1.This Act may be cited as the
American Energy Production and Price
Reduction Act
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Title I—Sense of Congress
Sec. 101. Sense of Congress.
Title II—American Oil Production
Subtitle A—Outer Continental Shelf
Sec. 201. Definitions under the Submerged Lands
Act.
Sec. 202. Seaward boundaries of States.
Sec. 203. Exceptions from confirmation and establishment of
States’ title, power, and rights.
Sec. 204. Definitions under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act.
Sec. 205. Determination of Adjacent Zones and Planning
Areas.
Sec. 206. Administration of leasing.
Sec. 207. Grant of leases by Secretary.
Sec. 208. Disposition of receipts.
Sec. 209. Reservation of lands and rights.
Sec. 210. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program.
Sec. 211. Coordination with Adjacent States.
Sec. 212. Environmental studies.
Sec. 213. Outer Continental Shelf incompatible use.
Sec. 214. Repurchase of certain leases.
Sec. 215. Offsite environmental mitigation.
Sec. 216. OCS regional headquarters.
Sec. 217. Leases for areas located within 100 miles of
California or Florida.
Sec. 218. Coastal impact assistance.
Sec. 219. Repeal of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of
2006.
Subtitle B—ANWR
Sec. 231. Short title.
Sec. 232. Definitions.
Sec. 233. Leasing program for lands within the Coastal
Plain.
Sec. 234. Lease sales.
Sec. 235. Grant of leases by the Secretary.
Sec. 236. Lease terms and conditions.
Sec. 237. Coastal Plain environmental protection.
Sec. 238. Expedited judicial review.
Sec. 239. Federal and State distribution of
revenues.
Sec. 240. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain.
Sec. 241. Conveyance.
Sec. 242. Local government impact aid and community service
assistance.
Title III—Nuclear Power
Sec. 301. Waste Confidence.
Sec. 302. ASME Nuclear Certification credit.
Title IV—Regulatory Burdens
Sec. 401. Greenhouse gas regulation under Clean Air
Act.
Sec. 402. NEPA judicial review.
Sec. 403. Repeal of 2007 amendments to renewable fuel
standard.
Sec. 404. Repeal of requirement to consult regarding impacts on
global warming and polar bear population.
Sec. 405. Light bulb choice.
Sec. 406. Repeal of deduction for income attributable to
domestic production activities.
Title V—Solar Power
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Exemption of solar energy projects from environmental
impact statement requirement.
Title VI—Natural Gas
Sec. 601. Natural gas vehicle research, development, and
demonstration projects.
Sec. 602. Alternative fuel credit with respect to compressed or
liquefied natural gas made permanent.
Sec. 603. Alternative fuel vehicle credit made permanent with
respect to vehicles powered by compressed or liquefied natural gas.
Sec. 604. Allowance of vehicle and infrastructure credits
against regular and minimum tax and transferability of credits.
Sec. 605. Credit for producing vehicles fueled by natural gas
or liquified natural gas.
Title VII—Clean Coal
Sec. 701. Coal-to-liquid facilities.
Sec. 702. Permanent extension of the credit for nonbusiness
energy property and the credit for gas produced from biomass and for synthetic
fuels produced from coal.
Sec. 703. Coal-to-liquid fuel loan guarantee
program.
Sec. 704. Coal-to-liquid facilities loan program.
Sec. 705. 7-year depreciation for clean coal technology or for
carbon sequestration technology installed or retro-fit at
power-plants.
Sec. 706. Extension of 50 cent per gallon alternative fuels
excise tax credit.
Sec. 707. Provides a 20 percent investment tax credit capped at
$200 million total per ctl plant placed in service before 2016.
Sec. 708. Reduces recovery period for certain energy production
and distribution facilities.
Sec. 709. DOE clean coal technology loan guarantees and direct
loans.
Sec. 710. Carbon dioxide storage capacity
assessment.
Sec. 711. Efficiency audit and quantification.
Title VIII—Tax Incentives
Sec. 801. Extension of credit for energy efficient
appliances.
Sec. 802. Extension of credit for nonbusiness energy
property.
Sec. 803. Extension of credit for residential energy efficient
property.
Sec. 804. Extension of new energy efficient home
credit.
Sec. 805. Extension of energy efficient commercial buildings
deduction.
Sec. 806. Extension of special rule to implement FERC and State
electric restructuring policy.
Sec. 807. Home energy audits.
Sec. 808. Extension of renewable electricity, refined coal, and
Indian coal production credit.
Sec. 809. Extension of energy credit.
Sec. 810. Credit for clean renewable energy bonds made
permanent.
Sec. 811. Extension of credits for biodiesel and renewable
diesel.
Sec. 812. Alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit
made permanent.
<enum>I</enum><header>Sense
of Congress</header>
<section id="H902C743CDA884FFD95C46BF780631826"><enum>101.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that at no time shall Congress enact legislation that will lead to the
increase of domestic energy prices.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>American Oil
Production</header>
<subtitle id="HF082C7BE6FCD4E2B826370D466096D03"><enum>A</enum><header>Outer Continental
Shelf</header>
<section id="H2DB75222DD264DD28E00F93CAD2BC572" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions under
the Submerged Lands Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Submerged Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1301) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2955189AEF014C7DA43B9B5052ECCAAF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(2) of paragraph (a) by striking all after <quote>seaward to a line</quote> and
inserting <quote>twelve nautical miles distant from the coast line of such
State;</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8F7E6DFCF0046DEABE5D3F9F0677275"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking out
paragraph (b) and redesignating the subsequent paragraphs in order as
paragraphs (b) through (g);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF99917CDED524F579DA4FF7AC83F05CD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (g) (as so redesignated) and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA63EC8307EF5408797E5A75A2B7AE5F0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H293E7C9E776A4209924E81F9B6948CD5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBDD29096E45D4BC9A22E6DDB1E18E842"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53BB4DADD6E64663B3E3CCB3A8783F6F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by defining
<quote>State</quote> as it is defined in section 2(r) of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(r)).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4ACA8E2CE3FC459D953EA70F5DD686BD"><enum>202.</enum><header>Seaward
boundaries of States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4
of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1312) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB6FB06ABDA8B4321933C1991AF9D000D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence by striking <quote>original</quote>, and in the same sentence by
striking <quote>three geographical</quote> and inserting <quote>twelve
nautical</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D696001BDD047B78ED76A1506083A28"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking all
after the first sentence and inserting the following: <quote>Extension and
delineation of lateral offshore State boundaries under the provisions of this
Act shall follow the lines used to determine the Adjacent Zones of coastal
States under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to the extent such lines
extend twelve nautical miles for the nearest coastline.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9FE70E037C77487AA804078D0CF7243F"><enum>203.</enum><header>Exceptions from
confirmation and establishment of States’ title, power, and
rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the
Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1313) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD6D010B2DFD24BAB8E0C67476EBC5245"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (a) through (c) in order as paragraphs (1) through (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H25A850E19E3B45CAB6E05E8D58258E3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(a)</quote> before <quote>There is excepted</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA555A48C0A2C4FF2A5C11A61F8EBEB29"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAC028F23688B43B1AD765205B01D1BDB" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD8CBAECC1346401293261608F7F41ECE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception of Oil
and Gas Mineral Rights</header><text>There is excepted from the operation of
sections 3 and 4 all of the oil and gas mineral rights for lands beneath the
navigable waters that are located within the expanded offshore State seaward
boundaries established under this Act. These oil and gas mineral rights shall
remain Federal property and shall be considered to be part of the Federal outer
Continental Shelf for purposes of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) and subject to leasing under the authority of that Act and
to laws applicable to the leasing of the oil and gas resources of the Federal
outer Continental Shelf. All existing Federal oil and gas leases within the
expanded offshore State seaward boundaries shall continue unchanged by the
provisions of this Act, except as otherwise provided herein. However, a State
may exercise all of its sovereign powers of taxation within the entire extent
of its expanded offshore State
boundaries.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC1837229649C4146BFF5768A38B88E55"><enum>204.</enum><header>Definitions
under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7BB53128BDA243A5A45BFD63BDC784C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (f) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H550102CFDA9F42BA97DD540CC4243E71" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8A430132090E43EBB80C677414919E62"><enum>(f)</enum><text>The term
<quote>affected State</quote> means the <quote>Adjacent
State</quote>.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H320986B4538848FA955280EDDC0C0687"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
semicolon at the end of each of paragraphs (a) through (o) and inserting a
period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3F054311C97406796B41662F450EBA8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>; and</quote> at the end of paragraph (p) and inserting a period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66BEEB51B2A44AE885CCFD6BB280306E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H50208339EB244D3981D7A02CA15BDE94" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD8F5DFE5861C45968B4914D39C41DE52"><enum>(r)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Adjacent State</quote> means, with respect to any program, plan, lease
sale, leased tract, or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved
pursuant to the provisions of this Act, any State the laws of which are
declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States for
the portion of the outer Continental Shelf on which such program, plan, lease
sale, leased tract, or activity appertains or is, or is proposed to be,
conducted. For purposes of this paragraph, the term <quote>State</quote>
includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the other
territories of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H53520BD13AA64CBA84C56C8A6775BDD3"><enum>(s)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Adjacent Zone</quote> means, with respect to any program, plan, lease
sale, leased tract, or other activity proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant
to the provisions of this Act, the portion of the outer Continental Shelf for
which the laws of a particular Adjacent State are declared, pursuant to section
4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3B7CE7A16CB7495BB01D55AEF1FAF9DA"><enum>(t)</enum><text>The term
<quote>miles</quote> means statute miles.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H47E47A2E5F3F4EA7A0D8BAA9E36BE7D1"><enum>(u)</enum><text>The term
<quote>coastline</quote> has the same meaning as the term <quote>coast
line</quote> as defined in section 2(c) of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1301(c)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H102AA5D645C54CF786A54E07CD622BD9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Neighboring State</quote> means a coastal State having a common boundary
at the coastline with the Adjacent
State.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA1288B0656A4E2BA7EBAF52B5FB0353"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (a),
by inserting after <quote>control</quote> the following: <quote>or lying within
the United States exclusive economic zone adjacent to the territories of the
United States</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H474BCBCC216B471EACBB0369F2CBA9E3"><enum>205.</enum><header>Determination
of Adjacent Zones and Planning Areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(a)(2)(A) of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(2)(A)) is amended in the first sentence by
striking <quote>, and the President</quote> and all that follows through the
end of the sentence and inserting the following: <quote>. The lines extending
seaward and defining each State’s Adjacent Zone, and each OCS Planning Area,
are as indicated on the maps for each outer Continental Shelf region entitled
<quote>Alaska OCS Region State Adjacent Zone and OCS Planning Areas</quote>,
<quote>Pacific OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>,
<quote>Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning
Areas</quote>, and <quote>Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS
Planning Areas</quote>, all of which are dated September 2005 and on file in
the Office of the Director, Minerals Management Service.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H04B5EA763DCC4436967C87E47BD81C0E"><enum>206.</enum><header>Administration
of leasing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1334) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H647F23A29A9346CCAC43BD6E51BB4F67" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H92009ED652F84CD8891B284D27EBDF73"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Voluntary
Partial Relinquishment of a Lease</header><text>Any lessee of a producing lease
may relinquish to the Secretary any portion of a lease that the lessee has no
interest in producing and that the Secretary finds is geologically prospective.
In return for any such relinquishment, the Secretary shall provide to the
lessee a royalty incentive for the portion of the lease retained by the lessee,
in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary to carry out this
subsection. The Secretary shall publish final regulations implementing this
subsection within 365 days after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>American Energy Production and Price
Reduction Act</short-title>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE19E17D5489944B9B7BC94E0177F8819"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Natural Gas
Lease Regulations</header><text>Not later than July 1, 2010, the Secretary
shall publish a final regulation that shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD71271BE2FDA4F2F84337271B74D339B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish
procedures for entering into natural gas leases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD33843E8D294BFB9AB2384084E80E93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that
natural gas leases are only available for tracts on the outer Continental Shelf
that are wholly within 100 miles of the coastline within an area withdrawn from
disposition by leasing on the day after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>American Energy Production and Price
Reduction Act</short-title>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8067BBC61C84933A1C72F193431F4DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide that
natural gas leases shall contain the same rights and obligations established
for oil and gas leases, except as otherwise provided in the
<short-title>American Energy Production and Price
Reduction Act</short-title>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0971CEF549784C418DD26E82ADD0EF06"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide that, in
reviewing the adequacy of bids for natural gas leases, the value of any crude
oil estimated to be contained within any tract shall be excluded;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C15DC748AC845A2B8100EA9BAB737DE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide that any
crude oil produced from a well and reinjected into the leased tract shall not
be subject to payment of royalty, and that the Secretary shall consider, in
setting the royalty rates for a natural gas lease, the additional cost to the
lessee of not producing any crude oil; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06247D8F8CBE4BB4A6EC4C8783E2071E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide that any
Federal law that applies to an oil and gas lease on the outer Continental Shelf
shall apply to a natural gas lease unless otherwise clearly
inapplicable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H6887E057CE7E41D08F61A4F3BB0D8DDB"><enum>207.</enum><header>Grant of leases
by Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8 of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB24207543BC2463BA06153F8E00C41D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1) by inserting after the first sentence the following: <quote>Further, the
Secretary may grant natural gas leases in a manner similar to the granting of
oil and gas leases and under the various bidding systems available for oil and
gas leases.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4847D315A29C450D8B622F48876637AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end of subsection (b) the following: <quote>The Secretary may issue more than
one lease for a given tract if each lease applies to a separate and distinct
range of vertical depths, horizontal surface area, or a combination of the two.
The Secretary may issue regulations that the Secretary determines are necessary
to manage such leases consistent with the purposes of this Act.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4F6EE58DD0F44ECB40C5A42C921EDD2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (p)(2)(B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEC6F526E6CEA4EE4AA6C238081F7CE44" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HAF1E92008B584079BE962AD21EA93C2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall provide for the payment to coastal States, and their local coastal
governments, of 75 percent of Federal receipts from projects authorized under
this section located partially or completely within the area extending seaward
of State submerged lands out to 4 marine leagues from the coastline, and the
payment to coastal States of 50 percent of the receipts from projects
completely located in the area more than 4 marine leagues from the coastline.
Payments shall be based on a formula established by the Secretary by rulemaking
no later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>American Energy Production and Price
Reduction Act</short-title> that provides for equitable distribution, based on
proximity to the project, among coastal States that have coastline that is
located within 200 miles of the geographic center of the
project.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFCE040BD705470AB9DF27FA014D3ED0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8A87F31510AF4B5A830C18979FF90CD8" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H88610F321FEC4AB9A68E4294ECB2233C"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Natural Gas
Leases</header>
<paragraph id="H380B70E43671431A9E04439D1B47A9B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Right to produce
natural gas</header><text>A lessee of a natural gas lease shall have the right
to produce the natural gas from a field on a natural gas leased tract if the
Secretary estimates that the discovered field has at least 40 percent of the
economically recoverable Btu content of the field contained within natural gas
and such natural gas is economical to produce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED8DD20C196C45D38E355F55ED31B3E5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Crude
oil</header><text>A lessee of a natural gas lease may not produce crude oil
from the lease unless the Governor of the Adjacent State agrees to such
production.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFC4F6DB483D4E679421DBB5F9502662"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Estimates of btu
content</header><text>The Secretary shall make estimates of the natural gas Btu
content of discovered fields on a natural gas lease only after the completion
of at least one exploration well, the data from which has been tied to the
results of a three-dimensional seismic survey of the field. The Secretary may
not require the lessee to further delineate any discovered field prior to
making such estimates.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F05E06B2E67428285A50BE985DA134F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definition of
natural gas</header><text>For purposes of a natural gas lease, natural gas
means natural gas and all substances produced in association with gas,
including, but not limited to, hydrocarbon liquids (other than crude oil) that
are obtained by the condensation of hydrocarbon vapors and separate out in
liquid form from the produced gas stream.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5047A4FD6869419E9D126E4F1AB811D3"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Removal of
Restrictions on Joint Bidding in Certain Areas of the Outer Continental
Shelf</header><text>Restrictions on joint bidders shall no longer apply to
tracts located in the Alaska OCS Region. Such restrictions shall not apply to
tracts in other OCS regions determined to be <quote>frontier tracts</quote> or
otherwise <quote>high cost tracts</quote> under final regulations that shall be
published by the Secretary by not later than 365 days after the date of the
enactment of the <short-title>American Energy Production
and Price Reduction Act</short-title>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H764B187389AF4A048D70364ABBA81CD2"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Royalty
Suspension Provisions</header><text>After the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>American Energy Production and Price
Reduction Act</short-title>, price thresholds shall apply to any royalty
suspension volumes granted by the Secretary. Unless otherwise set by the
Secretary by regulation or for a particular lease sale, the price thresholds
shall be $40.50 for oil (January 1, 2006 dollars) and $6.75 for natural gas
(January 1, 2006 dollars).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H248811DCFCCD4B358395D85FF17316D2"><enum>(t)</enum><header>Conservation of
Resources Fees</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of the <short-title>American Energy Production
and Price Reduction Act</short-title>, the Secretary by regulation shall
establish a conservation of resources fee for nonproducing leases that will
apply to new and existing leases which shall be set at $3.75 per acre per year.
