110 HR 6397 IH: American Energy Independence and Price
U.S. House of Representatives
2008-06-26
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Veterans Education Improvement
Act of 2008
.
(b)The table of
contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Enhanced veterans benefits
Sec. 101. Increase in amount of basic educational
assistance.
Sec. 102. Extension of time limitation for use of eligibility
and entitlement to educational assistance.
Sec. 103. Monthly stipend for recipients of educational
assistance allowance.
Sec. 104. Extension of period for collection of fee for basic
educational assistance.
Sec. 105. Use of educational assistance for business courses
and seminars.
Sec. 106. Use of educational assistance for courses taken to
prepare for licensing or certification tests.
Sec. 107. Use of educational assistance to repay Federal
student loans.
Sec. 108. Opportunity to withdraw election not to enroll in
educational assistance program.
Sec. 109. Montgomery GI Bill benefits not to reduce financial
aid.
Sec. 110. Extension of increase in benefit for certain
individuals pursuing apprenticeships or on-job training.
Sec. 111. Modification of amount available for reimbursement of
State and local agencies administering veterans education benefits.
Sec. 112. Provision of basic educational assistance benefits
for veterans discharged from active duty with general discharge.
Sec. 113. Increase in amount of reporting fee payable to
educational institutions that enroll veterans receiving educational
assistance.
Sec. 114. Provision of additional areas of work-study for
veterans.
Sec. 115. 5-year pilot program for on-campus work-study
positions.
Sec. 116. Increase in employees for Education
Service.
Sec. 117. Upgrade of certain information
technology.
Sec. 118. Modification of advance payment of initial
educational assistance or subsistence allowance.
Sec. 119. Modification of period of eligibility applicable to
certain spouses of individuals with service-connected total disabilities
permanent in nature.
Sec. 120. Consideration of additional contributions and
payments in calculating entitlement charge for certain programs of
education.
Sec. 121. Increase in amount of educational assistance for
members of the Selected Reserve and reserve component members supporting
contingency operations and certain other operations.
Sec. 122. Expansion of programs of education eligible for
accelerated payments of educational assistance under laws administered by
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Title II—Civil service entitlement reform
Sec. 201. Voucher plan for FEHBP.
Sec. 202. Government contributions for annuitants under FEHBP
to be determined based on length of Government service.
Sec. 203. Benefits under CSRS and FERS to be computed based on
modified definition of average pay
.
Sec. 204. Elimination of annuity supplement under FERS and
related retirement systems.
Title III—National Environment and Energy Development
Act
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Termination of prohibitions on expenditures for, and
withdrawals from, offshore gas leasing.
Sec. 303. Outer Continental Shelf natural gas leasing
program.
Sec. 304. Natural gas leasing.
Sec. 305. Policies regarding buying and building
American.
Title IV—Oil and gas leasing program for lands within the Coastal
Plain of Alaska
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Definitions.
Sec. 403. Leasing program for lands within the Coastal
Plain.
Sec. 404. Lease sales.
Sec. 405. Grant of leases by the Secretary.
Sec. 406. Lease terms and conditions.
Sec. 407. Coastal plain environmental protection.
Sec. 408. Expedited judicial review.
Sec. 409. Federal and State distribution of
revenues.
Sec. 410. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain.
Sec. 411. Conveyance.
Sec. 412. Local government impact aid and community service
assistance.
Sec. 413. ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund.
<enum>I</enum><header>Enhanced veterans
benefits </header>
<section id="HEBCBF7FAAC994FE9B731B441CBF494F5"><enum>101.</enum><header>Increase in
amount of basic educational assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3015">Section 3015</external-xref> of title 38, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF006E5AFD7AE4074A95DFA2F63B631B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2C322FBB09D0440188C8067D7CBCA77"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>January 1, 2002, $800</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2009,
$1,450</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H73BC5313CC9D40DDA51E79AA1434BE52"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraphs (B) and (C); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C1514EECAE74A01B72CD116822108E5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBB4D176668CB4BAFB3E5589F64AABC43"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H930350645332485B8C2D76CEC5C33FB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>January 1, 2002, $650</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2009,
$1,250</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58C1987C9FC04128A3A72009D91FF498"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraphs (B) and (C); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76EBE6B10C8A4646B54EAA400694477B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H05EE324F94C34EBFBB43A94562F871D7"><enum>102.</enum><header>Extension of
time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to educational
assistance</header>
<subsection id="HFD9A3E4783E24C98B87277E82B4F49E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of time
limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3031 of
title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4AF859A9573048358770728D6881CED0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>10-year period</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>15-year period</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2893E55D542F4092A6E1DBDAE0613D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H74FF3371BD024BCCAFAC332EAA039DD8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8AB51EC697B848A986C83D9819CDA636"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB5733909D4F4C36B5F8F7B2091E64C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H24E7B0525D024AC0BBE79AA04A4AC7E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to an individual who is entitled to
educational assistance under chapter 30 of such title on the date that is 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act or who becomes entitled to
educational assistance under such chapter after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H754077FA90EC42CDA40061488988373D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Monthly stipend for
recipients of educational assistance allowance</header>
<subsection id="HAE62625CEA35496A83F6D300FE473103"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Entitlement to
monthly stipend</header><text>Subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/38/30">chapter 30</external-xref> of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9CA90E283CF494AAE5B27AC7EBFF14C" style="USC">
<section id="H4FF77E642A4A4E89B4E641AD2488EE76"><enum>3020A.</enum><header>Educational
stipend</header>
<subsection id="H818C4EA67CA64987BBB34000D1E3817F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Entitlement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each individual who is receiving
educational assistance under this chapter and who is pursuing a program of
education at an institution of higher learning (as such term is defined in
section 3452(f) of this title) is entitled to an educational stipend under this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCE5E077D932248CEB794D0C5988144DF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount of
stipend</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An educational
stipend under this section shall be paid to an individual who is entitled to
such a stipend—</text>
<paragraph id="H8BAF6DB439CD4FB4A4BAAE339E56859F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of an
individual pursuing an approved program of education on at least a half-time
basis, at the monthly rate of $500; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE15950CD71F644D7AD2068CB27117B36"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an individual pursuing an
approved program of education on less than a half-time basis, at the monthly
rate of
$250.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HDA02E4310F5949B785C6FDD3DB59C7C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subchapter II the
following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41E90BC22B334F9795902DA12DB78BAB" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">3020A. Educational
stipend.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H19479C66BA1348309E007CC674662126"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3020A">Section 3020A</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, as added by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is two years after the date
of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to months beginning
after that date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7B827FA4B14449C2912670D15EE6A5A3"><enum>104.</enum><header>Extension of
period for collection of fee for basic educational assistance</header>
<subsection id="HF0954DE5513C471C984697FC593DB613"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Basic
educational assistance for service on active duty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3011">Section 3011(b)(1)</external-xref> of title 38, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAC7AE67E8A77477DBE7BB9FBDA6AE96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>$100</quote> and inserting <quote>$50</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD88F157DFED4ED5BDD900F55C1654B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>12</quote> and inserting <quote>24</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3B7967938523437F8544BCABB8F328A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Basic
educational assistance for service in the Selected
Reserve</header><text>Section 3012(c)(1) of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4C40818CF3764FAE943DFC1EB54945C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$100</quote> and inserting <quote>$50</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B92C586C9204B0B97B31EF1928482B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>12</quote> and inserting <quote>24</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2C58237E005B4090948C8268DD33142B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20E514A0FAA5418700E1ED27F033593E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header>Use of educational
assistance for business courses and seminars</header>
<subsection id="HBA57E9E593EB415D8BEBF897E280080"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall ensure that individuals entitled to educational
assistance under laws administered by the Secretary are entitled to use such
assistance for business courses and seminars, if such courses or seminars are
related to the operation of a business, and for continuing education courses.
