1.This Act may be cited as the
Domestic Energy and Jobs
Act
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Title I—Increasing Domestic Oil and Gas Exploration, Development,
and Production in Response to Strategic Petroleum Reserve Drawdowns
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Plan for increasing domestic oil and gas exploration,
development, and production from Federal lands in response to Strategic
Petroleum Reserve drawdown.
Title II—Impacts of EPA Rules and Actions on Energy
Prices
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Transportation Fuels Regulatory
Committee.
Sec. 203. Analyses.
Sec. 204. Reports; public comment.
Sec. 205. No final action on certain rules.
Sec. 206. Consideration of feasibility and cost in revising or
supplementing national ambient air quality standards for ozone.
Sec. 207. Fuel requirements waiver and study.
Title III—Quadrennial Strategic Federal Onshore Energy Production
Strategy
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Onshore domestic energy production strategic
plan.
Sec. 303. Definitions.
Title IV—Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Certainty
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Minimum acreage requirement for onshore lease
sales.
Sec. 403. Leasing certainty.
Sec. 404. Leasing consistency.
Sec. 405. Reduce redundant policies.
Title V—Streamlined Energy Permitting
Sec. 501. Short title.
Subtitle A—Application for Permits to Drill Process
Reform
Sec. 511. Permit to drill application timeline.
Sec. 512. Solar and wind right-of-way rental
reform.
Subtitle B—Administrative Protest Documentation
Reform
Sec. 521. Administrative protest documentation
reform.
Subtitle C—Permit Streamlining
Sec. 531. Improve Federal energy permit
coordination.
Sec. 532. Administration of current law.
Sec. 533. Policies regarding buying, building, and working for
America.
Subtitle D—Judicial Review
Sec. 541. Definitions.
Sec. 542. Exclusive venue for certain civil actions relating to
covered energy projects.
Sec. 543. Timely filing.
Sec. 544. Expedition in hearing and determining the
action.
Sec. 545. Standard of review.
Sec. 546. Limitation on injunction and prospective
relief.
Sec. 547. Limitation on attorneys’ fees.
Sec. 548. Legal standing.
Title VI—Expeditious program of oil and gas leasing in the
National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Sense of Congress and reaffirming national policy for
the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Sec. 603. National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: lease
sales.
Sec. 604. National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: planning and
permitting pipeline and road construction.
Sec. 605. Departmental Accountability for
Development.
Sec. 606. Updated resource assessment.
Sec. 607. Colville River designation.
Title VII—Internet-Based Onshore Oil and Gas Lease
Sales
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Internet-based onshore oil and gas lease
sales.
Title VIII—Service over the counter, self-contained, medium
temperature commercial refrigerators
Sec. 801. Service over the counter, self-contained, medium
temperature commercial refrigerators.
Title IX—Miscellaneous provisions
Sec. 901. Limitation on transfer of functions under the Mining
Law Program or the Solid Minerals Leasing Program.
Sec. 902. Amount of distributed qualified Outer Continental
Shelf revenues.
Sec. 903. Lease Sale 220 and other lease sales off the coast of
Virginia.
Title X—Advancing offshore wind production
Sec. 1001. Short title.
Sec. 1002. Offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring
projects.
<enum>I</enum><header>Increasing
Domestic Oil and Gas Exploration, Development, and Production in Response to
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Drawdowns</header>
<section id="HD24ABD26D3E247A58EF5879BA6D7A4BF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Strategic Energy Production Act
of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H265B571E61EA429789AE824184B86F96"><enum>102.</enum><header>Plan for
increasing domestic oil and gas exploration, development, and production from
Federal lands in response to Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 161 of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6241">42
U.S.C. 6241</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD11D80989B1244B8B3A7B9E2182D2C10" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC44D3B4904DB4200844A183CA001E8EC"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Plan</header>
<paragraph id="HDC42DC09A5FC462F9383FEA1E0ADB626"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contents</header>
<subparagraph id="H06CE55D8D3D747D2815CE29370EE252D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date on which the Secretary executes, in accordance with the
provisions of this section, the first sale after the date of enactment of this
subsection of petroleum products in the Reserve the Secretary shall develop a
plan to increase the percentage of Federal lands (including submerged lands of
the Outer Continental Shelf) under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the
Secretary of Defense leased for oil and gas exploration, development, and
production. The percentage of the total amount of the Federal lands described
in the preceding sentence by which the plan developed under this paragraph will
increase leasing for oil and gas exploration, development, and production shall
be the same as the percentage of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
that was drawn down.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB11FC516C46546BDACDD6CD92833CB5E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan developed under this paragraph
shall—</text>
<clause id="H6C166458E44240929D6D2BE5ED334604"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be
consistent with a national energy policy to meet the present and future energy
needs of the Nation consistent with economic goals; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0464E7735DFC44BC9FE9CD837999300F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>promote the
interests of consumers through the provision of an adequate and reliable supply
of domestic transportation fuels at the lowest reasonable cost.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6D4C97827804CED93A395F84A977721"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Energy
information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall base the determination of the present and future energy needs of the
Nation, for purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), on information from the Energy
Information Administration.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H63C3F81788DE4FE3B9AA956EC8D275FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan developed under paragraph (1)
shall not provide for oil and gas exploration, development, and production
leasing of a total of more than 10 percent of the Federal lands described in
paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74EC7574980244708103A6925373194D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop the plan
required by paragraph (1) in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture,
the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense. Additionally, in
developing the plan, the Secretary shall consult with the American Association
of Petroleum Geologists and other State, environmentalist, and oil and gas
industry stakeholders to determine the most geologically promising lands for
production of oil and natural gas liquids.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F64D02635434542AAA28A61050D2D77"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Concurrence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan required by paragraph (1) shall
not take effect without the concurrence of each of the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense with
respect to elements of the plan within the jurisdiction, respectively, of the
Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, and the Department
of Defense.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73766CAA8B3A4A13A868D86775CCDDBC"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Compliance with
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Federal
agency described in paragraph (1)(A) shall comply with any requirements
established by the Secretary pursuant to the plan, except that no action shall
be taken pursuant to the plan if in the view of the Secretary of Defense such
action will adversely affect national security or military activities,
including preparedness and training.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F1A7DB7774249528DFEB2BCE1876E4A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The
lands referred to in paragraph (1)(A) shall not include lands managed under the
National Park System or the National Wilderness Preservation System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H734D159588CB4BACAA6D2874A983B2AA"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Savings
clause</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed to limit or affect the application of existing
restrictions on offshore drilling or requirements for land management under
Federal, State, or local
law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Impacts of EPA
Rules and Actions on Energy Prices</header>
<section id="H11A592881F5A43F2A4F7494EAE53EA3E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Gasoline Regulations Act of
2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H3081CEEDE1F74AE8AF5B85D7605344BB"><enum>202.</enum><header>Transportation
Fuels Regulatory Committee</header>
<subsection id="H4790BDE8A9BE48D5995FFC655B036226"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall establish a committee
to be known as the Transportation Fuels Regulatory Committee (in this title
