1.This Act may be cited as the
Energy Exploration and Production to
Achieve National Demand Act
or the EXPAND Act
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is the following:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 4. Statement of policy.
Sec. 5. Definitions.
Title I—Development of Federal Energy Resources
Subtitle A—Oil and Gas Leasing in the Gulf of
Mexico
Sec. 101. Leasing in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Sec. 102. Extension of deepwater oil and natural gas leases in
Gulf of Mexico.
Subtitle B—Scheduled Leasing, Exploration, and Development of
Oil and Natural Gas in the Federal Outer Continental Shelf
Sec. 121. Expanded outer Continental Shelf lease
sales.
Sec. 122. Geological and geophysical activities in expanded
leasing areas.
Sec. 123. Payments from areas newly available to
leasing.
Sec. 124. Definitions under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act.
Sec. 125. Determination of adjacent zones and planning
areas.
Subtitle C—Leasing, Exploration, and Development of Oil and
Natural Gas Resources in Portions of the Coastal Plain of Alaska
Sec. 131. Establishment of leasing program for Coastal
Plain.
Sec. 132. Conduct of leasing program.
Sec. 133. Federal and State distribution of
revenues.
Sec. 134. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain.
Sec. 135. Conveyance.
Sec. 136. Local government impact aid and community service
assistance.
Subtitle D—Improvement of Interagency Coordination and
Cooperation in the Processing of Federal Permits for Production of Domestic Oil
and Gas Resources
Sec. 141. Regulatory certainty.
Sec. 142. Regional offices and regional permit
coordinators.
Sec. 143. Reviews and actions of Federal agencies.
Sec. 144. Lead agency.
Sec. 145. Congressional review of agency
rulemaking.
Sec. 146. State coordination regarding Federal oil and gas
permitting.
Sec. 147. State consultation.
Sec. 148. Savings provision.
Sec. 149. Review of agency permitting decisions.
Sec. 150. Deadline for decision on agency appeals.
Subtitle E—Prohibition on New Wilderness or Wilderness Study
Areas on Lands Administered by the BLM Without Congressional Approval; Indian
land development
Sec. 161. Repeal of Executive order.
Sec. 162. Wilderness designation procedures.
Sec. 163. Future executive branch actions.
Sec. 164. Leases for development of natural resources on Indian
lands.
Subtitle F—Legal Causes and Claims Pertaining to the Leasing
and Development of Federal Lands for Exploration and Production of Oil, Natural
Gas, Associated Hydrocarbons, and Oil Shale
Sec. 171. Oil shale, tar sands, and other strategic
unconventional fuels.
Sec. 172. Energy production on Federal lands.
Sec. 173. Jurisdiction.
Sec. 174. Judicial review.
Sec. 175. Time for filing petition for judicial review;
standing, filing of record.
Sec. 176. Limitation on scope of review and relief.
Sec. 177. Exclusion.
Subtitle G—Development of Solar and Wind Energy on Public
Land
Sec. 181. Definitions.
Sec. 182. Programmatic environmental impact statements and land
use planning.
Sec. 183. Development of solar and wind energy on public
land.
Sec. 184. Disposition of revenues.
Subtitle H—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 191. Military operations.
Sec. 192. Environmental sensitivity analysis under the
program.
Sec. 193. Validity of existing leases.
Sec. 194. Integrity of lease sales and leasing
schedule.
Sec. 195. Authority to conduct offshore drilling under approved
permits.
Sec. 196. Time requirement to act on oil and natural gas
drilling permits.
Sec. 197. Timely issuance of onshore oil and gas
leases.
Sec. 198. State auditing.
Title II—Continental Pipeline Approval
Sec. 201. Keystone XL pipeline permit approval.
Title III—Radiological Material Repository
Sec. 301. Radiological material repository.
Title IV—Relief From Regulations and Prohibitions That Cause
Artificial Price Increases
Sec. 401. Endangered Species Act of 1973 reform.
Sec. 402. Repeal of EPA climate change regulation.
Sec. 403. Repeal of Federal ban on synthetic fuels purchasing
requirement.
Sec. 404. Repeal of ethanol mandates.
Title V—Refinery Reform
Sec. 501. Refinery permitting process.
Sec. 502. Existing refinery permit application
deadline.
Title VI—Repeal of Energy Tax Subsidies
Sec. 600. Amendment of 1986 code.
Sec. 601. Repeal of credit for alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and
alternative fuel mixtures.
Sec. 602. Repeal of credit for certain plug-in electric
vehicles.
Sec. 603. Early termination of credit for qualified fuel cell
motor vehicles.
Sec. 604. Repeal of alternative fuel vehicle refueling property
credit.
Sec. 605. Repeal of credit for alcohol used as
fuel.
Sec. 606. Repeal of credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel
used as fuel.
Sec. 607. Repeal of enhanced oil recovery credit.
Sec. 608. Termination of credit for electricity produced from
certain renewable resources.
Sec. 609. Repeal of credit for producing oil and gas from
marginal wells.
Sec. 610. Termination of credit for production from advanced
nuclear power facilities.
Sec. 611. Repeal of credit for carbon dioxide
sequestration.
Sec. 612. Termination of energy credit.
Sec. 613. Repeal of qualifying advanced coal
project.
Sec. 614. Repeal of qualifying gasification project
credit.
Sec. 615. Repeal of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 energy grant program.
Title VII—Regulatory Relief
Sec. 701. Legislative stay.
Sec. 702. Compliance dates.
Sec. 703. Energy recovery and conservation.
Sec. 704. Other provisions.
Sec. 705. Management and disposal of coal combustion
residuals.
Title VIII—Attainment of National Ambient Air Quality
Standards
Sec. 801. Air quality monitoring and modeling
methodologies.
Sec. 802. Extending compliance for NAAQS attainment for
downwind States.
Title IX—Sub-Basin Reporting of Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
Sec. 901. Sub-basin reporting of greenhouse gas
emissions.
Title X—Implementation of National Ocean Policy
Sec. 1001. Prohibition on use of funds.
Title XI—Other Provisions
Sec. 1101. Administrative record.
Sec. 1102. Statement of energy effects.
Sec. 1103. Priority-Energy Project permit duration.
Sec. 1104. Exemption for takings of migratory bird incidental
to energy development and production.
3.
(a)The Congress finds that—
(1)the United States
spends over $1,000,000,000 per day to import crude oil from foreign countries,
representing the largest wealth transfer in history;
(2)the domestic oil
and natural gas industry is responsible for approximately 9.2 million
jobs;
(3)the United States
has substantial undeveloped oil and natural gas resources underlying Federal
lands;
(4)multiple legal
challenges relating to the leasing, exploration, and development of Federal
lands can significantly delay and even prevent these desperately needed oil and
natural gas resources from reaching the American public;
(5)expedited and
focused judicial review of legal challenges to proposed oil and natural gas
development activities is necessary to ensure that additional American oil and
natural gas resources are made available without undue delay to American
consumers;
(6)the approximately
43 million leased outer Continental Shelf acres currently account for about 15
percent of the United States domestic natural gas production and about 27
percent of the United States domestic oil production;
(7)the leasing of
these domestic offshore areas for oil and natural gas development provides
significant economic benefits to the Federal Government, as well as to States
and localities, through the creation and sustenance of jobs and domestic
product;
(8)the Federal
Government distributed over $10,000,000,000 to Federal, State and Indian
accounts from energy production during fiscal year 2009, primarily from oil and
natural gas production;
(9)the outer
Continental Shelf is a vital national resource reserve held by the Federal
Government for the public, which should be made available for expeditious and
orderly development, subject to environmental safeguards, in a manner that is
consistent with the maintenance of competition and other national needs;
(10)Executive Order
13563 on Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review, issued on January 18,
2011, requires that to the extent permitted by law, each agency must, among
other things—
(A)propose or adopt a
regulation only upon a reasoned determination that its benefits justify its
costs (recognizing that some benefits and costs are difficult to
quantify);
(B)tailor its
regulations to impose the least burden on society, consistent with obtaining
regulatory objectives, taking into account, among other things, and to the
extent practicable, the costs of cumulative regulations;
(C)select, in
choosing among alternative regulatory approaches, those approaches that
maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety, and other advantages; distributive impacts; and
equity);
(D)to the extent
feasible, specify performance objectives, rather than specifying the behavior
or manner of compliance that regulated entities must adopt; and
(E)identify and
assess available alternatives to direct regulation, including providing
economic incentives to encourage the desired behavior, such as user fees or
marketable permits, or providing information upon which choices can be made by
the public;
(11)Executive Order
13547 on Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes, issued on
July 19, 2010, provides for the development of coastal and marine spatial plans
(CMSP) that build upon and improve existing Federal, State, tribal, local, and
regional decisionmaking and planning processes;
(12)the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) already provides a
comprehensive and complete framework for undertaking oil and gas activities
within the framework of a CMSP-based program;
(13)through the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act, Congress has already established the process for
development of coastal and marine spatial plans for oil and gas leasing and
other authorizations, and it is not necessary to create a new regulatory regime
as this would go against the Executive Order;
(14)the Coastal Plain
of Alaska is an important potential new source of domestic oil and gas
production;
(15)the delivery of
oil from Alberta, Canada, to domestic markets in the United States is in the
national interest of the United States, and the earliest possible completion of
the Keystone XL pipeline will best serve the national interest;
(16)there are 104
nuclear reactors currently operating in the United States, providing 20 percent
of the electricity of the United States, slightly less than the electricity
generated by natural gas;
(17)nuclear energy is
the largest provider of clean, low-carbon electricity, almost 8 times larger
than all renewable power production combined, excluding hydroelectric
power;
(18)nuclear power is
responsible for 72 percent of emission-free electricity production in the
United States and is an essential tool for greenhouse gas reduction;
(19)nuclear power
plants virtually eliminate emissions of greenhouse gases and criteria
pollutants associated with acid rain, smog, or ozone;
(20)nuclear energy
supplies consistent, baseload electricity, independent of environmental
conditions;
(21)nuclear power is
a safe, reliable, efficient, and affordable source of energy;
(22)between 1960 and
1980, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued 169 permits to construct nuclear
power facilities;
(23)even if every
nuclear power plant is granted a 20-year extension, all currently operating
nuclear power plants will be retired by 2055;
(24)long lead times
for nuclear power plant licensing, permitting, and construction indicate that
action to stimulate the nuclear power industry should not be delayed;
(25)there are 17
combined operating license applications currently pending before the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission for 26 new reactors in the United States, with 4
applications inactive due to regulatory uncertainty;
(26)those proposed
reactors will use the latest in nuclear technology for efficiency and safety,
more advanced than the technology of the 1960s and 1970s found in the reactors
currently operating in the United States;
(27)increasing
nuclear power threefold will create 480,000 construction jobs, 140,000
permanent jobs, and $20,000,000,000 in local, State, and Federal tax revenue
each year;
(28)increasing
nuclear power threefold will reduce electricity-based carbon dioxide emissions
by 1,400,000,000 metric tons annually and will reduce carbon emissions by 65
percent from current emissions levels by 2050;
(29)increasing
nuclear power threefold will produce 320 gigawatts of electricity to power
237,000,000 households and constitute 52 percent of the United States
electricity portfolio by 2030;
(30)the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) requires the Federal Government to
take ownership of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel and build
a permanent geologic repository in which to store such waste;
(31)the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982, as amended in 1987, selected the Yucca Mountain site to be
the sole geologic repository in which to store high-level radioactive waste and
spent nuclear fuel;
(32)the Congress
reaffirmed Yucca Mountain as the sole candidate site for a geologic repository
in 2001;
(33)despite such
laws, the Government has failed to accept high-level radioactive waste and
spent nuclear fuel from utilities and has delayed construction of the Yucca
Mountain repository;
(34)failure to accept
high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel has led to more than 74
lawsuits filed by utilities against the Government, $1,000,000,000 in
settlements being paid, and an estimated $16,200,000,000 in potential
liabilities to settle remaining lawsuits;
(35)each year the
Government refuses to accept high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear
fuel adds an estimated $500,000,000 in additional liabilities associated with
future lawsuits;
(36)the failure of
the Federal Government to accept high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear
fuel from utilities is a significant barrier to the future development of
additional nuclear power;
(37)the United States
has 58,000 tons of radiological material stored at more than 100 sites in 39
States;
(38)the 104
commercial nuclear reactors operating in the United States produce
approximately 2,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel every year;
(39)the Yucca
Mountain repository’s capacity is statutorily limited to 70,000 tons of waste
but can safely hold 120,000 tons;
(40)operators who
have paid into the Nuclear Waste Fund have been denied access to permanent
storage of radiological material as promised by the Federal Government;
(41)permanent
geologic storage capacity is a finite resource on which the industry depends;
and
(42)operators have
the technical expertise to develop new and more efficient processes of
disposing of new radiological material.
(b)The
purposes of this Act are to—
(1)promote expansion
of domestic employment opportunities;
(2)respond to the
Nation’s increased need for domestic energy resources, including oil and
natural gas resources;
(3)support the
utilization of the outer Continental Shelf for oil and gas production and
transmission;
(4)confirm and ensure
the validity of oil and gas leases issued under the Final Outer Continental
Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 2007–2012;
(5)ensure the
continued leasing of outer Continental Shelf areas pursuant to the Final Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 2007–2012;
(6)facilitate
interagency coordination and cooperation in the processing of permits required
to support oil and gas use authorization on Federal lands, both onshore and on
the outer Continental Shelf, in order to achieve greater consistency,
certainty, and timeliness in permit processing requirements;
(7)promote process
streamlining and increased interagency efficiency, including elimination of
interagency duplication of effort;
(8)improve
information sharing among agencies and understanding of respective agency roles
and responsibilities;
(9)promote
coordination with State agencies with expertise and responsibilities related to
Federal oil and gas permitting decisions, and balance Federal interests with
the interests and well-being of State and local communities;
(10)promote
responsible stewardship of Federal oil and gas resources;
(11)maintain high
standards of safety and environmental protection; and
(12)enhance the
benefits to Federal permitting already occurring as a result of a coordinated
and timely interagency process for oil and gas permit review for certain
Federal oil and gas leases.
4.It is the policy of the
United States, given the importance of making a transition to a clean energy,
low-carbon economy, to facilitate the continued development and growth of a
safe and clean nuclear energy industry through reductions in financial,
regulatory, and technical barriers to construction and operation.
5.For purposes of this Act—
(1)The
term Act
means the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1331 et seq.).
(2)Authorizing
leasing statuteThe term authorizing leasing
statute
means the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et
seq.), the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), the Mineral Leasing Act
for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), and any other law authorizing the
use or disposition of Federal lands for oil and gas production or
transmission.
(3)The term Coastal Plain
means that area
described in appendix I to part 37 of title 50, Code of Federal
Regulations.
(4)Covered oil and
natural gas activityThe term covered oil and natural gas
activity
means—
(A)the leasing or
other disposition of any lands pursuant to an authorizing leasing statute for
the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil,
natural gas, or associated hydrocarbons, and oil shale, including actions or
decisions relating to the selection of which lands may or shall be made
available for such leasing; and
(B)any activity taken
or proposed to be taken pursuant or in relation to such leases, including their
suspension, and any environmental analyses relating to such activity.
(5)Any terms used in this Act shall have the meaning such term
has in the Act.
(6)The term Priority Energy Project
means a
project or facility in the United States whose operation results in the
production of a domestic supply of energy or the generation of
electricity.
(7)Priority energy
project developerThe term Priority Energy Project
Developer
means a person, organization, or other entity that owns or
operates a Priority Energy Project.
(8)The
term program
means a Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas
Leasing Program issued pursuant to section 18 of the Act (43 U.S.C.
1344).
(9)The
term Secretary
means the Secretary of the Interior, unless
otherwise indicated.
<enum>I</enum><header>Development of
Federal Energy Resources</header>
<subtitle id="HF4A45D226DAD4F89AC988E945D8E0146"><enum>A</enum><header>Oil and Gas
Leasing in the Gulf of Mexico</header>
<section id="H1FA97612F70344828721F0B6630AEF95"><enum>101.</enum><header>Leasing in the
Eastern Gulf of Mexico</header>
<subsection id="H900B219E70AF4934A2AA856F23C14CFB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Termination of
moratorium</header><text>Section 104 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act
of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432) is amended by striking
subsection (a) and redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and
(b), respectively.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H32985C4AF3804D02AF07EAB6D35E00D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National defense
area</header><text>Section 12(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1341(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5C4B3DCDCDB5462CBDAC241A1CBB8E92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The United States</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA998D4A24D99444AAD424A142CC5001B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB7EBC6B813464EB3A699E89B8622D486"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The United States</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H97078FDB86904EECBC759D05743C8F34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H027C2D3B477B4D71831D0E062A2A64C0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8598E6AB2EFA4061A562BA39FBC9D3F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Annually,
the Secretary of Defense shall review the areas of the outer Continental Shelf
that have been designated as restricted from exploration and operation to
determine whether the areas should remain under
restriction.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4C9A910C6B9049C1B4F16834DC70AC4E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Leasing of
moratorium areas</header>
<paragraph id="H8F0753D38CAB435ABCA9936BCC510F1B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Destin dome and
pensacola areas</header><text>Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall offer for leasing under the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), the Destin Dome (OPD NH 16–08) and
Pensacola (OPD NH 16–05) areas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9638FC0A80B4E6B9E91905EDDDDBB20"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other
areas</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall offer for leasing under the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), any other areas in the Eastern Gulf of
Mexico Planning Area that are made available for leasing pursuant to subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDF6B5DBF98F474DB30A94DF244D36C6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The
areas described in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be offered for lease under this
section notwithstanding the omission of any of those areas from the 5-year
leasing program approved by the Secretary under section 18 of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) in effect at the time of the lease
sale. The Secretary shall include the areas described in paragraphs (1) and (2)
in any 5-year leasing program approved after the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCEDE8ABF27234185938DC7D6F996384E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coastal Zone
Management Act of 1972 review</header><text>The Secretary’s decision to hold a
lease sale for the areas described in section 101(c) shall not be subject to
consistency review under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
1451 et seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB7A87F8A033E4A6AA172586DD77C6AF3"><enum>102.</enum><header>Extension of
deepwater oil and natural gas leases in Gulf of Mexico</header>
<subsection id="H51ACA9EC26164130ABA33C10E0C9F1AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
covered lease</header><text>In this section the term <quote>covered
lease</quote> means each oil and gas lease for the Gulf of Mexico Outer
Continental Shelf region issued under section 8(b) of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(b)) that was not producing as of April 30,
2010.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAC4557CBB9FB42CC97E2CC5207A0A69B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of
covered leases</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall extend the
term of a covered lease by 24 months.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFDAC6F1B8E5A4AACAED26ACA3BC6CFE3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Minimum
deepwater well requirement</header><text>If fewer than 20 exploration or
development wells have been spudded on deepwater leases in the Gulf of Mexico
within 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 24-month period
under subsection (b) for deepwater leases (water depths of 500 feet or greater)
shall be extended by an additional 18 months.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H35AB7848F26E46FBA47454D3F4E46A94"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect of
extension on suspensions</header><text>The lease term extension under this Act
shall be in addition to any lease term suspension either granted or directed
under section 5(a)(1) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1334(a)(1)) prior to or following
the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9C9B3AAC91C54FDFAE59F329767A2948"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Lease
reinstatement</header><text>The Secretary shall reinstate any lease subject to
subsection (a) that expired between April 30, 2010 and the date of enactment of
this Act, with a new expiration date as provided in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H9B0085D839AE4327894CA658633CD897"><enum>B</enum><header>Scheduled Leasing,
Exploration, and Development of Oil and Natural Gas in the Federal Outer
Continental Shelf</header>
<section id="H830F50BEEFA74C80BE3C0C9DE481897F"><enum>121.</enum><header>Expanded outer
Continental Shelf lease sales</header>
<subsection id="H1B5F92A1BA044836B764167E62E3B1DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Beginning in fiscal year 2012, the Secretary shall
conduct all lease sales included in Table A of the Draft Proposed Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010–2015, issued January 2009.
All such lease sales shall be conducted in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H316D0D3FC60E4835BAD3F5E261505A2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>EIS</header><text>The
Secretary is deemed to have issued a final environmental impact statement for
the program described in subsection (a) in accordance with all requirements
under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC413C9D679F5450E8E62E2676EF395E3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exemption from
consistency review</header><text>The Secretary’s decision to hold a lease sale
required under this section shall not be subject to consistency review under
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H999C0D669E144E26A133BFEC53182ADE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Leasing
program</header><text>The Secretary shall prepare and make available a
2015–2020 Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program no
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4C67A03827B9448DA4A53462A76A5786"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Requirement To
maintain program</header><text>The Secretary’s implementation of the
requirements of this section shall fulfill the requirement under section 19 of
the Act (43 U.S.C. 1345) to maintain an oil and gas leasing program through
June 30, 2015.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD0250B727C774B8389327A5D91AC4346"><enum>122.</enum><header>Geological and
geophysical activities in expanded leasing areas</header>
<subsection id="HE8A728AC56CC47A6A14128F4FA08C8A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>EIS for Atlantic
OCS Planning Area</header><text>Within 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall issue a Final Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement and Record of Decision pursuant to the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), assessing the environmental effects of
geological and geophysical activities in the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf
Planning Area.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4ED61ACF96F2443BB5051F90F7F19E2E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Permits for
Atlantic OCS Planning Area</header><text>The Secretary shall approve any permit
that meets the requirements of the Act for geologic and geophysical activities
in the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area, including areas in the
Southern Atlantic outer Continental Shelf.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H43162A2B078241828EAFD7EE04FACFB2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Preliminary EIS
for Southern California OCS Planning Area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a Preliminary Environmental
Impact Statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to assess the environmental impacts of geophysical
activities in the Southern California Outer Continental Shelf Planning
Area.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H940C091774884D9D829B4984025D23AA"><enum>123.</enum><header>Payments from
areas newly available to leasing</header>
<subsection id="HB636CCBDB6824E70BD8D271B2A27551C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 9 of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1338),
upon enactment of this Act and each fiscal year thereafter, 37.5 percent of all
bonuses, rents, royalties, and other sums due and payable to the United States
received on or after enactment of this Act from outer Continental Shelf leases
entered into on or after the date of enactment of this Act shall be paid to the
coastal States that are Adjacent States with respect to such leases. Such
payment shall be allocated to each such Adjacent State in amounts (based on a
formula established by the Secretary by regulation) that are inversely
proportional to the respective distances between the point on the coastline of
the Adjacent State that is closest to the geographic center of the applicable
leased tract and the geographic center of the leased tract.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEAC90A3A24FE482AAD270DEB26776027"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>Subsection
(a) shall not apply to—</text>
<paragraph id="H47AC301411254DF7A9B793D5240119E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>revenues from the
forfeiture of a bond or other surety securing obligations other than royalties,
civil penalties, or royalties taken by the Secretary in-kind and not sold;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C1DA2F17169430BBC8BA47DD5E9E0DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>revenues generated
from leases subject to section 8(g) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1137(g)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0395F4416F924739B7DB661D9B9C13E7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of payments
to States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts paid to a
State under subsection (a) shall be used by the State for such purposes as that
State considers necessary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB830A69A369C4254B5578F197C0B729A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Gulf of Mexico
outer Continental Shelf revenues</header>
<paragraph id="HF649ED2B22FF4EA382B6526E7C7879DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation on
application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a)
shall not affect the application of section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy
Security Act of 2006 (title I of division C of Public Law 109–432; (43 U.S.C.