The Secretary shall treat the courses referred to in the preceding sentence in
a similar manner as licensing and certification courses.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3E292A4CFB1C468C840022CD28EB40E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is two
years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20924A23A3DE47359CE59B84FF8CE71E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header>Use of educational
assistance for courses taken to prepare for licensing or certification
tests</header>
<subsection id="H7A4575C2629C49B49D74127868A0BEFE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Basic
educational assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3452">Section 3452(b)</external-xref> of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after the fourth sentence the following new
sentence: <quote>Such term also includes preparatory courses for licensing or
certification tests described in the preceding sentence, as designated by the
Secretary.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE4B3E995AD4549E8BEC169D9929069B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Survivors’ and
dependents’ educational assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3501">Section 3501(a)(5)</external-xref> of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after the second sentence the following
new sentence: <quote>Such term also includes preparatory courses for licensing
or certification tests described in the preceding sentence, as designated by
the Secretary.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H671EE6FF9022455AB86D13C9B4E6F576"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take
effect on the date that 2 years after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC925F651437482CB23B7F943B00181E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header>Use of educational
assistance to repay Federal student loans</header>
<subsection id="H6A6E18A99E5F4458BA8B335C85C77F00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/38/30">chapter 30</external-xref> of title 38, United States
Code, as amended by section 103, is further amended by inserting after section
3020A the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25065F52826347CDA6F1706ED811282B" style="USC">
<section id="HA4AECDF4A1604C148B9B89B31D5EAA16"><enum>3020B.
</enum><header>Use of educational assistance benefits for the repayment of
Federal student loans for certain courses of education</header>
<subsection id="H211993208D8E472898FB151079A00F8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of
benefits</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and
subject to subsections (b) through (e), an individual who is serving on active
duty and who is entitled to educational assistance under this subchapter may
apply amounts of such educational assistance otherwise available to the
individual to repay some or all of any Federal student loan balance owed by the
individual for a course of education pursued by the individual.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H029E1706049F4A759F7B9FEA7382191E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations on
payments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4CBD50223CC04880B01BAF92E200EE1B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The amount of an
individual’s entitlement to educational assistance that the individual may
apply to the repayment of a student loan balance under subsection (a) may not
exceed $6,000 in any 12-month period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDA59AF915634CF4BA11E0ED0833AED" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In no event shall payment of
educational assistance under this section exceed the amount of the individual’s
available entitlement under this chapter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5CCC207B9319425D89D10100426EA1E" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An individual entitled to educational
assistance under this subchapter may not apply such educational assistance to
any of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H838D158B14C64528ABA939003EA4E980"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
loan made to the parents of a dependent student under section 428B of the
Higher Education Act of 1965.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39957877000D438FAA05C41BCD00CC11"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A Federal Direct PLUS Loan made to the
parents of a dependent student.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED2AF77BB1C0450EB9089702CF01FC7F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A loan made under section 428C or
455(g) of such Act, to the extent that such loan was used to repay—</text>
<clause id="H8889C778BCE544368B9FC5ED09033205"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a loan made to the parent of a
dependent student under section 428B of such Act;</text>
</clause><clause id="H21379136CD474A18B4E048007CD4147E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a Federal Direct PLUS Loan made to
the parents of a dependent student.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H25237223C1A4450D825B85315D56132B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amount of
payments</header><text>The Secretary shall make monthly payments under this
section in such amounts as the individual may elect for the repayment of a
Federal student loan of such an individual.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0566601CC0CE45E09BDB3E007FAFF8B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Arrangements to
make payments</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into such arrangements,
and shall prescribe such regulations, as may be necessary to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF71F98DC1A9549F8AE981D447E06EFD9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal student
loan defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Federal student
loan</term> means any loan made under title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et
seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H4A8284084FD742B88C1D5F50EFB9FC8E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections of subchapter II of chapter 30 of
such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3020 the
following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBA8BEC95FD94230866FA069B05B6218" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">3020B. Use of educational assistance
benefits for the repayment of Federal student loans for certain courses of
education.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H914C1EB64FD049AAB60068A073DF1632"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3020B">Section 3020B</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, as added by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to educational assistance paid for
months beginning after the date that is two years after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34FAE335CEE54DF08EF629F227B4FD97" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header>Opportunity to
withdraw election not to enroll in educational assistance program</header>
<subsection id="H2D8582B2B2B94EA28C65C28C89402481"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Basic
educational assistance for active duty service</header>
<paragraph id="H7C823F941BB644FCBDCDC7AD4D00B01E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Opportunity to
withdraw</header><text>Subsection (c) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3011">section 3011</external-xref> of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD773A85EDEE24DDFA049091010A70440" style="USC">
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE593B3D924EF457DB79152788817ED95" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual who makes an election not to
receive educational assistance under paragraph (1) may withdraw that election
at any time and, after making such withdrawal, shall be entitled to educational
assistance under this chapter in the same manner as if the individual had never
made that election, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC8C55A90B3E34F8183002E8937ABD6D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at the time the individual makes such
withdrawal, the individual is serving on active duty as a member of the Armed
Forces; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H838F4F3D815340039F1408CC7B8D95A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the basic pay of the individual is reduced
by, or the individual otherwise pays to the Secretary, $1,200 by not later than
90 days after the date on which the individual is discharged or released from
active duty in the Armed
Forces.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A924504DC8B43FC8BD23CCC5AC3932"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Paragraph (1) of such subsection is amended in the
third sentence by striking <quote>Any individual</quote> and inserting
<quote>Except as provided in paragraph (4), any individual</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9E53C8BE28164F1BB56408EC5ED4B498"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Basic
educational assistance for service in the Selected Reserve</header>
<paragraph id="H24583B7EF6F24811BBE7A07B9ED2C9DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Opportunity to
withdraw</header><text>Subsection (d) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3012">section 3012</external-xref> of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B0FFCF93F0D447F9BA61061D1C018FC" style="USC">
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B4985FBAD564C1C82B611B4A9963B90" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual who makes an election not to
receive educational assistance under paragraph (1) may withdraw that election
at any time and, after making such withdrawal, shall be entitled to educational
assistance under this chapter in the same manner as if the individual had never
made that election, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4532C3D1CEE14FA69359E9D7794B6952"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at the time the individual makes such
withdrawal, the individual is serving on active duty as a member of the Armed
Forces; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71F66CE1586B4D53A3FF4D4B91CD3214"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the basic pay of the individual is
reduced by, or the individual otherwise pays to the Secretary, $1,200 by not
later than 90 days after the date on which the individual is discharged or
released from active duty in the Armed
Forces.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEFAFC632DE74CCE998BA01FB7EE9E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Paragraph (1) of such subsection is amended in the
third sentence by striking <quote>Any individual</quote> and inserting
<quote>Except as provided in paragraph (4), any individual</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H66FF20AAF34A4A7484A1BB894F56B825"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take
effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act
and shall apply with respect to an individual who is serving on active duty as
a member of the Armed Forces on or after that date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H47C8AC48B5684DF082069C2177466DDE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><header>Montgomery GI Bill
benefits not to reduce financial aid</header>
<subsection id="HE2ED3BE50AAE4F8CA9EEE7DDDA01C8D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 480(j) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087vv">20 U.S.C. 1087vv(j)</external-xref>) Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4ECBBA45A36B45F591398E0037FC30F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>including veterans’ education benefits as defined in