This fee shall apply from and after October 1, 2008, and shall be treated as
offsetting
receipts.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30C472909EC94862B143BE7D0E56072D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (a)(3)(A) and redesignating the subsequent subparagraphs as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76765ED3C2084BA3AFE720EE4E51E6EE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3)(A) (as so redesignated) by striking <quote>In the Western</quote> and
all that follows through <quote>the Secretary</quote> the first place it
appears and inserting <quote>The Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8FEE37DBF58475AA7800A18D78F2419"><enum>(7)</enum><text>effective October
1, 2009, in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA12C3B316C5C42B49E14582F8C585E19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking all
after <quote>(g)</quote>, except paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE941CF40486149EC817C66F359B7B298"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
last sentence of paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16284C91E6184B118CB1766C3E663609"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(3)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H8F361CA83B274308AEF496DB2FFB5F0F"><enum>208.</enum><header>Disposition of
receipts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1338) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC65FF6E1A71741A8A0BE7A552AD964BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by designating the
existing text as subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC3791F77E36445292A2CB82C143280B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
(as so designated) by inserting <quote>, if not paid as otherwise provided in
this title</quote> after <quote>receipts</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32B855B536E441268B09FB36E5D3924F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7919902201094BB4A42576DE6DAA2CFB" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HFBEE95A8C6C14C27AE2E8B1412CDF8B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of OCS
Receipts From Tracts Completely Within 100 Miles of the Coastline</header>
<paragraph id="HAFA1D2B404454C278B20BDF6FDD3CB19"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>The
Secretary shall deposit into a separate account in the Treasury the portion of
OCS Receipts for each fiscal year that will be shared under paragraphs (2),
(3), and (4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB33FF68D42F479B8D98E710565E22F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Phased-in
receipts sharing</header>
<subparagraph id="H854552CA097441AD8CA5A53605294D20"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Beginning October
1, 2009, the Secretary shall share OCS Receipts derived from the following
areas:</text>
<clause id="H9AB51AF267734CC8B3693873ABEB2BC8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Lease tracts
located on portions of the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region completely beyond 4 marine
leagues from any coastline and completely within 100 miles of any coastline
that were available for leasing under the 2002–2007 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas
Leasing Program.</text>
</clause><clause id="H653BEABFD8FE474786FF110733A961E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Lease tracts in
production prior to October 1, 2008, completely beyond 4 marine leagues from
any coastline and completely within 100 miles of any coastline located on
portions of the OCS that were not available for leasing under the 2002–2007
5-Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program.</text>
</clause><clause id="H6036BF12585247618D72C0A93B7D1E20"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Lease tracts for
which leases are issued prior to October 1, 2008, located in the Alaska OCS
Region completely beyond 4 marine leagues from any coastline and completely
within 100 miles of the coastline.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58F4C89695C74758AE4207F0F517D2A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall share the following percentages of OCS Receipts from the leases described
in subparagraph (A) derived during the fiscal year indicated:</text>
<clause id="H869B0E0E62814ADFAB9282732FD15BE2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2010, 5 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF35BE56A9567402E8B03EAA994D07359"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2011, 10 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H758B6C37FC804B58A5997BF117C84A33"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2012, 14 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H563DCCABA0084557AA91F0DBE36B47F2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2013, 19 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H987891130E1F447A896904D78E83C1D7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2014, 23 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF06437D376E1444EA545B667A65D9B81"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2015, 27 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE544598C61374B4C9D1136371ACD651F"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2016, 31 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3F52DF570DF5436D9F0620313165104E"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2017, 35 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H571CC89F9D1E4896A686AD715DB50ABE"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2018, 39 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3FD62696F98140BAB396E89D6B05BAD0"><enum>(x)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2019, 43 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H67A2D462837E4457B997997911A40CAD"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2020, 47 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HAD5DB044FC954B4384F70E148F6CE458"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2021 and each subsequent fiscal year, 50 percent.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7FEC31FC6FF42BA965B7F209F8647DB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The provisions of
this paragraph shall not apply to leases that could not have been issued but
for section 5(k) of this Act or section 106(2) of the
<short-title>American Energy Production and Price
Reduction Act</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1851BC06D4BD43648726CFDAA6E0E479"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Immediate
receipts sharing</header><text>Beginning October 1, 2009, the Secretary shall
share 50 percent of OCS Receipts derived from all leases located completely
beyond 4 marine leagues from any coastline and completely within 100 miles of
any coastline not included within the provisions of paragraph (2), and 100
percent of the balance of such OCS Receipts shall be directed toward reducing
the national deficit and if such a deficit does not exist then the OCS Receipts
shall be directed toward reducing the national debt.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HECA530F34F6449A9BBEDDA900FD5B555"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Receipts sharing
from tracts within 4 marine leagues of any coastline</header>
<subparagraph id="H57476EA4C79F4C51AC9D276D2FED50DA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Areas described
in paragraph (2)</header><text>Beginning October 1, 2009, and continuing
through September 30, 2011, the Secretary shall share 25 percent of OCS
Receipts derived from all leases located within 4 marine leagues from any
coastline within areas described in paragraph (2). For each fiscal year after
September 30, 2010, the Secretary shall increase the percent shared in 5
percent increments each fiscal year until the sharing rate for all leases
located within 4 marine leagues from any coastline within areas described in
paragraph (2) becomes 75 percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H185D93B4246841618FC2D944799BC343"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Areas not
described in paragraph (2)</header><text>Beginning October 1, 2009, the
Secretary shall share 75 percent of OCS Receipts derived from all leases
located completely or partially within 4 marine leagues from any coastline
within areas not described paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H349259B1F4C64C0DAC8ADBF09C60B1B5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Allocations</header><text>The
Secretary shall allocate the OCS Receipts deposited into the separate account
established by paragraph (1) that are shared under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)
as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0D0892B181674B33B58CDD4235470CC8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Bonus
bids</header><text>Deposits derived from bonus bids from a leased tract,
including interest thereon, shall be allocated at the end of each fiscal year
to the Adjacent State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC123E1C91D744DDD83AAA3C64B8D31FE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Royalties</header><text>Deposits
derived from royalties from a leased tract, including interest thereon, shall
be allocated at the end of each fiscal year to the Adjacent State and any other
producing State or States with a leased tract within its Adjacent Zone within
100 miles of its coastline that generated royalties during the fiscal year, if
the other producing States have a coastline point within 300 miles of any
portion of the leased tract, in which case the amount allocated for the leased
tract shall be—</text>
<clause id="HFD000FED0DBC452293D0F58B26A828CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>one-third to the
Adjacent State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2A016D53DB444AAA8FA8EAB2070B9620"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>two-thirds to
each producing State, including the Adjacent State, inversely proportional to
the distance between the nearest point on the coastline of the producing State
and the geographic center of the leased tract.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE33F8F9FDCE84F309AECB23F4DC05E34"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of OCS
Receipts From Tracts Partially or Completely Beyond 100 Miles of the
Coastline</header>
<paragraph id="H339B44A361C3421EAAB95528BDA5D17F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>The
Secretary shall deposit into a separate account in the Treasury the portion of
OCS Receipts for each fiscal year that will be shared under paragraphs (2) and
(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76F2DFB7EE914CE8824A12413E95B139"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Phased-in
receipts sharing</header>
<subparagraph id="H986B1DDFC224468CA19E30729750D8FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Beginning October
1, 2009, the Secretary shall share OCS Receipts derived from the following
areas:</text>
<clause id="H06D9CCECC33F4827B57B9FD5E4EBE0A2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Lease tracts
located on portions of the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region partially or completely
beyond 100 miles of any coastline that were available for leasing under the
2002–2007 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program.</text>
</clause><clause id="H8207C3D98E5941569382BD11E8C3A8B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Lease tracts in
production prior to October 1, 2009, partially or completely beyond 100 miles
of any coastline located on portions of the OCS that were not available for
leasing under the 2002–2007 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE90307A712F54DA1A63B3748CF8BE62B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Lease tracts for
which leases are issued prior to October 1, 2009, located in the Alaska OCS
Region partially or completely beyond 100 miles of the coastline.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A8739BB2BF14A29976B153312937ED9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall share the following percentages of OCS Receipts from the leases described
in subparagraph (A) derived during the fiscal year indicated:</text>
<clause id="H4082E6BFF74B4220ACA5C6E462DA5DF1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2010, 5 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HBAF5822AD7CC4F4FA9F0A1A43C6FA72B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2011, 10 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD82F3DB52BA64872812F470D20C21C2F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2012, 14 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE228F608DE444163A77B55D287EA891D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2013, 19 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB0A0903E037E4D2881D7916BF93108E1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2014, 23 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3EB618C403794FF09B669E9862ADEE32"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2015, 27 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H42699B705F12400EAD6A2DE19B3586D7"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2016, 31 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H6719FA3600874EAD9BE25E1686AD2718"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2017, 35 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H40E80C39BFAA4292844A51C705B07EA4"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2018, 39 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF6C9734F63834CFDA4AFB697B9DF8A21"><enum>(x)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2019, 43 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H14AE8CCE8D9F41BF85175C9BA57339A0"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2020, 47 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE9A59AC0EFD54DD09392EEA02BB60832"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2021 and each subsequent fiscal year, 50 percent.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE03F215A7A6141FC943FC2766E2D682C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The provisions of
this paragraph shall not apply to leases that could not have been issued but
for section 5(k) of this Act or section 106(2) of the
<short-title>American Energy Production and Price
Reduction Act</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0B3E1EED1C7748CFA483219B89299715"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Immediate
receipts sharing</header><text>Beginning October 1, 2009, the Secretary shall
share 50 percent of OCS Receipts derived on and after October 1, 2009, from all
leases located partially or completely beyond 100 miles of any coastline not
included within the provisions of paragraph (2), except that the Secretary
shall only share 25 percent of such OCS Receipts derived from all such leases
within a State’s Adjacent Zone if no leasing is allowed within any portion of
that State’s Adjacent Zone located completely within 100 miles of any
coastline.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4485672D5A204E94BEB8B7E246E98065"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Allocations</header><text>The
Secretary shall allocate the OCS Receipts deposited into the separate account
established by paragraph (1) that are shared under paragraphs (2) and (3) as
follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H225672C565C948C8A426C86FB7DBD562"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Bonus
bids</header><text>Deposits derived from bonus bids from a leased tract,
including interest thereon, shall be allocated at the end of each fiscal year
to the Adjacent State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BA1F12EEFD74CA5BCB4CB6CDA3EAE67"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Royalties</header><text>Deposits
derived from royalties from a leased tract, including interest thereon, shall
be allocated at the end of each fiscal year to the Adjacent State and any other
producing State or States with a leased tract within its Adjacent Zone
partially or completely beyond 100 miles of its coastline that generated
royalties during the fiscal year, if the other producing State or States have a
coastline point within 300 miles of any portion of the leased tract, in which
case the amount allocated for the leased tract shall be—</text>
<clause id="HC3C89540ADC5475CA6AA9009B12BFF3E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>one-third to the
Adjacent State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H884826A7F2D1485194B1AD4A5879A802"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>two-thirds to
each producing State, including the Adjacent State, inversely proportional to
the distance between the nearest point on the coastline of the producing State
and the geographic center of the leased tract.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD1AE1BC13CCB4038AF7400305E5CD9B4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transmission of
Allocations</header>
<paragraph id="H0FC17474CB1B4995A21833226F689DC6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year,
the Secretary shall transmit—</text>
<subparagraph id="H037819038F224740A8AA781EBF47EDC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to each State 60
percent of such State’s allocations under subsections (b)(5)(A), (b)(5)(B),
(c)(4)(A), and (c)(4)(B) for the immediate prior fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H532BBBCA633A47B6A02C94E52ADA0846"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to each coastal
county-equivalent and municipal political subdivision of such State a total of
40 percent of such State’s allocations under subsections (b)(5)(A), (b)(5)(B),
(c)(4)(A), and (c)(4)(B), together with all accrued interest thereon;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7FC83AA658142AE8C9F517BFBCCB2FE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the remaining
allocations under subsections (b)(5) and (c)(4), together with all accrued
interest thereon.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2D30DCDC97C4711BDB2563F06DB000B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocations to
coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions</header><text>The Secretary
shall make an initial allocation of the OCS Receipts to be shared under
paragraph (1)(B) as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H391826EB69154DA9930764652F01FD47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be allocated to coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions that are
completely more than 25 miles landward of the coastline and at least a part of
which lies not more than 75 miles landward from the coastline, with the
allocation among such coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions based on
population.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F52CBEFC1374903B451DB2FFB98FDDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>75 percent shall
be allocated to coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions that are
completely or partially less than 25 miles landward of the coastline, with the
allocation among such coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions to be
further allocated as follows:</text>
<clause id="H00BD004325564A9A89DBF00F2358DC03"><enum>(i)</enum><text>25
percent shall be allocated based on the ratio of such coastal county-equivalent
political subdivision’s population to the coastal population of all coastal
county-equivalent political subdivisions in the State.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5123D4D194CF44FAB8735FD30C58CE11"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be allocated based on the ratio of such coastal county-equivalent political
subdivision’s coastline miles to the coastline miles of all coastal
county-equivalent political subdivisions in the State as calculated by the
Secretary. In such calculations, coastal county-equivalent political
subdivisions without a coastline shall be considered to have 50 percent of the
average coastline miles of the coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions
that do have coastlines.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF80033E0511C49D98AC36371234731A5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be allocated to all coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions having a
coastline point within 300 miles of the leased tract for which OCS Receipts are
being shared based on a formula that allocates the funds based on such coastal
county-equivalent political subdivision’s relative distance from the leased
tract.</text>
</clause><clause id="HCF3A2989275B41C3B63728BA26909ED0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be allocated to all coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions having a
coastline point within 300 miles of the leased tract for which OCS Receipts are
being shared based on the relative level of outer Continental Shelf oil and gas
activities in a coastal political subdivision compared to the level of outer
Continental Shelf activities in all coastal political subdivisions in the
State. The Secretary shall define the term <quote>outer Continental Shelf oil
and gas activities</quote> for purposes of this subparagraph to include, but
not be limited to, construction of vessels, drillships, and platforms involved
in exploration, production, and development on the outer Continental Shelf;
support and supply bases, ports, and related activities; offices of geologists,
geophysicists, engineers, and other professionals involved in support of
exploration, production, and development of oil and gas on the outer
Continental Shelf; pipelines and other means of transporting oil and gas
production from the outer Continental Shelf; and processing and refining of oil
and gas production from the outer Continental Shelf. For purposes of this
subparagraph, if a coastal county-equivalent political subdivision does not
have a coastline, its coastal point shall be the point on the coastline closest
to it.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H72F741EE61334E4BA8BD304AAD4EAECB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocations to
coastal municipal political subdivisions</header><text>The initial allocation
to each coastal county-equivalent political subdivision under paragraph (2)
shall be further allocated to the coastal county-equivalent political
subdivision and any coastal municipal political subdivisions located partially
or wholly within the boundaries of the coastal county-equivalent political
subdivision as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFCF69A76C0594089AC6BFA4111988474"><enum>(A)</enum><text>One-third shall be
allocated to the coastal county-equivalent political subdivision.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1BA08AA32FD44BE686D79667389384B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Two-thirds shall
be allocated on a per capita basis to the municipal political subdivisions and
the county-equivalent political subdivision, with the allocation to the latter
based upon its population not included within the boundaries of a municipal
political subdivision.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H38D53B9430484656A0027AFF6F672F19"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Investment of
Deposits</header><text>Amounts deposited under this section shall be invested
by the Secretary of the Treasury in securities backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States having maturities suitable to the needs of the
account in which they are deposited and yielding the highest reasonably
available interest rates as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H252FF0496EB846A28BFCF94126B7B55A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of
Funds</header><text>A recipient of funds under this section may use the funds
for one or more of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HE7609C1E65DB4448AA2F178AEB0A1D62"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To reduce in-State
college tuition at public institutions of higher learning and otherwise support
public education, including career technical education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5BC30317FC2446AA885D70447A22321B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To make
transportation infrastructure improvements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9B00E91AE434CAFB22A9479E954B560"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To reduce
taxes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF74932DE374C4D20BA4E56BD31E709B3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To promote, fund,
and provide for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD6F49318768F4E259904E95AFAFADE02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coastal or
environmental restoration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E7C9FEF6EEA49899CB6C3AFD12B5CD2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fish, wildlife,
and marine life habitat enhancement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31B6362C05524CF888E229AD7DBBA6B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>waterways
construction and maintenance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68300F20702E470689489A8437D24D33"><enum>(D)</enum><text>levee construction
and maintenance and shore protection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83C7FBA272774005A2816F5CEBE12C6A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>marine and
oceanographic education and research.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1E65EECD63024D4F90141A40FF8AC2F5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To promote, fund,
and provide for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0C6369000AFD4283BFA84163EF416153"><enum>(A)</enum><text>infrastructure
associated with energy production activities conducted on the outer Continental
Shelf;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H560B92D692CF45568DCB66943D70D086"><enum>(B)</enum><text>energy
demonstration projects;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9F1A19531744AA49EC6338D6908E24E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>supporting
infrastructure for shore-based energy projects;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40832DAA344949A495D5DD42BFD49308"><enum>(D)</enum><text>State geologic
programs, including geologic mapping and data storage programs, and State
geophysical data acquisition;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H606D3B33B7034447AD2D7ACBCA680FD2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>State seismic
monitoring programs, including operation of monitoring stations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24F378A0BF6440B2B728A050B3956D02"><enum>(F)</enum><text>development of oil
and gas resources through enhanced recovery techniques;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA033523FA23844CC94DF44C97FD8C3F7"><enum>(G)</enum><text>alternative energy
development, including biofuels, coal-to-liquids, oil shale, tar sands,
geothermal, geopressure, wind, waves, currents, hydro, and other renewable
energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1D2C599699C482E870A65A6F6618DF5"><enum>(H)</enum><text>energy efficiency
and conservation programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H257925FBA38E4385BB991588C8B674C0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>front-end
engineering and design for facilities that produce liquid fuels from
hydrocarbons and other biological matter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5709F1B419594E58B7E0E769B9D0FB8B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>To promote, fund,
and provide for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H171AF54DC7D94F96B80316C3A86F5E4A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>historic
preservation programs and projects;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF583B0C1B4814EA1A365B694185CF53E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>natural disaster
planning and response; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01269D448E124F8EAF6C0CF57760AD7B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>hurricane and
natural disaster insurance programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE3EBE20459004BCC96D5506A960161EA"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For any other
purpose as determined by State law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H62C05E10BCDF4F8FAD30659BD4F8A98B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>No Accounting
Required</header><text>No recipient of funds under this section shall be
required to account to the Federal Government for the expenditure of such
funds, except as otherwise may be required by law. However, States may enact
legislation providing for accounting for and auditing of such expenditures.
