1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Oil and Gas Facilitation Act of
2011
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.
TITLE I—Oil and gas leasing
Sec. 101. Extension of Oil and Gas Permit Processing
Improvement Fund.
Sec. 102. Facilitation of coproduction of geothermal energy on
oil and gas leases.
TITLE II—Outer Continental Shelf
Sec. 201. Comprehensive inventory of outer Continental Shelf
resources.
Sec. 202. Alaska OCS permit processing coordination
office.
Sec. 203. Phase-out of mandatory Outer Continental Shelf deep
water and deep gas royalty relief for future leases.
TITLE III—Miscellaneous
Sec. 301. Facilitation of Alaska natural
gas pipeline.
Sec.
302.301.
Exemption of trans-Alaska oil pipeline system from certain
requirements.
Sec.
303.302.
Permits for natural gas pipeline in Denali National Park and
Preserve.
Sec. 303. Energy
information administration reporting on Iranian imports of refined petroleum
products.
2.In this Act, the
term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
<enum>I</enum><header>Oil
and gas leasing</header>
<section id="id973F317B587E4040997D67D05228477F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Extension of Oil and
Gas Permit Processing Improvement Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 35(c) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30
U.S.C. 191(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C7FED3C532C4DAC94A4FF497E07068C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDd9aab86541884656b7d296665f780e6c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated from the
Fund, or to the extent adequate funds in the Fund are not available from
miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury, for the coordination and processing of
oil and gas use authorizations and for oil and gas inspection and enforcement
on onshore Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Pilot Project offices
described in section 365(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
15924(d)) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, to remain
available until
expended.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="IDa3cfc10460ae4bb8949e94fbb263bbb1"><enum>102.</enum><header>Facilitation
of coproduction of geothermal energy on oil and gas leases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(b) of the Geothermal Steam Act of
1970 (30 U.S.C. 1003(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58007E8672E34DE68103F353855A64F2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID80dbfa1c7fd44c73b131e32983879a0b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Land subject to
oil and gas lease</header><text>Land under an oil and gas lease issued pursuant
to the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Mineral Leasing Act
for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) that is subject to an approved
application for permit to drill and from which oil and gas production is
occurring may be available for leasing under subsection (c) by the holder of
the oil and gas lease—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID580bca8104a84a16b9f5ec6bce3b73a6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on a
determination that—</text>
<clause id="IDb175aec4ec624db28388c62a311dc70a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>geothermal energy
will be produced from a well producing or capable of producing oil and gas;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3e1d6d6d3a994ec4b0d53faf955ede44"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the public
interest will be served by the issuance of such a lease; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb9303b8a89634a799b813719b67b7a33"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in order to
provide for the coproduction of geothermal energy with oil and
gas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Outer
Continental Shelf</header>
<section id="ID5b2044474ce842e199fb8a96e95fedc2"><enum>201.</enum><header>Comprehensive
inventory of outer Continental Shelf resources</header>
<subsection id="ID431dade0e7154e859fb0215f0b568eac"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 357 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
15912) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID15b7efe5f32c421d9fe970f5fb35bdf2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id30291BAEE22647368804433DF0A408D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the
first sentence of the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting the
following: <quote>The Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive inventory of oil
and natural gas (including executing or otherwise facilitating seismic studies
of resources) and prepare a summary (the latter prepared with the assistance
of, and based on information provided by, the heads of appropriate Federal
agencies) of the information obtained under paragraph (3), for the waters of
the United States Outer Continental Shelf (referred to in this section as the
<quote>OCS</quote>) in the Atlantic Region, the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and the
Alaska Region.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3d351f355bbd4f76b34dece682427a0f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="id4008123C15904EC8B7D7510ECAEDFD90"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>3-D</quote> and inserting <quote>2-D and 3-D</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idA689FDDD2790452C806BDC6FB3D0F48A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9b700cc4721941d19d77b3e124596c35"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (3) through (5) and inserting in the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9BCAC37203704253AE834D9A9F7C0616" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID505942adde53476eafc03d4c1d30320d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>use existing
inventories and mapping of marine resources undertaken by the National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and with the assistance of and
based on information provided by the Department of Defense and other Federal
and State agencies possessing relevant data, and use any available data
regarding alternative energy potential, navigation uses, fisheries, aquaculture
uses, recreational uses, habitat, conservation, and military
uses.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa8c42db3a59a4f258973232cc4fb13f0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id749E1740C893478592E5A4F937F00E61" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID5409449edb204129beec4447543bf888"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The
Secretary shall carry out the inventory and analysis under subsection (a) in 3
phases, with priority given to all or part of applicable planning areas of the
outer Continental Shelf—</text>
<paragraph id="id0A4B47D0130C499D87654BB8F5F69529"><enum>(1)</enum><text>estimated to have
the greatest potential for energy development in barrel of oil equivalent;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id105E08257F4145259C21E28F8ECC3896"><enum>(2)</enum><text>outside of any
leased area or area scheduled for leasing prior to calendar year 2011 under any
outer Continental Shelf 5-year leasing program or amendment to the program
under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1344).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7769d2c7b12949c3b1868ad05da9efd3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan</header>
