1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the No More Excuses Energy Act of
2011
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Refineries
Sec. 102. Tax-exempt financing of domestic use oil refinery
facilities.
Sec. 103. Designation and availability of Federal lands for oil
and natural gas refineries.
Title II—Alternative Energy
Sec. 201. Extension of credit for electricity produced from
certain renewable resources.
Sec. 202. Equalization of excise tax on liquefied natural gas
and per energy equivalent of diesel.
Sec. 203. Extension of alternative fuel credit.
Title III—Nuclear Energy
Sec. 301. Waste Confidence.
Sec. 302. ASME Nuclear Certification credit.
Title IV—Drilling
Subtitle A—Tax provisions
Sec. 401. Credit for producing fuel from nonconventional
sources to apply to gas produced onshore from formations more than 15,000 feet
deep.
Sec. 402. Repeal of minimum capture requirement for carbon
dioxide sequestration credit.
Subtitle B—Oil and gas development on the Coastal Plain of
Alaska
Sec. 411. Short title.
Sec. 412. Definitions.
Sec. 413. Leasing program for lands within the Coastal
Plain.
Sec. 414. Lease sales.
Sec. 415. Grant of leases by the Secretary.
Sec. 416. Lease terms and conditions.
Sec. 417. Coastal plain environmental protection.
Sec. 418. Expedited judicial review.
Sec. 419. Federal and State distribution of
revenues.
Sec. 420. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain.
Sec. 421. Conveyance.
Sec. 422. Local government impact aid and community service
assistance.
Subtitle C—Offshore Oil and Gas Development
Sec. 431. Repeal of moratorium on oil and gas leasing in the
Gulf of Mexico.
Sec. 432. Inclusion of areas in 2007–2012 outer Continental
Shelf oil and gas leasing program.
Title V—Greenhouse gas regulation
Sec. 501. Greenhouse gas regulation under Clean Air
Act.
<enum>I</enum><header>Refineries</header>
<section id="H3F50A9C82DB14681BCCEE0A1FC8842CD"><enum>102.</enum><header>Tax-exempt
financing of domestic use oil refinery facilities</header>
<subsection id="H683C30E3322541A8A65DEB092736DAD0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="H8724F85C30A04342A6EB6FC08B818465"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Treatment as
exempt facility bond</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 142 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to exempt facility bond) is amended by
striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of paragraph (14), by striking the period
at the end of paragraph (15) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by
inserting at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD002009C449479BA83F8097A49A2216" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H54047A3EF0C74C61AF90501A5273AFD8"><enum>(16)</enum><text>domestic use oil
refinery
facilities.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B539FA3A3F946349E179BE09C238DE0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Domestic use oil
refinery facilities</header><text>Section 142 is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF74E192AAF4B4D84B7340CDACE2F63F9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBC4E9D15CEFC4B15ACFF244030C6802F"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Domestic use oil
refinery facilities</header>
<paragraph id="HFCD621C6979747AF996C86F7F088F08C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(16), the term
<term>domestic use oil refinery facility</term> means any facility in the
United States—</text>
<subparagraph id="H11FC94D8B9084EAFBC00682F16F1EBE6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>which processes
liquid fuel from crude oil, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A607BA3B8D54CCEB69F0AE13224393F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>all of the output
of which it is reasonably certain ultimate consumption will occur in the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCDB15BC29CA14999B6A789E872D63EFB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election to
terminate tax-exempt bond financing by certain refineries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a facility financed with
bonds which would cease to be tax-exempt by reason of the failure to meet the
domestic use requirement of this subsection, rules similar to the rules of
subsection (f)(4) shall apply for purposes of this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFEFBDBE953724E868D7D212B3894C721"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to bonds
issued after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2B24163F4AA743FA9D023FEA922400D5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Designation and
availability of Federal lands for oil and natural gas refineries</header>
<subsection id="HF0EEC93B3F2A445B8F3B9DDFDB85D1F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>Within
18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall
designate at least 10 sites on Federal lands that are suitable for the siting
of an oil refinery or natural gas refinery (or both).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H17FCAC0A1AC94C1181A97D4D64B962BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
lands</header><text>Within 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act,
the President shall make each site designated under subsection (a) available to
the private sector for construction of an oil refinery or natural gas refinery
(or both), as appropriate.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Alternative
Energy</header>
<section id="H21CCEB87948442819FC5F3B12D340FD5"><enum>201.</enum><header>Extension of
credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources</header>
<subsection id="H69495590584244A1B314B7BFD7FC95F8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of
section 45(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking
<quote>January 1, 2013</quote> in paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>January 1,
2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H435EBD1C2CE7445ABBA09438C3D1AD26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
originally placed in service on or after January 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29BF0FB2AE424B53A9066CC9508FB161" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Equalization of
excise tax on liquefied natural gas and per energy equivalent of
diesel</header>
<subsection id="H20F99778F4DE4801A15BFFCB5C03A316"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 4041(a)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking the period at the end of clause
(ii) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by inserting after clause (ii) the
following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5438D79906204E919D5A2CE64FDDA0B1" style="OLC">
<clause id="H96379C8EC5454318BF26316B052B8F49"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of liquefied natural gas, 24.3
cents per energy equivalent of a gallon of
diesel.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HFAA9B92E84CF4A258B9D7AE83E3C82B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Energy
equivalent of a gallon of diesel and administrative
provision</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 4041(a) of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C641885E8C145548FFB2D96E3319867" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H339514655F294864B57006DEC214689F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Energy
equivalent of a gallon of diesel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph, the term
<term>energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel</term> means, with respect to a
liquefied natural gas fuel, the amount of such fuel having a Btu content of
137,380 (higher heating value).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6859CB9CCC274FC4AAA8C7AC037EF4F9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Administrative
provisions</header><text>For purposes of applying this title with respect to
the taxes imposed by this subsection, references to any liquid subject to tax
under this subsection shall be treated as including references to liquefied
natural gas subject to tax under this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H56DF4312B4C94DAE8270C027CD578AB6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 4041(a)(2)(B)(ii) of such Code is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF7C91218DBDE464EA619F7B32BC1E383"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>liquefied natural gas,</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD19AF1FA1998453EBD4E377EA5E69924"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>peat), and</quote> and inserting <quote>peat) and</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE223F11A420A43A3BCECBBA2668BF1F1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to any sale
or use of liquefied natural gas after 14 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H55C9FADCC01E44069BE39EEAB8C55579"><enum>203.</enum><header>Extension of
alternative fuel credit</header>
<subsection id="HED430E96202B42F1A2D2371313A862DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (5) of
section 6426(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to alternative
fuel credit) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2011</quote> and
inserting <quote>December 31, 2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA34747A13BC64F2C8C82D61FB4D9D062"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall apply to fuel sold or used after December 31, 2011.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Nuclear
Energy</header>
<section id="H6AFFEA85C4F14C10BCDA817D6E05DEC8"><enum>301.</enum><header>Waste
Confidence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Nuclear
Regulatory Commission may not deny an application for a license, permit, or
other authorization under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 on the grounds that
sufficient capacity does not exist, or will not become available on a timely
basis, for disposal of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste from
the facility for which the license, permit, or other authorization is
sought.</text>
</section><section id="H96E69B72AD6640C3895EC97EB04CA867"><enum>302.</enum><header>ASME Nuclear
Certification credit</header>
<subsection id="H104216A3ECE24DB48C95290C32636E3B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
(relating to business related credits) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:</text>
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<section id="H6EDFA7B0C3D6424E9C309C0BD14AE3E1"><enum>45S.</enum><header>ASME Nuclear
Certification credit</header>
<subsection id="H88B2F09D12A349ECB56EB11C8E025210"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of section 38, the ASME Nuclear
Certification credit determined under this section for any taxable year is an
amount equal to 15 percent of the qualified nuclear expenditures paid or
incurred by the taxpayer.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB0B8A31FA316437ABBF5207D3C00EB64"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified
nuclear expenditures</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term
<term>qualified nuclear expenditures</term> means any expenditure related
to—</text>
<paragraph id="H0B3C5150E9C24D21921E49C6EFA3388F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obtaining a certification under the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Nuclear Component Certification
program, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54E39D91469943F08F13309CC94B1195"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing the taxpayer’s capacity to