Further, funds allocated under this section to States and political
subdivisions may be used as matching funds for other Federal programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF7E51B8A6EE64D41A05C952A36DD0297"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Effect of Future
Laws</header><text>Enactment of any future Federal statute that has the effect,
as determined by the Secretary, of restricting any Federal agency from spending
appropriated funds, or otherwise preventing it from fulfilling its pre-existing
responsibilities as of the date of enactment of the statute, unless such
responsibilities have been reassigned to another Federal agency by the statute
with no prevention of performance, to issue any permit or other approval
impacting on the OCS oil and gas leasing program, or any lease issued
thereunder, or to implement any provision of this Act shall automatically
prohibit any sharing of OCS Receipts under this section directly with the
States, and their coastal political subdivisions, for the duration of the
restriction. The Secretary shall make the determination of the existence of
such restricting effects within 30 days of a petition by any outer Continental
Shelf lessee or producing State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFBF496EECDBF4B65B68A67CC24557917"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H1B29ADDC4F2444A8A757C54C9CE0B68A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coastal
county-equivalent political subdivision</header><text>The term <quote>coastal
county-equivalent political subdivision</quote> means a political jurisdiction
immediately below the level of State government, including a county, parish,
borough in Alaska, independent municipality not part of a county, parish, or
borough in Alaska, or other equivalent subdivision of a coastal State, that
lies within the coastal zone.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81E4B663F70D4EDA9264A024C3D831D7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coastal
municipal political subdivision</header><text>The term <quote>coastal municipal
political subdivision</quote> means a municipality located within and part of a
county, parish, borough in Alaska, or other equivalent subdivision of a State,
all or part of which coastal municipal political subdivision lies within the
coastal zone.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11BA310746F74316BDF7AD7860A24E08"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coastal
population</header><text>The term <quote>coastal population</quote> means the
population of all coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions, as
determined by the most recent official data of the Bureau of the Census.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4AF14893713A4C4F911159DC3B3971E2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coastal
zone</header><text>The term <quote>coastal zone</quote> means that portion of a
coastal State, including the entire territory of any coastal county-equivalent
political subdivision at least a part of which lies within 75 miles landward
from the coastline, or a greater distance as determined by State law enacted to
implement this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7938229B003A4577AC6CBBFF90D0B309"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Bonus
bids</header><text>The term <quote>bonus bids</quote> means all funds received
by the Secretary to issue an outer Continental Shelf minerals lease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C6E65844A5C4E6387F05A588FDBF043"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Royalties</header><text>The
term <quote>royalties</quote> means all funds received by the Secretary from
production of oil or natural gas, or the sale of production taken in-kind, from
an outer Continental Shelf minerals lease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF768381FABEC4C7EAF1AB80C439A4858"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Producing
state</header><text>The term <quote>producing State</quote> means an Adjacent
State having an Adjacent Zone containing leased tracts from which OCS receipts
were derived.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC940110DA42C41F2AB450D402E6CBECD"><enum>(8)</enum><header>OCS
Receipts</header><text>The term <quote>OCS Receipts</quote> means bonus bids,
royalties, and conservation of resources
fees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H17EB79430BD044F1995E5CDC457F96A9"><enum>209.</enum><header>Reservation of
lands and rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12 of
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1341) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE5C185961783402082276EFFD189FA36"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
by adding at the end the following: <quote>The President may partially or
completely revise or revoke any prior withdrawal made by the President under
the authority of this section. The President may not revise or revoke a
withdrawal that is extended by a State under subsection (h), nor may the
President withdraw from leasing any area for which a State failed to prohibit,
or petition to prohibit, leasing under subsection (g). Further, in the area of
the outer Continental Shelf more than 100 miles from any coastline, not more
than 25 percent of the acreage of any OCS Planning Area may be withdrawn from
leasing under this section at any point in time. A withdrawal by the President
may be for a term not to exceed 10 years. When considering potential uses of
the outer Continental Shelf, to the maximum extent possible, the President
shall accommodate competing interests and potential uses.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93D7BAFE5AE64E11B82E4C7F102B8BFE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAFED1A9029E84142AF2A55EDC0D285F3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H16397F76DE5F40E49F67FA73595872AE"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Availability for
Leasing Within Certain Areas of the Outer Continental Shelf</header>
<paragraph id="HE8840754C01043C4A4D9F26392B59C07"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition
against leasing</header>
<subparagraph id="H362C79C66ED644DF8EF8C274AC34B712"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Unavailable for
leasing without state request</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in
this subsection, from and after enactment of the
<short-title>American Energy Production and Price
Reduction Act</short-title>, the Secretary shall not offer for leasing for oil
and gas, or natural gas, any area within 50 miles of the coastline that was
withdrawn from disposition by leasing in the Atlantic OCS Region or the Pacific
OCS Region, or the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Eastern Planning Area, as depicted
on the maps referred to in this subparagraph, under the <quote>Memorandum on
Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from
Leasing Disposition</quote>, 34 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1111, dated June 12,
1998, or any area within 50 miles of the coastline not withdrawn under that
Memorandum that is included within the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Eastern
Planning Area as indicated on the map entitled <quote>Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote> or the Florida Straits
Planning Area as indicated on the map entitled <quote>Atlantic OCS Region State
Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, both of which are dated
September 2005 and on file in the Office of the Director, Minerals Management
Service.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC948CB85C45649C6AD4A7072C11D4CC7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Areas between 50
and 100 miles from the coastline</header><text>Unless an Adjacent State
petitions under subsection (h) within one year after the date of the enactment
of the <short-title>American Energy Production and Price
Reduction Act</short-title> for natural gas leasing or by June 30, 2010, for
oil and gas leasing, the Secretary shall offer for leasing any area more than
50 miles but less than 100 miles from the coastline that was withdrawn from
disposition by leasing in the Atlantic OCS Region, the Pacific OCS Region, or
the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Eastern Planning Area, as depicted on the maps
referred to in this subparagraph, under the <quote>Memorandum on Withdrawal of
Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing
Disposition</quote>, 34 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1111, dated June 12, 1998, or
any area more than 50 miles but less than 100 miles of the coastline not
withdrawn under that Memorandum that is included within the Gulf of Mexico OCS
Region Eastern Planning Area as indicated on the map entitled <quote>Gulf of
Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote> or within
the Florida Straits Planning Area as indicated on the map entitled
<quote>Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>,
both of which are dated September 2005 and on file in the Office of the
Director, Minerals Management Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H43C0EDAE9E2B472B98CB44C5CFCF930A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Petition for
leasing</header>
<subparagraph id="HD1D4D41972FE445D8E0CFB679F55D54B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Governor of the State, upon concurrence of its
legislature, may submit to the Secretary a petition requesting that the
Secretary make available any area that is within the State’s Adjacent Zone,
included within the provisions of paragraph (1), and that (i) is greater than
25 miles from any point on the coastline of a Neighboring State for the conduct
of offshore leasing, pre-leasing, and related activities with respect to
natural gas leasing; or (ii) is greater than 50 miles from any point on the
coastline of a Neighboring State for the conduct of offshore leasing,
pre-leasing, and related activities with respect to oil and gas leasing. The
Adjacent State may also petition for leasing any other area within its Adjacent
Zone if leasing is allowed in the similar area of the Adjacent Zone of the
applicable Neighboring State, or if not allowed, if the Neighboring State,
acting through its Governor, expresses its concurrence with the petition. The
Secretary shall only consider such a petition upon making a finding that
leasing is allowed in the similar area of the Adjacent Zone of the applicable
Neighboring State or upon receipt of the concurrence of the Neighboring State.
The date of receipt by the Secretary of such concurrence by the Neighboring
State shall constitute the date of receipt of the petition for that area for
which the concurrence applies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE44EC4413DAA42B8B4A29F271E0A38DE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitations on
leasing</header><text>In its petition, a State with an Adjacent Zone that
contains leased tracts may condition new leasing for oil and gas, or natural
gas for tracts within 25 miles of the coastline by—</text>
<clause id="H0D2BA35C46FA4EF58CBCC65CDF863523"><enum>(i)</enum><text>requiring a net
reduction in the number of production platforms;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5B83620B7887443EA5FF08A03DE72AEE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>requiring a net
increase in the average distance of production platforms from the
coastline;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB2A0A7AC9F2246D49C4A5E4135C1B08B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>limiting
permanent surface occupancy on new leases to areas that are more than 10 miles
from the coastline;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6BE4C0B4A4E64F07A0C5FC18CC68430D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>limiting some
tracts to being produced from shore or from platforms located on other tracts;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H8DB3419D85594B21818377E508500FEF"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other conditions
that the Adjacent State may deem appropriate as long as the Secretary does not
determine that production is made economically or technically impracticable or
otherwise impossible.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B65ED00D86948CFBA6F4144D3CC28E3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Action by
secretary</header><text>Not later than 90 days after receipt of a petition
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall approve the petition, unless the
Secretary determines that leasing the area would probably cause serious harm or
damage to the marine resources of the State’s Adjacent Zone. Prior to approving
the petition, the Secretary shall complete an environmental assessment that
documents the anticipated environmental effects of leasing in the area included
within the scope of the petition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5F44EB77A48405DBABF092E0DBF99F4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Failure to
act</header><text>If the Secretary fails to approve or deny a petition in
accordance with subparagraph (C) the petition shall be considered to be
approved 90 days after receipt of the petition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21BC4333364A431C82EC4C87D51707F2"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Amendment of the
5-year leasing program</header><text>Notwithstanding section 18, within 180
days of the approval of a petition under subparagraph (C) or (D), after the
expiration of the time limits in paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall amend
the current 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program to
include a lease sale or sales for at least 75 percent of the associated areas,
unless there are, from the date of approval, expiration of such time limits, as
applicable, fewer than 12 months remaining in the current 5-Year Leasing
Program in which case the Secretary shall include the associated areas within
lease sales under the next 5-Year Leasing Program. For purposes of amending the
5-Year Program in accordance with this section, further consultations with
States shall not be required. For purposes of this section, an environmental
assessment performed under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 to assess the effects of approving the petition shall be sufficient
to amend the 5-Year Leasing Program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3A464BDB0CBD4DED81B74404EE3FCFF6"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Option To Extend
Withdrawal From Leasing Within Certain Areas of the Outer Continental
Shelf</header><text>A State, through its Governor and upon the concurrence of
its legislature, may extend for a period of time of up to 5 years for each
extension the withdrawal from leasing for all or part of any area within the
State’s Adjacent Zone located more than 50 miles, but less than 100 miles, from
the coastline that is subject to subsection (g)(1)(B). A State may extend
multiple times for any particular area but not more than once per calendar year
for any particular area. A State must prepare separate extensions, with
separate votes by its legislature, for oil and gas leasing and for natural gas
leasing. An extension by a State may affect some areas to be withdrawn from all
leasing and some areas to be withdrawn only from one type of leasing.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC28D2C2BF91D4260AE3F907782EAB84F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Effect of Other
Laws</header><text>Adoption by any Adjacent State of any constitutional
provision, or enactment of any State statute, that has the effect, as
determined by the Secretary, of restricting either the Governor or the
Legislature, or both, from exercising full discretion related to subsection (g)
or (h), or both, shall automatically (1) prohibit any sharing of OCS Receipts
under this Act with the Adjacent State, and its coastal political subdivisions,
and (2) prohibit the Adjacent State from exercising any authority under
subsection (h), for the duration of the restriction. The Secretary shall make
the determination of the existence of such restricting constitutional provision
or State statute within 30 days of a petition by any outer Continental Shelf
lessee or coastal State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H32276A4F0DF74375BE4A1D6FA5052C63"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Prohibition on
Leasing East of the Military Mission Line</header>
<paragraph id="H1352C0B0FA5C435E95B38BA687369EB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, from and after the enactment of the
<short-title>American Energy Production and Price
Reduction Act</short-title>, prior to January 1, 2022, no area of the outer
Continental Shelf located in the Gulf of Mexico east of the military mission
line may be offered for leasing for oil and gas or natural gas unless a waiver
is issued by the Secretary of Defense. If such a waiver is granted, 62.5
percent of the OCS Receipts from a lease within such area issued because of
such waiver shall be paid annually to the National Guards of all States having
a point within 1,000 miles of such a lease, allocated among the States on a per
capita basis using the entire population of such States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD227C584ACE423285BC0C0CD586E4D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In this
subsection, the term <quote>military mission line</quote> means a line located
at 86 degrees, 41 minutes West Longitude, and extending south from the coast of
Florida to the outer boundary of United States territorial waters in the Gulf
of
Mexico.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA435E76B410547C194D905DCB9C8F0A4"><enum>210.</enum><header>Outer
Continental Shelf leasing program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7BF2C17C3CC84502971A1ADA554D6301"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the following: <quote>The Secretary
shall, in each 5-Year Program, include lease sales that when viewed as a whole
propose to offer for oil and gas or natural gas leasing at least 75 percent of
the available unleased acreage within each OCS Planning Area. Available
unleased acreage is that portion of the outer Continental Shelf that is not
under lease at the time of the proposed lease sale, and has not otherwise been
made unavailable for leasing by law.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC4673D6B69145709B14D49F7C74F7DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by striking so much as precedes paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2B51B0DDE4494184835359751C9C52C9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H73BCCAA05DD6438F8E1547838BF7C6E5"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H68D6266621484BBE955448F4E2B6E9D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>During the preparation
of any proposed leasing program under this section, the Secretary shall
consider and analyze leasing throughout the entire outer Continental Shelf
without regard to any other law affecting such leasing. During this preparation
the Secretary shall invite and consider suggestions from any interested Federal
agency, including the Attorney General, in consultation with the Federal Trade
Commission, and from the Governor of any coastal State. The Secretary may also
invite or consider any suggestions from the executive of any local government
in a coastal State that have been previously submitted to the Governor of such
State, and from any other person. Further, the Secretary shall consult with the
Secretary of Defense regarding military operational needs in the outer
Continental Shelf. The Secretary shall work with the Secretary of Defense to
resolve any conflicts that might arise regarding offering any area of the outer
Continental Shelf for oil and gas or natural gas leasing. If the Secretaries
are not able to resolve all such conflicts, any unresolved issues shall be
elevated to the President for resolution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC467E114AE75436998D750CFD39B2F17" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>After the consideration and analysis
required by paragraph (1), including the consideration of the suggestions
received from any interested Federal agency, the Federal Trade Commission, the
Governor of any coastal State, any local government of a coastal State, and any
other person, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a proposed
leasing program accompanied by a draft environmental impact statement prepared
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. After the publishing
of the proposed leasing program and during the comment period provided for on
the draft environmental impact statement, the Secretary shall submit a copy of
the proposed program to the Governor of each affected State for review and
comment. The Governor may solicit comments from those executives of local
governments in the Governor’s State that the Governor, in the discretion of the
Governor, determines will be affected by the proposed program. If any comment
by such Governor is received by the Secretary at least 15 days prior to
submission to the Congress pursuant to paragraph (3) and includes a request for
any modification of such proposed program, the Secretary shall reply in
writing, granting or denying such request in whole or in part, or granting such
request in such modified form as the Secretary considers appropriate, and
stating the Secretary’s reasons therefor. All such correspondence between the
Secretary and the Governor of any affected State, together with any additional
information and data relating thereto, shall accompany such proposed program
when it is submitted to the Congress.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1CB49544085F41A8917E08FFE0735712"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5290708B0A3D410FAB002F060A6FE586" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6918B923FC424130BC6B7A0CF852CB1C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Projection of
State Adjacent Zone Resources and State and Local Government Shares of OCS
Receipts</header><text>Concurrent with the publication of the scoping notice at
the beginning of the development of each 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and
Gas Leasing Program, or as soon thereafter as possible, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H09487D1E185547B89103BC2ECED3D583"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide to each
Adjacent State a current estimate of proven and potential oil and gas resources
located within the State’s Adjacent Zone; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19974AD0E2CB4127B1EEB199C0818C2F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide to each
Adjacent State, and coastal political subdivisions thereof, a best-efforts
projection of the OCS Receipts that the Secretary expects will be shared with
each Adjacent State, and its coastal political subdivisions, using the
assumption that the unleased tracts within the State’s Adjacent Zone are fully
made available for leasing, including long-term projected OCS Receipts. In
addition, the Secretary shall include a macroeconomic estimate of the impact of
such leasing on the national economy and each State’s economy, including
investment, jobs, revenues, personal income, and other
categories.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5D681331EAE142DA8E7075EAC1593092"><enum>211.</enum><header>Coordination
with Adjacent States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
19 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1345) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9BAD97758A7A40C48E066B50633BCEC0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
in the first sentence by inserting <quote>, for any tract located within the
Adjacent State’s Adjacent Zone,</quote> after <quote>government</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D40A0DB4EB4434AB50C269BE09B0018"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD701D1963CC54948B678AA18FF8E6C27" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H14F9A1BE6AE141B19D1486A142FFE342"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3E7ED6C021FE431B9CF0B009E6C650CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>No Federal agency may
permit or otherwise approve, without the concurrence of the Adjacent State, the
construction of a crude oil or petroleum products (or both) pipeline within the
part of the Adjacent State’s Adjacent Zone that is withdrawn from oil and gas
or natural gas leasing, except that such a pipeline may be approved, without
such Adjacent State’s concurrence, to pass through such Adjacent Zone if at
least 50 percent of the production projected to be carried by the pipeline
within its first 10 years of operation is from areas of the Adjacent State’s
Adjacent Zone.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE386CCC02AA4FD981D584CE30A23C18" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>No State may prohibit the
construction within its Adjacent Zone or its State waters of a natural gas
pipeline that will transport natural gas produced from the outer Continental
Shelf. However, an Adjacent State may prevent a proposed natural gas pipeline
landing location if it proposes two alternate landing locations in the Adjacent
State, acceptable to the Adjacent State, located within 50 miles on either side
of the proposed landing
location.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H47B0E1EB52664C80B850190AD58F9AF8"><enum>212.</enum><header>Environmental
studies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20(d) of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1346) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF70477AC4D594C7A8BFC410CA3A9FECD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(d)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A4FB435889147029C00C25EC92563B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD08A1FA6E02F49AFA935B5511648D7ED" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H55C6AF6E26F74EFEAD1ACF8C49429BEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For all programs,
lease sales, leases, and actions under this Act, the following shall apply
regarding the application of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969:</text>
<subparagraph id="H26D069190066433AA937957C98342853"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Granting or
directing lease suspensions and the conduct of all preliminary activities on
outer Continental Shelf tracts, including seismic activities, are categorically
excluded from the need to prepare either an environmental assessment or an