referred to as the <term>Committee</term>) to analyze and report on the
cumulative impacts of certain rules and actions of the Environmental Protection
Agency on gasoline, diesel fuel, and natural gas prices, in accordance with
sections 203 and 204.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H792429C7C8774791A8C86E04BDA362AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall be composed of the
following officials (or their designees):</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE2EB8BBE802A457EBB836426BF3BDF11"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy, who shall serve as
the Chair of the Committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7CA2384C5B44BBF9CC945057C21AC29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FE39D1361F24F4ABCFCB67EC3E85B17"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Commerce, acting through the Chief Economist and the Under Secretary for
International Trade.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53080F4EF940492BAB556B348F1A7994"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor, acting through the
Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBDCB8663103F4B0B88F76526CF3B68F9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury, acting
through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy of the
Department of the Treasury.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A3F61DA11C2487CA17612EB449130A2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Agriculture, acting through the Chief Economist.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81CA46BA5BCA4DAD8FFF3DCEB0C35591"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCC4A8F16F954B5087B0AB53A7D627E0"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chairman of the United States
International Trade Commission, acting through the Director of the Office of
Economics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8700A51B6D0847078E067C2091D54A22"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Energy Information
Administration.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H41C15B8DF1D945749B4C7F1F62CC363A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation by
Chair</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the
functions of the Chair of the Committee, the Chair shall consult with the other
members of the Committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H84383126A75D43D28A3927AD95E23AA3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation by
Committee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out
this title, the Committee shall consult with the National Energy Technology
Laboratory.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HABF922A981C14F199733006B8CDAB7FB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall terminate 60 days after
submitting its final report pursuant to section 204(c).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA1EC5014216C45C995D9B1792C868527"><enum>203.</enum><header>Analyses</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6624BDBBB32141F8B28348B02A4F4086"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The
Committee shall conduct analyses, for each of the calendar years 2016 and 2020,
of the cumulative impact of all covered rules, in combination with covered
actions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBDDA226F55F44F4E88CD8B745A9868A2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall include in each
analysis conducted under this section the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H1DE0ED797E554FC498085759FA9ACB47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Estimates of the
cumulative impacts of the covered rules and covered actions with regard
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F6D5A62EA9344F3B4143CC086B30762"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any resulting
change in the national, State, or regional price of gasoline, diesel fuel, or
natural gas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5F5DDE96B8A4F8C898BBBC360B1053A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>required capital
investments and projected costs for operation and maintenance of new equipment
required to be installed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D9D6010B34C4803BFCFCF87203227C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">global economic competitiveness of the
United States and any loss of domestic refining capacity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C531A9F18AC4D9DB6DC13B179D16F4D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other cumulative costs and cumulative
benefits, including evaluation through a general equilibrium model approach;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H106CD249557A4274A093D9ED95666F42"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">national, State, and regional employment,
including impacts associated with changes in gasoline, diesel fuel, or natural
gas prices and facility closures; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0CE63723C13463DA5DBC07DA0D177B4"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other matters affecting the growth,
stability, and sustainability of the Nation’s oil and gas industries,
particularly relative to that of other nations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB91C0389B1D4990AAFE0674EE28CD4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discussion of key uncertainties and
assumptions associated with each estimate under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H677A5E66FA244B248363CC23BC13558B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A sensitivity analysis reflecting
alternative assumptions with respect to the aggregate demand for gasoline,
diesel fuel, or natural gas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9BEE9276CAE04D388899DFA2BA08A66C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discussion, and where feasible an
assessment, of the cumulative impact of the covered rules and covered actions
on—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD6C8AEEEF4F54C78A8429B4C9D72FA53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consumers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H182A07CA428B428FB261612B5AEAA300"><enum>(B)</enum><text>small
businesses;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H825FDED8236F4CF8A2D87279BFD86672"><enum>(C)</enum><text>regional
economies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C161DA664D740CA95E57C8FB944B745"><enum>(D)</enum><text>State, local, and
tribal governments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96FDC28D8534422BB3BE88F6CCC56E1E"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">low-income communities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B23BBBDEA674791ADA764190F5D9CD1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>public health;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68CD367F99294A598AEBEC01A67D55D0"><enum>(G)</enum><text>local and
industry-specific labor markets,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">as well as
key uncertainties associated with each topic listed in subparagraphs (A)
through (G).</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4AD901B27B874B22BBC27B318DF5951B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Methods</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting analyses under this section,
the Committee shall use the best available methods, consistent with guidance
from the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and the Office of
Management and Budget Circular A–4.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H268C7ED38C2B44F5A70669437FE1E873"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting analyses under this section,
the Committee is not required to create data or to use data that is not readily
accessible.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2A5D2917FEA2454390EADECC73640C62"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Covered
rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the
term <term>covered rule</term> means the following rules (and includes any
successor or substantially similar rules):</text>
<paragraph id="H18D588768C3E47F5A96EA39F3D0B57F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text><quote>Control of
Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel
Standards</quote>, as described in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and
Deregulatory Actions under Regulatory Identification Number 2060–AQ86.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB309B6AED0AF4142B5C737334DFD2F2B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any rule proposed
after March 15, 2012, establishing or revising a standard of performance or
emission standard under section 111 or 112 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7411">42 U.S.C. 7411</external-xref>,
7412) that is applicable to petroleum refineries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7EFCF37C4F0D439D8F5D0D1B46A1D73A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Any rule proposed
after March 15, 2012, for implementation of the Renewable Fuel Program under
section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C. 7545(o)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAAD2EEB32B6F4B468B9AE0337E35E8AB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>National Ambient Air Quality
Standards for Ozone</quote>, published at 73 Federal Register 16436 (March 27,
2008); <quote>Reconsideration of the 2008 Ozone Primary and Secondary National
Ambient Air Quality Standards</quote>, as described in the Unified Agenda of
Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions under Regulatory Identification
Number 2060–AP98; and any subsequent rule revising or supplementing the
national ambient air quality standards for ozone under section 109 of the Clean
Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7409">42 U.S.C.