1331 note)), as in effect before the enactment of this Act, with respect to
revenues received by the United States under oil and gas leases issued for
tracts located in the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental
Shelf Planning Areas, including such leases issued on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF30E653BD5DE4A3BBD4FD8724DED0064"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of
Distributed Qualified Outer Continental Shelf Revenues</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 105(f)(1) of the Gulf of Mexico
Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of division C of Public Law 109–432; (43
U.S.C. 1331 note)) is amended by striking <quote>2055</quote> and inserting
<quote>2022, and shall not exceed $750,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023
through 2055</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6BDC0F10A49B409CB9A8828BF1BDAD0B"><enum>124.</enum><header>Definitions
under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3257611C91E44ECE9A527DD4CD00235F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (f) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H80F8EF7DBEBD4495BDA073A4122B7C3D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD3D0413678934058B4DC81D5F808B5C2"><enum>(f)</enum><text>The term
<quote>affected State</quote> means the Adjacent
State.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5BAED02EB9AC47D5A060C7F0C41A5660"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
semicolon at the end of each of paragraphs (a) through (o) and inserting a
period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63EFB9CE9D4547B98E9AF48257178B0A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>; and</quote> at the end of paragraph (p) and inserting a period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC480D3E129D3457FA39177A753066AFF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2FD2D4B9A1854BF29F3B2D520675A0C2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H03C767FD579F4E458572D2135816B60C"><enum>(r)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Adjacent State</quote> means, with respect to any program, plan, lease
sale, leased tract, or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved
pursuant to this Act, any State the laws of which are declared, pursuant to
section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States for the portion of the
outer Continental Shelf on which such program, plan, lease sale, leased tract,
or activity appertains or is, or is proposed to be, conducted.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8A661B53104E4740AADBFDE8898139C1"><enum>(s)</enum><text>The term
<quote>State</quote> includes all States having a coastline contiguous to the
Arctic, Atlantic, or Pacific Ocean, or the Gulf of Mexico, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United
States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the other territories of the
United States, and the District of Columbia.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8291B865040040C481E77C064FFF7A8D"><enum>(t)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Adjacent Zone</quote> means, with respect to any program, plan, lease
sale, leased tract, or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved
pursuant to this Act, the portion of the outer Continental Shelf for which the
laws of a particular Adjacent State are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2),
to be the law of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H02486DC9664645F1BE42161336D46D83"><enum>(u)</enum><text>The term
<quote>miles</quote> means statute miles.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0E5360794FCF4B8E9C2D79F0B338B3C9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The term
<quote>coastline</quote> has the same meaning as the term <quote>coast
line</quote> as defined in section 2(c) of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1301(c)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC25F97B8ABD64B6ABC4D5BB7EB1AAAC4"><enum>(w)</enum><text>The term
<quote>Neighboring State</quote> means a coastal State having a common boundary
at the coastline with the Adjacent
State.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A454FF4C7BE4CB6AABE38E8720B3824"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (a),
by inserting after <quote>control</quote> the following: <quote>or lying within
the United States Exclusive Economic Zone and outer Continental Shelf adjacent
to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or any other
territory of the United States</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9F81D26C9CA14D53B2CB734A29B655F0"><enum>125.</enum><header>Determination
of adjacent zones and planning areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(a)(2)(A) of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(2)(A)) is amended in the first sentence by
striking <quote>, and the President</quote> and all that follows through the
end of the sentence and inserting the following: <quote>. The lines extending
seaward and defining each State’s Adjacent Zone, and the Atlantic OCS Planning
Area, are as indicated on the maps for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf
region entitled <quote>Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS
Planning Areas</quote>, which is dated September 2005 and is on file in the
Office of the Director, Minerals Management Service. The Secretary shall
designate the Adjacent Zones of States, and additional OCS Planning Areas, for
parts of the United States Exclusive Economic Zone and outer Continental Shelf
not covered by those maps.</quote>.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H9B5537390CB84AA28DEA02C586880CA7"><enum>C</enum><header>Leasing,
Exploration, and Development of Oil and Natural Gas Resources in Portions of
the Coastal Plain of Alaska</header>
<section id="H985F7BFB68274880A4F6AEB5B3A550AF"><enum>131.</enum><header>Establishment
of leasing program for Coastal Plain</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall take such actions as are
necessary—</text>
<paragraph id="H592F95FDF2DB4DFBAF1A5A93468E84A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to establish and
implement, in accordance with this subtitle and acting through the Director of
the Bureau of Land Management in consultation with the Director of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, a competitive oil and gas leasing program
that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration,
development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC33AE42F031440FBF01E1CD7FA5904E"><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 minimize any significant adverse effects 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 title in a
manner that ensures the receipt of fair market value by the public for the
mineral resources to be leased.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE0BE15EE886142C7920B3CA36D87AAFD"><enum>132.</enum><header>Conduct of
leasing program</header>
<subsection id="HE2E78BAA21684FBD9401A37206593BFB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="H1CC8E6C553A7462D8B63A66A9E1ADE4A"><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="H8891C611121B48E4A0EDF57369630F5E"><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="H42DD7AFBBFCE442C8DD45B863221A310"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compliance with
requirements under certain other laws</header>
<paragraph id="H0624FBCC52B04A2F9215FDFE86161BAB"><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 subtitle 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="H8D4FB23E74F54953929DC182E6F9DC7F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adequacy of the
department of the interior’s legislative environmental impact
statement</header><text>The <quote>Final Legislative Environmental Impact
Statement</quote> (April 1987) on the Coastal Plain prepared pursuant to
section 1002 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (16
U.S.C. 3142) and section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) is deemed to satisfy the requirements under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 that apply with respect to prelease
activities, including actions authorized to be taken by the Secretary to
develop and promulgate the regulations for the establishment of a leasing
program authorized by this subtitle before the conduct of the first lease
sale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF5B3E0955F53498990892C4057F94EAF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance with
NEPA for other actions</header><text>Before conducting the first lease sale
under this subtitle, the Secretary shall prepare an environmental impact
statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to
the actions authorized by this subtitle that are not referred to in paragraph
(2). Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary is not required to identify
nonleasing alternative courses of action or to analyze the environmental
effects of such courses of action. The Secretary shall only identify a
preferred action for such leasing and a single leasing alternative, and analyze
the environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for those two
alternatives. The identification of the preferred action and related analysis
for the first lease sale under this subtitle shall be completed within 18
months after the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall only
consider public comments that specifically address the Secretary’s preferred
action and that are filed within 20 days after publication of an environmental
analysis. Notwithstanding any other law, compliance with this paragraph is
deemed to satisfy all requirements for the analysis and consideration of the
environmental effects of proposed leasing under this subtitle. In preparing or
reviewing an environmental assessment pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and any regulations promulgated
thereto, an agency shall consider, in addition to any mitigation required by
the agency, all applicable Federal, State, local, and other laws and
regulations, guidelines, permit conditions, and any other requirements and best
practices regarding a Priority Energy Project and any other actions considered
in a cumulative effects analysis. Pursuant to that, the agency shall make a
finding of no significant impact or a mitigated finding of no significant
impact, as applicable, unless, presuming administrative regularity, the agency
can conclusively demonstrate that the mitigation required by the agency and the
applicable Federal, State, local, and other laws and regulations, guidelines,
permit conditions, and any other requirements and best practices regarding a
Priority Energy Project and any other actions considered in a cumulative
effects analysis will not prevent or otherwise mitigate a significant impact on
the human environment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB93EC46EE23B480FAFC3DE80AE86B3E5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Relationship to
State and local authority</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle shall be
considered to limit State and local regulatory authority.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H79A4D603AA104CDAB4489FC5D31DE936"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special
areas</header>
<paragraph id="H68C2FC29829348BF8189BEF6F0DA930D"><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="HB77810221EC742D8A2A953F13ED1E0F8"><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="HD57BBD8470C5449E96BB08E51297A2FB"><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="HB2A0F6BE911E4E81AE5914D7FDA8CB85"><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="H0E3CEC5082C741E49A157DEB4BF81D34"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on
closed areas</header><text>The Secretary’s sole authority to close lands within
the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing and to exploration, development, and
production is that set forth in this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE2B7D1888CEF47EF89D03CB934CAF74A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out
this subtitle, including rules and regulations relating to protection of the
fish and wildlife, their habitat, subsistence resources, and environment of the
Coastal Plain, by no later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H570140CEFEEA444493046159586D56CA"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Lease
sales</header>
<paragraph id="HDB8F527771924330A30A5800D80A7F52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Lands may be leased pursuant to this subtitle to any
person qualified to obtain a lease for deposits of oil and gas under the
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A66F93B711447D2ADDF4371D9BB52C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H247E2543BFAF407E87EF1CA240046EBE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>receipt and
consideration of sealed nominations for any area in the Coastal Plain for
inclusion in, or exclusion (as provided in subparagraph (C)) from, a lease
sale;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84B551C3DDB64FB49FF5B7A2DD8A659F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the holding of
lease sales after such nomination process; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B1680A0E4E142A380F9E3DC151C9AA4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>public notice of
and comment on designation of areas to be included in, or excluded from, a
lease sale.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H50B28C67098E492F828F78A09A8D6514"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Lease sale
bids</header><text>Bidding for leases under this subtitle shall be by sealed
competitive cash bonus bids.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3EE1435734A4573803D199440C3B80D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Acreage minimum
in first sale</header><text>In the first lease sale under this subtitle, the
Secretary shall offer for lease those tracts the Secretary considers to have
the greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons, taking into
consideration nominations received pursuant to paragraph (2)(A), but in no case
less than 200,000 acres.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H990A140DEE2B495AB9550E8DFCCA56BB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Timing of lease
sales</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H925A3A5EC96144DC85A0A4DD587CD4E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct the first
lease sale under this subtitle within 18 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18AFB598D67F42E98B9D78FADD637ABF"><enum>(B)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD9A3D2E68624CA6B7088DF363FF0422"><enum>(C)</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>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2C4385B2E3FF44E581C80D22990BD7C0"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Grant of leases
by the Secretary</header>
<paragraph id="H62D03F3330F74E9FB28A2B66AF0DAEAA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may grant to the highest responsible
qualified bidder in a lease sale conducted pursuant to subsection (g) 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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H466FE4F038874B28807C17378528F498"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subsequent
transfers</header><text>No lease issued under this subtitle may be sold,
exchanged, assigned, sublet, or otherwise transferred except with the approval
of the Secretary. Prior to any such approval the Secretary shall consult with,
and give due consideration to the views of, the Attorney General.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1C22DC77433744C0B7BFFF66D502A700"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Lease terms and
conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An oil or gas
lease issued pursuant to this subtitle shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H971FB9474A90449DAFE1F8B0BEB3F380"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the
payment of a royalty of 37½ 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="H3FB6B80CB0D346ABBE4B8BFC6209730C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require that the
lessee of lands within the Coastal Plain shall be fully responsible and liable
for the reclamation of lands within the Coastal Plain and any other Federal
lands that are adversely affected in connection with exploration, development,
production, or transportation activities conducted under the lease and within
the Coastal Plain by the lessee or by any of the subcontractors or agents of
the lessee;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4D2F174E7BA42CE896B5586B70BA902"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide that the
lessee may not delegate or convey, by contract or otherwise, the reclamation
responsibility and liability to another person without the express written
approval of the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H546D98EF87D0495AA66792D87CB8C35B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide that the
standard of reclamation for lands required to be reclaimed under this subtitle
shall be, as nearly as practicable, a condition capable of supporting the uses
which the lands were capable of supporting prior to any exploration,
development, or production activities, or upon application by the lessee, to a
higher or better use as approved by the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CC233C6E36E45CC83BDCA401844E250"><enum>(5)</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
131(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7045704C71B84E1985386BA43BFE9996"><enum>(6)</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; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B11BC4461D54CE1A7A1E0A776C8099D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>contain such other
provisions as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure compliance with the
provisions of this subtitle and the regulations issued under this
subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEEF14F778B0F45BE888EB85030675CE0"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Lease Approval
deadlines</header>
<paragraph id="HA2F96DCCD0644910BD830E2E15EA9D89"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 10
business days after the date on which an agency receives an application for any
permit, authorization, or other agency action with respect to a lease under
this subtitle, the agency shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D8453DF6E244D158013D38E1E045003"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notify the
applicant that the application is complete; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H826502BDC198404FAC971EF7FD6C3565"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notify the
applicant that information is missing and specify any information that is
required to be submitted for the application to be complete.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H434C8EF21E1C496C8DE10E87609A5B98"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Issuance or
deferral</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the applicant for such a
permit, authorization, or other agency action has submitted a complete
application, the agency shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5AB5505A173D4A6B95A92BBE980EDDFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>issue the permit;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD2FA355EA154237958114CA5C3CF181"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H79D883530C4D497EA0AF17604E1DBE12"><enum>(i)</enum><text>defer the decision on
the permit; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9A1BC6860166425F8D41CA84B63D2262" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide to the applicant a notice
that specifies any steps that the applicant could take for the permit to be
issued.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H02FDBF7A07E44286A5DA355C0A1CFD99"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements for
deferred applications</header>
<subparagraph id="H3B7BD2B7D4CB4B98B4CEB5F50FF86EB6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the agency provides notice under paragraph (2)(B), the
applicant shall have a period of 2 years from the date of receipt of the notice
in which to complete all requirements specified by the agency, including
providing information needed for compliance with the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E3FB2F5C5D34CF6873C8BFE6A170D72"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Issuance of
decision on permit</header><text>If the applicant completes the requirements
within the period specified in subparagraph (A), the agency shall issue a
decision on the permit not later than 10 days after the date of completion of
the requirements described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39A911490F764D169EB355C454A48A03"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Denial of
permit</header><text>If the applicant does not complete the requirements within
the period specified in subparagraph (A) the agency shall deny the
permit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H397D8A1304474EA2A3C4F6D6DE699B6A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Agency
requirements</header><text>In any application for a permit, authorization, or
other agency action, the agency shall be prohibited from requiring the
applicant to perform any analyses, studies, or other activities that are novel,
unprecedented, or otherwise inconsistent with past requirements for permit
applicants in the same or similar situations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC84C3EA9C0C490785C3D6266DA0E9A5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Failure to
act</header><text>In the event the agency fails to meet any deadline set forth
in this section, the agency shall immediately grant the requested permit,
authorization, or other approval.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5ECE99D2DD6C48B3A3EEF744AEB45E75"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Coastal plain
environmental protection</header>
<paragraph id="H6C89F43978C04EBA89EE6BF82A8F5193"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No significant
adverse effect standard to govern authorized coastal plain
activities</header><text>The Secretary shall, consistent with the requirements
of paragraph (3), administer the provisions of this subtitle through
regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations,
and other provisions that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4FF42894DC03437DBC789B1028B6C2B6"><enum>(A)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97AC4D0E6AAC4B2187C22A8199412164"><enum>(B)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84FBD8C301CD400FB8F4578F469B214E"><enum>(C)</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 5,000 acres on the Coastal Plain.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFA9EBA7AA2B346C2B74A1D64D43895C1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Site-specific
assessment and mitigation</header><text>The Secretary shall also require, with
respect to any proposed drilling and related activities pursuant to this
subtitle, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H524A158ABF1348D888EB68AAA9ADAF31"><enum>(A)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA464AC92DE594D0C94407A0BD373BB2A"><enum>(B)</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 subparagraph (A);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H613CE3F55C6B4619A00A5D23104D21A5"><enum>(C)</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>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H67C5079C07AF4733B43BA38912B7A7CA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations to
protect coastal plain fish and wildlife resources, subsistence users, and the
environment</header><text>Before implementing the leasing program authorized by
this subtitle, the Secretary shall prepare and promulgate regulations, lease
terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other measures
designed to ensure that the activities undertaken on the Coastal Plain under
this subtitle are conducted in a manner consistent with the purposes and
environmental requirements of this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9CA6E6242F840FE85DD8B77B70AC2F3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compliance with
federal and state environmental laws and other requirements</header><text>The
proposed regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, and
stipulations for the leasing program under this subtitle shall require
compliance with all applicable provisions of Federal and State environmental
law, and shall also require the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H72ED3741CB354701A3AE27228FAAA31F"><enum>(A)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H33464D5540D94092840AA6782992F544"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DBD0B782E4A4E6E8EA13E384D967E45"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Design safety and
construction standards for all pipelines and any access and service roads,
that—</text>
<clause id="H21487CEEC865499C9D33E71D1AF1CB09"><enum>(i)</enum><text>minimize, to the
maximum extent possible, adverse effects upon the passage of migratory species
such as caribou; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE6CC2F3470C04CA9AFF26DBF09406253"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>minimize adverse
effects upon the flow of surface water by requiring the use of culverts,
bridges, and other structural devices.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A0CD0658A584AA3BDD121F1C295A471"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Prohibitions on
general public access and use on all pipeline access and service roads.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0AD60A8BEBD4F0FAB9354F51C6DBE79"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Stringent
reclamation and rehabilitation requirements, consistent with the standards set
forth in this subtitle, requiring the removal from the Coastal Plain of all oil
and gas development and production facilities, structures, and equipment upon
completion of oil and gas production operations, except that the Secretary may
exempt from the requirements of this subparagraph 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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3735F1B3D62A423D92566633B77FFD9F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on access by all modes of transportation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6EC9EEEC81464D4D83141303D5C0AB1D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on sand and gravel extraction.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD88A64130E4B4E77BCAE781376B5154F"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Consolidation of
facility siting.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35262534F0F44306B2AD40B578E74B86"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on use of explosives.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB45E424FE614CECBB9B9BC5F5B361E8"><enum>(J)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30B8A44294214CE38948CAA77F9FD532"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Avoidance or
minimization of air traffic-related disturbance to fish and wildlife.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E8983F165D343C39C3E5BC97B72B247"><enum>(L)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9F5F5E1B0114F6C963AB61CA37B6BEC"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Fuel storage and
oil spill contingency planning.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B5772DAC46C485090539CD968F4A7CD"><enum>(N)</enum><text>Research,
monitoring, and reporting requirements.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34DAE489A4B24A69B57016246ABD02DB"><enum>(O)</enum><text>Field crew
environmental briefings.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC33AFED6A6E046AEABAE591E0F0C3B46"><enum>(P)</enum><text>Avoidance of
significant adverse effects upon subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping by
subsistence users.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDB13D1182FA4097924814AD474C688C"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>Compliance with
applicable air and water quality standards.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CCB2DDACD0D474096D61EA0BA6392EC"><enum>(R)</enum><text>Appropriate
seasonal and safety zone designations around well sites, within which
subsistence hunting and trapping shall be limited.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C1D144BCF8B46378E9A88ACB2AF98EC"><enum>(S)</enum><text>Reasonable
stipulations for protection of cultural and archeological resources.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64BE03404D26423A8EFDEBF9781CF688"><enum>(T)</enum><text>All other
protective environmental stipulations, restrictions, terms, and conditions
deemed necessary by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9C3C0F887C3B455AAB2256D866989691"><enum>(l)</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="H2866E27AF806489C8322F8F847C64F80"><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="HD2432C91A3034272A0CC6C86E3DDB2C7"><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="H876ED273A7A4450A81762E9352423002"><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="H869B6E6901FB4AFC9FBCB4056F0130D6"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Environmental
appeals board</header>
<paragraph id="H2D183C688A384DB6BFE8AA143E34FFDE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation on
delegation of authority</header><text>The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall not delegate any authority to the Environmental Appeals
Board to consider, review, reject, remand, or otherwise invalidate any permit
for activity under a lease under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8F3C4DC355647D1926966E56B322CB3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Performance by
Secretary</header><text>The Administrator shall perform all duties currently
assigned to the Environmental Appeals Board in the Secretary’s individual
capacity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEEFF4692A6A9481FBC10EE9AB4CDD3FC"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Facility
consolidation planning</header>
<paragraph id="H5722E2130F3A430C9E30D92E531C3413"><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="HC60199052EE349A98626A70D2806E4DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
plan shall have the following objectives:</text>
<subparagraph id="H92463C33277E4446A7BEF6CF697EB3DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Avoiding
unnecessary duplication of facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9837970F1EC417ABBFB5A3D1A762E19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Encouraging
consolidation of common facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE14193C1585C41C1BCBC5F454F97652D"><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="HCC25DF78078D4E21A7F5D4E8008311B5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Utilizing existing
facilities wherever practicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE67FA7211668491FB9F8F97D868B2260"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Enhancing
compatibility between wildlife values and development activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1EE711FBDCFA4875A9560C67A59D2425"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Access to public
lands</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE335888633A64AE19D26B7EBF9C54559"><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="HC4C1FEA488434D309D804631FF09BC43"><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><subsection id="HFC018E8D810E4521B5814A14181C9032"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Expedited
judicial review</header>
<paragraph id="HBCDA685119EF4D759F41AA6C55C74CFD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Filing of
complaint</header>
<subparagraph id="H3403E3D5206E4CDC9AFE52D92BBD0A3F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>A
complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of this section or any
action of the Secretary under this section shall be filed—</text>
<clause id="HB51C897CC14041C5821C9048D9DFD9C5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>within the 90-day
period beginning on the date of the action being challenged; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H1F42A3212FD44834A181DFABBCE80E41"><enum>(ii)</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>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H283A30B83DFB4E108122B5348DE4C344"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>Any
complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of this subtitle or any
action of the Secretary under this subtitle may be filed only in the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAFC0D46235442FEA96FEC4835468141"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation on
scope of certain review</header><text>Judicial review of a Secretarial decision
to conduct a lease sale under this subtitle, including the environmental
analysis thereof, shall be limited to whether the Secretary has complied with
this subtitle and shall be based upon the administrative record of that
decision. The Secretary’s identification of a preferred course of action to
enable leasing to proceed and the Secretary’s analysis of environmental effects
under this subtitle shall be presumed to be correct unless shown otherwise by
clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H705C799324914B759CBF294569E51424"><enum>(2)</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>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H10EB6CDD411D408287E5ACBF62ECF27D"><enum>133.</enum><header>Federal and
State distribution of revenues</header>
<subsection id="H5AACE377A80F4CBB84E0261D501DB015"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>All adjusted bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from
Federal oil and gas leasing and operations authorized under this subtitle shall
be subject to distribution in the same manner as for Federal oil and gas leases
under section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H18D4B7B9A2154C89AFCFAF705EBF3550"><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="H87F6E875DC904D529FE61F6FEAF8B11E"><enum>134.</enum><header>Rights-of-way
across the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="H32A567F59F1E4AF0ADA1C87C3304B54F"><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="H2DB3664B8D90469AA8EBBF5E5559CB40"><enum>(1)</enum><text>except as provided
in paragraph (2), under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185),
without regard to title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
Act (30 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAE992F3D59F484DBA613F4E0F0FEB81"><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="HCACC85E5B668492EAA3F573F706428F7"><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="HB469A215DEAA409CAEE3E4D4331FD7A6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall include in regulations under section 132 provisions granting
rights-of-way and easements described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD166F55A8A1E400DB769CF63A49D14E2"><enum>135.</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 section 1302(h)(2) of the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3192(h)(2)), shall
convey—</text>
<paragraph id="HE94BDA5B15C14E64AA27A5F128890C37"><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="H5CAE5E712D1D4A76B9B5ECFA1E2DACD9"><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="HCA0D7D9686514071B3A1E2B22C8DD12D"><enum>136.</enum><header>Local
government impact aid and community service assistance</header>
<subsection id="H1599D5D5653043929A9EEE0C518D97AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financial
assistance authorized</header>
<paragraph id="H35C3E5472D34445C996D19F1EB3135E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may use amounts available from the Coastal
Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund established by subsection (d)
to provide timely financial assistance to entities that are eligible under
paragraph (2) and that are directly impacted by the exploration for or
production of oil and gas on the Coastal Plain under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3CBDDFFBA5F415187E91C91B56C8F6A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
entities</header><text>The North Slope Borough, the City of Kaktovik, and any
other borough, municipal subdivision, village, or other community in the State
of Alaska that is directly impacted by exploration for, or the production of,
oil or gas on the Coastal Plain under this subtitle, as determined by the
Secretary, shall be eligible for financial assistance under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5B83A96390C94086842B801612174A3E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
assistance</header><text>Financial assistance under this section may be used
only for—</text>
<paragraph id="H78211C6B59F841F7A9C318ACB7B27EA8"><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="H1C9D243D921447E1AC47171A65C7DFC3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementing
mitigation plans and maintaining mitigation projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82189607121C407FA7178BDE90E14E05"><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="H673FE75998F64E2296A7BC3D49213F8C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establishment of a
coordination office, by the North Slope Borough, in the City of Kaktovik, that
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H96F3AFD25ADD4978A155B0FEDB6A99DE"><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="H0B2F4250A23B431DB48399463D76B621"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide to the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate an annual report on the
status of coordination between developers and the communities affected by
development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3D465F36223D4989A23B0215B485C382"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="H0E8B2AECB04E4D7F949569A9ED507223"><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="H24D3A5C7248B41AB956B86E81421F45F"><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="HD9F493300830494D8EC4BDAF3AD15C10"><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="HD1CFA98569DB456EA7E876C022D07EE9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Establishment of
fund</header>
<paragraph id="HBB0886CC7E874B57A71EF98FED66BF74"><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="H9CB84CE2472343C98BA608A1F16D19D0"><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="H0A769E8BA91D47E6B52C5495A04E5EBD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>Subject
to paragraph (4), there shall be deposited into the fund amounts received by
the United States as revenues derived from rents, bonuses, and royalties from
Federal leases and lease sales authorized under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDC42E58A261468C963664E1E48B17DB"><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="H6172B2584C1F49949A19719A007CFB8B"><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="H6B86963C63CD4100B6A39E708CA62ABD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>To provide financial assistance under this section
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary from the Coastal Plain
Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund $5,000,000 for each fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HC730715C2E6B4941BE3C626F416F331A"><enum>D</enum><header>Improvement of
Interagency Coordination and Cooperation in the Processing of Federal Permits
for Production of Domestic Oil and Gas Resources</header>
<section id="H7FC603058DCF4784B928017F537F7537"><enum>141.</enum><header>Regulatory
certainty</header>
<subsection id="HEFA6B79428784632BB590B53F14950F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The relevant regulations, guidance, guidelines, and any
other agency interpretations and rules that are in effect on the day on which a
Priority Energy Project Developer submits an application for a permit,
authorization, or other agency action regarding a Priority Energy Project shall
remain in effect for purposes of the agency’s evaluation, review, or action on
such application. In no event shall any regulations, guidance, guidelines, or
any other agency interpretations and rules that become effective after such day
be considered applicable to or otherwise controlling with regard to an agency’s
evaluation, review, or action on such application.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H788487BE4D104DB0977075A0633EFD5B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>Upon
providing written notice to an agency, a Priority Energy Project Developer may
waive subsection (a) with respect to a specific permit application. In no event
shall such waiver be construed as waiving subsection (a) regarding any other
permit application or any other agency action for that same Priority Energy
Project.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H54520D2749A84194A2F84EF727DEF455"><enum>142.</enum><header>Regional
offices and regional permit coordinators</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of the Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H94464183B10A481E88661E188F28A3AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>within 180 days
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior should establish
regional offices in Alaska and the contiguous 48 States to coordinate review of
Federal permits for oil and gas projects on Federal lands onshore and on the
outer Continental Shelf;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H80780DF5D46042F79C4B5BE6A0A69563"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the regional
offices should be responsible for coordinating the timely completion of all
permitting activities by Federal agencies, and State agencies to the maximum
extent practicable, with respect to any oil and gas project under a Federal
lease issued pursuant to the mineral leasing laws, either onshore or on the
outer Continental Shelf, including oil and gas projects should include oil
shale projects under Federal oil shale leases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05545315DF3A46F7B6AE3EDC30696AE4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the number of
regional offices should be established by the Secretary, ensuring that there is
an adequate number of offices in each region proximate to available Federal oil
and gas lease tracts onshore and on the outer Continental Shelf to meet the
demands for expeditious permitting in that region;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H392EC53A707D4010AFAC2212D4A4C570"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Secretary
should designate as regional offices pursuant to paragraph (3) all offices
established under section 365 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
15924);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2176B661ED884AB9A37954805A4A2995"><enum>(5)</enum><text>within 90 days
after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, the Secretary of Agriculture,
the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Chief of the Corps of Engineers,
and the head of any other Federal agency with responsibilities related to
permitting of Federal oil and gas leases, should enter into a memorandum of
understanding establishing respective duties and responsibilities for staffing
the regional offices and accomplishing the objectives of this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3501CAA468E45F3A1540AF989BFDE64"><enum>(6)</enum><text>not later than 30
days after the date of signing of a memorandum pursuant to subsection (c), all
Federal signatory agencies should assign to each regional office the
appropriate employees with expertise in the oil and gas permitting issues
relating to that office, including with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H841CE47A728D4B9FB65ACB395517ECB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consultation and
preparation of biological opinions under section 7 of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4A5A0BDEEF31455D8B2A9767684C40F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>regulatory matters
under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED046D8AF39745298B58EB1D20726839"><enum>(C)</enum><text>planning under the
National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14201FBB8FCD41D0A3C9BC9942F404C0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the preparation of
analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.) (NEPA);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E2E71DD56E9497F9AA58C37345B9E3B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the preparation of
analyses and the issuance of approvals as required under the Coastal Zone
Management Act (33 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE029100309004205B35294B30DCD2C7E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>authorizations
pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H051B23BA5C1247B6AED9145DB87D5321"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the issuance of
permits as may be required for the discharge of dredged or fill material into
the waters of the United States, including wetlands, under section 404 of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9736E5CCCE1415388AE638DA66ED0BD"><enum>(H)</enum><text>applications for
permits to drill under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2C26564EECC48C3A618AFC0BC6695B5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>exploration plans
and development and production plans and associated permits under the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42AFD69C41CE4832A9FAD7E39F78F86D"><enum>(J)</enum><text>to the maximum
extent practicable, for purposes of this paragraph, Federal agencies should
give preference to employees volunteering for reassignment to the regional
offices, and should offer incentives to attract and retain regional office
employees, including retaining contract employees, rotational assignments,
salary incentives of up to 120 percent of an employee’s existing salary
immediately prior to reassignment, or any combination of strategies;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE47BB5A2C07445D09C8BEE7BA87B15B2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>each employee
assigned pursuant to paragraph (6) should—</text>
<subparagraph id="H98C2E14D7AC94A0A97B5E71B2D817AB4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within 90 days
after the date of assignment, report to the regional office to which the
employee is assigned;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD555D745A9D74173BA50CEE9BAF29C14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be responsible for
all issues relating to the jurisdiction of the home office or agency of the
employee; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA7A6EA34D5384462A1B333DF9CCAD550"><enum>(C)</enum><text>participate as
part of the team working on proposed oil and gas projects, planning, and
environmental analyses; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H55709A4D92264C2C888F5DDCDB3E085F"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the Secretary
should appoint a Regional Permit Coordinator to be located within each regional
office established pursuant to this section, with full authority to act on
behalf of the Secretary, and consistent with the purposes of this subtitle, the
Regional Permit Coordinators should—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC8939BD4B0C6448F9A7EB29C733D0735"><enum>(A)</enum><text>pursue interagency
coordination and cooperation in the processing of permits required to support
oil and gas use authorizations on Federal lands;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5201167BC5D84CF2A139C6680ECF3FE3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>maintain or
enhance high standards of safety and environmental protection through improved
coordination;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DA6A6E1A66D4085997262912F685C31"><enum>(C)</enum><text>achieve process
streamlining and increased interagency efficiency, including elimination of
duplication between Federal and State agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3324B9DEA66C48BAB6C2890D83B278E2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>seek improved
information sharing and use, and an improved understanding of respective agency
mandates, roles, and responsibilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3C9ACBC72334E57A0471EC82AB03878"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide a more
consistent approach for the application of environmental science that will
ensure environmental protection for all areas affected by outer Continental
Shelf development, including Alaska; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2586DFFA4A3D4A1AB0C1C810260ECC8B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>establish
mechanisms to enhance coordination with State agencies with expertise and
responsibilities related to oil and gas use authorizations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HD9989F02D68E409B9F88A96BF09E6118"><enum>143.</enum><header>Reviews and
actions of Federal agencies</header>
<subsection id="H354747AAA6944DD18D41AC21AE23974F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Schedules for
timely permit decisionmaking</header>
<paragraph id="HA6A223CB3B1B460E9B32E853B7EFABDF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification of
applicant</header><text>Within 10 days after the date on which the Secretary
receives any oil and gas permit application or amended application, the
Secretary shall either notify the applicant that the application is complete or
notify the applicant that information is missing and specify the information
that is required to be submitted for the application to be complete.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CF7E023F42B44BCACE57D13423396A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Classification
of permit</header><text>Within 30 days after notifying such a permit applicant
that an application is complete, the Secretary, in consultation with the permit
applicant as necessary, shall determine and inform the Regional Permit
Coordinator responsible for that project area whether the proposed permit is a
class I, class II, or class III permit. The Regional Permit Coordinator shall
as soon as possible, but in no event later than 30 days following the
Secretary’s determination, establish a binding schedule to ensure the most
expeditious possible review and processing of the requested permit in
accordance with this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBAD843A9B4D443D6B8B3C7A4235915B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Permit classes
and schedules</header>
<paragraph id="HF629A048C57446CB84F593DC039D328F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Class i
permits</header><text>An oil and gas permit shall be designated as a class I
permit under this section if the permitted activity is of a nature that would
typically require preparation of an environmental impact statement under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to inform the permitting decision.