environmental impact statement, and the Secretary shall not be required to
analyze whether any exceptions to a categorical exclusion apply for activities
conducted under the authority of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDAA69AD51B0148EC8D3951285B95774A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The environmental
impact statement developed in support of each 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing
Program provides the environmental analysis for all lease sales to be conducted
under the program and such sales shall not be subject to further environmental
analysis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB185A824E596451597EE7E203DEAE345"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Exploration plans
shall not be subject to any requirement to prepare an environmental impact
statement, and the Secretary may find that exploration plans are eligible for
categorical exclusion due to the impacts already being considered within an
environmental impact statement or due to mitigation measures included within
the plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6B0F7645A104E72BB3815F96DE44A4A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Within each OCS
Planning Area, after the preparation of the first development and production
plan environmental impact statement for a leased tract within the Area, future
development and production plans for leased tracts within the Area shall only
require the preparation of an environmental assessment unless the most recent
development and production plan environmental impact statement within the Area
was finalized more than 10 years prior to the date of the approval of the plan,
in which case an environmental impact statement shall be
required.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H1D0B0D717F0B47258A6EB379298C7D7C"><enum>213.</enum><header>Outer
Continental Shelf incompatible use</header>
<subsection id="H72403F9DC7F843F688E225D137C8092A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>No Federal agency may permit construction or operation
(or both) of any facility, or designate or maintain a restricted transportation
corridor or operating area on the Federal outer Continental Shelf or in State
waters, that will be incompatible with, as determined by the Secretary of the
Interior, oil and gas or natural gas leasing and substantially full exploration
and production of tracts that are geologically prospective for oil or natural
gas (or both).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6733127BF2A74C76B3287A8E84D27CA4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Subsection
(a) shall not apply to any facility, transportation corridor, or operating area
the construction, operation, designation, or maintenance of which is or will
be—</text>
<paragraph id="H99384857929E460ABD6568BA6B32C03B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>located in an area
of the outer Continental Shelf that is unavailable for oil and gas or natural
gas leasing by operation of law;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3BCEC811641F497193618729C1F9D338"><enum>(2)</enum><text>used for a
military readiness activity (as defined in section 315(f) of Public Law
107–314; 16 U.S.C. 703 note); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06ECC3F241E34B41993A4CE2C7CCC3B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>required in the
national interest, as determined by the President.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7C475B1104014FF1BCD84E9432051DD3"><enum>214.</enum><header>Repurchase of
certain leases</header>
<subsection id="HBAAFC95277EF4C4683C82AF8CDF3D8FB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To
Repurchase and Cancel Certain Leases</header><text>The Secretary of the
Interior shall repurchase and cancel any Federal oil and gas, geothermal, coal,
oil shale, tar sands, or other mineral lease, whether onshore or offshore, but
not including any outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases that were subject
to litigation in the Court of Federal Claims on January 1, 2006, if the
Secretary finds that such lease qualifies for repurchase and cancellation under
the regulations authorized by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBDA31B3D28C94C6F839669A5844F5763"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not
later than 365 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall publish a final regulation stating the conditions under which a lease
referred to in subsection (a) would qualify for repurchase and cancellation,
and the process to be followed regarding repurchase and cancellation. Such
regulation shall include, but not be limited to, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HBAA752C7B7204A8BA2A3CBAEA8E3F4C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall repurchase and cancel a lease after written request by the lessee upon a
finding by the Secretary that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCD71DF2D6D104321ACA0C5197A64240D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a request by the
lessee for a required permit or other approval complied with applicable law,
except the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.), and
terms of the lease and such permit or other approval was denied;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DB73E07337D48B399C3FA31BD9A065D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a Federal agency
failed to act on a request by the lessee for a required permit, other approval,
or administrative appeal within a regulatory or statutory timeframe associated
with the requested action, whether advisory or mandatory, or if none, within
180 days; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBC9213392C54F7E8A7E83C47682E5CB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a Federal agency
attached a condition of approval, without agreement by the lessee, to a
required permit or other approval if such condition of approval was not
mandated by Federal statute or regulation in effect on the date of lease
issuance, or was not specifically allowed under the terms of the lease.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H07AD29B92C764A7EB01A0476AABDD0AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A
lessee shall not be required to exhaust administrative remedies regarding a
permit request, administrative appeal, or other required request for approval
for the purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7CF892A1A1E5419294E95210526A6174"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall make a final agency decision on a request by a lessee under this section
within 180 days of request.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B71B7CAD3EE4FE2B4F446D83C35A64E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Compensation to a
lessee to repurchase and cancel a lease under this section shall be the amount
that a lessee would receive in a restitution case for a material breach of
contract.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H59AECFC9AA5B464395881C39FEAE5686"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Compensation shall
be in the form of a check or electronic transfer from the Department of the
Treasury from funds deposited into miscellaneous receipts under the authority
of the same Act that authorized the issuance of the lease being
repurchased.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB45AB17143784D198D224720214FE628"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Failure of the
Secretary to make a final agency decision on a request by a lessee under this
section within 180 days of request shall result in a 10 percent increase in the
compensation due to the lessee if the lease is ultimately repurchased.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H44C2F86B9AC94A7F9E780710728F3241"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No
Prejudice</header><text>This section shall not be interpreted to prejudice any
other rights that the lessee would have in the absence of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3D93C3EB2A4D4E7BBE067BB275206ED1"><enum>215.</enum><header>Offsite
environmental mitigation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any person conducting activities under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181
et seq.), the Geothermal Steam Act (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), the Mineral
Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), the Weeks Act (16
U.S.C. 552 et seq.), the General Mining Act of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.), the
Materials Act of 1947 (30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), or the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), may in satisfying any mitigation
requirements associated with such activities propose mitigation measures on a
site away from the area impacted and the Secretary of the Interior shall accept
these proposed measures if the Secretary finds that they generally achieve the
purposes for which mitigation measures appertained.</text>
</section><section id="HFE4EAFBDEE42403195078B631363A7D6"><enum>216.</enum><header>OCS regional
headquarters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than
July 1, 2010, the Secretary of the Interior shall establish the headquarters
for the Atlantic OCS Region, the headquarters for the Gulf of Mexico OCS
Region, and the headquarters for the Pacific OCS Region within a State
bordering the Atlantic OCS Region, a State bordering the Gulf of Mexico OCS
Region, and a State bordering the Pacific OCS Region, respectively, from among
the States bordering those Regions, that petitions by no later than January 1,
2010, for leasing, for oil and gas or natural gas, covering at least 40 percent
of the area of its Adjacent Zone within 100 miles of the coastline. Such
Atlantic and Pacific OCS Regions headquarters shall be located within 25 miles
of the coastline and each MMS OCS regional headquarters shall be the permanent
duty station for all Minerals Management Service personnel that on a daily
basis spend on average 60 percent or more of their time in performance of
duties in support of the activities of the respective Region, except that the
Minerals Management Service may house regional inspection staff in other
locations. Each OCS Region shall each be led by a Regional Director who shall
be an employee within the Senior Executive Service.</text>
</section><section id="H49C005E38F2A4ECB94762FD592768B4F"><enum>217.</enum><header>Leases for
areas located within 100 miles of California or Florida</header>
<subsection id="HCC6D4181235C49C4865C73FA178FA41C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization To
Cancel and Exchange Certain Existing Oil and Gas Leases; Prohibition on
Submittal of Exploration Plans for Certain Leases Prior to June 30,
2012</header>
<paragraph id="H9940F60154324C58B0F6F24A405DFF38"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Within
2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the lessee of an existing oil
and gas lease for an area located completely within 100 miles of the coastline
within the California or Florida Adjacent Zones shall have the option, without
compensation, of exchanging such lease for a new oil and gas lease having a
primary term of 5 years. For the area subject to the new lease, the lessee may
select any unleased tract on the outer Continental Shelf that is in an area
available for leasing. Further, with the permission of the relevant Governor,
such a lessee may convert its existing oil and gas lease into a natural gas
lease having a primary term of 5 years and covering the same area as the
existing lease or another area within the same State’s Adjacent Zone within 100
miles of the coastline.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4215B3F182149B39564E03D96ED5C57"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative
process</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall establish a
reasonable administrative process to implement paragraph (1). Exchanges and
conversions under subsection (a), including the issuance of new leases, shall
not be considered to be major Federal actions for purposes of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Further, such
actions conducted in accordance with this section are deemed to be in
compliance all provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1331 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01B691CB8108461A9771F6A4679E06E2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Operating
restrictions</header><text>A new lease issued in exchange for an existing lease
under this section shall be subject to such national defense operating
stipulations on the OCS tract covered by the new lease as may be applicable
upon issuance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CD0A37FEC1D476C900C4DFFBC3FFD86"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The
Secretary shall give priority in the lease exchange process based on the amount
of the original bonus bid paid for the issuance of each lease to be exchanged.
The Secretary shall allow leases covering partial tracts to be exchanged for
leases covering full tracts conditioned upon payment of additional bonus bids
on a per-acre basis as determined by the average per acre of the original bonus
bid per acre for the partial tract being exchanged.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H357ACBDF74664497BFC09F9D9080BF79"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Exploration
plans</header><text>Any exploration plan submitted to the Secretary of the
Interior after the date of the enactment of this Act and before July 1, 2012,
for an oil and gas lease for an area wholly within 100 miles of the coastline
within the California Adjacent Zone or Florida Adjacent Zone shall not be
treated as received by the Secretary until the earlier of July 1, 2012, or the
date on which a petition by the Adjacent State for oil and gas leasing covering
the area within which is located the area subject to the oil and gas lease was
approved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD1C2550CE2F64D049F8B833497EF6210"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Further Lease
Cancellation and Exchange Provisions</header>
<paragraph id="H135B4A607FD949678C85497870738DAC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cancellation of
lease</header><text>As part of the lease exchange process under this section,
the Secretary shall cancel a lease that is exchanged under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E026ED1906D4BF086D78311FE9C5906"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consent of
lessees</header><text>All lessees holding an interest in a lease must consent
to cancellation of their leasehold interests in order for the lease to be
cancelled and exchanged under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H215F54A9548A4546BD22FCC924587326"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver of
rights</header><text>As a prerequisite to the exchange of a lease under this
section, the lessee must waive any rights to bring any litigation against the
United States related to the transaction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDB7CAA19C574F2DBAF18D24D148CD72"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Plugging and
abandonment</header><text>The plugging and abandonment requirements for any
wells located on any lease to be cancelled and exchanged under this section
must be complied with by the lessees prior to the cancellation and
exchange.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H94D57104ABD44DDBA2CD2D641F8D4490"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Area Partially
Within 100 Miles of Florida</header><text>An existing oil and gas lease for an
area located partially within 100 miles of the coastline within the Florida
Adjacent Zone may only be developed and produced using wells drilled from
well-head locations at least 100 miles from the coastline to any bottom-hole
location on the area of the lease. This subsection shall not apply if Florida
has petitioned for leasing closer to the coastline than 100 miles.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2CA5485DAD84442984E0F2EC038E7BEE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Existing Oil and
Gas Lease Defined</header><text>In this section the term <quote>existing oil
and gas lease</quote> means an oil and gas lease in effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3E534A48DF6243619AB569CB7FFBFA58"><enum>218.</enum><header>Coastal impact
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 31 of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1356a) is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="HE58ADF146ED8483497F625F5E11AAEB2"><enum>219.</enum><header>Repeal of the
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of
2006 is repealed effective October 1, 2008.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H0718DF11007A41A0866AEFF6304DC2BB"><enum>B</enum><header>ANWR</header>
<section id="HB2F2920049F141AC8F0BF06730D2DCBA"><enum>231.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>American Energy
Independence and Price Reduction Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HA2B9E4ECF3C04A1FB5A0639595DFB6FA"><enum>232.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="H32F609B5946A47C5AFF832AEF52BE092"><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="HDDA0254028E04A40A7F3B8CBEBD998CE"><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="H2D26159DFA854A5495B8CEA1B4673BA4"><enum>233.</enum><header>Leasing program
for lands within the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="H49929EBB0B444FFEBEB1B85AE711B1C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary shall take such actions as are
necessary—</text>
<paragraph id="H0ED48E95206A4FCC872855CFE62D6974"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to establish and
implement, in accordance with this subtitle and acting through the Director of
the Bureau of Land Management in consultation with the Director of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, a competitive oil and gas leasing program
that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration,
development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2D4BBC9DF6040A790C7F2B853D98064"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to administer the
provisions of this subtitle through regulations, lease terms, conditions,
restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other provisions that ensure the
oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities on the Coastal
Plain will result in no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, their
habitat, subsistence resources, and the environment, including, in furtherance
of this goal, by requiring the application of the best commercially available
technology for oil and gas exploration, development, and production to all
exploration, development, and production operations under this subtitle in a
manner that ensures the receipt of fair market value by the public for the
mineral resources to be leased.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H96C0A5C84CBB4BBB92004E1FD583B6C8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="HF682FF5F58244A70B80349F8B63CC069"><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="HC3E16A6391094841B251DF1C54500665"><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="HBB2C0F08A270448F85C99AB803CC43A7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance With
Requirements Under Certain Other Laws</header>
<paragraph id="HF076A4F9E4EF46168FBBFDEFC9C1E959"><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="HB6AE244EB0144A8DBB79FD985DE2914E"><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 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) is deemed to satisfy the requirements under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 that apply with respect to prelease
activities, including actions authorized to be taken by the Secretary to
develop and promulgate the regulations for the establishment of a leasing
program authorized by this subtitle before the conduct of the first lease
sale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H603C74A9B37245FFA77B04EEE954E8CF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance with
nepa for other actions</header><text>Before conducting the first lease sale
under this subtitle, the Secretary shall prepare an environmental impact
statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to
the actions authorized by this subtitle that are not referred to in paragraph
(2). Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary is not required to identify
nonleasing alternative courses of action or to analyze the environmental
effects of such courses of action. The Secretary shall only identify a
preferred action for such leasing and a single leasing alternative, and analyze
the environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for those two
alternatives. The identification of the preferred action and related analysis
for the first lease sale under this subtitle shall be completed within 18
months after the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall only
consider public comments that specifically address the Secretary’s preferred
action and that are filed within 20 days after publication of an environmental
analysis. Notwithstanding any other law, compliance with this paragraph is
deemed to satisfy all requirements for the analysis and consideration of the
environmental effects of proposed leasing under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2CBE4EB30D034D1694A8CB5A98BE6D82"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to
State and Local Authority</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle shall be
considered to expand or limit State and local regulatory authority.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA6C6DD6782BF48F593BF8E3B9096A3EF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
Areas</header>
<paragraph id="HE49D3BEDB4E64DE3A11B99D6789FFBE5"><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="HA390D9F8430940F4867AA95507FFC371"><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="H499B9259ACD448F08091BFB9ADE12CDD"><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="HCE4E16AEDE1D4172BBEDF8D2EFB1A332"><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="HD3342AF62D544F27807B20DB83752CB9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on
Closed Areas</header><text>The Secretary’s sole authority to close lands within
the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing and to exploration, development, and
production is that set forth in this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8116370B4EDA471288782AC0862AC40F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="HE155BA58C24C4BC0A799CE126670ED1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be
necessary to carry out this subtitle, including rules and regulations relating
to protection of the fish and wildlife, their habitat, subsistence resources,
and environment of the Coastal Plain, by no later than 15 months after the date
of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H756A9B8AE4FA48878DB2D141952E6062"><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="HD719C615E18949AAA1679A41EEA0224E"><enum>234.</enum><header>Lease
sales</header>
<subsection id="HCB134FFD7E5B4FFD908313E122576351"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Lands may be leased pursuant to this subtitle to any
person qualified to obtain a lease for deposits of oil and gas under the
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H146628DB1FE34296B1324211B2549A51"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for—</text>
<paragraph id="HB186FF8520094CA0AFB39E7D53B58393"><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="H9D25FF6C6AF0472EA76F4A72C42EE7B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the holding of
lease sales after such nomination process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2B21C6964114D15830C2EADFF3621D5"><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="H59FA46DD360A4CC6B2F8F0773CB3890F"><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="H6B79A3ADEF4441A2894081EBDC6078B0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acreage Minimum
in First Sale</header><text>In the first lease sale under this subtitle, the
Secretary shall offer for lease those tracts the Secretary considers to have
the greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons, taking into
consideration nominations received pursuant to subsection (b)(1), but in no
case less than 200,000 acres.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBFAC538E0D8549759A67B3E80A762F9B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Timing of Lease
Sales</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF1C3E2938F7A46978ECAA0303FD40550"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct the first
lease sale under this subtitle within 22 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFAFBF9E9F7C4FF18A25570B4824ED78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate the bids
in such sale and issue leases resulting from such sale, within 90 days after
the date of the completion of such sale; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCBA976AF9EEC4E4B92DF559AAF43AB30"><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="H14B21DAA246D4CE2A38B4AFD31BEFC5B"><enum>235.</enum><header>Grant of leases
by the Secretary</header>
<subsection id="H10248A44906C4EBCA434E36887D7EFB8"><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 134 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="H932619026AEE4826A59F187250B14E26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subsequent
Transfers</header><text>No lease issued under this subtitle may be sold,
exchanged, assigned, sublet, or otherwise transferred except with the approval
of the Secretary. Prior to any such approval the Secretary shall consult with,
and give due consideration to the views of, the Attorney General.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H842D696C7AA145BBADF28CE192B15897"><enum>236.</enum><header>Lease terms and
conditions</header>
<subsection id="HB49AA88B5CAC4978AE005E69CBC285FB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>An oil or gas lease issued pursuant to this subtitle
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H6C91FC8AAFF943B4A6D31A4C2F267C85"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the
payment of a royalty of not less than 12<fraction>1/2</fraction> percent in
amount or value of the production removed or sold from the lease, as determined
by the Secretary under the regulations applicable to other Federal oil and gas