subsection (c),</quote> and inserting <quote>including, subject to paragraph
(4), veterans’ education benefits as defined in subsection (c),</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE90BCD5D7A641E683EF5900EEEA1F59"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF625B39CA4747798747C96290AEAF4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H858431B23C214746BF598131BE4C79A6" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (1), estimated
financial assistance not received under this title shall not include any
veterans’ benefits paid under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/38/30">chapter 30</external-xref> of title 38, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H699AB1CE50ED4DB7A2A3E9FA772035E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6D92C8D5E81A4D83B962E5025BA6F807" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>110.</enum><header>Extension of
increase in benefit for certain individuals pursuing apprenticeships or on-job
training</header>
<subsection id="HDCA4CF175DF64B5CB8FA3021956C141B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Members of the
Selected Reserve</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection
(d) of section 103 of the Veterans Earn and Learn Act of 2004 (Public Law
108–454; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3032">38 U.S.C. 3032</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>January 1,
2008</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1, 2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4E3C647D8A3143E0AEF7C55DAAB4EDF6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Survivors and
dependents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of
such section is amended by striking <quote>January 1, 2008</quote> and
inserting <quote>January 1, 2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9E695371DFDC4235AC82690044C055FF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certain other
individuals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) of
such section is amended by striking <quote>January 1, 2008</quote> and
inserting <quote>January 1, 2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H56DBBAC0DC1B42ECA9AF936117F97100"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H267404C455564942AC1580678608F0F0"><enum>111.</enum><header>Modification of
amount available for reimbursement of State and local agencies administering
veterans education benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3674">Section 3674(a)(4)</external-xref> of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by striking <quote>may not exceed $13,000,000</quote>
and all that follows through the end and inserting <quote>shall be
$19,000,000</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H9B93F1FDE96A4DCB94F48B934F115300"><enum>112.</enum><header>Provision of
basic educational assistance benefits for veterans discharged from active duty
with general discharge</header>
<subsection id="HF40DE0E1EC934D7782AE18D695B95114"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Active duty
service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3011(a)(3)(B)
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>or a general
discharge (under honorable conditions)</quote> before the period at the
end.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDA20E4174AC04B94B7EA13C4A99E6DEA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Service in
Selected Reserve</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
3012(a)(3)(A) of such title is amended by inserting <quote>or a general
discharge (under honorable conditions)</quote> before the semicolon.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6E615BEA37C84B2BA4FB1E6760F0A952"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to an individual who is
discharged from service in the Armed Forces after the date that is 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF50E3FD223994109AA78B5F2B388068E"><enum>113.</enum><header>Increase in
amount of reporting fee payable to educational institutions that enroll
veterans receiving educational assistance</header>
<subsection id="HF1732CD11197489AAEF53FCDC6745EDD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in
amount of fee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c)
of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3684">section 3684</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE4361C94849C42F6A8E91ADB1E79D06"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>$7</quote> and inserting <quote>$21</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB33C81D39DB049A0B383634BC3DCB5DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$11</quote> and inserting <quote>$21</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H537C490155A44A39AF69F6A2F5FBE32"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
correction</header><text>Subsection (a) of such section is amended by striking
the second comma after <quote>34</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H777763764B5A4A56A537D086464DB1A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take
effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2286741F9F114B97003FD200FBB59C1E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>114.</enum><header>Provision of
additional areas of work-study for veterans</header>
<subsection id="H0FEB3FA76846482B955302A18FFB8510"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (a)(4) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3485">section 3485</external-xref> of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H63A2A8E4BE44464D8F3DE5692E79CB03" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H7BAD15C97B004528AD12777D404EF382" indent="up1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The provision of placement services
described in section 3104(a)(5) of this title at an educational institution
carried out under the supervision of a Department
employee.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HAB529A161CD14212949850AE29C2D2E0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Work study for
students enrolled on half-time basis</header><text>Subsection (b) of such
section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H93687314AB9345F8B300E1B9372030CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence, by striking <quote>three-quarters</quote> and inserting
<quote>half</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22489448EAD54F0CAC856330D3B9ACF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the third
sentence, by striking <quote>three-quarter-time</quote> and inserting
<quote>half-time</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA20A7B4D4C4049A0BE604B2F4963FE69"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to agreements entered into under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3485">section 3485</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code,
after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H296D4FDB18514B0A8DC2AE149344F501"><enum>115.</enum><header>5-year pilot
program for on-campus work-study positions</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H37EF27D051C44D748872CA69A181DF34"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
pilot program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning not
later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a five-year pilot project to test the
feasibility and advisability of expanding the scope of qualifying work-study
activities under subsection (a)(4) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3485">section 3485</external-xref> of title 38, United States
Code, including work-study positions available on site at educational
institutions.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8F209662716046FE8C21C00600C751B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Type of
work-study positions</header><text>The work-study positions referred to in
subsection (a) may include positions in academic departments (including
positions as tutors or research, teaching, and lab assistants) and in student
services (including positions in career centers and financial aid, campus
orientation, cashiers, admissions, records, and registration offices).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC4A9B1175C0B4498BCFD270085D86FF6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe regulations
to carry out the pilot project under this section, including regulations
providing for the supervision of work-study positions referred to in subsection
(a) by appropriate personnel.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0F0E6D3A89B24821A5E49538D172772"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years during which the Secretary
carries out the pilot project under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6B0DFC9EC40C423FB8321F6401C69E41"><enum>116.</enum><header>Increase in
employees for Education Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
increase the number of full-time employees of the Education Service of the
Department of Veterans Affairs by 150 additional such employees.</text>
</section><section id="H75DAD9B2B84444EB9E476925F1000421"><enum>117.</enum><header>Upgrade of
certain information technology</header>
<subsection id="H028D175D07104762AF66A8FC5B831854"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Action plan
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief
Information Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with
the Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Service, shall
submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of
Representatives and action plan describing how the Chief Information Officer
and Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Service intend to
upgrade the information technology system of the Department of Veteran Affairs
that is used in connection with the administration of educational benefits
under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The Chief
Information Officer and Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs
Education Service shall update the committees at least annually on any progress
made in upgrading such system.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3FB9B0F52D8C4297A76F6DBA41DEC122"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to upgrade
the information technology system of the Department of Veteran Affairs that is
used in connection with the administration of educational benefits under laws
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs—</text>
<paragraph id="HF35F131C5DAD47A789B3123CBFC9569"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$8,000,000 for
fiscal year 2009; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H667A43BAFDD34F01BB00A567312938DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$3,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2010, 2011, and 2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7E00CE1D739540838F95C61779D35644"><enum>118.</enum><header>Modification of
advance payment of initial educational assistance or subsistence
allowance</header>
<subsection id="H6DECBD4F17AF46DA8CED05C626BF469C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Modification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3680">Section 3680(d)(2)</external-xref> of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after the third sentence the following new
sentence: <quote>For purposes of the entitlement to educational assistance of
the veteran or person receiving an advance payment under this subsection, the