7409</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB7C09776B7B246B4A08B8F59968BEB06"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Covered
actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the
term <term>covered action</term> means any action, to the extent such action
affects facilities involved in the production, transportation, or distribution
of gasoline, diesel fuel, or natural gas, taken on or after January 1, 2009, by
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, a State, a local
government, or a permitting agency as a result of the application of part C of
title I (relating to prevention of significant deterioration of air quality),
or title V (relating to permitting), of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et
seq.</external-xref>), to an air pollutant that is identified as a greenhouse
gas in the rule entitled <quote>Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings
for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act</quote>
published at 74 Federal Register 66496 (December 15, 2009).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H722901C0EBE642FCBA1B8C5B1059CEC6"><enum>204.</enum><header>Reports; public
comment</header>
<subsection id="HFD34EEA732E642C9846C6592B00C7844"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Preliminary
report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Committee shall make public and submit to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and
Public Works of the Senate a preliminary report containing the results of the
analyses conducted under section 203.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFEC81C7C3F9C4FCBA9A205B086393492"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public comment
period</header><text>The Committee shall accept public comments regarding the
preliminary report submitted under subsection (a) for a period of 60 days after
such submission.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2AD93CD97B9347EBB0C1FCB38F59AD9B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Final
report</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the close of the public
comment period under subsection (b), the Committee shall submit to Congress a
final report containing the analyses conducted under section 203, including any
revisions to such analyses made as a result of public comments, and a response
to such comments.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1D254FECB13C4217A334DBA7320C6951"><enum>205.</enum><header>No final action
on certain rules</header>
<subsection id="H60DD4E70324C4EDE9A3B8F4350B5AC2D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency shall not finalize any of the following
rules until a date (to be determined by the Administrator) that is at least 6
months after the day on which the Committee submits the final report under
section 204(c):</text>
<paragraph id="H5265FE53D74B4DA587661F6959F0B8BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>Control of Air Pollution From New
Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards</quote>, as
described in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
under Regulatory Identification Number 2060–AQ86, and any successor or
substantially similar rule.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D04F0FFDB70451D8AADA76C6D180379"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any rule proposed after March 15, 2012,
establishing or revising a standard of performance or emission standard under
section 111 or 112 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7411">42 U.S.C. 7411</external-xref>, 7412) that is
applicable to petroleum refineries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB45F42A215094ECF9973F27A4D949D45"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Any rule revising
or supplementing the national ambient air quality standards for ozone under
section 109 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7409">42 U.S.C. 7409</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC8C3940186E94B728982A0BBEA5832A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other rules not
affected</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) shall
not affect the finalization of any rule other than the rules described in such
subsection.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6B23835A3B4640EEAB02B168B4301CB5"><enum>206.</enum><header>Consideration
of feasibility and cost in revising or supplementing national ambient air
quality standards for ozone</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In
revising or supplementing any national primary or secondary ambient air quality
standards for ozone under section 109 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7409">42 U.S.C. 7409</external-xref>),
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall take into
consideration feasibility and cost.</text>
</section><section id="H54DE101751FA4FE8BA0C4845C1CA3863"><enum>207.</enum><header>Fuel
requirements waiver and study</header>
<subsection id="H84B4F7AC0C244560B190ACF24FBFADD9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Waiver of fuel
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7545">42 U.S.C.
7545(c)(4)(C)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H028E70A40503408899559402E235FF46"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)(II), by inserting <quote>a problem with distribution or delivery equipment
necessary for the transportation or delivery of fuel or fuel additives,</quote>
after <quote>equipment failure,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3398948C01C463A8DC321D951DEDE65"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iii)(II), by inserting before
the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>(except that the Administrator
may extend the effectiveness of a waiver for more than 20 days if the
Administrator determines that the conditions under clause (ii) supporting a
waiver determination will exist for more than 20 days)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EAAF6C42A904C21A2EDA47110291489"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
the second clause (v) (relating to the authority of the Administrator to
approve certain State implementation plans) as clause (vi); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H060CDCE519654CCA9B8930195F7B8430"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8007F2DCED3433EA384E3A40955A59E" style="OLC">
<clause id="H465D571D9E9541699549E1132F7E8F1B" indent="up3"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Presumptive
approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of this subparagraph, if the Administrator does not approve or
deny a request for a waiver under this subparagraph within 3 days after receipt
of the request, the request shall be deemed to be approved as received by the
Administrator and the applicable fuel standards shall be deemed to be waived
for the period of time
requested.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCA84C74AE1464E78B230FC3891002B15"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fuel system
requirements harmonization study</header><text>Section 1509 of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 1083) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HACCFDE3FBC79471C9D63CD10A09A61C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H32FFF9DA9DA64820ACADAF18C2E592F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A), by inserting <quote>biofuels,</quote> after <quote>oxygenated
fuel,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B3F73F69D6E456C879F4475E80C6E35"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="HCF80F5BC56D045749BC47C39510AB5B4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="H35ECAF81364F40F483B9B5ED30E0442C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by redesignating
clause (ii) as clause (iii);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA6266C042DB14CBA8B2D9041792E9447"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF41385A1DD7A4578BF854AF3D51DD076"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting
after clause (i) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92CA8CF16686479082CCC38D5E09DD32" style="OLC">
<clause id="HBF8742E2D3F445F49F4F74558DCFAC43"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the renewable fuel standard;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="H79B35900A8D74128B33C086146366052"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G), by inserting <quote>or Tier III</quote> after <quote>Tier II</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H033A8D13B8DF4B01848F170BB1107F8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by striking <quote>2008</quote> and inserting
<quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Quadrennial
Strategic Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy</header>
<section id="H77881B3A4EF447968F5868CC2EC2AC8F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Planning for American Energy
Act of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HD4DF33E6E67146BBAA03B54E706785E6"><enum>302.</enum><header>Onshore
domestic energy production strategic plan</header>
<subsection id="HEA18D5AF546C4813B22238DE4D194390"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Mineral Leasing
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30 U.S.C. 181 et
seq.</external-xref>) is amended by redesignating section 44 as section 45, and
by inserting after section 43 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5248D3F63D8344368C136C687C4BB318" style="OLC">
<section id="HF38774394D134E028C0C698EDCAABBC2"><enum>44.</enum><header>Quadrennial
Strategic Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy</header>
<subsection id="H5AC90DD58FAA4769A294DE86CBDF93F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="H79ACB2ABB2804D96801CD227719340F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of
the Interior (hereafter in this section referred to as
<quote>Secretary</quote>), in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture
with regard to lands administered by the Forest Service, shall develop and
publish every 4 years a Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy.
This Strategy shall direct Federal land energy development and department
resource allocation in order to promote the energy security of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2893F53BCDC84E23B1184AA3E52262B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In developing this
Strategy, the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Energy
Information Administration on the projected energy demands of the United States
for the next 30-year period, and how energy derived from Federal onshore lands
can put the United States on a trajectory to meet that demand during the next
4-year period. The Secretary shall consider how Federal lands will contribute
to ensuring national energy security, with a goal for increasing energy
independence and production, during the next 4-year period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7322581FB84A42349721B9063D672488"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall determine a domestic strategic production objective for the development
of energy resources from Federal onshore lands. Such objective shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA6F8235432AF488FBA405289FC41DCDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the best estimate,