construct, fabricate, assemble, or install components—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1151AFDF0ED9414595F9D22FD2AF27C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for any facility
which uses nuclear energy to produce electricity, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C14FD8DF7CA469FBF8230BF9CF01A0D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to
the construction, fabrication, assembly, or installation of which the taxpayer
is certified under such program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3E48599BD145458E8FEEE1921300B996"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timing of
credit</header><text>The credit allowed under subsection (a) for any
expenditures shall be allowed—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9FE07967738A4BCB8E3F0D4765193479"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of a
qualified nuclear expenditure described in subsection (b)(1), for the taxable
year of such certification, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E76682BE1A14CFBA33AF467EB1CC05A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of any
other qualified nuclear expenditure, for the taxable year in which such
expenditure is paid or incurred.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7CD3120E302241EF96534E298FA4FA07"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special
rules</header>
<paragraph id="H3CB0B080D49C49738E6DF8BD4C495A65"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Basis
adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
this subtitle, if a credit is allowed under this section for an expenditure,
the increase in basis which would result (but for this subsection) for such
expenditure shall be reduced by the amount of the credit allowed under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDEF590C5F56C44FD86C23BC84D7E3DF9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Denial of double
benefit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No deduction shall be
allowed under this chapter for any amount taken into account in determining the
credit under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAD836C7F02944BC98256F62356A6EAFB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>This
section shall not apply to any expenditures paid or incurred in taxable years
beginning after December 31,
2019.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H01FE0BF00F7B4FE987D161EA715332D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2215B42C5D4A4675B469476C224B20D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of
section 38 is amended by striking <quote>plus</quote> at the end of paragraph
(35), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (36) and inserting
<quote>, plus</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2563AE354AA4CD0999B9B74CE308811" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H614E1DF0A188415CA1EB49AFF14613FE"><enum>(37)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ASME Nuclear Certification credit
determined under section
45S(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD4C818AD67B4038B63AB98A68B6BBC8" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of section 1016
(relating to adjustments to basis) is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at
the end of paragraph (36), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (37)
and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77C44C0EAF194195A257EEC9415C22C7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5B35DE85349840CAB725AD06BE3B9EDF"><enum>(38)</enum><text>to the extent
provided in section
45S(e)(1).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H08B164A3E848443CAFF027D3CAF3FEEF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to
expenditures paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31,
2010.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Drilling</header>
<subtitle id="HE06E5C589EA44F2BAFE8D662B717B0C2"><enum>A</enum><header>Tax
provisions</header>
<section id="H0CDAF8A102CC42048D3CED7EF0BAACC1"><enum>401.</enum><header>Credit for
producing fuel from nonconventional sources to apply to gas produced onshore
from formations more than 15,000 feet deep</header>
<subsection id="HBA32842B1353495EAEAF54CA4B71D71D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (B) of
section 45K(c)(1) is amended by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of clause
(i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (ii) and inserting
<quote>or</quote>, and by inserting after clause (ii) the following new
clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00677409BD594AFEA3A3DDA07D30F64C" style="OLC">
<clause id="HA5105B77AE3449E68A1843BA4FE7959C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an onshore well from a formation more than
15,000 feet deep,
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H0C355CB829A248AFAA6B087CC6B9AF28"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible deep
gas wells</header><text>Section 45K is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC45A4A988474437CA450F75EF2885997" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4D7D13EE5C8E4F4F8F6E9D23F4842C25"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Eligible deep
gas wells</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a
well producing qualified fuel described in subsection (c)(1)(B)(iii)—</text>
<paragraph id="H7A585CA0346A4C7C9B91448C932AA7FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for purposes of subsection (e)(1)(A), such
well shall be treated as drilled before January 1, 1993, if such well is
drilled after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69C5ABD46C14487A86D9EF8FCB208028"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsection (e)(2) shall not