advance payment shall be charged against the final month of the entitlement of
the person or veteran and, if necessary, the penultimate such month. In no
event may any veteran or person receive more than one advance payment under
this subsection during any academic year.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCED1DE02EBF74DC29327876C934E3EA9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to an advance payment of educational
assistance made after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE22D59EFDC0C40CF96422D8B2400B59B"><enum>119.</enum><header>Modification of
period of eligibility applicable to certain spouses of individuals with
service-connected total disabilities permanent in nature</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3512">Section 3512(b)(1)</external-xref> of title 38, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7EAB37B6BC15497DB8B2E91538881501"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>subparagraph (B) or (C)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3E64A25284B4B45B5DC13361D8802EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDDD7D4E45A2D4828AD1270A3A58BECB6" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H3A3C626A326C461CAD622200001CD64B" indent="up2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), an
eligible person referred to in that subparagraph who is made eligible under
section 3501(a)(1)(D)(i) of this title by reason of a service-connected
disability that was determined to be a total disability permanent in nature not
later than three years after discharge from service may be afforded educational
assistance under this chapter during the 20-year period beginning on the date
the disability was so determined to be a total disability permanent in nature,
but only if the eligible person remains the spouse of the disabled person
throughout the
period.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DB559C28EFC42B900CA16FA239704BD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>120.</enum><header>Consideration of
additional contributions and payments in calculating entitlement charge for
certain programs of education</header>
<subsection id="HAA8E8FFF06194F96BDC36086D06E7E1C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tuition
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
3014(b)(2)(C) is amended by striking <quote>or (e)(1) of section 3015 of this
title,</quote> and inserting <quote>(e)(1), or (g) of section 3015 of this
title, or <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/16131">section 16131(i)</external-xref> of title 10,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7C9F9C231D3F4CB1AF49D8B43B4490BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Flight
training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3032(e)(3)
is amended by striking <quote>or (e)(1) of section 3015 of this title,</quote>
and inserting <quote>(e)(1), or (g) of section 3015 of this title, or section
16131(i) of title 10,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1E5E10BD60064727B1D49E05DBDB4926"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Licensing and
certification tests</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
3032(f)(2) is amended by striking <quote>or (e)(1) of section 3015 of this
title,</quote> and inserting <quote>(e)(1), or (g) of section 3015 of this
title, or <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/16131">section 16131(i)</external-xref> of title 10,</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HEFF57C4FCAFA4E0C8D00451051E3F7C"><enum>121.</enum><header>Increase in
amount of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve and
reserve component members supporting contingency operations and certain other
operations</header>
<subsection id="H2B27AAE33D1F43639F55FF6EE24CB551"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Members of the
Selected Reserve</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
16131(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H65A3720A22E04AE8BBD46D8ED5DBC8D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>at the following rates</quote> and all that follows through
the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3621D690C0DF43E6A1928BF5AEE3DEE1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H949B9B8BB76047D48188ECFDA74C69D3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41681D2632074E5895B147A7BBD5EACF" style="USC">
<paragraph id="HD42753FF5417471EA07EBD1DA3CC00A9" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The educational assistance allowance
provided under this subchapter shall be based on the applicable percent under
paragraph (4) of the applicable rate provided under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3015">section 3015</external-xref> of title 38
for a member whose entitlement is based on completion of an obligated period of
active duty of 3 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49DBBFBB9E664646A5B5D3003182E9AA" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The educational assistance allowance
provided under this section for a person who is undertaking a program for which
a reduced rate is specified in chapter 30 of such title, that rate shall be
further adjusted by the applicable percent specified in paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4398BC855054AA98C7313F3BD2FD046" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The adjusted educational assistance
allowance under paragraph (2) or (3), as applicable, shall be 47
percent.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0E79CC415E444BC1A453EEACD7BBA7A5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reserve
component members supporting contingency operations and certain other
operations</header><text>Paragraph (4) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/16162">section 16162(c)</external-xref> of title 10, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF3B5966020848C7A73DC6E9A239B03B" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H1E0B39C001474F7FADD28686765474EC" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The adjusted educational assistance
allowance under paragraph (2) or (3), as applicable, shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1B889E24F23A47CB82249CE2673CCDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>50 percent in the case of a member of
a reserve component who performed active service for 90 cumulative days but
less than 180 cumulative days;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9021C2A436C24BF0AB7E12353DB87200"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">55
percent in the case of a member of a reserve component who performed active
service for 180 cumulative days but less than 365 cumulative days;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC74800FFC1574B478E1D6884831000BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">60
percent in the case of a member of a reserve component who performed active
service for 365 cumulative days but less than 545 cumulative days;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7211CDC947844678A9B0E8562EFAEE00"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">70
percent in the case of a member of a reserve component who performed active
service for 545 cumulative days but less than 730 cumulative days;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A9B5128F90C4A948EFD01D8C4102B9"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">80
percent in the case of a member of a reserve component who performed active
service for 730 cumulative days but less than 910 cumulative days;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2AB908221C5F49EE9E08C2F58300BB00"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">90
percent in the case of a member of a reserve component who performed active
service for 910 cumulative days but less than 1095 cumulative days; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39DB9C37B1F44B41BD7FA5F1CA5F9367"><enum>(G)</enum><text>100 percent in the case of a member of
a reserve component who performed active service for 1095 cumulative days or
more.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E9296C93C2840B38BCA5B45D5056B45" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>122.</enum><header>Expansion of
programs of education eligible for accelerated payments of educational
assistance under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs</header>
<subsection id="HAFC1B66352844FE4AA62D3A38CEED892"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Commercial
driver’s license training programs</header><text>Subsection (b)(1) of section
3014A of title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCD86B47368384848B0E319DFEBAF8D65"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(A)</quote> after <quote>that leads to</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0AF1596A8BF448E3B6669FD73FB12612"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>or (B) employment as an
operator of a commercial motor vehicle (as defined in section 31301(4) of title
49)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA6F4C09785284A8692E6E36CECBDA0AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C2A1940FD5E489C94F574B88238E8E0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Heading</header><text>The
heading of section 3014A of such title is amended by adding at the end the
following: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">and employment in
certain other occupations</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30219B65045D446D871BAFDDCBD7DDE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of
sections</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 30 of
such title is amended in the item relating to section 3014A by inserting before
the period at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD0C2C808E1E14500AF49F0B6CD3981D" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">and employment in certain other
occupations</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Civil service
entitlement reform</header>
<section id="H7A2EE413CBBB411E99DD1625CE030940" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Voucher plan for
FEHBP</header>
<subsection id="HF7B928043C53416700FA99CA7FDC510"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8906(b) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDDBD345D8FF44966941F83B217A8BDEA" style="USC">
<subsection id="HD866DEFBF46649B49ED1CF9DBB0658B1"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8DD1B12E5D854E54B3F8600FCA2AE7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the maximum annual Government contribution for an employee or
annuitant enrolled in a health benefits plan under this chapter is, for any
year beginning after 2009, equal to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H811732877C4B4FD3BB7B14C3B4555923" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,600 in the case of an employee or
annuitant enrolled for self alone; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDABDEB14692F43C09029084277508596" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$8,400 in the case of an employee or
annuitant enrolled for self and family.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2BCDDB916A9D4794B156A8CA24E61D57" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6EB508261BFD4CA28CE5DFE0FF9EB83C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In the case of each year
beginning after 2010, each of the dollar amounts in paragraph (1) shall be
increased by an amount equal to—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H40082BFCB6FC4FCEB82FA5E2E179478D" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such dollar amount, multiplied
