1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Job Creation Act of
2011
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Trade
Sec. 101. Sense of Congress regarding implementation of certain
free trade agreements.
Sec. 102. Sense of Congress regarding China’s intellectual
property rights violations.
Title II—Tax reform
Sec. 201. Sense of Congress regarding tax reform.
Title III—Balanced budget amendment
Sec. 301. Sense of Congress regarding a balanced budget
amendment.
Title IV—Energy
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Definitions.
Sec. 403. Leasing program for lands within the Coastal
Plain.
Sec. 404. Lease sales.
Sec. 405. Grant of leases by the Secretary.
Sec. 406. Lease terms and conditions.
Sec. 407. Coastal Plain environmental protection.
Sec. 408. Expedited judicial review.
Sec. 409. Federal and State distribution of
revenues.
Sec. 410. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain.
Sec. 411. Conveyance.
Sec. 412. Local government impact aid and community service
assistance.
Sec. 413. ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund.
Title V—Reduction in Federal workforce
Sec. 501. Reduction in Federal workforce.
Title VI—Repeal of employer health insurance mandate
Sec. 601. Repeal of employer health insurance
mandate.
Title VII—Secret Ballot Protection Act
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Findings.
Sec. 703. National Labor Relations Act.
Sec. 704. Regulations.
Title VIII—Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
improvements
Sec. 801. Attorney accountability.
Sec. 802. Applicability of Rule 11 to State cases affecting
interstate commerce.
Sec. 803. Prevention of forum-shopping.
Sec. 804. Rule of construction.
Sec. 805. Three-strikes rule for suspending attorneys who
commit multiple Rule 11 violations.
Sec. 806. Presumption of rule 11 violation for repeatedly
relitigating same issue.
Sec. 807. Enhanced sanctions for document destruction in
pending Federal court proceedings.
Sec. 808. Ban on concealment of unlawful conduct.
Title IX—Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of
2011
Sec. 901. Short title.
Sec. 902. Clarification and expansion of rules covered by the
Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Sec. 903. Requirements providing for more detailed
analyses.
Sec. 904. Repeal of waiver and delay authority; additional
powers of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy.
Sec. 905. Procedures for gathering comments.
Sec. 906. Periodic review of rules.
Sec. 907. Judicial review of compliance with the requirements
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act available after publication of the final
rule.
Sec. 908. Jurisdiction of court of appeals over rules
implementing the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Sec. 909. Clerical amendments.
<enum>I</enum><header>Trade</header>
<section id="H25F7B69D9F80475FB23F237C8706B091"><enum>101.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress regarding implementation of certain free trade agreements</header>
<subsection id="HBDF45AA150194FB4BFC408DC5EB99CA4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H48AC770BB64A40EAB594577C7D90657D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Ninety-five
percent of the world’s consumers live outside the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A53B324B90342CF96DA735A14486789"><enum>(2)</enum><text>It is imperative
to the United States economy that United States businesses sell their goods and
services outside the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC96B8100173543938DDD5C8632B71316"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Congress and the
Administration are currently working to implement free trade agreements with
Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. The United States International Trade
Commission recently reported that implementation of the three free trade
agreements would increase United States exports by $13 billion, adding $10
billion to the Gross Domestic Product of the United States. Such an increase
would support 250,000 American jobs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H10FFE108A7F54C36B72999E3C1788811"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H41054421828E4EC88540AD69E77FE048"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Congress should
continue to work with the Administration to expand trading markets;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H633E6F73840C43CA91BF189EDD7C4FF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the President
should pursue quick entry into force of the three trade agreements; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HADCCF8C45026423AB71E24EAA7FD4214"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the future growth
of the United States economy requires this pro-growth strategy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2D5B768DD5124C3687E0EA22F84338CB"><enum>102.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress regarding China’s intellectual property rights violations</header>
<subsection id="HE0443FDBF6F546A996E3577E639F2465"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HCA4B865C1D05458E93F1495F5B3D5E6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States copyright industries suffer
severe losses due to piracy in China.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77FF52E37C24494A9E5938B04302895B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Counterfeiting
remains pervasive in many retail and wholesale markets in China.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA2809F5EDF74F86AA1D008B3FC3B1AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>China also
maintains market access barriers, which delay entry into China for legitimate
products and, thus, create commercial opportunities for infringing products.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H700BD1C84A9840EF80ADB3A1BB7C0651"><enum>(4)</enum><text>According to a
report by the United States International Trade Commission, Chinese piracy and
counterfeiting of United States software and a wide range of other intellectual
property cost American businesses an estimated $48 billion in 2009.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8784A21C0DEA44C8829B9AFB50FC325D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The report also
concluded that 2.1 million jobs could be created in the United States if China
complied with its current international obligations to protect and enforce
intellectual property rights.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H008EB32B9BF34BD092B3864174468C0F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The most direct
jobs impact would come in high-tech and other innovative industries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H16AA8A2A0DB045E697A8A3A75176F520"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that China’s intellectual
property rights violations are a problem for our economy.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Tax
reform</header>
<section id="HAFF1716C3EF5404EB53D32D54848208B"><enum>201.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress regarding tax reform</header>
<subsection id="H62419C5319D6439A9EBCDA156B68FCF3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H13D06170207F4294908A672B75750CA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal tax code is long, complex,
antiquated, and stifling growth in our economy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1ECBB44DF6D24445A62A218A52534F2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Comprehensive
reform of the Federal tax code is needed to get Americans working again and our
economy back on track.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB72EE7FEE56E4E8491FBF1A7472F8CB1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Independent
economists estimate that, when coupled with reduced Federal spending,
comprehensive tax reform could lead to the creation of 1 million jobs in the
first year alone.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA093BF130BDE4257B21AD998D8A513B2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Federal tax
code has become so complex that even the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue
Service does not prepare his own taxes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF4F6B7C874D4BB59E721DAA249B2F51"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Internal
Revenue Service reports that the average person spends more than 21 hours to
fill out the tax forms.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B609F7AB0904BB18D82476399B781EF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A
USA Today editorial lampooned the complexity by noting that the instruction
booklet for Apple’s Ipad is one page, while the instruction booklet for this
year’s IRS 1040 long form is 172 pages.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4DB2037E382F4684937605EC2102FE4A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Federal tax
system needs to be reformed in order for the United States to once again be
competitive in the international market.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14661217D9AF48948BC391D6378F6313"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Only Japan has a
higher corporate tax rate than America, which has a combined Federal-State rate
of 39.2 percent, and Japan has already indicated its intent to lower its rate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48458E1CE9EB434AA038B48C48A4D90F"><enum>(9)</enum><text>In 1960, 17
companies headquartered in the United States comprised 17 of the world’s
largest 20 companies—that’s 85 percent. By 2010, just 6 companies headquartered
in the United States—or a mere 30 percent—were ranked among the top 20.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H20E8AA2E5CC942D088DECBD775432FC9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that reforming the Federal
tax code will benefit American taxpayers and our economy.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Balanced budget
amendment</header>
<section id="HA90007ACE6C04F04B98826FA355EE9A1"><enum>301.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress regarding a balanced budget amendment</header>
<subsection id="H8C90F8F8F26341509E6717BBDF3B2F69"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress finds that a balanced budget
amendment would put the United States on a path to solvency and help bring
stability to the economy.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDEAEF4301AEF471687C7111DBA7CCC65"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that Congress needs to pass a balanced budget amendment to the United
States Constitution and send it to the States for ratification.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Energy</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE358B1B1CA748519032AE543F06BF11" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>American Energy Independence
and Price Reduction Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H9263B7F1C44446A0BE6AFC6D19702854"><enum>402.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HD627931B11DA4E0C8027FBD0FEE3F68A"><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="HD81A80C72B6D438BBAE9883A29556CF6"><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="H6A6BDCE3AB6943B5830B96FB406BD343"><enum>403.</enum><header>Leasing program
for lands within the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="H13DD5F7D00284BD6BAC32B22184EBF4B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary shall take such actions as are
necessary—</text>
<paragraph id="H02098955D1254E20A7E79BEDC7253DA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to establish and
implement, in accordance with this title and acting through the Director of the
Bureau of Land Management in consultation with the Director of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, a competitive oil and gas leasing program
that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration,
development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79EA017E06F24309ACA90AB23C4E2200"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to administer the
provisions of this title through regulations, lease terms, conditions,
restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other provisions that ensure the
oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities on the Coastal
Plain will result in no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, their
habitat, subsistence resources, and the environment, including, in furtherance
of this goal, by requiring the application of the best commercially available
technology for oil and gas exploration, development, and production to all
exploration, development, and production operations under this Act 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="H1973C9FC5B6F42CAA69C383306DFAAE6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="H9400C27548314C67845CBB1869E7A833"><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="H48652B1E92554C37AEAB5F1E162E0C72"><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="H33ECDAC55764470A8D8986C2EB95CA78"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance With
Requirements Under Certain Other Laws</header>
<paragraph id="H0FB9D2AF9AC048F58C232BC08BC91C82"><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="H0ED1BC322AA8483B86F20F15525AF8C0"><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 <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) is deemed to satisfy the requirements under the
<act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> that apply with respect to prelease activities, including
actions authorized to be taken by the Secretary to develop and promulgate the
regulations for the establishment of a leasing program authorized by this title
before the conduct of the first lease sale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8669C08BDCB74B268D29475DEDE1F6E6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance with
nepa for other actions</header><text>Before conducting the first lease sale
under this title, the Secretary shall prepare an environmental impact statement
under the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> with respect to the actions authorized by this title that are
not referred to in paragraph (2). Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary
is not required to identify nonleasing alternative courses of action or to
analyze the environmental effects of such courses of action. The Secretary
shall only identify a preferred action for such leasing and a single leasing
alternative, and analyze the environmental effects and potential mitigation
measures for those two alternatives. The identification of the preferred action
and related analysis for the first lease sale under this title shall be
completed within 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act. The
Secretary shall only consider public comments that specifically address the
Secretary’s preferred action and that are filed within 20 days after
publication of an environmental analysis. Notwithstanding any other law,
compliance with this paragraph is deemed to satisfy all requirements for the
analysis and consideration of the environmental effects of proposed leasing
under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFE2CDCE61DAF415C87DE36F137776B00"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to
State and Local Authority</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be
considered to expand or limit State and local regulatory authority.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB7529456DC034FEFA7A7086230C6C1FD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
Areas</header>