apply.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE280D211006744AB9EEA0F879A0AA901"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H298D402707DC4FB89350456847D8A740" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Repeal of minimum
capture requirement for carbon dioxide sequestration credit</header>
<subsection id="H572D0C86E2E245AA8CDC5AE5833E220D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of
section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (1), by striking <quote>,
and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting a period, and by striking
paragraph (3).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCF9DD50DFE1B43A69553C8634B8D51A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall apply to carbon dioxide captured after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H268B4E6B8B964B83BDD5D4A899FDA1A6"><enum>B</enum><header>Oil and gas
development on the Coastal Plain of Alaska</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C9BE372BB224CBC9D9DF6E06E86F4E7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>411.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>American-Made Energy and
Good Jobs Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H2AEF9357ED764885A9969130292D4B35"><enum>412.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="H9171DA29454748AEB68012AE82D79B11"><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="H0EC8938C7EE445D6A3A4F2A15C98316D"><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="H061948E56E9144ADA1D3B5BFC752E6B2"><enum>413.</enum><header>Leasing program
for lands within the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="H4A6D7450C9E44A85821EACEE0973530A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall take such actions as are
necessary—</text>
<paragraph id="H499F5871875841C2AAD28B24AB8FD1AD"><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="H14C0B513D6834A278D6CC7123CA72F8C"><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="H2E6824EE5D5A4EF1BC145ECC25113788"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="HD267D29341F848F8A8BAC3C95040828A"><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="H45DB3C24F54C4AE2A2FEB2E188F1D7C6"><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="H4CBEA1EE5E49468594D02A737EC05B87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance with
requirements under certain other laws</header>
<paragraph id="H4E63AE17299E47838FFDF5396DD9190A"><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="H0B3035B48BAD4DA091CECFC4B496A436"><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="HC599F2187E114D4B9A7DF7E745E36C9E"><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 Act that are not referred to in paragraph (2).
Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary is not required to identify
nonleasing alternative courses of action or to analyze the environmental
effects of such courses of action. The Secretary shall only identify a
preferred action for such leasing and a single leasing alternative, and analyze
the environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for those two
alternatives. The identification of the preferred action and related analysis
for the first lease sale under this 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="HEF601CA9A9D94F8D90FA8A653F7CB009"><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="HE2D72F27C4844301931F76B46246E0B3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
areas</header>
<paragraph id="HF06DD808911D4FE79BCB64A776A108EA"><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="HCBBBA6E4150142949088DBEF7A94E566"><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="H63CFB657804A4B23A7C871F7C830EE9A"><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="HDFD975652CFC432182257DF7BA272D3E"><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="H316ED60EFDD84212928F99E790341FBD"><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="H251DBDA1A5A3496D9DAD314CF71FCE33"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="H79C7FEFFCE9E48BCBCC683B82ED83106"><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="H2485E3B3F9914E9D837615E3051761D3"><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="HCA1BF6C3B7674F3794F32648E11E9501"><enum>414.</enum><header>Lease
sales</header>
<subsection id="H44C83394272E422DB7669034595D4633"><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="H8604341B0B454BD5A858E604582934F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for—</text>
<paragraph id="H5D0BC4AC524D4F69AABFB135724D8EA4"><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="H4CEBA02E8F15405CAAE56DB15CA3688F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the holding of
lease sales after such nomination process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H086F0A08772447788AF4C326E763A0D4"><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="H434A7B0FA2E04449889E3E7D38D57F5E"><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="HD3D0BAF19F3448299DB669E35B7BF79B"><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="HA8F9CF59C7384AAE912E70301A96033C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Timing of lease
sales</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H56F135A3165749A8BC8E2A468ADAC883"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct the first
lease sale under this subtitle within 22 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B93AA4BD0374AF2803F4CE8B8CD75E2"><enum>(2)</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="H9D04D99C01DE4BF584CA1007D285B1B4"><enum>415.</enum><header>Grant of leases
by the Secretary</header>
<subsection id="H32FBDE4B79BB40579235CEE6349B4B7B"><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 414 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="HF96CA41FD412479EA037305DCF283161"><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="HD87710C84A684A24B6F9A26737546903"><enum>416.</enum><header>Lease terms and