<paragraph id="ID0dd5c44db1d042ab846ce0ace144a109"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this paragraph, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives a report that provides a plan for executing or
otherwise facilitating the seismic studies required under this section,
including an estimate of the costs to complete the seismic inventory by region
and environmental and permitting activities to facilitate expeditious
completion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2d92c1b0b546457caa7280e1e17dc027"><enum>(2)</enum><header>First
phase</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this
paragraph, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the
results of the first phase of the inventory and analysis under subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe5f6fc133daa4feaaa117402383562a1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subsequent
phases</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date on which the report
is submitted under paragraph (2) and 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall
submit to Congress a report describing the results of the second and third
phases, respectively, of the inventory and analysis under subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc40dddeabb27404da85f60636245b5ee"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>A report submitted under paragraph (2) or (3) shall
be—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID21c9b80fed5047709dcb64f301715f5d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>made publicly
available; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5eb9834ac3314984bd7e38bd1ef1135b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>updated not less
frequently than once every 5
years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID636ca43c8d9e4999be511c37eedf759c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Relationship to
5-Year Program</header><text>The requirement that the Secretary carry out the
inventory required by the amendment made by subsection (a) shall not be
considered to require, authorize, or provide a basis or justification for delay
by the Secretary or any other agency of the issuance of any outer Continental
Shelf leasing program or amendment to the program under section 18 of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344), or any lease sale pursuant to
that section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3ed7979a9ada45018d3a82ca2438bd64"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Permits</header><text>Nothing
in this section or an amendment made by this section—</text>
<paragraph id="id46F8C2B745D44A86B902286F1B8A3789"><enum>(1)</enum><text>precludes the
issuance by the Secretary of a permit to conduct geological and geophysical
exploration of the outer Continental Shelf in accordance with the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) and other applicable law;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id57AF76CC79634D5CAB89F972B4D891F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>otherwise alters
the requirements of applicable law with respect to the issuance of such a
permit or any other activities undertaken by the Secretary in connection with
the inventory.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc729a65447034f57b40fbcd62963cc3b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section, to be available until expended without fiscal year
limitation—</text>
<paragraph id="id3AFB88A3A2674AE8A93AECA8E5AAF466"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2012 through 2017; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA6AEB19EF1774D7EA91E3F000637C745"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDd183945e79e649229feee09c352dc9f9"><enum>202.</enum><header>Alaska OCS
permit processing coordination office</header>
<subsection id="IDa9085df3e311454594bf2e771ee871cd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish a regional joint outer Continental Shelf lease and
permit processing office for the Alaska outer Continental Shelf region.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7498480b0ce044be839b6ed1d6c01997"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Memorandum of
understanding</header>
<paragraph id="id238FBB8263F84D559A4CE9C5605AB672"><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 the
purposes of carrying out this section with—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF5285A6B532F4C419C548205C9CF978C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Commerce;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60ED93B840FE49D09AA4F0874BC0379C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Chief of
Engineers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8EA608450AF7402D92258EAE248B440B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDde8411989e2d4a57b16239a8db1ae5e3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other Federal
agency that may have a role in permitting activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB8AE35A2226F4D44BF0E83BA102BB7F1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State
participation</header><text>The Secretary shall request that the Governor of
Alaska be a signatory to the memorandum of understanding.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf1c04da3a05e4ad2901d50f78296a05c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Designation of
qualified staff</header>
<paragraph id="ID5036e3f22e874573b0ecd593da3bc23b"><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), each Federal signatory
party shall, if appropriate, assign to the office described in subsection (a)
an employee who has expertise in the regulatory issues administered by the
office in which the employee is employed relating to leasing and the permitting
of oil and gas activities on the outer Continental Shelf.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID65d4163e9b4e474c87a3b34998609997"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>An
employee assigned under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6184beb6b28a44c9b216b6cebc1feac2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 90
days after the date of assignment, report to the office described in subsection
(a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0f8c91e1588a4423913ab20ee3567d7d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be responsible
for all issues relating to the jurisdiction of the home office or agency of the
employee; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDddb99a9ae4764444a136cd2c3ec2448d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>participate as
part of the applicable team of personnel working on proposed oil and gas
leasing and permitting, including planning and environmental analyses.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID87394faac47745fa8d9a37e5af6db120"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transfer of
funds</header><text>For the purposes of coordination and processing of oil and
gas use authorizations for the Alaska outer Continental Shelf region, the
Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer of such funds as are