<paragraph id="HBCF91F9E3FAA4707A01CC6CA0B1544CD"><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="H8482514116274E0BBC11BA95402F1C21"><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="H5C0B9403A0244BAEA31FC92E1806DD39"><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="HFAAD3F851A8048A9933C0226DD96E584"><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="HEA6E095481D846CB9B22E6FAA12D45B7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on
Closed Areas</header><text>The Secretary’s sole authority to close lands within
the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing and to exploration, development, and
production is that set forth in this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5FAEFA79FB7042BAB5FDEDAF5F3972DC"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="H7D044DEC11334550B01760A57E1A8377"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be
necessary to carry out this title, including rules and regulations relating to
protection of the fish and wildlife, their habitat, subsistence resources, and
environment of the Coastal Plain, by no later than 15 months after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B996738506F4EA2ACA4669D8EC43A99"><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="H88598CBCBDD74431AACC213D10E18C12"><enum>404.</enum><header>Lease
sales</header>
<subsection id="HA66F2C366B0949489865E8C0A0A94744"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Lands may be leased pursuant to this title to any person
qualified to obtain a lease for deposits of oil and gas under the
<act-name parsable-cite="MLA">Mineral Leasing Act</act-name> (30 U.S.C. 181 et
seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF03F5441D78848ADA74E1788641B80DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for—</text>
<paragraph id="H5F7269EA98B34E7E9337ECD22697268D"><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="H5737371A49BA44EBA6762322DCCF9E69"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the holding of
lease sales after such nomination process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD50BC859E967464093885B57871335A3"><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="HE070D70BB62548FAB179A12C0BFF2823"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lease Sale
Bids</header><text>Bidding for leases under this title shall be by sealed
competitive cash bonus bids.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0D8ABBB0492E4B89A21E7DB8F6D3219E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acreage Minimum
in First Sale</header><text>In the first lease sale under this title, the
Secretary shall offer for lease those tracts the Secretary considers to have
the greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons, taking into
consideration nominations received pursuant to subsection (b)(1), but in no
case less than 200,000 acres.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAF1F2F7596AB46EDB7C693E2C5021443"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Timing of Lease
Sales</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE1084C4FCF7F40858CE0777FA0FCC976"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct the first
lease sale under this title within 22 months after the date of the enactment of
this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBC27273239AB4689B7FBC8E8FD5203F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate the bids
in such sale and issue leases resulting from such sale, within 90 days after
the date of the completion of such sale; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7953145815C341E2A2068AE342887D1C"><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="HABFC1F7C92484391997081094C0F076E"><enum>405.</enum><header>Grant of leases
by the Secretary</header>
<subsection id="H510BBF753C9D4741848D47990329D4F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary may grant to the highest responsible
qualified bidder in a lease sale conducted pursuant to section 404 any lands to
be leased on the Coastal Plain upon payment by the lessee of such bonus as may
be accepted by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H658BF7259A1743EAA250436D462DA2DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subsequent
Transfers</header><text>No lease issued under this title may be sold,
exchanged, assigned, sublet, or otherwise transferred except with the approval
of the Secretary. Prior to any such approval the Secretary shall consult with,
and give due consideration to the views of, the Attorney General.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD386A08946C94EEC9B6529B03702BBA9"><enum>406.</enum><header>Lease terms and
conditions</header>
<subsection id="HAEE4764FE00E4B54B8BBFC96C333FF07"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>An oil or gas lease issued pursuant to this title
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD4E1B4D436FD44849CF83F6D8D8C8F02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the
payment of a royalty of not less than 12<fraction>1/2</fraction> percent in
amount or value of the production removed or sold from the lease, as determined
by the Secretary under the regulations applicable to other Federal oil and gas
leases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9696AB31BE7A4A57A437B70E445CF92D"><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="H862C4C655E284D0B86D9E9FA6C188A1A"><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="HD78E764D6F774E14BEC62B8A5B72E4EE"><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="HD1185B4AA18E4F1991AD0E3F18EE0244"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide that the
standard of reclamation for lands required to be reclaimed under this title
shall be, as nearly as practicable, a condition capable of supporting the uses
which the lands were capable of supporting prior to any exploration,
development, or production activities, or upon application by the lessee, to a
higher or better use as approved by the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6EC027488A484F38B63341A2F2E023FB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>contain terms and
conditions relating to protection of fish and wildlife, their habitat,
subsistence resources, and the environment as required pursuant to section
403(a)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H075342DF708C453E85A49036A0BC2D8B"><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="HEAE954E198CF4AF8AC5E465B1FC962AB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>prohibit the
export of oil produced under the lease; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BC8E72103EB4E8C80925AB13F7800A5"><enum>(9)</enum><text>contain such other
provisions as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure compliance with the
provisions of this title and the regulations issued under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4A8EFC55DAC0464C9FD52343F8B8934E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project Labor
Agreements</header><text>The Secretary, as a term and condition of each lease
under this title and in recognizing the Government’s proprietary interest in
labor stability and in the ability of construction labor and management to meet
the particular needs and conditions of projects to be developed under the
leases issued pursuant to this title and the special concerns of the parties to
such leases, shall require that the lessee and its agents and contractors
negotiate to obtain a project labor agreement for the employment of laborers
and mechanics on production, maintenance, and construction under the
lease.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H45F196A77235450EA81E26602C2A0AE9"><enum>407.</enum><header>Coastal Plain
environmental protection</header>
<subsection id="HF4822A2A79C8443A931366C02B3E7844"><enum>(a)</enum><header>No Significant
Adverse Effect Standard To Govern Authorized Coastal Plain
Activities</header><text>The Secretary shall, consistent with the requirements
of section 403, administer the provisions of this title through regulations,
lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other
provisions that—</text>
<paragraph id="H2A56BDCE98EB4A708542AFD05E9BB88C"><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="H98C52DC18C264F65B16B3F6B8C59E313"><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="H8D18A29E1F8C46ACBDD543710C1D01E5"><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="H2BCE125CEE1348359B57ED9384B9B3FF"><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="H4D2812BF933F470589515996073CDDC9"><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="HE446E424BE114AFE8674C326EDF599CB"><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="HD5B4C360D9D142BAA1C6F7055C442B02"><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="H585A9221284F4FBD9D20CF534BA50335"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations To
Protect Coastal Plain Fish and Wildlife Resources, Subsistence Users, and the
Environment</header><text>Before implementing the leasing program authorized by
this title, the Secretary shall prepare and promulgate regulations, lease
terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other measures
designed to ensure that the activities undertaken on the Coastal Plain under
this title are conducted in a manner consistent with the purposes and
environmental requirements of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB07E4E5348AB4A3F966F1D17706F58F5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance With
Federal and State Environmental Laws and Other Requirements</header><text>The
proposed regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, and
stipulations for the leasing program under this title shall require compliance
with all applicable provisions of Federal and State environmental law, and
shall also require the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H4AE5D514A2E648B29745904BD467A38C"><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="H73B3C70894304E71BA4D7E5334A38116"><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="HF5E1B3581C44437682127A6BE6367829"><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="HA4C568D860434856A1442A0E552E5F67"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Design safety and
construction standards for all pipelines and any access and service roads,
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF77949A763D4A8398F4D880224ABD35"><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="HCF48145FC210490B8EE2D168CBE8AA6A"><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="H01C81ED7D9EC47788E21CD50BDC23E8D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Prohibitions on
general public access and use on all pipeline access and service roads.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC00297B5EC644EEBFDB1979449E97EA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Stringent
reclamation and rehabilitation requirements, consistent with the standards set
forth in this title, requiring the removal from the Coastal Plain of all oil
and gas development and production facilities, structures, and equipment upon
completion of oil and gas production operations, except that the Secretary may
exempt from the requirements of this paragraph those facilities, structures, or
equipment that the Secretary determines would assist in the management of the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and that are donated to the United States for
that purpose.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E7856D7ADD445D6B3676F1659BD547F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on access by all modes of transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF70D78D941CB4E0AB8732C9763128D29"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on sand and gravel extraction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14D17FF207404E1EB59B822BB0108A4A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Consolidation of
facility siting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5723A07EF7634FCF8C854E1DECF2C359"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on use of explosives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2EE3CDACBE35486FBFFFA494D3FAA330"><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="H762DD21AAF1F4C6D8C8740A8B8CB8EAB"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Avoidance or
minimization of air traffic-related disturbance to fish and wildlife.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6C72BD2799843CCA4251A38675B63B4"><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="HF49476DC4AF347DB8BCD13E9A4CDE781"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Fuel storage and
oil spill contingency planning.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7D5FAEF19904BF580BDA3C3D72D9D83"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Research,
monitoring, and reporting requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF52367C9FC345698D6EE78B8BCB4662"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Field crew
environmental briefings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEFC857E74D24F4CBEF6DF51E43BCB22"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Avoidance of
significant adverse effects upon subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping by
subsistence users.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEFF73CC7CC68405FAE2F9F83346B3417"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Compliance with
applicable air and water quality standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H857B26E9FF4841FDAE45435C10AFD4E8"><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="H09E7FAE5B536438FBEC440136C84503A"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Reasonable
stipulations for protection of cultural and archeological resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF961A226169645EDB241D660F28F7B32"><enum>(21)</enum><text>All other
protective environmental stipulations, restrictions, terms, and conditions
deemed necessary by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H25D64BADCE2A47BBB9218DE7F36B79E8"><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="H5E7E0B77C97248AB8BDECAD3F48B6513"><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="H3972A624F4FA48439B1330E61B8B3963"><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="H995366CE8BBF4ECDB93A07827430912C"><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="HDFB17FDD4A48486289A111F013B031E4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Facility
Consolidation Planning</header>
<paragraph id="H0503564584B542B0997CC0FDAFBB160A"><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="H76BFE95C05654A6E9F38BDAF50995D0F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
plan shall have the following objectives:</text>
<subparagraph id="H984CDC2799984756B5D53BDE7BAE7BE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Avoiding
unnecessary duplication of facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8299DBCED02546448AF4854867BE257C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Encouraging
consolidation of common facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E1F259F00054E598078A454378861AB"><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="H43EFC44EAB834F2A99AF6E0DCAA1CA5C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Utilizing existing
facilities wherever practicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D7D6DF8DF2645CBBE49A26071388830"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Enhancing
compatibility between wildlife values and development activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA7933C32968340C180E78F38BF8DE5A8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Access to Public
Lands</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HCA0326B6E4D747E9840738BE481A752D"><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="H16474BC0BA4946E0BA2332CF6F5BC1AC"><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="H8996C2288C784187879EED042FDD28C4"><enum>408.</enum><header>Expedited