by</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HA3A3F653F35444CE9E262B00D47BD6B" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost-of-living adjustment for
such year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF52790ECAB364A01A80058F775681686" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the
cost-of-living adjustment for any year is the percentage (if any) by
which—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H06D2D96DED4044B000BE3537DADBEA1B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the CPI for the preceding year,
exceeds</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H58D79E3D95B5419D86BB394E323995F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the CPI for 2009.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H075DA4CBFCA24C4685D0C57CB4952EDC" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For purposes of subparagraph (B), the
CPI for any year is the average of the Consumer Price Index for the 12-month
period ending on June 30 of such year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7603A939E405475294B3E86D000661CA" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For purposes of subparagraph (C), the
term <term>Consumer Price Index</term> means the Consumer Price Index (all
items-United States city average) published monthly by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF0525A71E08C476F93F43C307FF5588F" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>If any increase determined under
subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $50, such increase shall be rounded to
the next lowest multiple of $50.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7E2D0B3AD9CC438A80DE1DDA50166C84" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The biweekly Government contribution for an
employee or annuitant enrolled in a health benefits plan under this chapter
shall be the amount equal to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDC28AF6DDD974437A0B792E36F7BC0B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of the biweekly
subscription charge, multiplied by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE72336BB4774188B69BA8BB5D6CB589"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the lesser of—</text>
<clause id="H67B03BCB37924E3F869BE7EB1C414472"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the percentage determined by
dividing the dollar amount specified in paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) (as
applicable) by the total annual subscription charge, or</text>
</clause><clause id="H18C598F031304B8D9062A022702E1424"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>75 percent.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4F769716D30C4664B25ECECB82D136F1" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an employee who is occupying
a position on a part-time career employment basis (as defined in section
3401(2)), the biweekly Government contribution shall be equal to the amount
which bears the same ratio to the amount determined under paragraph (3) as the
average number of hours in such employee's regularly scheduled workweek bears
to the average number of hours in the regularly scheduled workweek of an
employee serving in a comparable position on a full-time career basis (as
determined under regulations prescribed by the Office).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H469C62C2FDF6424DB26946A5A575DA31" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For an employee, the Government
contribution computed under this subsection with respect to a year begins on
the first day of the employee's first pay period of each year. For an
annuitant, the Government contribution begins on the first day of the first
period of the year for which an annuity payment is
made.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H72B7D4550C5D4C15BB45017CA8D748B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8906">Section 8906(a)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is
repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEE1BE830B6CA42C3BC25709F65D4D28D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Savings
provisions</header>
<paragraph id="H923A9531A06C411C00BD46634400E38E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For the purposes described in paragraph (2), the
provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/89">chapter 89</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, shall be applied as if
the amendments made by this section had not been enacted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41DBF96211F5451A95A179E44EAD5C9D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purposes
described</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall apply for purposes of determining
the individual and Government contributions payable—</text>
<subparagraph id="H61E631F79DD74D1095CD4DAAF4F7F61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for any period
before the first day of the first applicable pay or other period beginning in
2010, in the case of any individual; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H437952E58562494CAC505134D50084B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for any period
beginning on or after the first day described in subparagraph (A), in the case
of any individual who, as of the date of the enactment of this Act—</text>
<clause id="H208E8FDA35D54171A099F7EEB1597B67"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of such title 5 as an
annuitant; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H0A9DEC90859F4CD7959EB907E54DFD61"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>would (but for
being enrolled as a family member) be eligible under section 8905(b) of such
title for continued enrollment as an annuitant.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB732D975767B4066A235F16DF1E5BDCC"><enum>202.</enum><header>Government
contributions for annuitants under FEHBP to be determined based on length of
Government service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
8906(b) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 201, is further
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4ACB05C91112433782E3D0196B62D800"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49A8C1C3070946B7A0523E7ECBD1A327"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (4) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A6F37CE4D824BAA92B1764915D40628" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H26A31CC1344A43B191B739C1B61EAE96" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB2D205E4EB354AA9AC999F3930268212"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In the case of an
annuitant, the dollar amount specified in paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) (as
applicable) shall be reduced by <fraction>1/6</fraction> of 1 percent for each
full month that—</text>
<clause id="H3D0B4A702F9245939C45698174AF55A9" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of an annuitant within the
meaning of subparagraph (A) or (C) of section 8901(3), the total amount of
creditable service performed by such annuitant is less than 20 years;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H791C85A33B9143598FD5FA82DC1022EB" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of an annuitant within
the meaning of subparagraph (B) or (D) of section 8901(3), the total amount of
creditable service performed by the deceased employee or former employee (as
referred to in such subparagraph (B) or (D), as applicable) is less than 20
years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF78FDEE5F2D74EA69500C346D0B91876" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term
<term>creditable service</term> means any employment creditable under section
8332 or 8411.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C765E39252A4D1DBFD7D217CC1DB391" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall apply
in the case of any individual who becomes an annuitant, within the meaning of
section 8901(3), before January 1,
2010.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H1641DABC8FB44B2400DCC7FEB90300FF"><enum>203.</enum><header>Benefits under
CSRS and FERS to be computed based on modified definition of <quote>average
pay</quote></header>
<subsection id="H922B0EE251764CE786EB7932006FCD3E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8331(4) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>3</quote> each place
it appears and inserting <quote>5</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7E1E6BD1CD8B4F08B7CF46ED83B9D456"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to any annuity which is payable based on a separation from service
occurring after September 30, 2008.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE166AC2B8A1844C58D07E8D54FBFB931"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Savings
provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of any
annuity which is payable based on a separation from service occurring before
October 1, 2008, the provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8331">section 8331(4)</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code, shall be applied as if the amendments made by subsection (a) had not been
enacted.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6136ADDAA3774894BC031BE2A2AA5B3C"><enum>204.</enum><header>Elimination of
annuity supplement under FERS and related retirement systems</header>
<subsection id="HB3F5ED6B24024EB5875B1F97AECCE58"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Supplements under
FERS</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/84">Chapter 84</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF04C5F7BAA9549018393D15BF3F3B10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
repealing sections 8421 and 8421a; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C7844B4BFB447239F00B89C97F2B7B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by repealing
subsection (f) of section 8442.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H131C650566804AC48BA0D11DCA2465AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Supplement under
Foreign Service Pension System</header><text>Subsection (c) of section 855 of
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4071d">22 U.S.C. 4071d(c)</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6EEEDE4D70D04C948199188E9B162CA9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Supplement under
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability
System</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 305(c) of the Central
Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/2154">50 U.S.C. 2154(c)(2)</external-xref> is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2FEDA7F2C1334819B89CD723F2576311"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H77F700F64FB34776B1F7483D339B029B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8349">Section 8349(a)(3)(B)(i)(II)</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 8421(b)(3)</quote>
and inserting <quote>section 8421(b)(3) (as last in effect)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA4783CD49C4431EAEAA76381B29D20" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The analysis for chapter 84 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by repealing the items relating to sections
8421 and 8421a, respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6CAC56FDD449444F95E0C8ADFB43BC5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to any individual whose entitlement to retirement benefits under the Federal
Employees’ Retirement System (or other retirement system) is based on a
separation from service occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>National