For such permits, the Regional Permit Coordinator shall establish a schedule
for timely completion of all permit reviews and processing, not to exceed 30
months. The Regional Permit Coordinator shall make the schedule publicly
available within 10 days after the schedule is established.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF7A09E3065A425591B38C32CEE0504D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Class ii
permits</header><text>An oil and gas permit shall be designated as a class II
permit under this section if the permitted activity is of a nature that would
typically be found not to significantly affect the quality of the human
environment under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. For such
permits, the Regional Permit Coordinator shall establish the most expeditious
schedule possible for completion of all permit reviews and processing, not to
exceed 90 days. The Regional Permit Coordinator may grant a one-time extension
of that schedule, not to exceed 60 days, upon a good cause showing that
additional time is necessary to complete permit decisions. Not later than 15
days after establishing or extending any schedule for a class II permit, the
Regional Permit Coordinator shall provide the permit applicant with the
schedule.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D4296BD7FEB47FD8D70F268B1E013AF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Class iii
permits and categorical exclusions</header>
<subparagraph id="H070116BEB4C64ADC9020B0E2B522D32D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
paragraphs (1) and (2), an oil and gas permit shall be designated as a class
III permit under this section if the permitted activity either qualifies for a
statutory or regulatory categorical exclusion under the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 or if the requirements under the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 and other applicable law for the permit have been completed
within 30 days after the date of a complete application. For such permits, the
permit shall be issued within 30 days after the date of a complete
application.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A637AF523544E6094314C2F11CA9E8A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is recognized that the purpose for
issuing a categorical exclusion is to eliminate the need for unnecessary
paperwork and effort under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for
categories of actions that normally do not warrant preparation of an
environmental impact statement or environmental assessment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H831EB191E38C492696A570F3F8DEDD7C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rebuttable
presumption</header><text>In the case of permits issued by the Bureau of Land
Management, the activities described in section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 15942) shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that a
categorical exclusion shall apply if the activities are to be conducted
pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), unless the Bureau
shall have found extraordinary circumstances to exist as a result of a review
conducted in accordance with 43 CFR 46.20(c), 43 CFR 46.215, and chapter 4 and
appendix 5 of the Bureau of Land Management NEPA Handbook, and shall have
reported the findings of this review to the Regional Permit Coordinator within
30 days after the date of a complete application. If extraordinary
circumstances exist in relation to the activities being considered, then the
application shall be eligible for a class I or class II permit as appropriate
under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9EA33546B97C4CCC80651A234D562951"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reclassification
of class ii permit</header><text>If prior to the expiration of the established
schedule for a class II permit newly discovered information indicates that the
class II permit will significantly affect the quality of the human environment,
the Secretary may, in consultation with the permit applicant, reclassify the
permit as a class I permit under paragraph (1), and the Regional Coordinator
shall establish an amended schedule that complies with the provisions of that
paragraph.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA5926E8C682847698AE14766CAB2C524"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Dispute
resolution</header><text>The Regional Permit Coordinator shall resolve all
administrative issues that affect oil and gas permit reviews. The Regional
Permit Coordinator shall report to the head of the relevant action agency, or
his or her designee, for resolution of any issue regarding an oil and gas
permit that may result in missing the schedule deadlines established pursuant
to subsection (b). The Regional Permit Coordinators shall include data
regarding the incidence and resolution of disputes under this subsection in
their reports to the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF90A01F7A4A44A18933DC2B7C9026035"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Remedies</header>
<paragraph id="HF823457B49B74E53BACAC30687DC063E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An applicant for a
class I permit may bring a cause of action to seek expedited mandamus review,
pursuant to the procedures in section 174, if a Regional Permit Coordinator or
the Secretary fails to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H61C9FFF3552746E88721A6794F79A55B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish a
schedule in accordance with subsection (b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBBA6D1D98054751BDB48BDF990A442B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enforce and ensure
completion of reviews within schedule deadlines; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H886B32A30DC84ABBAC84DFD3C0A1F389"><enum>(C)</enum><text>take all actions
as are necessary and proper to avoid jeopardizing the timely completion of the
entire schedule.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H708F315AE9444AD79FD2210D464EAA55"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failure to
comply with schedule</header><text>If an agency fails to complete its review of
and issue a decision upon a permit within the schedule established by the Court
pursuant to section 174, that permit shall be deemed granted to the
applicant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H916B8E88FC5E4A73868416833C0EA64F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prohibition of
certain terms and conditions</header><text>No Federal agency may include in any
permit, right-of-way, or other authorization issued for an oil and gas project
subject to the provisions of this subtitle, any term or condition that may be
authorized, but is not required, by the provisions of any applicable law, if
such term or condition would prevent or impair in any significant respect
completion of a permit review within the time schedule established pursuant to
subsection (b) or would otherwise impair in any significant respect expeditious
oil and gas development. No Regional Permit Coordinator shall have any
authority to impose any terms, conditions, or requirements beyond those imposed
by any Federal law, agency, regulation, or lease term.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H419D850C0F1247B39D839EBEAE485CF5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Consolidated
record</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the appropriate Regional
Permit Coordinator, with the cooperation of Federal and State administrative
officials and agencies, shall maintain a complete, consolidated record of all
decisions made or actions taken by the Regional Permit Coordinators or by any
Federal agency with respect to any oil and gas permit.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HED14AC13C55C498E86FB1A5D7A43B3B0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The
Secretary shall carry out this section with amounts that are otherwise
available for related purposes.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3D5D59DE3F784C26A55AAAE5A8EA639A"><enum>144.</enum><header>Lead
agency</header>
<subsection id="H7133B371FCEA409F9FC27DB801502F15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
provisions of this section apply pursuant to this Act only where a Priority
Energy Project is subject to the jurisdiction of more than one Federal agency
or upon the election of the Priority Energy Project Developer.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6FFC398E1EDB4A2CBED90F4AD4EF28B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Lead
agency</header><text>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall act as the
lead agency for purposes of coordinating, reviewing, or otherwise granting any
permit or authorization or other agency action regarding a Priority Energy
Project pursuant to this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H34C4B9FC0F3D4EB09AA056736F6F3035"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority To set
deadlines</header><text>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in
consultation with other Federal agencies and, as appropriate, with Indian
tribes, multi-State entities, and State agencies that are willing to coordinate
their own separate permitting and environmental reviews with the lead agency,
shall establish prompt and binding intermediate milestones and final deadlines
for the granting of permits or authorizations or other agency actions relating
to the Priority Energy Project not later than 90 days following notification by
a Priority Energy Project Developer that it is invoking the provisions of this
section for its Priority Energy Project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1AC83CDAF239483299A8054F6EFC8453"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirement To
meet deadlines</header><text>All Federal agencies shall meet the deadlines
established under subsection (c) and cooperate fully with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission in its capacity as lead agency pursuant to this Act. In
the event an agency fails to act in accordance with a final deadline
established pursuant to subsection (c) regarding a Priority Energy Project, the
permit or authorization or other agency action shall be deemed granted and
approved.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4FBEF9206DFD436480E07B52969D9026"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Appeals</header><text>As
lead agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall hear all agency
appeals in lieu of an affected agency regarding a Priority Energy Project and
in hearing such appeals is authorized to remand, reverse, or revise any agency
decision.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H883D35D55C1B40ABBA02941915B6D451"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Consolidated
record</header><text>As lead agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
in consultation with other Federal agencies, shall prepare a single
environmental review document, which shall be used as the basis for all
decisions regarding the Priority Energy Project under Federal law. The document
may be an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), if
warranted, or such other form of analysis.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H27892BE77F7D41019AEA2CEAEA9C9470"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Resources</header><text>All
Federal agencies are required, upon request of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, as lead agency, to allocate personnel and other resources to assist
it in fulfilling its obligations under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDF3D7323FC814D5DA3CE8F2B1927B8B8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Relationship to
NEPA and Energy Policy Act of 2005</header>
<paragraph id="H1A89E85815B644F0B2C39E3132FBA7B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 390(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 15942(a)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6CADFCB60CF745CFA7B5E1E8F4A00249"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>rebuttable presumption that the use of a</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3168799F19349C2BD88626D1737EA10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>would apply</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBFCBC2DBEBBA465E9F72087478CFF3D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mineral Leasing
Act</header><text>Section 17(p) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(p))
is repealed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF9EFD0E59FD84D4A8C0F3FEA16443037"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Additional
powers and responsibilities</header>
<paragraph id="H6CBD45E26ED8451998F4A37818476CE7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Regional permit
coordinator reports</header><text>The Regional Permit Coordinators shall each
submit a report to the Secretary by December 31 of each year that documents
each office’s performance in meeting the objectives under this subtitle,
including recommendations to further streamline the permitting process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07A86244EA634C8E86D9C20628E2F451"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Redirection of
priorities or resources</header><text>In order to expedite overall permitting
activity, the Secretary may redirect the priority of regional office activities
or the allocation of resources among such offices, and shall engage the
agencies that are parties to the memorandum of understanding under section
142(c) to the extent such adjustments implicate their respective staffs or
resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDDF633DBF51E4C42ADEB2572DF0B8873"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Beginning 3 years after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit a report to the President and
Congress by April 15 of each year that outlines the results achieved under this
subtitle and makes recommendations to the President and Congress for further
improvements in processing oil and gas permits on Federal lands.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H71B7AAD4CF0A4858A96697D3F2F738F4"><enum>145.</enum><header>Congressional
review of agency rulemaking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/8">Chapter 8</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<chapter commented="no" id="H9716DA1A9DB240159733855328C8D94F" level-type="subsequent"><enum>8</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional Review of Agency
Rulemaking</header>
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<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">801. Congressional
review.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">802. Congressional approval
procedure for major rules.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">803. Congressional
disapproval procedure for nonmajor rules.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">804. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">805. Judicial
review.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">806. Exemption for monetary
policy.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">807. Effective date of
certain rules.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04BD18DE635B47DC9E02B69F15B555CC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional review</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC31C99A1A64347D7BA7ECDCFA5FF6596"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD352C0E9F9C14CD4B2736086AA8B7A86"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEA531EC31676427991A416F9733F9A1C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before a rule may take effect, the Federal
agency promulgating such rule shall submit to each House of the Congress and to
the Comptroller General a report containing—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD330013084D547C6BA19B50973FFDA8E" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a copy of the rule;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D30CD764DCA41278CD38AA91BEA5C57" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a
concise general statement relating to the rule;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99C67BD2F5FF42E5B4FBD580ED9E4BC7" indent="up2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a classification of the rule as a major or
nonmajor rule, including an explanation of the classification specifically
addressing each criteria for a major rule contained within sections 804(2)(A),
804(2)(B), and 804(2)(C);</text>
</clause><clause id="H16F70A5E505A482797FE782B1D979FEA" indent="up2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a list of any other related
regulatory actions intended to implement the same statutory provision or
regulatory objective as well as the individual and aggregate economic effects
of those actions; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEB6CAEDA346745E4A0F4F68166425C05" indent="up2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the proposed effective date of the
rule.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H148A094CF1684F9B934E81FBD92E4BAF" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the date of the submission of the report
under subparagraph (A), the Federal agency promulgating the rule shall submit
to the Comptroller General and make available to each House of Congress—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AED1EA6F037442BBFCC3CC85F701E1A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a complete copy of the cost-benefit
analysis of the rule, if any, including an analysis of any jobs added or lost,
differentiating between public and private sector jobs;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H405A760A82FB411FB5701B8186D9AF9F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agency’s actions pursuant to sections
603, 604, 605, 607, and 609 of this title;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F4C4F2C90FC4571BCD2A53122ED3393"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agency’s actions pursuant to sections
202, 203, 204, and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C9EE9814DB34247AA47B4728EB4DC01"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other relevant information or
requirements under any other Act and any relevant Executive orders.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DE6423E1FBB4DD6A185074E50265501" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon receipt of a report submitted under
subparagraph (A), each House shall provide copies of the report to the chairman
and ranking member of each standing committee with jurisdiction under the rules
of the House of Representatives or the Senate to report a bill to amend the
provision of law under which the rule is issued.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CCA262299A6412A9767DB6B111F36A2" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H27AF2E906FF74110A2E3495FEC966E7D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall provide a
report on each major rule to the committees of jurisdiction by the end of 15
calendar days after the submission or publication date as provided in section
802(b)(2). The report of the Comptroller General shall include an assessment of
the agency’s compliance with procedural steps required by paragraph
(1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF25545A7FD73414CBFD06D49BACA34DC" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal agencies shall cooperate with the
Comptroller General by providing information relevant to the Comptroller
General’s report under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91A11C3736974CBDBF553E1BD54013FB" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
major rule relating to a report submitted under paragraph (1) shall take effect
upon enactment of a joint resolution of approval described in section 802 or as
provided for in the rule following enactment of a joint resolution of approval
described in section 802, whichever is later.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F680AB8D5B84F9EA1584D120038B7DD" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
nonmajor rule shall take effect as provided by section 803 after submission to
Congress under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE89EEE306848435FBDC8871290FCC7C8" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a joint resolution of approval relating
to a major rule is not enacted within the period provided in subsection (b)(2),
then a joint resolution of approval relating to the same rule may not be
considered under this chapter in the same Congress by either the House of
Representatives or the Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8C8C1E1A2C44D0F9C0BBC4CCE70BD5B"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE7BD5945E5654845909EE960C8F8A660"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A major rule shall not take effect unless
the Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval described under section
802.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5789CDAABDC244BCA967237564EC4CC1" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a joint resolution described in
subsection (a) is not enacted into law by the end of 70 session days or
legislative days, as applicable, beginning on the date on which the report
referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress (excluding days
either House of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a session of
Congress), then the rule described in that resolution shall be deemed not to be
approved and such rule shall not take effect.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB786DFB057AC4F419D00CA0D8905AE38"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H63C5EA65814C43749CBDC94272E78312"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section (except subject to paragraph (3)), a major rule may take effect for one
90-calendar-day period if the President makes a determination under paragraph
(2) and submits written notice of such determination to the Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AA446ECBC354401A64D7BB0452DBEE2" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) applies to a determination
made by the President by Executive order that the major rule should take effect
because such rule is—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB85C620189214C0CBAA6E11A9D3CF9E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">necessary because of an imminent threat to
health or safety or other emergency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AF78FFC38F348D09CD6225577A7F6F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">necessary for the enforcement of criminal
laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF1BF2F6CC564D2ABBD868E9D58BE66B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">necessary for national security; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93331729308D4E0A84900D7EB8DBFCA4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issued pursuant to any statute implementing
an international trade agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9783E301AD704EAF9D6DEC0679B72810" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An exercise by the President of the
authority under this subsection shall have no effect on the procedures under
section 802.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33E980E822F743B9804AA938ED15456F"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5463447C8CB74FAD90EC3D4EE5BF2C90"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the opportunity for review
otherwise provided under this chapter, in the case of any rule for which a
report was submitted in accordance with subsection (a)(1)(A) during the period
beginning on the date occurring—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06052C2EBC1C4C20A843B17140B24987" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of the Senate, 60 session days,
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3708D924664147DDB6353F1470BBA971" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of the House of
Representatives, 60 legislative days,</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subsection">before the date the Congress is
scheduled to adjourn a session of Congress through the date on which the same
or succeeding Congress first convenes its next session, sections 802 and 803
shall apply to such rule in the succeeding session of Congress.</continuation-text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F5D68035FC24088A0DCE71D9C7BEE7A" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H399A15D7C88942D38C003829EFEAF48C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In applying sections 802 and 803 for
purposes of such additional review, a rule described under paragraph (1) shall
be treated as though—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B73BD8F3143434081BF6C37BD88B1A7" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such rule were published in the Federal
Register on—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABDDCCE5D37443168AD24243FB1DF506"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of the Senate, the 15th session
day, or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C80199431604710BFE4A02A862980FC"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of the House of
Representatives, the 15th legislative day,</text>
</subclause><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="clause">after the succeeding session of Congress
first convenes; and</continuation-text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F3CEAE14C424691AEAA6B6BE268E070" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a
report on such rule were submitted to Congress under subsection (a)(1) on such
date.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E133D5016D2480888380661F11A81A9" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to affect the requirement under subsection (a)(1) that a report shall
be submitted to Congress before a rule can take effect.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B75B15A9CE549EFA205F2F29DD5AB5B" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
rule described under paragraph (1) shall take effect as otherwise provided by
law (including other subsections of this section).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFF011D54E7D84202AE1965AB9BC0CFE9"><enum>802.</enum><header>Congressional
approval procedure for major rules</header>
<subsection id="HB51049BC24684492A1D2CD02A480044B"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5A18C98E7ECF4644A86BEE0A8B1672FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For purposes of this
section, the term <term>joint resolution</term> means only a joint resolution
addressing a report classifying a rule as major pursuant to section
801(a)(1)(A)(iii) that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H49425E1EA61D4C4A8BFB9810AC83C90C" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>bears no preamble;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1625FC28DB5F428D94890E48376690A8" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>bears the following title (with blanks
filled as appropriate): <quote>Approving the rule submitted by ___ relating to
___.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H086A41B4DF1A4C629716E88174DC8D53" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes after its resolving clause
only the following (with blanks filled as appropriate): <quote>That Congress
approves the rule submitted by ___ relating to ___.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H008CC846B53C433FA7E9C682DB833B46" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is introduced pursuant to paragraph
(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA8521076D7C640C68C62262B56661A0B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>After a House of Congress receives a
report classifying a rule as major pursuant to section 801(a)(1)(A)(iii), the
majority leader of that House (or his or her respective designee) shall
introduce (by request, if appropriate) a joint resolution described in
paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H120E1579FC73435A897D9E3C9889723D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of the House of
Representatives, within three legislative days; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H396A0029757D4CC08180E5AFE3293866"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of the Senate, within
three session days.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H95AF1577CDD042A4B07C75758E644684" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A joint resolution described in
paragraph (1) shall not be subject to amendment at any stage of
proceeding.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H56B752FA71824E99A19B68619432346B"><enum>(b)</enum><text>A joint resolution
described in subsection (a) shall be referred in each House of Congress to the
committees having jurisdiction over the provision of law under which the rule
is issued.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB8E0E0F6054447638515BD2F0D530784"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate, if the committee or
committees to which a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has been
referred have not reported it at the end of 15 session days after its
introduction, such committee or committees shall be automatically discharged
from further consideration of the resolution and it shall be placed on the
calendar. A vote on final passage of the resolution shall be taken on or before
the close of the 15th session day after the resolution is reported by the
committee or committees to which it was referred, or after such committee or
committees have been discharged from further consideration of the
resolution.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6C2E102453B54F1C849E9CFB587A80CD"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8CC74AEF3E7F4EFEA9B5E87AF9CB6C92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In the Senate, when the
committee or committees to which a joint resolution is referred have reported,
or when a committee or committees are discharged (under subsection (c)) from
further consideration of a joint resolution described in subsection (a), it is
at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the same
effect has been disagreed to) for a motion to proceed to the consideration of
the joint resolution, and all points of order against the joint resolution (and
against consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. The motion is not
subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to
the consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to
proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint
resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate until disposed
of.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD3C4456EE0C4AA88BAB66A1E6C365B3" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In the Senate, debate on the joint
resolution, and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith,
shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, which shall be divided equally
between those favoring and those opposing the joint resolution. A motion to
further limit debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment to, or a
motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other
business, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution is not in order.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B1AFA49CB084510A5E92AB45C042426" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In the Senate, immediately following
the conclusion of the debate on a joint resolution described in subsection (a),
and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in
accordance with the rules of the Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint
resolution shall occur.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71DBE73580394080B1878650130714AC" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Appeals from the decisions of the
Chair relating to the application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure
relating to a joint resolution described in subsection (a) shall be decided
without debate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H89C0CA6027A7451C8C24502F69CA2DE2"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the House of Representatives, if any
committee to which a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has been
referred has not reported it to the House at the end of 15 legislative days
after its introduction, such committee shall be discharged from further
consideration of the joint resolution, and it shall be placed on the
appropriate calendar. On the second and fourth Thursdays of each month it shall
be in order at any time for the Speaker to recognize a Member who favors
passage of a joint resolution that has appeared on the calendar for at least 5
legislative days to call up that joint resolution for immediate consideration
in the House without intervention of any point of order. When so called up a
joint resolution shall be considered as read and shall be debatable for 1 hour
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and the
previous question shall be considered as ordered to its passage without
intervening motion. It shall not be in order to reconsider the vote on passage.
If a vote on final passage of the joint resolution has not been taken by the
third Thursday on which the Speaker may recognize a Member under this
subsection, such vote shall be taken on that day.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC821C9CB6F074E9788EA3220F7B6D883"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8979A8B507244C7F8D7D89CFD299778A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If, before passing a
joint resolution described in subsection (a), one House receives from the other
a joint resolution having the same text, then—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6EBC11B9F0204C03A92605D4CCC28EBC" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the joint resolution of the other
House shall not be referred to a committee; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC96B5060DB914A79B5A7AE23B585385C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the procedure in the receiving House
shall be the same as if no joint resolution had been received from the other
House until the vote on passage, when the joint resolution received from the
other House shall supplant the joint resolution of the receiving House.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF4C9407291914485B66DDB6A7215F273" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection shall not apply to the
House of Representatives if the joint resolution received from the Senate is a
revenue measure.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H455DE772068F4B7D9114FBBD0A3F0AD0"><enum>(g)</enum><text>If either House
has not taken a vote on final passage of the joint resolution by the last day
of the period described in section 801(b)(2), then such vote shall be taken on
that day.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA5D5F445EB9945A7BEA168B8D7DC6A9D"><enum>(h)</enum><text>This section and
section 803 are enacted by Congress—</text>
<paragraph id="H23B01853D32144B9BEA95DED18CAA20F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as an exercise of
the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively,
and as such is deemed to be part of the rules of each House, respectively, but
applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in
the case of a joint resolution described in subsection (a) and superseding
other rules only where explicitly so; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H490D4B3C79E94282B39FCDC326CB4F0D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with full
recognition of the Constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so
far as they relate to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same
manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that
House.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0BD23A6154EB47868561D461AF2724D9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>803.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional disapproval procedure for
nonmajor rules</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92CD5C1E797F4878845C1F6BB4EDAB8D"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term
<term>joint resolution</term> means only a joint resolution introduced in the
period beginning on the date on which the report referred to in section
801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress and ending 60 days thereafter (excluding
days either House of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a
session of Congress), the matter after the resolving clause of which is as
follows: <quote>That Congress disapproves the nonmajor rule submitted by the
___ relating to ___ , and such rule shall have no force or effect.</quote> (The
blank spaces being appropriately filled in).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B6B71FB877A442083E5305D32ED1552"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3A2AD533F7AC4998982C718C0413CC15"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A joint resolution described in subsection
(a) shall be referred to the committees in each House of Congress with
jurisdiction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H247EA06C244A42B79E9B069906A2ED11" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term
submission or publication date means the later of the date on which—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED92765A5FDA4673A5B5DC67DCB7B1CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Congress receives the report submitted
under section 801(a)(1); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4225DF5BBB5B4FC7A37C4174D29A15AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the nonmajor rule is published in the
Federal Register, if so published.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC797CB3DFB847868A3B0C3D29DE77F8"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate, if the committee to which is
referred a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has not reported such
joint resolution (or an identical joint resolution) at the end of 15 session
days after the date of introduction of the joint resolution, such committee may
be discharged from further consideration of such joint resolution upon a
petition supported in writing by 30 Members of the Senate, and such joint
resolution shall be placed on the calendar.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25D0F4957B544224BEC1D127CF99BF84"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD092ACD083364B9BBB5309162AA66A8A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate, when the committee to which
a joint resolution is referred has reported, or when a committee is discharged
(under subsection (c)) from further consideration of a joint resolution
described in subsection (a), it is at any time thereafter in order (even though
a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) for a motion to
proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and all points of order
against the joint resolution (and against consideration of the joint
resolution) are waived. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion
to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business.