based upon commercial and scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic
production of oil and natural gas from the Federal onshore mineral estate, with
a focus on lands held by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest
Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE4CC1F10E4B4EEFB05D93B8028C5509"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the best estimate,
based upon commercial and scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic
coal production from Federal lands;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78001F2E59134507AEB5F391E9589992"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the best estimate,
based upon commercial and scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic
production of strategic and critical energy minerals from the Federal onshore
mineral estate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC7FF3BF277A479D8C8CAA34C4EA61A9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the best estimate,
based upon commercial and scientific data, of the expected increase in
megawatts for electricity production from each of the following sources: wind,
solar, biomass, hydropower, and geothermal energy produced on Federal lands
administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H349E64F25FE04066B106E5E62B025741"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the best estimate,
based upon commercial and scientific data, of the expected increase in
unconventional energy production, such as oil shale;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F02170E12BE44C4B84BCEBE97FF1643"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the best estimate, based upon commercial
and scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic production of oil,
natural gas, coal, and other renewable sources from tribal lands for any
federally recognized Indian tribe that elects to participate in facilitating
energy production on its lands; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0FC61EB9AD94AD98DA296701F9F7B12"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the best estimate, based upon commercial
and scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic production of
geothermal, solar, wind, or other renewable energy sources on lands defined as
<quote>available lands</quote> by section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission
Act, 1920, and any other lands deemed by the Territory or State of Hawaii, as
the case may be, to be included within that definition.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBFBF29730B2045FE8671E5AA3A4FDE89"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall consult with the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration
regarding the methodology used to arrive at its estimates for purposes of this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40FD30DB76AE4D9BA285DA63601BFE0D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary has the authority to expand
the energy development plan to include other energy production technology
sources or advancements in energy on Federal lands.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1A4D3EC88DA54822B25BC89AB323DC28"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Tribal
objectives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that federally recognized Indian tribes may elect to set their own
production objectives as part of the Strategy under this section. The Secretary
shall work in cooperation with any federally recognized Indian tribe that
elects to participate in achieving its own strategic energy objectives
designated under this subsection.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB95FBABB7F7E4E8FA6E8E0A969113178"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Execution of the
Strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The relevant
Secretary shall have all necessary authority to make determinations regarding
which additional lands will be made available in order to meet the production
objectives established by strategies under this section. The Secretary shall
also take all necessary actions to achieve these production objectives unless
the President determines that it is not in the national security and economic
interests of the United States to increase Federal domestic energy production
and to further decrease dependence upon foreign sources of energy. In
administering this section, the relevant Secretary shall only consider leasing
Federal lands available for leasing at the time the lease sale occurs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H04A7BF6B2FE74A55AF1BAEBEF8E47D5D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>State, federally
recognized Indian tribes, local government, and public input</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing each strategy, the Secretary
shall solicit the input of affected States, federally recognized Indian tribes,
local governments, and the public.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE88D2128907E42B4AA8942DF24823DC1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>The
Secretary shall report annually to the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate on the progress of meeting the production goals set forth in the
strategy. The Secretary shall identify in the report projections for production
and capacity installations and any problems with leasing, permitting, siting,
or production that will prevent meeting the goal. In addition, the Secretary
shall make suggestions to help meet any shortfalls in meeting the production
goals.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3FBEACDE317A4975BFD08EBEFF316BC0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Programmatic
environmental impact statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 12 months after the date of
enactment of this section, in accordance with section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>), the
Secretary shall complete a programmatic environmental impact statement. This
programmatic environmental impact statement will be deemed sufficient to comply
with all requirements under that Act for all necessary resource management and
land use plans associated with the implementation of the strategy.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA0BBC11ED0434ED09AF880B7CE11E572"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Congressional
review</header><text>At least 60 days prior to publishing a proposed strategy
under this section, the Secretary shall submit it to the President and the
Congress, together with any comments received from States, federally recognized
Indian tribes, and local governments. Such submission shall indicate why any
specific recommendation of a State, federally recognized Indian tribe, or local
government was not
accepted.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3ADCF8DC6C1F497A9FEFB86F810087A6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>First
Quadrennial Strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
the Interior shall submit to Congress the first Quadrennial Federal Onshore
Energy Production Strategy under the amendment made by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HBE83C22AD8DE421C9C8F3C1FBC7CF255"><enum>303.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title, the term
<quote>strategic and critical energy minerals</quote> means those that are
necessary for the Nation’s energy infrastructure including pipelines, refining
capacity, electrical power generation and transmission, and renewable energy
production and those that are necessary to support domestic manufacturing,
including but not limited to, materials used in energy generation, production,
and transportation.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Onshore Oil and
Gas Leasing Certainty</header>
<section id="HC246BD31101D49F9B80863F88ED933E6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Providing Leasing Certainty for
American Energy Act of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HBA7AF265F94F4319882439F5ABA5F656"><enum>402.</enum><header>Minimum acreage
requirement for onshore lease sales</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In conducting lease sales as required by
section 17(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/226">30 U.S.C. 226(a)</external-xref>), each year the
Secretary of the Interior shall perform the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H73D515193809485099947008789F32C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall offer for sale no less than 25 percent of the annual nominated acreage
not previously made available for lease. Acreage offered for lease pursuant to
this paragraph shall not be subject to protest and shall be eligible for
categorical exclusions under section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15492">42 U.S.C.
15492</external-xref>), except that it shall not be subject to the test of
extraordinary circumstances.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4AB03E265B2B48BFA58F1A352BF6DA5E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In administering
this section, the Secretary shall only consider leasing of Federal lands that
are available for leasing at the time the lease sale occurs.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H69DB2520B03140439D38B28C26F92BF7"><enum>403.</enum><header>Leasing
certainty</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17(a) of the
Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/226">30 U.S.C. 226(a)</external-xref>) is amended by
inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before <quote>All lands</quote>, and by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6B8568D9600B4AE2A47D8C3615EDA0E6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6810BC121AF346939950BE9A795D16E3" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0E8F155B98384C478882822FF337D9A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary shall not
withdraw any covered energy project issued under this Act without finding a
violation of the terms of the lease by the lessee.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD41947C1300141A7A3FA47ED8E83CC92" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary shall not infringe upon
lease rights under leases issued under this Act by indefinitely delaying
issuance of project approvals, drilling and seismic permits, and rights of way
for activities under such a lease.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8179D95F642F4670908C9D44654DB376" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>No later than 18 months after an area
is designated as open under the current land use plan the Secretary shall make
available nominated areas for lease under the criteria in section 2.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF80A0559555416AA6DC77537E4DEDE4" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other law, the
Secretary shall issue all leases sold no later than 60 days after the last
payment is made.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H28F07FB03F0F442388104F8DAE8B81E7" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Secretary shall not cancel or
withdraw any lease parcel after a competitive lease sale has occurred and a