necessary to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1c94c6d8d40a465b940df21c67d8b004"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Commerce;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa2b6ffcdbc6a435bb5bfe56cce5d1482"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Chief of
Engineers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID49cdc16700e24f6f98e9e6c78ccdca3e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9dd6d4b5a9e74b14b68cd5839e85f82e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any other Federal
agency having a role in permitting activities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID93b1672a35324536bc48d177ad690143"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the State of
Alaska.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3a368ece164e418eb882ab114356790e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Savings
provision</header><text>Nothing in this section affects—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3afe5057b63d4b92ad0318b84db28cb6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the operation of
any Federal or State law; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf75297ef651446d18dcfbb7ad500a7be"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any delegation of
authority made by the head of a Federal agency for employees that are assigned
to the coordination office.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A9D20A150D9429A9C2AA6D6A29961B2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2022, to
remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idC1DA2680506941FEB12BA0AB7D5BBF45"><enum>203.</enum><header>Phase-out of
mandatory Outer Continental Shelf deep water and deep gas royalty relief for
future leases</header>
<subsection id="ID88967378382d4559bfe0b6d77e073454"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Sections 344 and 345 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 15904, 15905) are repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9684bc5301944d2a8a169adf21e1b2b7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The
Secretary shall not be required to provide for royalty relief in the lease sale
terms beginning with the first lease sale held on or after the date of
enactment of this Act for which a final notice of sale has not been
published.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section changed="deleted" id="idF96ACDAD4B914349BB2E1AC52AD46EC6" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>301.</enum><header>Facilitation of
Alaska natural gas pipeline</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 116 of the Alaska Natural Gas
Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C. 720n) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDce9f925d68144bdbbaae6a572794d8c5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4e3a6cd691514f3bb57a13603ee69960"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence, by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, except
that a holder of a certificate may request the Secretary to extend the period
to issue Federal guarantee instruments for not more than 180 days following the
date of resolution of any reopening, contest, or other proceeding relating to
the certificate”; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1c4de7fbb2404ba0a12930e1ba470cfc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second
sentence, by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, or
connecting to pipeline infrastructure capable of delivering commercially
economic quantities of natural gas to the continental United States”;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1bdccce1db854e3fbc0248fe311bbe41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id25CCE42168CF4FFF942E079F67EE2C40"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc9fdb2ee80884f5c97d646675eaaec02"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID351e17ec333445ae85f55c6399712b01"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>and completion
guarantees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6d00fedc4f994f149ef7ca40854cca2a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2), by striking <quote>$18,000,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$30,000,000,000</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa034e7f3473f4daabee4f30df0246ca6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3fd4493248ed4c11a06fcb57763aa9a7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence of paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the end the
following: <quote>, except that an issued loan guarantee instrument shall apply
to not less than 80 percent of project costs unless by previous consent of the
borrower</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4774cf1b8ef34744adad67c12bb1ba3c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>An eligible</quote> and inserting <quote>A</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc307cb8130884b44bc7a1da032be99fb"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id031D8B776E7B4F8FAEB09C06C564637F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF425700074A343BA9F6C0EF0D5C39670"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID847efef79eb647fe9a2325b2a5b53692"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
(as so redesignated), by inserting before the period at the end the following:
<quote>under subsection (a)(3), including direct lending from the Federal
Financing Bank of all or a part of the amount to the holder, in lieu of a
guarantee</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section changed="not-changed" id="IDe7a92ca5963b4489ae54e1527121bda8"><enum><deleted-phrase committee-id="SSEG00" reported-display-style="strikethrough">302.</deleted-phrase><added-phrase committee-id="SSEG00" reported-display-style="italic">301.</added-phrase></enum><header>Exemption of
trans-Alaska oil pipeline system from certain requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act
(43 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA12EE990EBFE4A8FA31D0F542E745C4A" style="OLC">
<section id="ID2d22cc4c4d8e4d6794f8844bcf2fde4e"><enum>208.</enum><header>Exemption of
trans-Alaska oil pipeline system from certain requirements</header>
<subsection id="IDbe2272549b00432b898d4e9bc60db668"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), no part of the
trans-Alaska oil pipeline system shall be considered to be a district, site,
building, structure, or object for purposes of section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f), regardless of whether all or part
of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline system may otherwise be listed on, or eligible
for listing on, the National Register of Historic Places.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID464461f5a010497f9d4b2819493e5f02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Individual
elements</header>
<paragraph id="ID56d69a638bb94cddb074cfc7ad7bd2cf"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the Interior
may identify up to 3 sections of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline system that
possess national or exceptional historic significance, and that should remain
after the pipeline is no longer used for the purpose of oil
transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDaa78df644fc64cf1923981a8fb4f85cf"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Historic
site</header><text>Any sections identified under paragraph (1) shall be
considered to be a historic site.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeec2f9b7aa734a25abbe7f8abf194736"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Views</header><text>In
making the identification under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider
the views of—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDce7746ac314a414b94fc64fc6192f4fb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the owners of the
pipeline;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID224fc9e6b2db4ac6a429888fd9d79de0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the State
Historic Preservation Officer;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID23c61b80e7f74209987f456a5120aceb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID41a1d3ef34d44bbfbbc817a8f72840e9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Federal
Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf3c86c8b6a66478b8f2471d04cf154ce"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Construction,
maintenance, restoration, and rehabilitation
activities</header><text>Subsection (b) does not prohibit the owners of the
trans-Alaska oil pipeline system from carrying out construction, maintenance,
restoration, or rehabilitation activities on or for a section of the system
described in subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id73C1A4BEC08B4503B4D40BF53A870414" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum><deleted-phrase committee-id="SSEG00" reported-display-style="strikethrough">303.</deleted-phrase><added-phrase committee-id="SSEG00" reported-display-style="italic">302.</added-phrase></enum><header>Permits for
natural gas pipeline in Denali National Park and Preserve</header>
<subsection id="idA3A3601AE5CC448FB40045E9A8DE00B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id4DD9036ECE5F42D0BBB7AB42BD710B1B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appurtenance</header>
<subparagraph id="id66E3345548FE454EB6DCE55C8A91448D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>appurtenance</term> includes cathodic protection or test stations,
valves, signage, and buried communication and electric cables relating to the
operation of high-pressure natural gas transmission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC0BA8B532E0C406A87E9FAB0B85E35E5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>appurtenance</term> does not
include compressor stations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B93908CA4724749BA884D91B1B89879"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Park</header><text>The
term <quote>Park</quote> means the Denali National Park and Preserve in the
State of Alaska.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0459DE221E264864AAB1166F011A6483"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Permit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may issue right-of-way
permits for—</text>
<paragraph id="ID596b56228a954b55afdca0cb9dec0f39"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a high-pressure
natural gas transmission pipeline (including appurtenances) in non-wilderness
areas within the boundary of Denali National Park within, along, or near the
approximately 7-mile segment of the George Parks Highway that runs through the
Park; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID90ee108fc32e4aacac0e3f95e2a9cb90"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any distribution
and transmission pipelines and appurtenances that the Secretary determines to
be necessary to provide natural gas supply to the Park.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDdbce155d6bc3419681d23a831826005b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header><text>A permit authorized under subsection (b)—</text>
<paragraph id="id296064F6268A4E3C8BBE51FB3BCA9C10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may be issued
only—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1a3f4bfdba0c4d42a5b1e2abd1b18eb6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if the permit is
consistent with the laws (including regulations) generally applicable to
utility rights-of-way within units of the National Park System;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF908BB23B3574E219FEAF8BADA154205"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in accordance
with section 1106(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16
U.S.C. 3166(a)); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4300756b7fac4e4eb92b8234b38f45d2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if, following an
appropriate analysis prepared in compliance with the
<act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the route of the right-of-way is the
route through the Park with the least adverse environmental effects for the
Park; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa9367d7e91584f93a6ee0fa6985513e7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be subject
to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to be
necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="added" id="IDa56a6e16015442b9beb79d84e58792b2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum><added-phrase committee-id="SSEG00" reported-display-style="italic">303.</added-phrase></enum><header>Energy
information administration reporting on Iranian imports of refined petroleum
products</header>
<subsection id="IDa06ab0b0837e48d4b8308b7a108a2ba9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator of the Energy Information
Administration shall submit to Congress a report, which shall be updated
periodically, that, to the maximum extent practicable, describes—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf624a608909943d6b8055dbd0a5ee014"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the annual volume of
refined petroleum products imported to and exported from Iran;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID18fb31844d944ced8e5633324ca29dd3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the identity and national
origin of persons selling and transporting refined petroleum products to
Iran;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbb532cd0541b49bf99591918b674825f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the sources of financing
for imports to Iran of refined petroleum products; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb1c2cbeb29e444a389ba443591e846a4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the involvement of
foreign persons in efforts to assist Iran in—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID510f46af5ead4cb8ba90192cf8450773"><enum>(A)</enum><text>importing advanced
technology to upgrade existing Iranian refineries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa73ed059fa1c4db7a605f25c15741c67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>converting existing
chemical plants to petroleum refineries; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc20d4a250dd04df3a0c77657b9e09953"><enum>(C)</enum><text>constructing new
refineries.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID13fb5aba424844568758362ab6e5478e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
reporting requirements under subsection (a) shall remain in effect until the
date on which the President determines that all economic sanctions imposed by
the United States with respect to Iran have been lifted.</text>
</subsection></section>
August 30 (legislative day, August 2), 2011
Reported with amendments