A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed
to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the
joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished
business of the Senate until disposed of.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B41B7EFB9534E22810A3A2A5BC4DA42" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate, debate on the joint
resolution, and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith,
shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally
between those favoring and those opposing the joint resolution. A motion to
further limit debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment to, or a
motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other
business, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution is not in order.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H209013FC49CB4F7687E105E9DE533ACE" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate, immediately following the
conclusion of the debate on a joint resolution described in subsection (a), and
a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance
with the rules of the Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution
shall occur.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46B87192D18D44369A9F2EF90442AA2F" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appeals from the decisions of the Chair
relating to the application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure
relating to a joint resolution described in subsection (a) shall be decided
without debate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36BD8D29368645B7924662993CA38002"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the Senate the procedure specified in
subsection (c) or (d) shall not apply to the consideration of a joint
resolution respecting a nonmajor rule—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB39BAF7C14F43FBA4839D8936A023A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after the expiration of the 60 session days
beginning with the applicable submission or publication date, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F18323685B146E1B3A6C0E6A99318DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the report under section 801(a)(1)(A)
was submitted during the period referred to in section 801(d)(1), after the
expiration of the 60 session days beginning on the 15th session day after the
succeeding session of Congress first convenes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7E80E55E4DD45D0B468A10A1E3C8507"><enum>(f)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, before the passage by one House of a
joint resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that House receives
from the other House a joint resolution described in subsection (a), then the
following procedures shall apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HAFE011B1A45047D98CA7C261029CC90C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The joint
resolution of the other House shall not be referred to a committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H142561D15D8B4E4A8AB20DDEC01A4F6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a joint resolution
described in subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint resolution—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99DB3A75A88648DCB248DAF9EBB4B2DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the procedure in that House shall be the
same as if no joint resolution had been received from the other House;
but</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F94202163134D15944675EB3AAC761C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the vote on final passage shall be on the
joint resolution of the other House.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EC8F6C3A37C4EC18D6F495CBBE35373" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>804.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this chapter—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9EC22DF76F8745A2BA12B60D898F94C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Federal agency</term> means
any agency as that term is defined in section 551(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FFBFBFF779D4FD4BABF9286DC4F73CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>major rule</term> means any
rule, including an interim final rule, that the Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget finds
has resulted in or is likely to result in—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEB4DB55B3A240548F504D9F4AB291C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an annual effect on the economy of
$100,000,000 or more;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3368E281D16A44F5B8764EDD36F8A26A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a major increase in costs or prices for
consumers, individual industries, Federal, State, or local government agencies,
or geographic regions; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE12B69C02B40462B89F307DC2FAE6D63"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4827981E90E9494D969B58FA2CB983D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>nonmajor rule</term> means
any rule that is not a major rule.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D8EDE4B35AD4312860C268F372E0DEF"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>rule</term> has the meaning
given such term in section 551, except that such term does not include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD78C66BA8014AFCA2FCFC0A7B66A6EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any rule of particular applicability,
including a rule that approves or prescribes for the future rates, wages,
prices, services, or allowances therefore, corporate or financial structures,
reorganizations, mergers, or acquisitions thereof, or accounting practices or
disclosures bearing on any of the foregoing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDED3D2C456024BC7B56BAFB875532F51"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any rule relating to agency management or
personnel; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE96BAAD0FCD04226BF478AE3EE487589"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any rule of agency organization, procedure,
or practice that does not substantially affect the rights or obligations of
non-agency parties.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD019F7CD80F4313B9CCEB659B4A13FE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>805.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Judicial review</header>
<subsection id="H48EAB8A71C3E4B609C1C90234CD951EC"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No determination, finding, action, or
omission under this chapter shall be subject to judicial review.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H27C80B0554754259962AD5472A5A5BE5"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (a), a court may
determine whether a Federal agency has completed the necessary requirements
under this chapter for a rule to take effect.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H50A85F8481414FCFBE417A33E9274379"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The enactment of a joint resolution of
approval under section 802 shall not be interpreted to serve as a grant or
modification of statutory authority by Congress for the promulgation of a rule,
shall not extinguish or affect any claim, whether substantive or procedural,
against any alleged defect in a rule, and shall not form part of the record
before the court in any judicial proceeding concerning a rule except for
purposes of determining whether or not the rule is in effect.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69F686FB0FEB421C915E858D5CD6BB50" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>806.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exemption for monetary policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this chapter shall apply to rules
that concern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFD7DC3EE24040FAA05D3962CC23EFE5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>807.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date of certain
rules</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section
801—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BB9ADF507A84F80B59CC7E7EDC7823B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any rule that establishes, modifies, opens,
closes, or conducts a regulatory program for a commercial, recreational, or
subsistence activity related to hunting, fishing, or camping; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D3348B7FD91400993E658008F906A1A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any rule other than a major rule which an
agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the finding and a brief statement
of reasons therefore in the rule issued) that notice and public procedure
thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest,</text>
</paragraph></section></chapter><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">shall
take effect at such time as the Federal agency promulgating the rule
determines.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H001D7FB378614A8B836D0C2E0D5719BD"><enum>146.</enum><header>State
coordination regarding Federal oil and gas permitting</header>
<subsection id="HA815BE989EB8455D8B48815419F0BAD5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>in
general</header><text>The Secretary shall invite the Governor of any State
wherein an oil and gas operation may require a Federal permit, or the coastline
of which is in immediate geographic proximity to oil and gas operations on the
outer Continental Shelf, to be a signatory to the memorandum under section
142(c) for purposes of fulfilling any State responsibilities with respect to
Federal oil and gas permitting decisions. The Regional Permit Coordinators
shall facilitate and coordinate concurrent State reviews of requested permits
for oil and gas projects on the outer Continental Shelf.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H37112450B4464E9E8A35B730C6459373"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cooperative
agreements</header><text>The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements
with affected States for purposes of this section, consistent with this title
and other applicable Federal law. Such agreements may include the sharing of
information, the joint utilization of available expertise, the facilitating of
permitting procedures, joint planning and review, and the formation of joint
surveillance and monitoring arrangements to carry out applicable Federal and
State laws, regulations, and stipulations relevant to oil and gas operations
that may be carried out pursuant to this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFB936249E1AE4151B08EBA8ACF6C8B4D"><enum>147.</enum><header>State
consultation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A Federal agency
with jurisdiction over a Priority Energy Project may delegate to the State in
which the Priority Energy Project is located the Federal agency’s
responsibilities for environmental reviews, consultations, or decisions or
other actions required under any Federal law regarding the Priority Energy
Project. After authority is delegated under this section to a State it may be
revoked only by an Act of Congress. The Federal agency may provide financial
and other forms of assistance to States, multistate entities, and Indian tribes
to facilitate the coordination and delegation under this section.</text>
</section><section id="H58274ABC6159410CB0583471C5530762"><enum>148.</enum><header>Savings
provision</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as expressly
stated, nothing in this subtitle affects—</text>
<paragraph id="H9DA3053328964B88B5B480805543EED1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the applicability
of any Federal or State law; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C781A739C2E47879C360557CB511551"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any delegation of
authority made by the head of a Federal agency the employees of which are
participating in the implementation of this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7D5601AFF76D435E9E428D15456380E4"><enum>149.</enum><header>Review of
agency permitting decisions</header>
<subsection id="H5C215F04FE6849798DA8DC82D65D6D2C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administrative
review</header><text>Any oil and gas permitting decision for Federal lands
onshore or on the outer Continental Shelf under this subtitle shall not be
subject to further administrative review within the respective Federal agency
responsible for that decision, and shall be the final decision of that agency
for purposes of judicial review.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF583F7D93B574837ADF4DBD9C0881C87"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text>Any oil and gas permitting decision for Federal lands
onshore or on the outer Continental Shelf under this subtitle shall be subject
to judicial review only in accordance with section 174.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6CBE4ED72A614BD68B8F3E7ABEBA6B20"><enum>150.</enum><header>Deadline for
decision on agency appeals</header>
<subsection id="HCE743BF18CDA4F00A2593D26B10BD585"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deadline for
decision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120
days after the date of the filing of an appeal by a Priority Energy Project
Developer, the agency shall issue a final decision.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4C859BFC38B84089877D056DA4DE9F76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Failure To
act</header><text>In the event the agency fails to meet the deadline of this
section, the appeal shall be decided in favor of the Priority Energy Project
Developer.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HF2402E979A7943B9BD3E3B402BA008C1"><enum>E</enum><header>Prohibition on New
Wilderness or Wilderness Study Areas on Lands Administered by the BLM Without
Congressional Approval; Indian land development </header>
<section id="H16C332245E144883B9D709C279F0D5F4"><enum>161.</enum><header>Repeal of
Executive order</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Bureau of
Land Management shall not implement, administer, or enforce Secretarial Order
No. 3310, issued by the Secretary of the Interior on December 22, 2010, except
by Congressional approval.</text>
</section><section id="H557873D5ECA84964ABC2C4542164138B"><enum>162.</enum><header>Wilderness
designation procedures</header>
<subsection id="HBA86376FF7CF4BF097AFB68418CD2FC0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Precondition to
designation</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior may not designate or
issue a recommendation to designate a wilderness or wilderness study area as
<quote>Wild Lands</quote>, <quote>Wilderness</quote>, or any other protective
designation on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management before the
last day of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary
provides a description and map of the land proposed to be so designated to
Congress and to the Governor of each State with jurisdiction over parcels of
land located within the boundaries of the area proposed to be
designated.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBE4BBA53BEA5428294E56FC8F9EA5C2F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public
participation</header>
<paragraph id="HFDCC8F9A6D294043A9B5CE6E9D83CDCB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Public hearing
requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="H078A98BFA7774F428AFB09FDC4A4A124"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (D), not later than 90 days after
the date on which the Secretary of Interior issues a recommendation under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall hold not fewer than one public hearing
within a county (or comparable unit of local government) located wholly or in
part within the boundaries of the proposed wilderness or wilderness study area.
The Secretary shall ensure that all interested individuals are afforded an
opportunity to participate in a hearing held under this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3466085C19A4F53B44A9B9B1EE9E13E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Comments</header><text>The
Secretary of the Interior shall solicit comments from the public at a hearing
held under subparagraph (A), and shall enter all comments received at or
related to such hearing into the record of the hearing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0C2BFC206664A5CABF0F0D531EDD8D5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Availability of
record</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall promptly make the
record of a hearing held under subparagraph (A), including a transcript of the
hearing, available to the public on the Internet or by other electronic means.
The Secretary shall ensure that any components of the record that are completed
before the entire record is finalized are made available upon their
completion.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0E974E2F2454D25950BFB863B7A9F08"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
Secretary of the Interior may decline to hold a public hearing under
subparagraph (A) if each unit of local government located wholly or in part
within the boundaries of the national monument expressly waives the right to
such hearing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86A8FA0ACB2F4B85880AA70A10F25DE4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice and
comment period requirement</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date
on which Secretary of Interior issues a recommendation under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall initiate a notice and comment period to receive comments
from the public regarding the recommendation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA55AFEA387C4DA090A57A395745F538"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header>
<subparagraph id="HFB51451B1C3E4D099E0CBA9170D2126B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Not
later than one year after issuing a recommendation to designate a wilderness or
wilderness study area under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report containing the following:</text>
<clause id="H076C70AFA17E4F5388C05A55D7F3C287"><enum>(i)</enum><text>An
analysis of the economic impact of the designation on the communities within
100 miles of the boundaries of the proposed wilderness or wilderness study
area, including an estimate of the tax revenues that will be lost to, or gained
for, the Federal, State, and local governments as a result of the
designation.</text>
</clause><clause id="H846A0A0326634655B1461FE135BB8287"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An analysis of the impact the designation
will have on the Nation’s energy security, including the effects of the loss of
sites to produce wind, geothermal, or solar energy, and the number of barrels
of oil, tons of coal, or cubic feet of natural gas that will become unavailable
as a result of the designation.</text>
</clause><clause id="H183DD886743F4614BBBA57B0894D4B5A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The projected
impact of the designation on interests, rights, and uses associated with the
parcels of land within the boundaries of the monument, including water rights,
hunting, recreational shooting, grazing, timber production, vegetation
manipulation to maintain forest health, off-road vehicle use, hiking, horseback
riding, and mineral and energy leases, claims, and permits.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB782835E0E9F4D7DB0EA785B986F4BC4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The
record of any hearings held under paragraph (1).</text>
</clause><clause id="H28E5DE80A0D448BB84E9D1C3D18F69D0"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Any
written comments received during the notice and comment period conducted under
paragraph (2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27EDB70D336C4964B149873E783CEE76"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The
Secretary of Interior shall ensure that—</text>
<clause id="H792E43A004054DE3B0A7C383B2DA45E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
report submitted to Congress under subparagraph (A) is published on the
Department of Interior Web site upon completion; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H886E73D8B1AF49D9B8F0BA8F90A2F6F8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any
components of the report that are completed before the entire report is
finalized and submitted to Congress are published on the Department of Interior
Web site upon their completion.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H467CBFCD4D56470EA62EEA928E05F315"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Implementation
guidelines</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the
States, shall develop and publish guidelines to provide for the implementation
of subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H75328BC0322947C7903B8AE4B5657611"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Congressional
Approval of designation</header>
<paragraph id="H18FC84BF7FAE4D1288909BC410656101"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Approval
required</header><text>A designation issued under subsection (a) shall cease to
be effective following the last day of the 2-year period beginning on the date
on which the Secretary of Interior issued the designation, unless the report is
approved by an Act of Congress on or before that last day.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B1D6522CE874468AF9466C9D329EEA3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Management of
land before Approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During
the period between the issuance of the report described in subsection (b)(3)
and congressional approval described above, the Secretary of Interior shall
ensure that any restriction placed on land and interests, rights, or uses
associated with the parcels of land designated as a national monument,
including water rights, hunting, recreational shooting, grazing, timber
production, vegetation manipulation to maintain forest health, off-road vehicle
use, hiking, horseback riding, and mineral and energy leases, claims, and
permits, is narrowly tailored and essential to the proper care and management
of the objects to be protected.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F7A44C39D2B41638B2C6E9E8AAB7D24"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect of
nonapproval</header><text>If Congress does not approve the report, any
reservation of land made by the report, and any restriction imposed as a result
of the report on interests, rights, or uses associated with the parcels of
land, shall cease to be effective following the last day of the 2-year period
referred to in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HBB9E12C7E9C04994A4152BC4E0C155E5"><enum>163.</enum><header>Future
executive branch actions</header>
<subsection id="HF6A812145BD448628FDC3F6BCDE8B43E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Effectiveness</header><text>Upon
enactment of this Act, no executive branch action that withdraws more than 100
acres, in the aggregate, of public lands within the United States pursuant to
the Antiquities Act of 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) or any other relevant
authority shall be effective except by compliance with this section. The
provisions of this subsection shall apply to executive branch actions that
withdraw less than 100 acres of public land where such withdrawals are located
within 100 miles of any other withdrawal of public lands.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA6956580FFF04741B54DE3684B700BCF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><text>To
the extent authorized by existing law, the President or the relevant head of an
agency may withdraw public lands in the United States provided that such
withdrawal shall not be effective until notice is provided in the Federal
Register and to the House of Representatives and the Senate. Such withdrawal
shall terminate unless approved by a Federal statute not later than one year
after the notice of such withdrawal has been submitted to Congress.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H520C267A43BE4296B6D0F9E28DB41D36"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>If
Congress fails to pass an Act approving a withdrawal under subsection (b), the
President or the relevant head of an agency shall be prohibited from
withdrawing such land or a similar area of public lands until at least 5 years
after the end of the time period described in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF386161517FA48FEB08E6689E9FBD58B"><enum>164.</enum><header>Leases for
development of natural resources on Indian lands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (a) of the first section of the
Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious,
educational, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring
the grant of long-term leases (25 U.S.C. 415(a); commonly known as the
<quote>Long-term Leasing Act</quote>) is amended by striking <quote>including
the development or utilization of natural resources in connection with
operations under such leases</quote> and inserting <quote>except leases for the
development or utilization of natural resources and leases in connection with
operations under such leases, neither of which shall require Secretarial
approval under this section,</quote>.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H252A669178654D05BF610CC6489731E1"><enum>F</enum><header>Legal Causes and
Claims Pertaining to the Leasing and Development of Federal Lands for
Exploration and Production of Oil, Natural Gas, Associated Hydrocarbons, and
Oil Shale</header>
<section id="H301CDED1349E4FCBA9F1CBB9DED8DCB5"><enum>171.</enum><header>Oil shale, tar
sands, and other strategic unconventional fuels</header>
<subsection id="H466E040F23F94050973005F6A1025996"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Jurisdiction</header><text>Upon
enactment of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in lieu of the
Department of the Interior, shall be granted exclusive jurisdiction and all
relevant authority to implement and administer the leasing program for research
and development of oil shale and tar sands and all other programs and
requirements contained in section 369 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public
Law 109–58; 42 U.S.C. 15927).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H425687566D3B4EDDA9CCB7973D0A7670"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Upon
enactment of this Act and pursuant to paragraph (1), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission shall immediately stay all regulations and guidelines
promulgated by the Department of the Interior or any other agency under section
369 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and, notwithstanding any other law,
publish proposed rules in the Federal Register not later than 6 months
following enactment of this Act that fully implement as expeditiously as
practicable the provisions of such section 369. The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission shall publish final rules not later than 18 months following
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1D0AD72B864E412FB47DA25DEBBA0A18"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Resources</header><text>The
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is authorized to request from the
Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy any resources and
personnel that it deems necessary to implement and administer the provisions of
this subsection, and the Department of the Interior and the Department of
Energy are required to provide such resources and personnel as
requested.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB500046D0E47483B8C363255A6E4F63C"><enum>172.</enum><header>Energy
production on Federal lands</header>
<subsection id="HE515E4CAE2354606B74C4B0AC2990B47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The
Secretary of the Interior is directed to take sufficient actions to ensure that
by January 1, 2018, not less than 10 percent of the Federal outer Continental
Shelf lands and not less than 10 percent of onshore Federal lands and interests
in lands that are under the Secretary’s jurisdiction are being leased for the
production of energy.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1FF06905290F46C3BDA1BA028F72648A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The
Secretary of the Interior shall utilize all available authority pursuant to
this Act and any other Federal law, as applicable, to comply with the
requirement in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3AFD7D810529427A8A0F3BB7DEF807DF"><enum>173.</enum><header>Jurisdiction</header>
<subsection id="H759547F68AA148CDBA581A255724F851"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exclusive
jurisdiction</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
including section 23(c)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1349(c)(2)), any final agency decision concerning any covered oil and natural
gas activity shall be subject to judicial review only in the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H467D6609B76E456E9F35CABC91C0A809"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Finality of
leasing decisions</header><text>Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or
regulation to the contrary, a decision by the Bureau of Land Management or the
Minerals Management Service to issue a Final Notice of Sale and proceed with an
oil and gas lease sale pursuant to any authorizing leasing statute shall not be
subject to further administrative review within the Department of the Interior,
and shall be the final decision of the agency for purposes of judicial
review.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD674100F0200424AB84961B2B756AD9F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expedited
review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 390 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15942) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7D4F0C8736B04A9E926885210A60DBBE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>be subject to a rebuttable presumption that the use of</quote> and
inserting <quote>apply</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95764449A0AD404DA76F1DD55DDAB526"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>would apply</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA4C96EDC72F44358A41E79A4B7BE71CD"><enum>174.</enum><header>Judicial
review</header>
<subsection id="H82F8C9AB38D24E498C35B215842513AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="HB5D077FBC4474439B0D8619AFAA26705"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Exclusive
jurisdiction</header><text>The United States Court of Appeals for the circuit
in which a Priority Energy Project is proposed to be constructed, expanded, or
operated shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over the review of an
order or action of a Federal agency or State administrative agency acting
pursuant to Federal law to issue, condition, or deny any permit, license,
concurrence, or approval (hereinafter in this section collectively referred to
as a <quote>permit</quote>) required under Federal law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE46168B8D3A44A7AF5FBFE6D34DC749"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency
delay</header><text>The United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over the review of an
alleged failure to act by a Federal agency or State administrative agency
acting pursuant to Federal law to issue, condition, or deny any permit required
under Federal law for a Priority Energy Project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8EA9054F2394322A8BE256C38DDAD27"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Court
action</header>
<subparagraph id="H423D6573EB2848AFA6E34DB2ECB512F3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Court shall act as expeditiously as possible for all
appeals under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC258A18B4F7849DA893727E8F896F9D9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Remand</header><text>If
a Court finds that such order or action is inconsistent with the Federal law
governing such permit and would prevent the construction, expansion, or
operation of the Priority Energy Project, the Court shall remand the proceeding
to the agency to take appropriate action consistent with the order of the
Court. If the Court remands the order or action to a Federal or State agency,
the Court shall set as expeditious a schedule and deadline as possible for the
agency to act on remand, and in any event shall allow not more than 90 days for
agency action on remand.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14D78DE9051D41F18F8783445CF95982"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Attorney’s fees
and other expenses</header><text>Attorney’s fees and other expenses of
litigation shall be awarded to the prevailing party in actions challenging an
agency action granting a permit for or otherwise authorizing a Priority Energy
Project, but in no event shall a Priority Energy Project Developer be required
to pay attorney’s fees and other expenses of litigation to a prevailing
party.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H29A6EE135FE64B5F8E044AEDEBAA894D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Appeals</header><text>Appeals
brought pursuant to this section may only be filed within 30 days of a final
agency action regarding a permit.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H849957A899B64AAA8AD22232A369F6DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Citizen
suits</header>
<paragraph id="H67DF18EB1CF64CF5830F55F65DEB1260"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Standing</header><text>In
any suit involving a Priority Energy Project brought under a citizen suit
provision under a Federal law, any fact material to the standing of the party
bringing the suit that is in dispute shall be adjudicated by the Court prior to
the adjudication of any other issue relating to the merits of the suit.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0CA8A2C0D6974CF3B9353673652D847F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preservation of
agency discretion</header>
<subparagraph id="H362DE75797DC47739473D712DABB4AF3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notice of
citizen suit required</header><text>A party seeking to file a citizen suit
pursuant to a Federal law involving a Priority Energy Project shall first
notify in writing the relevant agency and the Priority Energy Project Developer
of its intent to file a citizen suit, the claims it intends to bring, and all
relevant statutory and regulatory provisions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7327164137604632BE315EA8BBDD6E95"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination
required</header>
<clause id="H8B912D0296D040C78B06DB10C010BDED"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60
days following receipt of such notice, the agency shall exercise discretion in
determining whether enforcement of the claims described in such notice are an
appropriate use of agency resources.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF2A8EB3E57D34927908C31C878A8EB3D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Dismissal
required</header><text>If the agency determines such claims are not an
appropriate use of agency resources, the citizen suit shall be not be
considered authorized under relevant Federal law and if filed shall be
immediately dismissed by the Court.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2F19B4C8030F4271A986AD4492786FBD"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Agency
response required</header><text>If the agency determines such claims are an
appropriate use of agency resources, the agency shall have a period of 24
months to act in response to such claims, including by bringing an enforcement
action or by consulting with the Priority Energy Project Developer, before the
citizen suit shall be considered authorized under relevant Federal law. Upon
the request of the Priority Energy Project Developer, the agency must allow for
an additional 24 months to act in response to such claims.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0161062FB0E4E9EA2E643007B3338D9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Citizen suit
authorized</header><text>After the 24 month period, or 48 month period, as
applicable, described in subparagraph (B)(iii) has expired, if the agency
publishes a notice in the Federal Register expressly stating that it declines
to address the claims described by the party seeking to file a citizen suit as
described pursuant to subparagraph (A), then such party is authorized to file a
citizen suit under relevant Federal law. The agency is prohibited from
publishing such notice if the Priority Energy Project Developer has consulted
with the agency and taken remedial action regarding the claims contained in the
notice described in paragraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13406056465E42B4B239C8CCAC22EFAD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Attorneys fees
and expenses</header><text>In a citizen suit filed pursuant a Federal law that
involves a Priority Energy Project, a Priority Energy Project Developer shall
not be required to pay attorneys fees and expenses to a prevailing
party.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9CB70C549835437CBFF10BC1FD6A1733"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Settlements</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, no Federal agency shall enter into a settlement
agreement arising from a citizen suit subject to this subsection that would
require the reallocation of agency resources that had been previously allocated
by law or regulation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HBBF6DAE401EB4380BABEB18062E9D539"><enum>175.</enum><header>Time for filing
petition for judicial review; standing, filing of record</header>
<subsection id="H4E70DBF34E1244FFBD5546AC200F81B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>All
petitions for judicial review of covered oil and natural gas activities must be
filed within 45 days of the final agency decision or the challenge shall be
barred.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9CEBE3013C824D7EAA712F6EF8EEB3C7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standing</header><text>Only
persons whose legal rights will be directly and adversely affected by the
challenged action, and who are within the zone of interest protected by each
Act under which the challenge is brought, shall have standing to file any
petition for judicial review of covered oil and natural gas activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5A51C12728444568BF53833626B9AE48"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing
in this section creates a right to judicial review or places any limit on
filing a claim that a person has violated the terms of a permit, license, or
approval.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE99309DFF158465FA4070EE57FA6A528"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consolidated
record</header><text>When any civil action is brought concerning any covered
oil and natural gas activity, the Federal agencies involved shall immediately
prepare for the court the consolidated record compiled for the challenged
decision.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBE86A9AA1DF845B08F3803417AF5C63E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Completion of
review</header><text>The court shall complete all judicial review, including
rendering a judgment, before the end of the 210-day period beginning on the
date on which a petition is filed that is subject to this subtitle, unless all
parties to such proceeding agree to an extension of such period.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC0324D93F7294D8E9157F380FCDDDD6C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Expedited
mandamus review</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (e), within 30 days
after the filing of an action that is subject to this subtitle, the court shall
issue a decision either compelling permit issuance or establishing a schedule
that enables the most expeditious possible completion of proceedings. The court
may issue orders to enforce any schedule it establishes under this
subsection.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC4C114A67077419CBEBF2DBE502BFF4C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>No private right
of action</header><text>Except as expressly provided in this section, this
subtitle shall not be construed to create any additional right, benefit, or
trust responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity,
by a person against the United States, its agencies, its officers, or any
person.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE661EFF9E62742968638B9E3C6C4025C"><enum>176.</enum><header>Limitation on
scope of review and relief</header>
<subsection id="H561D9387AD524DC2828669441DD6F7A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prospective
relief</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any proceeding for
judicial review that is subject to this subtitle, the court shall not grant or
approve any prospective relief unless the court finds that such relief is
narrowly drawn, extends no further than necessary to correct the violation of a
Federal law requirement, and is the least intrusive means necessary to correct
the violation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H87B7121ED2D34F12B12067C2FB325E5F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effectiveness of
agency decision pending judicial review</header><text>Final agency decisions
relating to covered oil and natural gas activities shall be effective pending
any judicial review of such decisions unless the Court issues an order staying
the effect of the decision.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H705E70FE7DC54524BAFBF959893934DA"><enum>177.</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle shall not apply to disputes
between the parties to a lease issued pursuant to an authorizing leasing
statute regarding the obligations of such lease or the alleged breach
thereof.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HD7AB0054E13946C0B7D95E02D219B881"><enum>G</enum><header>Development of
Solar and Wind Energy on Public Land</header>
<section id="H5650B975A4164966918462F60E4678E1"><enum>181.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="H1A9F8B510691411897A3B9976F91B36D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered
land</header><text>The term <term>covered land</term> means land that
is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB80C96D5BC3C41848A7981AB6359919E"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8F5A5CCA56664935AC6B78EE75940396"><enum>(i)</enum><text>public land administered
by the Secretary; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H80F59548E7D94D0CA7E91060957C11C2" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>National Forest System land
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8672FCC85BA74FDA87FC360608514D1E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not excluded from
the development of solar or wind energy under—</text>
<clause id="H36C0597E9F704CCFBC6E3B54920101F4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
land use plan established under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701
et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</clause><clause id="H4AE8BB06FD5C4001A7C69A684D4B4899"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
land use plan established under the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16
U.S.C. 1600 et seq.); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H5E235956E0EF41118AA9E42BA3120C2C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other
law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H38ACB051C1874FC2B8F8C25281A6D22D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pilot
program</header><text>The term <term>pilot program</term> means the wind and
solar leasing pilot program established under section 183(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08B0D68C0B314F07A34FFA580C4F0FC2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public
land</header><text>The term <term>public land</term> has the meaning given the
term <quote>public lands</quote> in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H605175F79DFD44068B0D9207A01D0AC6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretaries</header><text>The
term <term>Secretaries</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF619D7C2014C416F9A3C21D775D765F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of
public land administered by the Secretary, the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFED58940C1B64B64824E03639A5A515B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of
National Forest System land administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, the
Secretary of Agriculture.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE31EAC02CD73485CA03F56EFBBF3CD14"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H6D363C7C01984C68802E5AE542C73519"><enum>182.</enum><header>Programmatic
environmental impact statements and land use planning</header>
<subsection id="H5C62CD3BF0BB437DA7FE655DEF4C716F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Public
land</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H8352C2820FAB4164A3F68E4B96694785"><enum>(1)</enum><text>complete and
finalize the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Solar Energy
Development in Six Southwestern States (BLM/DES 10–59; DOE/EIS–0403) in
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.) to analyze the potential impacts of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB1DF413D0E224F6897E90628EB83BCC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a program to
develop solar energy on land administered by the Secretary, acting through the
Bureau of Land Management; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2D67FFFD02541B298D24451B0D941D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any necessary
amendments to land use plans for the land; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6FF41ED549C0489CBE8D55A9284BAE6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>amend any land use
plans as appropriate to provide for the development of energy resources in
areas considered appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H88A8F39F06A543C5899ED50FBD30DF16"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National forest
system land</header><text>As soon as practicable but not later than 2 years
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD8D6882A928644A38A7DD138FB4409A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prepare and
publish in the Federal Register a notice of intent to prepare a programmatic
environmental impact statement in accordance with the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) to analyze
the potential impacts of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H499126AFD0D0462AB228BAC233E91F24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a program to
develop solar and wind energy on National Forest System land administered by
the Secretary of Agriculture; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DEE4716A5E1469282F5E234CD2129E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any necessary
amendments to land use plans for the land; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H60F88921DC0C4F5AB23E427B2D531199"><enum>(2)</enum><text>amend any land use
plans as appropriate to provide for the development of energy resources in
areas considered appropriate by the Secretary of Agriculture immediately on
completion of the programmatic environmental impact statement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEA9E49A482E041C4857132126C859C40"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect on
processing applications</header><text>The requirement for completion of
programmatic environmental impact statements under this section shall not
result in any delay in processing or approving applications for wind or solar
development on public land administered by the Secretary or on National Forest
System land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H279DB783F29D49FDA6A21476B9DA16AD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Military
installations</header>
<paragraph id="H7FAD044C77C34D95BC6D3D612B6BC728"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header>
<subparagraph id="H0ED1AE07A93548E38A9915C75F3E3F33"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Interior, shall conduct a study, and prepare a report, that—</text>
<clause id="H3134E29AFBDA43FB930FC9F1BFA14CA0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identifies
locations on land withdrawn from the public domain and reserved for military
purposes that—</text>
<subclause id="H5814192A3E2242C699BB124546D9AEAF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>exhibit a high
potential for solar, wind, geothermal, or other energy resources
production;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8F65A038E87C474DA8EBD1A8BFB88744"><enum>(II)</enum><text>are disturbed or
otherwise have comparatively low value for other resources; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8488A394D0434A91A8F881C62B3020AC"><enum>(III)</enum><text>could be
developed for energy production in a manner consistent with all present and
reasonably foreseeable military training and operational missions and research,
development, testing, and evaluation requirements; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H117F28D1700743D3A51BF7697D62E25E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describes the
administration of public land withdrawn for military purposes for the
development of commercial-scale energy projects, including the legal
authorities governing authorization for that use.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB85FED3B2ED3414E9DD7C258E3BBF2A5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>The
report shall include recommendations on—</text>
<clause id="H36F436C88CB14332BADF614767A50808"><enum>(i)</enum><text>necessary changes
in any law (including regulations);</text>
</clause><clause id="H3E665B86FE454791AD97FCC93036B3FB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether the
authorization for the use of the land for development of energy projects should
be pursuant to lease, contract, right-of-way, permit, or other form of
authorization;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9F28B0E08CC04FE8A00935BF1F663E7E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>methods of
improving coordination among the Federal, State, and local agencies, if any,
involved in authorizing the projects; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6753BB597B3C4BFF952D7B608BA0D40D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>disposition of
revenues resulting from the development of energy projects on the land.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0A7EBCCB7F5A40418403275DF61C9BC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Environmental
impact analysis</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the completion of the
study required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with
the Secretary of the Interior, shall prepare and publish in the Federal
Register a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact analysis
document to support a program to develop energy resources on withdrawn military
land identified in the study as suitable for the production.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5BF16E5BBAE44FBB865FA9F0943EA2C6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>On
completion of the report, the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense shall
jointly submit the report required by paragraph (1) to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H40D8F51C154C44CE989EB24B3AF7C6E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Armed Services of the Senate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F38F08D2D3540E7B22DCEA341009FC4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDAE42670BE8640B19BDE0865C7DFF9B2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on
Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H502BC09AD3AD471CA6AF368C4ED3FDB8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC36AAECFBC1C478DA5076880C1F5BBD3"><enum>183.</enum><header>Development of
solar and wind energy on public land</header>
<subsection id="H9A4B5D9A1ACD4BA092085200F6CB5A13"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pilot
program</header>
<paragraph id="HA83FD1D8CC6A4D26AADDAF5C74395192"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall establish a wind and solar leasing pilot program
on covered land administered by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02192C3DCDC5451D8F9EC2455C9B5F59"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection of
sites</header>
<subparagraph id="H7274364C915B455284B1682BA9D82692"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date the pilot program
is established under this subsection, the Secretary shall (taking into
consideration the multiple resource values of the land) select 2 sites that are
appropriate for the development of a solar energy project, and 2 sites that are
appropriate for the development of a wind energy project, on covered land
administered by the Secretary as part of the pilot program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H687FB7B0ACE04F6D94D91D70BA5EEF58"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Site
selection</header><text>In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall
seek to select sites—</text>
<clause id="H5C3A21C1FDBF4A5CB63BBEE22B3DB039"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for
which there is likely to be a high level of industry interest;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9C2758D92F5045BA93F4A14CE03ED025"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that have a
comparatively low value for other resources; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H667F7F2BF0484B7A9C0F01E41D14AA4A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that are
representative of sites on which solar or wind energy is likely to be developed
on covered land.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C155348AF9147939EE3C63ABF14B3EF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Ineligible
sites</header><text>The Secretary shall not select as part of the pilot program
any site for which a right-of way for site testing or construction has been
issued.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H833107AFA2CA4C549C9BE75B78200C04"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>Prior
to any lease sale, the Secretary shall establish qualifications for bidders
that ensure bidders—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9EEFCAE6B43F4FF9A1591851724E2820"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are able to
expeditiously develop a wind or solar energy project on the site for
lease;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H640CAD0E730542EE9C77C9B34348A8F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>possess—</text>
<clause id="HE9769C42EB47402FB756C7CE6D394C72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>financial
resources necessary to complete a project;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA5974D48209C4AD4A0B670C3145932BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>knowledge of the
applicable technology; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8EA2404F32FC49A0A5FD0D1C07C60B9A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>such other
qualifications as are determined appropriate by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF726143361F4CACA2D92291B95D6636"><enum>(C)</enum><text>meet the
eligibility requirements for leasing under the first section of the Mineral
Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30
U.S.C. 181</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0143E3798E9A45F8BD2346AF5DE82719"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Lease
sales</header>
<subparagraph id="H9F15CF09778C4BE28CC87A1CEDB5B56E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (D)(ii), not later
than 180 days after the date sites are selected under paragraph (2), the
Secretary shall offer each site for competitive leasing to qualified bidders
under such terms and conditions as are required by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA6AAA6A3749433EAC977CAAC385ABF9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bidding
systems</header>
<clause id="H1BEF01797B744ABE94F4060EF1248A2F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In offering the sites for lease, the Secretary may vary
the bidding systems to be used at each lease sale, including—</text>
<subclause id="HD6771EA97E324750B3A7343709011EBF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>cash bonus bids
with a requirement for payment of the royalty established under this
Act;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6CC1ADE424AD460EA9ED7401D334A224"><enum>(II)</enum><text>variable royalty
bids based on a percentage of the gross proceeds from the sale of electricity
produced from the lease, except that the royalty shall not be less than the
royalty required under this Act, together with a fixed cash bonus; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3BA5932A762741EDB1AB40F0AD461494"><enum>(III)</enum><text>such other
bidding system as ensures a fair return to the public consistent with the
royalty established under this Act.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H69A9D5A6C42C4C119064A11DBE0FCB13"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Round</header><text>The
Secretary shall limit bidding to 1 round in any lease sale.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2AFDE7AB1ADD47FCB3724212238F71E9"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Expenditures</header><text>In
any case in which the land that is subject to lease has 1 or more pending
applications for the development of wind or solar energy at the time of the
lease sale, the Secretary shall give credit toward any bid submitted by the
applicant for expenditures of the applicant considered by the Secretary to be
qualified and necessary for the preparation of the application.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5BC78179A7B4108B80F8152D29F9549"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Revenues</header><text>Bonus
bids, royalties, rentals, fees, or other payments collected by the Secretary
under this section shall be subject to section 184.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H451EAE2F218C45FA8B9E030E1362452D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Lease
terms</header>
<clause id="H8AC11B49B1CF44FE91FCEC9DFBCA7149"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As part of the pilot program, the Secretary may vary the
length of the lease terms and establish such other lease terms and conditions
as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE4972A9633414F6291967A228039568B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Data
collection</header><text>As part of the pilot program, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<subclause id="H4E41888EA51D42419083AA767896174D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>offer on a
noncompetitive basis on at least 1 site a short-term lease for data collection;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H43B37BA8CBEF4839BAE482A795E3112B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>on the expiration
of the short-term lease, offer on a competitive basis a long-term lease, giving
credit toward the bonus bid to the holder of the short-term lease for any
qualified expenditures to collect data to develop the site during the
short-term lease.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H18A245EAE2EF44019169F6C7295FEE92"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Compliance with
laws</header><text>In offering for lease the selected sites under paragraph
(4), the Secretary shall comply with all applicable environmental and other
laws.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF2FF20A7ADF432CBC0D87B82230D5EB"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4248930189F9450F847D5CB69FB0E1F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>compile a report
of the results of each lease sale under the pilot program, including—</text>
<clause id="H8C1028ACC4764B50BEEFFD21DA7371E3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
level of competitive interest;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7FABE0A6D7F649ABAC6E410CBB45A365"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
summary of bids and revenues received; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8FE689558CB642BAAE6CC74C4DB62AA6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any other
factors that may have impacted the lease sale process; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08AA420D3A9E415C93E2D64BB9B74206"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 90
days after the final lease sale, submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives the report described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9DCC08DEE6DA4848A4D0F3381F0F8330"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Rights-of-way</header><text>During
the pendency of the pilot program, the Secretary shall continue to issue
rights-of-way, in compliance with authority in effect on the date of enactment
of this Act, for available sites not selected for the pilot program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H256602DCA6D64F28BCCCA138F035E179"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Secretarial
determination</header>
<paragraph id="HC568371295A642969643258DAF624D91"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretaries shall make a joint determination on whether to
establish a leasing program under this section for wind or solar energy, or
both, on all covered land.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0B8AA50FA3D40C993ECCC1E2E702377"><enum>(2)</enum><header>System</header><text>If
the Secretaries determine that a leasing program should be established, the
program shall apply to all covered land in accordance with this Act and other
provisions of law applicable to public land or National Forest System
land.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6B09EC85F564DC1ABED5FD699E6E506"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretaries shall establish a leasing program unless the Secretaries determine
that the program—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4A5D91F9332C4BD3818AE8A900DBC3F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is not in the
public interest; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6EAA0DDA567C462493A2B2CCEE10B0FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not provide
an effective means of developing wind or solar energy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC4AF9752370C458DA2DAD1C279E5D276"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
making the determinations required under this subsection, the Secretaries shall
consult with—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB7091C9AE9CA4207A03F6E078C32EDFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the heads of other
relevant Federal agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H162693FF3AF741408BC1687B714C584A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>interested States,
Indian tribes, and local governments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20B991C234EB44F5A5F727D08DD7498C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>representatives of
the solar and wind industries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DCAEB212FD446B683E5BE13990B6B8A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>representatives of
the environment, conservation, and outdoor sporting communities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0359C520AB0E44E185392D054DADC5F1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>other users of the
covered land; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB53C1BE19A043F7A011ABF6E2F4AD60"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the public.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H51CF3C97013846E1B2D012BAEA7B06A2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
making the determinations required under this subsection, the Secretaries shall
consider the results of the pilot program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86754C17F3724B3BBFF9CA0D12708C16"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date on which any determination is made to
establish a leasing program, the Secretaries shall jointly promulgate final
regulations to implement the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6DC204F5DB2A44D4AEA34CF9DB605A0D"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Report</header><text>If
the Secretaries determine that a leasing program should not be established, not
later than 60 days after the date of the determination, the Secretaries shall
jointly submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report
describing the basis and findings for the determination.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF5A69E96EDA24669A831BC1418B4EF9F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transition</header>
<paragraph id="H8A14AE2DF3E14EEC91018EC568D316F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Secretaries determine under subsection (b) that a
leasing program should be established for covered land, until the program is
established and final regulations for the program are issued—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B9261AEAB284B15BA8BD2D4D1D285F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall continue to accept applications for rights-of-way on covered land, and
provide for the issuance of rights-of-way on covered land within the
jurisdiction of the Secretary for the development of wind or solar energy
pursuant to each requirement described in title V of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1761">43 U.S.C. 1761 et seq.</external-xref>) and other
applicable law; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6177EF81F0DB4D9492EC8B7175E1DF49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Agriculture shall continue to accept applications for authorizations, and
provide for the issuance of the authorizations, for the development of wind or
solar energy on covered land within the jurisdiction of the Secretary pursuant
to applicable law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE334FEC84C3A452DBD82113181DBDDC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Existing
rights-of-way and authorizations</header>
<subparagraph id="HA78D48B14344476EB21E40A8E23E1EF6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Effective beginning on the date on which the wind or
solar leasing programs are established and final regulations are issued, the
Secretaries shall not renew an existing right-of-way or other authorization for
wind or solar energy development at the end of the term of the right-of-way or
authorization.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E5480907088433A978B12B4A0B5386F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Lease</header>
<clause id="HF530C8C7C3764EC29694E5715DBBA95B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), at the end of the term of the
right-of-way or other authorization for the wind or solar energy project, the
Secretary or, in the case of National Forest System land, the Secretary of
Agriculture, shall grant, without a competitive process, a lease to the holder
of the right-of-way or other authorization for the same covered land as was
authorized under the right-of-way or other authorization if (as determined by
the Secretary concerned)—</text>
<subclause id="H2B37250E0FCE4DC4BB77D155A0F76019"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the holder of the
right-of-way or other authorization has met the requirements of diligent
development; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBABCD8302D4043EB92B3B0CC8EF6D0AC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>issuance of the
lease is in the public interest and consistent with applicable law.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD4F5FDD236744B6E909823BEE707B4F9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header><text>Any lease described in clause (i) shall be subject
to—</text>
<subclause id="HEAEE87B0990A4467A04F874A34089695"><enum>(I)</enum><text>terms and
conditions that are consistent with this Act and the regulations issued under
this Act; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8A911F0EFCE44153B04596A522C48142"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the regulations
in effect on the date of renewal and any other terms and conditions that the
Secretary considers necessary to protect the public interest.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE009BB687AC64469BC9EB896420A21AE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pending
rights-of-way</header><text>Effective beginning on the date on which the wind
or solar leasing programs are established and final regulations for the
programs are issued, the Secretary or, with respect to National Forest System
land, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide any applicant that has filed a
plan of development for a right-of-way or, in the case of National Forest
System land, for an applicable authorization, for a wind or solar energy
project with an option to acquire a lease on a noncompetitive basis, under such
terms and conditions as are required by this Act, applicable regulations, and
the Secretary concerned, for the same covered land included in the plan of
development if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H571C9FB68C7941F09085F2BFFEE5308D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the plan of
development has been determined by the Secretary concerned to be adequate for
the initiation of environmental review;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H014553696BB84772AFAECD2DCD95BE64"><enum>(B)</enum><text>granting the lease
is consistent with all applicable land use planning, environmental, and other
laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H350545B37A0C47E5BDBA5DF5653B11DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the applicant has
made a good faith effort to obtain a right-of-way or, in the case of National
Forest System land, other authorization, for the project; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB5A161ADD764E5FB211401F7E094E0D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>issuance of the
lease is in the public interest.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H14CE1666B8BB446A877FE0DE2AA87810"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Leasing
program</header><text>If the Secretaries determine under subsection (b) that a
leasing program should be established, the program shall be established in
accordance with subsections (e) through (k).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H44EECC86EC0C4E498EABBBBAE73A4FEE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Competitive
leases</header>
<paragraph id="HAF28AFD789134717AF40A668B384BD2B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), leases for wind or
solar energy development under this section shall be issued on a competitive
basis with a single round of bidding in any lease sale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H273C892300624BB7A2801574A587369E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Paragraph
(1) shall not apply if the Secretary or, with respect to National Forest System
land, the Secretary of Agriculture determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE1D08D87347645FD9F47E07C2C242D29"><enum>(A)</enum><text>no competitive
interest exists for the covered land;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30CFD244F3BC4C0497C209C5EEE13F89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the public
interest would not be served by the competitive issuance of a lease;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8AB06648CA864CE7BDAC6074369A7699"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the lease is for
the placement and operation of a meteorological or data collection facility or
for the development or demonstration of a new wind or solar technology and has
a term of not more than 5 years; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13A6F0D0E02D4CF58F4B7E01FC9D4FEC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the covered land
is eligible to be granted a noncompetitive lease under subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H03FA25A2001F4CF8867235BA1F1E2633"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Payments</header>
<paragraph id="H12BE9298340E4528B4B795ABBB4C49F0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretaries shall jointly establish fees, rentals,
bonuses, or other payments to ensure a fair return to the United States for any
lease issued under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E7A290A344942CB9436EEBDE3412A41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Bonus
bids</header><text>The Secretaries may grant credit toward any bonus bid for a
qualified expenditure by the holder of a lease described in subsection
(e)(2)(C) in any competitive lease sale held for a long-term lease covering the
same land covered by the lease described in subsection (e)(2)(C).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB57D7997E20D40E186AA9D0B6407F255"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>Prior
to any lease sale, the Secretary shall establish qualifications for bidders
that ensure bidders meet the requirements described in subsection
(a)(3).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H681845D5C6BD42999AF766827EE9701D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
Secretaries shall ensure that any activity under a leasing program is carried
out in a manner that—</text>
<paragraph id="H8513DCD4748640448ABF570673978B94"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is consistent with
all applicable land use planning, environmental, and other laws; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H384E10935305458CA1F1E8BE0E23F29B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides
for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2E49E2448EA4477B8C118829DC1157BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>safety;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88608C9C7C9044D09FDF864E500A244E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>protection of the
environment and fish and wildlife habitat;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDDE2B9FDA0754A66BE5CE4DC4917D389"><enum>(C)</enum><text>mitigation of
impacts;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9957D3EB61444FC8BEE725761173988"><enum>(D)</enum><text>prevention of
waste;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5DF231391A943208991C22CFD7E22DC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>diligent
development of the resource, with specific milestones to be met by the lessee
as determined by the Secretaries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H893F1A5794FE4ED288DBB6A19F3F0F5D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>coordination with
applicable Federal agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97655A2A518543AB93B7939ED5375E4A"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a fair return to
the United States for any lease;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC472AD3BF6054F1D8AD8D88297CF48E6"><enum>(H)</enum><text>use of best
management practices, including planning and practices for mitigation of
impacts;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H74E9B47A91C349DF86D11F0D0F445935"><enum>(I)</enum><text>public notice and
comment on any proposal submitted for a lease under this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H482A6B49B2A54E99BE1E7689BA25BF67"><enum>(J)</enum><text>oversight,
inspection, research, monitoring, and enforcement relating to a lease under
this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBAD021CD5BF402093D7D34F6BF843FE"><enum>(K)</enum><text>the quantity of
acreage to be commensurate with the size of the project covered by a lease;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDFBF4BF86304778B8D585C1D675052F"><enum>(L)</enum><text>efficient use of
water resources.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6FD3685B0A224D4B874E72B1FE8ED369"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Lease duration,
suspension, and cancellation</header>
<paragraph id="H73A9EB9251EE4745BC945AAD922DAFCE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A
lease under this section shall be for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H042FD2855E7845B7B87BFACA504FF315"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an initial term of
25 years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02CE2EA717324B63A7F370B5F0D73695"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any additional
period after the initial term during which electricity is being produced
annually in commercial quantities from the lease.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C69F2C4A53945DBB64E4D64EF118536"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish terms and conditions for the issuance, transfer,
renewal, suspension, and cancellation of a lease under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4DAD70856ADB48B58A84E58FBAF3491B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Readjustment</header>
<subparagraph id="H996AD78643E844AC9775A79DA22B63AC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Royalties, rentals, and other terms and conditions of a
lease under this section shall be subject to readjustment—</text>
<clause id="HD7E6C9CA9E39476DBC39E14501B560AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on
the date that is 15 years after the date on which the lease is issued;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1E0020C2417B470E8748167683AD1E7C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>every 10 years
thereafter.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H754D6E259BC940AC918D5C81B981C954"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Lease</header><text>Each
lease issued under this Act shall provide for readjustment in accordance with
subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H121F64710AC3431D8CD4B935BC053177"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Surface-Disturbing
activities</header><text>The Secretaries shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC0881881ED4C48B1A7F523A973447034"><enum>(1)</enum><text>regulate all
surface-disturbing activities conducted pursuant to any lease issued under this
section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D61785C16B947C6A50F28B0CE3C0DB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require any
necessary reclamation and other actions under the lease as are required in the
interest of conservation of surface resources.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDBADD930B50149F0AFF6D591DB7D54C3"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Security</header><text>The
Secretaries shall require the holder of a lease issued under this
section—</text>
<paragraph id="H78FF9298C48D4B88AE832FF975F0538C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to furnish a
surety bond or other form of security, as prescribed by the Secretaries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5BFF40A803448DA9F450092C0A2DC11"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide for the
reclamation and restoration of the area covered by the lease; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CDFB462BDFA4B8286CE8C156863D640"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to comply with
such other requirements as the Secretaries consider necessary to protect the
interests of the public and the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H302DC7CE3AD743E692D9439CF5B12198"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Periodic
review</header><text>Not less frequently than once every 5 years, the Secretary
shall conduct a review of the adequacy of the surety bond or other form of
security provided by the holder of a lease issued under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H20D26BE5957A4AC08B28F19572B4228C"><enum>184.</enum><header>Disposition of
revenues</header>
<subsection id="HD9AA8AB50E1240BAA42C9ABAC7AB8128"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disposition of
revenues</header><text>Of the amounts collected as bonus bids, royalties,
rentals, fees, or other payments under a right-of-way, permit, lease, or other
authorization for the development of wind or solar energy on covered
land—</text>
<paragraph id="HA140C1800D4F4CDF9FDCA9EEB265D2AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State within the boundaries of
which the income is derived;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60F1EDC6FC7246039679F1486178ABE2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the 1 or more counties within the
boundaries of which the income is derived; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87E61E278B234CBD83CE03ABCF182947"><enum>(3)</enum><text>50 percent shall
be deposited in the Treasury of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA67A143ABF194BAFAD553C7E8933E690"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payments to
States and counties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts
paid to States and counties under subsection (a) shall be used consistent with
section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/191">30 U.S.C. 191</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H50EAA4586F0D497A9F0518BA531E27B5"><enum>H</enum><header>Miscellaneous
Provisions</header>
<section id="H6121B59DBFDE4B509AC2EC0E7F0D93BF"><enum>191.</enum><header>Military
operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall
consult with the Secretary of Defense regarding military operations needs in
the waters of the outer Continental Shelf. The Secretary shall work with the
Secretary of Defense to resolve any conflicts that might arise between such
operations and leasing under this subtitle. If the Secretaries are unable to
resolve all such conflicts, any unresolved issues shall be referred by the
Secretaries to the President within 90 days for immediate resolution.</text>
</section><section id="H279C4AD264194CAEADB45901BF5B16C8"><enum>192.</enum><header>Environmental
sensitivity analysis under the program</header>
<subsection id="H6016F90B5CB145918A127AD75DBAAD0D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Environmental
Sensitivity Index</header><text>The Environmental Sensitivity Index, developed
by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which considers the
sensitivity of different shoreline areas to oil spills, and the ranking under
the program of the areas of the outer Continental Shelf based upon the
Environmental Sensitivity Index, satisfies the requirements of section 18 of
the Act (43 U.S.C. 1344), including the requirement to consider the relative
environmental sensitivity of different areas of the outer Continental Shelf
under section 18(a)(2)(G) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(a)(2)(G)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC38D447FE4AF4F38A9D32D53E12AB954"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program deemed
sufficient</header><text>The Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing
Program, 2007–2012, is deemed to meet all requirements of section 18 of the Act
(43 U.S.C. 1344) and is effective as of the date on which the Secretary made
that program effective.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4412F0064C754685B112E74ECCAB1995"><enum>193.</enum><header>Validity of
existing leases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any lease
heretofore issued pursuant to a lease sale held under the Final Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 2007–2012, including any lease
issued pursuant to Lease Sale 193 or 213, is deemed to be in full compliance
with the Act and all other legal requirements.</text>
</section><section id="H720E35B334CA4E28B90DDB451DCA7474"><enum>194.</enum><header>Integrity of
lease sales and leasing schedule</header>
<subsection id="H0F46C04B6D174F378FD4C2DEF5FAB2F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Leasing during
judicial or administrative review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 18(d)(3) of the Act (43 U.S.C.