leases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90637E55465C49EE90437B728FED8104"><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="HA37A104196574AEAB439CB0EBAD7F0CB"><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="H3450A18DC2664CCD98AAB9B3EF80A1E5"><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="HF2D604C80C3D4446B723B59F99DDD87E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide that the
standard of reclamation for lands required to be reclaimed under this subtitle
shall be, as nearly as practicable, a condition capable of supporting the uses
which the lands were capable of supporting prior to any exploration,
development, or production activities, or upon application by the lessee, to a
higher or better use as approved by the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5422269174EA41F3A1A4C6D9A788CC50"><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
133(a)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB0920B6A25714551B36863595EEF270E"><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="HA083A913965D44B9B508D8C2F0EE02BC"><enum>(8)</enum><text>prohibit the
export of oil produced under the lease; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88DF1CBB91E44BA9B34E222589C1B2E7"><enum>(9)</enum><text>contain such other
provisions as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure compliance with the
provisions of this subtitle and the regulations issued under this
subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFAEBF5B4858C405B802FBA3E5085DEF9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project Labor
Agreements</header><text>The Secretary, as a term and condition of each lease
under this subtitle and in recognizing the Government’s proprietary interest in
labor stability and in the ability of construction labor and management to meet
the particular needs and conditions of projects to be developed under the
leases issued pursuant to this subtitle and the special concerns of the parties
to such leases, shall require that the lessee and its agents and contractors
negotiate to obtain a project labor agreement for the employment of laborers
and mechanics on production, maintenance, and construction under the
lease.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5D277442A50D46579302D815D5CD531D"><enum>237.</enum><header>Coastal Plain
environmental protection</header>
<subsection id="H3B322D6C17454AE69B1088C22E906417"><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 133, administer the provisions of this subtitle through regulations,
lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other
provisions that—</text>
<paragraph id="HE3678929CE1D48F9A910E2E996D67E8D"><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="H98A0894E11C14F8A881CAF97A2522C06"><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="H5A030FE910B8484B83769C1F939E42EE"><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="HCE191D7076604AB9AFC0B66F61BFEC05"><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="HF4ADB6DC9C4848CC8BD9EF351F257D83"><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="H2742BD49DBEB40A0BE385639E5DE0CE5"><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="H78074DD08294477A89D8E51EF0FFE94E"><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="HD3FAA50745064E9B83E4A24AC5926B6B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations To
Protect Coastal Plain Fish and Wildlife Resources, Subsistence Users, and the
Environment</header><text>Before implementing the leasing program authorized by
this subtitle, the Secretary shall prepare and promulgate regulations, lease
terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other measures
designed to ensure that the activities undertaken on the Coastal Plain under
this subtitle are conducted in a manner consistent with the purposes and
environmental requirements of this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H752DBD1D0DF94B90B9D0C8C219F6D013"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance With
Federal and State Environmental Laws and Other Requirements</header><text>The
proposed regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, and
stipulations for the leasing program under this subtitle shall require
compliance with all applicable provisions of Federal and State environmental
law, and shall also require the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HB2145CC754CE425EABDAFD1D426AC95D"><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="HE5DEF4922D1F4F328E3C3FA215CAD439"><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="HFCF7410153D44E7A99238A808BDE2724"><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="H81DC27E0362C43DA8A622BB15ABB6343"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Design safety and
construction standards for all pipelines and any access and service roads,
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB3BDFA564CE44035AF464DFEEA1CBA66"><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="HDCBCEBBAB0574DCB8826ABC5D2C2F038"><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="H60F0929A57D24700A6DDCA29EB51C0D3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Prohibitions on
general public access and use on all pipeline access and service roads.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A428EA50F594F519B4015254BDA9CCA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Stringent
reclamation and rehabilitation requirements, consistent with the standards set
forth in this subtitle, requiring the removal from the Coastal Plain of all oil
and gas development and production facilities, structures, and equipment upon
completion of oil and gas production operations, except that the Secretary may
exempt from the requirements of this paragraph those facilities, structures, or
equipment that the Secretary determines would assist in the management of the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and that are donated to the United States for
that purpose.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9760A6EB9DD44769B5038F5EF3FE53B0"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on access by all modes of transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F3FDC0C97C34318BBAA7EC4A9600346"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on sand and gravel extraction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EB677159DDB45DEBA2B92943F710D97"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Consolidation of
facility siting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8509E3556965470BA64CFB6096587BF9"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on use of explosives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48B6CE35818141158A51E375F8E81D7B"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Avoidance, to the
extent practicable, of springs, streams, and river systems; 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="H952530F81612445190EFE2EB9CA2C1A2"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Avoidance or
minimization of air traffic-related disturbance to fish and wildlife.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H215B032E6C2147EE8C2466C4F8A31F23"><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="HA705E26628C1469EA6AE87923842C3D8"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Fuel storage and
oil spill contingency planning.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H831C41A912D942489B9FDAA43AC2C8CF"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Research,
monitoring, and reporting requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H293296FDE5E241B5B479E9D7F1855C93"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Field crew
environmental briefings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07BF33E419F945F2A9DF0BB772EBB335"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Avoidance of
significant adverse effects upon subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping by
subsistence users.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H431E989203D14E5BBFEBB4E0A793D343"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Compliance with
applicable air and water quality standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1CC9C0FEADE402096B239D1A8ED7A4D"><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="H23B829C87947440B9612AFDB5C3004D1"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Reasonable
stipulations for protection of cultural and archeological resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HACBC73C18AFF4870A811B128A3E6DE01"><enum>(21)</enum><text>All other
protective environmental stipulations, restrictions, terms, and conditions
deemed necessary by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBB77E27A5F214D61A6C09FECF44E4ECF"><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="HB86B45FE5F634EE1B8521AA644EECE75"><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="H24EEDFEDC7194B99A01ABA425519B7E1"><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="HC242F3F287AB4F51BE1D772282DA42DA"><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="H74C7E97DF3504E64ADC219EE913AE537"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Facility
Consolidation Planning</header>
<paragraph id="HC2D27650BEB344C2A45D691870C23C02"><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="HF14AF0F25046443C984A5B5C36404EF9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
plan shall have the following objectives:</text>
<subparagraph id="H655DCC9B8F384514B4AF5D1A4DC4AF1D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Avoiding
unnecessary duplication of facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF4960C4D3F546FA9CD1ED820202D49A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Encouraging
consolidation of common facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E56258186464AE492095F7798753936"><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="HA7DADCDAD4E94D4ABB2C8245E226DF5E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Utilizing existing
facilities wherever practicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6630AE927FA04BC8B298D5733093E583"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Enhancing
compatibility between wildlife values and development activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H621E74B592D146EEB4482212CDC8525F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Access to Public
Lands</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5DC037841E1D49C28CD0D22975E77F9C"><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 (16 U.S.C. 3121);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE4FB62E77614C7EA336C5D629B7B7D8"><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="HBEC8B320A4E145EF9F5DF3BC648CF68A"><enum>238.</enum><header>Expedited
judicial review</header>
<subsection id="H0A4B063CD0B342E289BA9AA928D86B1F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Filing of
Complaint</header>
<paragraph id="HA9B11894C82042548CEBA54BBA7E7B93"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Subject
to paragraph (2), any complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of
this subtitle or any action of the Secretary under this subtitle shall be
filed—</text>
<subparagraph id="H40FF1044C7164F24B29ACA5540047E3E"><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="HA0E6138D6B784FDFA19E96467A1CB08B"><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="HE1FC2093A1D14D4D9643D524E3DD739B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>Any
complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of this subtitle or any
action of the Secretary under this subtitle may be filed only in the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC949FB6B93DB4E1795C918221F42162A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on
scope of certain review</header><text>Judicial review of a Secretarial decision
to conduct a lease sale under this subtitle, including the environmental
analysis thereof, shall be limited to whether the Secretary has complied with
the terms of this subtitle and shall be based upon the administrative record of
that decision. The Secretary’s identification of a preferred course of action
to enable leasing to proceed and the Secretary’s analysis of environmental
effects under this subtitle shall be presumed to be correct unless shown
otherwise by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H97B1D626294549F4BBB83B4E7B87F492"><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="H411B84E9F88C4E1DB00D273E54E04B8E"><enum>239.</enum><header>Federal and
State distribution of revenues</header>
<subsection id="H578E7893937E477597DA033437CA279A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amount
of adjusted bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from Federal oil and gas
leasing and operations authorized under this subtitle—</text>
<paragraph id="H19BE02AE1D6547DAB63BA617DA52C437"><enum>(1)</enum><text>50 percent shall
be paid to the State of Alaska; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4268EF48B4F64B7CBBD5C5A3C218CF95"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the balance shall
be deposited in the Federal Treasury to pay down the Federal deficit, and if no
deficit exists than to pay down the national debt.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC64692B762944BC787AF8B913C3A11CE"><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="H0F7050DBEB5248E29966B36FF2764567"><enum>240.</enum><header>Rights-of-way
across the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="HC6DFD43B86224226AD93C0C32E6CE722"><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="H7025D079A30A45BCB622EC935C9E8159"><enum>(1)</enum><text>except as provided
in paragraph (2), under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185),
without regard to title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
Act (30 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79BA99214CCE4F2D9DC9B9FBA63EE4C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>under title XI of
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (30 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.),
for access authorized by sections 1110 and 1111 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3170 and
3171).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1A1A0ED4641F43D991B3CF6B94FDD0BD"><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="H7C735E8EE9C24045BB7A346D739B6A94"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall include in regulations under section 133(g) provisions granting
rights-of-way and easements described in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HCC94D70A41F945DB8A31B190890EAD6F"><enum>241.</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In order to maximize Federal revenues by
removing claims 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="H2CADEE1560364EB6AA85F5EB33A7A997"><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="H6A6B10B626844F49918972DDC022FFF4"><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="HF9BF5E684C4543ACBD18840C27BDFBB6"><enum>242.</enum><header>Local
government impact aid and community service assistance</header>
<subsection id="H26AB3BC2CE4D4D85B3DA0A1DEE4938A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financial
Assistance Authorized</header>
<paragraph id="H0A01A04042414575A46466AF09F87922"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may use amounts available from the Coastal
Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund established by subsection (d)
to provide timely financial assistance to entities that are eligible under
paragraph (2) and that are directly impacted by the exploration for or
production of oil and gas on the Coastal Plain under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE13C89772B6B4F45BB0B9346DD1D6B33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
entities</header><text>The North Slope Borough, the City of Kaktovik, and any
other borough, municipal subdivision, village, or other community in the State
of Alaska that is directly impacted by exploration for, or the production of,
oil or gas on the Coastal Plain under this subtitle, as determined by the
Secretary, shall be eligible for financial assistance under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53603FD730104581B1450BE5B2010D87"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
Assistance</header><text>Financial assistance under this section may be used
only for—</text>
<paragraph id="HEB83BE5EB03D492F86282749535A10D5"><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="H7D005D70B15E49F08420805FBE93C45D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementing
mitigation plans and maintaining mitigation projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9AF6AA37AE84E3CAAA1FAC27964C1EC"><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="H595A46177F6E41DDA8CD6382714567B0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establishment of a
coordination office, by the North Slope Borough, in the City of Kaktovik, which
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H112F75FE2233489599AAEC8C7A622EE8"><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="H0981B1599D7B4AFFBE4CEA7A7C93721C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide to the
Committee on Natural 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="HDD50314B9E6B4357804805B001D9E945"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="H1AEE6C8C76D14D61BF69D2FF406A0368"><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="H2AD730E305334CB5ABD0F3425A4A159A"><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="H2458B849FE9749A59BD092DE546430AA"><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="H80897E7BF1FA427AA16AC1CDD48DD089"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Establishment of
Fund</header>
<paragraph id="H745D18A69FE844B29EE44F9C76E9B697"><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="H13F082A7C54C46F78F28DCC96A40F906"><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="HF00FB2F0B581486FB6F2A80AF928E749"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>Subject
to paragraph (4), there shall be deposited into the fund amounts received by
the United States as revenues derived from rents, bonuses, and royalties from
Federal leases and lease sales authorized under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C1834125ACD47C299B123569A9AC459"><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="H982124E611BC44929BC3F3641D329990"><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="H4FCB43CD23E2473BA1E6A563825FCE30"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>To provide financial assistance under this section
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary from the Coastal Plain
Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund $5,000,000 for each fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Nuclear
Power</header>
<section id="H78EBF44978154BC1B1859F2C652FE304"><enum>301.</enum><header>Waste
Confidence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Nuclear
Regulatory Commission may not deny an application for a license, permit, or
other authorization under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 on the grounds that
sufficient capacity does not exist, or will not become available on a timely
basis, for disposal of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste from
the facility for which the license, permit, or other authorization is
sought.</text>
</section><section id="HFABEF87FC14248AAB8A0AF4DDB4C5DB1"><enum>302.</enum><header>ASME Nuclear
Certification credit</header>
<subsection id="HCF44765CFE224E0FA4B55CE7E1B0F201"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business related credits) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A2AA56C753E47B6924758305A254CAB" style="OLC">
<section id="H1D0795D1EA1641AFA0653F046B4E1500"><enum>45R.</enum><header>ASME Nuclear
Certification credit</header>
<subsection id="H52D2979A0BA342C8B5FC573E1CE3A167"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of section 38, the ASME Nuclear
Certification credit determined under this section for any taxable year is an
amount equal to 15 percent of the qualified nuclear expenditures paid or
incurred by the taxpayer.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H50EC3AB5C1584B2891D97EC3CE698000"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified
nuclear expenditures</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term
<term>qualified nuclear expenditures</term> means any expenditure related
to—</text>
<paragraph id="HF2CB9D3B5C174385B5F0FAEF6A903F61"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obtaining a certification under the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Nuclear Component Certification
program, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE70C1E5FB28840D2896968FADB6B0763"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing the taxpayer’s capacity to
construct, fabricate, assemble, or install components—</text>
<subparagraph id="H768938AA82044A149E7C49D742E61B49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for any facility
which uses nuclear energy to produce electricity, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC90271DCC3DC40B4BFD9444DEEC2F7B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to
the construction, fabrication, assembly, or installation of which the taxpayer
is certified under such program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H47CC56478F4D46ADB275E52C2F29E03A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timing of
credit</header><text>The credit allowed under subsection (a) for any
expenditures shall be allowed—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H758090F5138A4EBB8AE185B8DA170D1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of a
qualified nuclear expenditure described in subsection (b)(1), for the taxable
year of such certification, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD0492F991D144E1B109EFF900D3E6A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of any
other qualified nuclear expenditure, for the taxable year in which such
expenditure is paid or incurred.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0BCE19258BE443EBB98A1F9E60DEDCAB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special
rules</header>
<paragraph id="H2426355BE97C4FADB7E2CB504B5FB9D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Basis
adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
this subtitle, if a credit is allowed under this section for an expenditure,
the increase in basis which would result (but for this subsection) for such
expenditure shall be reduced by the amount of the credit allowed under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D35E4D0BF8A4AF5B652F0D82639E5B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Denial of double
benefit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No deduction shall be
allowed under this chapter for any amount taken into account in determining the
credit under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H00F2C2D77B0E478EB1024A6A86A340CC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>This
section shall not apply to any expenditures paid or incurred in taxable years
beginning after December 31,
2019.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE8C6E86BD0224209AC5119A4B4D900FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F4278459C10489B99AABF0FD649C71F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of
section 38 of such Code is amended by striking <quote>plus</quote> at the end
of paragraph (34), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (35) and
inserting <quote>, plus</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C3FABC24DDB47CC82D41008B7A69152" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9768B14AC5194855A2BD4B0350B8C706"><enum>(36)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ASME nuclear certification credit
determined under section
45R(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEFAAB75BE108415A90164AD9198AA47E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of
section 1016 of such Code (relating to adjustments to basis) is amended by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (36), by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (37) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82D8BFD005A040B8911E67BD8CEDC015" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H101E969E60C344DF8A914B5097D8F257"><enum>(38)</enum><text>to the extent
provided in section
45R(e)(1).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2580E68F7E4B440BAC4180DFADD1434F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to
expenditures paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31,
2009.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Regulatory
Burdens</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEFC43012C3B4E27A3C714CDBD25EAF0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Greenhouse gas
regulation under Clean Air Act</header>
<subsection id="H60A14AFAAB3649F59D8897208AFAC5AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
air pollutant</header><text>Section 302(g) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7602(g)) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: <quote>The term
<term>air pollutant</term> shall not include carbon dioxide, water vapor,
methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur
hexafluoride.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HADDDA1ADBD7D4248AD7A419AE450CD70"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Climate change
not regulated by Clean Air Act</header><text>Nothing in the Clean Air Act shall
be treated as authorizing or requiring the regulation of climate change or
global warming.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF6620A741C1542C984105BF8B01C787E"><enum>402.</enum><header>NEPA judicial
review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEED7B02A6684DFEB33FD47C702BA9AA" style="OLC">
<section id="HE1646B797CAE4043A7C8119534E2D510" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header>Judicial
review</header>
<subsection id="H6EB7DE69896F4700B4250FAEB5D100B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of a Federal
agency’s compliance with section 102 of the Act may be filed in the circuit in
which the petitioner resides or transacts business which is directly affected
by the action. Any such application for review shall be made within ninety days
from the date of promulgation of the Federal agency’s decision.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9EA7B394B9894DF88BC343C67ED6AB65"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures for
review</header>
<paragraph id="H4EB5FB29989644318F64A83CAAFEB25B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any judicial action under this Act,
judicial review of any issues concerning a Federal agency’s compliance with
