1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Harmonizing America's Energy,
Economy, Environment, and National Security Act of
2008
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—Domestic energy production
Subtitle A—Outer Continental Shelf
Sec. 101. Termination of prohibitions on expenditures for, and
withdrawals from, offshore and onshore leasing and other limitations on energy
production.
Sec. 102. Coordination with Secretary of Defense on
leasing.
Sec. 103. Sharing of revenues.
Subtitle B—Leasing program for land within Coastal
Plain
Sec. 111. Definitions.
Sec. 112. Leasing program for land within the Coastal
Plain.
Sec. 113. Lease sales.
Sec. 114. Grant of leases by the Secretary.
Sec. 115. Lease terms and conditions.
Sec. 116. Coastal plain environmental protection.
Sec. 117. Rights-of-way and easements across coastal
plain.
Sec. 118. Conveyance.
Sec. 119. Local government impact aid and community service
assistance.
Sec. 120. Allocation of revenues.
Subtitle C—Oil shale
Sec. 131. Removal of prohibition on final regulations for
commercial leasing program for oil shale resources on public land.
TITLE II—Alternative energy and conservation
Subtitle A—Conservation Reserve and Renewable Energy Reserve
Accounts
Sec. 201. Conservation Reserve and Renewable Energy Reserve
Accounts.
Subtitle B—Department of Defense facilitation of secure
domestic fuel development
Sec. 211. Procurement and acquisition of alternative
fuels.
<enum>I</enum><header>Domestic energy
production</header>
<subtitle id="idCF485571F2014CE297E2980F6E010A58"><enum>A</enum><header>Outer Continental
Shelf</header>
<section id="ID99eabbd1cdd74497a2595ced7d2dc4df"><enum>101.</enum><header>Termination of
prohibitions on expenditures for, and withdrawals from, offshore and onshore
leasing and other limitations on energy production</header>
<subsection id="IDa29c9f5a35f447f49da0a3b485e9695f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibitions on
expenditures</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all
provisions of Federal law that prohibit the expenditure of appropriated funds
to conduct natural gas, oil, oil shale, and other energy production leasing,
preleasing, and related activities on Federal land shall have no force or
effect with respect to the activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID957f32ba00524423a41b4f19e6ac75c7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Revocation
withdrawals</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all
withdrawals of Federal submerged land of the outer Continental Shelf from
leasing (including withdrawals by the President under section 12(a) of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1341(a)), are revoked and are no
longer in force or effect with respect to the leasing of areas for exploration
for, and development and production of, natural gas and oil.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID31e1a6cc64d04fb0877aa068d7db8aab"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Gulf of Mexico
oil and gas</header><text>Section 104 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act
of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idCD22295B428B4DDBBA4B22094706C19E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="ID56b1974fac2743dbbd5df9551f868f0c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Sections 104 and
105 of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2118) are
repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC5EC7C83A427465FBE5B09B2075AB8E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 103(a) of
the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law
109–432) is amended by striking <quote>Except as provided in section 104,
the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID0a1a202dcbe347abbf49ea1028ea57da"><enum>102.</enum><header>Coordination
with Secretary of Defense on leasing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act is
amended by inserting after section 9 (43 U.S.C. 1338) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE55D73FB96C04C23BA1F86ED0EA9B83C" style="OLC">
<section id="IDcfb9d50213c04bd3b97d7c71bc7b5fce"><enum>10.</enum><header>Coordination
with Secretary of Defense on leasing</header>
<subsection id="id541BC523F63C4A6592C09FF4DDD2D75F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Defense
regarding military operations needs for the outer Continental Shelf.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idA71C5D75A7834C7CB57D9C64A08F8792"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conflicts</header>
<paragraph id="idF1A1CF6660524F6EA429F08B6DB48481"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall work with the Secretary of Defense to
resolve any conflict that may arise between operations described in subsection
(a) and leasing under this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDBC247A8D17147A2A5FD6F0FE6A41EBF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unresolved
issues</header><text>If the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense are unable
to resolve any conflict described in paragraph (1), any unresolved issue shall
be referred by the Secretaries to the President in a timely fashion for
immediate
resolution.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID5ed72859f7ce46cea0aafaa59723b766"><enum>103.</enum><header>Sharing of
revenues</header>
<subsection id="ID89c52b67626649378105930c7ce584f9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1337(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1a953f284dbc4429b5c311fcb0318a3d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>(2) Notwithstanding</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F144DA7958D4D21BA2DDF03AA86B3C9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idB5EC17FE07AA4B08A9E3CAC7E505F14D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disposition of
revenues</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (6) and
notwithstanding</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc2da2573914f42f3bf7296263580fe05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe0e8b036e2774d5ab1f15c0b4b8e1822"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (5) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E765914E50946FBBC86135F32CF9D64" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID387f7cdfdc6042cc8d301ec1dec44c1b"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Bonus bids and
royalties under qualified leases</header>
<subparagraph id="ID81cbc8ea625d4b83a5061859f257cbe1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this paragraph:</text>
<clause id="IDad5b5766b31343e59ec1ceba2aaa544f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Adjacent
State</header><text>The term <term>adjacent State</term> means, with respect to
any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or other activity proposed,
conducted, or approved pursuant to this Act, any State the laws of which are
declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States for
the portion of the outer Continental Shelf on which the program, plan, lease
sale, leased tract, or activity applies or is, or is proposed to be,
conducted.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf9988b314ea5463488ecf6a4933a0afa"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Adjacent
zone</header><text>The term <term>adjacent zone</term> means, with respect to
any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or other activity proposed,
conducted, or approved pursuant to this Act, the portion of the outer
Continental Shelf for which the laws of an adjacent State are declared,
pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID98bc8a2c60bb4fe6906a7c09a4f36610"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Producing
State</header><text>The term <term>producing State</term> means an adjacent
State having an adjacent zone containing leased tracts from which are derived
bonus bids and royalties under a lease under this Act.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDbe5100fef7bd4d98a65ed4c348cb1831"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Qualified
lease</header><text>The term <term>qualified lease</term> means a natural gas
or oil lease made available under this Act granted after the date of enactment
of the <short-title>Harmonizing America's Energy, Economy,
Environment, and National Security Act of 2008</short-title>, for an area that
is available for leasing as a result of enactment of section 101 of that
Act.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa01c9c5a86f641d19b16e7b6b3a8ab12"><enum>(v)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> includes—</text>
<subclause id="ID28D43A31F3264D79A65D4436F400AF2F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID4912258B462B4AAD8DC29F5610699D3D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any other