Environment and Energy Development Act</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24343B8B2CBA4ADB93D2ADC400EE7E46" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>National Environment and Energy
Development Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HD3F2D04B779547F2AD49C731ED6276D6"><enum>302.</enum><header>Termination of
prohibitions on expenditures for, and withdrawals from, offshore gas
leasing</header>
<subsection id="H6F5CAA41026E44CD8515BD48CC862252"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibitions on
expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All provisions
of Federal law that prohibit the expenditure of appropriated funds to conduct
natural gas leasing and preleasing activities for any area of the Outer
Continental Shelf shall have no force or effect with respect to such
activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H67DE9FC2357648199138A7E0840289E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Revocation
withdrawals</header><text>All withdrawals of Federal submerged lands of the
Outer Continental Shelf from leasing, including withdrawals by the President
under the authority of section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1341">43 U.S.C. 1341(a)</external-xref>), are hereby revoked and are no longer in effect with
respect to the leasing of areas for exploration for, and development and
production of, natural gas.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H781FE548D3624B7197C546785FF9DB2C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibitions and
withdrawals for oil not affected</header><text>This section does not
affect—</text>
<paragraph id="H17190F4CE9824A78002F612C001EB5B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any prohibition on the expenditure of
appropriated funds to conduct oil leasing or preleasing activities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB39B3230DCB34C85A5BAE1932BBDDCFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any withdrawal of
Federal submerged lands from leasing for exploration for, and development and
production of, oil.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H0F7DAFA6066B48F89E00B000A1AFB375"><enum>303.</enum><header>Outer
Continental Shelf natural gas leasing program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 9 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33699C44772441200012BEE0EB128977" style="OLC">
<section id="H6D092BF3E095405290C20001ADEE25B2"><enum>10.</enum><header>Moratoria area
and State approval requirement with respect to natural gas leasing</header>
<subsection id="HA9814F170863448F882011B3003D6C7F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Buffer
zone</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not
grant any natural gas lease for any area of the outer Continental Shelf that is
located within 25 miles of the coastline of a State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4C58492946C3443ABD714345FF08C8B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State approval
requirement</header>
<paragraph id="HA48F5F37C45B4E28A5AB05FA70B2E794"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not
issue any lease authorizing exploration for, or development of, natural gas in
any area of the outer Continental Shelf that is located within 50 miles of the
coastline of a State unless the State has enacted a law approving of the
issuance of such leases by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EFC8BF7D0F844C60078E03082C47B00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State approval
permanent</header><text>Repeal of such a law by a State shall have no effect
for purposes of paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H18FE1E46CCEF459AAD1179145F5EDFC0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State
disapproval authority</header><text></text>
<paragraph id="H00B6FEA996F243EE871850B1939CF8B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may not issue any lease authorizing
exploration for, or development of, natural gas in any area of the outer
Continental Shelf that is located more than 50 miles and less than 100 miles
from the coastline of a State if the State has enacted a law disapproving of
the issuance of such leases by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF75155520814169823FF17FFF00021C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements for
State law</header><text>A law enacted by a State for purposes of paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD761113542604472B94285A93117B666"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall have no
force or effect for purposes of paragraph (1) unless first enacted by the State
within the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>National Environment and Energy Development
Act</short-title>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF21A822B06A8422DA66713191B69CE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall have no force
or effect for purposes of paragraph (1) after the end of the 2-year period
beginning on the date it first takes effect, unless the State, in the 2-year
period preceding the application of the law for purposes of paragraph (1),
enacted legislation extending the effectiveness of the
law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF197C9AC87564BEC99A9232825C2FF34" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Natural gas
leasing</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 further amended by adding at
the end the following subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H92B950ACF238491F93AA2B11288CE243" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD037D3DB0C8D444AA122ABE12BF4A7E1"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Natural gas
leasing</header>
<paragraph id="H496EC364D1E643420047D97400DEB28"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may issue leases under this section that
authorize development and production of natural gas and associated condensate
in accordance with regulations promulgated under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H408AB28BA7BA44978535B27D25FE9EEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Before
issuing any lease under paragraph (1), the Secretary must promulgate
regulations that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0D8CD8E7D970433EB57B0707151EA083"><enum>(A)</enum><text>define what
constitutes natural gas, condensate, and oil;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9E9AFC60228492982DE3729209DCB90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish the
lessee’s rights and obligations regarding condensate produced in association
with natural gas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FEF53690B6C4A9CBFA947E007D16BDF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>prescribe
procedures and requirements that the lessee of a lease issued under this
subsection must follow if the lessee discovers oil deposits in the course of
exploration or development; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07C9A0389F9C4CD596CDEF6E5179A2E0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>establish such
other requirements for natural gas leases as the Secretary considers
appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A8667CBA6BB49C3AD6D39CE872445A6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application of
other laws</header><text>All provisions of this Act or any other Federal law or
regulations that apply to oil and natural gas leases for the Outer Continental
Shelf shall apply to natural gas-only leases authorized under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC2004F971C343DF9546B4B818A2C186"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Existing
leases</header><text>At the request of the lessee of an oil and gas lease in
effect under this section on the date of enactment of this subsection, and
under the requirements prescribed in regulations promulgated under paragraph
(2), the Secretary may restrict development under such a lease to natural gas
and associated condensate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA90F439B419C49A9B065E8D251A65014"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Oil and gas
leasing programs</header><text>The Secretary may include provisions regarding
issuance of natural gas leases in the outer Continental shelf leasing program
that applies for the 5-year period beginning in 2007, notwithstanding any draft
proposal for such program issued before the date of the enactment of this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55B45E52B05E47CE9F7B0538BE00BE39"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Prohibitions and
withdrawals for oil not affected</header><text>This subsection does not
affect—</text>
<subparagraph id="H87AD8C1AFA2A4808B4A11D8E72A8CCB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any prohibition on the expenditure of
appropriated funds to conduct oil leasing or preleasing activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H632D9BE0108F43018F1032DEDDFF3DF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any withdrawal of
Federal submerged lands from leasing for exploration for, and development and
production of,
oil.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HDB14344D5ADC4288A1E704846C2873E8"><enum>305.</enum><header>Policies
regarding buying and building American</header>
<subsection id="HC05C3D0ACC424EAC8DB36EC93F72811"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Intent of
Congress</header><text>It is the intent of the Congress that this title, 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 title 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="HB89F89F8CDC14B81BF52AE1BA6B27808"><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 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><enum>IV</enum><header>Oil
and gas leasing program for lands within the Coastal Plain of Alaska</header>
<section id="HC0128780DF8740869B623267A9F85E28" section-type="section-one"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>American Energy Independence and Price
Reduction Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H693B12002515471D827E2800D7633959"><enum>402.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HF94F82E7635C41E7B046F9BCE3F8C558"><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="H24D7EA4B7663493D9B87F719FCF9863F"><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="H090DB36C186E47D4A756F1D59BF4FD71"><enum>403.</enum><header>Leasing program
for lands within the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="H74591770EB694EA3A95831B5B1875DE3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall take such actions as are
necessary—</text>
<paragraph id="H27D2DA8D7DD84216813E4711A8493755"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to establish and
implement, in accordance with this title 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="H8A1E4BDB85004D1FBCC5F0D68C70EFAE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to administer the
provisions of this title 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 title 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="H023E9B3822F64CBAA705584D6167F68"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="H3A382668F34A4CD3BEE378F1766E0500"><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="HC2858CF17FFE4A6DA5BD75C005DB7223"><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="H515F2469FE2649589C17DF72D6D5CC8B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance with
requirements under certain other laws</header>
<paragraph id="HC0159AC07BEB4D4BADF19248308F65E4"><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="HF9FAFF0299794933ACEC2D10E9925639"><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 title before the conduct of the first lease
