be established and published by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAB2F00DB09E247539B64A0029FBD9585"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rates, terms,
and repayment of loans</header><text>A loan provided under this
subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7DC0695737FC4607BBD7723E3B373D29"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall have an
interest rate that, as of the date on which the loan is made, is equal to the
cost of funds to the Department of the Treasury for obligations of comparable
maturity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC9D2DDB7B0D485A85F17030BCEEA312"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall have a term
equal to the lesser of—</text>
<clause id="H3ED4EB1496A8483CBE52B2D63E195779"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
projected life, in years, of the eligible project to be carried out using funds
from the loan, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB1DAAB311D614997B98242C051834000"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>25
years;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5AAFF8A160D34FE7B36CD853E051FBD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>may be subject to
a deferral in repayment for not more than 5 years after the date on which the
eligible project carried out using funds from the loan first begins operations,
as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA0B9C4EDE5F4A4C985E905779F43F15"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall be made by
the Federal Financing Bank.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H425D76EA165743E1913DD423F0FD959"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Fees</header><text>The
cost of administering a loan made under this section shall not exceed
$100,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9BB93624C96042A9B722100268E6B32F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Set Aside for
Small Manufacturers</header>
<paragraph id="HE891137EB0AB4FA2A0EED22D37BC8CD7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of
covered firm</header><text>In this subsection, the term <quote>covered
firm</quote> means a firm that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H696159DA63DF4F5BBBFD0294E20965D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>employs fewer than
500 individuals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3463D7F2029A407400317FF7F77ED223"><enum>(B)</enum><text>manufactures
automobiles or components of automobiles.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H09B56BFE80AA4FD5A0714F4F83007565"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Set
aside</header><text>Of the amount of funds used to provide awards for each
fiscal year under subsection (b), the Secretary shall use not less than 10
percent to provide awards to covered firms or consortia led by a covered
firm.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H04B42E0A2E1142CE909DB4D7B2B6DF8B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated from the
American Energy Trust Fund such sums as are necessary to carry out this section
for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.</text>
</subsection></section>