judicial review</header>
<subsection id="HB785D4E7B5A04547BA9283B87541260A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Filing of
Complaint</header>
<paragraph id="H6C929F066D0245A4B57C84D90598864F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Subject
to paragraph (2), any complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of
this title or any action of the Secretary under this title shall be
filed—</text>
<subparagraph id="H90D7A4F4E23E468795C57DB4C9A5B53C"><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="H9A0857E759F24F9090398857728A6BED"><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="H31B098957E794D72A1DA38DDA4CEFE90"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>Any
complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of this title or any action
of the Secretary under this title may be filed only in the United States Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC8C38C645F344B0BB37E4F1E42B517B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on
scope of certain review</header><text>Judicial review of a Secretarial decision
to conduct a lease sale under this title, including the environmental analysis
thereof, shall be limited to whether the Secretary has complied with the terms
of this title and shall be based upon the administrative record of that
decision. The Secretary’s identification of a preferred course of action to
enable leasing to proceed and the Secretary’s analysis of environmental effects
under this title shall be presumed to be correct unless shown otherwise by
clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H61DC158587CF495789164F6DBABF3CE5"><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="HDD1B2D7F01C740AA854E92A9B4B9DAFE"><enum>409.</enum><header>Federal and
State distribution of revenues</header>
<subsection id="HA307B759B2644D028F59113979B88216"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amount
of adjusted bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from Federal oil and gas
leasing and operations authorized under this title—</text>
<paragraph id="H1D34506CA9F447E5B0A695F88B988F22"><enum>(1)</enum><text>50 percent shall
be paid to the State of Alaska; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03930021C02E406CA5CCDA6E681B50EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>except as provided
in section 412(d), the balance shall be transferred to the ANWR Alternative
Energy Trust Fund established by this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF9A02034DB134B14BF0C31FE4184A2BD"><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="H7BAAA60302C94BE7AA444840F862985B"><enum>410.</enum><header>Rights-of-way
across the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="HA3E7389DF3E0438DA56EC095EBA0C9A9"><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="H822FEE5CC2674CD0BA0D33AB23CC4421"><enum>(1)</enum><text>except as provided
in paragraph (2), under section 28 of the <act-name parsable-cite="MLA">Mineral
Leasing Act</act-name> (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="H59AD19D9973C4AB0815483AC2698C8F1"><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="H07F73397EE424D8BAC3BFCE1C8D23CE1"><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="H05F58E2FB2C945BEAC5E1A657D5F3BD7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall include in regulations under section 403(g) provisions granting
rights-of-way and easements described in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H981EBF566B744B7989F3B32C562CEA2B"><enum>411.</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In order to maximize Federal revenues by
removing clouds on title to lands and clarifying land ownership patterns within
the Coastal Plain, the Secretary, notwithstanding the provisions of section
1302(h)(2) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
3192(h)(2)), shall convey—</text>
<paragraph id="H45D2F7C9EF6B4DA5AF2C1860EDCC3E24"><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="H56B6C707494F4A01A11416F63E4D53CC"><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="H2F36696DE9314FA89907764555DF8A71"><enum>412.</enum><header>Local
government impact aid and community service assistance</header>
<subsection id="HFD9D315DD52A4E1A89BCFD24AD0F1941"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financial
Assistance Authorized</header>
<paragraph id="H7CF98540D7184E91B3B4F9197A504E6F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may use amounts available from the Coastal
Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund established by subsection (d)
to provide timely financial assistance to entities that are eligible under
paragraph (2) and that are directly impacted by the exploration for or
production of oil and gas on the Coastal Plain under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1ECE85EDAFD14D3C9F70903A1EA7A2C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
entities</header><text>The North Slope Borough, the City of Kaktovik, and any
other borough, municipal subdivision, village, or other community in the State
of Alaska that is directly impacted by exploration for, or the production of,
oil or gas on the Coastal Plain under this title, as determined by the
Secretary, shall be eligible for financial assistance under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H66355989974A4C52BFD5B2879B866DF5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
Assistance</header><text>Financial assistance under this section may be used
only for—</text>
<paragraph id="HFEBB5D6C6ED84556A2E4AD9799BBF909"><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="H6416C052FE4E43FAA9DF766A6DF83425"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementing
mitigation plans and maintaining mitigation projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB8BC3ED8753E43A399DC20E3DB377B5C"><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="HC23DA411309249C682FD0FDF46A43054"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establishment of a
coordination office, by the North Slope Borough, in the City of Kaktovik, which
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC8E6A81BF0AA44808905E478BFBD9274"><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="H40F964ADEE2F46CF9C68995565EC6273"><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="H5F029A9E910E4CD99999FAB5A685D0BB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="HA7B38E2BAA9A4F4181213DB19CD2A65F"><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="H049CE8CC6CFC4E289070D9CD90891DB2"><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="H546C1059631D48FF81CAF30DFBB70350"><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="HFB1CE37E8AA34235A1845A9D24E4C6C1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Establishment of
Fund</header>
<paragraph id="HA5F2B7AC71EC42C48B7BD56C61D44769"><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="H6F03F62BFF974FED88183DCA244C15B2"><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="H1A21ADE7B56D4B3DB346653A5FA72C51"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>Subject
to paragraph (4), there shall be deposited into the fund amounts received by
the United States as revenues derived from rents, bonuses, and royalties from
Federal leases and lease sales authorized under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33F080D26E6F4CD589DF717F2F6E02F2"><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="H02E8F371045E43E38D50D2730677C3C8"><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="H95F35F46C7504904ADE6040E03466FB8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>To provide financial assistance under this section
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary from the Coastal Plain
Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund $5,000,000 for each fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE71290141F8A47E9BFB21BB97FC18252"><enum>413.</enum><header>ANWR
Alternative Energy Trust Fund</header>
<subsection id="H665960F5A6FE4F7681E3CF042E5BD42C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
Trust Fund</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United
States a trust fund to be known as the <quote>ANWR Alternative Energy Trust
Fund</quote>, consisting of such amounts as may be transferred to the ANWR
Alternative Energy Trust Fund as provided in section 409.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H73015BA67106421593E4052579845080"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expenditures
From ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund</header>
<paragraph id="H8843603B17F04970A6DE861E914D0344"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Amounts in the ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund shall
be available without further appropriation to carry out specified provisions of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58; in this section referred to
as <quote>EPAct2005</quote>) and the Energy Independence and Security Act of
2007 (Public Law 110–140; in this section referred to as
<quote>EISAct2007</quote>), as follows:</text>
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of:</bold></entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" valign="bottom"><bold>The following percentage of annual
receipts to the ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund, but not to exceed the limit
on amount authorized, if any:</bold></entry>
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<tbody>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">EPAct2005:</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr"></entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 210</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 242</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">1.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 369</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">2.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 401</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">6.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 812</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">6.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 931</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">19.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 942</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 962</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">3.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 968</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 1704</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">6.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">EISAct2007:</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr"></entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 207</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">15.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 607</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Title VI, Subtitle B</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">3.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Title VI, Subtitle C</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 641</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">9.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Title VII, Subtitle
A</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">15.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 1112</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" entry-modify="fl-hang-hier-2" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 1304</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">6.0 percent.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A050717E1B24067A42859B843C708A7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Apportionment of
excess amount</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any amounts
allocated under paragraph (1) that are in excess of the amounts authorized in
the applicable cited section or subtitle of EPAct2005 and EISAct2007 shall be
reallocated to the remaining sections and subtitles cited in paragraph (1), up
to the amounts otherwise authorized by law to carry out such sections and
subtitles, in proportion to the amounts authorized by law to be appropriated
for such other sections and subtitles.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Reduction in
Federal workforce</header>
<section id="HE7F2BC78DCB54CEF8AA9FFAB2C3F62AE"><enum>501.</enum><header>Reduction in
Federal workforce</header>
<subsection id="H8B97615FA5B94552B044DB83AE62C206"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
the purpose of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H14DAD86B972E4E649D210F6970D1598C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>total number of Federal employees</term> means the total number of
Federal employees in all agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB5997FDAD35446FB19832BB8AC625EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>Federal employee</term> means an employee as defined by section 2105 of
title 5, United States Code; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3B914B17FA548FD929C28B3B19C6ABB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>agency</term> means an Executive agency as defined by section 105 of
title 5, United States Code, excluding the Government Accountability
Office.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9CFE57EFFB1B426A86DDDC1395ADC831"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
President, through the Office of Management and Budget (in consultation with
the Office of Personnel Management), shall take appropriate measures to ensure
that, effective beginning in fiscal year 2015, the total number of Federal
employees (as determined under subsection (c)) shall not exceed 90 percent of
the total number of Federal employees as of September 30, 2011 (as so
determined).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCEF897D0CA45480A9E30418F5EC85DEF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Monitoring and
notification</header><text>The Office of Management and Budget (in consultation
with the Office of Personnel Management)—</text>
<paragraph id="H3231FFE612694D17A5D27F441E35AC1B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall continuously
monitor all agencies and make a determination, as of September 30, 2011, and
the last day of each quarter of each fiscal year beginning thereafter, as to
whether or not the total number of Federal employees exceeds the maximum number
allowable under subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9283CF0C8A1A452389908EADDBFE5EBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>whenever a
determination under paragraph (1) is made that the total number of Federal
employees exceeds the maximum number allowable under subsection (b), shall
provide written notice to that effect to the President and Congress within 14
days after the last day of the quarter to which such determination
relates.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA102EE28860A4683B6E61CB25521677C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text>Whenever,
with respect to the quarter ending on September 30, 2014, or any subsequent
quarter, the Office of Management and Budget provides written notice under
subsection (c)(2) that the total number of Federal employees exceeds the
maximum number allowable under subsection (b), no agency may thereafter appoint
any employee to fill any vacancy within such agency until the Office of
Management and Budget provides written notice to the President and Congress of
a determination under subsection (c)(1) that the total number of Federal
employees no longer exceeds the maximum number allowable under subsection (b).