winning bidder has submitted the last payment for the parcel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65D02797595447368D025BDE0FA5D35F" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Not later than 60 days after a lease
sale held under this Act, the Secretary shall adjudicate any lease protests
filed following a lease sale. If after 60 days any protest is left unsettled,
said protest is automatically denied and appeal rights of the protestor
begin.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23648319D34F4D87AA2B853AE2D85A06" indent="up1"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No additional lease stipulations may be
added after the parcel is sold without consultation and agreement of the
lessee, unless the Secretary deems such stipulations as emergency actions to
conserve the resources of the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HEE7A28DC8790476BA3248EAE4251CFF5"><enum>404.</enum><header>Leasing
consistency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Federal land
managers must follow existing resource management plans and continue to
actively lease in areas designated as open when resource management plans are
being amended or revised, until such time as a new record of decision is
signed.</text>
</section><section id="H255576EE10DE40E286F1CD94293F3B5C"><enum>405.</enum><header>Reduce
redundant policies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Bureau of
Land Management Instruction Memorandum 2010–117 shall have no force or
effect.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Streamlined Energy
Permitting</header>
<section id="HB16D8B8AD6B6475691F98E12827B4E83" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Streamlining Permitting of
American Energy Act of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><subtitle id="HAD97294E198341188E88390F8BF07AA3"><enum>A</enum><header>Application for
Permits to Drill Process Reform</header>
<section id="H5CE41088E4F543EBA37CB7C3F4995ABC"><enum>511.</enum><header>Permit to drill
application timeline</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
17(p)(2) of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/226">30 U.S.C. 226(p)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2F15EC76190F4AB88FAE00AAF35602F8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H89815C105DC543229FE4188A82CA143F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applications for
permits to drill reform and process</header>
<subparagraph id="H7A3087829A0443499868C403E9E2A451"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Timeline</header><text>The
Secretary shall decide whether to issue a permit to drill within 30 days after
receiving an application for the permit. The Secretary may extend such period
for up to 2 periods of 15 days each, if the Secretary has given written notice
of the delay to the applicant. The notice shall be in the form of a letter from
the Secretary or a designee of the Secretary, and shall include the names and
titles of the persons processing the application, the specific reasons for the
delay, and a specific date a final decision on the application is
expected.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41F7FB7AE9C54EFA943F19FCCFAF4A05"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice of
reasons for denial</header><text>If the application is denied, the Secretary
shall provide the applicant—</text>
<clause id="HDD121D7672D640D0A5011E256486DF28"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
writing, clear and comprehensive reasons why the application was not accepted
and detailed information concerning any deficiencies; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9130854C286D4D60B8362B6F50AD91B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an opportunity to
remedy any deficiencies.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF59E5CFDF9F4D3BA6DF395474710A1D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Application
deemed approved</header><text>If the Secretary has not made a decision on the
application by the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date the
application is received by the Secretary, the application is deemed approved,
except in cases in which existing reviews under the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 or Endangered Species Act of 1973 are incomplete.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7DDFA8382D94273994E3A5267251462"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Denial of
permit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary
decides not to issue a permit to drill in accordance with subparagraph (A), the
Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="HD371D4F005584FBD9C533EB92B000B8A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to the applicant a description of
the reasons for the denial of the permit;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC694ABE41B884A5ABC18006AF7A01F24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow the applicant to resubmit an
application for a permit to drill during the 10-day period beginning on the
date the applicant receives the description of the denial from the Secretary;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD33133076B27454DADB691205800D134"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>issue or deny
any resubmitted application not later than 10 days after the date the
application is submitted to the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC22BE573775D4220859B55A9BB0515C9"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Fee</header>
<clause id="HE13EB92612B643CBBDC172ABDAED1464"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other law, the Secretary shall collect a single $6,500 permit processing fee
per application from each applicant at the time the final decision is made
whether to issue a permit under subparagraph (A). This fee shall not apply to
any resubmitted application.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5E6EE9E8C6CC404B81D5EB6BF3503B2C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Treatment of
permit processing fee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of all
fees collected under this paragraph, 50 percent shall be transferred to the
field office where they are collected and used to process protests, leases, and
permits under this Act subject to
appropriation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H48F21B198C884C468C49862BE0E45A97"><enum>512.</enum><header>Solar and wind
right-of-way rental reform</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
each fiscal year, of fees collected as annual wind energy and solar energy
right-of-way authorization fees required under section 504(g) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1764">43 U.S.C. 1764(g)</external-xref>), 50 percent
shall be retained by the Secretary of the Interior to be used, subject to
appropriation, by the Bureau of Land Management to process permits,
right-of-way applications, and other activities necessary for renewable
development, and, at the discretion of the Secretary, by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service or other Federal agencies involved in wind and solar
permitting reviews to facilitate the processing of wind energy and solar energy
permit applications on Bureau of Land Management lands.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H05B465FF060540D58A50FF3E5334EE7E"><enum>B</enum><header>Administrative
Protest Documentation Reform</header>
<section id="H130359339810437FB0E3A64E2D22338E"><enum>521.</enum><header>Administrative
protest documentation reform</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17(p) of the Mineral Leasing Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/226">30 U.S.C.
226(p)</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1DAB3118EF53476D890B0D371A850A96" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8BDBDD921F534AE2AF9B54924197B2A7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Protest
fee</header>
<subparagraph id="H0039A67EF384411EA7A0F7868466D056"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall collect a $5,000 documentation fee to
accompany each protest for a lease, right of way, or application for permit to
drill.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BF6A6D47DD94C09BC5A684E29D0DC71"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment of
fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of all fees collected
under this paragraph, 50 percent shall remain in the field office where they
are collected and used to process protests subject to
appropriation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H28E64F6B03D5461782D6EE4569E1914B"><enum>C</enum><header>Permit
Streamlining</header>
<section id="H06A7FE6139E649C89EBC6689BE1EF066"><enum>531.</enum><header>Improve Federal
energy permit coordination</header>
<subsection id="HFA709F98E72E4883ACCFCE9BF623826B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the
<quote>Secretary</quote>) shall establish a Federal Permit Streamlining Project
(referred to in this section as the <quote>Project</quote>) in every Bureau of
Land Management field office with responsibility for permitting energy projects
on Federal land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H206DE33213C04374BF363BCEE48613DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Memorandum of
understanding</header>
<paragraph id="HF502CECA91254656BA1EE16A5F147A23"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding for
purposes of this section with—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9889638D4C4A4178AFF73CEB33C7E5DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Agriculture;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H497D3FE3856F49DA86D9F77A157C2F13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC88716B12255477A86FA67A5341338E0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Chief of the
Army Corps of Engineers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6C1C3DD08089497A99A473EA97674854"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State
participation</header><text>The Secretary may request that the Governor of any
State with energy projects on Federal lands to be a signatory to the memorandum
of understanding.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7D5AF617BCBD4E4EB9216D37AF6071BF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Designation of
qualified staff</header>
<paragraph id="HE55E139482814EE5930AC2C21D1FA069"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the signing of
the memorandum of understanding under subsection (b), all Federal signatory
parties shall, if appropriate, assign to each of the Bureau of Land Management
field offices an employee who has expertise in the regulatory issues relating
to the office in which the employee is employed, including, as applicable,
particular expertise in—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7936B7CF5EE6448882789BBD267E84C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the consultations
and the preparation of biological opinions under section 7 of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE06BEC9F65B43DA817DB347801FE1FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>permits under
section 404 of Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1344">33 U.S.C.
