1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as A Roadmap for America’s Energy
Future
.
(b)
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—AMERICAN ENERGY
Sec. 100. Findings.
Subtitle A—OCS
Sec. 101. Leasing program considered approved.
Sec. 102. Outer Continental Shelf Lease sales.
Sec. 103. Definitions under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act.
Sec. 104. Determination of Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning
Areas.
Sec. 105. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program.
Sec. 106. Coordination with Adjacent States.
Sec. 107. Environmental studies.
Sec. 108. Outer Continental Shelf incompatible use.
Sec. 109. Repurchase of certain leases.
Sec. 110. Offsite environmental mitigation.
Subtitle B—ANWR
Sec. 121. Definitions.
Sec. 122. Leasing program for lands within the Coastal
Plain.
Sec. 123. Lease sales.
Sec. 124. Grant of leases by the Secretary.
Sec. 125. Lease terms and conditions.
Sec. 126. Coastal Plain environmental protection.
Sec. 127. Expedited judicial review.
Sec. 128. Federal and State distribution of
revenues.
Sec. 129. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain.
Sec. 130. Conveyance.
Sec. 131. Local government impact aid and community service
assistance.
Subtitle C—Oil Shale
Sec. 141. Oil shale.
Subtitle D—Coal to Liquid
Sec. 151. Development and operation of facilities.
Sec. 152. Definitions relating to coal-to-liquid fuel and
facilities.
Sec. 153. Repeal.
Title II—AMERICAN-MADE ENERGY TRUST FUND
Sec. 201. Establishment of American-Made Energy Trust
Fund.
Title III—NUCLEAR
Sec. 301. Findings.
Sec. 302. 200 operating permits by 2040.
Sec. 303. Recycle and safely store spent nuclear
fuel.
Sec. 304. Confidence in availability of waste
disposal.
Title IV—REVERSE AUCTION MECHANISMS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
GENERATION AND FOR RENEWABLE FUEL PRODUCTION
Sec. 401. Reverse auction mechanism for renewable energy
generation.
Title V—National Commission on Outer Continental Shelf Oil Spill
Prevention
Sec. 501. National Commission on Outer Continental Shelf Oil
Spill Prevention.
<enum>I</enum><header>AMERICAN
ENERGY</header>
<section id="H88A2FED7E2D2468D84AF5D3095B1E8B5"><enum>100.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H00DBC099C9CD46F9AEC2C92B8D32A1C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States contains abundant oil and
gas resources located within its lands.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H835F4839B54449DE94E595D87A1222F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Development of
domestic oil and gas resources can be accomplished in a safe and
environmentally responsible manner.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H75E54303F57C4132B0AC25EF206B54B6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Increased
development of domestic oil and gas resources could significantly boost
economic growth, provide permanent well-paying jobs, and serve as a significant
revenue source to the Federal government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA28DBF1DD21045FCA01AA74EB11183DC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The United States
Geological Survey estimates that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge contains a
mean expected value of 10.4 billion barrels of technically recoverable
oil.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28E5CBC801514DBDABDB0CC25B1C8F58"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Minerals
Management Service has estimated there are 85 billion undiscovered, technically
recoverable barrels of oil and 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the
outer Continental Shelf of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F4DFC9FC84A4388938DCD08F541182A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Minerals
Management Service has estimated that less than 0.001 percent of oil produced
on the Outer Continental Shelf of the United States since 1980 has been
spilled.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DAF16D472BA44019E6062C8D2A0677C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The National
Academy of Sciences has estimated that less than 1 percent of petroleum in
American waters is from drilling and extraction, and that 63 percent is from
natural seepage.</text>
</paragraph></section><subtitle id="HF874B8518F1F4D15A27A68F52E1FD2C8"><enum>A</enum><header>OCS</header>
<section id="H74DFEBA8BED644BBB4081C5F7384ECF1"><enum>101.</enum><header>Leasing program
considered approved</header>
<subsection id="H34C239319B4C428AB17F0E013ACE80C7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas
Leasing Program 2010–2015 released by the Secretary of the Interior (referred
to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) under section 18 of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is considered to have been
approved by the Secretary as a final oil and gas leasing program under that
section, and is considered to be in full compliance with and in accordance with
all requirements of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Endangered Species Act of 1973, Clean Air
Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, the Oil Pollution Control Act of
1990, and all other applicable laws.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H686685DE52554CC69E464D30B0A349C7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Final
Environmental Impact Statement</header><text>The Secretary is considered to
have issued a legally sufficient final environmental impact statement for the
program described in subsection (a) in accordance with all requirements under
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(C)), and all other applicable laws.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBB3E6D7446644E5CADE163CDD9AB9698"><enum>102.</enum><header>Outer
Continental Shelf Lease sales</header>
<subsection id="H78AB71398A7E40B9B0832FFC5766DB7A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in (b), not later than 30 days after
the date of enactment of this Act and every 270 days thereafter, the Secretary
of the Interior (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>)
shall conduct a lease sale in each outer Continental Shelf planning region for
which the Secretary determines that there is a commercial interest in
purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for production on the outer Continental
Shelf.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3C1C253A45B44E2EAE4FBEF62C750E3A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subsequent
determinations and sales</header><text>If the Secretary determines that there
is not a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for
production on the outer Continental Shelf in a planning area under this
subsection, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the
determination and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD02455AE61424B239D68B04A726D07D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>solicit if there
is commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for production
on the outer Continental Shelf in the planning area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4396D09A70AB48CD8708AE3A5A72E544"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the Secretary
determines that there is a commercial interest described in paragraph (1),
conduct a lease sale in the planning area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H649E83CF76344BA49A88333578E11866"><enum>103.</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="HEFDE3466049E4B1C99CFB906D19584E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (f) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1F538741453E4E998BAE452E10535D2F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H481033B286D6452094356AF7AADE8D08"><enum>(f)</enum><text>The term
<term>affected State</term> means the <term>Adjacent
State</term>.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H919A8AA5BBEA42FDB1252E7627687B4E"><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="HCF4EDD6F33154D57A46221BF7F99A70D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>; and</quote> at the end of paragraph (p) and inserting a period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1827B01684F42109BFFD77A7CC4A614"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H353163EA727548A887AA2E266BED640C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF3DA9AF722B0476EAE242EE8C11B1A14"><enum>(r)</enum><text>The term
<term>Adjacent State</term> means, with respect to any program, plan, lease
sale, leased tract or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant
to 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 to which such program, plan, lease sale, or
leased tract appertains or on which such activity is, or is proposed to be,
conducted. For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>State</term> 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="HE912625A3E894817B1AB28A9E1878761"><enum>(s)</enum><text>The term
<term>Adjacent Zone</term> means, with respect to any program, plan, lease
sale, leased tract, or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved
pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the portion of the outer Continental
Shelf for which the laws of a particular Adjacent State are declared, pursuant
to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1944AE0008DF4775ABE95B84E23A6DF9"><enum>(t)</enum><text>The term
<term>miles</term> means statute miles.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H612113CEB0BF4228BED3E170CAD8E402"><enum>(u)</enum><text>The term
<term>coastline</term> has the same meaning as the term <term>coast line</term>
as defined in section 2(c) of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1301(c)).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H425211C59EB54AA8B6839EBE021FE3E6"><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="H539004C02048400A8FA8DF7FA54CF082"><enum>104.</enum><header>Determination
of Adjacent Zones and OCS 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="H511F3D5A151D4CEAB9647F6FE6066B0B"><enum>105.</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="H43B8EC19952D4A10814651C3F1ACD58D"><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 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="H5E0B38442E4647A1B5D2E80B2B0A2C2D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by striking so much as precedes paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H726196D88AD14153BD4F09E693D24A0A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H36DD5504471341D0B47CA8A8DE5A2CD3"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1DFD7303E3C24AB6B79A91F0D63D9555"><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 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="H66FFA27BB76045C4A302A0529C60BB7B" 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="H45B98637F93B477591BEB52C1921F5DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFFE3B9B62E314363B51A233FBB92B1CB" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7547BBBFE62E4A788D4A497D2B602B41"><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="H2CFA30FD07FF46BD8A2CA0D2830AF912"><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="HE2C36A605D184900869DBDF8F55E0764"><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="HFAECE054E08C4A258DAEBB4F8BEB7629"><enum>106.</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="H794AFD62281E4B70A3CF3615F2543F88"><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="HDF1077361DC5444EA0D9A2C6A45CAB17"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4BA7B8280DA748F9A554DEE85D3A78AC" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC85404ED163D47F1A78C8F848E59D310"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD3690AAE0DAA42CA91C7181F1879A51B"><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