1344(d)(3)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA054A02A65464F4BB0095E205F566A47" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8F4ACF43C0EF4B148A72E0E734FE39F9" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>After the leasing program has been
approved by the Secretary, except as otherwise provided by applicable law, no
lease shall be issued unless it is for an area included in the approved leasing
program and unless it contains provisions consistent with the approved leasing
program, except that leasing shall continue for so long as such program is
under judicial or administrative review pursuant to this Act, including any
administrative review occasioned by the remand of such program as a result of
judicial review. Any lease issued pursuant to a lease sale held in the period
that the approved leasing program is under judicial or administrative review is
deemed to have been issued pursuant to an approved leasing
program.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H4F13DDB99DD542F489F0B37043150FA9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Court action
upon appeal</header><text>The last sentence of section 23(c)(6) of the Act (43
U.S.C. 1349(c)(6)) is amended to read as follows: <quote>The court may affirm
or modify any order or decision or may remand the proceedings to the Secretary
for such further action as it may direct.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3830C2F7FA734AB688CDB24512AF9B11"><enum>195.</enum><header>Authority to
conduct offshore drilling under approved permits</header>
<subsection id="H243745E1BCC94C6CA9A11513FF7A17BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), each holder of a permit issued
pursuant to an application for a permit to drill, including an application for
a permit to sidetrack, that was approved by the Minerals Management Service
before May 3, 2010, for purposes of outer Continental Shelf energy exploration
or development and production may conduct all operations authorized under the
terms of the permit (including all exploration plans, development operations
coordination documents, and development production plans submitted for the
permit)—</text>
<paragraph id="HCB8ED74BE2DA4C0F8C9888A4B0F76720"><enum>(1)</enum><text>without further
review by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement and
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H909CF773E95242CB9D7A1312AE7D33AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>without further
review or delay under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et. seq.) or any other similar statutes, including the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) or the Marine Mammal Protection
Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC83D9BA96C394DB299BE0A6C886ACA8B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Operations</header><text>Operations
conducted under subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with the
safety protocols contained in part 250 of title 30, Code of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1023C7F7F44C4654A32C74199304714F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review of
compliance</header><text>This section does not prohibit review of compliance
with the terms of such a permit.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HCD398D094D9E464B8CF6D45AB55C4F6F"><enum>196.</enum><header>Time
requirement to act on oil and natural gas drilling permits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (d) of section 11 of the Act (43
U.S.C. 1340) is amended by designating the existing text as paragraph (1) and
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF06DA49796584507BDCA432BB610E2C1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBC85F5F164594D6991EC42646D1B0013"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD4BF9AF4EE1C463DA2E55500B79C2CF5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
approve or disapprove any application for a permit for drilling a well under an
approved exploration or development plan, or any application to amend a
previously approved permit, within 30 days after its submission, except that
the Secretary may disapprove such permit only upon a determination that—</text>
<clause id="H052EA14765384C93B0AC241173BBAF87" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any proposed activity under the
permit would result in any condition described in section 5(a)(2)(A)(i);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H52D233F56A5E4DC2820E19DBB4AC5395" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such proposed activity cannot be
modified to avoid such condition.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB084CBF843944A59A8B958C82CF38E4" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary may request additional
information from the applicant prior to approving or disapproving such
application, but the request for additional information must be received by the
applicant within 15 days after submission of the application to the Secretary.
Upon receipt of the additional information requested by the Secretary, the
Secretary shall approve or disapprove the application within 15 days in
accordance with this subsection. If the Secretary disapproves a permit
application or an amended permit application pursuant to this subsection, and
there is no other well on the lease tract capable of production in paying
quantities, within 90 days after receipt of a final disapproval decision all
record title holders of the lease may request cancellation of the lease, and
within 60 days after receipt of such cancellation request the Secretary shall
pay to the record title holders the amount of any bonus bid paid for such
lease. The Secretary shall make such payment from amounts that otherwise would
be credited to miscellaneous receipts pursuant to section
9.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H940BD7DFF4854418A9743DAA8024542F"><enum>197.</enum><header>Timely issuance
of onshore oil and gas leases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17(a)(1) of the Mineral Leasing Act
(30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking <quote>Leases shall be issued
within 60 days following payment by the successful bidder of the remainder of
the bonus bid, if any, and the annual rental for the first lease year.</quote>
and inserting <quote>Unless the Secretary issues a lease sooner, leases shall
automatically issue exactly 60 days following payment by the successful bidder
of the remainder of the bonus bid, if any, and the annual rental for the first
lease year. The filing of any protest to the sale or issuance of a lease shall
not act to extend the date by which the lease is to be issued following payment
by the successful bidder under the preceding sentence, nor shall the issuance
of a lease be delayed or deferred beyond 60 days following payment by the
successful bidder pending resolution of a protest to the sale or issuance of
the lease.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H0CE072E4F32245A7B70F4C6BEDA10029"><enum>198.</enum><header>State
auditing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Where authority is
ceded to States to audit processing and transportation for purposes of royalty
calculation under section 205 of the Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of
1996, State auditors shall provide background methodology and supporting detail
to the payor for audit findings; including formulas and supporting worksheets
detailing the calculations used when costs from processing plants and
transportation providers are disallowed by the State auditor. The State shall
seek written authority from the processors and transporters to provide this
information when necessary and requested.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Continental
Pipeline Approval</header>
<section id="H9FC9E2D3558D43D69FFD74F4C557FE29"><enum>201.</enum><header>Keystone XL
pipeline permit approval</header>
<subsection id="H13D3B95DD86A454CAEF90971EFDCDEF6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Permit
Approval</header><text>The permit described in subsection (b) is hereby
approved.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H08AEFB816D0F4FA29B158CF677789CD2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of
permit</header><text>The permit approved under subsection (a) is the permit
with respect to certain energy-related facilities and land transportation
crossings on the international boundaries of the United States for the Keystone
XL pipeline project, an application for which was filed on September 19, 2008
(including amendments).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H260BDE324DA641ACA7525BB873FBFBBE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
permit granted under subsection (a) shall require the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HAA04F123FC0B4FAAB15BB627363AEDD3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The permittee
shall comply with all applicable Federal and State laws (including regulations)
and all applicable industrial codes regarding the construction, connection,
operation, and maintenance of the United States facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFB47EFE13944094BBC2FE3CD8D65808"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The permittee
shall take all appropriate measures to prevent or mitigate any adverse
environmental impact or disruption of historic properties in connection with
the construction, operation, and maintenance of the United States
facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7A60832FD504D639FFCFFA83C6C6C91"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the purpose of
the permit approved under subsection (a) (regardless of any modifications under
subsection (d))—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB63FB7FE5AA6452685A020A1617081C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the final
environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on August 26,
2011, satisfies all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1D8C73D7D60460585D472B28A4A4AC4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any modification
required by the Secretary of State to the Plan described in paragraph (4)(A)
shall not require supplementation of the final environmental impact statement
described in that paragraph; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08DDF3E1B87943018DF7D6634D9E30FD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>no further Federal
environmental review shall be required.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H80743EC932BF4B3AB75F39250F054BF1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The construction,
operation, and maintenance of the facilities shall be in all material respects
similar to that described in the application described in subsection (b) and in
accordance with—</text>
<subparagraph id="H18A86D664AFE481C93A5B5B1CDC77A8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the construction,
mitigation, and reclamation measures agreed to by the permittee in the
Construction Mitigation and Reclamation Plan found in appendix B of the final
environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on August 26,
2011, subject to the modification described in subsection (d);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H273B1E8184314E05AC03B203D301AE49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the special
conditions agreed to between the permittee and the Administrator of the
Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the Department of
Transportation found in appendix U of the final environmental impact statement
described in subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31FBF1322FF9448AB61E0BDF7FA8326A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the modified
route submitted by the Governor of Nebraska under subsection (d)(3)(B) crosses
the Sand Hills region, the measures agreed to by the permittee for the Sand
Hills region found in appendix H of the final environmental impact statement
described in subparagraph (A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60DA4A83FE7F44F3A70A6C227F5EF21C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the stipulations
identified in appendix S of the final environmental impact statement described
in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAD2D769B0A8F475193DDE0D567F65E1B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Other requirements
that are standard industry practice or commonly included in Federal permits
that are similar to a permit approved under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H364B20CA73C34FA0BEEC1B3AAC5E20B4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Modification</header><text>The
permit approved under subsection (a) shall require—</text>
<paragraph id="H13D6B60E170F4029997DE3764FFFFFA2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the
reconsideration of routing of the Keystone XL pipeline within the State of
Nebraska;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H111C51254C524AE597D662258F7FBC5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
review period during which routing within the State of Nebraska may be
reconsidered and the route of the Keystone XL pipeline through the State
altered with any accompanying modification to the Plan described in subsection
(c)(4)(A); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD489003AAAB4473AB16776A93721C9E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the
President—</text>
<subparagraph id="H970F3BDF685F406B9C23CA034AE08C14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to coordinate
review with the State of Nebraska and provide any necessary data and reasonable
technical assistance material to the review process required under this
subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7ABF22B46A2F46E8B7A583C0871506E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to approve the
route within the State of Nebraska that has been submitted to the Secretary of
State by the Governor of Nebraska.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8C54A3FA8D724DF19C7CBC39B9366D24"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effect of no
Approval</header><text>If the President does not approve the route within the
State of Nebraska submitted by the Governor of Nebraska under subsection
(d)(3)(B) not later than 10 days after the date of submission, the route
submitted by the Governor of Nebraska under subsection (d)(3)(B) shall be
considered approved, pursuant to the terms of the permit approved under
subsection (a) that meets the requirements of subsection (c) and this
subsection, by operation of law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0860EB68D58F419ABFEE2BDFA2BCF231"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Private property
savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this section alters the Federal, State,
or local processes or conditions in effect on the date of enactment of this Act
that are necessary to secure access from private property owners to construct
the Keystone XL pipeline.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Radiological
Material Repository</header>
<section id="H5A2CD96044214E4A8C24748A6FD4F4D8"><enum>301.</enum><header>Radiological
material repository</header>
<subsection id="HCC32B81C23BC4584AB00399C4333206C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repository
required</header><text>The Federal Government shall site and permit at least
one radiological material geologic repository for the disposal of radiological
material.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H276DF973B1E44EAEA3147FADE647E968"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Yucca
mountain</header>
<paragraph id="H54A50814CFC747C0AF2FB326663B592F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The repository site at Yucca Mountain shall remain the
site for the Nation’s radiological material repository following full statutory
review of the Department of Energy’s license application to construct the Yucca
Mountain repository.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C4C5ABA85474F969DD745005C6D5010"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall continue to review the Department of
Energy’s pending license application to construct the repository at Yucca
Mountain until a determination is made on the merits of the application.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2FAC17A70A4046F7A68D33F7EE700C38"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deadlines</header>
<paragraph id="HE4DADF1A8CC5480E90821581DD8336A9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Suitability
determination</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the enactment of this
Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall make a determination regarding the
suitability of Yucca Mountain under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5910E55F73B8409AB8E6F55812749CE6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Action on
Application</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this
Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall approve the application under
subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H479DD986B2744F24A9F595940DB92892"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitations on
amount of radiological material</header><text>All statutory limitations on the
amount of radiological material that can be placed in Yucca Mountain are hereby
removed and shall be replaced by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with new
limits based on scientific and technical analysis of the full capacity of Yucca
Mountain for the storage of radiological material.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Relief From
Regulations and Prohibitions That Cause Artificial Price Increases</header>
<section id="HE8A5219C7F8A4E0B99141FB734EB8371"><enum>401.</enum><header>Endangered
Species Act of 1973 reform</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC2F30821CEE14795AC494ECA115643FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>best scientific and commercial data available</quote> each place it
appears and inserting <quote>best scientific and economic data available at the
time, including analysis of the costs and benefits of the matter under
consideration</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC07825C2CCD44377A9C68823C5E6C374"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE931EB19827C49D1B09F47876B28FFD6" style="OLC">
<section id="HC0FB953BF24A4D1187F2ADC48F6785EF"><enum>19.</enum><header>Scope</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
authorize the use of this Act or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant
to this Act to regulate greenhouse gas
emissions.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C5878F2BC154DC78151F3281377B86E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Repeal of EPA
climate change regulation</header>
<subsection id="H932E3BC1A0EB48B081BCBC5A8E3D1AE9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Greenhouse gas
regulation under clean air act</header><text>Section 302(g) of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7602(g)) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
<quote>The term <quote>air pollutant</quote> does not include carbon dioxide,
water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or
sulfur hexafluoride.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC98CFE43E0AC43A7AB04A67412EF44FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>No regulation of
climate change</header><text>Nothing in the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et
seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), or the Solid Waste
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), shall be treated as authorizing or
requiring the regulation of climate change or global warming.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H56407E17D7584EB0A641DF1BB7F5E6EF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b),
this section does not prohibit the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HF7A7F27F34F1495391108507122421EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Implementation and
enforcement of the rule entitled <quote>Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas
Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards</quote> (as
published at 75 Fed. Reg. 25324 (May 7, 2010) and without further revision) and
finalization, implementation, enforcement, and revision of the proposed rule
entitled <quote>Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency
Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles</quote> published at
75 Fed. Reg. 74152 (November 30, 2010).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7F2B75A86A64517BF6382E07E8E04EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Statutorily
authorized Federal research, development, demonstration programs and voluntary
programs addressing climate change.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0ECB20B7C57A4346A35CB7010AD84DD6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Implementation and
enforcement of title VI of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7671 et seq.) to the
extent such implementation or enforcement only involves one or more class I
substances or class II substances (as such terms are defined in section 601 of
such title).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5405332FC3B49C7912F1AADC745C39B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Implementation and
enforcement of section 821 (42 U.S.C. 7651k note) of Public Law 101–549
(commonly referred to as the <quote>Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990</quote>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3DE46D6A860B4408B02B680A86CCF30E"><enum>403.</enum><header>Repeal of
Federal ban on synthetic fuels purchasing requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 526 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17142) is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="H3880D1601F584CAE9B3214A06E1F92E9"><enum>404.</enum><header>Repeal of
ethanol mandates</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o); relating to the Renewable Fuel
Program) is repealed.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Refinery
Reform</header>
<section id="HB8510C3F216D4CFBB2A83A6052DE3397"><enum>501.</enum><header>Refinery
permitting process</header>
<subsection id="HEC081D30E1434DF9BF72D5B8FB68510A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HA067B6D2332F4DFA9BC933C5ECBA9780"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The
term <quote>Administrator</quote> means the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E5CF75C10314E558F045A0069F97586"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expansion</header><text>The
term <quote>expansion</quote> means a physical change that results in an
increase in the capacity of a refinery.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6BF2B385A2FB46A6A1BF7B9E963C6CAF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indian
tribe</header><text>The term <quote>Indian tribe</quote> has the meaning given
the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD0C59F98BA24DA298A5D45055B2AA52"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Permit</header><text>The
term <quote>permit</quote> means any permit, license, approval, variance, or
other form of authorization that a refiner is required to obtain—</text>
<subparagraph id="H18C1227456304D108C0BA358938B4EE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>under any Federal
law; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB371EAE96CA4EA59712ABEDEA1B6401"><enum>(B)</enum><text>from a State or
Indian tribal government agency delegated authority by the Federal Government,
or authorized under Federal law, to issue permits.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB58E282CB7FF4D22BAD998E0C438A4F8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Refiner</header><text>The
term <quote>refiner</quote> means a person that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD7CA9760D11C43CBB3F7C6148BB749CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>owns or operates a
refinery; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B3A28413AAC416686852223546672CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>seeks to become an
owner or operator of a refinery.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEB736CE5390E4386A38A6DAA1E538FAE"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Refinery</header>
<subparagraph id="H3D66E12ED7174048BD32F9C2DDFA59A0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <quote>refinery</quote> means—</text>
<clause id="H051BD9A73EB543A68237F13853740B5C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
facility at which crude oil is refined into transportation fuel or other
petroleum products; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H80A9D2B33E3348B78507C82668D3471F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
coal liquification or coal-to-liquid facility at which coal is processed into
synthetic crude oil or any other fuel.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4625BF480253483CBCC90EFA48B25278"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The
term <quote>refinery</quote> includes an expansion of a refinery.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H22657E8A9F3F414CA5F0CF593B66DE21"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Refinery
permitting agreement</header><text>The term <quote>refinery permitting
agreement</quote> means an agreement entered into between the Administrator and
a State or Indian tribe under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD324609907454352B608250DB44AA95F"><enum>(8)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <quote>State</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0E3FB7752F7748159A79235BD7ED2E87"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78D96A24A8FF4B5FAB0DA1C93DFC4A8F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the District of
Columbia;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0BFBB84E73643C7AB29BDB3691C75B2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC4544DFE9F3450890E41610C25D369B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other
territory or possession of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC4555DAB187A48B78C00C268469F55A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Streamlining of
refinery permitting process</header>
<paragraph id="H68C2B8A216674B168D6CC07FC06A6E59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At the request of the Governor of a State or the
governing body of an Indian tribe, the Administrator shall enter into a
refinery permitting agreement with the State or Indian tribe under which the
process for obtaining all permits necessary for the construction and operation
of a refinery shall be streamlined using a systematic interdisciplinary
multimedia approach as provided in this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H898C184B92DE4971A0D9F52C98961B3F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority of
administrator</header><text>Under a refinery permitting agreement the
Administrator shall have authority, as applicable and necessary, to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD18DF3C9CED14AE59EDB990BC774A1D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>accept from a
refiner a consolidated application for all permits that the refiner is required
to obtain to construct and operate a refinery;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7297589609F64AAD82CED1EA52EF714B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in consultation
and cooperation with each Federal, State, or Indian tribal government agency
that is required to make any determination to authorize the issuance of a
permit, establish a schedule under which each agency shall—</text>
<clause id="H37381D464F3441EC8BCB70A630FAF949"><enum>(i)</enum><text>concurrently
consider, to the maximum extent practicable, each determination to be made;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H70F5781E4B3D4C7D8C184C219F8374B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>complete each
step in the permitting process; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B83E06BB9D1473F87745D85A64B02DC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>issue a
consolidated permit that combines all permits issued under the schedule
established under subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC8878F9894B74DCD9852D65D0548EE07"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agreement by the
state</header><text>Under a refinery permitting agreement, a State or governing
body of an Indian tribe shall agree that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB9C25CF7B6E45F196ABBB3B5CAE519F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Administrator
shall have each of the authorities described in paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF09930756A424B1AB883040A0BF31BC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each State or
Indian tribal government agency shall—</text>
<clause id="H4000BEF2504043499E477489103DE5A0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
accordance with State law, make such structural and operational changes in the
agencies as are necessary to enable the agencies to carry out consolidated
project-wide permit reviews concurrently and in coordination with the
Environmental Protection Agency and other Federal agencies; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE5F97D81E3164C188AD9D63CE2B856B3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>comply, to the
maximum extent practicable, with the applicable schedule established under
paragraph (2)(B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H93532E34E5E845CCB45CD80E16CB1859"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deadlines</header>
<subparagraph id="HC98C9580738E41EF81438E5B2762F136"><enum>(A)</enum><header>New
refineries</header><text>In the case of a consolidated permit for the
construction of a new refinery, the Administrator and the State or governing
body of an Indian tribe shall approve or disapprove the consolidated permit not
later than—</text>
<clause id="HD05C0477D5634160BD96DC27CA5B61B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>365
days after the date of the receipt of the administratively complete application
for the consolidated permit; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H3B4BE8E4EB5044FA93881737EBCFE577"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on
agreement of the applicant, the Administrator, and the State or governing body
of the Indian tribe, 90 days after the expiration of the deadline established
under clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1E27B8981C74390B1BC7775CAE115D1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Expansion of
existing refineries</header><text>In the case of a consolidated permit for the
expansion of an existing refinery, the Administrator and the State or governing
body of an Indian tribe shall approve or disapprove the consolidated permit not
later than—</text>
<clause id="H08503DEC899B4692BA0282092EF46935"><enum>(i)</enum><text>120
days after the date of the receipt of the administratively complete application
for the consolidated permit; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H310C02256D26471DAA74E5BF787187E3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on
agreement of the applicant, the Administrator, and the State or governing body
of the Indian tribe, 30 days after the expiration of the deadline established
under clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H45A7B85CBC9D40A58B826AE82442892D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Federal
agencies</header><text>Each Federal agency that is required to make any
determination to authorize the issuance of a permit shall comply with the
applicable schedule established under paragraph (2)(B).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BB1F14354C14916A45CB06156D21EBD"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header><text>Any civil action for review of any permit determination
under a refinery permitting agreement shall be brought exclusively in the
United States district court for the district in which the refinery is located
or proposed to be located.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69363A0311D74D8AB2BBBFD20BF3782A"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Efficient permit
review</header><text>In order to reduce the duplication of procedures, the
Administrator shall use State permitting and monitoring procedures to satisfy
substantially equivalent Federal requirements under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07103BB7A15A4062A2D0ACF236A58B1C"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Severability</header><text>If
1 or more permits that are required for the construction or operation of a
refinery are not approved on or before any deadline established under paragraph
(4), the Administrator may issue a consolidated permit that combines all other
permits that the refiner is required to obtain other than any permits that are
not approved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD02CDA773AC9475EBC92A94FB0511199"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Savings</header><text>Nothing
in this subsection affects the operation or implementation of otherwise
applicable law regarding permits necessary for the construction and operation
of a refinery.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCADBB828397A42FABEE52859C3476305"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Consultation
with local governments</header><text>Congress directs the Administrator,
States, and tribal governments to consult, to the maximum extent practicable,
with local governments in carrying out this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F4B6C42F21C4E1481853BDD5D8E0350"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Effect on local
authority</header><text>Nothing in this subsection affects—</text>
<subparagraph id="H23B0372D16324BDFA630BA62510E28F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the authority of a
local government with respect to the issuance of permits; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58D67198DAB14F0FBD72BEA2AF5CBBBA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any requirement or
ordinance of a local government (such as a zoning regulation).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6FD7D29675804C8C9A1C9DF794B070DE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fischer-Tropsch
fuels</header>
<paragraph id="HE72041F03C304F5E96A5E242F61A4430"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In cooperation with the Secretary of Energy, the
Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration,
Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Fischer-Tropsch industry
representatives, the Administrator shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB94025753B504BCB957CAF63BBAB774D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct a research
and demonstration program to evaluate the air quality benefits of
Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel, including diesel and jet fuel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE48098A48C9840F0B948B303F95C1D0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evaluate the use
of Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel as a mechanism for reducing engine
exhaust emissions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA75CA428C0644C7B8B7645D1CAAD809"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submit
recommendations to Congress on the most effective use and associated benefits
of these fuels for reducing public exposure to exhaust emissions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F3B7D667FF64641BE1208ACFFD67D30"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidance and
technical support</header><text>The Administrator shall, to the extent
necessary, issue any guidance or technical support documents that would
facilitate the effective use and associated benefit of Fischer-Tropsch fuel and
blends.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E20057F36E946C7B4DDD38E580F9207"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
program described in paragraph (1) shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB16995BC0D504E57B7C68EBD9197F578"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the use of neat
(100 percent) Fischer-Tropsch fuel and blends with conventional crude
oil-derived fuel for heavy-duty and light-duty diesel engines and the aviation
sector; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7FBC54170AD4559A9D38DB5FFBB34DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the production
costs associated with domestic production of fuel and prices for
consumers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H25A964B9AC9046FCB1ABEAA8435276E8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The
Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee
on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBE0BB8193A6547B9ADC12FBA93F613D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 1
year after the date of enactment of this Act, an interim report on actions
taken to carry out this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A35D220DCCE419482D8DBD50C4077A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of this Act, a final report on actions taken
to carry out this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAC64561162514525B088C5C8F17E6238"><enum>502.</enum><header>Existing
refinery permit application deadline</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
applications for a permit for existing refinery applications shall not be
considered to be timely if submitted after 120 days after the date of enactment
of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Repeal of Energy
Tax Subsidies</header>
<section id="H3BA03F4F79AF46C4B0E76B080D719472"><enum>600.</enum><header>Amendment of
1986 code</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise
expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed
in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the
reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
</section><section id="H6CE45C168C7946FA8643F4A1BD4447D9"><enum>601.</enum><header>Repeal of
credit for alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures</header>
<subsection id="HDE263BEDA3A94EFDA3458FF43E155E40"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 6426 is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC8B6EE5C14444DD4AABB46353B292F14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HB18252E995774C40849942DBF4E2CA14"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subparagraph (D)
of section 6427(e)(6) is amended by striking <quote>September 30, 2014</quote>
and inserting <quote>September 30, 2012</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99890D9896844DC789FA8A21408C46B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) of
section 4101(a) is amended by striking <quote>or alcohol (as defined in section
6426(b)(4)(A)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA34B96F4897F4788AF09B0BB9F66B818"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Paragraph (2) of
section 4104(a) is amended by striking <quote>6426, or 6427(e)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6A2C00763874A0A981471FCC6962FCE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Subparagraph (E)
of section 7704(d)(1) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5A574D4F03E9408893B70506E1991691"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Energy Exploration and Production to Achieve
National Demand Act</short-title>)</quote> after <quote>of section
6426</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECC24ECF52AC499A9B4E2A87939E5388"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(as so in effect)</quote> after <quote>section
6426(b)(4)(A)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDB7D33CE5AC44D0B307EB521194C9F8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) of
section 9503(b) is amended by striking the second sentence.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D18105FC54D47988C7EB26C74801A9E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 65 is
amended by striking the item relating to section 6426.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H19D48790772E4F7B816761F8E55A765D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective</header><text>The
amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fuel sold and used
after December 31, 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB54642B1082F4EACA1C86CCE7C29C41E"><enum>602.</enum><header>Repeal of
credit for certain plug-in electric vehicles</header>
<subsection id="H6AD18870E6E3411697202D1C797E8FF3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 30 is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAC58A02BF80344C3B9F3696DBE27A466"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H5860767E4C174A6495C52104957EC3B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Paragraph (3) of
section 24(b) is amended by striking <quote>, 30</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6BD1F09E47BB4DD093092CDBF130991F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Clause (ii) of
section 25(e)(1)(C) is amended by striking <quote>, 30</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93D27B954A5C436EA275C04A9502FCDA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Paragraph (2) of
section 25B(g) is amended by striking <quote>, 30</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDECEC0A706484286B22B415FF922CA47"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) of
section 26(a) is amended by striking <quote>, 30</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0FAF2E3FFD3D496E8C39DACBBBAB8768"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Subclause (VI) of
section 48C(c)(1)(A)(i) is amended by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day
before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Energy Exploration and Production to Achieve National
Demand Act</short-title>)</quote> after <quote>section 30(d)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B1BD03B86094B93A38E567A82B9F1E0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Paragraph (3) of
section 179A(c) is amended by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day before
the date of the enactment of the Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity
Act)</quote> after section <quote>30(c)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E8AB09894DA4A6196B79C8CEDEBACE2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of
section 1016 is amended by striking paragraph (25) and by redesignating