Any notice under the preceding sentence shall be provided within 14 days after
the last day of the quarter to which the determination relates.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA2C7105FC8C642778D835F28B96BB5A5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver</header>
<paragraph id="H6081284326F74BDB8197E79AF9836459"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Emergencies</header><text>This
section may be waived upon a determination by the President that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB0C31BDD0535448A982A37FCDA413B41"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the existence of a
state of war or other national security concern so requires; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD802D6A8FDEE4B31B1CC6879ECF1FF16"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the existence of
an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, public safety, property,
or the environment so requires.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7D77CC6848334FCDA10A960BCC3F447E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency
efficiency or critical mission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be waived, with respect to
a particular position or category of positions in an agency, upon a
determination by the President that the efficiency of the agency or the
performance of a critical agency mission so requires.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H49A5998CCE05405DBF9678BDAA29EAA0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Replacement
rate</header><text>To the extent necessary to achieve the workforce reduction
required by subsection (b), the Office of Management and Budget (in
consultation with the Office of Personnel Management) shall take appropriate
measures to ensure that agencies shall appoint no more than 1 employee for
every 3 employees retiring or otherwise separating from Government service
after the date of the enactment of this Act. This subsection shall cease to
apply after September 30, 2014.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7BC56DC9B11249E3BE6372ED36CB9E2F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Counting
rule</header><text>For purposes of this Act, any determination of the number of
employees in an agency shall be expressed on a full-time equivalent
basis.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9A9E7B873CEC458CA19C279F451266C9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Limitation on
procurement of service contracts</header><text>The President, through the
Office of Management and Budget (in consultation with the Office of Personnel
Management), shall take appropriate measures to ensure that there is no
increase in the procurement of service contracts by reason of the enactment of
this Act, except in cases in which a cost comparison demonstrates that such
contracts would be to the financial advantage of the Government.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDD60BEA3875049CA9B63C552F80BFC01"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Any
regulations necessary to carry out this Act may be prescribed by the President
or his designee.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Repeal of
employer health insurance mandate</header>
<section id="HF3910BDCBD184A678981CAC19C573A72"><enum>601.</enum><header>Repeal of
employer health insurance mandate</header>
<subsection id="H635623BB3EA24D3F8C245D6B761BC729"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 43 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking section 4980H.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4A3B4F80273C40F39FA2B24230B646A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal of
related reporting requirements</header><text>Subpart D of part III of
subchapter A of chapter 61 of such Code is amended by striking section
6056.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC887342F42514E95A7EF10F078F4198C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H811ABE4BFFF24376AE4E727FF1942153"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (B) of section 6724(d)(1) of
such Code is amended by inserting <quote>or</quote> at the end of clause
(xxiii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (xxiv) and
inserting <quote>or</quote>, and by striking clause (xxv).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA06653B7B1D44497A5CAF71F9370333B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (2) of
section 6724(d) of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>or</quote> at the
end of subparagraph (FF), by striking <quote>, or</quote> at the end of
subparagraph (GG) and inserting a period, and by striking subparagraph
(HH).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28249C5649F841D89C3B6A7D4D0542EC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The table of
sections for chapter 43 of such Code is amended by striking the item relating
to section 4980H.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E4350B2298940AC93D9549CDD6929DB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for subpart D of part
III of subchapter A of chapter 61 of such Code is amended by striking the item
relating to section 6056.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE82B59E63B54E0889DF47C409E69E6B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 1513 of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by striking
subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE3C100E72D014860B1F78AE16F2FA770"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
dates</header>
<paragraph id="H7C29BEECF4B14A238FE1D08856B848CF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
amendments made by this section shall apply to months and other periods
beginning after December 31, 2013.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77A476BA9FBB4FBC90F42FCFBA8A1E52"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Repeal of study
and report</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (c)(5) shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Secret Ballot
Protection Act</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D5719FE546E40F6A3A5C05F89EB33C7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Secret Ballot Protection
Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HD0078A77CBDA4BF8AEB62901271DFE0B"><enum>702.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H6DADE576C3BB425699453EB254EAB529"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the importance of a secret ballot election
has been recognized by the United States for over 100 years;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E81D3540610488097F924AB0FEAAFEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the fundamental
democratic right to choose by secret ballot is the only method that ensures a
choice free of coercion, intimidation, irregularity, or illegality;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D647FF421F94AA78EEC7BA84424A19C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the recognition of
a labor organization by way of a private agreement, rather than a secret ballot
election supervised by a neutral third party, threatens an employee’s right,
codified in the National Labor Relations Act, to choose whether or not to be
represented by a labor organization; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2381A4DC86E74458A9CA3CF73BBE60CA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>preserving
workers’ right to choose whether or not to be represented by a labor
organization through a secret ballot election is important to the strength of
the national economy.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H8C2D6228651945498342D91DDC7F347E"><enum>703.</enum><header>National Labor
Relations Act</header>
<subsection id="HC5DFE351B2E445D2AAAEF4C233C5E8DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Recognition of
representative</header>
<paragraph id="HCD88DE1390B448BB8635D2FA11AE883F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 8(a)(2) of the National Labor Relations Act (29
U.S.C. 158(a)(2)) is amended by inserting before the colon the following:
<quote>or to recognize or bargain collectively with a labor organization that
has not been selected by a majority of employees in a unit appropriate for such
purposes in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations
Board in accordance with section 9</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE54525BB866E41FA9BD35EF8AC419625"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The
amendment made by paragraph (1) shall not apply to collective bargaining
relationships that were recognized before the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF65EB70C39D34D4A963B8E7BEB1C9296"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Election
required</header>
<paragraph id="HB02C1A14031F40729DC40A977282ECBA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 8(b) of the National Labor Relations Act (29
U.S.C. 158(b)), as amended by subsection (c) of this section, is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H72AB06C10D2E474291EB49444BA2E605"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (6);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E523ED05CF844A1883B2507555596E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE8857FC28154A3587A4548964B47C45"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5094408F736B462FB6E83FD2DEBF30A2">
<paragraph id="H8FC676C861CE42A2B56C505780D3F5DF"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to cause or attempt to cause an employer to
recognize or bargain collectively with a representative of a labor organization
that has not been selected by a majority of employees in a unit appropriate for
such purposes in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor
Relations Board in accordance with section
9.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B02DC66BEA54AED911D7F5849A9ED97"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall
not apply to collective bargaining relationships that were recognized before
the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBEECD55D79444864AFF63A7AC67995CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Secret ballot
election required</header><text>Section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations
Act (29 U.S.C. 159(a)), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7F60BEE5FFB24936AC14B66F43B559B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(a)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H866A3CBC7BF245C9BC11328AB42CC8C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
<quote>designated or selected</quote> the following: <quote>by a secret ballot
election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board in accordance with
this section</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43F54E25BD934CC2BCBEB2DA95C45C20"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9BFC078F44274B9B8229D9D9E5DB4B6F">
<paragraph id="HB6A0498E9F7A4E669E0308DBAD270232"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The secret ballot election requirement of
paragraph (1) shall not apply to collective bargaining relationships that were
recognized before the date of enactment of the Secret Ballot Protection
Act.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H43E95A3EF00A4C1EB2AA1F3878C2EB3F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 9(c)(1) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 159(c)(1)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5BC6DB1AED194747A754DFFD1442A18B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H972CBDDA368F4E07A879BC4BAECCEDD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>and that their employer declines to recognize their
representative as the representative defined in section 9(a)</quote> and
inserting <quote>by a representative</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4F17066882C4FDBA9DD4F45E96F002C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by
striking <quote>section 9(a);</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(a),</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H49D2309D2FE54D7F94BC7B53E670ED9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>alleging</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>defined in section 9(a)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H92DE91AAE9884C31BDA2DC920F39B45E"><enum>704.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act the National Labor Relations Board shall review and
revise all regulations promulgated before such date to implement the amendments
made in this title to the National Labor Relations Act.</text>
</section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure improvements</header>
<section id="H6D2F607E5E5940DE8E8561FFD90AD4C7"><enum>801.</enum><header>Attorney
accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Rule 11(c) of
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H540A2AB812274A35BF9AE6778C360B87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending the
first sentence to read as follows: <quote>If a pleading, motion, or other paper
is signed in violation of this rule, the court, upon motion or upon its own
initiative, shall impose upon the attorney, law firm, or parties that have
violated this subdivision or are responsible for the violation, an appropriate
sanction, which may include an order to pay the other party or parties for the
reasonable expenses incurred as a direct result of the filing of the pleading,
motion, or other paper, that is the subject of the violation, including a
reasonable attorney's fee.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C0E906EB9F14AC0A11F46C860A9603A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H57FE53B936764D82863570181623BB6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Rule 5</quote> and all that follows through <quote>corrected.</quote>
and inserting <quote>Rule 5.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56ED232E18114E5EA4F2A9F489493C9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the court may award</quote> and inserting <quote>the court shall
award</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB6B9E9F1E1104D32987033228F188DB1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>shall be limited to what is sufficient</quote> and all that