sale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8F7A7381F384D3295FE96986F59244F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance with
NEPA for other actions</header><text>Before conducting the first lease sale
under this title, the Secretary shall prepare an environmental impact statement
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to the actions
authorized by this title 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 title 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 title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H97DCB803510D44D3B7F7FB80C89415CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to
State and local authority</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be
considered to expand or limit State and local regulatory authority.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF2A035B4326C48179B4194899796A1F5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
areas</header>
<paragraph id="HFFF90A473E0E42B2AEDAF29154684607"><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="H57708A4D866240089452EC2424A9752D"><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="H221079B0619646F09CB9C51DEA8F239D"><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="H630AE1BD16354021A110D9AB28339CE9"><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="HE2A541F2B3FD438886892986469E1FA6"><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 title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7CD86787720B4596A364F63658F1261F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="HD08F9BAE91C24AC5AA0670B205CC24DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be
necessary to carry out this title, 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="HA2381F5967804ADA9BE7F3533E68DEAF"><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="H12CBF29263464214B5AC004EA4C74960"><enum>404.</enum><header>Lease
sales</header>
<subsection id="H3FEC97CEA7484429B9C779BA84F43BCE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Lands may be leased pursuant to this title 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="H7D80778BD2E2447DAF9FBDE0544682D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for—</text>
<paragraph id="HD6B69F19140C4E1E97056D0031003C50"><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="H1B1D03EED23B4CBF9CCE0007EE43D139"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the holding of
lease sales after such nomination process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7276CBBC10F8441E8F4FED9B8E2500B1"><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="H7737390CB44D40A485D4F5E300CFD835"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lease sale
bids</header><text>Bidding for leases under this title shall be by sealed
competitive cash bonus bids.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7D8AE2EE56934A60BF22ECF175048EA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acreage minimum
in first sale</header><text>In the first lease sale under this title, 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="H82ECD3CA01F14794006E46163056F8F1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Timing of lease
sales</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H484ED1858B5E45EF95C2E5B018A4A1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct the first
lease sale under this title within 22 months after the date of the enactment of
this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C4930F7704B46129D57AD3C608DAB93"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="HE4775A5EB3E5406FB81796858F0000D0"><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="HEBE5BDC9475D47F4B9973C89B6870065"><enum>405.</enum><header>Grant of leases
by the Secretary</header>
<subsection id="HBEC01B10952B40858D73A1289F761D74"><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 404 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="H33836B3BE4D74DB7B2A970082ADCD71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subsequent
transfers</header><text>No lease issued under this title 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="H6F46A758DC4F4701A2AB00A29483D1C"><enum>406.</enum><header>Lease terms and
conditions</header>
<subsection id="HFF30DD882ABB486C91B486B500163E67"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An oil or gas lease issued pursuant to this title
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H9C232FCAF0E14C0BBF7E422D65EB0095"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the
payment of a royalty of not less than 12½ percent in amount or value of the
production removed or sold from the lease, as determined by the Secretary under
the regulations applicable to other Federal oil and gas leases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H80FA25DE0A2E440291B5344CB6296F17"><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="H65F6703B48BA420EB556A2AD1101A099"><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="HE5F05E23EFA942FA9FF8399F30C22B8B"><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="H1415A8B2CAE94307A9FE35795CB37CD6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide that the
standard of reclamation for lands required to be reclaimed under this title
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="HCA8C757450DF450FB51DBD7303E22E46"><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
403(a)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB918A48D47084492AAEF3922A874E2FB"><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="H4B73001B1D0E48018553D95CCCD59D6E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>prohibit the
export of oil produced under the lease; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEEC1374AB6424EB8B981101D22EBAE3B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>contain such other
provisions as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure compliance with the
provisions of this title and the regulations issued under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF1B3522B01EB4BAEA7A4E53C6BE27F03"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project labor
agreements</header><text>The Secretary, as a term and condition of each lease
under this title 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 title 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="HAAEF941C609C4A76AB875BD17E061163"><enum>407.</enum><header>Coastal plain
environmental protection</header>
<subsection id="H06B809F9D69F4AF799A9B6D125A82DE9"><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 403, administer the provisions of this title through regulations,
lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other
provisions that—</text>
<paragraph id="H410C8B22927F4430AA537E8E4BF53800"><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="H3FED4383A86D4801845E0000DDC1D847"><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="HF56CD1F2454440E300E06739FE63D000"><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="H8AEA20E00EA449EDA418F5522591E78E"><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="HAE8A4A37FB7E40DCA9166ED078B3E11E"><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="HBC476C9B6F9747079D8D46CAF7EED475"><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="HEAA195AC2789477B9248EA6CBEBD024"><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="HF85DD060E23F4AE5A6F5A11B3E3CE359"><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 title, 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 title are conducted in a manner consistent with the purposes and
environmental requirements of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4F7FBEABB81940E882AB10FA0217ADE7"><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 title shall require compliance
with all applicable provisions of Federal and State environmental law, and
shall also require the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H8D6E1536B7E74C8E84C400A284FFA330"><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="HDBB6EE1B2C5540B28DE6B6CA49B78CA7"><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="H98B00A0A2FC54D45A66DF2119CC9A719"><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="H68925F3975CF4DA100425587BC98662E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Design safety and
construction standards for all pipelines and any access and service roads,
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H507CEA34C7CF43ECB7637CF8328E273B"><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="H813ED52287894839B1117CADED38004F"><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="H5C042E3FAD51470BA8C385166700A705"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Prohibitions on
general public access and use on all pipeline access and service roads.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4E800E23FFC4119A500F0D577CFB48F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Stringent
reclamation and rehabilitation requirements, consistent with the standards set
forth in this title, 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="H8898987EF92646F08293726D144B135B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on access by all modes of transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5407B84D073E4DDEAE6D5F004EFD25EA"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on sand and gravel extraction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5E8E7A4878E4EA9BECC5DD60C7C23B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Consolidation of
facility siting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49DA4DD7FF9B4163B68781005CD4BAC"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on use of explosives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA26607E5CACD4C78B05F1411ECB200D3"><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="H533E87C8119C49CC97A752A6D2AAAD8B"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Avoidance or
minimization of air traffic-related disturbance to fish and wildlife.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE44EFAC27814CAB92821C16649DA92C"><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="HB7EC41BCD2EE49669311A2EB109C7C0"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Fuel storage and
oil spill contingency planning.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4E97A6700A04B089768B61E8E00D666"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Research,
monitoring, and reporting requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88E8631930C54C728332D3CACD23AA"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Field crew
environmental briefings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23FEDF965332441187F165D5F53994D"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Avoidance of
significant adverse effects upon subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping by
subsistence users.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC608D47E03BA48B696E86890B1439F00"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Compliance with
applicable air and water quality standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H005220433D6B4264A905D440FD328018"><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="H3B06D4B84251493B828022E171A00504"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Reasonable
stipulations for protection of cultural and archeological resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2B0EAE7F4B845A5A59898396C2B3E1C"><enum>(21)</enum><text>All other
protective environmental stipulations, restrictions, terms, and conditions
deemed necessary by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDEB46029138F4CC7A54CA65E1254CAF5"><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="HDD7FE751A96C4BB8A175101BEC6533EB"><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="H1C9C039B4E87481BA0FCB4D2B3943B96"><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="H4AD11CCD584144B587E3706D51EC7924"><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="HF0E963DDFA544185AD28C7CEA44B62A6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Facility
consolidation planning</header>
<paragraph id="H8C68627E1C744C94861DA57856E7789"><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="HA1851D65A7B6420191F7723800BF928C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
plan shall have the following objectives:</text>
<subparagraph id="H50A9CD905EA6423E98C8E2C587C28875"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Avoiding
unnecessary duplication of facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84FB3869D01346E6BF43BBC50949FF96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Encouraging
consolidation of common facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF105DF35D8A426FAAE4EDB8AA13F0BF"><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="H7FC6B2E54F024992AB52A85400035F3D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Utilizing existing
facilities wherever practicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB56BE90DFDE24FD5AB8926003BD66455"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Enhancing
compatibility between wildlife values and development activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2BB33D3B8FAA46C293B9007D5D01113B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Access to public
lands</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H2BA49C30C46A42EEA759BFEB47BCCF9B"><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="H3CCA856C3255409193298F1913003F1B"><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="H0A035E95B4AA4162B29FCEA2A323F700"><enum>408.</enum><header>Expedited
judicial review</header>
<subsection id="H5702CC976E1A45F898CA3491076300A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Filing of
complaint</header>
<paragraph id="H831D3B31061549E2AEF9DE1FB8D30094"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Subject
to paragraph (2), any complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of
this title or any action of the Secretary under this title shall be
filed—</text>
<subparagraph id="H92A94E887AD947B8B5C6CC62DAFC42CB"><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="H3B16F44AC42E4144AAF700C6B0EB33B7"><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="H6160B47661A14374866C87B3341F2148"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>Any
complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of this title or any action
of the Secretary under this title may be filed only in the United States Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H187FDD25BE46429E84AE03A1C3F8001E"><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 title, including the environmental analysis
thereof, shall be limited to whether the Secretary has complied with the terms
of this title 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 title shall be presumed to be correct unless shown otherwise by
clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H88E969A09CD346FE804B1F2C2949D8B8"><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="HCD5720689DB04008A29C2878EE9EF83"><enum>409.</enum><header>Federal and
State distribution of revenues</header>
<subsection id="H8D24740D58294DB291A59400BF7E5C9D"><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 title—</text>
<paragraph id="H66746E0916F6469886F72B00698F7341"><enum>(1)</enum><text>50 percent shall
be paid to the State of Alaska; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB91E0B180B20444897ECD35BF1CCFF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in section 412(d), the
balance shall be transferred to the ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund
established by this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5405977D9C134946BB7912829CCA2C47"><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="H87B9718B0B7341369F23CCE9B18CA57C"><enum>410.</enum><header>Rights-of-way
across the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="HE0053888B09C4EFFA04EDE18483DA799"><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="H5F88DA8D75684499B86FA0DB463BC9A0"><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="H2AC5351E13FF42A7ACA6656E2DF11B77"><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="HA7638923B50040C9BD9D02EA7FA7CDC"><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="H03839AB559D84D9C9DE5E42CB53560E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall include in regulations under section 403(g) provisions granting
rights-of-way and easements described in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBEA0C2E99D9648C98EE76F7402ED0042"><enum>411.</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="HEFF5C30C1CBB43ADB0320748E2FA3DB"><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="HEF84619E331A44EFAAC7311E52EE4700"><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="HB551DD5B6ACA4CEAA47B572B46D300D6"><enum>412.</enum><header>Local
government impact aid and community service assistance</header>
<subsection id="H0737D07C7D9D44E4BFCA33F56B09F6D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financial
assistance authorized</header>
<paragraph id="H5F4B99937932472D92FDC28336861681"><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 title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8A075E307634FA1B8FDF54B6E31EE5E"><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 title, as determined by the
Secretary, shall be eligible for financial assistance under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H71B4D33287F9433FA727CFE367441BF3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
assistance</header><text>Financial assistance under this section may be used
only for—</text>
<paragraph id="H321CAD0BCB9745FA00B164C06E27671F"><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="HDDDC4FD5E90A4E3284130077C013D252"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementing
mitigation plans and maintaining mitigation projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72E6ABB54EDE436286B92939F82153AA"><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="H56D075F94D98405F88881E93EDB69E02"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establishment of a
coordination office, by the North Slope Borough, in the City of Kaktovik, which
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A5B3BAEDBDD4AEB8F46F4FE235F36D4"><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="HCB4E4F8B4C98404A9907E3A5FDCF9D3D"><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="HD15CBC2F47BD4B608EF7E912404969C6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="HCE2441AD89BF4EF88512A56C07A7D9D3"><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="H1169A2DCA65F49C7924E4647ABBC225F"><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="H8EB5F0C9CD3A4A13A8D4A0357B7B78C6"><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="H649B31E308824DBE898953E14F160152"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Establishment of
fund</header>
<paragraph id="H1348E3FAEDDF4A04BDA5CA84CF18828"><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="H450C01A23322473B944ECE4FFBA0EFF1"><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="H43C5D4E44BA5468D97FD8F2D2CD9D2"><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 title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94C172B7C62442A7AE92DA4E8FD9D1F"><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="H3AD443E61F25423695145DA82EA3E7B3"><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="HDC4E144D91FE47FEA3AA54F8B0098B8"><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><section id="H27E02466AE1446F5A7AE3F20800030C"><enum>413.</enum><header>ANWR Alternative
Energy Trust Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<subsection id="HB4CD794AF01143A2BE2D94F1979BEE79"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
trust fund</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United
States a trust fund to be known as the <quote>ANWR Alternative Energy Trust
Fund</quote>, consisting of such amounts as may be transferred to the ANWR
Alternative Energy Trust Fund as provided in section 409.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD19CD16BE742426C9B3288FA82A60027"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expenditures
from ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund</header><text></text>
<paragraph id="H8394F2B02B194EDC94A98D46CDBCB59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Amounts in the ANWR Alternative 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>) and 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>
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<thead>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" valign="bottom"><bold>To carry out the provisions
of:</bold></entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2"><bold>The following percentage of annual receipts to the ANWR
Alternative Energy Trust Fund, but not to exceed the limit on amount
authorized, if any:</bold></entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="1">EPAct2005:</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"></entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
210</entry><entry colname="column2" rowsep="0">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
242</entry><entry colname="column2">1.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
369</entry><entry colname="column2">2.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
401</entry><entry colname="column2">6.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
812</entry><entry colname="column2">6.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
931</entry><entry colname="column2">19.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
942</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
962</entry><entry colname="column2">3.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
968</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
1704 </entry><entry colname="column2">6.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="1">EISAct2007:</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"></entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
207</entry><entry colname="column2">15.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
607</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Title
VI, Subtitle B</entry><entry colname="column2">3.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Title
VI, Subtitle C</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
641</entry><entry colname="column2">9.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Title
VII, Subtitle A</entry><entry colname="column2">15.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
1112</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
1304</entry><entry colname="column2">6.0 percent.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4567E36E647946BA84D165178FB4A510"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Apportionment of
excess amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), any amounts allocated under paragraph (1) that are in excess of
the amounts authorized in the applicable cited section or subtitle of EPAct2005
and EISAct2007 shall be reallocated to the remaining sections and subtitles
cited in paragraph (1), up to the amounts otherwise authorized by law to carry
out such sections and subtitles, in proportion to the amounts authorized by law
to be appropriated for such other sections and subtitles.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>