conditions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An oil or gas lease
issued pursuant to this subtitle shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H1364BA86E0E6448B973E723C8CB8E9C5"><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="H7483032463174DBBBE69D54A7C4EFF7C"><enum>(2)</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="H29FB84AF1A2F48E49484FF7DD12826C3"><enum>(3)</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="HAC66F649B34246319324DE3880F6A7EC"><enum>(4)</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="HCE4BC4E90A6D4EA684D6FB86C2EBEBC4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>include
requirements and restrictions to provide for reasonable protection of fish and
wildlife, their habitat, subsistence resources, and the environment as
determined by the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF70211E743DF450C89D47DA1A3CC6222"><enum>(6)</enum><text>prohibit the
export of oil produced under the lease; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9AF12101F425416FB82D0AB06DF826A5"><enum>(7)</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></section><section id="H9C551847346A4F5C9CC496099604B64F"><enum>417.</enum><header>Coastal plain
environmental protection</header>
<subsection id="H4011547B58734A4B9311492E35CF7434"><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 413, administer the provisions of this subtitle through regulations,
lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other
provisions that—</text>
<paragraph id="HA5878821320A4BEF841C1A25FEB3AFE9"><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="H4B6AD51E7DD74BD8B985AF75592D8737"><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="HFC3463C4A19945B7BDED72088EBDE719"><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="HA519BAD9434149EAB77CF9FCA129B282"><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="H912F2C775C3F402EBE0F3CDE42E52F26"><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="H131BF211295341CD86FE1A5C8EE1A79C"><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="HF8B272353E5C4D509DA51A7CD5E600CE"><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="H7824787E4D434216B9FEB5AE5F2B7699"><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="H966BE5C6AFBB419795EDD0C31D348228"><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="H3D00AAB4FF814E689F006025FEFE532E"><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="H6E7E0B31070C43FAA643C81030BC547F"><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="HD2A5B483662F4D8DAB204FAF30D93FCC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Design safety and
construction standards for all pipelines and any access and service roads,
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H31FC6C27617046388137D4AA6C047C37"><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="H5D4B91B4770D4557BFBB2BAAAC02498B"><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="H43467B230C534004A2AF184A8BF189B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Prohibitions on
general public access and use on all pipeline access and service roads.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE0A06E2B14894D00827A476158B4B850"><enum>(5)</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="H75A475788B67494891C6B0063253C3C8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on access by all modes of transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0037C551A264D6DA5FB07D31D905AC6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on sand and gravel extraction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58A72111DCCA4004944827EA2B08E0D5"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Consolidation of
facility siting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11D676F1A7C8480BB00B00D071D1AA10"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on use of explosives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E43BA283B364F8F9B22A77DD4B071D7"><enum>(10)</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="H4B8CA445843443C69706357F60B4FDB8"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Avoidance or
minimization of air traffic-related disturbance to fish and wildlife.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D012740838C48B78E8A4E10EDD15673"><enum>(12)</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="H0D7DF8C901F9421D85173C43211E2190"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Fuel storage and
oil spill contingency planning.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18234B40BAFE45B7898742279A7AB239"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Research,
monitoring, and reporting requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDC96F7378D7340669225225AEB4106EF"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Field crew
environmental briefings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4CCB6A4270E4F3090B67F13A4E5F3D0"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Avoidance of
significant adverse effects upon subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping by
subsistence users.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18A91720D48D4564A67EBBC98F64390F"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Compliance with
applicable air and water quality standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC03CD16B4A1D46D193F4F7256C2BD7E5"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Appropriate
seasonal and safety zone designations around well sites, within which
subsistence hunting and trapping shall be limited.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAEC1A1B82A7B439B8CABD4B12EEED39B"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Reasonable
stipulations for protection of cultural and archeological resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4E921FFBCB3F4AB587E4C49AA50EEEDC"><enum>(20)</enum><text>All other