1344</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD39D0EB904A4804BDE72435C6946C75"><enum>(C)</enum><text>regulatory matters
under the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7401">42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4C59E72139942D3AD2E6AB74831ED35"><enum>(D)</enum><text>planning under the
National Forest Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/472a">16 U.S.C. 472a et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA342540C0C33460792F73F6CAF39941A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the preparation of
analyses under 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>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4D3F8917B4B845FA9A375C3C45D0FD2D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>Each
employee assigned under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCBCD0CECE59344EC99640F6DF64B3187"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 90
days after the date of assignment, report to the Bureau of Land Management
Field Managers in the office to which the employee is assigned;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB622A1ACBE04082855C78F5B0FD4753"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be responsible for all issues relating to
the energy projects that arise under the authorities of the employee’s home
agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4FAE5A3B6E2467EAA3D4A04599FF365"><enum>(C)</enum><text>participate as
part of the team of personnel working on proposed energy projects, planning,
and environmental analyses on Federal lands.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3C14565DA9C24211AC561FC79BA7DD2D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional
personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
assign to each Bureau of Land Management field office identified in subsection
(a) any additional personnel that are necessary to ensure the effective
approval and implementation of energy projects administered by the Bureau of
Land Management field offices, including inspection and enforcement relating to
energy development on Federal land, in accordance with the multiple use mandate
of 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>
</subsection><subsection id="HC314D7337DE347E78071E0494BE667A6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Funding
for the additional personnel shall come from the Department of the Interior
reforms identified in sections 511, 512, and 521.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H29A28D0A912E435BB1A4BD15A7D17FA7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Savings
provision</header><text>Nothing in this section affects—</text>
<paragraph id="HACE4ABE964B1498CA13183D5571AA866"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the operation of
any Federal or State law; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H011662B650EB47A2882127C8963BDDCD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any delegation of
authority made by the head of a Federal agency whose employees are
participating in the Project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA566A52F952040799ED3D1DBEE4FC80A"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section the term
<quote>energy projects</quote> means oil, natural gas and renewable energy
projects.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8D10D36DE58149E594AE2DBC90D49108"><enum>532.</enum><header>Administration
of current law</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding
any other law, the Secretary of the Interior shall not require a finding of
extraordinary circumstances in administering section 390 of the Energy Policy
Act of 2005.</text>
</section><section id="H52C8A14044D5462E994355BD239654FF"><enum>533.</enum><header>Policies
regarding buying, building, and working for America</header>
<subsection id="HD076D26E88A4432F972917AFBBCE342E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Congressional
intent</header><text>It is the intent of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HC6F6DB77DF064E35969296063F4D917F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>this title will
support a healthy and growing United States domestic energy sector that, in
turn, helps to reinvigorate American manufacturing, transportation, and service
sectors by employing the vast talents of United States workers to assist in the
development of energy from domestic sources; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23B360490A334DA6B8FF3FFF3E981085"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Congress will
monitor the deployment of personnel and material onshore under this title to
encourage the development of American technology and manufacturing to enable
United States workers to benefit from this title through good jobs and careers,
as well as the establishment of important industrial facilities to support
expanded access to American energy resources.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H124F982C67914E1D8BF72E7107AD9554"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The
Secretary of the Interior shall, when possible and practicable, encourage the
use of United States workers and equipment manufactured in the United States in
all construction related to mineral resource development under this
title.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HC120D795F42E457EA15AE3A7AA4DAD67"><enum>D</enum><header>Judicial
Review</header>
<section id="HE1E2A05DDC6D4E9DB58A4C4F6D46B418"><enum>541.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title—</text>
<paragraph id="H1B5F5DF0E9AA430F808ACE593391A9F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>covered civil action</term> means a civil action containing a claim under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/702">section
702</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, regarding agency action (as
defined for the purposes of that section) affecting a covered energy project on
Federal lands of the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB671BE742B54993967AF3D1AA69CF1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>covered energy project</term> means the leasing of Federal lands of the
United States for the exploration, development, production, processing, or
transmission of oil, natural gas, wind, or any other source of energy, and any
action under such a lease, except that the term does not include any disputes
between the parties to a lease regarding the obligations under such lease,
including regarding any alleged breach of the lease.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD7CF49E59EE64F2CAD945CBD49B36622"><enum>542.</enum><header>Exclusive venue
for certain civil actions relating to covered energy projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Venue for any covered civil action shall lie
in the district court where the project or leases exist or are proposed.</text>
</section><section id="HE4E5BB480A1A4348ACC0C7345907B228"><enum>543.</enum><header>Timely
filing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To ensure timely
redress by the courts, a covered civil action must be filed no later than the
end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the final Federal agency
action to which it relates.</text>
</section><section id="H32A9CEDBB4544847B39BC31C766FE43A"><enum>544.</enum><header>Expedition in
hearing and determining the action</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The court shall endeavor to hear and
determine any covered civil action as expeditiously as possible.</text>
</section><section id="HCB78C1719E654CE8A1B52E233E6A92E6"><enum>545.</enum><header>Standard of
review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In any judicial review
of a covered civil action, administrative findings and conclusions relating to
the challenged Federal action or decision shall be presumed to be correct, and
the presumption may be rebutted only by the preponderance of the evidence
contained in the administrative record.</text>
</section><section id="HF1BBBD70F1A642C9AEDE095ADACB4299"><enum>546.</enum><header>Limitation on
injunction and prospective relief</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In a covered civil action, 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 legal requirement, and is the least intrusive means necessary to
correct that violation. In addition, courts shall limit the duration of
preliminary injunctions to halt covered energy projects to no more than 60
days, unless the court finds clear reasons to extend the injunction. In such
cases of extensions, such extensions shall only be in 30-day increments and
shall require action by the court to renew the injunction.</text>
</section><section id="H58025A99C0334185A94DD05FC2D3695D"><enum>547.</enum><header>Limitation on
attorneys’ fees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Sections 504
of title 5, United States Code, and 2412 of title 28, United States Code,
(together commonly called the Equal Access to Justice Act) do not apply to a
covered civil action, nor shall any party in such a covered civil action
receive payment from the Federal Government for their attorneys’ fees,
expenses, and other court costs.</text>
</section><section id="HC41BE217F9F54ED78F1F2829FEB93DCE"><enum>548.</enum><header>Legal
standing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Challengers filing
appeals with the Department of the Interior Board of Land Appeals shall meet
the same standing requirements as challengers before a United States district
court.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>VI</enum><header>Expeditious
program of oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in
Alaska</header>
<section id="H6E6F6A48ADBA4E1B99B32DC5881278E4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>National Petroleum Reserve
Alaska Access Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H715755438504492BAF295CC5FA1417EB"><enum>602.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress and reaffirming national policy for the National Petroleum Reserve in
Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H9FBE3EE19B7E4BABBE52A2546D4B951E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the National
Petroleum Reserve in Alaska remains explicitly designated, both in name and
legal status, for purposes of providing oil and natural gas resources to the
United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E038AB209C144E092DB1F59CC913898"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accordingly, the national policy is to
actively advance oil and gas development within the Reserve by facilitating the
expeditious exploration, production, and transportation of oil and natural gas
from and through the Reserve.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H3CFBDC1C3BD847D3A67223CDD1B31482"><enum>603.</enum><header>National
Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: lease sales</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 107(a) of the Naval Petroleum
Reserves Production Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6506a">42 U.S.C. 6506a(a)</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB956106D7B00453EAE244388486DF0E7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD1F225EFEE714315B27F1F7C564A554D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
conduct an expeditious program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the
reserve in accordance with this Act. Such program shall include at least one
lease sale annually in those areas of the reserve most likely to produce
commercial quantities of oil and natural gas each year in the period 2011
through
2021.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HF9D32AFDAB8E42249D385D21061F63B5"><enum>604.</enum><header>National
Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: planning and permitting pipeline and road
construction</header>
<subsection id="HE9C350D8AEB94F64BF35BA093ED22200"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall
facilitate and ensure permits, in an environmentally responsible manner, for
all surface development activities, including for the construction of pipelines
and roads, necessary to—</text>
<paragraph id="HBEA6F72C362440598822821BEB611E74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop and bring
into production any areas within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska that
are subject to oil and gas leases; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB644A38A1E564D96BF0FFD295E69DC64"><enum>(2)</enum><text>transport oil and
gas from and through the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to existing
transportation or processing infrastructure on the North Slope of
Alaska.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFF5B9A1C0F8D489C9DD1E8DB0BF26B44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timeline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that any Federal
permitting agency shall issue permits in accordance with the following
timeline:</text>
<paragraph id="H1E5F242C660C4631A2882B938755E3C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permits for such construction for
transportation of oil and natural gas produced under existing Federal oil and
gas leases with respect to which the Secretary has issued a permit to drill
shall be approved within 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E8248B0FEA94C6FBCAD2EE65AF3F167"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permits for such construction for