follows through the end of the paragraph (including subparagraphs (A) and (B))
and inserting <quote>shall be sufficient to deter repetition of such conduct or
comparable conduct by others similarly situated, and to compensate the parties
that were injured by such conduct. The sanction may consist of an order to pay
to the party or parties the amount of the reasonable expenses incurred as a
direct result of the filing of the pleading, motion, or other paper that is the
subject of the violation, including a reasonable attorney's
fee.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HBB277B1DEF904271BDC2D791E60E13C1"><enum>802.</enum><header>Applicability
of Rule 11 to State cases affecting interstate commerce</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In any civil action in State court, the
court, upon motion, shall determine within 30 days after the filing of such
motion whether the action substantially affects interstate commerce. Such court
shall make such determination based on an assessment of the costs to the
interstate economy, including the loss of jobs, were the relief requested
granted. If the court determines such action substantially affects interstate
commerce, the provisions of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
shall apply to such action.</text>
</section><section id="HCBD2FE9A7CDB47AFA4639312EC9A9A84"><enum>803.</enum><header>Prevention of
forum-shopping</header>
<subsection id="H4C6051DB89CF439EB301A942A8074366"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection
(b), a personal injury claim filed in State or Federal court may be filed only
in the State and, within that State, in the county (or if there is no State
court in the county, the nearest county where a court of general jurisdiction
is located), or Federal district in which—</text>
<paragraph id="HE82F9068DF424C30AD56F285A89CC3B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the person
bringing the claim, including an estate in the case of a decedent and a parent
or guardian in the case of a minor or incompetent—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8310F818A4D04852B1A737F212DA06D8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>resides at the
time of filing; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BD1BA4DBF114225B5B0A28BC4D4B755"><enum>(B)</enum><text>resided at the
time of the alleged injury;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A8D0C361B184BBCA2F1B9589FE8DACC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the alleged injury
or circumstances giving rise to the personal injury claim allegedly
occurred;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73BAB5BC987D472885DAFBDC7EB61F1D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the defendant's
principal place of business is located, if the defendant is a corporation;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37F6BCD42EDC42C3BDD1ABFA14155D13"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the defendant
resides, if the defendant is an individual.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCBE202BADFB846A6B02827B326B18306"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination of
Most Appropriate Forum</header><text>If a person alleges that the injury or
circumstances giving rise to the personal injury claim occurred in more than
one county (or Federal district), the trial court shall determine which State
and county (or Federal district) is the most appropriate forum for the claim.
If the court determines that another forum would be the most appropriate forum
for a claim, the court shall dismiss the claim. Any otherwise applicable
statute of limitations shall be tolled beginning on the date the claim was
filed and ending on the date the claim is dismissed under this
subsection.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H503E8428BE654AB89B59A0BCC2D53543"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H33E39D53DED9407A918920A35F5A3274"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<term>personal injury claim</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="H528F7024721545D4B760D76FEDB8C663"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means a civil
action brought under State law by any person to recover for a person's personal
injury, illness, disease, death, mental or emotional injury, risk of disease,
or other injury, or the costs of medical monitoring or surveillance (to the
extent such claims are recognized under State law), including any derivative
action brought on behalf of any person on whose injury or risk of injury the
action is based by any representative party, including a spouse, parent, child,
or other relative of such person, a guardian, or an estate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB69ED29DC49F491BA5BA21CD9690113A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not include a
claim brought as a class action; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2730290AD9164386AF93FAB890150BFC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>does not include a
claim against a debtor in a case pending under title 11 of the United States
Code that is a personal injury tort or wrongful death claim within the meaning
of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/157">section
157(b)(5)</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0E8D66CF5AD4452EBBD2D67125C3DADB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term
<term>person</term> means any individual, corporation, company, association,
firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, or any other entity, but not
any governmental entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5CEDF722CED749319B07307B222A4D06"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term
<term>State</term> includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and any other territory or
possession of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H65C5D93813A344A5AB73C6F498677A05"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This
section applies to any personal injury claim filed in Federal or State court on
or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFC93E5993E62436FB985515A564BD05B"><enum>804.</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in
section 402 or in the amendments made by section 401 shall be construed to bar
or impede the assertion or development of new claims or remedies under Federal,
State, or local civil rights law.</text>
</section><section id="H6C5C130ED7B54E698F449F205619EF24"><enum>805.</enum><header>Three-strikes
rule for suspending attorneys who commit multiple Rule 11 violations</header>
<subsection id="H562DECB315864CC98B19FE7B8C4850AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mandatory
Suspension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever a Federal
district court determines that an attorney has violated Rule 11 of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure, the court shall determine the number of times that
the attorney has violated that rule in that Federal district court during that
attorney's career. If the court determines that the number is three or more,
the Federal district court—</text>
<paragraph id="H66B77C4FAD90487FB2947733687084DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall suspend that
attorney from the practice of law in that Federal district court for one year;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40C68D1445F04B1F8733DE2ED54FE7A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may suspend that
attorney from the practice of law in that Federal district court for any
additional period that the court considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H968B8DF8AECB4FCDB695FD8103DA5A9D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appeal;
Stay</header><text>An attorney has the right to appeal a suspension under
subsection (a). While such an appeal is pending, the suspension shall be
stayed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCC16721BA91C4169A19E8A09AF5901A7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reinstatement</header><text>To
be reinstated to the practice of law in a Federal district court after
completion of a suspension under subsection (a), the attorney involved must
first petition the court for reinstatement under such procedures and conditions
as the court may prescribe.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HAF9C4FCC3D384E5CAB5BAA5ADF9D4BDF"><enum>806.</enum><header>Presumption of
rule 11 violation for repeatedly relitigating same issue</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Whenever a party presents to a Federal court
a pleading, written motion, or other paper, that includes a claim or defense
that the party has already litigated and lost on the merits in any forum in
final decisions not subject to appeal on three consecutive occasions, and the
claim or defense, respectively, involves the same plaintiff and the same
defendant on each occasion, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the
presentation of such paper is in violation of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure.</text>
</section><section id="HE17C0904448C4909AA5CECFBC84FBFD5"><enum>807.</enum><header>Enhanced
sanctions for document destruction in pending Federal court
proceedings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Whoever willfully
and intentionally influences, obstructs, or impedes, or attempts to influence,
or obstruct, or impede, a pending Federal court proceeding through the willful
and intentional destruction of documents sought pursuant to the rules of such
Federal court proceeding and highly relevant to that proceeding—</text>
<paragraph id="H7BD70BA1C41E4C0581C64D7DD87164CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be punished
with mandatory civil sanctions of a degree commensurate with the civil
sanctions available under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, in
addition to any other civil sanctions that otherwise apply; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H211F5CD1E5E9491EBC4C22C8F046F66D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be held in
contempt of court; and if an attorney, referred to one or more appropriate
State bar associations for disciplinary proceedings.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H71FF68AAE57C44E59E28663FCA6C9562"><enum>808.</enum><header>Ban on
concealment of unlawful conduct</header>
<subsection id="HDAB65C1849284C3CBF9A145BB67CD6C9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any Rule 11 of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure proceeding, a court may not order that a court
record not be disclosed unless the court makes a finding of fact that
identifies the interest that justifies the order and determines that interest
outweighs any interest in the public health and safety that the court
determines would be served by disclosing the court record.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB9FB8EDF3C8F4F298AA96DB8FB192151"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This
section applies to any record formally filed with a court, but shall not
include any records subject to—</text>
<paragraph id="H3F6A71609D4B46818C211B82DA6D7F51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the
attorney-client privilege or any other privilege recognized under Federal or
State law that grants the right to prevent disclosure of certain information
unless the privilege has been waived; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0DE9D90A926E402E886969B0031C66D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>applicable State
or Federal laws that protect the confidentiality of crime victims, including
victims of sexual abuse.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>Regulatory
Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6FC7CF201A848CCAC66FFAEDF6B2B49" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>901.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Regulatory Flexibility
Improvements Act of 2011</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HF622EF9B03704AE181BD2612D6AD1B84"><enum>902.</enum><header>Clarification
and expansion of rules covered by the Regulatory Flexibility Act</header>
<subsection id="H715BFA325492463ABF746CDDCD53E365"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 601 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H735610997E98448694E04A7A3C4AE08F">
<paragraph id="H25434CDED42E4F779172E3F659A7C946"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule</header><text>The
term <term>rule</term> has the meaning given such term in section 551(4) of
this title, except that such term does not include a rule of particular (and
not general) applicability relating to rates, wages, corporate or financial
structures or reorganizations thereof, prices, facilities, appliances,
services, or allowances therefor or to valuations, costs or accounting, or
practices relating to such rates, wages, structures, prices, appliances,
services, or
allowances.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HDF49D11019BF474AB18F4AB277E0FA57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of
rules with indirect effects</header><text>Section 601 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF5FB6CA2C0B84C519FC6332550B85FD3">
<paragraph id="H0B2949E44FC7451286964A891DA8727E"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Economic
impact</header><text>The term <term>economic impact</term> means, with respect
to a proposed or final rule—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC7373208894140E29E4E6171120004D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any direct
economic effect on small entities of such rule; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB99E0D688B046558B4288AD1A51A843"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any indirect
economic effect on small entities which is reasonably foreseeable and results
from such rule (without regard to whether small entities will be directly
regulated by the rule).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC314339CA5B847A0A826CBADA1377864"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusion of
rules with beneficial effects</header>
<paragraph id="H9AAE73E10BDC4C5B83867F2F1F23AAB3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial
regulatory flexibility analysis</header><text>Subsection (c) of section 603 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the first sentence and
inserting <quote>Each initial regulatory flexibility analysis shall also
contain a detailed description of alternatives to the proposed rule which
minimize any adverse significant economic impact or maximize any beneficial
significant economic impact on small entities.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA73E525D70044D6A913FD7071113EF00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final regulatory
flexibility analysis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
first paragraph (6) of section 604(a) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking <quote>minimize the significant economic impact</quote> and
inserting <quote>minimize the adverse significant economic impact or maximize
the beneficial significant economic impact</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2EE678BAAFDA4FEB9B573505394B0BC4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Inclusion of
rules affecting tribal organizations</header><text>Paragraph (5) of section 601
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>and tribal
organizations (as defined in section 4(l) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act</act-name> (25 U.S.C. 450b(l))),</quote> after <quote>special
districts,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA0D686A44FCE40B5A0848ED4EC3E816C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Inclusion of
land management plans and formal rulemaking</header>
<paragraph id="H045DE205F9034DA7A278891682D3636B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial
regulatory flexibility analysis</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 603 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended in the first sentence—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAF3A4E916EF44EBD8B0218BFF5C4E7D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> after <quote>proposed rule,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D12563E91074B98BE21B40A212098B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or publishes a revision or amendment to a land management plan,</quote>
after <quote>United States,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF1601C11E7FC4DC1BD5BDFA1D6A58D7E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final regulatory
flexibility analysis</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 604 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended in the first sentence—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4E9D167108CA46588163341C8FCDC265"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> after <quote>proposed rulemaking,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9897927564494952B29DD78152A027B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or adopts a revision or amendment to a land management plan,</quote>
after <quote>section 603(a),</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8622191B441D4375B89F4C39A7497A4A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Land management
plan defined</header><text>Section 601 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H457BBFBB8F9447ACB2829097B6A4B67A">
<paragraph id="H7EAF636D76984164B2578103A222C6E7"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Land management
plan</header>
<subparagraph id="H904DFDC5B3D14BE3AD3E6DA1B347DBA4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>land management plan</term> means—</text>
<clause id="HB54B7552C2424578918E0945AF062B73"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any plan developed
by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 6 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="FRRRP">Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources
Planning Act of 1974</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 1604); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEB9E4A15B6E545228CB1C06F7FAE578E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any plan
developed by the Secretary of Interior under section 202 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="FLPMA">Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976</act-name> (43 U.S.C. 1712).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C445122A4A947C09C189D0420A18379"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Revision</header><text>The
term <term>revision</term> means any change to a land management plan
which—</text>
<clause id="H7E808A446C0D4C299F294AC6009C3F2E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the case of a plan described in subparagraph (A)(i), is made under section
6(f)(5) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FRRRP">Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act of 1974</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)); or</text>
</clause><clause id="HDA1334D2A67C4CAC87D69F543570CC1B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a
plan described in subparagraph (A)(ii), is made under section 1610.5–6 of title
43, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE41F9645C86E463481A2F975A589D3F6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>The
term <term>amendment</term> means any change to a land management plan
which—</text>
<clause id="H61CCF31144AB4A4D8BE142E6B24105DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the case of a plan described in subparagraph (A)(i), is made under section
6(f)(4) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FRRRP">Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act of 1974</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(4)) and with
respect to which the Secretary of Agriculture prepares a statement described in
section 102(2)(C) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H2B6EA8709C0C4F83BF469D1C39D07FA2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a
plan described in subparagraph (A)(ii), is made under section 1610.5–5 of title
43, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation) and with respect
to which the Secretary of the Interior prepares a statement described in
section 102(2)(C) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(C)).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H41F87AF312BC4C34B777813CFDE8C363"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Inclusion of
certain interpretive rules involving the internal revenue laws</header>
<paragraph id="H8BD2F22F7C8D465C830C3E5E451D2749"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 603 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>or a
recordkeeping requirement, and without regard to whether such requirement is
imposed by statute or regulation.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB55F658F3C2B42999241D81088D4911A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Collection of
information</header><text>Paragraph (7) of section 601 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H08915FC1D16E4AD49A30950C5FC6F7D0">
<paragraph id="HA7CD5D61AF004F70AF6D6404D819D28D"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Collection of
information</header><text>The term <term>collection of information</term> has
the meaning given such term in section 3502(3) of title 44, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB5C8654E8B8428BBDB461B1B24CE74D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Recordkeeping
requirement</header><text>Paragraph (8) of section 601 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0E1C9B58776144018271B997C52F2D33">
<paragraph id="H14341E817A354D0D9F052E22E319E492"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Recordkeeping
requirement</header><text>The term <term>recordkeeping requirement</term> has
the meaning given such term in section 3502(13) of title 44, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE74A5C85A75D49419A5A0C3B122AE73D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definition of
small organization</header><text>Paragraph (4) of section 601 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5D91AF57B4D24CCDB308D1049A4FF9EA">
<paragraph id="H67A698DE598B49F694B27013F1A55C03"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Small
organization</header>
<subparagraph id="H4B266783EEC440E5BE41BF697BB715C6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>small organization</term> means any
not-for-profit enterprise which, as of the issuance of the notice of proposed
rulemaking—</text>
<clause id="HC970D680362B4A368DBB8B01D5CC925F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the case of an enterprise which is described by a classification code of the
North American Industrial Classification System, does not exceed the size
standard established by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration
pursuant to section 3 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business
Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 632) for small business concerns described by such
classification code; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HED419751B9AB448D883FFBDD3129FF38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of
any other enterprise, has a net worth that does not exceed $7,000,000 and has
not more than 500 employees.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBA91674A325147C38AB4E352AAEDE054"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Local labor
organizations</header><text>In the case of any local labor organization,
subparagraph (A) shall be applied without regard to any national or
international organization of which such local labor organization is a
part.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B54E8A8263E48E58FB2AD3F1599F7AE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Agency
definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (A)
and (B) shall not apply to the extent that an agency, after consultation with
the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration and after
opportunity for public comment, establishes one or more definitions for such
term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes such
definitions in the Federal
Register.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H7EAD84D72D464273A54D19ADAF227896"><enum>903.</enum><header>Requirements
providing for more detailed analyses</header>
<subsection id="H19442BD69F86436780A6932F52CA2A50"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial
regulatory flexibility analysis</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 603 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H478891C16F184E8BB09004AD4ECC640A">
<subsection id="HFD353869530E44A99BBAA993AFFEF97A"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Each initial
regulatory flexibility analysis required under this section shall contain a
detailed statement—</text>
<paragraph id="H196AB3A5CE0343FFBFC7035C50F571D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describing the
reasons why action by the agency is being considered;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B7D625626EB4F4CB1A2748C821107BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describing the
objectives of, and legal basis for, the proposed rule;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26678D8092C24C748FCE053FE7C09F08"><enum>(3)</enum><text>estimating the
number and type of small entities to which the proposed rule will apply;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64D3AEDFEF3B4C05BDF0F1173D040778"><enum>(4)</enum><text>describing the
projected reporting, recordkeeping, and other compliance requirements of the
proposed rule, including an estimate of the classes of small entities which
will be subject to the requirement and the type of professional skills
necessary for preparation of the report and record;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18F8C08CA4EA4A8E900F6D909A500900"><enum>(5)</enum><text>describing all
relevant Federal rules which may duplicate, overlap, or conflict with the
proposed rule, or the reasons why such a description could not be
provided;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H329E5E522B274CDB90C5945D6A22FD9C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>estimating the
additional cumulative economic impact of the proposed rule on small entities
beyond that already imposed on the class of small entities by the agency or why
such an estimate is not available; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B50DBB8D32940C5B687A271FF95A5AB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>describing any
disproportionate economic impact on small entities or a specific class of small
entities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HCAFE42AE09B64EFEB5EC7B9DC65BAABA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Final regulatory
flexibility analysis</header>
<paragraph id="HC71CAA4D11194D5CAEDB7F8B21DFB503"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 604(a) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE65AF45E22442BDA05528A7CDDDF0C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>an explanation</quote> and inserting <quote>a detailed
explanation</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D1C7599059D4A7086D25D5144623899"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in each of
paragraphs (4), (5), and the first paragraph (6), by inserting
<quote>detailed</quote> before <quote>description</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EF555387699485EBC68C3782E5D8163"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80052D6F69B64ED997810AE03BE08711" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H92DF6573A88D461AB10E03AF4A9453CA"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describing any disproportionate economic
impact on small entities or a specific class of small
entities.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H830892FE656D4A0FA01AA9C5B60FF4D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusion of
response to comments on certification of proposed rule</header><text>Paragraph
(2) of section 604(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
<quote>(or certification of the proposed rule under section 605(b))</quote>
after <quote>initial regulatory flexibility analysis</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H34A28619E62A499799F220ECC6AD44CB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Publication of