protective environmental stipulations, restrictions, terms, and conditions
deemed necessary by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5EE2B1802B9D498F97D6AB7A061CE614"><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="H4CCD2E3624C74C98ABA809F4905121FC"><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="H2B45CF5767F840E0B5845FA04BBC6981"><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="HD0B4FB417FB646C4A958C060F6F95B26"><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="H3AFBE960EF4940289C58C0F9F0976A50"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Facility
consolidation planning</header>
<paragraph id="H44754D903744458D8C363E6C6FFDD0FB"><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="H971C36BC0A964894BE57D1120419D5F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
plan shall have the following objectives:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFBEBBAB05CFD4617A3C4B16DEF260BFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Avoiding
unnecessary duplication of facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD405DBAC92E44820AF706380DDEA8621"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Encouraging
consolidation of common facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6CD461D6FDC5428996DEAE1EDD0B56B8"><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="H0FC06DBC863D4B388B721B87D873F5D6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Utilizing existing
facilities wherever practicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H974965DAA22E40C5AD107982A3CC97A4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Enhancing
compatibility between wildlife values and development activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H817D3CB86BC84102A2231881DEA84487"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Access to public
lands</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H58E850D11999462EA7F1F3447ECBC3DE"><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="H4E453F0AF9EF4DB087183E0470E7E2A7"><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="HFEDE21C8F7864F80BCB6A21E1F20203D"><enum>418.</enum><header>Expedited
judicial review</header>
<subsection id="H3F039F4B664E418FA57E7D9521145E77"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Filing of
complaint</header>
<paragraph id="H7198230561C64AF881E942CA16990049"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Subject
to paragraph (2), any complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of
this Act or any action of the Secretary under this subtitle shall be
filed—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBF6C7991096A404485F390EAD1A16A64"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as provided
in subparagraph (B), within the 90-day period beginning on the date of the
action being challenged; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB6FBB7DFED2418DB59BE315640E7E62"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a
complaint based solely on grounds arising after such period, within 90 days
after the complainant knew or reasonably should have known of the grounds for
the complaint.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE2BF7C7DF2B1414ABABBCC7724D63846"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>Any
complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of this subtitle or any
action of the Secretary under this subtitle may be filed only in the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C5D656E94FD42BD8E726488F7963E90"><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="H3B21EFCDBB334CC99136126EA3AFEF9D"><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="HEFEBD596E9134CC0B5CB378090D00053"><enum>419.</enum><header>Federal and
State distribution of revenues</header>
<subsection id="HA1584B3E7C764CC587FE91334281EA10"><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="H26EF9816E30048BD8CA182E4EB98E5FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be paid to the State of Alaska; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF36B8EB1C84947CB9064F1C90CE5F2A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>except as provided
in section 422(d), the balance shall be deposited into the Treasury as
miscellaneous receipts.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H46B4C974660F4B7293BC29E42A15ED97"><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="H603FC34757034588A453F1BCDFB6C505"><enum>420.</enum><header>Rights-of-way
across the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="HA332B389E3CA41A5AB326FCFEDE55A37"><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="HB50DD6FCC5304CB7AA88FAAD55D51FB5"><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="H4CDCC4F70AB24965AD678F51F99112DD"><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="HBC4BF5D2CA3349EA858E8F6A0737BE8F"><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="H96AF1820E07F4B1F8C69C2A2C64E2B4B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall include in regulations under section 413(g) provisions granting
rights-of-way and easements described in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H97F0357153224EB8994BC2B55BB0C86D"><enum>421.</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="H10ABCA47ACB743AE8AAAC2307DBDD081"><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="HE19C59B99A594415AE030A61FA5AB2C6"><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="H8E86EA0523A2447B979C99C7731D768B"><enum>422.</enum><header>Local
government impact aid and community service assistance</header>
<subsection id="HDA41DEB3EEDD4D51BA3DD889BB7D451E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financial
assistance authorized</header>
<paragraph id="H5D76DF73254A4FB2AA23253C78309E2C"><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="H509C914A14274BB9AF18CC20EDCAAEF3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