paragraphs (26) through (37) as paragraphs (25) through (36),
respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0062E45BB6AD4DD1A3E49CC6E4F55213"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Subsection (m) of
section 6501 is amended by striking <quote>30(e)(6)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0045CE5E020B47F8B203E8C8F2458605"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart B of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to section
30.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8E366C76D10845E89D089FFFEF4C7452"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after December 31, 2011.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H66B8F56901C246E1BDD8D090BB98329C"><enum>603.</enum><header>Early
termination of credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles</header>
<subsection id="H7C983951B6CA474498FDDD3FCBEE8035"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 30B is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE8C3D0D3F12E4A3A945C5C529AD3C009"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H1181C91897E34710A96546645B71946B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subparagraph (A)
of section 24(b)(3) is amended by striking <quote>, 30B</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12FA38BCE67F41939BFE55CB04879692"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Clause (ii) of
section 25(e)(1)(C) is amended by striking <quote>, 30B</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCBC8326FB5B54E37AC79936B7D6A0C4A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Paragraph (2) of
section 25B(g) is amended by striking <quote>, 30B,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B097B53FC0340078DDE4EF19351A118"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) of
section 26(a) is amended by striking <quote>, 30B</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H970CC164E42C4F87971300D3B1FB7FC7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of
section 38 is amended by striking paragraph (25).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D32FA024F3A4BD38240AAD869F4DDA2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of
section 1016, as amended by section 602 of this Act, is amended by striking
paragraph (33) and by redesignating paragraphs (34), (35), and (36) as
paragraphs (33), (34), and (35), respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EF27436A1CD4D66A74D5621D2BAC1BB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Paragraph (2) of
section 1400C(d) is amended by striking <quote>, 30B</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C243EC4545044A1AC9F6B8758F52201"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Subsection (m) of
section 6501 is amended by striking <quote>, 30B(h)(9)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8CEEE3AD90E94AEC855FF24887373A1D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart B of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to section
30B.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE9CCD0C4BB7844CEB6F6AD32487F5B24"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after December 31, 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE96E3502599940F4AD353A084D19F0F2"><enum>604.</enum><header>Repeal of
alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit</header>
<subsection id="H0C05B85EC2384BCFAB17AF97C8FFE494"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 30C is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA54D5812F0C14DADA5D2465287F3C30D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H453B152F70B049AFA29382C2A748154C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of
section 38 is amended by striking paragraph (26).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H316AF38D70FC4BD29FF01B43B654605B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (3) of
section 55(c) is amended by striking <quote>, 30C(d)(2),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86EE917FE24A42A9B1F5BF0546F626D8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of
section 1016, as amended by sections 602 and 603 of this Act, is amended by
striking paragraph (33) and by redesignating paragraph (34) and (35) as
paragraphs (33) and (34), respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7CDF0B55CE447B4B26F1D669626AB2F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Subsection (m) of
section 6501 is amended by striking <quote>, 30C(e)(5)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD725036F1788480B8AA4FC620BC5EEB9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart B of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to section
30C.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H46879B4D248549908A0F81843B4CF448"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after December 31, 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0A45C5CF328A434782B13D2EF8C10AC5"><enum>605.</enum><header>Repeal of
credit for alcohol used as fuel</header>
<subsection id="H3C83E871D0EF4579A8BF526403C99AF2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 40 is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4DEE727F0A904146B6F55BFC259DCEAE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H30A6F79866D34AB6875C5AF8C6789574"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of
section 38 is amended by striking paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB32764964C8E4075B216BC28765D76AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection (c) of
section 196 is amended by striking paragraph (3) and by redesignating
paragraphs (4) through (14) as paragraphs (3) through (13),
respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBFA4A224E0084F64B125FDCCE48B7906"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) of
section 4101(a) is amended by striking <quote>, and every person producing
cellulosic biofuel (as defined in section 40(b)(6)(E))</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF701DBF93A0488BB7366A5ECD38B520"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) of
section 4104(a) is amended by striking <quote>, 40</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6F9A5A5E4D0746F6BB3742D6458E5C03"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to fuel sold
or used after December 31, 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA027FC67935A46FC82CCBA0B69EC5233"><enum>606.</enum><header>Repeal of
credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel</header>
<subsection id="H6929711875C24171B891884C6AF116FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 40A is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6E9D69A84B3A453783B7FCC2AE2F991A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header>
<paragraph id="H0A4ADD3BB82744F6A73414C1ECE1C47A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of
section 38 is amended by striking paragraph (17).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H864FED6FCA7F48F2A2B69630D0CB9306"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 87 is
repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H212133077F2F4C818B85321514377DBA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subsection (c) of
section 196, as amended by section 605 of this Act, is amended by striking
paragraph (11) and by redesignating paragraphs (11), (12), and (13) as
paragraphs (10), (11), and (12), respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4FA36FFCEC6B4C8F92492C74A7C0DEBC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) of
section 4101(a) is amended by striking <quote>, every person producing or
importing biodiesel (as defined in section 40A(d)(1)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FD1D284A298432A958BF0A1818C9DC8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) of
section 4104(a) is amended by striking <quote>, and 40A</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC23BFB7B6A448D1B990AFE1FE715489"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Subparagraph (E)
of section 7704(d)(1) is amended by inserting <quote>(as so in effect)</quote>
after <quote>section 40A(d)(1)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H83EEBB0B4E4445E0AC152FA95511D3E8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to section
40A.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9ACD8440870842D3B9594EAC74EE1EEE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to fuel
produced, and sold or used, after December 31, 2011.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H256C6BAD567C494FA4FD5A959830A9E6"><enum>607.</enum><header>Repeal of
enhanced oil recovery credit</header>
<subsection id="H5283CF6E40344CA69BA97A17BEFF2B7F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 43 is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC02D89D2560043CF9B31C653FA8F3911"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HDCC3AA3EE5424C0FA791199F0731DF70"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of
section 38 is amended by striking paragraph (6).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C08D2D153164171B7DDD3FB8D29F808"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (4) of
section 45Q(d) is amended by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day before
the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Energy
Exploration and Production to Achieve National Demand
Act</short-title>)</quote> after <quote>section 43(c)(2)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF26D2BAF20FC43DF90E2B5F7DEC73F84"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subsection (c) of
section 196, as amended by sections 605 and 606 of this Act, is amended by
striking paragraph (5) and by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (12) as
paragraphs (5) through (11), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H55014AACF0734E719B0C9D21B653D186"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to section
43.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC9C6C90C30984FF1A37EB7D13517DFA7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to costs
paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA2C09908C0D54AFDA4D23186250126E8"><enum>608.</enum><header>Termination of
credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources</header>
<subsection id="H97DBD722426D482FB765FB816848FAAA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 45 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H058D032CAB594E1FADE0481617FB3CD7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2013</quote> in paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>2012</quote>,
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE84BB765B0DB49B4B7C19FD56B8BE009"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2014</quote> each place it appears in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6),
(7), (9), and (11) and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H338843C161434022843DC8E6E4595548"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after December 31, 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H716B49D489EB41D59D597879061B589B"><enum>609.</enum><header>Repeal of
credit for producing oil and gas from marginal wells</header>
<subsection id="H55A9A3C10A8C467497BE6F2F6FD21A7D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 45I is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC76CF4A2CA984C9AAC170F3D05CE894A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 38 is amended by striking
paragraph (19).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1056EFDA5235465F84932FF518A693BF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to section
45I.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H82E73698BD4548DA9A3D81917FC574E3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to
production in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5FDEA241197D48B89E68DA67814A19D9"><enum>610.</enum><header>Termination of
credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities</header>
<subsection id="H840BE418BECC4176AA052FB31A76A0A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 45J(d)(1) is amended by
striking <quote>January 1, 2021</quote> and inserting <quote>January 1,
2013</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3E0925CB6B444F60A463F3B3BE217A79"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after December 31, 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H693689B429F841458F9F87E31AE9288F"><enum>611.</enum><header>Repeal of
credit for carbon dioxide sequestration</header>
<subsection id="H7B4CB26A730A44398DD67FD6F5FD238E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 45Q is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H824D69C49DCF4CB9B922BC1552E41E4D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to carbon
dioxide captured after December 31, 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H66062425652141AAB4C881EBBEAEB450"><enum>612.</enum><header>Termination of
energy credit</header>
<subsection id="HC8AF2FC8FF154FB9A6CF9BC04F3A0364"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 48 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCC56DA9D3CAA4A32AB3C8EDF986557EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>January 1, 2017</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>January 1, 2013</quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5617759C2BE9471AA988BFC292DDAF4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>December 31, 2016</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>December 31, 2012</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14DC7A4B025644789585F8A497E99E92"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>2012, or 2013</quote> in subsection (a)(5)(C)(ii) and inserting
<quote>or 2012</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD696B3BD0E448B49C338DC7B65A22EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after December 31, 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H56362EE8DB764F60A69B465E7704FD14"><enum>613.</enum><header>Repeal of
qualifying advanced coal project</header>
<subsection id="H89FF6CAAB84E410DBEE3933D5C0F5E01"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 48A is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8293A881F3B74C90ADACD219004844E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 46 is amended by striking paragraph (3) and by
redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5),
respectively.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H22045C6B85DA4DEAA705177AEECE774C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart E of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to section
48A.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8F12898C94D443218A8183105069B950"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after December 31, 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF5790405FB9144B3BC2A49A4EC9F99DB"><enum>614.</enum><header>Repeal of
qualifying gasification project credit</header>
<subsection id="HD1184D681DD248988DB495C42A4B651D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 48B is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCF2CC32A9F534944BD495880598F3819"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 46, as amended by section 613, is amended by
striking paragraph (3) and by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF8743C6DF8DD43ACB1941D523BD9EC9C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart E of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating to section
48B.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB8E86D5560AB4D859AAE3249E4F9477D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after December 31, 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4C70F4643E41436BBDCB11FF13FF4567"><enum>615.</enum><header>Repeal of
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 energy grant program</header>
<subsection id="H54E742000F3F418DB34189215C104D20"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 1603 of division B of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEC7CDC3F780B494FB33083BFD66175E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to property
placed in service after December 31, 2011.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Regulatory
Relief</header>
<section id="HB2BD5120E23644349291015D8A7C6222"><enum>701.</enum><header>Legislative
stay</header>
<subsection id="H8C7D35DC75A048A0851EB19F6BA7E2D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
standards</header><text>In place of the rules specified in subsection (b), and
notwithstanding the date by which such rules would otherwise be required to be
promulgated, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in this
title referred to as the <quote>Administrator</quote>) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE466A58F505643EC85A49A98D2C884A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>propose
regulations for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process
heaters, and commercial and industrial solid waste incinerator units, subject
to any of the rules specified in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7821E5625FD64F69981CC2BCE2AA0688"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establishing
maximum achievable control technology standards, performance standards, and
other requirements under sections 112 and 129, as applicable, of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7412, 7429); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H507D03713A684D02A8CB7DAF118F858A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifying
non-hazardous secondary materials that, when used as fuels or ingredients in
combustion units of such boilers, process heaters, or incinerator units are
solid waste under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.;
commonly referred to as the <quote>Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act</quote>) for purposes of determining the extent to which such combustion
units are required to meet the emissions standards under section 112 of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412) or the emission standards under section 129 of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 7429); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBA835CC8254F4F5089985DC1FF7479FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>finalize the
regulations on the date that is 15 months after the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFDA53A74B0094C7389F82552EA4CDE88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Stay of earlier
rules</header><text>The following rules are of no force or effect, shall be
treated as though such rules had never taken effect, and shall be replaced as
described in subsection (a):</text>
<paragraph id="H568F7C45062F4112A12D1BAF48E05A1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text><quote>National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial,
Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters</quote>, published at
76 Fed. Reg. 15608 (March 21, 2011).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F485A0961264D8E82937A8FB6F0F41A"><enum>(2)</enum><text><quote>National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial,
Commercial, and Institutional Boilers</quote>, published at 76 Fed. Reg. 15554
(March 21, 2011).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02A845885A9D477A858578874F3766EF"><enum>(3)</enum><text><quote>Standards
of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing
Sources: Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units</quote>,
published at 76 Fed. Reg. 15704 (March 21, 2011).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCCA0AE25BC6493C837EED569128166E"><enum>(4)</enum><text><quote>Identification
of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That Are Solid Waste</quote>, published at
76 Fed. Reg. 15456 (March 21, 2011).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3B5750C3C9B944C7B8CB1C0033482876"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inapplicability
of certain provisions</header><text>With respect to any standard required by
subsection (a) to be promulgated in regulations under section 112 of the Clean
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412), the provisions of subsections (g)(2) and (j) of such
section 112 shall not apply prior to the effective date of the standard
specified in such regulations.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H904814EFCE794C649350D572DB467838"><enum>702.</enum><header>Compliance
dates</header>
<subsection id="H88732E1FCFC84F0D94A2B7F10C59BE94"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
compliance dates</header><text>For each regulation promulgated pursuant to
section 701, the Administrator—</text>
<paragraph id="HE15627EF42B64E75930F580D6F104AC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall establish a
date for compliance with standards and requirements under such regulation that
is, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not earlier than 5 years after
the effective date of the regulation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72192C42C2B64B4589CDA0DDE442408D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in proposing a
date for such compliance, shall take into consideration—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D739B9BB21C4E59B290B0210DD6051A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the costs of
achieving emissions reductions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA93057663A7437CBBAD1D0AA10C922A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any non-air
quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements of the
standards and requirements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H57BB75F5F0E04DBD867C8D507CEA71DC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the feasibility of
implementing the standards and requirements, including the time needed
to—</text>
<clause id="HC1F2321B00C048B0A4C5252BD6B1D7CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>obtain necessary
permit approvals; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF564E69A2FDE463C821836530DE5E857"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>procure, install,
and test control equipment;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4CB30E70A69441ABD984924B0DF9544"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the availability
of equipment, suppliers, and labor, given the requirements of the regulation
and other proposed or finalized regulations of the Environmental Protection
Agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB027D423F80C4FEF8D518688D5AFC622"><enum>(E)</enum><text>potential net
employment impacts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4EA0D796F3CD4D7BBDF9789077A69CC6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>New
sources</header><text>The date on which the Administrator proposes a regulation
pursuant to section 701(a)(1) establishing an emission standard under section
112 or 129 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412, 7429) shall be treated as the
date on which the Administrator first proposes such a regulation for purposes
of applying the definition of a new source under section 112(a)(4) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 7412(a)(4)) or the definition of a new solid waste incineration unit
under section 129(g)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7429(g)(2)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4D0DD92696194A75995238DD82E38970"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be construed to restrict
or otherwise affect the provisions of paragraphs (3)(B) and (4) of section
112(i) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(i)).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H56EFDC1277AB46A992938AC168BEF8F9"><enum>703.</enum><header>Energy recovery
and conservation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and to ensure the recovery and conservation of energy consistent with the Solid
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; commonly referred to as the
<quote>Resource Conservation and Recovery Act</quote>), in promulgating rules
under section 701(a) addressing the subject matter of the rules specified in
paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 701(b), the Administrator—</text>
<paragraph id="H2C98F846D39A4897B44C589ABE8F2CE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall adopt the
definitions of the terms <quote>commercial and industrial solid waste
incineration unit</quote>, <quote>commercial and industrial waste</quote>, and
<quote>contained gaseous material</quote> in the rule entitled <quote>Standards
of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing
Sources: Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units</quote>,
published at 65 Fed. Reg. 75338 (December 1, 2000); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73BCFE7DBF6C4AC1B1C400134429C304"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall identify
non-hazardous secondary material to be solid waste only if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDB28257A48E34CEBAE2810B923C827F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the material meets
such definition of commercial and industrial waste; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7476AFD7896147249A04AB5CD2321E53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the material is
a gas, it meets such definition of contained gaseous material.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HED782DD198A6458E9AC07EB6BE003A3B"><enum>704.</enum><header>Other
provisions</header>
<subsection id="HAE2A7B74FC344FB6AEFC093580D2B291"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
standards achievable in practice</header><text>In promulgating rules under
section 701(a), the Administrator shall ensure that emissions standards for
existing and new sources established under section 112 or 129 of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7412, 7429), as applicable, can be met under actual operating
conditions consistently and concurrently with emission standards for all other
air pollutants regulated by the rule for the source category, taking into
account variability in actual source performance, source design, fuels, inputs,
controls, ability to measure the pollutant emissions, and operating
conditions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE8A1F9CE879E4858B2E498485412DB57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulatory
alternatives</header><text>For each regulation promulgated pursuant to section
701(a), from among the range of regulatory alternatives authorized under the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) including work practice standards under
section 112(h) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(h)), the Administrator shall impose
the least burdensome, consistent with the purposes of such Act and Executive
Order No. 13563 published at 76 Fed. Reg. 3821 (January 21, 2011).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC0DBFA21B60047EABBBE5DF3EAAB07DB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deduction for
capital expenditures relating to energy property</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCDAF537ED372453D865DCB137302D876"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4212D6AE0353400A9A135B52ED0C9FF6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 is amended by
inserting after section 179E the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2353128C1A034DFEB1E58EDD19C0BA39" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="H080F0CB4D2BD4944AE951A5DE3656108"><enum>179F.</enum><header>Election to
expense property used in the production of energy</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H25E2CDA4B6884183B2A8B5FAD4778101"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Treatment as
expenses</header><text>A taxpayer may elect to treat the cost of any property
used in the production of energy as an expense which is not chargeable to
capital account. Any cost so treated shall be allowed as a deduction for the
taxable year in which the property is placed in service.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA33A86A9427A443BA728A12BB91CFAEC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Election</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA5B5A4009C23452EABD882A9D37E20B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An election under this section for any taxable year shall
be made on the taxpayer’s return of the tax imposed by this chapter for the
taxable year. Such election shall specify the property to which the election
applies and shall be made in such manner as the Secretary may by regulations
prescribe.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H83D2029497DC43C3956BE4A6279EC336"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election
irrevocable</header><text>Any election made under this section may not be
revoked except with the consent of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAC211090861B499685A00DC040EF6618"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Property used in
the production of energy</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term
<quote>property used in the production of energy</quote> means property—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA09534C46D694971A3E3F35DAA45150E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>used in the
production of energy,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H17515791C19C42668CCD29977BD7EC6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the original use
of which commences with the taxpayer, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7C093E08CEA5409C8BA6D0980AEFC5D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>which is placed in
service by the taxpayer after the date of the enactment of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H5213F3D82B694EDE9515A79D41B00EB6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>No
expenditures shall be taken into account under subsection (a) with respect to
the portion of the cost of any property taken into account in determining a
credit or deduction under any other section of this chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H490C90C210534C7C92BD531122B57540"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Basis
reduction</header><text>For purposes of this subtitle, if a deduction is
allowed under this section with respect to any property, the basis of such
property shall be reduced by the amount of the deduction so allowed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF5574D8C586147B1817A153CFA251625"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>No
deduction shall be allowed under subsection (a) to any taxpayer for any taxable
year unless such taxpayer files with the Secretary a report containing such
information with respect to the operation of the mines of the taxpayer as the
Secretary shall
require.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC00C7E8CE0EB4F7CA290BFB534EDB9C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 1016(a) is
amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (36), by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (37) and inserting <quote>,
and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0F98A5F2B5BD4854AE3D853131AC5521" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H295CD8F532F94A678DD9AA6385C54F00"><enum>(38)</enum><text>to the extent
provided in section
179F(e).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFD948282F5A54098B01AF643835BBCE2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 263(a)(1)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to capital expenditures) is
amended by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (K), by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (L) and inserting <quote>,
or</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H129D4B6A3B874644814B34DD9E1E53D4" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8033F0BE06F241649FD9B956E65F772A"><enum>(M)</enum><text>expenditures for
which a deduction is allowed under section
179F.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H90602F2883BB46379E33179327F3ED03"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section 1245(a) of
such Code is amended by inserting <quote>179F,</quote> after
<quote>179E,</quote> both places it appears in paragraphs (2)(C) and
(3)(C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H54DE6CF1F8764C3E8BB2CA01DDC340F0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The table of
sections for part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 179E the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF951C7617A0E4B368A215CF1DA215646" style="OLC">
<toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H2353128C1A034DFEB1E58EDD19C0BA39" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="H080F0CB4D2BD4944AE951A5DE3656108" level="section">Sec. 179F. Election to expense property used in the production
of
energy.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3871318EBE524A21B3A7A587A3DB817E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA65F9FA5DBA24914BEE03F7936FC81D4"><enum>705.</enum><header>Management and
disposal of coal combustion residuals</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB9C2F288E7914071B68D50AE229DD930"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment to
subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act
(42 U.S.C. 6941 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H876711CCC57B4A468DD698BB3F7B2441" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="H60599E2A94DC4ED68EC0BFC04901CD0C"><enum>4011.</enum><header>Management and
disposal of coal combustion residuals</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H54E1520382384C0BA81E510A0442A1FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State permit
programs for coal combustion residuals</header><text>Each State may adopt and
implement a coal combustion residuals permit program.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDC999D3B852F4DB4B11ED9BED9E6B199"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State
actions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6A8B23E4E6FB481D85767C6FD7AD25E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this section (except as
provided by the deadline identified under subsection (d)(2)(B)), the Governor
of each State shall notify the Administrator, in writing, whether such State
will adopt and implement a coal combustion residuals permit program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9D19B32B0F524BE6BBA27F8A5712E34D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H49254D2710154D69951FA40A05B51F45"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 36 months after the date of enactment of
this section (except as provided in subsections (f)(1)(A) and (f)(1)(C)), in
the case of a State that has notified the Administrator that it will implement
a coal combustion residuals permit program, the head of the lead State agency
responsible for implementing the coal combustion residuals permit program shall
submit to the Administrator a certification that such coal combustion residuals
permit program meets the specifications described in subsection (c)(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9D5F8B6C1DF94B99BA9EEFDCAC83E45A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A
certification submitted under this paragraph shall include—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H6FFC599781AC4281B349335EB4F3CDD0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a letter
identifying the lead State agency responsible for implementing the coal
combustion residuals permit program, signed by the head of such agency;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HEF9A7E74FCA34484AC821C4ECD643E0F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>identification of
any other State agencies involved with the implementation of the coal
combustion residuals permit program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HBE68848B1EF143248415FE5AB7FF979A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a narrative
description that provides an explanation of how the State will ensure that the
coal combustion residuals permit program meets the requirements of this
section, including a description of the State’s—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H3939CEAF970043FFA142590746B0B26D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>process to inspect
or otherwise determine compliance with such permit program;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H433DADD7A0BB4F56AF9E143712E2CC45"><enum>(II)</enum><text>process to
enforce the requirements of such permit program; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H5E49958E796F48CBAABE5D27D7448939"><enum>(III)</enum><text>public
participation process for the promulgation, amendment, or repeal of regulations
for, and the issuance of permits under, such permit program;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H118319F624494A0AB508914A1D5D81BA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a legal
certification that the State has, at the time of certification, fully effective
statutes or regulations necessary to implement a coal combustion residuals
permit program that meets the specifications described in subsection (c)(1);
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H5CF9AA5956064CD39001378955E71580"><enum>(v)</enum><text>copies of State
statutes and regulations described in clause (iv).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA07742E0875A4B93A2574EC54FFD791B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Maintenance of
4005(<enum-in-header>c</enum-in-header>) or 3006 program</header><text>In order
to adopt or implement a coal combustion residuals permit program under this
section (including pursuant to subsection (f)), the State agency responsible
for implementing a coal combustion residuals permit program in a State shall
maintain an approved program under section 4005(c) or an authorized program
under section 3006.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H68E4C7D14F02426093732F1AF91F2FED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Permit program
specifications</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6AFBCC8F0E684B6B9B964981C35A644F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text>The specifications described in this subsection for
a coal combustion residuals permit program are as follows:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4935CDB897D24047A204112A1C03919C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The revised
criteria described in paragraph (2) shall apply to a coal combustion residuals
permit program, except as provided in paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD19110A1D6B2403DA1EC3CE71385F3A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Each structure
shall be, in accordance with generally accepted engineering standards for the
structural integrity of such structures, designed, constructed, and maintained
to provide for containment of the maximum volumes of coal combustion residuals
appropriate for the structure. If a structure is determined by the head of the
agency responsible for implementing the coal combustion residuals permit
program to be deficient, the head of such agency has authority to require
action to correct the deficiency according to a schedule determined by such
agency. If the identified deficiency is not corrected according to such
schedule, the head of such agency has authority to require that the structure
close in accordance with subsection (h).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H715F6157E9724565B8A7DE8F29446CCF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The coal
combustion residuals permit program shall apply the revised criteria
promulgated pursuant to section 4010(c) for location, design, groundwater
monitoring, corrective action, financial assurance, closure, and post-closure
described in paragraph (2) and the specifications described in this paragraph
to surface impoundments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HABE72DE036F842108CD7C4F17192B904"><enum>(D)</enum><text>If a structure
that is classified as posing a high hazard potential pursuant to the guidelines
published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency entitled <quote>Federal
Guidelines for Dam Safety: Hazard Potential Classification System for
Dams</quote> (FEMA Publication Number 333) is determined by the head of the
agency responsible for implementing the coal combustion residuals permit
program to be deficient with respect to the structural integrity requirement in
subparagraph (B), the head of such agency has authority to require action to
correct the deficiency according to a schedule determined by such agency. If
the identified deficiency is not corrected according to such schedule, the head
of such agency has authority to require that the structure close in accordance
with subsection (h).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H928C5482AFB645E0AA6133FA39465087"><enum>(E)</enum><text>New structures
that first receive coal combustion residuals after the date of enactment of
this section shall be constructed with a base located a minimum of two feet
above the upper limit of the natural water table.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2978C2BA29C84D51B192FE2A85733C9B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>In the case of a
coal combustion residuals permit program implemented by a State, the State has
the authority to inspect structures and implement and enforce such permit
program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9F89F3D8C679407EB9C158F07FA72EFA"><enum>(G)</enum><text>In the case of a
coal combustion residuals permit program implemented by a State, the State has
the authority to address wind dispersal of dust from coal combustion residuals
by requiring dust control measures, as determined appropriate by the head of
the lead State agency responsible for implementing the coal combustion
residuals permit program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBDDCDCDCB6F44F27BC6FD316D3A09DD0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revised
criteria</header><text>The revised criteria described in this paragraph
are—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H99BCF7670EB24460934D31925455B617"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the revised
criteria for design, groundwater monitoring, corrective action, closure, and
post-closure, for structures, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H4B5C2EC82F714AFAAD00ED5A4A1B0D90"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for new
structures, and lateral expansions of existing structures, that first receive
coal combustion residuals after the date of enactment of this section, the
revised criteria regarding design requirements described in section 258.40 of