analysis on website</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 604 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF43847C24B7942D896294EC383D1B84E">
<subsection id="H7BF7673C01E1417C99EC9919C6F40196"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The agency shall
make copies of the final regulatory flexibility analysis available to the
public, including placement of the entire analysis on the agency’s website, and
shall publish in the Federal Register the final regulatory flexibility
analysis, or a summary thereof which includes the telephone number, mailing
address, and link to the website where the complete analysis may be
obtained.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCC0DA9F29C244B9EA42F8073139A1F8A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cross-References
to other analyses</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 605 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD92C89F8AFDF4AE391E3FD903140AE95">
<subsection id="H327645B7060444D8A0E2DD9F66C1B3ED"><enum>(a)</enum><text>A Federal agency
shall be treated as satisfying any requirement regarding the content of an
agenda or regulatory flexibility analysis under section 602, 603, or 604, if
such agency provides in such agenda or analysis a cross-reference to the
specific portion of another agenda or analysis which is required by any other
law and which satisfies such
requirement.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H74FECF5230B947D79D7F95CD87CBCF42"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Certifications</header><text>Subsection
(b) of section 605 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4FFB0306DF4C4344A46CFFFD68EAB531"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>detailed</quote> before <quote>statement</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3FBF4EF1EFDA48348FB76B86153E1428"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and legal</quote> after <quote>factual</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB2F4E44EDDE74E2D8EFF21E5C7410BC1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Quantification
requirements</header><text>Section 607 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H861FEB7D518442EAA4D00604441F9B33" style="USC">
<section id="H8101D551054F4CBFA9560916736A8CED"><enum>607.</enum><header>Quantification
requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In complying with
sections 603 and 604, an agency shall provide—</text>
<paragraph id="H178970E584F9421F9B8602755DCAE3D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a quantifiable or
numerical description of the effects of the proposed or final rule and
alternatives to the proposed or final rule; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEB70AC0AEBA41CA965A67FAFE1B739A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a more general
descriptive statement and a detailed statement explaining why quantification is
not practicable or
reliable.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H12FEECACE6234ACEA38258976CA8BBF2"><enum>904.</enum><header>Repeal of
waiver and delay authority; additional powers of the Chief Counsel for
Advocacy</header>
<subsection id="H33F83F0C303345D39D1D7E72EF7E4D26"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 608 is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H24B96A4AB43E41A58164205AB1D810BE" style="USC">
<section id="HBCB598B377524EC082DB3CE3970D1382"><enum>608.</enum><header>Additional
powers of Chief Counsel for Advocacy</header>
<subsection id="H12066DDF0B75496C955A3A5D51146720"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8963A9DFE00544D98884B3351CACD5F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 270 days after the date of
the enactment of the Regulatory Flexibility Reform Act, the Chief Counsel for
Advocacy of the Small Business Administration shall, after opportunity for
notice and comment under section 553, issue rules governing agency compliance
with this chapter. The Chief Counsel may modify or amend such rules after
notice and comment under section 553. This chapter (other than this subsection)
shall not apply with respect to the issuance, modification, and amendment of
rules under this paragraph.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H928CCF03164B4D9D9BC77FE06423A3C5" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An agency shall not issue rules which
supplement the rules issued under subsection (a) unless such agency has first
consulted with the Chief Counsel for Advocacy to ensure that such supplemental
rules comply with this chapter and the rules issued under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2070B7B3284A41D5810E9DEA8BADA594"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Notwithstanding
any other law, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration may intervene in any agency adjudication (unless such agency is
authorized to impose a fine or penalty under such adjudication), and may inform
the agency of the impact that any decision on the record may have on small
entities. The Chief Counsel shall not initiate an appeal with respect to any
adjudication in which the Chief Counsel intervenes under this
subsection.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDF43932204C340128F0FBB1B93FCE4C3"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Chief Counsel
for Advocacy may file comments in response to any agency notice requesting
comment, regardless of whether the agency is required to file a general notice
of proposed rulemaking under section
553.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H4E75D3AAB7F34792BA3013F599D03BEB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H5DE0262657144C7C9AAF5FAC017DB21B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 611(a)(1) of such title is amended
by striking <quote>608(b),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F84C405D7804B16A9DF229583CCC81D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 611(a)(2) of such title is amended
by striking <quote>608(b),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBF587473D6F2469F8B7C343E552AE03C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 611(a)(3) of such title is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7C1B5A1041784E53B51C04C64E23F8BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H014FBD55592240F28205FDA6FC0BB774"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(3)(A) A small entity</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H61E78465404C454CB8941EF084235F80">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDA875DF0A6924CC1B575BCA08E5C4718" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A small
entity</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1A9F113C82434F7B8FE989A4028A12F7"><enum>905.</enum><header>Procedures for
gathering comments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 609
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (b) and all
that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC30AAB11587A4694B02BF8AFD9E3EAD6">
<subsection id="H1EAB707C15864EE897196A5C4ECA7FCD"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6AD9F6F0C2C8473AA8DD38E1AE32BF46"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to publication of any proposed rule
described in subsection (e), an agency making such rule shall notify the Chief
Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration and provide the Chief
Counsel with—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDF0DFB3F900642EDBC0DB9E83459BDC8" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all materials prepared or utilized by
the agency in making the proposed rule, including the draft of the proposed
rule; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7BB07CDC6ECD4025BFCE9F1862DB1662" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information on the potential adverse
and beneficial economic impacts of the proposed rule on small entities and the
type of small entities that might be affected.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H781FA96DB1764BC099DC28B2F5D53C7A" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An agency shall not be required under
paragraph (1) to provide the exact language of any draft if the rule—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1A4CD734975940B2A435C5D9848A5325"><enum>(A)</enum><text>relates to the internal revenue laws
of the United States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94AD4F72C14346568888D51B60077DB9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is proposed by an independent
regulatory agency (as defined in section 3502(5) of title 44, United States
Code).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF70F84EE4E3145A6A545069183B98D43"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after the receipt of
such materials and information under subsection (b), the Chief Counsel for
Advocacy of the Small Business Administration shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H015327B35581436F8B7FB92923EE9A52"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify small
entities or representatives of small entities or a combination of both for the
purpose of obtaining advice, input, and recommendations from those persons
about the potential economic impacts of the proposed rule and the compliance of
the agency with section 603 of this title; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D126EBE394C4672844AA885C02C99C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>convene a review
panel consisting of an employee from the Office of Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration, an employee from the agency making the rule, and in
the case of an agency other than an independent regulatory agency (as defined
in section 3502(5) of title 44, United States Code), an employee from the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and
Budget to review the materials and information provided to the Chief Counsel
under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5258B27E13E84E8F93B8E63FE9184DA7"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H086718E7FFC747A68537C9365D6DAAD6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the review
panel described in subsection (c)(2) is convened, the Chief Counsel for
Advocacy of the Small Business Administration shall, after consultation with
the members of such panel, submit a report to the agency and, in the case of an
agency other than an independent regulatory agency (as defined in section
3502(5) of title 44, United States Code), the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF75A9C0EF7F42CC897DF7EC9FA402B8" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Such report shall include an
assessment of the economic impact of the proposed rule on small entities and a
discussion of any alternatives that will minimize adverse significant economic
impacts or maximize beneficial significant economic impacts on small
entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46F0B8D2F20B4F228C98E0C0E82816A6" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Such report shall become part of the
rulemaking record. In the publication of the proposed rule, the agency shall
explain what actions, if any, the agency took in response to such
report.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEA8572140F44468D8E532647E32B4655"><enum>(e)</enum><text>A proposed rule is
described by this subsection if the Administrator of the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget, the head of the
agency (or the delegatee of the head of the agency), or an independent
regulatory agency determines that the proposed rule is likely to result
in—</text>
<paragraph id="H3F63395CBFFE468C82193565B08BC747"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an annual effect
on the economy of $100,000,000 or more;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5071F6F4EC1744748F6345A17BED965C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a major increase
in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, Federal, State, or
local governments, tribal organizations, or geographic regions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E4F4322B9DC46C48CA7F4AA75F40882"><enum>(3)</enum><text>significant
adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity,
innovation, or on the ability of United States-based enterprises to compete
with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and export markets; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC8CBD116D9047DB8211B7CF4821A5D9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9907DB857BDE43B78119023BF4A2FA65"><enum>(f)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon application by the agency, the Chief
Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration may waive the
requirements of subsections (b) through (e) if the Chief Counsel determines
that compliance with the requirements of such subsections are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HAC9F5DD123D1423DAD69473B1CC128AD"><enum>906.</enum><header>Periodic review
of rules</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 610 of title
5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB2236A0F851F4BA2BFC5FE7285EA64B3" style="USC">
<section id="HD13900DCCEB54FE6BE6D70C1BE4BD891"><enum>610.</enum><header>Periodic review
of rules</header>
<subsection id="H8CB6BA53D2C24FB78B678909A56F0542"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Not later than 180
days after the enactment of the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of
2011, each agency shall publish in the Federal Register and place on its
website a plan for the periodic review of rules issued by the agency which the
head of the agency determines have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. Such determination shall be made without
regard to whether the agency performed an analysis under section 604. The
purpose of the review shall be to determine whether such rules should be
continued without change, or should be amended or rescinded, consistent with
the stated objectives of applicable statutes, to minimize any adverse
significant economic impacts or maximize any beneficial significant economic
impacts on a substantial number of small entities. Such plan may be amended by