section 102 shall be limited to the administrative record. Otherwise applicable
principles of administrative law shall govern whether any supplemental
materials may be considered by the court.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20558D773FA946389DCBAC31B9E79D07"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standard</header><text>In
considering objections raised in any judicial action under this Act, the court
shall uphold the Federal agency’s decision, whether in is the first instance, a
revocation, recession or other action, unless the objecting party can
demonstrate, on the administrative record, that the decision was arbitrary and
capricious or otherwise not in accordance with law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC761057056D944BBAF3AECB67B2F3270"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Remedy</header><text>If
the court finds that the selection of the response action was arbitrary and
capricious or otherwise not in accordance with law, the court shall award such
relief as the court deems appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD401033762604CD39EDBD618AD564C2D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Procedural
errors</header><text>In reviewing alleged procedural errors, the court may
disallow costs or damages only if the errors were so serious and related to
matters of such central relevance to the action that the action would have been
significantly changed had such errors not been made.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFE74AE977E734994B43DEB06B461E8FF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notice of
actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever any action
is brought under this Act in a court of the United States by a plaintiff other
than the United States, the plaintiff shall provide a copy of the complaint to
the Attorney General of the United States and to the Secretary or Administrator
of the affected Federal agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2D09D3446E05447096D78C69EC76BB9C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Intervention</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any action commenced under this Act, any
person may intervene as a matter of right when such person claims an interest
relating to the subject of the action and is so situated that the disposition
of the action may, as a practical matter, impair or impede the person’s ability
to protect that interest, unless the Secretary or Administrator shows that the
person’s interest is adequately represented by existing
parties.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H5DD7BFC1B99643AEB55C54FCFFAC21D4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header>Repeal of 2007
amendments to renewable fuel standard</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7545(o)) is amended to read as provided in section 1501(a)(2) of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 594, 1067).</text>
</section><section id="H53EAE3E486D9423CA2A87F23236A582C"><enum>404.</enum><header>Repeal of
requirement to consult regarding impacts on global warming and polar bear
population</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 429 of the
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2009 (division E of Public Law 111–8) is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="H348901B063A34258B6A4CFE17369A950"><enum>405.</enum><header>Light bulb
choice</header>
<subsection id="H8977668892154E85AD3240DE28AB5AEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective 6 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, sections 321 and 322, and the items in
the table of contents relating thereto, of the Energy Independence and Security
Act of 2007 are repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3B4AA57848014E45BB12248E556AA905"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When the repeal occurs under paragraph (1),
the amendments made by sections 321 and 322 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 are hereby repealed, and the laws amended thereby shall
read as if those amendments had not been enacted.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB40B3124E6694625A6A999CCFC7B64BF"><enum>406.</enum><header>Repeal of
deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities</header>
<subsection id="H08DA59BA277E410E8DA1AEA3ACA27054"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code is
repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5B2701E28B8E45FBBB41CB8A75E69DBA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HA49D171FEE514BFBA557BBBCB131771B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Sections
86(b)(2)(A), 135(c)(4)(A), 137(b)(3)(A), 219(g)(3)(A)(ii), 221(b)(2)(C),
246(b)(1), and 469(i)(3)(F) of such Code are each amended by striking
<quote>199,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C52F001779342B7BA434878D44094A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Clause (i) of
section 163(j)(6)(A) of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>and</quote> at
the end of subclause (II), by striking subclause (III) and by redesignating
subclause (IV) as subclause (III).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E16D1BF26EA4B7C8F91EDAE87249BC3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subparagraph (C)
of section 170(b)(2) of such Code is amended by striking clause (iv), by
redesignating clause (v) as clause (iv), and by inserting <quote>and</quote> at
the end of clause (iii).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD144A50C114149518B56BF1A654A4190"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Subsection (d) of
section 172 of such Code is amended by striking paragraph (7).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDFF6D836B73C41788105C87CB552CB0D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of
section 613 of such Code is amended by striking <quote>and without the
deduction under section 199</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF559B0933164E35BF471C569FFAE669"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) of
section 613A(d) of such Code is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (C),
(D), and (E) as subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), respectively, and by striking
subparagraph (B).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7CC53C2B94B492689F9ED28FC6E428C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of
section 1402 of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end
of paragraph (15), by striking paragraph (16), and by redesignating paragraph
(17) as paragraph (16).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H916234D8A3A945FDAEA36BB156404289"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The table of
sections for part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by
striking the item relating to section 199.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H61054596AC0B49EC93FC8DD25F766B74"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2009.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Solar
Power</header>
<section id="H484DD339671D428CB320632D5CB4FE6F"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>Emergency Solar Power
Permit Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HB16B7354D52C489DB3738E428F439F9A"><enum>502.</enum><header>Exemption of
solar energy projects from environmental impact statement requirement</header>
<subsection id="HCD2008A444174D0994D43C94AFD12100"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Title I of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H64D4C81D33404A259B8B2BEE872987E4" style="traditional">
<section id="HFE0801D6028D4F94BB07899E40A8D1ED"><enum>106.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No action relating to the development,
deployment, or operation of a solar energy project on lands managed by the
Bureau of Land Management shall be considered a major Federal action for the
purposes of section
102(2)(C).</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H9FA2F06E20654509BC9A0EB8054AC81E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect for
Statements Underway</header><text>Each department and agency of the Federal
Government shall cease the preparation of a statement, commenced pursuant to
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(C)), for any action described in the amendment made by subsection (a),
to the extent that the preparation of such statement would delay or otherwise
interfere with such action.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Natural
Gas</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H238CD6051F054D78BEA9DDC459940814" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Natural gas vehicle
research, development, and demonstration projects</header>
<subsection id="HF5040BC17C1F440493B0FB8B2EC8F752"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall conduct a 5-year program of
natural gas vehicle research, development, and demonstration. The Secretary
shall coordinate with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,
as necessary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H87383F73C09E44E894968DD28FE26B4A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
program under this section shall focus on—</text>
<paragraph id="H43C8A8DC4D3443E49BD05E7228982740"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the continued
improvement and development of new, cleaner, more efficient light-duty,
medium-duty, and heavy-duty natural gas vehicle engines;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB361A54E6E654ED183136E30F3C6AED2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the integration of
those engines into light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty natural gas vehicles
for onroad and offroad applications;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF060D6364E234E99B28459F2031DD3BC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>expanding product
availability by assisting manufacturers with the certification of the engines
or vehicles described in paragraph (1) or (2) to Federal or California
certification requirements and in-use emission standards;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE89EF2E5E9C8444A81E8331C7D4AFFD9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the demonstration
and proper operation and use of the vehicles described in paragraph (2) under
all operating conditions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87564DD711DA4BF899B33009604E2A4C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the development
and improvement of nationally recognized codes and standards for the continued
safe operation of natural gas vehicles and their components;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B8E0FB530D24A51BB12E93B78A02F20"><enum>(6)</enum><text>improvement in the
reliability and efficiency of natural gas fueling station
infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDC1FA40CC8D2420A8E47BBEAAE09AA2B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the certification
of natural gas fueling station infrastructure to nationally recognized and
industry safety standards;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8B969FB1F5045AF9C67F80E32D891E1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the improvement in
the reliability and efficiency of onboard natural gas fuel storage
systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D64F54BD9B845D4865E5B26F7271EEA"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the development of
new natural gas fuel storage materials;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3E0EED2D98C443AB3A29D4D4772276A"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the certification
of onboard natural gas fuel storage systems to nationally recognized and
industry safety standards; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA28D007A2F084BF6B625016C9E53AD28"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the use of
natural gas engines in hybrid vehicles.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFAA85B8571FA4126B5B4B713886DE093"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification of
conversion systems</header><text>The Secretary shall coordinate with the
Administrator on issues related to streamlining the certification of natural
gas conversion systems to the appropriate Federal certification requirements
and in-use emission standards.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4035BB970EED410A864A2609A4365CE1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cooperation and
Coordination with Industry</header><text>In developing and carrying out the
program under this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with the natural gas
vehicle industry to ensure cooperation between the public and the private
sector.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H33456FF8AD6541BF9972DE52E6E0216F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conduct of
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program under
this section shall be conducted in accordance with sections 3001 and 3002 of
the Energy Policy Act of 1992.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H430BD34CBE7243989D3DB02CCACF367C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
provide a report to Congress on the implementation of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1BE8293FCB1F4B9DA967930737F6FCBE"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to carry
out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H78CB26BAA50D468DB510267DDCB42A57"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this section, the term <term>natural gas</term> means compressed
natural gas, liquefied natural gas, biomethane, and mixtures of hydrogen and
methane or natural gas.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF2FE3B418544C75ACD45BD638F7264D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>602.</enum><header>Alternative fuel
credit with respect to compressed or liquefied natural gas made
permanent</header>
<subsection id="H05EE8BA1CD5B40D68A6C57F5119853AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Alternative fuel
credit</header><text>Paragraph (5) of section 6426(d) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to alternative fuel credit) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1044AD020C834603BE1B38823C394859" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB7FE1174BA77418BB7E84B132F6FE60D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Termination</header>
<subparagraph id="H936B5A706453412191C668C855DA5448"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), this subsection
shall not apply to any sale or use for any period after December 31, 2009
(September 30, 2014, in the case of any sale or use involving liquefied
hydrogen).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H791C7FFC0A1A4D05AF70F89B4A5EDA75"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Compressed or
liquefied natural gas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in the
case of any sale or use involving compressed or liquefied natural
gas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC065FF271DD44F23BDBB81AC5DE646A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Alternative fuel
mixture credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (3)
of section 6426(e) of such Code is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H719FBBD72927465094DEE342ECC2BFFC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HCD74D86C1FDD41FF9B5357A8E71D6CE2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination</header>
<subparagraph id="HBD2E63D8F93F43B790A7F48AE8E02BE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided
in subparagraph (B), this subsection shall not apply to any sale or use for any
period after December 31, 2009 (September 30, 2014, in the case of any sale or
use involving liquefied hydrogen).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A46A7BFEEC149AB8E1A13C075F4905B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Compressed or
liquefied natural gas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in the
case of any sale or use involving compressed or liquefied natural
gas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF03EF32128C342E4891792BA8D071609"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payments
relating to alternative fuel or alternative fuel
mixtures</header><text>Paragraph (6) of section 6427(e) of such Code is amended
by adding at the end the following flush sentence:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF538F26ED6747B99D6A72B9A7A00153" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="paragraph">The
preceding sentence shall not apply in the case of any sale or use involving
compressed or liquefied natural
gas.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9391A848248C4756915E3DF6459755E9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to fuel sold
or used after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11A5F87C91834472A5A5D515198EB5F6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header>Alternative fuel
vehicle credit made permanent with respect to vehicles powered by compressed or
liquefied natural gas</header>
<subsection id="H217E72BA569A46A0B4FA6A0A5B7CF157"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (4) of
section 30B(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to termination)
is amended by adding at the end the following flush sentence:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2743F3834CD54FCAAB8BAC3827EBFD3C" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="paragraph">The
preceding sentence shall not apply in the case of a vehicle powered by
compressed or liquefied natural
gas.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HED5518753EA54A38BE78BC1AE44EE6BF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to property
placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H430EA2E813364DCCAF8CA3A706813D67" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>604.</enum><header>Allowance of vehicle
and infrastructure credits against regular and minimum tax and transferability
of credits</header>
<subsection id="H4E8ED5461368428183CEBF84E9E7AD4D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Business
credits</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 38(c)(4) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of
clause (vii), by striking the period at the end of clause (viii) and inserting
<quote>, and</quote>, and by inserting after clause (viii) the following new
clauses:</text>
<quoted-block id="H291915B5C5FE41FB8141D6586AB37054" style="OLC">
<clause id="H1E232D68784940A480B90E3B48F42558"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the portion of the credit determined under
section 30B which is attributable to the application of subsection (e)(3)
thereof with respect to qualified alternative fuel motor vehicles which are
capable of being powered by compressed or liquefied natural gas, and</text>
</clause><clause id="H40A7EFC4B02E47DA98CAF0B7007DC3CD"><enum>(x)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the portion of the credit determined under
section 30C which is attributable to the application of subsection (b) thereof
with respect to refueling property which is used to store and or dispense
compressed or liquefied natural
gas.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H292A1E7B50734C4DB51409D079D7310B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Personal
credits</header>
<paragraph id="HEC10AAEB3ABC4EEDBD952157A01CE352"><enum>(1)</enum><header>New qualified
alternative fuel motor vehicles</header><text>Subsection (g) of section 30B of
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC25B9B38C2F74076AE140CB776F92FFC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1CCCE160D8BB45EB81F7DD998A629DFE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rule
relating to certain new qualified alternative fuel motor vehicles</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of the portion of the credit
determined under subsection (a) which is attributable to the application of
subsection (e)(3) with respect to qualified alternative fuel motor vehicles
which are capable of being powered by compressed or liquefied natural
gas—</text>
<subparagraph id="H928C83A3E0D54EF7B3733C5057A97C49"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">paragraph (2) shall (after the application
of paragraph (1)) be applied separately with respect to such portion,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H677FE3EAB0DA4B139A4264A09AA4829B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in lieu of the
limitation determined under paragraph (2), such limitation shall not exceed the
excess (if any) of—</text>
<clause id="H9A1E8FFBB8F5494BA989BFB733253815"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the sum of the
regular tax liability (as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tentative minimum
tax for the taxable year, reduced by</text>
</clause><clause id="H16C3A484D50C4874A92C2FA6419D0479"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the sum of the
credits allowable under subpart A and sections 27 and
30.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEDE88114370847BC888134DA55E43A0A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alternative fuel
vehicle refueling properties</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 30C of
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H049CC3AACB4647AB9362C45F8ED7974D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA6FFA5ACAF374B39A6D6992E24A57667"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rule
relating to certain alternative fuel vehicle refueling properties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of the portion of the credit
determined under subsection (a) with respect to refueling property which is
used to store and or dispense compressed or liquefied natural gas and which is
attributable to the application of subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA15EF7F7876A4C83AA40D52D9D8E1E6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>paragraph (2)
shall (after the application of paragraph (1)) be applied separately with
respect to such portion, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EB8D08FD3E84465B0B96FC11608E8FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in lieu of the
limitation determined under paragraph (2), such limitation shall not exceed the
excess (if any) of—</text>
<clause id="HFE8CD6586FB0456FB843158AF3FD6F39"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the sum of the
regular tax liability (as defined in section 26(b)) plus the tentative minimum
tax for the taxable year, reduced by</text>
</clause><clause id="HD0C5187DABEE4768A9A2C8724B70F297"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the sum of the
credits allowable under subpart A and sections 27, 30, and the portion of the
credit determined under section 30B which is attributable to the application of
subsection (e)(3)
thereof.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H29F4E675CB9A4C36AADF0940A108AC2F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Credits may be
transferred</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7F69D0AF646C40F5B0E6F8E2184A6F0C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Vehicle
credits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (h) of
section 30B of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FF45A5146434997B8BC19215A3F7222" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD872F605059F457AB7D764B0BFD502FF"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Transferability
of credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in any law
or rule of law shall be construed to limit a taxpayer from transferring,
through sale and repurchase agreement, the credit allowed by this section for
qualified alternative fuel motor vehicles which are capable of being powered by
compressed or liquefied natural
gas.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0785A9DFC5E94786AEDB1D29971124C3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Infrastructure
credit</header><text>Subsection (e) of section 30C of such Code is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2346F4C9897948BDB2E31BF6D318D1CA" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB2B8C416B210493EA72F66A5FC0D677D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Credit may be
transferred</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in any
law or rule of law shall be construed to limit a taxpayer from transferring the
credit allowed by this section through sale and repurchase
agreements.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H19F29023C1FE4BDBA2AAC44CD745EF51"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00E67004D1424E648CF133071FD44DB0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>605.</enum><header>Credit for producing
vehicles fueled by natural gas or liquified natural gas</header>
<subsection id="HD7DEF10B01754DE4AC4DD4A3BB6AB040"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to business related credits), as
amended by this Act, is amended by inserting after section 45R the following
new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE90F9184A49942C4B1AD3F090A5CD270" style="OLC">
<section id="H86FC0266D36745CCA7085742D9BDF3F8"><enum>45S.</enum><header>Production of
vehicles fueled by natural gas or liquified natural gas</header>
<subsection id="H180F4BAD04C74A3C899029CDB8059BDF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of section 38, in the case of a taxpayer who
is a manufacturer of natural gas vehicles, the natural gas vehicle credit
determined under this section for any taxable year with respect to each
eligible natural gas vehicle produced by the taxpayer during such year is an
amount equal to the lesser of—</text>
<paragraph id="HFC27835D88CC4A26A3889C420BF19A1C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>10 percent of the
manufacturer’s basis in such vehicle, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0ACD93D3A22A4AD08026A72D5D8DB55F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2381DB6217AB40F9AECB3591D3C8AD11"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Aggregate credit
allowed</header><text>The aggregate amount of credit allowed under subsection
(a) with respect to a taxpayer for any taxable year shall not exceed
$200,000,000 reduced by the amount of the credit allowed under subsection (a)
to the taxpayer (or any predecessor) for all prior taxable years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3A5D7E87E38947B9863CA521AC2280C5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H7C64B7CD6C954A13A7AF4CD2EEB287BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible natural
gas vehicle</header><text>The term <term>eligible natural gas vehicle</term>
means any motor vehicle (as defined in section 30(c)(2))—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B11ABEE4CFE450B95EE7DC36BFF133F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>which—</text>
<clause id="H62CDEFEC91E54666B144F9AF71B3C194"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
only capable of operating on natural gas or liquefied natural gas, or</text>
</clause><clause id="H10ED1EAD2E584C7E8A39747B19C1CCF6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is capable of operating on compressed or
liquefied natural gas and (but not in combination with) gasoline or diesel
fuel, but in no case shall such vehicle have an operating range of less than
200 miles on compressed or liquefied natural gas, and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A9D352CA9044A64AD0DBCC778374ACB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the final assembly
of which is in the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H163D1DDBCF1249E19669399D2FA6A6CE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Manufacturer</header><text>The
term <term>manufacturer</term> has the meaning given such term in regulations
prescribed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for
purposes of the administration of title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521
et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4CC1CA3159A64C88B20886D5D355F9EA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special
rules</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HF5CE7530905E4AD9A60004F63B3C4FF6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Rules similar to the rules of subsections (c), (d), and
(e) of section 52 shall apply.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB45923D1EEC9463CAADDEC6EB7FFB5AA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Controlled
groups</header>
<subparagraph id="H6FDA4C8D059041EAB07B3EDD540636B2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>All persons treated as a single employer under subsection
(a) or (b) of section 52 or subsection (m) or (o) of section 414 shall be
treated as a single producer.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B88C733596A4D48A22E67BC6F6C6F7E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion of
foreign corporations</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), in
applying subsections (a) and (b) of section 52 to this section, section 1563
shall be applied without regard to subsection (b)(2)(C) thereof.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9D2349E87A3D4923ADCCEB0AAA993129"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Verification</header><text>No
amount shall be allowed as a credit under subsection (a) with respect to which
the taxpayer has not submitted such information or certification as the
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, determines
necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H17EF878F544F413A8C66945E86D93F34"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Credit To be
part of business credit</header><text>Section 38(b) of such Code, as amended by
this Act, is amended by striking <quote>plus</quote> at the end of paragraph
(35), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (36) and inserting
<quote>, plus</quote>, and by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA292C6A7A0184F1BB5B673249BA48A7C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8A6E5C8E644D4A61B95EE0BAC3A3C101"><enum>(37)</enum><text>the natural gas
vehicle credit determined under section
45S(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HCF298029D76246E4BBD1F3177F3154D8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 45R the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE0167E8197E44EBB835FD4791C4BF2E" style="OLC">
<toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="HE90F9184A49942C4B1AD3F090A5CD270" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="H86FC0266D36745CCA7085742D9BDF3F8" level="section">Sec. 45S. Production of vehicles fueled by natural gas or
liquified natural
gas.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF270B7B50A784D36B64E596A310763D0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to vehicles
produced after December 31, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Clean
Coal</header>
<section id="H394ACC27535A406F866BCC73F86FF7B4"><enum>701.</enum><header>Coal-to-liquid
facilities</header>
<subsection id="HDD38867E5A9945D59F18DFDF1D16DCB0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to accelerated cost recovery system) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2970CA0465234F4EBA8F5CCCCA959D11" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0416BA1BDBE94A82BFDE3470A3A0FCB8"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Special
allowance for coal-to-Liquid plant property</header>
<paragraph id="H3234412466DD4BBF87C6BD3962490CB0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Additional
allowance</header><text>In the case of any qualified coal-to-liquid plant
property—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCD620AC5D872403AA8FF48AB84C3A821"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the depreciation
deduction provided by section 167(a) for the taxable year in which such
property is placed in service shall include an allowance equal to 50 percent of
the adjusted basis of such property, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F951B155A9443D483FC25BED5DAFEA1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the adjusted basis
of such property shall be reduced by the amount of such deduction before
computing the amount otherwise allowable as a depreciation deduction under this
chapter for such taxable year and any subsequent taxable year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5822E044011E4E21A688001D1CF7D911"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified
coal-to-liquid plant property</header>
<subparagraph id="H68D91529DAE44D2AA9D2935F0EE37A1A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <quote>qualified coal-to-liquid plant
property</quote> means property of a character subject to the allowance for
depreciation—</text>
<clause id="H7E0AC6E135684151B055A676444CFC92"><enum>(i)</enum><text>which is part of a
commercial-scale project that converts coal to 1 or more liquid or gaseous
transportation fuel that demonstrates the capture, and sequestration or
disposal or use of, the carbon dioxide produced in the conversion process, and
that, on the basis of carbon dioxide sequestration plan prepared by the
applicant, is certified by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, as producing fuel with
life cycle carbon dioxide emissions at or below the average life-cycle carbon
dioxide emissions for the same type of fuel produced at traditional petroleum
based facilities with similar annual capacities,</text>
</clause><clause id="H16EF90230EE24748A39E3D5FF41AA8A1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>which is used in
the United States solely to produce coal-to-liquid fuels,</text>
</clause><clause id="HEEDFB038A4334FCD905EA34E3ECD1046"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the original use
of which commences with the taxpayer after the date of the enactment of this
subsection,</text>
</clause><clause id="H7CFAD6D46B664808A8CCC581E63BDCEB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>which has a
nameplate capacity of 30,000 barrels per day production of coal-to-liquid
fuels,</text>
</clause><clause id="H141CC53605424ECF87C47809AD4CCE37"><enum>(v)</enum><text>which is acquired
by the taxpayer by purchase (as defined in section 179(d)) after the date of
the enactment of this subsection, but only if no written binding contract for
the acquisition was in effect on or before the date of the enactment of this
subsection, and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC97512EFF19F471AAE1494A8B1A96FE2"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>which is placed
in service by the taxpayer before January 1, 2013.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6AE3F67D386C4CB0AC8DE9B48441FC5E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exceptions</header>
<clause id="HF6BE1DA9A6C0465A910485D03C99F9B8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Alternative
depreciation property</header><text>Such term shall not include any property
described in section 168(k)(2)(D)(i).</text>
</clause><clause id="H9FB5A468E9FB4F0F9A95A615B453FFEE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Tax-exempt
bond-financed property</header><text>Such term shall not include any property
any portion of which is financed with the proceeds of any obligation the
interest on which is exempt from tax under section 103.</text>
</clause><clause id="H08ECEB22605D4B2293E147BFF0C146BE"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Election
out</header><text>If a taxpayer makes an election under this subparagraph with
respect to any class of property for any taxable year, this subsection shall
not apply to all property in such class placed in service during such taxable
year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0DCB4995C10440D58B2C7EA739EEB810"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special
rules</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, rules similar to the rules
of subparagraph (E) of section 168(k)(2) shall apply, except that such
subparagraph shall be applied—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF003DB0ADBAE44CC84DA7903F6BD2A87"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by substituting
<quote>the date of the enactment of subsection (l)</quote> for <quote>December
31, 2007</quote> each place it appears therein,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10C070DD4B304FD3951342555DA6CAB9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by substituting
<quote>January 1, 2013</quote> for <quote>January 1, 2010</quote> in clause (i)
thereof, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3E8DA6C89F04C18B4F77202E9EE87AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by substituting
<quote>qualified coal-to-liquid plant property</quote> for <quote>qualified
property</quote> in clause (iv) thereof.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1016F7A3550D45478116E5B7F45C6AB7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Allowance
against alternative minimum tax</header><text>For purposes of this subsection,
rules similar to the rules of section 168(k)(2)(G) shall apply.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5487E05AC42945DEB8F9E623425ADE4C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Recapture</header><text>For
purposes of this subsection, rules similar to the rules under section
179(d)(10) shall apply with respect to any qualified coal-to-liquid plant
property which ceases to be qualified coal-to-liquid plant
property.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HAB704F0A296D45E2B824943D69A8BE01"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years
ending after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF336BC24A4CB42ADB343FB1C9394EEED"><enum>702.</enum><header>Permanent
extension of the credit for nonbusiness energy property and the credit for gas
produced from biomass and for synthetic fuels produced from coal</header>
<subsection id="HDF00CD6C74EC48E9B0D5D5020E626538"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Credit for
nonbusiness energy property made permanent</header>
<paragraph id="H6B623D164CA14AC29C01B6B8604BECD6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 25C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by striking subsection (g).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H205657562EC74C2F8E20F73B18955C98"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to
property placed in service after December 31, 2008.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7A7C0C1D365241C2B0205253BD0B1AC6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Credit for gas
produced from biomass and for synthetic fuels produced from coal made
permanent</header>
<paragraph id="H8ACA31FFBE9045D39D0E243F74A61FE9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 45K(f)(1) of such Code is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0D8478E1999C4C6B8EFE9CD818F68DC9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA89370DEF2D8405C8298A42F835196A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if such facility
is originally placed in service after December 31, 1992, paragraph (2) of
subsection (e) shall not
apply.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2494FE60F4D5488E8F1F6373B3259A13"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to fuel
sold after December 31, 2008.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H1AF7CEF2106A48D8B8AFEDBF57BCD231"><enum>703.</enum><header>Coal-to-liquid
fuel loan guarantee program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0A139A1B688840AD8B408890B051E984"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligible
projects</header><text>Section 1703(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16513(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F79CB9F682D43C199D917D50BA209CB" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H16859539F09E4394A5179CE56D2846E3"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Large-scale
coal-to-liquid facilities (as defined in section 101 of the
<short-title>Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of
2007</short-title>) that use a feedstock, the majority of which is the coal
resources of the United States, to produce not less than 10,000 barrels a day
of liquid transportation
fuel.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H70C0689D90A94AC69B520B4A313D2A43"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Section 1704 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16514) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5F7CB70021D48EF9AF46733B59C8859" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H729AF05CD37D44BCBC079EFBF0B9B20E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coal-to-Liquid
projects</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEB68572C7BB14E87ADA29410718BD3C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are
necessary to provide the cost of guarantees for projects involving large-scale
coal-to-liquid facilities under section 1703(b)(11).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFCDC9BBC0F854693B445E63AF2588472"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alternative
Funding</header><text>If no appropriations are made available under paragraph
(1), an eligible applicant may elect to provide payment to the Secretary, to be
delivered if and at the time the application is approved, in the amount of the
estimated cost of the loan guarantee to the Federal Government, as determined
by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2DC6348233D944118919FAB2996A74FB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H58E38882E1A74874AD1D16E3738644EE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>No loan guarantees shall be provided under this title for
projects described in paragraph (1) after (as determined by the
Secretary)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HB3C380DA9DD947819A6930AA4258521C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the tenth such
loan guarantee is issued under this title; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H2C886ED5080348F5B982AC7EC795C0A8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>production
capacity covered by such loan guarantees reaches 100,000 barrels per day of
coal-to-liquid fuel.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0704C5B8E9674BB9B1BC16B55F0B83E3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Individual
projects</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H87D54178FA974DB195CF0D5F29AB9DAC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A loan guarantee may be provided under this title for any
large-scale coal-to-liquid facility described in paragraph (1) that produces no
more than 20,000 barrels of coal-to-liquid fuel per day.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H684F4FE8E67B4320B9381AE6936AB301"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Non-Federal
funding requirement</header><text>To be eligible for a loan guarantee under
this title, a large-scale coal-to-liquid facility described in paragraph (1)
that produces more than 20,000 barrels per day of coal-to-liquid fuel shall be
eligible to receive a loan guarantee for the proportion of the cost of the
facility that represents 20,000 barrels of coal-to-liquid fuel per day of
production.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H668F50ADA4A045A39AA36501A02A1143"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDC9769957B6F4F678F753D64F846EB52"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the
Secretary shall publish guidelines for the coal-to-liquids loan guarantee
application process.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1AB73A914AAB4050A7A44A41DADA2BDC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary
shall begin to accept applications for coal-to-liquid loan guarantees under
this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9DF6B3532E5444038C683196553775C1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Not
later than 1 year from the date of acceptance of an application under
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall evaluate the application and make final
determinations under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H54A71676C1794D1B8C753CC840AE5E26"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of
the House of Representatives a report describing the status of the program
under this subsection not later than each of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4F494B1BE7C84A99BB56B77D08F8A70B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>180 days after the
date of enactment of this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H80FFF079200D4F8FBB5FEC32B7D4B8BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 year after the
date of enactment of this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H52A8628EA49B4A89B5D1C56005D4F150"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the dates on which
the Secretary approves the first and fifth applications for coal-to-liquid loan
guarantees under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H322065A73FEF4CB894FFDB7C70C9DBF9"><enum>704.</enum><header>Coal-to-liquid
facilities loan program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H44C29F08016C489CAB65807DFF2DB61D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
eligible recipient</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible
recipient</term> means an individual, organization, or other entity that owns,
operates, or plans to construct a coal-to-liquid facility that will produce at
least 10,000 barrels per day of coal-to-liquid fuel.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H32E8BA120BA2458A858691266932733E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish a program under which the Secretary shall provide
loans, in a total amount not to exceed $20,000,000, for use by eligible
recipients to pay the Federal share of the cost of obtaining any services
necessary for the planning, permitting, and construction of a coal-to-liquid
facility.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4AF9E4A0491E4563914CC4BC4A67BF0F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To
be eligible to receive a loan under subsection (b), the eligible recipient
shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB9481C3E94544D559BCEA29080740868"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Non-Federal
match</header><text>To be eligible to receive a loan under this section, an
eligible recipient shall use non-Federal funds to provide a dollar-for-dollar
match of the amount of the loan.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H19E8EE11C8374E86A9AD03782C5F7285"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Repayment of
loan</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H91C7D85C126E472E88BE06D4370E1F68"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To be eligible to receive a loan under this section, an
eligible recipient shall agree to repay the original amount of the loan to the
Secretary not later than 5 years after the date of the receipt of the
loan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H00483F226C784033BD52B4F6EDE32481"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Source of
funds</header><text>Repayment of a loan under paragraph (1) may be made from
any financing or assistance received for the construction of a coal-to-liquid
facility described in subsection (a), including a loan guarantee provided under
section 1703(b)(11) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
16513(b)(11)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4E817F6F08514BEB9B63B6387B6834D5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5FFBFAB71F074CA7AE885716DBBC13FE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall publish guidelines for the coal-to-liquids loan application
process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H070AF58E75E743488C27A6AEB9E56393"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
begin to accept applications for coal-to-liquid loans under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H428FD6E61EB54AEBB5B174804962B4E2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header><text>Not later than each of 180 days and 1 year after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report describing the status of the
program under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H36A0A5A2E4B54CCF96F815E1A6E9B29A"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H04FED905E8DA483B8260293D742E898F"><enum>705.</enum><header>7-year
depreciation for clean coal technology or for carbon sequestration technology
installed or retro-fit at power-plants</header>
<subsection id="H94FBA9F44FC9400DA0BD47B9A00F9522"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (C) of
section 168(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (iv), by striking the period at the end
of clause (v) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by inserting after clause
(v) the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA10F50D0E80E411FBB0A2285C830506C" style="OLC">
<clause id="H9DDB6425335E4352A46AEF6185D40325"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any property installed with respect to any
coal fired power plant generating power that retrofits the operation of such
plant to decrease its carbon output by at least 10 percent per
year.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H641E6AEE2F694962A04EDE09E2662C5F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to property
placed in service after December 31, 2009.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1A15CFBBE1254B1F9C2CF3A10C525CC7"><enum>706.</enum><header>Extension of 50
cent per gallon alternative fuels excise tax credit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (5) of section 6426(d) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H88CB9B49C0274B0B8346CB51DC9EF77A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2009</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17378E6DF9564D258A6F889B1788665F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2014</quote> and inserting <quote>2024</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H3B993295139A4B508C03BBF136E5D0A0"><enum>707.</enum><header>Provides a 20
percent investment tax credit capped at $200 million total per ctl plant placed
in service before 2016</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Internal Revenue Service shall treat the synthetic gas produced from
coal-to-liquids with the same tax treatment as covered by the industrial
gasification tax credit.</text>
</section><section id="HAAC4A805E2354F2892621F8398FF8C10"><enum>708.</enum><header>Reduces
recovery period for certain energy production and distribution
facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In the case of an
individual or business, there shall be allowed as a credit against the taxes
imposed by subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 an amount equal to
30 percent of the expenditures made by such individual or business for energy
production and distribution facilities.</text>
</section><section id="H001D61D0D50D4C86B36EB03246869E0C"><enum>709.</enum><header>DOE clean coal
technology loan guarantees and direct loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy may provide clean
coal technology loan guarantees and direct loans for the research, development,
demonstration, and deployment of clean coal technology, to build up to five
commercial-scale coal-fired plants with carbon capture and sequestration
capabilities. For each such loan guarantee or loan, at least 50 percent of the
total cost of the project shall be provided by the private sector.</text>
</section><section id="HBC4D3CAC742A4834820F2CB79E7B495B"><enum>710.</enum><header>Carbon dioxide
storage capacity assessment</header>
<subsection id="HEF86186F523846C3B65DF085D7AE77A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H9211CD2FEA994899A4809730C4EFE6F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>The
term <term>assessment</term> means the national assessment of capacity for
carbon dioxide completed under subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE8E4AB988224DBCB20F5750C5539BA6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Capacity</header><text>The
term <term>capacity</term> means the portion of a storage formation that can
retain carbon dioxide in accordance with the requirements (including physical,
geological, and economic requirements) established under the methodology
developed under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C8D2407324240FB9C0022FA3AE1AA18"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Engineered
hazard</header><text>The term <term>engineered hazard</term> includes the
location and completion history of any well that could affect potential
storage.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H638534569F9241F5A415235BD36734A8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Risk</header><text>The
term <term>risk</term> includes any risk posed by geomechanical, geochemical,
hydrogeological, structural, and engineered hazards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EB41ED6576B4C3B9ECB31DAC1EFC809"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through
the Director of the United States Geological Survey.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DF53EF29B0047BAA47B0A899746ABFA"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Storage
formation</header><text>The term <term>storage formation</term> means a deep
saline formation, unmineable coal seam, or oil or gas reservoir that is capable
of accommodating a volume of industrial carbon dioxide.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H005D50B89CEF4F71B4C1B0FADD2C0052"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Methodology</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
develop a methodology for conducting an assessment under subsection (f), taking
into consideration—</text>
<paragraph id="HB89C8BF059D64B7D9073B16F30CAF824"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the geographical
extent of all potential storage formations in all States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H143D6C3E5EA34A4E895B4A3E723E35AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the capacity of
the potential storage formations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H801E3571FEDC4803B6F71E16AF60B9C5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the injectivity of
the potential storage formations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04E47E48599A4C41A477A11B422158C5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an estimate of
potential volumes of oil and gas recoverable by injection and storage of
industrial carbon dioxide in potential storage formations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE5D5272B434426EAE568A99092B2CF3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the risk
associated with the potential storage formations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85BBB8968A8E41D1BB024A564E54E3C2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Carbon
Sequestration Atlas of the United States and Canada that was completed by the
Department of Energy in April 2006.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAC15BDB797574D349D6F155C4B5A6325"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination</header>
<paragraph id="H29DBCC4411124089AFB0793A13B5456A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
coordination</header>
<subparagraph id="HC6496C925E8542FEB6D93D7602D561D7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency on issues of data sharing, format,
development of the methodology, and content of the assessment required under
this title to ensure the maximum usefulness and success of the
assessment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25A7237D9FAF4AE398CEB3DA80708158"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>The
Secretary of Energy and the Administrator shall cooperate with the Secretary to
ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, the usefulness and success of the
assessment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0A83FF198CE24CABB4789CCF6B3D554C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State
coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall consult with State geological
surveys and other relevant entities to ensure, to the maximum extent
practicable, the usefulness and success of the assessment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5EBFB6CF20E0438C94C7D301DD41ED3F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>External Review
and Publication</header><text>On completion of the methodology under subsection
(b), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H3EE767BD253341B282C8738D49E1DC32"><enum>(1)</enum><text>publish the
methodology and solicit comments from the public and the heads of affected
Federal and State agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4AE3C202D57493FAA4B12C51D556C08"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish a panel
of individuals with expertise in the matters described in paragraphs (1)
through (5) of subsection (b) composed, as appropriate, of representatives of
Federal agencies, institutions of higher education, nongovernmental
organizations, State organizations, industry, and international geoscience
organizations to review the methodology and comments received under paragraph
(1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H849EE7C11B2D4F498810CB38EC1CB503"><enum>(3)</enum><text>on completion of
the review under paragraph (2), publish in the Federal Register the revised
final methodology.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAFC30DF78B874DCCB61FB26BE230CBC8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Periodic
Updates</header><text>The methodology developed under this section shall be
updated periodically (including at least once every 5 years) to incorporate new
data as the data becomes available.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAC8F3B72CB7943CC9FD53D46EADE5FFB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>National
Assessment</header>
<paragraph id="H4140FE2251954CF99417097BB99CBCD9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of publication of
the methodology under subsection (d)(1), the Secretary, in consultation with
the Secretary of Energy and State geological surveys, shall complete a national
assessment of capacity for carbon dioxide in accordance with the
methodology.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE2C5215336647EB9743232B3A3320DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Geological
verification</header><text>As part of the assessment under this subsection, the
Secretary shall carry out a drilling program to supplement the geological data
relevant to determining storage capacity of carbon dioxide in geological
storage formations, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H227BBFD080534DC488EFA3A97288C303"><enum>(A)</enum><text>well log
data;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2D48EAB27B34EA398F90ED5A5EB0AF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>core data;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78DDD3C7A17F438190AEF08DD77BA441"><enum>(C)</enum><text>fluid sample
data.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAB46257E62E84C60B6611C5A258E4CE3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Partnership with
other drilling programs</header><text>As part of the drilling program under
paragraph (2), the Secretary shall enter, as appropriate, into partnerships
with other entities to collect and integrate data from other drilling programs
relevant to the storage of carbon dioxide in geologic formations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79F2E9D2E23049CF9F636DD8CB68849E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Incorporation
into natcarb</header>
<subparagraph id="H9EC0313CD90A40F0A716EAF09AB6BF69"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On completion of the assessment, the Secretary of Energy
shall incorporate the results of the assessment using the NatCarb database, to
the maximum extent practicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBB86C74C6D5451D99ECA51767031B62"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Ranking</header><text>The
database shall include the data necessary to rank potential storage sites for
capacity and risk, across the United States, within each State, by formation,
and within each basin.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5DBC66A181974E4C9DC29E70D3110FFE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date on which the assessment is completed, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate and the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of
Representatives a report describing the findings under the assessment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48731A24F62645A0B43A6015B882A09A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Periodic
updates</header><text>The national assessment developed under this section
shall be updated periodically (including at least once every 5 years) to
support public and private sector decisionmaking.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE8B7B1C76E8F43F0A90E4B1FCF8CA045"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section $30,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2009 through
2013.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79B97249997E497B9DD8D474B1F799BB"><enum>711.</enum><header>Efficiency
audit and quantification</header>
<subsection id="HA8F8C11DEA364389911A7DF03A9CF7C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Energy (referred to in this section as the
<term>Secretary</term>) shall conduct an efficiency audit, and quantify the
operating efficiencies, of all coal-fired electric generation facilities in the
United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4C32A04CDB854A3C8B15113AD4DF7FA7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of completion of the audit and
quantification under subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation with the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall submit to the
Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and Environment and Public Works of
the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives, a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="H6B6D189567B4420A8E46CB3860B3F9C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifies all
commercially available technologies, processes, and other approaches to
increasing the efficiency of the coal-fired electric generation facilities
audited;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20E8B32957344159A57366B0A5311DF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes a
methodology for determining which technologies and processes, in the absence of
the obstacles identified under paragraph (3), would be sufficiently cost
effective to recoup all costs of the technologies and processes in not more
than 5 years after the date of installation or implementation, respectively, of
the technologies or processes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H840FB7D5537645C291CF7CFB423422E7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identifies the
technical, economic, regulatory, environmental, and other obstacles to
coal-fired electric generation facilities undertaking the installation of the
technologies or incorporation of the processes described in paragraph
(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H818542CFDEF94C2E961F324C73C2DCA4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>includes
recommendations as to legislative, administrative, and other actions that could
reduce or eliminate the obstacles identified under paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95FA6F6383D8427C926D88607A59EE3C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>includes
calculations of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H49AFBCB7E8F64B6A8C1E312F4EAFFE8E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the additional
power to be expected from the installation or implementation of those
technologies and processes that are considered to be economic under the
methodology described in paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H037323B9505D484983315CAF55ACC54A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the greenhouse gas
emissions that are or could be avoided through installation or implementation
of those technologies and processes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF424571F75EF4CDAADC942B53E280B3F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as are necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Tax
Incentives</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AA24200B3994DE58CFD108EACC1FD11"><enum>801.</enum><header>Extension of
credit for energy efficient appliances</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08B45F603CFD42B8A278B4ED8EBB8B8D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 45M of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to applicable amount) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA2496BC06A1449DD8194CAEB13B95882"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraphs
(1)(A), (2)(B), and (3)(B), by striking <quote>in calendar year 2008 or
2009</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>after calendar year
2007</quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC15369E726F0422A884EAA22AC211FB0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(C), (2)(D),
(3)(C), and (3)(D), by striking <quote>in calendar year 2008, 2009, or
2010</quote> and inserting <quote>after calendar year 2007</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B6A1C4B45FE4BB794F6297C73074454"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to
appliances produced after December 31, 2009.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2923E5DAFF9548F489C8221E214D18E1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>802.</enum><header>Extension of credit
for nonbusiness energy property</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 25C of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by striking subsection (g).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E080A6BB0A7452AAA6FDFD4E2EBD102" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>803.</enum><header>Extension of credit
for residential energy efficient property</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 25D of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by striking subsection (g).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69A7A654066B4E37B6A8F86A1358734A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>804.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of new energy efficient home
credit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 45L of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (g).</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H3002085754A4425AAB2D6850FB0C8AE6"><enum>805.</enum><header>Extension of
energy efficient commercial buildings deduction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 179D of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by striking subsection (h).</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EA9FB855F8B4B62BDE6582F003775E7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>806.</enum><header>Extension of special
rule to implement FERC and State electric restructuring policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (3) of section 451(i) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>before January 1,
2008 (before January 1, 2010, in the case of a qualified electric
utility),</quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H394932D695F84ECB8594D4BA50C5F72F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>807.</enum><header>Home energy
audits</header>
<subsection id="H0605E55C05294AA2801A49022121EFEE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 25D the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E61B0E8AC924DC59C17A8911C2C790D" style="OLC">
<section id="H50B2582693F9464CB8DCA3E89D1DC065"><enum>25E.</enum><header>Home energy
audits</header>
<subsection id="HADF654FB4AD748CE90E139093DCC6224"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed as a
credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount
equal to 50 percent of the amount of qualified energy audit paid or incurred by
the taxpayer during the taxable year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD954F8EACB7146B3B7A647244FA5A53D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H19A4D687829040E58C82B7267769DF46"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Dollar
limitation</header><text>The amount allowed as a credit under subsection (a)
with respect to a residence of the taxpayer for a taxable year shall not exceed
$400.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H444EC82EF51A4DA7AB8CC131252FBE78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation based
on amount of tax</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case
of any taxable year to which section 26(a)(2) does not apply, the credit
allowed under subsection (a) shall not exceed the excess of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H25324797854F4C77BA60D73199B74A2A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sum of the regular tax liability (as
defined in section 26(b)) plus the tax imposed by section 55, over</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B495593194741AA99C94DC02797A73E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sum of the credits allowable under this
subpart (other than this section) and section 27 for the taxable year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE76547FD3B024094A5CBDE0C733B50F5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualified Energy
Audit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this
section, the term <quote>qualified energy audit</quote> means an energy audit
of the principal residence of the taxpayer performed by a qualified energy
auditor through a comprehensive site visit. Such audit may include a blower
door test, an infra-red camera test, and a furnace combustion efficiency test.
In addition, such audit shall include such substitute tests for the tests
specified in the preceding sentence, and such additional tests, as the
Secretary may by regulation require. A principal residence shall not be taken
into consideration under this subparagraph unless such residence is located in
the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H44239548DAD8451A9D5A038297506B5C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Principal
residence</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <quote>principal
residence</quote> has the same meaning as when used in section 121.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE1A17C8041CF453A94801240BA320714"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Qualified energy
auditor</header>
<paragraph id="HCBF895BBB0F74CE5AD02E02A0B771D93"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall specify by regulations the
qualifications required to be a qualified energy auditor for purposes of this
section. Such regulations shall include rules prohibiting
conflicts-of-interest, including the disallowance of commissions or other
payments based on goods or non-audit services purchased by the taxpayer from
the auditor.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H56D7A1D778E749F29358AE2834D914B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe the
procedures and methods for certifying that an auditor is a qualified energy
auditor. To the maximum extent practicable, such procedures and methods shall
provide for a variety of sources to obtain
certifications.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H9CA38626F96D420B84140CFB7ACE8B03"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC119B6E88EA24D5BA72B4FC38C4FED7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 23(b)(4)(B) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by inserting <quote>and section 25E</quote> after
<quote>this section</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60FE96A97F85498A9014C1CE6AB4D49C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 23(c)(1)
of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>, 25E,</quote> after
<quote>25D</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H249BDC9ADF64464CBAA4BEC95CD4B3D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 24(b)(3)(B) of such Code is amended
by striking <quote>and 25B</quote> and inserting <quote>, 25B, and
25E</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFCDCC592FF5945BDB03F82E49D359A85"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 25(e)(1)(C)
of such Code are each amended by inserting <quote>25E,</quote> after
<quote>25D,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA062CA121D9C44FD98DAFB8C7F765585"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 25B(g)(2) of such Code is amended
by striking <quote>section 23</quote> and inserting <quote>sections 23 and
25E</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD844853F2694932A9EB3F0306B80535"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 25D(c)(1) of such Code is amended
by inserting <quote>and section 25E</quote> after <quote>this
section</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2FFAD8CF623748CDA4B8224DD971AD51"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 25D(c)(2) of such Code is amended
by striking <quote>and 25B</quote> and inserting <quote>25B, and
25E</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3500ECDA91C14E9FB3FB5B132A5FC518"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The table of
sections for subpart A of part IV of subchapter A chapter 1 of such Code is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 25D the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD427253193C49AFB829AFE33CD0D92F" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 25E. Home energy
audits.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9C239F42C6E14B7EAE4566341B9A6801"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts
paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD5DB4A7692694356A2690A17533BCB30"><enum>808.</enum><header>Extension of
renewable electricity, refined coal, and Indian coal production credit</header>
<subsection id="H8EBB2CC5DAE94FD2BB0352571C11F628"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Credit made
permanent</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H987CDCD1F6424D4B9DE46215B1F92CDE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (d) of
section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified
facilities) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBEACE5D4AD2C4DBCAF96CF7378B407E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and before January 1, 2014</quote> each place it occurs,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD603A1F7ADAF46DCACFFFE784543745D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, and before January 1, 2014</quote> in paragraphs (1) and (2)(A)(i),
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8ECF1CE229FC4DA4A5308C2FC7DAE2E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>before January 1, 2009</quote> in paragraph (10).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF9828E6418BB4DF9A791DF83C584F955"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Open-loop
biomass facilities</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of section 45(d)(3) of such
Code is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FFCC6DA91CD473699BF3BCD35D693CD" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB47E4CDE2A174A9A80E289EE80195FE6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a
facility using open-loop biomass to produce electricity, the term
<quote>qualified facility</quote> means any facility owned by the taxpayer
which is originally placed in service after October 22,
2004.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1B7D7E13030D42B0BA57E2E81B5EFF15"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to
electricity produced and sold after December 31, 2008, in taxable years ending
after such date.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE4150E47A15A4695809FA2EC9493EFE4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allowance
against alternative minimum tax</header>
<paragraph id="H3007119A41954A2094F9D139B10A0B4A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (iii) of
section 38(c)(4)(B) of such Code (relating to specified credits) is amended by
striking <quote>produced—</quote> and all that follows and inserting
<quote>produced at a facility which is originally placed in service after the
date of the enactment of this paragraph.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFAF367666FF94467A5B965564FE69921"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to taxable
years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF51C5E9B03DB4119836F00B3975FAB8B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>809.</enum><header>Extension of energy
credit</header>
<subsection id="H3EA0D05E4DE445B9AC99E59295D31044"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Solar energy
property</header><text>Paragraphs (2)(A)(i)(II) and (3)(A)(ii) of section 48(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to energy credit) are each
amended by striking <quote>but only with respect to periods ending before
January 1, 2017</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8238FDB1BFF343CE8AB9DCD5D95091D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fuel cell
property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 48(c)(1) of
such Code (relating to qualified fuel cell property) is amended by striking
subparagraph (D).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4912E115C9754FFB9AC5FA32572A28DD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Microturbine
property</header><text>Section 48(c)(2) of such Code (relating to qualified
microturbine property) is amended by striking subparagraph (D).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAEB0F0FDEE6645E5B059E56C8BC15B67"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Combined heat
and power system property</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 48(c)(3) of such Code (relating to
combined heat and power system property) is amended by inserting
<quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (ii), by striking <quote>, and</quote>
at the end of clause (iii) and inserting a period, and by striking clause
(iv).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H38C72FDC3EFE42358BA7572878A8CE52"><enum>810.</enum><header>Credit for
clean renewable energy bonds made permanent</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 54 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to termination) is amended by striking subsection (m).</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E30501E0F42436BAD8441D5D83E6936" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>811.</enum><header>Extension of credits
for biodiesel and renewable diesel</header>
<subsection id="HA7FDDCB3B169423FB8BD70794A730868"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 40A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (g).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H30E57D5EF0C845089B323B1D7E2FC4A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Biodiesel
mixture credit</header>
<paragraph id="H28A17FE0DE0A48F9BFFE3F70B8716E84"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 6426(c) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph (6).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B630FA030644457B7FD5648C0D26ED6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 6427(e)(5)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph (B)
and redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C),
respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6A39DA879C5D47629FB56FA88B470BA2"><enum>812.</enum><header>Alternative
fuel vehicle refueling property credit made permanent</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 30C of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by striking subsection (g).</text>
</section>