entities</header><text>The North Slope Borough, the City of Kaktovik, and any
other borough, municipal subdivision, village, or other community in the State
of Alaska that is directly impacted by exploration for, or the production of,
oil or gas on the Coastal Plain under this Act, as determined by the Secretary,
shall be eligible for financial assistance under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4D60B8AABA854A9494610C7FB2EB63AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
assistance</header><text>Financial assistance under this section may be used
only for—</text>
<paragraph id="H2C35C81E5D23447DAD93825CEB413837"><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="HDEC8F12DBEC14220840286EF6D349902"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementing
mitigation plans and maintaining mitigation projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20C4504C64A24F9BBA116F7F3AF8F10B"><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="HD4F4C86349FC42D49CB755178502369F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establishment of a
coordination office, by the North Slope borough, in the City of Kaktovik, which
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD9660E8CC45C42C3BBE9F7BB81FB0CC1"><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="H3F45E4F849C44F11A0D71541478B62F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide to the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate an annual report on the status of
coordination between developers and the communities affected by
development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A39A9378A874EC385EBBBC595990A6A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="H60A03C23E4DC4FAAB95262B390AB095B"><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="H4028AB59C02C4B829B10F2D46E4C869D"><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="HCDCF0EA0C7A74C549352FF0FC087223D"><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="HC6E49771B55F486DA52C5B589A177B32"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Establishment of
fund</header>
<paragraph id="HDE1CA2BE62424B5687A9E65ECF5CFA28"><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="H34196D5A67A44D9FA77B87C5B51722E5"><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="HD17DBAD76C7641CCBCDE3530C4A81E7B"><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="HACE47CE66C6546ABB302F7423006DD4A"><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="HAF034B5CF7E040DCBD62A234C81FA3D4"><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="HA52ACE6B450748829022E7E778A2A8F9"><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="H02C4092BEE3545A7A09407CA2FC545D1"><enum>C</enum><header>Offshore Oil and
Gas Development</header>
<section id="HE52FE4D7E88148C5B4FD5A53EB91999E"><enum>431.</enum><header>Repeal of
moratorium on oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico</header>
<subsection id="H07783E39AC7B4B829088FA7FBC27FDD1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy
Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–432; 43 U.S.C. 1331 note) is amended by
striking <quote>June 30, 2022</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1,
2011</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H61D5B41FB22C4AE99FBE4C897E6EB92A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of
opened areas in 2007–2012 outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing
program</header><text>Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of the Interior shall include the area removed from moratorium by
subsection (a) in the areas available for leasing under the 2007–2012 outer
Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program prepared under section 18 of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFAD0B464DB4A4995A7FDA0644732307B"><enum>432.</enum><header>Inclusion of
areas in 2007–2012 outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program</header>
<subsection id="HF950F1A06B6E4EA281570CBD78FE1978"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 90 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall include
the areas described in subsection (b) in the areas available for leasing under
the 2007–2012 outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program prepared
under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1344).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H761E3D3D7D6E4DDFBBA0BA55D3ABC04E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Areas
described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The areas referred
to in subsection (a) are all areas of the outer Continental Shelf (as that term
is devined in that Act) in the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and
Eastern Gulf of Mexico.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Greenhouse gas
regulation</header>
<section id="HF7E61D3940D548BEB28415ADA33F3071" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Greenhouse gas
regulation under Clean Air Act</header>
<subsection id="H9BDEFEF8BBDE46AF96214A05FBBFF4E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
air pollutant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(g)
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602(g)) is amended by adding the following at
the end thereof: <quote>The term <quote>air pollutant</quote> shall not include
carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons,
perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEE82ED35335544199055B3F4AE58D9AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Climate change
not regulated by Clean Air Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7401 et seq.) shall be treated as authorizing or requiring the regulation of
climate change or global warming.</text>
</subsection></section>