the agency at any time by publishing the revision in the Federal Register and
subsequently placing the amended plan on the agency’s website.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H44E93A87E0FF43DA80512A374161AB13"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan shall provide for the review of
all such agency rules existing on the date of the enactment of the Regulatory
Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 within 10 years of the date of publication
of the plan in the Federal Register and for review of rules adopted after the
date of enactment of the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 within
10 years after the publication of the final rule in the Federal Register. If
the head of the agency determines that completion of the review of existing
rules is not feasible by the established date, the head of the agency shall so
certify in a statement published in the Federal Register and may extend the
review for not longer than 2 years after publication of notice of extension in
the Federal Register. Such certification and notice shall be sent to the Chief
Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration and the
Congress.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDEF395B30B164F2992E4692571DFB71B"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Each agency shall
annually submit a report regarding the results of its review pursuant to such
plan to the Congress, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration, and, in the case of agencies other than independent regulatory
agencies (as defined in section 3502(5) of title 44, United States Code) to the
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office
of Management and Budget. Such report shall include the identification of any
rule with respect to which the head of the agency made a determination
described in paragraph (5) or (6) of subsection (d) and a detailed explanation
of the reasons for such determination.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H443E683E809B428EA33C37E8E287ED52"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In reviewing a rule pursuant to subsections
(a) through (c), the agency shall amend or rescind the rule to minimize any
adverse significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
or disproportionate economic impact on a specific class of small entities, or
maximize any beneficial significant economic impact of the rule on a
substantial number of small entities to the greatest extent possible,
consistent with the stated objectives of applicable statutes. In amending or
rescinding the rule, the agency shall consider the following factors:</text>
<paragraph id="H56BE7CD452E147B7B2A96A64791C28DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The continued need
for the rule.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB3D6ECBF417C459DB026A80DAB604BE0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The nature of
complaints received by the agency from small entities concerning the
rule.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3040AFF353D40A7ADB7EFB2FE19CA34"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comments by the Regulatory Enforcement
Ombudsman and the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA9E21AEA3FC4726870ECCD8A600A7CC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The complexity of
the rule.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F259F18D8514C9F85FA278361108000"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The extent to
which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other Federal rules and,
unless the head of the agency determines it to be infeasible, State and local
rules.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8ACA7B6EFC7742D9B248385B6652E8D4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The contribution
of the rule to the cumulative economic impact of all Federal rules on the class
of small entities affected by the rule, unless the head of the agency
determines that such calculations cannot be made and reports that determination
in the annual report required under subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCB3FA7181574682A4158B7279ADBC7D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The length of time
since the rule has been evaluated or the degree to which technology, economic
conditions, or other factors have changed in the area affected by the
rule.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCEA59D10C9DD4A41A0F0F3F598E824DC"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The agency shall publish in the Federal
Register and on its website a list of rules to be reviewed pursuant to such
plan. Such publication shall include a brief description of the rule, the
reason why the agency determined that it has a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities (without regard to whether it had prepared
a final regulatory flexibility analysis for the rule), and request comments
from the public, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration, and the Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman concerning the
enforcement of the
rule.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H9E599EDCC0DD4A188746EA025EC5ED37"><enum>907.</enum><header>Judicial review
of compliance with the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act available
after publication of the final rule</header>
<subsection id="HB415F3EF76DD4839BBA01450A41766A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 611(a) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking <quote>final agency action</quote> and inserting
<quote>such rule</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H992796D3C4324C17B9EE1E049BD1D072"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Jurisdiction</header><text>Paragraph
(2) of such section is amended by inserting <quote>(or which would have such
jurisdiction if publication of the final rule constituted final agency
action)</quote> after <quote>provision of law,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H887780821E2D4858A8FB575F38DEFBC1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Time for
bringing action</header><text>Paragraph (3) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H32561386DBD04E6BBCD8CE0D619E78BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>final agency action</quote> and inserting <quote>publication of the
final rule</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB58F0A5DDA143AEB466F42DD61CCB1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, in the case of a rule for which the date of final agency action is the
same date as the publication of the final rule,</quote> after <quote>except
that</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H212E2305CDE743498045B802106E48D1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Intervention by
Chief Counsel for Advocacy</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 612 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the first period
<quote>or agency compliance with section 601, 603, 604, 605(b), 609, or
610</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H80AFD3D6D33848B3905EB6DC0616029C"><enum>908.</enum><header>Jurisdiction of
court of appeals over rules implementing the Regulatory Flexibility
Act</header>
<subsection id="HB774A7A3F0DB42ABA2AAC1F27E401E21"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 2342 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H69325FFFDB0A41CEB580D21114C6E205"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFCC2AEE345924C598ED1183503D6118D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A776091DA0249718D30C931B569A149"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H787FE247F98A4FEAB2FB16C66653499F">
<paragraph id="H2160766FE23F404090C912B8C8AC5E8C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>all final rules
under section 608(a) of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H932461C52FD44EAB92695632C44639A2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Paragraph (3) of section 2341 of title 28, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2170E9F9462B4838BF2B2C2E83D83DC2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB03A344982A0417A833453104CB1230F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D0249D3D9404FAB8F9B07D936888A02"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9087963B71114009B6C14C6886E01293">
<subparagraph id="HE32EFA876749425E97EBDCD5A412CE74"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Office of
Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, when the final rule is under
section 608(a) of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1A182DD9136D42389D4C5ADC45371E74"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization To
intervene and comment on agency compliance with administrative
procedure</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 612 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by inserting <quote>chapter 5, and chapter 7,</quote> after
<quote>this chapter,</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H77CFCB22F1ED4C649048EDC99D07E45D"><enum>909.</enum><header>Clerical
amendments</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7B2BA24BCCA544F88EF303B63127A745"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Section 601 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H10B660F1441D4549AE9600A8C669FA88"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDD2AAD48FEA14F77A3EC9A5B44D774CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the
semicolon at the end and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H97B3FAB16726466AB5E30DF503974610"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(1) the term</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6EE7419E3A7D4ECF8C1D5B7A8ACB70C4">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0703158891F44D1184F0139EDF3932E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agency</header><text>The
term</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE875A988A3784F83AC744B78A085B5DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H12498A6692324E17B470C8CE860D1D47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the
semicolon at the end and inserting a period, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H473F1581601C4AC1A7664169A8EA43F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(3) the term</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H29CF6C0330E245DD8C8BF933F7DF6518">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H92B638B72ACF47D9BDC7F25267C10733"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Small
business</header><text>The
term</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF9159CA726A84EEEA740FFFB56DB20DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAA9B81AA28BC4416B98FF4CD5BE5BD4E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the
semicolon at the end and inserting a period, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H89DFE1645CF64638BC19B48F6B5B8ED2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(5) the term</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H674B7E380F394F94A6E741B170386434">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBB7A52D464F942A993BA2CF73D90CE01"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Small
governmental jurisdiction</header><text>The
term</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9D4260C8538E42B9A286F59036860669"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8C625CDE826C4D5DB0B08E407D55002B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H199D8AF767CE4713B6C5FAED70F47C13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(6) the term</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H05D4BF5D7C2041948EA176CFBC36C066">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE968F9C3E13744939D90418530960A02"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Small
entity</header><text>The
term</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDD0B77339FE24167BC4C956EC459B710"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The heading of
section 605 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H342D1F7A0B1147F89F4C828C566FE77F" style="USC">
<section commented="no" id="H9A128FD2CA4845EC828D5DFBBDBD2122"><enum>605.</enum><header>Incorporations
by reference and
certifications</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAC0C92605AB1410099E897F3ED5AE3A5"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The table of
sections for chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H31D334D44F694ED7A80AE56CDB1C38EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
item relating to section 605 and inserting the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5FB98EE52FA248678082AB04E70A951D" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">605. Incorporations by reference and
certifications</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFC382CDB047A48B09472BC98363ABD73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
item relating to section 607 and inserting the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEBDB840482EC403FB87F2CFA330D3F5F" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">607. Quantification
requirements</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph" indent="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H697F4725067E49CFB732E502789EDC7C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the
item relating to section 608 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1CF923D1476043F8BA2D1D1AED070ED4" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">608. Additional powers of Chief Counsel
for
Advocacy</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H068C4B45F51D497BB209925748B41ECE"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Chapter 6 of title
5, United States Code, is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H0BD96181DD66452FB7602B5AEB40A261"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In section 603, by
striking subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C64445B62144CE8B9509B8AC58CEA2A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In section 604(a)
by striking the second paragraph (6).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>