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="H7FC85E720450473EB398588AC8FFFA62" 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="HDB815358D8AE42AC9390463E23F4C331"><enum>107.</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="H6E50788EB666414FA7837121AD924FE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(d)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DA1031648E94EFF9ED6FD72402E9CDB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9AF8C8945E5A487F9DC54C2E3174D96C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4EA220670D3642E0964E6FFB8FE9FDA4"><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="H153BC49884ED4DEC86C9B2E0C155B6BB"><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="H1138F5A776764E469C977CE06E9ADAFA"><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="H99812155DE3F4EB98F3175294938321E"><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="H363B5A0D8EEB41A7B0CF70CF6F3DF5DA"><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="H047D4F1A9A8844CBAC06F27CC5573208"><enum>108.</enum><header>Outer
Continental Shelf incompatible use</header>
<subsection id="H589F39467AED4F01912A7F178EA06211"><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 leasing and substantially full exploration and production
of tracts that are geologically prospective for oil or natural gas (or
both).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9E4EED2D7ED449608BCBF5FC5CEFAEAB"><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="H44FEAB99B5024F199035526DDB732B9E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>located in an area
of the outer Continental Shelf that is unavailable for oil and gas leasing by
operation of law;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD6EC802E412B4B7884011A3B73075173"><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="H76670D35F86B48CA93441F7E8AD71BC4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>required in the
national interest, as determined by the President.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8E2F93828F4247FDA3CF14352420A25C"><enum>109.</enum><header>Repurchase of
certain leases</header>
<subsection id="H0375F688ECA149BE8382A5FC05466363"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To
repurchase and cancel certain leases</header><text>The Secretary of the
Interior may 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="H5EB772A29A1945348D6A865CD23B8107"><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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0F1A6173C29D440DA906341C887E7CF6"><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="HCE65A627241E47ABB7F9D310D3142A6D"><enum>110.</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 of 1970 (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></subtitle><subtitle id="HD5ACB719C00E43818CB12E1DB9725DC0"><enum>B</enum><header>ANWR</header>
<section id="H17B43BFA3B33418798B40AF601D893D9"><enum>121.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="H0914CDABB8F646948E6838F75693751B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coastal
Plain</header><text>The term <term>Coastal Plain</term> means that area
described in appendix I to part 37 of title 50, Code of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC844CF3293A34CDEB6F5F275FCB35773"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term>, except as otherwise provided, means the Secretary
of the Interior or the Secretary’s designee.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H6A54683F8C584520BF0DBEE03D6346E9"><enum>122.</enum><header>Leasing program
for lands within the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="H5D2E6518DB7A40F4BBF7D363F3DB3ED0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall take such actions as are
necessary—</text>
<paragraph id="H6C6478377B4243AAA2DFC776152F32DC"><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="HE298E890F95A495C8EAE0D0D276AB5F7"><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="HC0FD844ADEE344E1A687BA19D0874396"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="H494EBE1BAD77475C84A9B4FEFEFAD489"><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="HAF8932113D804A15837D26C6C55ECBB2"><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="H0B73CB077C794CECB5BD8BEEC19318B5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance with
requirements under certain other laws</header>
<paragraph id="H1F6D4EF1548044359A1D84785BEC5F8D"><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="H64D09DE613B5463CA4D5844BBD19B8E2"><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="HD0A693DC2D7C4D29B8F614A126AE068F"><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="H4C2381DC4D1A4D829094DAF2D6D692FF"><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="H726B414A39334614952E1C994686063E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
areas</header>
<paragraph id="HD2726BD201F94D80A1CE2C01DC594F99"><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="HA88CC4F90336406E8D4A1C82FE75E4F6"><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="H3065F4755DA34CCB8E706F780156E1E7"><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="H3AE1FDC3E92D41C98FE1A50F3FE6FCE1"><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="H8B12CFCB271B4A7C93A144627DC9C356"><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="HFEBC829EF6CC4004AAA6DAAADF2BD338"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="HFD6A84198D104836B995C3A9CC7F121B"><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="H0DB56F7DBF724DAFA2F888B787066352"><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="HE8D77DFFB43D44C281414DF1EAED4C03"><enum>123.</enum><header>Lease
sales</header>
<subsection id="H3BD98994FB6C46939AF943A22F241479"><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="H9A515589A99C4A2DBDAE4EFD44122BA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for—</text>
<paragraph id="HCA5548A0DFBD47E7949A0D8ED6799B87"><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="H34E6B3473B324CE689C02C429AC5BEB4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the holding of
lease sales after such nomination process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H592D10947E5D433CBC63C49C0FDB421B"><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="HEE25AD565592412D928CC659F8F191B8"><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="H9A16F0D078E94CD68F0366E1AA9657FF"><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="HEB4EA44B514D480BA5BFACC470A20C13"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Timing of lease
sales</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE9A1161445544B1FB526F4A3BEB4E69A"><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="H24C28FF8C7AF4EEC889FBA2B007668D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the bids in such sale and issue
leases resulting from such sale, within 90 days after the date of the
completion of such sale; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1BFD559DB394EFA86B69A9C530E9121"><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="H96B316E7C06549BBAA0066EB1CD5BA14"><enum>124.</enum><header>Grant of leases
by the Secretary</header>
<subsection id="H08C94716F9634C25B40531CDB8F1CE09"><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 123 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="H395659E273E048D1B74420DE3A1E31A1"><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="HCDF5D15E526348B1B1844A5FBC7DE697"><enum>125.</enum><header>Lease terms and
conditions</header>
<subsection id="H10E0D265C690491C9675F25BB13546B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An oil or gas lease issued pursuant to this subtitle
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE5ABF7F4DB742C1802DCA4B46257BF9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the
payment of a royalty of not less than 12½ percent in amount or value of the
production removed or sold from the lease, as determined by the Secretary under
the regulations applicable to other Federal oil and gas leases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D573C8BD356475880FF3C7A20112310"><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="H8CD4D5A6DE7D43E288363A047704458A"><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="H6CE119612627407C831BBE0F8334F6E9"><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="H54EB65272D1648C68596D1D5403C2855"><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="H92822D35508C4D838DE920CCDFA092FD"><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
122(a)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1DEF644725E4A738FC4259B5B433B7A"><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="H04D29CC9CB874517B16BCED9CEE1708C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>prohibit the
export of oil produced under the lease; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7482B47FBC0240EF9BEAC4E7917004BB"><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="H5A971AB1FC43499C979BB573BD5BBF00"><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="HF9C41D5A17C6466AB112F4B1BA2EB30C"><enum>126.</enum><header>Coastal Plain
environmental protection</header>
<subsection id="H39DB925DC7CB4C058D87099E3D46BD6E"><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 122, administer the provisions of this subtitle through regulations,
lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other
provisions that—</text>
<paragraph id="HE05121B309AD4E4BA4E11F7E06C8DF20"><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="H16B9A4758CF74842A274BE381DA8BCDB"><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="H8F8068AAF202452D9EFC1248BD1B22CD"><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="H9F1D26F2572449CE8650C2931477244B"><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="H386EBB5933C443C8BB2B7E761C75AA12"><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="H7FD138047A6F4446B09511E4200C3FA8"><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="HD257B1C20E4942CB89CD583DB2A414FE"><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="H1E43E9223807461CA59971AB0C987AAD"><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="H2FA8513AFCCC434E8C278B42B614051C"><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="HAA85C66DE8D24D64BA5DCFF7BFDA5CC0"><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="H8204256FA49E4DA3A861313E8B060E56"><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="HAB85EB6BDD5644F387734BF56E91F732"><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="H04DCD92C046142CB96823D419173C7E1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Design safety and
construction standards for all pipelines and any access and service roads,
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD761A31FCFD247AB825A454CEA6D4643"><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="HD02EA4A911EB4AA1B85B51168607B98D"><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="H541B92ED42A548F28619B9F7E40F044D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Prohibitions on
general public access and use on all pipeline access and service roads.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4A86FDDDD2A4171A0ACE271CBAE6EB0"><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="H5691DDDB6C4D4ED78BB57345A601E9B9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on access by all modes of transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC41CC5E9C6F84C29B466457328BB5657"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on sand and gravel extraction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0982BEDD810549B990965AA318C160A3"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Consolidation of
facility siting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB94AE1735E3F4044A3E368E52FBF7BCD"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on use of explosives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D028A5E94524944823990D5901122ED"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Avoidance, to the
extent practicable, of springs, streams, and river system; the protection of
natural surface drainage patterns, wetlands, and riparian habitats; and the
regulation of methods or techniques for developing or transporting adequate
supplies of water for exploratory drilling.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA68EF9F5EB12490B9F0176E910297ACE"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Avoidance or
minimization of air traffic-related disturbance to fish and wildlife.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H884CF69E2BF9434E85CCD18ACE8DC625"><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="H12CFAE7159004C229AF36F9533D3E1E6"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Fuel storage and
oil spill contingency planning.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81131F95838E4DC6904F24AF9961D47D"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Research,
monitoring, and reporting requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A1F10EE9C80400CBBC7A0476373953B"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Field crew
environmental briefings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14816703D62045A4A1C40CAB15DED073"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Avoidance of
significant adverse effects upon subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping by
subsistence users.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44C0E0F1CF2D4445B0C1C9E0BA1BB626"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Compliance with
applicable air and water quality standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31694B418CF24B368DCCC03D08D58EDE"><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="H51B14511E90E425CB2EC84EF1BFCC839"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Reasonable
stipulations for protection of cultural and archeological resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H405DF74574E64CD7A283B614AE5752F4"><enum>(21)</enum><text>All other
protective environmental stipulations, restrictions, terms, and conditions
deemed necessary by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H11D20ADFC6B04F3ABE45FD1C21247989"><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="H09628C3159584A3282E9C18DB6C69679"><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="H332B1445693848ACB9DF98D9106B7BE3"><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="H271CCF89BBFA4DABA150D4F1DD264FB5"><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="H77825FFA0A354A9C92F46492AE1FAE67"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Facility
consolidation planning</header>
<paragraph id="H591CE0E2705B48FEBB2DB355D82EDFA4"><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="H7078E106CDCD4AE284B1C15A80E3B937"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
plan shall have the following objectives:</text>
<subparagraph id="H9E3DD02DCC6B43A1A5EACF5496B06F2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Avoiding
unnecessary duplication of facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47B75945BA154FB39B141708A22FBE6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Encouraging
consolidation of common facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC63A37940D604580A0B128A690F7152D"><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="H184A604E3A094D349A09F4497ED0D5E0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Utilizing existing
facilities wherever practicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC04372F1ED8F44A4A38BEC6F52A53D5D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Enhancing
compatibility between wildlife values and development activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB799F21DCBAB460DBEFFCAFB1BC2902D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Access to public
lands</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA586A0BB6788459297EEBAE8958F3531"><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="HAA253C65631D4127A761850422183758"><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="H4D9F67A03B314ED384F558B36AEB4924"><enum>127.</enum><header>Expedited
judicial review</header>
<subsection id="H0DAB5C97864F454CAE71CFF6506AA6B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Filing of
complaint</header>
<paragraph id="HB70D5DABD5F6498BA1B5E431E0E66CAB"><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="H8F87082172114DB68786A46611F3F91B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as provided
in subparagraph (B), within the 60-day period beginning on the date of the
action being challenged; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FCEBD6078934C32BABCDFCEBB956274"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a
complaint based solely on grounds arising after such period, within 60 days
after the complainant knew or reasonably should have known of the grounds for
the complaint.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3215AAEB544045928A873169C4F465A5"><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 District Court for the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0C29C2C87E348368B06730661FBB689"><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="HA00263862D9C4C7AAA7BB37898DA68C2"><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="H5ACB4A943B444ACB938AFF17D0447EB6"><enum>128.</enum><header>Federal and
State distribution of revenues</header>
<subsection id="H5EE31E9129DC419EAF7642CE5E2667DB"><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="HF5B1C3F2B1EA4BEEB40306FCD5BF99F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>50 percent shall
be paid to the State of Alaska; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF735C83BBDD44237997DEDC6AE2480DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in section 131(d), the
balance shall be transferred to the American-Made Energy Trust Fund
(established by section 9511 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9FFF5840BFA9495BBE59DEDF4BC137EA"><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="HE600E5F9BC064302A5855766A983219C"><enum>129.</enum><header>Rights-of-way
across the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="HAC160E8C2DEF432394B55547BC971EAC"><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="HE344D82DA16F406CA19D9113EF799325"><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="H153D9AB3E1DA4A2BB77B7F66EE3BC01D"><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="H5521422631B94B75823B6A27F5DA5C4B"><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="HB1E2D7D28AA5444F8214FF6B4918C37B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall include in regulations under section 122(g) provisions granting
rights-of-way and easements described in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8CC7EA6593774296AA6EC0520E51CB99"><enum>130.</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In order to maximize Federal revenues by
removing clouds on title to lands and clarifying land ownership patterns within
the Coastal Plain, the Secretary, notwithstanding the provisions of section
1302(h)(2) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
3192(h)(2)), shall convey—</text>
<paragraph id="H61D365873D0C4612B2319834F971D7C3"><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="HF0F8D4B93B0741F9B99A81B225C7EBD1"><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="H8FDD1849C5B54E8B94A9BDAE7DA49767"><enum>131.</enum><header>Local
government impact aid and community service assistance</header>
<subsection id="H29550B3CC8F343D79267CB8C7C97FC00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financial
assistance authorized</header>
<paragraph id="H63AA4F5A92904E468D2F2EF48ED09A89"><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="H5830F303609143478BDE2DA2CC326F55"><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="HD4D12313F20043CFBA331352C9F2B589"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
assistance</header><text>Financial assistance under this section may be used
only for—</text>
<paragraph id="H270D31CC6D6744D795FAB77160A569F7"><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="H80593892F83B452D950B631A6E45A3B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementing
mitigation plans and maintaining mitigation projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3483179A5C414B3585676971BCECA2E0"><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="HD9AA27D19F6641F18EE3404603EF8F27"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establishment of a
coordination office, by the North Slope Borough, in the City of Kaktovik, which
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBCB7ED02B0E9488880B0A160AC7C22EB"><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="H8E0B2387A00745C4A6C06DE472C27D94"><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="H837769772B504A14A075161A4364EEC9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="H7B22BD96C1D5437C8A4C62A67ADE9F5F"><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="H757726B39A7C466B896B8686118FB6DC"><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="H5D9D1F2A9FA241B3921E784C0EDE8E79"><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="HE0A329B7F1D54C0A8398C03BF58C36BF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Establishment of
fund</header>
<paragraph id="H350C7ECCA1CF42158468BF87BB661719"><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="HB83671178F0C4FF48D2DF6A927C891DB"><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="HCBEFA2275D2646EE859C5A656ECE71DF"><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="H254CDE10652441F38BD3AEC7BAB4E4B1"><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="H020D26FF1C3643A5A62428DCA03A53EE"><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="H7785D39B9B904D639F4E4C34BD79683F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>To provide financial assistance under this section
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary from the Coastal Plain
Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund $5,000,000 for each fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H42F94FD29D4E487D93926BB623432A49"><enum>C</enum><header>Oil Shale</header>
<section id="HD98F712A99D444B98F44FE5F4BB3DEEF"><enum>141.</enum><header>Oil
shale</header>
<subsection id="H6179043F41844B0085670D542FC0D3B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H5822D1F62BCC4942936479BAD24BA4B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale
Reserves at the Department of Energy has estimated that oil shale resources
located on Federal lands hold 2 trillion undiscovered technically recoverable
barrels of oil.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC79BA749651146A389F1629448B84EE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Oil shale is a
strategically important domestic resource that should be developed to reduce
the growing dependence of the United States on politically and economically
unstable sources of foreign oil imports.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DA2F7064D8247EC8DF88FB3692B54CF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The development of
oil shale for research and commercial development should be conducted in an
environmentally sound manner, using practices that minimize impacts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC744971D9EBB4F42AED70BCBBF575E52"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Development of
such strategic unconventional fuel should occur, with an emphasis on
sustainability, to benefit the United States while taking into account affected
States and communities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D435A5D36EE4F9991AFD80AAD2045F2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Oil shale is one
of the best resources available for advancing American technology and creating
American jobs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D7B032F6B8946B58437B1579BBA44F6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Oil shale will be
a critically important component of the Nation’s transportation fuel sector in
particular, by providing a secure domestic source of aviation fuel for both
commercial and military uses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEFA6C404060F49D0831936ACABB786EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
Research and Development Lease Sales</header><text>The Secretary of the
Interior shall hold a lease sale within 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act offering an additional 10 parcels for lease for research, development,
and demonstration of oil shale resources, under the terms offered in the
solicitation of bids for such leases published on January 15, 2009 (74 Fed.
Reg. 10).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H34408F5856A442C8BD37B6B8516611AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of
Regulations</header><text>The oil shale management final rules published by the
Department of the Interior on November 18, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 223), shall apply
to all commercial leasing for the management of federally owned oil shale, and
any associated minerals, located on Federal lands.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H19FE2351BFF54002A4108C1DCA673AF3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reduced Payments
To Ensure Production</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior may
temporarily reduce royalties, fees, rentals, bonus, or other payments for
leases of Federal lands for the development and production of oil shale
resources as necessary to incentivize and encourage development of such
resources, if the Secretary determines that the royalties, fees, rentals, bonus
bids, and other payments otherwise authorized by law are hindering production
of such resources.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H8B3C3CB749E040BEB9F54FBBA53D7417"><enum>D</enum><header>Coal to
Liquid</header>
<section id="H5A16878C739C464DB922E6DFA7CE8B81"><enum>151.</enum><header>Development and
operation of facilities</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEAD27157D02409387C664C5E44014A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense shall develop,
construct, and operate a qualified coal-to-liquids facility, subject to the
availability of appropriations provided in advance specifically for that
purpose.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H816DF16F83414D76BDCF736A663003B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider land availability,
testing opportunities, and proximity to raw materials.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H9CFFEE0EC9EF4C80A7AE5F0E5B49FB4C"><enum>152.</enum><header>Definitions
relating to coal-to-liquid fuel and facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title (except as
otherwise provided)—</text>
<paragraph id="H3E6839E7896A4B82B625E69FCDB7F1BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coal-to-liquid
fuel</header><text>The term <term>coal-to-liquid fuel</term> means any
transportation-grade liquid fuel derived primarily from coal (including peat)
and produced at a qualified coal-to-liquid facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88CCC6D66792482FBACA7B267858FD35"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified
coal-to-liquid facility</header><text>The term <term>qualified coal-to-liquid
facility</term> means a manufacturing facility that has the capacity to produce
at least 10,000 barrels per day of transportation grade liquid fuels from a
feedstock that is primarily domestic coal (including peat and any property
which allows for the capture, transportation, or sequestration of by-products
resulting from such process, including carbon emissions).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4B12DD2800E9435B95B4550FEC708D2E"><enum>153.</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 526 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17142) is repealed.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>AMERICAN-MADE
ENERGY TRUST FUND</header>
<section id="H305E10D05F1646339E39DA629A4ED6A9"><enum>201.</enum><header>Establishment
of American-Made Energy Trust Fund</header>
<subsection id="HE3414090C0CB4341ADED769A3DBC1504"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Creation of
trust fund</header><text>Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by inserting at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA1AD8B2BCC314B89B97CC9A9DF167475" style="OLC">
<section id="HF1E4C26922A14C198C13BAA883FEB5A7"><enum>9511.</enum><header>American-Made
Energy Trust Fund</header>
<subsection id="HC4FDDE09110248A189A7D10C8417B29C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
Trust Fund</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United
States a trust fund to be known as the <quote>American-Made Energy Trust
Fund</quote>, consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to
the American-Made Energy Trust Fund as provided in this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H42C852BB028D4C069F88D76674C632FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfers to
Trust Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent
provided in appropriations Acts, there shall be appropriated to the
American-Made Energy Trust Fund—</text>
<paragraph id="H5761750C0286435EB2CB9ED48E6CEDE5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the amounts
required to be transferred under section 128 of
<short-title>A Roadmap for America’s Energy
Future</short-title>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H703C7311AC9D4B16BAC48445D1A86C53"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all amounts
received by the United States as bonus bids, rents, and royalties for oil and
gas leases of the outer Continental Shelf awarded after the date of the
enactment of <short-title>A Roadmap for America’s Energy
Future</short-title> that are not otherwise required by law to be paid by the
United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD40A1AD8F4474021A6F021906C349BBA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all amounts received by the United States
as bonus bids, rents, and royalties for oil shale leases of Federal lands
awarded after the date of the enactment of <short-title>A
Roadmap for America’s Energy Future</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2BBB5102BDFF45C7978F7F9B06FA3525"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expenditures
from American-Made Energy Trust Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As provided by appropriation Acts, amounts
in the American-Made Energy Trust Fund shall be available in any year to carry
out sections 401 and 402 of <short-title>A Roadmap for
America’s Energy
Future</short-title>.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H95928FB3127441A19DA756112162BB4A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 98 of
such Code is amended by inserting at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B517AD34F2C4C6B85492D124306D853" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9511. American-Made Energy Trust
Fund.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>NUCLEAR</header>
<section id="HB119B58D1FE94497AD33DC8017CAA27F"><enum>301.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H1118FC7F2DEF4D01B24992290D645FDE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>there are 104
nuclear reactors currently operating in the United States, providing 20 percent
of the electricity of the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A7B670E91764E80BC1C3F2337CABBD1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">between 1960 and 1980, the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission issued 169 permits to construct nuclear power
facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B5F0C330BFA4639B426331A918186E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>nuclear power is a
safe, reliable, efficient, and affordable source of energy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FD1DF4CACF74CE89A79CC73DA7C348A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>there are 17
combined operating and license applications currently pending before the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB93AD86B76B422E8EFAE8C3D8291422"><enum>(5)</enum><text>nuclear power is
responsible for 72 percent of emission-free electricity production in the
United States and is an essential tool for greenhouse gas reduction;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7196B2F2EDE478BB90898BADE7B7896"><enum>(6)</enum><text>increasing nuclear
power threefold will create 480,000 construction jobs, 140,000 permanent jobs,
and $20,000,000,000 in local, State, and Federal tax revenue each year;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEF58EA3F6754CDCACDAF98B16570899"><enum>(7)</enum><text>increasing nuclear
power threefold will reduce electricity-based carbon dioxide emissions by
1,400,000,000 metric tons annually and will reduce carbon emissions by 65
percent by 2050; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H630AC80AFB214B75850904E699E52D1D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>increasing nuclear
power threefold will produce 320 gigawatts of electricity to power 237,000,000
households and constitute 52 percent of United States electricity portfolio by
2030.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H5FA5C0F095A1432FBE6826327103839E"><enum>302.</enum><header>200 operating
permits by 2040</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Nuclear
Regulatory Commission shall issue operating permits for 200 new commercial
nuclear reactors, or the megawatt equivalent, by 2040, if there are a
sufficient number of applicants.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36CC0D50966B49A0BC7EE8D6CC4B17BB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Recycle and safely
store spent nuclear fuel</header>
<subsection id="HCE5D6BEB7003429AA0D1FB212E7391CF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H1F51973F8B2347F3AE71111BA5F3FDA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982 requires the Federal Government to take ownership of
high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel and build a permanent geologic
repository in which to store this waste;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65237BEC6B1C4D3787CB21F31EF97D16"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as
amended in 1987, selected the Yucca Mountain site to be the sole geologic
repository in which to store high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear
fuel;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H554D59A3B8C345D198EF5CB8EB7A452E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Congress
reaffirmed Yucca Mountain as the sole geologic repository in 2001;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H052DDA725E6140469714004ED55019FA"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">despite the foregoing laws, the Government
has failed to accept high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel from
utilities and has delayed construction of the Yucca Mountain repository;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEAA8A5A3B8A1461D9794A49D3F02CB13"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">failure to accept high-level nuclear waste
and spent nuclear fuel has led to more than 71 lawsuits filed by utilities
against the Government, $600,000,000 in settlements being paid, and an
estimated $12,300,000,000 in potential liabilities to settle remaining
lawsuits;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6FF7670E79A45EFA2A876E82CF70689"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each year the Government refuses to accept
high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel adds an estimated $500,000,000
in additional liabilities associated with future lawsuits; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF599BC1EBE8E463FA40151FE005497E5"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the failure of the Federal Government to
accept high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel from utilities is a
significant barrier to the future development of additional nuclear
power.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4A646985317546E6A43C4784981E5762"><enum>(b)</enum><header>High-Level
nuclear waste repository</header>
<paragraph id="H8E7FBDF7E05C407EA9A4186CACDAD88B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Government remains obliged to
construct and operate at least one high-level nuclear materials geologic
repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive
waste.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFC19CC545A6410F95EE12CC0E9F2202"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The high-level nuclear waste repository
site at Yucca Mountain shall remain the site for the Nation’s nuclear waste
repository unless it is deemed technologically or scientifically unsuitable by
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission following full statutory review of the
Department of Energy’s license application to construct the Yucca Mountain
repository.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36608F0E334C4521BD933BA9BEBC75D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Nuclear
Regulatory Commission shall continue to review the Department of Energy’s
pending license application to construct the nuclear waste repository at Yucca
Mountain until a determination is made on the merits of the application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69F191D08A134C65A7D3548DDAD8BCA9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In addition to
pursuing approval of the license application referenced in paragraph (3), the
Secretary shall undertake the following activities:</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2048EB49151C41CB9CD35E77DE4D7507"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Seeking all other
necessary regulatory approvals and permits to construct and operate the Yucca
Mountain repository.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF65EF34E323F422AB9428F0D7AC5BF6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Conducting all
necessary design and engineering work to support construction of the
repository.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6F3442A6B6E46DDA4F5E4EDDCCAF7EA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Undertaking all
infrastructure activities necessary to support the construction or operation of
the repository or transportation to the site of spent nuclear fuel and
high-level radioactive waste. Infrastructure activities include, but are not
limited to, safety upgrades; site preparation; the construction of a rail line
to connect the Yucca Mountain site with the national rail network, including
any facilities to facilitate rail operations; and construction, upgrade,
acquisition, or operation of electrical grids or facilities, other utilities,
communication facilities, access roads, rail lines, and nonnuclear support
facilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCDA28A6FD1DD496989DC67E567A9D84F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All statutory limitations on the amount of
spent fuel that can be placed in Yucca Mountain shall be removed and replaced
with new limits based on scientific and technical analysis of the full capacity
of Yucca Mountain for the storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level
radioactive waste.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2DF97EDAEE6840099F86DCA3A16EBE14"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Temporary
nuclear fuel storage facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall grant
all necessary rights of way and land use authorizations needed for a nuclear
fuel storage facility if the State and locality in which such facility is
located reach an agreement with a private entity. The Federal Government shall
take title of the contents of any such facility upon closure or
decommissioning.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H62D6A5B8F2C34583A61D54F0C30408D0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recycling</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7551A91ECC6A4013B71507263F097430"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
302 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA402637498524DC29899ADFCEFD47920"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (d),
by striking <quote>The Secretary may</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as
provided in subsection (f), the Secretary may</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA78080C2E5344FF281E79282026E9802"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5786761EE2AC49AD94E15309572BFB83" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2997D983738046DC974008FC06818577"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Recycling</header>
<paragraph id="HBEAD3FAEB81740E99BF13994A74D729F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
paragraph (3), amounts in the Waste Fund shall be used by the Secretary of
Energy, subject to the availability of appropriations provided in advance
specifically for that purpose, to develop, construct, and operate a facility
for the recycling of spent nuclear fuel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69D512F70BA6444497CAE641095522AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not develop, construct,
and operate a facility under this subsection unless the President certifies to
the Congress that recycling of the waste would reduce the overall projected
cost to the Federal Government for safely accepting and disposing of high-level
nuclear
waste.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8E731E631A694750978DBC6D999042F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>The
Administration is prohibited from blocking or hindering spent nuclear fuel
recycling activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB096C14BEFF54E389181DD71CAED97E5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rulemaking for
licensing of spent nuclear fuel recycling facilities</header>
<subparagraph id="HA5FDE41FF3704341B2CD3A3F80789EA3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall, as expeditiously as possible, but in no
event later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, complete a
rulemaking establishing a process for the licensing by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, of facilities for the
recycling of spent nuclear fuel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA43709E784B41B0AD8B7334F3E5D0D7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Amounts
in the Nuclear Waste Fund established under section 302 of the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222) shall be made available to the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission to cover the costs of carrying out subparagraph (A) of
this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4787126EBEFD4105837B30BE969CED6F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Nuclear waste
fund management</header>
<paragraph id="H6E67C6C298044C75AFEE7DD4393BAC1C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Offsetting
collections</header><text>Fees collected by the Secretary of Energy and
deposited into the Nuclear Waste Fund under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) shall be credited to the Nuclear Waste Fund as
offsetting collections in amounts not to exceed the amounts annually
appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCD98F4FDD2C458EA4E35EC624C3E8EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
necessary sums</header><text>To the extent that the level of budgetary
resources from offsetting collections is insufficient to implement activities
under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 for a fiscal year, there are
authorized to be appropriated for implementing those activities such additional
sums as may be necessary from the balances in the Nuclear Waste Fund.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D2929876662447B88E4D64A4BEA4B64" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Confidence in
availability of waste disposal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
in deciding whether to permit the construction or operation of a nuclear
reactor or any related facilities, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall
deem, without further consideration, that sufficient capacity will be available
in a timely manner to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high level radioactive
waste resulting from the operation of the reactor and any related
facilities.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>REVERSE AUCTION
MECHANISMS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION AND FOR RENEWABLE FUEL
PRODUCTION</header>
<section id="HCCBFDB74B7AC4FC18E26008514D5CD8C"><enum>401.</enum><header>Reverse auction
mechanism for renewable energy generation</header>
<subsection id="H1214F2136E4E4BA7AB85C9E8299CC726"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reverse
auction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate
regulations to conduct reverse auctions, as described in subsection (b), to
award funds from the American-Made Energy Trust Fund to owners or operators of
qualified renewable energy facilities to generate an amount of electric energy.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD3A809F83EB249E29C379A97AE825232"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reverse auction
requirements</header><text>The regulations under subsection (a) shall include
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H887A458CC7234CA287B82119D2661B24"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Frequency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to amounts available in the
American-Made Energy Trust Fund (including any amounts not obligated in the
previous calendar year), the Secretary shall conduct a minimum of 2 reverse
auctions per calendar year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D5D8D46CAE149DF92B9A6980CC696B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Bids</header><text>In
any reverse auction under this section, bids shall describe the amount of
electric energy to be generated by the qualified renewable energy facility and
the price per megawatt hour of electric energy that will be generated by such
facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H45137175AA174C8BB6D995486A061995"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Selection of
renewable energy facilities</header><text>In determining bidders to award funds
to in any reverse auction under this section, the Secretary shall
consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA814832112F944708E17B9D662DB5B22"><enum>(A)</enum><text>bids that
incorporate the lowest bid price per megawatt hour of electric energy;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0597492D8944D62876581FFC21C9916"><enum>(B)</enum><text>existing subsidies
and other support received by a bidder.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H056CAD82B47A47AEB230B6B58BA55C05"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Categories of
generating capacity</header>
<subparagraph id="H1F7D1E6A706B48F09112627682767D2C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Subject
to subparagraph (B), in each reverse auction under this section funds shall be
allocated as follows:</text>
<clause id="HE212024F832C4AEC89239BC74ABF5CB5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>25
percent of the funds shall be awarded for the generation of electric energy by
qualified renewable energy facilities that have a small generating
capacity.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3142FDA228AA4E27A0F6F300B517094A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">25 percent of the funds shall be awarded
for the generation of electric energy by qualified renewable energy facilities
that have a mid-sized generating capacity.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7B3917748E0E4D48A1205000935D4E52"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent of the funds shall be awarded
for the generation of electric energy by qualified renewable energy facilities
that have a large generating capacity.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8F602680B5B40A799A38B4815CE5C32"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Insufficient
funds</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the amount of funds
available in any calendar year in the American-Made Energy Trust Fund
(including any amounts not obligated in the previous calendar year) are
insufficient to provide adequate funding for each allocation described in
clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A), the Secretary may reduce or
eliminate any allocation requirement under such subparagraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64D4E86A537A4A2A8113DCCAB6B29CF5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Determination by
Secretary</header><text>With respect to the generating capacity of a qualified
renewable energy facility, the Secretary shall determine what qualifies as a
small, mid-sized, and large generating capacity for purposes of this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H740EFA596E5A4BA58E0E6B0284DE0921"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Standard amounts
of electric energy</header><text>In each reverse auction under this section,
the Secretary shall determine standard amounts of electric energy that owners
or operators of qualified renewable energy facilities may bid on as well as the
time allotted to generate such an amount of electric energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5398372661D6423DBFAD80DF5B17D1EE"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text>Information
regarding the bid price of an owner or operator selected for an award of funds
pursuant to a reverse auction under this section shall remain confidential
until the initial award of funds to such owner or operator is made.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7AFC14550F354CCF8BE1F33B44D6ECDA"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Information
regarding auctions</header><text>Prior to each reverse auction under this
section, the Secretary shall make publicly available information regarding such
reverse auction, including standard amounts of electric energy described in
paragraph (5) to be auctioned and allocations described in paragraph (4) for
such auction.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC13F00A4050846EBB5D6ABDE131FB1C9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Award of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="H7BB6806073404EB3859BCC6E747D89DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The
Secretary may award funds to an owner or operator selected—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD86570E50CCB4D56A365F0E858823717"><enum>(A)</enum><text>when generation of
the amount of electric energy referenced in such owner or operator’s bid
begins;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E7848886BDB44CFA0B0EDCF1258A540"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on an incremental basis of generation until
the amount of electric energy referenced in such owner or operator’s bid has
been generated; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD5C25BBAA7342FC8F6C2BDC1F660A95"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after the amount of electric energy
referenced in such owner or operator’s bid has been generated.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4C97200CEF544761BF7CB17FEB3A7CBD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contracts for
generation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to
receive an award of funds pursuant to a reverse auction under this section, an
owner or operator selected for such award of funds shall enter into a contract
with the Secretary delineating the terms of the award of funds, including when
such owner or operator shall be required to pay the Secretary an amount equal
to funds awarded to such owner or operator for electric energy referenced in
such owner or operator’s bid that such owner or operator fails to
generate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H12E514461ACE4D1391DE3E69ACF4D006"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Criteria for
renewable energy facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
qualified renewable energy facility is a renewable energy facility that
satisfies the following criteria:</text>
<paragraph id="HFB109B4A45644CCD8A3090CC72E20E0E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Operation</header>
<subparagraph id="HA03CB9EC46D5492F9411769BE86C8336"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the renewable
energy facility shall be in operation not later than 18 months after the owner
or operator of such renewable energy facility is selected for an award of funds
pursuant to a reverse auction under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC86F5FB0C13344519EFEF9AA21054AD8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>The
Secretary may grant an owner or operator of a renewable energy facility a
one-time 6 month extension of the deadline for operation under subparagraph (A)
if such owner or operator demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary,
that operation is delayed due to regulatory constraints beyond the control of
such owner or operator. Extensions under this subparagraph may not be granted
for delays due to lack of financing or delayed equipment delivery.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H63BD1367C2F6471990400EF254E0FE4C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>An
owner or operator of a renewable energy facility shall provide a deposit of, as
determined by the Secretary, an appropriate amount per kilowatt hour of
electricity to be generated by such facility for which the owner or operator is
receiving an award of funds pursuant to a reverse auction under this section.
Such deposit shall be due at the time of the initial award of funds to such
owner or operator and shall be refunded when the facility begins operation. If
the renewable energy facility is not in operation by the deadline for operation
under subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), the owner or
operator shall forfeit such deposit.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDCD560BCC3B04B0987FE298D8D0E49C2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Expertise</header><text>The
owner or operator of the renewable energy facility shall demonstrate, to the
satisfaction of the Secretary, competence with respect to the generation of
electric energy from the renewable energy source used by such facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DC33BC543BC4DC28679E03B63ACA67C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Demonstrated
technology</header><text>The owner or operator of the renewable energy facility
shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the renewable
energy generating technology used by such facility can be used on a commercial
scale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C2693131C134AFE8732C407EE644D48"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Additional
criteria</header><text>Any additional criteria the Secretary determines
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB3A37E70258141D5A88C70284F582EFF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H35908A64683D4CD99FDCA1A3D537B819"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<term>American-Made Energy Trust Fund</term> means the trust fund established
by section 9511 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD885D07B3C3A44F0AD827E0BD8B63F89"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term
<term>operation</term>, with respect to a renewable energy facility, means
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H26469C5FD84244CB8845DBF9E1106F41"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such facility is
generating electric energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE114129A1FD4CA89471DD5BB83CB09A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such facility is transmitting electric
energy onto the electric power grid; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC396B09650B5475BAC84B909AC3A14F4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>electric energy
generated by such facility is being sold to one or more electric
utilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFD2D5E09B4C048DBBBEE1C758A80056E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term
<term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFAF4507DA750414C9400F1A21B59FF35"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term
<term>renewable energy</term> has the meaning given such term in section 203(b)
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(b)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8150C75094C48FE890E37769BD7CDD4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The term
<term>renewable energy facility</term> means a facility—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDB92F840D59D450EB0A6256D15571C95"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the generation
of electric energy and the transmission of such electric energy onto the
electric power grid; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA3F58901C39479C9E05A4A659FB6AF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that generates
such electric energy from a renewable energy source.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C2B0A0F456C469F946F4D291ECFD717"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The term
<term>qualified renewable energy facility</term> means a renewable energy
facility that satisfies the criteria under subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD49E94DEF731440D95D1B8300C57C43E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Denial of double
benefit</header>
<paragraph id="H6AB51A943B3E433EB84AAA7118F7C01B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Treatment as
qualified facility</header><text>A renewable energy facility for which funds
are awarded under this section shall not be treated as a qualified facility for
purposes of section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
electricity produced from certain renewable resources, etc.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3409CC8C96A844A1B560AC7550134CB2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination
with tax deductions and credits</header><text>The amount taken into account in
determining a deduction or credit under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with
respect to a renewable energy facility shall be reduced by the amount of any
award under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9BD1A8BE14D14BBC8B0183E97F95D639"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Basis</header><text>For
purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the basis of a renewable energy
facility for which funds are awarded under this section shall be reduced by the
amount of such award.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>National
Commission on Outer Continental Shelf Oil Spill Prevention</header>
<section id="H3D4854D76B684DFCA5C3AF2F6FD8A95E"><enum>501.</enum><header>National
Commission on Outer Continental Shelf Oil Spill Prevention</header>
<subsection id="HD8501E31C0D84E1DB45177F826267605"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Legislative
branch the National Commission on Outer Continental Shelf Oil Spill Prevention
(referred to in this section as the <quote>Commission</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAE48E8DEF1714B0DB22601BB1D7ECC4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of the Commission are—</text>
<paragraph id="H3DC37B53200F45BA9E2798CAE6BF8B8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to examine and
report on the facts and causes relating to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and
oil spill of 2010;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD79746B766714A19B342921E4DD6B42D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to ascertain,
evaluate, and report on the evidence developed by all relevant governmental
agencies regarding the facts and circumstances surrounding the incident;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H403AAACB466240A994876791BF5ED37E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to build upon the
investigations of other entities, and avoid unnecessary duplication, by
reviewing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H299392785E79466BA5E33716AC21E12E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committees on
Energy and Natural Resources and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25AE3E30846941E28460EDF9134AA052"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Natural Resources and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the
House of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E46AA37341140D3B89FC9D9886B67A6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other Executive
branch, congressional, or independent commission investigations into the
Deepwater Horizon incident of 2010, other fatal oil platform accidents and
major spills, and major oil spills generally;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD52C29BF21A84A20A117671683AE8D20"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to make a full and
complete accounting of the circumstances surrounding the incident, and the
extent of the preparedness of the United States for, and immediate response of
the United States to, the incident; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FE4203AFBB34D8586EE7F5FC89E51AA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to investigate and
report to the President and Congress findings, conclusions, and recommendations
for corrective measures that may be taken to prevent similar incidents.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9F2FE4F4B2C8494FB67058F65666DBB2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Composition of
Commission</header>
<paragraph id="H8140A462665D41A99CAEEB2A53205750"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Members</header><text>The
Commission shall be composed of 10 members, of whom—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC84771E82D6A4BB88A4C897F02AEF699"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 member shall be
appointed by the President, who shall serve as Chairperson of the
Commission;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H644C0FF804BE4C41B841D2221D6DA3E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 member shall be
appointed by the majority or minority (as the case may be) leader of the Senate
from the Republican Party and the majority or minority (as the case may be)
leader of the House of Representatives from the Republican Party, who shall
serve as Vice Chairperson of the Commission;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA772151861DA411BB0EC5F7A1EE47065"><enum>(C)</enum><text>2 members shall be
appointed by the senior member of the leadership of the Senate from the
Democratic Party;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AF6A6D45DCE4748B0EFDC17DBA216AA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>2 members shall be
appointed by the senior member of the leadership of the House of
Representatives from the Republican Party;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D6529D7DFC148D4875ABAEAD8E7415B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>2 members shall be
appointed by the senior member of the leadership of the Senate from the
Republican Party; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H15C6F0C90F8A4340835AE235A40C27F9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>2 members shall be
appointed by the senior member of the leadership of the House of
Representatives from the Democratic Party.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5080D575A9664FC89B37E0997F58C904"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications;
initial meeting</header>
<subparagraph id="H5F9CC80E15624DF1A1DFA7ACB5C0D7FD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Political party
affiliation</header><text>Not more than 5 members of the Commission shall be
from the same political party.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1EDAC262B954757B6C789FF39E0A0A5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nongovernmental
appointees</header><text>An individual appointed to the Commission may not be a
current officer or employee of the Federal Government or any State or local
government.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CFA0E17788047E393A00A9F74DBA501"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other
qualifications</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that individuals
appointed to the Commission should be prominent United States citizens, with
national recognition and significant depth of experience and expertise in such
areas as—</text>
<clause id="HD90CE965113D41FE9379E9DAAC8196DD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>engineering;</text>
</clause><clause id="H857B3AC86A384F5CABAF67544A42ED24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>environmental
compliance;</text>
</clause><clause id="H89244AD12BAD42AB8A4DACECE50A774E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>health and
safety law (particularly oil spill legislation);</text>
</clause><clause id="H17B1158DF75449A9BDA698DFFE1CFBF3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>oil
spill insurance policies;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDE93AF359CAD4E17B2F0F022D71670D6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>public
administration;</text>
</clause><clause id="H758E5A09D53A4C3C82E3631EFD6D037A"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>oil
and gas exploration and production;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC6278A071AC74670A61A53E85CA8911A"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>environmental
cleanup; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3C353AC2DE3A46839BB4F897B94920D2"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>fisheries and
wildlife management.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD62638CADF3D48208EE16C62BFC0559F"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Deadline for
appointment</header><text>All members of the Commission shall be appointed on
or before September 15, 2010.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE52C05B3B003434A8DEB89EFD851EF48"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Initial
meeting</header><text>The Commission shall meet and begin the operations of the
Commission as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F8E88F7D3884BAFB018D568DD5293D3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Quorum;
vacancies</header>
<subparagraph id="HBCB608FBF2D441F19B35549904DCAEED"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>After the initial meeting of the Commission, the
Commission shall meet upon the call of the Chairperson or a majority of the
members of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7C3FCF9253D4E2FB41125C2F58E6AE0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>6
members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3C2D92801F84F479FB123D64E42EE70"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>Any
vacancy in the Commission shall not affect the powers of the Commission, but
shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was
made.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H905CDBCFB5B148BE875F79B585EB2738"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Functions of
Commission</header>
<paragraph id="HC5122DADB0D945BAB757D91B21E1EEF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The functions of the Commission are—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7300A3CCA6D94CCCB1476120D3E1A891"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to conduct an
investigation that—</text>
<clause id="HCD1BE0EB82774870AB8C6338E1D2F9E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>investigates
relevant facts and circumstances relating to the Deepwater Horizon incident of
April 20, 2010, and the associated oil spill thereafter, including any relevant
legislation, Executive order, regulation, plan, policy, practice, or procedure;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H63BC53E1238240A88398387095A23371"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may
include relevant facts and circumstances relating to—</text>
<subclause id="H06646D4A18334FEEB6689E8C16E003A1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>permitting
agencies;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC0C716E2FB3F45799F10C42ECDA1877D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>environmental and
worker safety law enforcement agencies;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCB21BBB9C9154BF3ACE5BC7E450E8F42"><enum>(III)</enum><text>national energy
requirements;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCA353971A15648088E1939065E5AB77D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>deepwater and
ultradeepwater oil and gas exploration and development;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE8DAAEC63D9046BF813953FD8894AB95"><enum>(V)</enum><text>regulatory
specifications, testing, and requirements for offshore oil and gas well
explosion prevention;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDDADB105DCBD40D6A5656A39F2C54E56"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>regulatory
specifications, testing, and requirements offshore oil and gas well casing and
cementing regulation;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0B76EF9BD1D14E09A5D6A1D986A305AF"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>the role of
congressional oversight and resource allocation; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2A4CAB098F7049FA8999D2C070F6527D"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>other areas of
the public and private sectors determined to be relevant to the Deepwater
Horizon incident by the Commission;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A1FE6A1B6124C4A965DDCE9FDD714BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to identify,
review, and evaluate the lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon incident of
April 20, 2010, regarding the structure, coordination, management policies, and
procedures of the Federal Government, and, if appropriate, State and local
governments and nongovernmental entities, and the private sector, relative to
detecting, preventing, and responding to those incidents; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9DE96A9FA72941A38ECC4644B27A9C1D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to submit to the
President and Congress such reports as are required under this section
containing such findings, conclusions, and recommendations as the Commission
determines to be appropriate, including proposals for organization,
coordination, planning, management arrangements, procedures, rules, and
regulations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD33FBACD0191478BB379AF5073934715"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Relationship to
inquiry by congressional committees</header><text>In investigating facts and
circumstances relating to energy policy, the Commission shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B38F59C6F024EF1B37FCDDADC0FD271"><enum>(A)</enum><text>first review the
information compiled by, and any findings, conclusions, and recommendations of,
the committees identified in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(3);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5812B1810CF4C46AA63C0715B2A2507"><enum>(B)</enum><text>after completion
of that review, pursue any appropriate area of inquiry, if the Commission
determines that—</text>
<clause id="H9A0315AF0A7B4707B32947FF79BE8078"><enum>(i)</enum><text>those committees
have not investigated that area;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAD34115DF4F048DCB098D3ACB27B2E9B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
investigation of that area by those committees has not been completed;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="HF5368BC2D6FE456D83D45BCBA5CE825D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>new information
not reviewed by the committees has become available with respect to that
area.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H062FDA286142469585F6E4794BBEDF72"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Powers of
Commission</header>
<paragraph id="HE98737B80F224DF7BEB5DE04C7BCBDBB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hearings and
evidence</header><text>The Commission or, on the authority of the Commission,
any subcommittee or member of the Commission, may, for the purpose of carrying
out this section—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA11D1BB683714B3C8224D6F528017BC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>hold such
hearings, meet and act at such times and places, take such testimony, receive
such evidence, and administer such oaths; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7EB9746E542B4EA4888431ABB4D5240D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require, by
subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the
production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers,
documents, tapes, and materials;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subsection">as the Commission or such
subcommittee or member considers to be advisable.</continuation-text><paragraph id="H532A8762394E41BA983B5C67E0E886D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subpoenas</header>
<subparagraph id="HDDF794DA3DB449DC801046526E5AAF1C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Issuance</header>
<clause id="H3417E57ED55148BAA68C6E91FFCF2BBB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A subpoena may be issued under this paragraph
only—</text>
<subclause id="H10D4869E20F4485199241F2E204C5776"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by the agreement
of the Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H600586F0FB244F32BC3833B49B41E4E1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by the
affirmative vote of 6 members of the Commission.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H4ABA20433A134412A543842448F7BBFF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Signature</header><text>Subject
to clause (i), a subpoena issued under this paragraph—</text>
<subclause id="H86C795B5AEB441A5B44F75EB1C8D908B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall bear the
signature of the Chairperson or any member designated by a majority of the
Commission;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE7561088BCCA4B8B95860607A780BFC4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>and may be served
by any person or class of persons designated by the Chairperson or by a member
designated by a majority of the Commission for that purpose.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H745CACBBBF7C40F494769CDC221F1A1E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<clause id="H3270C7519BE5424E8014615FC099207C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of contumacy or failure to obey a subpoena
issued under subparagraph (A), the United States district court for the
district in which the subpoenaed person resides, is served, or may be found, or
where the subpoena is returnable, may issue an order requiring the person to
appear at any designated place to testify or to produce documentary or other
evidence.</text>
</clause><clause id="H46A431549D8E487595135C047579C04F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Judicial action
for noncompliance</header><text>Any failure to obey the order of the court may
be punished by the court as a contempt of that court.</text>
</clause><clause id="H1B61887B06444191A2C0AA03DEE4747E"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Additional
enforcement</header><text>In the case of any failure of any witness to comply
with any subpoena or to testify when summoned under authority of this
subsection, the Commission may, by majority vote, certify a statement of fact
constituting such failure to the appropriate United States attorney, who may
bring the matter before the grand jury for action, under the same statutory
authority and procedures as if the United States attorney had received a
certification under sections 102 through 104 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C.
192 through 194).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6C1854EEA1F74E4081F2A5178F4D17E9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contracting</header><text>The
Commission may, to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in
appropriation Acts, enter into contracts to enable the Commission to discharge
the duties of the Commission under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10F96A571E3D4A1699B8AF1D80A60A80"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Information from
Federal agencies</header>
<subparagraph id="HC71418532DBF426AAA74BF725E77761C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission may secure directly from any Executive
department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent
establishment, or instrumentality of the Federal Government, information,
suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purposes of this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24FFBD2F98824F90952B7EF7012D4839"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>Each
Federal department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent
establishment, or instrumentality shall, to the extent authorized by law,
furnish information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the
Commission, upon request made by the Chairperson, the Chairperson of any
subcommittee created by a majority of the Commission, or any member designated
by a majority of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4A9010558B35450FA891D1295DB282B6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Receipt,
handling, storage, and dissemination</header><text>Information shall be
received, handled, stored, and disseminated only by members of the Commission
and the staff of the Commission in accordance with all applicable laws
(including regulations and Executive orders).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H302E853FC1824B939CFBE4BDAFC389CC"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Assistance from
Federal agencies</header>
<subparagraph id="H231F008836FB4B9898B550C3C0BAEC4D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>General services
administration</header><text>The Administrator of General Services shall
provide to the Commission on a reimbursable basis administrative support and
other services for the performance of the functions of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7A611958FCE4A87BCEF766A8DCB39A8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other
departments and agencies</header><text>In addition to the assistance prescribed
in subparagraph (A), departments and agencies of the United States may provide
to the Commission such services, funds, facilities, staff, and other support
services as are determined to be advisable and authorized by law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6A647C9625544088A93E4C006468B47"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Gifts</header><text>The
Commission may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or
property, including travel, for the direct advancement of the functions of the
Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18928397CC7E4050976D303053858139"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Postal
services</header><text>The Commission may use the United States mails in the
same manner and under the same conditions as departments and agencies of the
United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBD7205FE605645B38A6744F84E340DD8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Public meetings
and hearings</header>
<paragraph id="H3BEE4BACE3E44F96A76F4BA978176DD4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Public meetings
and release of public versions of reports</header><text>The Commission
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFE8153898CD44C6787AF6B14A99B7FE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>hold public
hearings and meetings, to the extent appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD0E8520B8DB49ED9CAFAA36EB3DBE16"><enum>(B)</enum><text>release public
versions of the reports required under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection
(j).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA846CE02618041028A6BE2F255EEDCFC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public
hearings</header><text>Any public hearings of the Commission shall be conducted
in a manner consistent with the protection of proprietary or sensitive
information provided to or developed for or by the Commission as required by
any applicable law (including a regulation or Executive order).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4505A1B79FA8403890F01C35465A1FCA"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Staff of
Commission</header>
<paragraph id="HA7642FDD262B412CB1E64FD78B1D02C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph id="HF3C4C0FBFB374885893B09EA1A29052E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Appointment and
compensation</header>
<clause id="H4AE780095CD041DCB4132A045A2E22A3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Chairperson, in consultation with the Vice
Chairperson and in accordance with rules agreed upon by the Commission, may,
without regard to the civil service laws (including regulations), appoint and
fix the compensation of a staff director and such other personnel as are
necessary to enable the Commission to carry out the functions of the
Commission.</text>
</clause><clause id="H720971BA45514623BC8D9755910C204B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Maximum rate of
pay</header><text>No rate of pay fixed under this subparagraph may exceed the
equivalent of that payable for a position at level V of the Executive Schedule
under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69375A38DC0E44F9A77FC5678B63A7EA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Personnel as
Federal employees</header>
<clause id="HB2C261E825F74E5DB693CB207800E721"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The staff director and any personnel of the Commission
who are employees shall be considered to be employees under section 2105 of
title 5, United States Code, for purposes of chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87,
89, and 90 of that title.</text>
</clause><clause id="H44CAC666AD8543DB89C05E3C1DD1037A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Members of
commission</header><text>Clause (i) shall not apply to members of the
Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86FC873D5E2947199D981347E5557993"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Detailees</header>
<subparagraph id="H395BD95A150940A88CEED6B33E9889EA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An employee of the Federal Government may be detailed to
the Commission without reimbursement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4FC7FB0E27644424A56087741B9BA7CE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Civil service
status</header><text>The detail of the employee shall be without interruption
or loss of civil service status or privilege.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1648522F8DE4EC187885B920A1C26DC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Procurement of
temporary and intermittent services</header><text>The Chairperson of the
Commission may procure temporary and intermittent services in accordance with
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individuals that
do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed
for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of that title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H23110C44F645445B9D4EDC1B8A533EAC"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Compensation and
travel expenses</header>
<paragraph id="H2A0067D93EF248F88B9E190A7F745ACE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compensation of
members</header>
<subparagraph id="H0B82E4CC8F1A4A2B849B1CFCC6504525"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Non-federal
employees</header><text>A member of the Commission who is not an officer or
employee of the Federal Government shall be compensated at a rate equal to the
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each
day (including travel time) during which the member is engaged in the
performance of the duties of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF729B337ABA498DBCF8B5B09562BFAE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal
employees</header><text>A member of the Commission who is an officer or
employee of the Federal Government shall serve without compensation in addition
to the compensation received for the services of the member as an officer or
employee of the Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6D6A5C146A02475DAAD24D03D8C44AA7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Travel
expenses</header><text>A member of the Commission shall be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for an
employee of an agency under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United
States Code, while away from the home or regular place of business of the
member in the performance of the duties of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8FC1D2830ACA458EAA3741B4EB18A8AB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Security
clearances for Commission members and staff</header>
<paragraph id="HC0108AF851A6496B96BE99A7023B90F8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph
(2), the appropriate Federal agencies or departments shall cooperate with the
Commission in expeditiously providing to the members and staff of the
Commission appropriate security clearances, to the maximum extent practicable,
pursuant to existing procedures and requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF4EA30922574B89869C606CE1873BE2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Proprietary
information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person shall
be provided with access to proprietary information under this section without
the appropriate security clearances.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H322649944FAF44FE91E4BB7A215C976D"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reports of
Commission; adjournment</header>
<paragraph id="HE10713D5264E45D3950A2B8C95544FE7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interim
reports</header><text>The Commission may submit to the President and Congress
interim reports containing such findings, conclusions, and recommendations for
corrective measures as have been agreed to by a majority of members of the
Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9771210B4A74CABA07D99905AD8A574"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final
report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Commission shall submit to the President and Congress a final
report containing such findings, conclusions, and recommendations for
corrective measures as have been agreed to by a majority of members of the
Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4FEE02C7DAA643D688897095AF11BF1E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Temporary
adjournment</header>
<subparagraph id="H2A4669D1F8A54E7C83D71BF5DAD117D1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission, and all the authority provided under this
section, shall adjourn and be suspended, respectively, on the date that is 60
days after the date on which the final report is submitted under paragraph
(2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6CC96FCC8C34F0FA3394FD31B05E443"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administrative
activities before termination</header><text>The Commission may use the 60-day
period referred to in subparagraph (A) for the purpose of concluding activities
of the Commission, including—</text>
<clause id="H09628423D95F4BB3B513EC7BB496B407"><enum>(i)</enum><text>providing
testimony to committees of Congress concerning reports of the Commission;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2EE20EED766342779856E6CF2369530E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>disseminating the
final report submitted under paragraph (2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H11C7A5B94C0445D797BDFF5471432436"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reconvening of
Commission</header><text>The Commission shall stand adjourned until such time
as the President or the Secretary of Homeland Security declares an oil spill of
national significance to have occurred, at which time—</text>
<clause id="H964CE7FA6A2E47DE93EE25A89B2A1846"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
Commission shall reconvene in accordance with subsection (c)(3); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCDD8FA71F38F44358E03EE4258E7F88D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
authority of the Commission under this section shall be of full force and
effect.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA67773FBE2F240AB8C3AEB0837BD4090"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="HFB5AAEDD301D4E759C080DF40484FC6B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8D0C739F46C848CD9B4847B44CF1EDBE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for
the first fiscal year in which the Commission convenes; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14B1C390C2A042EDAAEF279064936B1F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$3,000,000 for
each fiscal year thereafter in which the Commission convenes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5FF59C68AC1444558ECA21872A2FDC93"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts
made available to carry out this section shall be available—</text>
<subparagraph id="H26C4B7FB8BB94DCCA381C71D4ADAAADD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for transfer to
the Commission for use in carrying out the functions and activities of the
Commission under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E4C993E550B472FB64BEF338454B8C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>until the date on
which the Commission adjourns for the fiscal year under subsection
(j)(3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DC1EEC4DA6D40D3B1B60FD77B1113C2"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Nonapplicability
of Federal Advisory Committee Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission.</text>
</subsection></section>