transportation of oil and natural gas produced under Federal oil and gas leases
shall be approved within 6 months after the submission to the Secretary of a
request for a permit to drill.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEE1AB16D8278441898433A8A69ECB1F0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To ensure timely future development of the
Reserve, within 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a plan for approved
rights-of-way for a plan for pipeline, road, and any other surface
infrastructure that may be necessary infrastructure that will ensure that all
leasable tracts in the Reserve are within 25 miles of an approved road and
pipeline right-of-way that can serve future development of the Reserve.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7F68C802A42C4FA8806A754A70A19E22"><enum>605.</enum><header>Departmental
Accountability for Development</header>
<subsection id="H19A13CACDBBA40D3A3F00E205D92FF4A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the
Interior shall issue regulations within 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act that establish clear requirements to ensure that the Department of the
Interior is supporting development of oil and gas leases in the National
Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA17ED9416B6145A0AF8EE16F480C088B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadlines</header><text>At
a minimum, the regulations shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA5A55DCA9B7A4B4CBAF30B3D5B07EEDD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>require the
Department to respond within 5 business days acknowledging receipt of any
permit application for such development; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69CE6A77947D4C64844FB59396F560E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish a
timeline for the processing of each such application, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6E25395C56D44786899AF60C5449F601"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specifies
deadlines for decisions and actions on permit applications; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE58531FC721497CA26B56A7F593EF01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide that the
period for issuing each permit after submission of such an application shall
not exceed 60 days without the concurrence of the applicant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD266506E47C9471BB991596A87561235"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Actions required
for failure To comply with deadlines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Department fails to comply with any
deadline under subsection (b) with respect to a permit application, the
Secretary shall notify the applicant every 5 days with specific information
regarding the reasons for the permit delay, the name of the specific Department
office or offices responsible for issuing the permit and for monitoring the
permit delay, and an estimate of the time that the permit will be
issued.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD289633EE77F40C287D4BDFB861AF2C3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional
infrastructure</header><text>Within 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall approve, after consultation with
the State of Alaska and public comment, right-of-way corridors for the
construction of 2 separate additional bridges and pipeline rights-of-way to
help facilitate timely oil and gas development of the Reserve.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3260BBE2B9CC419E9522C1343C84899D"><enum>606.</enum><header>Updated
resource assessment</header>
<subsection id="H98CE2B33D79D4EF489987F1EDC0FBE6C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall complete a
comprehensive assessment of all technically recoverable fossil fuel resources
within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including all conventional and
unconventional oil and natural gas.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H861008F9AD8F4446A9EA90EE97F1F07B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cooperation and
consultation</header><text>The resource assessment required by subsection (a)
shall be carried out by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation and
consultation with the State of Alaska and the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HADF3CF7EFACF4D71864E737564B8223B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The
resource assessment required by subsection (a) shall be completed within 24
months after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEF5236CF312843EF81BFA03550808A81"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The
United States Geological Survey may, in carrying out the duties under this
section, cooperatively use resources and funds provided by the State of
Alaska.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA3A6655691EC468BA0AD78D3479EF358"><enum>607.</enum><header>Colville River
designation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The designation by
the Environmental Protection Agency of the Colville River Delta as an Aquatic
Resource of National Importance shall have no force or effect.</text>
</section><enum>VII</enum><header>Internet-Based
Onshore Oil and Gas Lease Sales</header>
<section id="H917D29A7BF3C4EBEA3F461B8C8C36412" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>BLM Live Internet Auctions
Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H1F9C1756DF5140AE94ECC327CE64EB23"><enum>702.</enum><header>Internet-based
onshore oil and gas lease sales</header>
<subsection id="HA9AB026DD1054724915108469B335B49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Section
17(b)(1) of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/226">30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEB01864FD00348ED858B55AD2B1DF1A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), in the third sentence, by inserting <quote>, except as provided in
subparagraph (C)</quote> after <quote>by oral bidding</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HACC7D756028D4640BA51FAD3B7F673DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7D123781B44A424DB4C8800CACC4EBC2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H9993C92DCBBA4A16AAE6AE15D87ADCCC" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In order to diversify and expand the
Nation’s onshore leasing program to ensure the best return to the Federal
taxpayer, reduce fraud, and secure the leasing process, the Secretary may
conduct onshore lease sales through Internet-based bidding methods. Each
individual Internet-based lease sale shall conclude within 7
days.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F29967E9BFE4F04991161158E0894EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the tenth Internet-based lease sale conducted under
the amendment made by subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall
analyze the first 10 such lease sales and report to Congress the findings of
the analysis. The report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HBA1DA64998DA49318AFE18F64F5D5570"><enum>(1)</enum><text>estimates on
increases or decreases in such lease sales, compared to sales conducted by oral
bidding, in—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDED3591F58CE434DAC43C9476B221E8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
bidders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5343677F00A0480196D0D85D2CB3AFB5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the average amount
of bid;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7377E5EEDD904E7C872B24B07FB89581"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the highest amount
bid; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92BA342C082147CB9765B8CBF5817030"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the lowest
bid;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H00DD19396F624CDCAFFE2EA75AE64BD4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an estimate on the
total cost or savings to the Department of the Interior as a result of such
sales, compared to sales conducted by oral bidding; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7326490A3C4B49E1A8EAB63F7BEA3E59"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the demonstrated or expected effectiveness of different structures for lease
sales which may provide an opportunity to better maximize bidder participation,
ensure the highest return to the Federal taxpayers, minimize opportunities for
fraud or collusion, and ensure the security and integrity of the leasing
process.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Service over
the counter, self-contained, medium temperature commercial
refrigerators</header>
<section id="HF48EBA5E9A22405EB1D560750B81917E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header>Service over the
counter, self-contained, medium temperature commercial
refrigerators</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 342(c)
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6313">42 U.S.C. 6313(c)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2FCB2B61C21440E09114D2B2D3736768"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF8FA4DB94E534E11BA72D04AAC4A7D25"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C)
as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5EBE787581B74FB6896263CC115A2128"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E4407F9DB3940C7903D8443792AB27E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H53A2760E70EF445C8DA709EB14F51881" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>(SOC-SC-M)</quote> means a
medium temperature commercial refrigerator—</text>
<clause id="H02001B4A201F4919BDB2710E6399973C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with a self-contained condensing unit and
equipped with sliding or hinged doors in the back intended for use by sales
personnel, and with glass or other transparent material in the front for
displaying merchandise; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H194D4F50103F4CE6ADB37B7E8FB63005"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that has a height not greater than
66 inches and is intended to serve as a counter for transactions between sales
personnel and customers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D5B9A8807CA4CB98BF6347EE6BAA425" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>TDA</quote> means the total
display area (ft<superscript>2</superscript> ) of the refrigerated case, as
defined in Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute Standard
1200.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H42940684A637436C91502A7F989F166F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC55C54D06BBB4BD2841A21D20E37D361"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44BF02824BFF409B9051690945BCFD9D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4CAEF3AF9FE84485A9F87621EA397132" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each SOC-SC-M manufactured on or after the
date which is 6 months after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Better Use of Refrigerator Regulations
Act</short-title> shall have a total daily energy consumption (in kilowatt
hours per day) of not more than 0.6 x TDA +
1.0.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>IX</enum><header>Miscellaneous
provisions</header>
<section id="H8623251998BB40C582919AC91CAA628E"><enum>901.</enum><header>Limitation on
transfer of functions under the Mining Law Program or the Solid Minerals
Leasing Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary
of the Interior may not transfer to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement any responsibility or authority to perform any function
performed immediately before the enactment of this Act under the Solid Minerals
Program of the Department of the Interior, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H63B1613F0C6B49F8964D7444B51F0E85"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any such function
under—</text>
<subparagraph id="H60EBF4AD568E4AC287F112D7EB18F02D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the laws popularly
known as the Mining Law of 1872 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/22">30 U.S.C. 22</external-xref> note);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H394695C71BAE49E8BAB807C3109E7382"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Act of July 31, 1947 (chapter 406;
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/601">30 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.</external-xref>), popularly known as the Materials Act of 1947;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A9C7EB4AE0C4CDB819750E42C6374C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Minerals
Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30
U.S.C. 181 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8AEF225EAF0348D78EBD537D04836FBB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Mineral
Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/351">30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5FEEC93749BB46ABB0EEA8D43CF649FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any such function
relating to management of mineral development on Federal lands and acquired
lands under section 302 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1732">43 U.S.C.