territory or possession of the United States.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdea298f646ea401599becd32f9ec20d3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>New
leases</header><text>Of amounts received by the United States as bonus bids,
royalties, rentals, and other sums collected under any qualified lease on
submerged land made available for leasing under this Act by the enactment of
section 101 of the <short-title>Harmonizing America's
Energy, Economy, Environment, and National Security Act of 2008</short-title>
that are located within the seaward boundaries of a State established under
section 4(a)(2)(A)—</text>
<clause id="ID2c601cdc46464df582207868326a0215"><enum>(i)</enum><text>27 percent shall
be paid to producing States with respect to that submerged land;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID20b5b3b447074115a862c55e5eac1928"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be deposited in the Conservation Reserve Account established by section
201(a)(1) of the <short-title>Harmonizing America's
Energy, Economy, Environment, and National Security Act of
2008</short-title>;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID51b6d18880a0446ba3efceedae63a3d3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>25 percent
shall be deposited in the Renewable Energy Reserve Account established by
section 201(a)(2) of that Act;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb14d07aa2f3c484b978998c30ec18455"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>20 percent shall
be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury of the United States for debt
reduction; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcc43de39526b4df1a60b01a063e99484"><enum>(v)</enum><text>subject to the
availability of appropriations, 3 percent may be available to the Secretary of
Health and Human Services for carrying out the low-income home energy
assistance program established under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act
of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf425c90978804803b1f734c1ebe31db6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Leased tract
that lies partially within the seaward boundaries of a State</header><text>In
the case of a leased tract that lies partially within the seaward boundaries of
a State, the amount of bonus bids and royalties from the tract that is subject
to subparagraph (B) with respect to the State shall be a percentage of the
total amounts of bonus bids and royalties from the tract that is equivalent to
the total percentage of the surface acreage of the tract that lies within the
seaward boundaries.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7f04b810f23042a395e256fb18146874"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This
paragraph applies to bonus bids and royalties received by the United States
under qualified leases after September 30,
2008.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID25c388036b9f48cba3fa955a68c8ef4b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment
of State seaward boundaries</header><text>Section 4(a)(2) of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id0288AB02A292462899D7FA40803B46C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(2)(A) To</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A5F4E323DEB41A2AE803202CC3ACDBE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idA51C32537FD74AFD9F274638AFAAC3C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Laws of
adjacent States; international boundary disputes</header>
<subparagraph id="id16006F0F572F496FBF5CC78EC235791B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Laws of
adjacent States</header>
<clause id="idA906F7262F604D408CCFDEA60F61754A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF654E53EDF954F5D8A7F0D29AB6E3CCE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3C069A369076405CB9094B693314FF32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence, by striking <quote>, and the President</quote> and all that follows
through the end of the sentence and inserting a period;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id41AE514A471A4ED091D30175087FA45B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
after clause (i) (as designated by paragraph (1)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77BED599BB68404FA8F6E4E5B68C9A1A" style="OLC">
<clause id="id7BB983A520F946609E6F3AAE760A5C4C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Extended
lines</header>
<subclause id="idF6E6EE39CCB54210BF0E9CBA7497BA4E"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subclauses (II) and (III), the extended lines
described in clause (i) shall be considered to be indicated on the maps for
each outer Continental Shelf region entitled—</text>
<item id="id76B986E986C24E0C9EB148CC3EB90EF1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text><quote>Alaska
OCS Region State Adjacent Zone and OCS Planning Areas</quote>;</text>
</item><item id="id11E7174ECF814E5A8A36EA7C1CB4C85B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text><quote>Pacific
OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>;</text>
</item><item id="idB67AA6F5FC1F4D9E9644562C33D4B5D0"><enum>(cc)</enum><text><quote>Gulf of
Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>;
and</text>
</item><item id="idBE348D6CFF684F4688502AC18B1D3757"><enum>(dd)</enum><text><quote>Atlantic
OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="idFF1E8A0CBEE14659990F973E09EBC426"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Maps</header><text>For
the purpose of subclause (I), all of the maps described in subclause (I) are
dated September 2005 and on file in the Office of the Director, Minerals
Management Service.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E6A43DC11374009A968898A92BFA6E9"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Gulf of
Mexico</header><text>Subclause (I) shall not apply with respect to the
treatment under section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006
(43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432) of qualified outer Continental Shelf
revenues deposited and disbursed under section 105(a)(2) of that
Act.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id32CF639172144D9885E42E177F033193"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>All of such applicable laws</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id431C113E061F49C4A70566FCB233104E" style="OLC">
<clause id="idC668198B91D94EE39F2073E25BE47E6E"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Administration;
enforcement</header><text>The applicable laws described in subparagraph
(A)</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id005979D2EE32444C8616357709A563EF"><enum>B</enum><header>Leasing program
for land within Coastal Plain</header>
<section id="ID4d76064ba74848ed8f30a65463a350e3"><enum>111.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="IDcf5c5af86d8647dfa17edcdaa5f0a2b2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coastal
Plain</header><text>The term <term>Coastal Plain</term> means that area
identified as the <quote>1002 Coastal Plain Area</quote> on the map.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9dc80a24905e49e18bee0c12c2c6c897"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal
agreement</header><text>The term <term>Federal Agreement</term> means the
Federal Agreement and Grant Right-of-Way for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline issued
on January 23, 1974, in accordance with section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act
(30 U.S.C. 185) and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act (43 U.S.C. 1651
et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe91eb85adcc4432b9f572f2b941ace25"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Final
statement</header><text>The term <term>Final Statement</term> means the final
legislative environmental impact statement on the Coastal Plain, dated April
1987, and prepared pursuant to section 1002 of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3142) and section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbb3ec943ff8e4e62baa730d75bdac30c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Map</header><text>The
term <term>map</term> means the map entitled <quote>Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge</quote>, dated September 2005, and prepared by the United States
Geological Survey.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1e40d45873bb4ee5b7cea3c08ad02472"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior (or the
designee of the Secretary), acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land
Management in consultation with the Director of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service and in coordination with a State coordinator appointed by the
Governor of the State of Alaska.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID9251fea127564c34ac1722a0d76b6b37"><enum>112.</enum><header>Leasing
program for land within the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="ID56ef584f0186428f982b25e3b154b839"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="IDb0d579322105442e87ae3ee15e77c973"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Congress
authorizes the exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically
feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal
Plain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdac244b041524d1fb8c8da6f114fb04d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Actions</header><text>The
Secretary shall take such actions as are necessary—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4bced5c0968e4ea88c3371efe4db96aa"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to establish and
implement, in accordance with this subtitle, 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 while taking into consideration the interests and concerns of
residents of the Coastal Plain, which is the homeland of the Kaktovikmiut
Inupiat; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8fe8d2b1613048a083dfa3d501ff6577"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to administer
this subtitle through regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions,
prohibitions, stipulations, and other provisions that—</text>
<clause id="ID056e0a4270c04dbd972b88be4c61b3af"><enum>(i)</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, subsistence resources, and the environment; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID07951cc85b2c4ca9995f769b7cf1c1a9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>require the
application of the best commercially available technology for oil and gas
exploration, development, and production to all exploration, development, and
production operations under this subtitle in a manner that ensures the receipt
of fair market value by the public for the mineral resources to be
leased.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2731e129e3744bf9940e388d673a8397"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="ID50aa35cc2d124a5198eb447b7cc43d75"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section
1003 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3143) is
repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe9d19ab4bb6f4fdc9a43387ec2fb0536"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of contents contained in section 1 of that
Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 note) is amended by striking the item relating to section
1003.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID93e2aa252fa54ad4aca3448b9ef22cd1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance with
requirements under certain other laws</header>
<paragraph id="ID51d989326d16484aa7bce1daf128ea2f"><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.)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID82810050b3f54770a11227bde5ab306a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the oil and gas
pre-leasing and leasing program, and activities authorized by this section in
the Coastal Plain, shall be considered to be compatible with the purposes for
which the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was established; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe17f25490d504507a3752a26edd0eb6b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>no further
findings or decisions shall be required to implement that program and those
activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID706d85f3e53b4aa8aaacc9eaf48aa778"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adequacy of the
department of the interior's legislative environmental impact
statement</header><text>The Final Statement shall be considered to satisfy the
requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) that apply with respect to pre-leasing activities, including
exploration programs and actions authorized to be taken by the Secretary to
develop and promulgate the regulations for the establishment of a leasing
program authorized by this subtitle before the conduct of the first lease
sale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd46ff5adb08b4709a52c06ec2b13e35f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance with
nepa for other actions</header>
<subparagraph id="ID55ddfe18c6c74ddda72acaa01f5f85b0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Before conducting the first lease sale under this
subtitle, the Secretary shall prepare an environmental impact statement in
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.) with respect to the actions authorized by this subtitle that are not
referred to in paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9b243072f4f04849ac0e03cf0328b1c8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Identification
and analysis</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary shall not be required—</text>
<clause id="ID8631dc12f3a84824803b7ea3619fbf3f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
identify nonleasing alternative courses of action; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID305ef04a488949fb818fc78b5899c58d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to
analyze the environmental effects of those courses of action.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID41120c675a6a4b33b28667b69239b450"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Identification
of preferred action</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="ID0b242722588a4ee88b5c4babca9cfce0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identify only a
preferred action and a single leasing alternative for the first lease sale
authorized under this subtitle; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5e74f457ef98488d999e53891b1a4968"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>analyze the
environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for those 2
alternatives.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcb3c53d3e8894bb091f652ed8684bdbf"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Public
comments</header><text>In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary shall
consider only public comments that are filed not later than 20 days after the
date of publication of a draft environmental impact statement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0ba23b3221af41cb9da52510301d8280"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Effect of
compliance</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, compliance
with this paragraph shall be considered to satisfy all requirements for the
analysis and consideration of the environmental effects of proposed leasing
under this subtitle.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID543ffe05627c4a7091b62f9431bca43f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to
State and local authority</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle expands or
limits any State or local regulatory authority.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDf2f915e6b6ba423f9e9ba29cb9a030c1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
areas</header>
<paragraph id="IDdf80ab98bf3e49518b33c42266ce3b58"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header>
<subparagraph id="IDdde9fbc8d9fc445aae9a038ea07dcb4b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, after consultation with the State of
Alaska, the North Slope Borough, Alaska, and the City of Kaktovik, Alaska, may
designate not more than 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain as a special area if
the Secretary determines that the special area would be of such unique
character and interest as to require special management and regulatory
protection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9310632be028470796ce8e7614952aab"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Sadlerochit
spring area</header><text>The Secretary shall designate as a special area in
accordance with subparagraph (A) the Sadlerochit Spring area, comprising
approximately 4,000 acres as depicted on the map.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0294bc97f9a4425ab27ba6198e8bce6d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Management</header><text>The
Secretary shall manage each special area designated under this subsection in a
manner that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID438dc053dd1a44c7920c3cad9ad0d29e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>respects and
protects the Native people of the area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID090acfe31417441ab281c65546a80c84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>preserves the
unique and diverse character of the area, including fish, wildlife, subsistence
resources, and cultural values of the area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID556250b8c16843d5aee6a524387430d6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exclusion from
leasing or surface occupancy</header>
<subparagraph id="ID5146588239c34c19bc6d3cd92aeb7462"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may exclude any special area designated
under this subsection from leasing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc942970d38da4b43887bc4b247002a26"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No surface
occupancy</header><text>If the Secretary leases all or a portion of a special
area for the purposes of oil and gas exploration, development, production, and
related activities, there shall be no surface occupancy of the land comprising
the special area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDbb451cf3199d48c69d04442ae930c802"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Directional
drilling</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision 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="ID39c0c580943b4917880a693093511fee"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on
closed areas</header><text>The Secretary may not close land within the Coastal
Plain to oil and gas leasing or to exploration, development, or production
except in accordance with this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe464c5e3311944479736b5b356444d9c"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="ID65cc96e91bee41a7828bf5b69855f4a3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 15 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, in consultation with appropriate agencies of the State of Alaska, the
North Slope Borough, Alaska, and the City of Kaktovik, Alaska, the Secretary
shall issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this subtitle,
including rules and regulations relating to protection of the fish and
wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, and subsistence resources of the Coastal
Plain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID946f789a60f04c798473f9281dfcbf90"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revision of
regulations</header><text>The Secretary may periodically review and, as
appropriate, revise the rules and regulations issued under paragraph (1) to
reflect any significant scientific or engineering data that come to the
attention of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDb51c0b6ae85743e88c17efedf069856d"><enum>113.</enum><header>Lease
sales</header>
<subsection id="IDe2dda5b72be340e3bc0dec1f48d0edb3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Land may be leased pursuant to this subtitle to any
person qualified to obtain a lease for deposits of oil and gas under the
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDad15553478824b53b48af4d2dfaa02d9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for—</text>
<paragraph id="ID03d327a311c24e8b82381148f1c1c07f"><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="IDdaa3e98f5677438db5a23af04c0f8e2e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the holding of
lease sales after that nomination process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2198dd1dce9f49dc83a0094f34157981"><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="ID26bb825ef14b45dc91c0350ee67c9304"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lease sale
bids</header><text>Bidding for leases under this subtitle shall be by sealed
competitive cash bonus bids.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9e88997ff11045118436c6288ac38e50"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acreage minimum
in first sale</header><text>For the first lease sale under this subtitle, the
Secretary shall offer for lease those tracts the Secretary considers to have
the greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons, taking into
consideration nominations received pursuant to subsection (b)(1), but in no
case less than 200,000 acres.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID61e7c7cb25b1429c9fa6bc06f5375658"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Timing of lease
sales</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID30732e3bc9b549ec808da6ddd02c9cfc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than 22
months after the date of enactment of this Act, conduct the first lease sale
under this subtitle;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID14b7a6ee6725470da82cb01ab3970acc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than
September 30, 2012, conduct a second lease sale under this subtitle; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfc470921f066471bbf8e313b5a4d44d9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>conduct
additional sales at appropriate intervals if sufficient interest in exploration
or development exists to warrant the conduct of the additional sales.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDa7ba852b48af4298b98d4156bd89605f"><enum>114.</enum><header>Grant of
leases by the Secretary</header>
<subsection id="ID299eb44e4b014b27a78f9f5e6f80866e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Upon payment by a lessee of such bonus as may be accepted
by the Secretary, the Secretary may grant to the highest responsible qualified
bidder in a lease sale conducted pursuant to section 113 a lease for any land
on the Coastal Plain.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID5728c7b79a1d4ebb94fd2716ae245966"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subsequent
transfers</header>
<paragraph id="IDc0f1016bf6b94303a4c54b40f8faf366"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>No lease issued under this subtitle may be sold,
exchanged, assigned, sublet, or otherwise transferred except with the approval
of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa99548d56e0e4a9cb25ae3330e088655"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Condition for
approval</header><text>Before granting any approval described in paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall consult with and give due consideration to the opinion of
the Attorney General.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID947ad94addb64307809e7e03aa931abf"><enum>115.</enum><header>Lease terms
and conditions</header>
<subsection id="ID95ad7fc7de114aac9131e06b1ef1f4f4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An oil or gas lease issued pursuant to this subtitle
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDc2c5b986b3704ba6ab71d82694e3a206"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the
payment of a royalty of not less than 16<fraction>1/2</fraction> percent of the
amount or value of the production removed or sold from the lease, as determined
by the Secretary in accordance with regulations applicable to other Federal oil
and gas leases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfe4227095516401ea0fdceb5ca0ccf01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide that the
Secretary may close, on a seasonal basis, such portions of the Coastal Plain to
exploratory drilling activities as are necessary to protect caribou calving
areas and other species of fish and wildlife;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID214dab6976a542b5a7425508eb0b3073"><enum>(3)</enum><text>require that each
lessee of land within the Coastal Plain shall be fully responsible and liable
for the reclamation of land within the Coastal Plain and any other Federal land
that is adversely affected in connection with exploration, development,
production, or transportation activities within the Coastal Plain conducted by
the lessee or by any of the subcontractors or agents of the lessee;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID525a149094b74d5d9fc97ef964d0426c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide that the
lessee may not delegate or convey, by contract or otherwise, that reclamation
responsibility and liability to another person without the express written
approval of the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9a48f27917a943fd81c2929541077f48"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide that the
standard of reclamation for land required to be reclaimed under this subtitle
shall be, to the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID226fc1b8850b4bb48031d323e5325057"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a condition
capable of supporting the uses that the land was capable of supporting prior to
any exploration, development, or production activities; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf8f47d7fee5540e8867a927234ba6dc7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>upon application
by the lessee, to a higher or better standard, as approved by the
Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1512e1be9ba84ab385c104d91659d62d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>contain terms and
conditions relating to protection of fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife
habitat, subsistence resources, and the environment as required under section
112(a)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID97efe488293d44ed9d47191063f67125"><enum>(7)</enum><text>provide that each
lessee, and each agent and contractor of a lessee, use their best efforts to
provide a fair share of employment and contracting for Alaska Natives and
Alaska Native Corporations from throughout the State of Alaska, as determined
by the level of obligation previously agreed to in the Federal Agreement;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID01af4ebaca074b6ea8e42f526a39c2fa"><enum>(8)</enum><text>contain such
other provisions as the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure
compliance with this subtitle and regulations issued under this
subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID34f4ffd907754c19bb382f95b6ccf2f0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project labor
agreements</header><text>The Secretary, as a term and condition of each lease
under this subtitle, and in recognizing the proprietary interest of the Federal
Government in labor stability and in the ability of construction labor and
management to meet the particular needs and conditions of projects to be
developed under the leases issued pursuant to this subtitle (including the
special concerns of the parties to those leases), shall require that each
lessee, and each agent and contractor of a lessee, under this subtitle
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="IDa51ca7ec89df4392b465bb1a06f8b696"><enum>116.</enum><header>Coastal plain
environmental protection</header>
<subsection id="ID6fab8481475540689366023efd8d8e69"><enum>(a)</enum><header>No significant
adverse effect standard To govern authorized coastal plain
activities</header><text>In accordance with section 112, the Secretary shall
administer this subtitle through regulations, lease terms, conditions,
restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, or other provisions that—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd834c43616504b04a8cbf86c6e91b00e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure, to the
maximum extent practicable, that oil and gas exploration, development, and
production activities on the Coastal Plain will result in no significant
adverse effect on fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, and the
environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4c820f9b8c45428b8a6cc5fe1d9689e6"><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="ID523d5297715e452384a42fbeece76d1d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure that the
maximum surface acreage covered in connection with the leasing program 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="ID5c5fe579f2ef43ec939473c761bc3a66"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Site-specific
assessment and mitigation</header><text>The Secretary shall require, with
respect to any proposed drilling and related activities on the Coastal Plain,
that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID839ed00b482c44519741ea76c121a564"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a site-specific
environmental analysis be made of the probable effects, if any, that the
drilling or related activities will have on fish and wildlife, fish and
wildlife habitat, subsistence resources, subsistence uses, and the
environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDab3452080a2146558d7e57dd99275bc6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a plan be
implemented to avoid, minimize, and mitigate (in that order and to the maximum
extent practicable) any significant adverse effect identified under paragraph
(1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8fb85c0c288a4a6d961e1385b6f5f732"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the development
of the plan occur after consultation with—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID544be15b989343f5aed811714ed397b4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each agency
having jurisdiction over matters mitigated by the plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9f7820a624664a2fb98cbdf8ba7264d9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the State of
Alaska;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID302c74551d564a50a91e7187ac06444e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>North Slope
Borough, Alaska; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf9dd52a492f04fbea6894e4231f0a2c3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the City of
Kaktovik, Alaska.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe6714242fdbc477eac95d89b865df6b5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations To
protect coastal plain fish and wildlife resources, subsistence users, and the
environment</header><text>Before implementing the leasing program authorized by
this subtitle, the Secretary shall prepare and issue regulations, lease terms,
conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, or other measures
designed to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the activities
carried out on the Coastal Plain under this subtitle are conducted in a manner
consistent with the purposes and environmental requirements of this
subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDdcd4d4e8b1cf4482b45040bc1e641393"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance with
Federal and State environmental laws and other requirements</header><text>The
proposed regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, and
stipulations for the leasing program under this subtitle shall require—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8a97627f028946f59bb9dc31365d2bdc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>compliance with
all applicable provisions of Federal and State environmental law (including
regulations);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3da3a8db423746b7a6697a0647d7a59d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementation of
and compliance with—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDbf55934821474616915e1bbb43eac713"><enum>(A)</enum><text>standards that
are at least as effective as the safety and environmental mitigation measures,
as described in items 1 through 29 on pages 167 through 169 of the Final
Statement, on the Coastal Plain;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID86adab18eeea4c78955fb41bb44e2199"><enum>(B)</enum><text>seasonal
limitations on exploration, development, and related activities, as necessary,
to avoid significant adverse effects during periods of concentrated fish and
wildlife breeding, denning, nesting, spawning, and migration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID84a0c7c701334ef3b934eee9c2eb7f65"><enum>(C)</enum><text>design safety and
construction standards for all pipelines and any access and service roads that
minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, adverse effects on—</text>
<clause id="ID773cf2a988a14fcea5b6584852ba0021"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
passage of migratory species (such as caribou); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7594b608e01e47abb51bb18c517f4083"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the flow of
surface water by requiring the use of culverts, bridges, or other structural
devices;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcaefde8f99b143d69644d6e547643c41"><enum>(D)</enum><text>prohibitions on
general public access to, and use of, all pipeline access and service
roads;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID55919ee21bce41d6b812521d3014c0cb"><enum>(E)</enum><text>stringent
reclamation and rehabilitation requirements in accordance with this subtitle
for the removal from the Coastal Plain of all oil and gas development and
production facilities, structures, and equipment on completion of oil and gas
production operations, except in a case in which the Secretary determines that
those facilities, structures, or equipment—</text>
<clause id="ID780fc3505cce448aac375f297a28eaf8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>would assist in
the management of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0bc5881376cd473f8d01b2ba875bc200"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are donated to
the United States for that purpose;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9231060fb85f4b6d90223e9211c6dcf7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on—</text>
<clause id="ID5fe0df512a674375b01c9760ecf9f576"><enum>(i)</enum><text>access by all
modes of transportation;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1c0e10cacc8b43d09935de3f7d59e69e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sand and gravel
extraction; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9a8dd6a854f546a08f5436e129423879"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>use of
explosives;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6ab2722409d1487e9bca5e26fefbfca8"><enum>(G)</enum><text>reasonable
stipulations for protection of cultural and archaeological resources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID00cb9eaf9f004921af5b5c3fb40353ac"><enum>(H)</enum><text>measures to
protect groundwater and surface water, including—</text>
<clause id="IDe96772105a8f4c35b766bd2f386cc9c3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>avoidance, to the
maximum extent practicable, of springs, streams, and river systems;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc8f46cf9953342b3a00c7a003d3c0221"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the protection
of natural surface drainage patterns and wetland and riparian habitats;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID92a4411090d846e79764231dbe923a4b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the regulation
of methods or techniques for developing or transporting adequate supplies of
water for exploratory drilling; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID22c11030cbd545b1be87f1fbe7624f83"><enum>(I)</enum><text>research,
monitoring, and reporting requirements;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0aa70baed27f465d9f2f46bedf2bf322"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that exploration
activities (except surface geological studies) be limited to the period between
approximately November 1 and May 1 of each year and be supported, if necessary,
by ice roads, winter trails with adequate snow cover, ice pads, ice airstrips,
and air transport methods (except that those exploration activities may be
permitted at other times if the Secretary determines that the exploration will
have no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife
habitat, subsistence resources, and the environment of the Coastal
Plain);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1119c673423a467f863a71042c55d62c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>consolidation of
facility siting;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4cc4543affc54ada92527d374adaee89"><enum>(5)</enum><text>avoidance or
reduction of air traffic-related disturbance to fish and wildlife;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID85741a8941854cd99a781b72060ee084"><enum>(6)</enum><text>treatment and
disposal of hazardous and toxic wastes, solid wastes, reserve pit fluids,
drilling muds and cuttings, and domestic wastewater, including, in accordance
with applicable Federal and State environmental laws (including
regulations)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID56e19fefc66548e6ac1325b8e37c6df3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>preparation of an
annual waste management report;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa8bb03cbbe524acbabac0726ce67199b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>development and
implementation of a hazardous materials tracking system; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID039bda4ea6034bce8a76668b51cbb7ca"><enum>(C)</enum><text>prohibition on
the use of chlorinated solvents;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8b27afead6c3476fbd420d0c216d77b7"><enum>(7)</enum><text>fuel storage and
oil spill contingency planning;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe17fd4211b0749d8b0c4dde724645a4a"><enum>(8)</enum><text>conduct of
periodic field crew environmental briefings;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd9f13eed7eeb4d73a47efcd660d32b62"><enum>(9)</enum><text>avoidance of
significant adverse effects on subsistence hunting, fishing, and
trapping;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9ac47eacc88b4cbd9ce8e6463b29b557"><enum>(10)</enum><text>compliance with
applicable air and water quality standards;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe2a6472e68154e35ba46e3ae6730fd32"><enum>(11)</enum><text>appropriate
seasonal and safety zone designations around well sites, within which
subsistence hunting and trapping shall be limited; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcd56be6f0d11480dafc9ecd1000ba2b8"><enum>(12)</enum><text>development and
implementation of such other protective environmental requirements,
restrictions, terms, or conditions as the Secretary, after consultation with
the State of Alaska, North Slope Borough, Alaska, and the City of Kaktovik,
Alaska, determines to be necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4452a15485594d578104503f4f508c85"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
preparing and issuing regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions,
prohibitions, or stipulations under this section, the Secretary shall take into
consideration—</text>
<paragraph id="ID370cd32af5004e52980a789a1aaab109"><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="ID33d6be84b24946b39176dec8730b2833"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the environmental
protection standards that governed the initial Coastal Plain seismic
exploration program under parts 37.31 through 37.33 of title 50, Code of
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID65944fba7c6c4cd68671d11b11819d93"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the land use
stipulations for exploratory drilling on the KIC–ASRC private land described in
Appendix 2 of the agreement between Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and the
United States dated August 9, 1983.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3b075ec49093405eabf8e726fb6c3f91"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Facility
consolidation planning</header>
<paragraph id="ID284916702b8640a485766d017b5d5faa"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>After providing for public notice and comment, the
Secretary shall prepare and periodically update a plan to govern, guide, and
direct the siting and construction of facilities for the exploration,
development, production, and transportation of oil and gas resources from the
Coastal Plain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeb32cf3cecc44f69ae4fef19f0e4d372"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
objectives of the plan shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1ba89837216a45f2b14fc59e32004e40"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the avoidance of
unnecessary duplication of facilities and activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDda71a6d4bae646f9bfbedf59b0219720"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the encouragement
of consolidation of common facilities and activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe7b6a1ef328b4481aadef5d13f139a18"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the location or
confinement of facilities and activities to areas that will minimize impact on
fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, subsistence resources, and the
environment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7bf27a14a21b44e49310991dfff39081"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the use of
existing facilities, to the maximum extent practicable; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDefc19d16cb484956b720878925cff1f6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the enhancement
of compatibility between wildlife values and development activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID09faddec2ce64a3cb8bd27fa9a866264"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Access to
public land</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDc8bc418f59894c84a4e5ac3973a6d135"><enum>(1)</enum><text>manage public
land in the Coastal Plain in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of section
811 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3121);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2d1fe943f0954834b77c52745d7dc5a1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that local
residents shall have reasonable access to public land in the Coastal Plain for
traditional uses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDa8aa44205b694a8386cc4b5e74379d27"><enum>117.</enum><header>Rights-of-way
and easements across coastal plain</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of section 1102(4)(A) of the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3162(4)(A)), any
rights-of-way or easements across the Coastal Plain for the exploration,
development, production, or transportation of oil and gas shall be considered
to be established incident to the management of the Coastal Plain under this
section.</text>
</section><section id="IDe9d499f6611844ec9df049b730873ece"><enum>118.</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 1302(h)(2) of the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3192(h)(2)), to
remove any cloud on title to land, and to clarify land ownership patterns in
the Coastal Plain, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf502707af38a44649b7de83c7b9fe13a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to the extent
necessary to fulfill the entitlement of the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation under
sections 12 and 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611,
1613), as determined by the Secretary, convey to that Corporation the surface
estate of the land described in paragraph (1) of Public Land Order 6959, in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement between the
Secretary, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land
Management, and the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, dated January 22, 1993;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5ae950a1eb84490b815475ebdf0658c8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>convey to the
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation the remaining subsurface estate to which that
Corporation is entitled under the agreement between that corporation and the
United States, dated August 9, 1983.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDfd742ebc420c463a9ba486c7f8003f11"><enum>119.</enum><header>Local
government impact aid and community service assistance</header>
<subsection id="IDa2858e9b5a06412aab847f3641e8587f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
of fund</header>
<paragraph id="IDb7a95aaee9ac41c98f804a812d9c1403"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As a condition on the receipt of funds under section
120(1), the State of Alaska shall establish in the treasury of the State, and
administer in accordance with this section, a fund to be known as the
<quote>Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund</quote>
(referred to in this section as the <quote>Fund</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb23b522803e841888f66f739508c4ed5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>Subject
to paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit into the Fund,
$35,000,000 each year from the amount available under section 120(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID033eaa05ba5346928392a24fd35f32dc"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Investment</header><text>The
Governor of the State of Alaska (referred to in this section as the
<quote>Governor</quote>) shall invest amounts in the Fund in interest-bearing
securities of the United States or the State of Alaska.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID49ac3371fff1444b9fb0ffcf81a0265f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>The
Governor, in cooperation with the Mayor of the North Slope Borough, shall use
amounts in the Fund to provide assistance to North Slope Borough, Alaska, the
City of Kaktovik, Alaska, and any other borough, municipal subdivision,
village, or other community in the State of Alaska that is directly impacted by
exploration for, or the production of, oil or gas on the Coastal Plain under
this subtitle, or any Alaska Native Regional Corporation acting on behalf of
the villages and communities within its region whose land lies along the right
of way of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, as determined by the
Governor.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8e5a21acd7fc44f6aae4d40edbaeeb04"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="IDe8e708ed796c4de9b7cb14d80fa0e9c8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To receive assistance under subsection (b), a community
or Regional Corporation described in that subsection shall submit to the
Governor, or to the Mayor of the North Slope Borough, an application in such
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Governor may
require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcb04de8eabeb4fd988713a29df8401fb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Action by north
slope borough</header><text>The Mayor of the North Slope Borough shall submit
to the Governor each application received under paragraph (1) as soon as
practicable after the date on which the application is received.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID653afdbe30d742c7945a595c64a71d83"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistance of
Governor</header><text>The Governor shall assist communities in submitting
applications under this subsection, to the maximum extent practicable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2081db14c09d4eaba3b54df2a114fc5e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>A community or Regional Corporation that receives funds
under subsection (b) may use the funds—</text>
<paragraph id="ID69a18302b3624b95a5e631f1f04d5e80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to plan for
mitigation, implement a mitigation plan, or maintain a mitigation project to
address the potential effects of oil and gas exploration and development on
environmental, social, cultural, recreational, and subsistence resources of the
community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1dfa1c418a7f4c9ab7e9047843f81c80"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to develop, carry
out, and maintain—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9020af3a87eb4e57bc340a837756d037"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a project to
provide new or expanded public facilities; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc17532feaccd48548a7b92e015470f33"><enum>(B)</enum><text>services to
address the needs and problems associated with the effects described in
paragraph (1), including firefighting, police, water and waste treatment, first
responder, and other medical services;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd596e731b830487583b24aab589e3235"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to compensate
residents of the Coastal Plain for significant damage to environmental, social,
cultural, recreational, or subsistence resources; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID97070119d3bd4773bb69d987cde5334c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the City of
Kaktovik, Alaska—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID65aeb8efd80b4238bc12d5e0f3ecbada"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to develop a
mechanism for providing members of the Kaktovikmiut Inupiat community an
opportunity to—</text>
<clause id="ID3127648267ce496b9272d36277dd12cf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>monitor
development on the Coastal Plain; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0ba5687c2da04189852c0ee8763f854f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide
information and recommendations to the Governor based on traditional aboriginal
knowledge of the natural resources, flora, fauna, and ecological processes of
the Coastal Plain; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDaa45f6ad6ee54512b91fa200ee2f71f5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to establish a
local coordination office, to be managed by the Mayor of the North Slope
Borough, in coordination with the City of Kaktovik, Alaska—</text>
<clause id="ID630fd32c7ce14403b00ca1ef651dc3f0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
coordinate with and advise developers on local conditions and the history of
areas affected by development;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8a88141df88f47a8b07d3708738f71f9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to
provide to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate annual reports on the
status of the coordination between developers and communities affected by
development;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3004377366df4833bae65de68e4c29e5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to collect from
residents of the Coastal Plain information regarding the impacts of development
on fish, wildlife, habitats, subsistence resources, and the environment of the
Coastal Plain; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID484162d2de4042f9b9cb655bd1088bf0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to
ensure that the information collected under clause (iii) is submitted
to—</text>
<subclause id="ID004a61634b99423a8c137ab38c315cc6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>developers;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID2956dda3121a456a897ce3152f51148d"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any appropriate
Federal agency.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID12f6a98ec3544822aba933c343c33e5a"><enum>120.</enum><header>Allocation of
revenues</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding the
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or any other provision of law, of
the adjusted bonus, rental, and royalty receipts from Federal oil and gas
leasing and operations authorized under this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="id46BF5345769244CA91C4D6E71DDAFAC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>27 percent shall
be disbursed to the State of Alaska.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id31B9F166D442422A8E167C6A30FDE0EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be deposited in the Conservation Reserve Account established by section
201(a)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id987C39DDCEE746FEBC1879E46192F463"><enum>(3)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be deposited in the Renewable Energy Reserve Account established by section
201(a)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9C2DD2EA07DF42E78D2395004288DFEC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>20 percent shall
be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury of the United States for debt
reduction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id33266EB128BA40B4B1A9E267643D2F53"><enum>(5)</enum><text>3 percent shall
be available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for carrying out the
low-income home energy assistance program established under the Low-Income Home
Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idC8C50B5D97244D8F8ECF029E28D735FD"><enum>C</enum><header>Oil
shale</header>
<section id="IDf6bfce1956f64a10bd475b01ce286f18"><enum>131.</enum><header>Removal of
prohibition on final regulations for commercial leasing program for oil shale
resources on public land</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 433 of the Department of the
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public
Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2152) is repealed.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Alternative
energy and conservation</header>
<subtitle id="idD73B2CDE2BB34CBD909BE31D8CCD0475"><enum>A</enum><header>Conservation
Reserve and Renewable Energy Reserve Accounts</header>
<section id="id9DC8DFC97C3E4544B0B73FFDF05F82A5"><enum>201.</enum><header>Conservation
Reserve and Renewable Energy Reserve Accounts</header>
<subsection id="IDd4cbd5c2840d4b75a2330fa723663005"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For budgetary purposes, there are established in the
Treasury of the United States as separate accounts—</text>
<paragraph id="IDadcddc58a7124135b06560a5fa0a95a0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Conservation
Reserve Account, to offset the cost of legislation enacted on or after the date
of enactment of this Act for conservation programs (including weatherization)
and conservation tax credits and deductions for energy efficiency in the
residential, commercial, industrial, and public sectors (including conservation
districts); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5a35856ddfa84b5f8bea65e8f39b6fef"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Renewable
Energy Reserve Account, to offset the cost of legislation enacted on or after
the date of enactment of this Act—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5D3C05AFA4C245D3940F4993E233CBE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to accelerate the
use of cleaner domestic energy resources and alternative fuels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5A77BE449AA74020B2C9EA7E51F28D2B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to promote the
use of energy-efficient products and practices; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE260A11785E84EEEA603FC97ECF04BA4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to increase
research, development, and deployment of clean renewable energy and efficiency
technologies and job training programs for those purposes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDbacf4e71a4644f269495891c5221a44d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedure for
adjustments</header>
<paragraph id="IDd35816685f1c4aa9af97aa5b3a2d42ac"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Budget
committee chairman</header><text>After the reporting of a bill or joint
resolution, or the offering of an amendment or the submission of a conference
report for a bill or joint resolution, that provides funding for the purposes
described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) in excess of the amount of
the deposits under this Act or an amendment made by this Act for those purposes
for fiscal year 2009, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the
applicable House of Congress shall make the adjustments described in paragraph
(2) for the amount of new budget authority and outlays in that measure and the
outlays resulting from the budget authority.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7edec98d932b451caa5d699255b7929f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters to be
adjusted</header><text>The adjustments referred to in paragraph (1) shall be
made to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID470d867e6b4842a889bf0640079bd745"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the discretionary
spending limits, if any, specified in the appropriate concurrent resolution on
the budget;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDff12db8de3134c9e8edeefb24c34e5c0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the allocations
made pursuant to the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant
to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a));
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8dfff063d5cf444b80ce7a52c5946d9d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the budget
aggregates contained in the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget as
required by section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
632(a)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8eb05fe02e6746319f5e4d9ae4968206"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amounts of
adjustments</header><text>The adjustments referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2)
shall not exceed the receipts estimated by the Congressional Budget Office that
are attributable to this Act and the amendments made by this Act for the fiscal
year in which the adjustments are made.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDbd239d19e52b4995a0559c8724a85a52"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Legislation
shall not be treated as legislation referred to in subsection (a) unless any
expenditure under the legislation for a purpose referred to in that subsection
may be made only after consultation with (as appropriate)—</text>
<paragraph id="idD1CBD2938A924FB6905DFC19D23F54FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA874DE55845040AC8AAE20341848B78C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Administrator
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4B170FDCC3A342F3815C9ED03C171C36"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Secretary of
the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB3002EB1414C41C1800BF1BFCF3671D2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Secretary of
State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa30abeb2f6fd47e58992943fa2978617"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Maintenance of
effort by States</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Energy, and any other Federal
official with authority to implement legislation referred to in subsection (a)
shall ensure that financial assistance provided to a State under the
legislation for any purpose with amounts made available under this section or
in any legislation with respect to which subsection (a) applies supplements,
and does not replace, the amounts expended by the State for that purpose before
the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idD7804CD68AD74F04AB45B62675F8B0ED"><enum>B</enum><header>Department of
Defense facilitation of secure domestic fuel development</header>
<section id="ID1c8af48bbef74700bceed85b2ad077d9"><enum>211.</enum><header>Procurement
and acquisition of alternative fuels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 526 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17142) is repealed.</text>
</section></subtitle>