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H286B759681DB4A87A3359DDA7B63BBAD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for all
structures that receive coal combustion residuals after the date of enactment
of this section, the revised criteria regarding groundwater monitoring and
corrective action requirements described in subpart E of part 258 of title 40,
Code of Federal Regulations, except that, for the purposes of this paragraph,
such revised criteria shall also include—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H9B2FE3D7FB2D414BB5492FBB7C307301"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for the purposes
of detection monitoring, the constituents boron, chloride, conductivity,
fluoride, mercury, pH, sulfate, sulfide, and total dissolved solids; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H13F4E35E400943B3B20EA9751A7C3737"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for the purposes
of assessment monitoring, the constituents aluminum, boron, chloride, fluoride,
iron, manganese, molybdenum, pH, sulfate, and total dissolved solids;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6A215CAF62DB41C9ADE097463D6E3417"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the revised
criteria for location restrictions described in—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H4B27694D11EA48CF96DAB532EDF4A180"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for new
structures, and lateral expansions of existing structures, that first receive
coal combustion residuals after the date of enactment of this section, sections
258.11 through 258.15 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H9EF7F5C86E124F708A109B5D541187E8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for existing
structures that receive coal combustion residuals after the date of enactment
of this section, sections 258.11 and 258.15 of title 40, Code of Federal
Regulations;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1C6199F9AD1444D5A6930366E10A0C3F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for all structures
that receive coal combustion residuals after the date of enactment of this
section, the revised criteria for air quality described in section 258.24 of
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4481EC498E6C43E1BE2E1BEBA5ED21C8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for all structures
that receive coal combustion residuals after the date of enactment of this
section, the revised criteria for financial assurance described in subpart G of
part 258 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2CA00DDC942F424FB777CC8AEE78C73D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for all structures
that receive coal combustion residuals after the date of enactment of this
section, the revised criteria for surface water described in section 258.27 of
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H43BF67B4BA114F5CB96CDEFDDE42A98A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>for all structures
that receive coal combustion residuals after the date of enactment of this
section, the revised criteria for recordkeeping described in section 258.29 of
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2A1DF782772B40DF8DBCC972F7BFC606"><enum>(G)</enum><text>for landfills and
other land-based units, other than surface impoundments, that receive coal
combustion residuals after the date of enactment of this section, the revised
criteria for run-on and run-off control systems described in section 258.26 of
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAA3D09DBD22F408D962AF0B93D119DFB"><enum>(H)</enum><text>for surface
impoundments that receive coal combustion residuals after the date of enactment
of this section, the revised criteria for run-off control systems described in
section 258.26(a)(2) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H789013D5BB0148B9B666F6614AE0D3C2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability of
certain requirements</header><text>A State may determine that one or more of
the requirements of the revised criteria described in paragraph (2) is not
needed for the management of coal combustion residuals in that State, and may
decline to apply such requirement as part of its coal combustion residuals
permit program. If a State declines to apply a requirement under this
paragraph, the State shall include in the certification under subsection (b)(2)
a description of such requirement and the reasons such requirement is not
needed in the State. If the Administrator determines that a State determination
under this paragraph does not accurately reflect the needs for the management
of coal combustion residuals in the State, the Administrator may treat such
State determination as a deficiency under subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H69D94099AEE74EB687294B83C41BFC64"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Written notice
and opportunity to remedy</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8747E037A5C24D0E82059F20193BAB1F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall provide to a State written notice
and an opportunity to remedy deficiencies in accordance with paragraph (2) if
at any time the State—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDE8A7BBCF65E4F5CAED887554AA8278B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>does not satisfy
the notification requirement under subsection (b)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAC4DBB9828DB4BED88AFC548C146EE4A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has not submitted
a certification under subsection (b)(2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAA1E1A39669342ADA8054F886F2C063A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>does not satisfy
the maintenance requirement under subsection (b)(3); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1F5B1EF94AFF4A13AFC710C13E798180"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is not
implementing a coal combustion residuals permit program that meets the
specifications described in subsection (c)(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H37514ED960854BCDA7E881B1C3817151"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of
notice; deadline for response</header><text>A notice provided under this
subsection shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF97B5DC73DC54A1799255DBEAA3C6305"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include findings
of the Administrator detailing any applicable deficiencies in—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H1A6A0EB862EC492DAC9CC1ECD49FC274"><enum>(i)</enum><text>compliance by the
State with the notification requirement under subsection (b)(1);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H7D507C0CFD854538805C958234CBAABF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>compliance by the
State with the certification requirement under subsection (b)(2);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H835423D89FA346E19B9B6FD66930FD28"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>compliance by
the State with the maintenance requirement under subsection (b)(3); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H3A915D5A723A47DF85640DB9E33E94C9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the State coal
combustion residuals permit program in meeting the specifications described in
subsection (c)(1); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H42543FADFC584E959DCAE9A4C9CF8A67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify, in
collaboration with the State, a reasonable deadline, which shall be not sooner
than 6 months after the State receives the notice, by which the State shall
remedy the deficiencies detailed under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H862327508DF1476B976E3FA2BD22BDE3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Implementation
by Administrator</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5B75E7AA187344F297802CA8CF783641"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall implement a coal combustion
residuals permit program for a State only in the following
circumstances:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4796AA5162DE4823A819F0702FD71753"><enum>(A)</enum><text>If the Governor of
such State notifies the Administrator under subsection (b)(1) that such State
will not adopt and implement such a permit program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4B3B0F3A60E64A6FB162B30FF1C8C85B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If such State has
received a notice under subsection (d) and, after any review brought by the
State under section 7006, fails, by the deadline identified in such notice
under subsection (d)(2)(B), to remedy the deficiencies detailed in such notice
under subsection (d)(2)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H93AD5E09FD0B407B90CDF228E972AE11"><enum>(C)</enum><text>If such State
informs the Administrator, in writing, that such State will no longer implement
such a permit program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB5F6817230B44F84AE60EE8EA871214F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>If
the Administrator implements a coal combustion residuals permit program for a
State under paragraph (1), such permit program shall consist of the
specifications described in subsection (c)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFF9F47E21530466987357DE99F61D120"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>If
the Administrator implements a coal combustion residuals permit program for a
State under paragraph (1), the authorities referred to in section 4005(c)(2)(A)
shall apply with respect to coal combustion residuals and structures and the
Administrator may use such authorities to inspect, gather information, and
enforce the requirements of this section in the State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H933E99FD914541F193F32A648F1A9A9A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>State control
after implementation by Administrator</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC865183703BC4FEABD0FB8A60A394860"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State
control</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC964BB32416C43D8A009F7B180A82B00"><enum>(A)</enum><header>New adoption and
implementation by State</header><text>For a State for which the Administrator
is implementing a coal combustion residuals permit program under subsection
(e)(1)(A), the State may adopt and implement such a permit program by—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HEA48BA62ABBA44D3A7A9D2B6E4B03F89"><enum>(i)</enum><text>notifying the
Administrator that the State will adopt and implement such a permit
program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HEA1707A486354F8CAA71F948D4FFA671"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not later than 6
months after the date of such notification, submitting to the Administrator a
certification under subsection (b)(2); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HDDE4C8FBF5FD4FDD8438351593807588"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>receiving from
the Administrator—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HE8BCAAB5C9F7460F9178712B0355176E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a determination
that the State coal combustion residuals permit program meets the
specifications described in subsection (c)(1); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HB4AC3CB615A647B3B695E5CDEF07DB3C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a timeline for
transition of control of the coal combustion residuals permit program.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAC3C2B5A07CA4E76A430AA0085A275B9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Remedying
deficient permit program</header><text>For a State for which the Administrator
is implementing a coal combustion residuals permit program under subsection
(e)(1)(B), the State may adopt and implement such a permit program by—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H665353FE75614006BC9FF3A29D2A8CA3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>remedying the
deficiencies detailed in the notice provided under subsection (d)(2)(A);
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H3A2977CF5CED49BDAEC25AFC9A3C1CDB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>receiving from
the Administrator—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HD904049FE18E4C658E8B913B0ECE04B9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a determination
that the deficiencies detailed in such notice have been remedied; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H0F876326567146C08C4BA54EF5C02390"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a timeline for
transition of control of the coal combustion residuals permit program.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6B68D312C27F4367BD118BB51549A687"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Resumption of
implementation by State</header><text>For a State for which the Administrator
is implementing a coal combustion residuals permit program under subsection
(e)(1)(C), the State may adopt and implement such a permit program by—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HF13571A4404449409B52911F6F7EC5EA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>notifying the
Administrator that the State will adopt and implement such a permit
program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H55A410A20BE443E488953290235ED553"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not later than 6
months after the date of such notification, submitting to the Administrator a
certification under subsection (b)(2); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HBDC555733B254A0D9D4A9BC612FCC8E6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>receiving from
the Administrator—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HD080B2DF98894584B7E855FD784623BA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a determination
that the State coal combustion residuals permit program meets the
specifications described in subsection (c)(1); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H8746A0986AFB40AA8A06BA0493E30E6D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a timeline for
transition of control of the coal combustion residuals permit program.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB962D68F4C674CB58B633E126FE2112E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of
determination</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0190D85476764E7A9D832C34F8941B79"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Determination
required</header><text>The Administrator shall make a determination under
paragraph (1) not later than 90 days after the date on which the State submits
a certification under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) or (1)(C)(ii), or notifies the
Administrator that the deficiencies have been remedied pursuant to paragraph
(1)(B)(i), as applicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE390529BE34A45B3B587B78DB2491425"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review</header><text>A
State may obtain a review of a determination by the Administrator under
paragraph (1) as if such determination was a final regulation for purposes of
section 7006.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H682670C0342E42D1BC08F6B3CD387347"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Implementation
during transition</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H70307E147D324B0F9B35908CAB9897F3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Effect on
actions and orders</header><text>Actions taken or orders issued pursuant to a
coal combustion residuals permit program shall remain in effect if—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HD9696685CA524B83A809CB97793DBAEB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a State takes
control of its coal combustion residuals permit program from the Administrator
under paragraph (1); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H9894198E121846738C2543805EB8B58C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Administrator
takes control of a coal combustion residuals permit program from a State under
subsection (e).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE823C87E7FDD4C4F82132B8C809ACC88"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Change in
requirements</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall apply to such actions and
orders until such time as the Administrator or the head of the lead State
agency responsible for implementing the coal combustion residuals permit
program, as applicable—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H4F2B5E3C382F46BCB478B7E752F9DD1E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>implements changes
to the requirements of the coal combustion residuals permit program with
respect to the basis for the action or order; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HF8FFDC710B8146A388C3F2ABA0086A18"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>certifies the
completion of a corrective action that is the subject of the action or
order.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3B3E233E98EA4DB594F28D9D9A486013"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Single permit
program</header><text>If a State adopts and implements a coal combustion
residuals permit program under this subsection, the Administrator shall cease
to implement the permit program implemented under subsection (e) for such
State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9EFE9BFFA2764D09BECAFCFB742AEF54"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effect on
determination under 4005(<enum-in-header>c</enum-in-header>) or
3006</header><text>The Administrator shall not consider the implementation of a
coal combustion residuals permit program by the Administrator under subsection
(e) in making a determination of approval for a permit program or other system
of prior approval and conditions under section 4005(c) or of authorization for
a program under section 3006.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDB022DAB9C5B44BA83C396A8BE305859"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Closure</header><text>If
it is determined, pursuant to a coal combustion residuals permit program, that
a structure should close, the time period and method for the closure of such
structure shall be set forth in a closure plan that establishes a deadline for
completion and that takes into account the nature and the site-specific
characteristics of the structure to be closed. In the case of a surface
impoundment, the closure plan shall require, at a minimum, the removal of
liquid and the stabilization of remaining waste, as necessary to support the
final cover.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3A51B38DDC27499388EDF70A82E2CEF4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authority</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9578C1E035C441A08A23BA79B80FECAC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State
authority</header><text>Nothing in this section shall preclude or deny any
right of any State to adopt or enforce any regulation or requirement respecting
coal combustion residuals that is more stringent or broader in scope than a
regulation or requirement under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8827D3A5D1B14F138EEA0AFC365E93E8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority of the
Administrator</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEEEED4EFBA824E098309BEBE62489363"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section and
section 6005 of this title, the Administrator shall, with respect to the
regulation of coal combustion residuals, defer to the States pursuant to this
section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0B58B43C76E94F329F143738C9D19688"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Imminent
hazard</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the
authority of the Administrator under section 7003 with respect to coal
combustion residuals.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAB622573621A432BB78EE05390F159FE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Technical and
enforcement assistance only upon request</header><text>Upon request from the
head of a lead State agency that is implementing a coal combustion residuals
permit program, the Administrator may provide to such State agency only the
technical or enforcement assistance requested.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H80614BEB894A4980920ECBB21D72DDE8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Citizen
suits</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the
authority of a person to commence a civil action in accordance with section
7002.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4E324C42902045299F5047D6C669A11A"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Mine reclamation
activities</header><text>A coal combustion residuals permit program implemented
under subsection (e) by the Administrator shall not apply to the utilization,
placement, and storage of coal combustion residuals at surface mining and
reclamation operations.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3F84AC5760E04D6787412590086FE862"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H78DF369B52AC4F4F904ACCE056A9282B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coal combustion
residuals</header><text>The term <quote>coal combustion residuals</quote>
means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H10B70CC14BA64543966BA9C3ED93BBA4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the solid wastes
listed in section 3001(b)(3)(A)(i), including recoverable materials from such
wastes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3214FFE3990449F69819E105C7E39073"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coal combustion
wastes that are co-managed with wastes produced in conjunction with the
combustion of coal, provided that such wastes are not segregated and disposed
of separately from the coal combustion wastes and comprise a relatively small
proportion of the total wastes being disposed in the structure;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1DC0575BE84641FCB5651EBD83B7F6DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>fluidized bed
combustion wastes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H370D56B9EA82497B9D9A161E32B5F61F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>wastes from the
co-burning of coal with nonhazardous secondary materials provided that coal
makes up at least 50 percent of the total fuel burned; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H69CEA0FCF0F647288AAC9185E9D6B3C8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>wastes from the
co-burning of coal with materials described in subparagraph (A) that are
recovered from monofills.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1E777F37052F4B9CBB8C0665AE9B5F11"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coal combustion
residuals permit program</header><text>The term <quote>coal combustion
residuals permit program</quote> means a permit program or other system of
prior approval and conditions that is adopted by or for a State for the
management and disposal of coal combustion residuals to the extent such
activities occur in structures in such State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6E20EA9C61F24EB2972B5A73FB07A071"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Structure</header><text>The
term <quote>structure</quote> means a landfill, surface impoundment, or other
land-based unit which may receive coal combustion residuals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAAC09023DC154A1886E53042A2A7831D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Revised
criteria</header><text>The term <quote>revised criteria</quote> means the
criteria promulgated for municipal solid waste landfill units under section
4004(a) and under section 1008(a)(3), as revised under section 4010(c) in
accordance with the requirement of such section that the criteria protect human
health and the
environment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H9864DBC40A494B57A8445CE31712F7B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of contents contained in section 1001 of the
Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 4010 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H162D94CA2EB74EEFA040968125636321" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 4011. Management and disposal of coal
combustion
residuals.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H78CFD9BCCEC24AFD96C94986525C9DD0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>2000 Regulatory
determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section, or the amendments made by this section, shall be construed to alter in
any manner the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory determination
entitled <quote>Notice of Regulatory Determination on Wastes from the
Combustion of Fossil Fuels</quote>, published at 65 Fed. Reg. 32214 (May 22,
2000), that the fossil fuel combustion wastes addressed in that determination
do not warrant regulation under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6921 et seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Attainment of
National Ambient Air Quality Standards</header>
<section id="HAB76A7F6EE87430FA5EDD9BC6186B096"><enum>801.</enum><header>Air quality
monitoring and modeling methodologies</header>
<subsection id="H2A28A403CB144B3FAF9E40910308C08E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Nonattainment
designation To be based on monitoring data</header><text>Section 107 of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DB499DC756E4E75AE50F8DFFD38FBB7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC665D7EAFC9F48C395BB9054BDCAEBB0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Nonattainment
designation To be based on monitoring data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any designation or redesignation of an area
or portion of an area within a State or interstate area as a nonattainment area
for a pollutant within the meaning of subsection (d)(1)(A)(i) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H82D2F46F7C8F4CA0BCAE94D86B04C839"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be based on
monitoring data; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8966951A85DC4AA2BCFA99FA136B1BAD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not take into
consideration modeling
data.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H4015E64DDF3F4730A8E29B2DF70C18ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Air quality
modeling methodologies</header>
<paragraph id="H67136AEE4F1F48568AFAF5C26276E77D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Methodologies</header><text>Section
110 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7410) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14EB085807C84A53ACFC4DF598D6CC52" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6B86E13D3F474D92A922D3D7E87C8F14"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Air quality
modeling methodologies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Administrator shall, by regulation, set forth the air quality modeling
methodologies required to be used for purposes of air quality modeling pursuant
to subsection
(a)(2)(K).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD86791012B5E47F7B301A99712FBBA98"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate final
regulations, as required by section 110(d) of the Clean Air Act, as added by
paragraph (1), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H46E46644A6B94F4BA90F421718ADEBAF"><enum>802.</enum><header>Extending
compliance for NAAQS attainment for downwind States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 181 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7511) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD1DFCB81EFF843B3A8FC5A4731BDA10B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC55D601BEF284EDAA2409AE860AF0AF6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Extended
attainment date for certain downwind areas</header>
<paragraph id="HDD93DB7E967D41D195FC61F4C9273F64"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H44B15A21834949A6B06D0BEF1E076E26"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term
<quote>upwind area</quote> means an area that—</text>
<clause id="H56EAAFCB13DD4B8785A59E35016E269F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>affects
nonattainment in another area (in this subsection referred to as the
<quote>downwind area</quote>); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H43E3E4760DC94DB9B2558A6AC8F8F1CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is either—</text>
<subclause id="HB241D5F309B34D68808183622ED544CC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a nonattainment
area with a later attainment date than the downwind area; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H549750D916BB4F3B9797B185F96FB0F8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an area in
another State that the Administrator has found to be significantly contributing
to nonattainment in the downwind area in violation of section 110(a)(2)(D) and
for which the Administrator has established requirements through notice and
comment rulemaking to reduce the emissions causing such significant
contribution.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50A5FA58D6904FF8B4B37F9E22530BEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term
<quote>current classification</quote> means the classification of a downwind
area under this section at the time of the determination under paragraph
(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H10FDCB06CFA9493E9C46DA9E4E4930BE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Notwithstanding
subsection (b)(2), a downwind area that is not in attainment within 18 months
of the attainment deadline required under this section may seek an extension of
time to come into attainment by petitioning the Administrator for such an
extension. If the Administrator—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC04D963F88AC46308E51BF20B6124AD7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determines that
the area is a downwind area with respect to a particular national ambient air
quality standard for ozone;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8107A0D2501A419DA6E23C52B8A4500B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>approves a plan
revision for such area as provided in paragraph (3) prior to a reclassification
under subsection (b)(2)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92962E1A495946C4A5045EF3DCCFAD05"><enum>(C)</enum><text>determines that
the petitioning downwind area has demonstrated that it is affected by transport
from an upwind area to a degree that affects the area’s ability to
attain,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">the
Administrator, in lieu of such reclassification, may extend the attainment date
for such downwind area for such standard in accordance with paragraph
(5).</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1DCF237E8C4E46D486E3D1C7FCCA5BCC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>In
order to extend the attainment date for a downwind area under this subsection,
the Administrator may approve a revision of the applicable implementation plan
for the downwind area for the national ambient air quality standard
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9627A1E652AB486AAFF5E741A1C92CA6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>complies with all
requirements of this Act applicable under the current classification of the
downwind area, including any requirements applicable to the area under section
172(c) for such standard;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91AA36D8F56E4617912666777D2C1F02"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes any
additional measures needed to demonstrate attainment by the extended attainment
date provided under this subsection, and provides for implementation of those
measures as expeditiously as practicable; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D25539919524E8EB4B6F7D166AAB0C2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provides
appropriate measures to ensure that no area downwind of the area receiving the
extended attainment date will be affected by transport to a degree that affects
the other area’s ability to attain.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFB5D209E8E61482D92C2162AB945B987"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prior
reclassification determination</header><text>If, after April 1, 2003, and prior
to the time the 1-hour ozone standard no longer applies to a downwind area, the
Administrator made a reclassification determination under subsection (b)(2)(A)
for such downwind area, and the Administrator approves a plan consistent with
subparagraphs (A) and (B) for such area, the reclassification shall be
withdrawn and, for purposes of implementing the 8-hour ozone national ambient
air quality standard, the area shall be treated as if the reclassification
never occurred. Such plan must be submitted no later than 12 months following
enactment of this subsection, and—</text>
<subparagraph id="H88732D5822A2417DB9360ADB16249C96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the plan revision
for the downwind area must comply with all control and planning requirements of
this Act applicable under the classification that applied immediately prior to
reclassification, including any requirements applicable to the area under
section 172(c) for such standard; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5006167EAC864B40B42370DBDC4572A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the plan must
include any additional measures needed to demonstrate attainment no later than
the date on which the last reductions in pollution transport that have been
found by the Administrator to significantly contribute to nonattainment are
required to be achieved by the upwind area or areas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB664ABBAACB3470E9B481D4AF7B31E8E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Extended
date</header><text>The attainment date extended under this subsection shall
provide for attainment of such national ambient air quality standard for ozone
in the downwind area as expeditiously as practicable but no later than the new
date that the area would have been subject to had it been reclassified under
subsection (b)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC712F762117643338B8060FF6B0BD842"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>Within
12 months after the enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall,
after notice and comment, promulgate rules to determine, for purposes of
paragraphs (2) and (3), when an area is affected by transport to a degree that
affects the area’s ability to attain. The purpose of such rules shall be to
ensure that downwind areas are not unjustly
penalized.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IX</enum><header>Sub-Basin
Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions</header>
<section id="H57862AE3690A4DCCAB0060BBB63308EA"><enum>901.</enum><header>Sub-basin
reporting of greenhouse gas emissions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 114 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7414) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6520E619BD474E74AB2FD7D7E21410D0" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H403D05CB93E543D592BF7DE48DD83EA0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting of
greenhouse gas emissions from petroleum and natural gas systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In requiring any owner or operator of any
facility in the petroleum and natural gas system source category (as such terms
are used in part 98 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, and any successor
regulations) to report greenhouse gas emissions from facilities in such
category, the Administrator shall allow the owner or operator, at its
election—</text>
<paragraph id="HB13E8F2EC63F4D5895261F75095A9DA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to designate
sub-basins consisting of similar fields within a larger basin; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A01E62703804CE4A7F05162F5D2B6C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to report such
emissions from such sub-basins instead of reporting such emissions from the
larger
basin.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>X</enum><header>Implementation of
National Ocean Policy</header>
<section id="H5FB058D0CA4D482DA022BC93536AC300"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Prohibition on
use of funds</header>
<subsection id="H6ADDD3B2858E494191900E4C45B07D4F"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Federal
departments and agencies are prohibited from performing activities to implement
Executive Order 13547.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>XI</enum><header>Other
Provisions</header>
<section id="HD6149FB5DA98424B8751FA93D879D85D"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Administrative
record</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The administrative
record compiled by an agency regarding an application for a permit,
authorization, or other agency action involving a Priority Energy Project shall
be the sole and exclusive record for any appeal or review of the permit action
or other activity by that agency or other agency, as applicable. Upon final
agency action, such record shall be closed and shall not be subject to any
further evidentiary proceedings or requirements unless requested by the
applicant.</text>
</section><section id="HFC45C59EA75B42DDB5B0E2A2C588C1F5"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Statement of
energy effects</header>
<subsection id="H2781CF3CDA164109BD118F06CF523F4C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Preparation</header>
<paragraph id="H72D8D71772FA4E38BA611D3EC9603234"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>An
agency shall prepare and submit a Statement of Energy Effects to the
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office
of Management and Budget, for each proposed significant energy action.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6BF347919AC14CC7B045760A24331837"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A
Statement of Energy Effects shall consist of a detailed statement by the agency
responsible for the significant energy action relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9AFC5342835B4102BADE19DC4E44DE5D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any adverse
effects on energy supply, distribution, or use (including a shortfall in
supply, price increases, and increased use of foreign supplies) should the
proposal be implemented; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1E1A140EA7C475684DA486650023D45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reasonable
alternatives to the action with adverse energy effects, and the expected
effects of such alternatives on energy supply, distribution, and use.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H014609455CFF4318A2F4A683886105A1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Guidance and
consultation</header><text>The Administrator of the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs shall provide guidance to the agencies on the implementation
of this section and shall consult with other agencies as appropriate in the
implementation of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7B4F1F04AE774C3E9CD91BAB6E82A959"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Agencies
shall publish their Statements of Energy Effects, or a summary thereof, in each
related notice of proposed rulemaking and in any resulting final rule.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3C739D9C1459413DAC1E5E48490E46D6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this subsection—</text>
<paragraph id="H5A24597CFC8540A8BC85ECFDEE99A781"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<quote>agency</quote> has the meaning given that term in paragraph (1) of
section 3502 of title 44, United States Code, except that the term does not
include an independent regulatory agency, as defined in paragraph (5) of that
section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1EE3744A94874473A3B083EBB0CF4529"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<quote>significant energy action</quote> means any action by an agency that is
expected to lead to promulgation of a final regulation and that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H667ACBD872314880B2877441C3CEF202"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is likely to have
a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use of energy;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C4BD6E6914F4C1D9A850BAE94BF64AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is designated by
the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs as a
significant energy action.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H55D0AEE9FFEF444CAF9A114E2F7980C3"><enum>1103.</enum><header>Priority-Energy
Project permit duration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
approval to construct or operate a Priority Energy Project pursuant to any
Federal permit, as applicable, shall remain valid and authorized for the later
of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6D339A58C7D54E5E99977A05673F8C86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>18 months
following the date on which the last permit needed by a Priority Energy Project
to commence construction or operation is final and no longer subject to
judicial review;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1D4F259187AB46E4AA2D9F44AABFF58A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>3 years; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H375834939AEE4DC9AC7B6835404AD72F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of a
nationwide permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to part 330 of
title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, 5 years.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9661334F13B3403BAAEE7BC1E34B0116"><enum>1104.</enum><header>Exemption for
takings of migratory bird incidental to energy development and
production</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 of The
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 707) is amended in subsection (a) by
striking <quote>not more than</quote> and all that follows through the end of
the subsection and inserting <quote>not more than $1,000.</quote>.</text>
</section>