1732</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21273DA445B041ECAF731B637D113B2A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any function
performed under the Mining Law Program.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H830F5EE7CA774A87B931B8D778E460BC"><enum>902.</enum><header>Amount of
distributed qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105(f)(1) of the Gulf of Mexico
Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of division C of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law
109–432</external-xref>; (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref> 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>
</section><section id="HE01E8519C87D493FBDEFCE782A56C20D"><enum>903.</enum><header>Lease Sale 220
and other lease sales off the coast of Virginia</header>
<subsection id="H0004B5ECBC4F4509B75D9246D79AC793"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion in
leasing programs</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H84B2BDB528884BEDA09152D88F6DE468"><enum>(1)</enum><text>upon enactment of
this Act, revise the proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing
program for the 2012–2017 period to include in such program Lease Sale 220 off
the coast of Virginia; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01DB3CFDA6254E5A9238FA5AB3E405E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include the Outer
Continental Shelf off the coast of Virginia in the leasing program for each
5-year period after the 2012–2017 period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HADFB940CC34F489192CC34614BD98F44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conduct of Lease
Sale</header><text>As soon as practicable, but not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall carry out
under section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1337">43 U.S.C. 1337</external-xref>)
Lease Sale 220.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0AE0B8A2BEE34BE7BBE8C2429F0B2F95"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Balancing
military and energy production goals</header>
<paragraph id="HCA0413C032B745759F691C6CF276CE62"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Joint
goals</header><text>In recognition that the Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas
leasing program and the domestic energy resources produced therefrom are
integral to national security, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of Defense shall work jointly in implementing this section in order to ensure
achievement of the following common goals:</text>
<subparagraph id="H20659825284C4A12B926D9AC1EFDE867"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Preserving the
ability of the Armed Forces of the United States to maintain an optimum state
of readiness through their continued use of the Outer Continental Shelf.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD248181D1984297A5575A2AB1C54897"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Allowing effective
exploration, development, and production of our Nation’s oil, gas, and
renewable energy resources.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFAC2A87B6EBE48E9AA7EC34DC396DB95"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition on
conflicts with military operations</header><text>No person may engage in any
exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas off the coast of
Virginia that would conflict with any military operation, as determined in
accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Defense
and the Department of the Interior on Mutual Concerns on the Outer Continental
Shelf signed July 20, 1983, and any revision or replacement for that agreement
that is agreed to by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior
after that date but before the date of issuance of the lease under which such
exploration, development, or production is conducted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C90AB1A65E34B2B9C4B242376202990"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National defense
areas</header><text>The United States reserves the right to designate by and
through the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the President, national
defense areas on the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to section 12(d) of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1341">43 U.S.C.
1341(d)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>X</enum><header>Advancing offshore
wind production</header>
<section id="HE26EE12FED384F2782982DE46A437F47"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
at the <quote>Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H3F36F0AF03434FF9AB500734FBF8051D"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Offshore
meteorological site testing and monitoring projects</header>
<subsection id="HEA2B25A91AAC42588D19FDE96D01A24D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of an
offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project</header><text>In
this section, the term <quote>offshore meteorological site testing and
monitoring project</quote> means a project carried out on or in the waters of
the Outer Continental Shelf administered by the Department of the Interior to
test or monitor weather (including wind, tidal, current, and solar energy)
using towers, buoys, or other temporary ocean infrastructure, that—</text>
<paragraph id="H27A4BED0FAE048248B034B12DC1DD405"><enum>(1)</enum><text>causes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H758B919951F84D4FAA4A065481C83A9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>less than 1 acre
of surface or seafloor disruption at the location of each meteorological tower
or other device; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD641682F7CDE448ABD751174EFBC5F2E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not more than 5
acres of surface or seafloor disruption within the proposed area affected by
for the project (including hazards to navigation);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD76452A07D5D43B69E938BD60C65545C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is decommissioned
not more than 5 years after the date of commencement of the project,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3DE8C260B1D748AD94BE1DB070CAB97B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>removal of towers,
buoys, or other temporary ocean infrastructure from the project site;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5071174327A49EEBB62460E3E32A5BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>restoration of the
project site to approximately the original condition of the site; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6B93253886DA4CEFA2F629B20DA417DE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides
meteorological information obtained by the project to the Secretary of the
Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4C78BA858063499A88C202B9D1A39B1A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Offshore
meteorological project permitting</header>
<paragraph id="H3462A50956F44FC09F8ED16EFD045D58"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall by regulation require
that any applicant seeking to conduct an offshore meteorological site testing
and monitoring project on the outer Continental Shelf (as that term is defined
in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.</external-xref>)) must
obtain a permit and right of way for the project in accordance with this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE358906365DA42AEB7D35AC804DF7CF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Permit and right
of way timeline and conditions</header>
<subparagraph id="H97062C01C7C646AFA6F8F119571BFE72"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Deadline for
approval</header><text>The Secretary shall decide whether to issue a permit and
right of way for an offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project
within 30 days after receiving an application.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H517B409655064B4DB25B564FBA53FF89"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public comment
and consultation</header><text>During the period referred to in subparagraph
(A), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H0BA4C9140CC14C628633EA563C5FDA3B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide an
opportunity for submission of comments by the public; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9B730B878278448495100FD017368568"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consult with the
Secretary of Defense, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the heads of other
Federal, State, and local agencies that would be affected by issuance of the
permit and right of way.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B2453E962A04261A1579E2DAA976624"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Denial of
permit; opportunity to remedy deficiencies</header><text>If the application is
denied, the Secretary shall provide the applicant—</text>
<clause id="H3F2B2EB670E2431BB79462AC017ACAD9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
writing, clear and comprehensive reasons why the application was not approved
and detailed information concerning any deficiencies in the application;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5DDA42A17A974773A575D3E1E4159EC9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an
opportunity to remedy such deficiencies.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1DA5A09F4EF347139E175F3290982007"><enum>(c)</enum><header>NEPA
exclusion</header><text>Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>) shall not apply with respect to an offshore
meteorological site testing and monitoring project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H069DF5CF058E4554A2229C08FA81C51E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Protection of
information</header><text>The information provided to the Secretary of the
Interior pursuant to subsection (a)(3) shall be treated by the Secretary as
proprietary information and protected against disclosure.</text>
</subsection></section>
Passed the House of
Representatives June 21, 2012.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk