114 HR 1663 IH: Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2015-03-26
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Offshore Leasing and Other Energy Provisions
Subtitle A—Offshore Leasing
Sec. 101. Leasing program deemed approved.
Sec. 102. Lease sales.
Sec. 103. Seaward boundaries of States.
Sec. 104. Military operations.
Sec. 105. Coordination with Adjacent States.
Sec. 106. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas.
Sec. 107. Sharing of revenues.
Sec. 108. Inventory of offshore energy resources.
Sec. 109. Prohibitions on surface occupancy and other appropriate environmental safeguards.
Subtitle B—Expedited Judicial Review
Sec. 121. Definitions.
Sec. 122. Exclusive jurisdiction over causes and claims relating to covered oil and natural gas
activities.
Sec. 123. Time for filing petition; standing.
Sec. 124. Timetable.
Sec. 125. Limitation on scope of review and relief.
Sec. 126. Legal fees.
Sec. 127. Exclusion.
Subtitle C—Other Energy Provisions
Sec. 131. Policies regarding buying and building American.
Title II—Modifying the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Funding Conservation and Energy Research and
Development
Sec. 201. Findings.
Sec. 202. Definitions.
Sec. 203. Objectives.
Sec. 204. Modification of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Title III—Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Sec. 301. Repeal of prohibition of leasing of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
<enum>I</enum><header>Offshore Leasing and Other Energy Provisions</header>
<subtitle id="HB0CF63ADAC844153A9BC1B74FAEB3A8D"><enum>A</enum><header>Offshore Leasing</header>
<section id="H19B0271D44584E9E887E906EAD1E240B"><enum>101.</enum><header>Leasing program deemed approved</header>
<subsection id="H67CA8BB48AD44775929826815D16F03B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2017–2022 issued by the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>) is deemed to have been approved by the Secretary as a final oil and gas leasing program under that section, and is deemed to be in full compliance with and in accordance with all requirements of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, with the modifications to the Program described in this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5BD4E637B6994510AF76EFCA20C92C04"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional included areas</header>
<paragraph id="H3CF97046C9CC43E294A7F7024B2C6765"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Program includes the following additional areas:</text> <subparagraph id="HB496288727EA437FAB7051F12DD6BA56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>All areas in the Chukchi Sea.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3419DA87F5644ED9CAB5C514F555185"><enum>(B)</enum><text>All areas in the Beaufort Sea.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E7E9B89C5D34443876F2DE52FE61D7F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>All areas in Bristol Bay.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56D8B0EF0A9643E1A0C0497CA26B7598"><enum>(D)</enum><text>All areas in previously leased areas off the coast of Virginia.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0805119AAFC84D03A1467948C82390D3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>All other outer Continental Shelf planning areas that—</text>
<clause id="H6E345E8298AB4F658538BBF630832DDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are estimated to contain more than 5,000,000,000 barrels of oil; and</text> </clause><clause id="HA1E91F91EEB7440096C2AA35D1D9015A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are estimated to contain more than 50,000,000,000,000 cubic feet of gas.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4C5727D935264EDAB364160C72EF28A3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination of other areas</header><text>To determine the planning areas described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use the document titled <quote>Assessment of Undiscovered Technically Recoverable Oil and Gas Resources of the Nation’s Outer Continental Shelf, 2011</quote> produced by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H02D0B45E166B47F7A3B16C4F25D8DFE0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Presidential exclusion prohibited</header><text>The President may not exclude from oil and gas leasing any area included in the final oil and gas leasing program deemed approved under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEA02E7A109A046FCAA7C4926920CA373"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Final environmental impact statement</header><text>The Secretary is deemed to have issued a final environmental impact statement for the final oil and gas leasing program deemed approved under this section in accordance with all requirements under 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>).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H44242E2B1466425F967A6C176DAB791F"><enum>102.</enum><header>Lease sales</header>
<subsection id="H167ECF579517495DAD8340014741818B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Outer Continental Shelf</header>
<paragraph id="HD42F9D79409D4D9B911935E23A9708B5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 270 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall conduct a lease sale under the oil and gas leasing program approved under section 101 in each Outer Continental Shelf planning area for which the Secretary determines that there is a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for production on the outer Continental Shelf.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00201A1E427349189241BBC1FBC31256"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subsequent determinations and sales</header><text>If the Secretary determines that there is not a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for production on the outer Continental Shelf in a planning area under this subsection, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the determination and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5FD00AF268E84DD59FC7CC7ED96552EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine whether there is a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for production on the outer Continental Shelf in the planning area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2C74134406F46229581B7034E26E6FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the Secretary determines that there is a commercial interest described in subparagraph (A), conduct a lease sale in the planning area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H99B963C3F06E4B32AC37A7951830CB1A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Renewable energy and mariculture</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may conduct commercial lease sales of resources of 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>))—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF5F1BFDB6EF4CE1B90F4400E111A4BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to produce renewable energy (as defined in section 203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15852">42 U.S.C. 15852(b)</external-xref>)); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14E4A9DC61854077B4751C30C4AB6E97"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to cultivate marine organisms in the natural habitat of the organisms.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAA358F200A0B4629A0829DBD0267B07D"><enum>103.</enum><header>Seaward boundaries of States</header> <subsection id="HBE2B22E5B2994B44B92998088EDD2A0A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Seaward boundaries</header><text>Section 4 of the Submerged Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1312">43 U.S.C. 1312</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>three geographical miles</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>9 nautical miles</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H02BB7F24BA1245F59CC4226D0E7AD644"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 2 of the Submerged Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1301">43 U.S.C. 1301</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7DEE1DA30CAF40F1B88500572ABD50AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2), by striking <quote>three geographical miles</quote> and inserting <quote>9 nautical miles</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87114EE2A6E44376A769713FDCCDA008"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H1F669D85866248FDA005973E1C1F2EC7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>three geographical miles</quote> and inserting <quote>9 nautical miles</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0CE2D49D6CF498090F5BDE75D52A85F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>three marine leagues</quote> and inserting <quote>9 nautical miles</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H57E948EAAF474CEA837072C5006732C8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect of amendments</header> <paragraph id="H45BAC5A0486D47548DCBA9CF83D6CF7B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2) through (4), the amendments made by this section shall not affect Federal oil and gas mineral rights and should not affect the States’ current authority within existing State boundaries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B701B156BF544C6ABDE53D19DF5805F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Existing leases</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall not affect any Federal oil and gas lease in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7BEB9D0E7BD24548894A803AF4D78B07"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Taxation</header>
<subparagraph id="HDE1BD7FD1CB046778F5FA11F21097522"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State may exercise all of the sovereign powers of taxation of the State within the entire extent of the seaward boundaries of the State (as extended by the amendments made by this section).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC85C24DBF78E4FDF81BF65F4B332E725"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph affects the authority of a State to tax any Federal oil and gas lease in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC8589D89312542D397AEE5C629CD6A01"><enum>104.</enum><header>Military operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Defense regarding military operations needs in the Outer Continental Shelf. The Secretary shall work with the Secretary of Defense to resolve any conflicts that might arise between such operations and leasing under this section. If the Secretaries are unable to resolve all such conflicts, any unresolved issues shall be referred by the Secretaries to the President in a timely fashion for immediate resolution.</text>
</section><section id="H4130BE00B5A44A77B9DFDEDE7AB1DF36"><enum>105.</enum><header>Coordination with Adjacent States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 19 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1345">43 U.S.C. 1345</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB702375F3AFC46C6B7DFB7394C87558C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a) in the first sentence by inserting <quote>, for any tract located within the Adjacent State’s Adjacent Zone,</quote> after <quote>government</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE09D525C2AB34D5C8E2A9C1BC7A36854"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H6EB318FC497D4344A6F68C3901D7BC6B" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H6F8B6C8605DA4354A2FFDAAADDE8A504"><enum>(f)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H642CB56F9EE749819C0B7AB88E5105CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Prior to issuing a permit or approval for the construction of a pipeline to transport crude oil, natural gas or associated liquids production withdrawn from oil and gas leases on the outer Continental Shelf, a Federal agency must seek the concurrence of the Adjacent State if the pipeline is to transit the Adjacent State’s Adjacent Zone between the outer Continental Shelf and landfall. No State may prohibit construction of such a pipeline within its Adjacent Zone or its State waters. However, an Adjacent State may require routing of such a pipeline to one of two alternate landfall locations in the Adjacent State, designated by the Adjacent State, located within 60 miles on either side of a proposed landfall location.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC4A726967EB4CEDA9421F19AC9BEFE9" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H717BD727F5FB49E396DDE8E55DC85103"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <quote>Adjacent State</quote> means, with respect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to the provisions of this Act, any State the laws of which are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States for the portion of the outer Continental Shelf on which such program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or activity appertains or is, or is proposed to be, conducted. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term <quote>State</quote> includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the other territories of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56F99E66AA414F0AB49566F272BAB072"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <quote>Adjacent Zone</quote> means, with respect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the portion of the outer Continental Shelf for which the laws of a particular Adjacent State are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HBB49DE00A1C842A4A1E1F85265A115C8"><enum>106.</enum><header>Gulf of Mexico oil and gas</header>
<subsection id="H2D87BF8BA6F24B6197E0DCBAB8F37875"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 104 of division C of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 3003) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE0E0195EA51D4D90B1EB704909917CD6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Leasing plan for the Eastern Gulf of Mexico</header><text>Pursuant to sections 101 and 102 of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue a final leasing plan for the Eastern Gulf of Mexico within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act for all areas where there exists commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for production.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE60FDE1ED1AC4436A93F08126B4F57FD"><enum>107.</enum><header>Sharing of revenues</header>
<subsection id="H294040A260574AD7A8A2A4B4DEB69F8C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1337">43 U.S.C. 1337(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H33DF3683DB404192A54D8C7D7E1D8852"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>Notwithstanding</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in paragraph (6), and notwithstanding</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C8BD5D1F1F743BF934E32D6223779DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (8) and (9); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H28A59496E4B54F5EA173EB83D696CFCC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6188299D9BF34C2BBF58520928DB5644" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2806E610B7A240979B3E64304E1DF723"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Bonus bids and royalties under qualified leases</header>
<subparagraph id="H21FCFABFE6634D5684D99AEA1B946B8F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>New leases</header><text>Of amounts received by the United States as bonus bids, royalties, rentals, and other sums collected under any new qualified lease on submerged lands made available for leasing under this Act by the enactment of the <short-title> Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act</short-title>—</text>
<clause id="H0A7D5D1258244FE689E90FFAF37CCC94"><enum>(i)</enum><text>30 percent shall be paid to the States that are producing States with respect to those submerged lands that are located within the seaward boundaries of such a State established under section 4(a)(2)(A);</text>
</clause><clause id="H96EDAAAB5A25458AB134F6C58B60C30C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">10 percent shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury used solely for paying off the national debt; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB9DFB73F45B441B4A3D923782402822F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>60 percent shall be deposited in the Infrastructure Renewal Reserve established by paragraph (7).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3F5C79A93DB4DBD9F25C8C673EF9326"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Leased tract that lies partially within the seaward boundaries of a state</header><text>In the case of a leased tract that lies partially within the seaward boundaries of a State, the amounts of bonus bids and royalties from such tract that are subject to subparagraph (A)(ii) with respect to such State shall be a percentage of the total amounts of bonus bids and royalties from such tract that is equivalent to the total percentage of surface acreage of the tract that lies within such seaward boundaries.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED4584974F724998A044B48C711E1E2C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of payments to states</header><text>Amounts paid to a State under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be used by the State for one or more of the following:</text>
<clause id="HB4522EF7BA8B473A96E82EAF995153D6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Education.</text> </clause><clause id="H7C4079C2EA9C46FD82D63EDD37CB4528"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Transportation.</text>
</clause><clause id="H1421B1E80E404842B0CF1DD85F031491"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Coastal restoration, environmental restoration, and beach replenishment.</text> </clause><clause id="HC0D53B9C087F49A7A8A73DB9EB65DA90"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Energy infrastructure.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC9278ED8A3AD43D194C790D62458774E"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Renewable energy development.</text> </clause><clause id="HBAB18EC711A447EF811048006C43ABEE"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Energy efficiency and conservation.</text>
</clause><clause id="H12140ACC3E494271AB8E052CEDD4ACB1"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Any other purpose determined by State law.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1582366CD2F482CA3DA8188FA976079"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this paragraph:</text>
<clause id="H3B1D1F7DEFB24DB7AF0ECBC6ADA7CE4F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Adjacent state</header><text>The term <quote>Adjacent State</quote> means, with respect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to the provisions of this Act, any State the laws of which are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States for the portion of the outer Continental Shelf on which such program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or activity appertains or is, or is proposed to be, conducted.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE24BF1AD1F6D41D1B779CA1E901D6DD7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Adjacent zone</header><text>The term <quote>Adjacent Zone</quote> means, with respect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the portion of the outer Continental Shelf for which the laws of a particular Adjacent State are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="H96907ED47CE04C31B7832FB36C86B894"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Producing state</header><text>The term <quote>producing State</quote> means an Adjacent State having an Adjacent Zone containing leased tracts from which are derived bonus bids and royalties under a lease under this Act.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD0BB6525CEED43458AC7586054C269E6"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <quote>State</quote> includes Puerto Rico and the other territories of the United States.</text> </clause><clause id="HF7136CC7531A4DBBA879B72BB78F0B48"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Qualified lease</header><text>The term <quote>qualified lease</quote> means a natural gas or oil lease made available under this Act granted after the date of the enactment of the <short-title> Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act</short-title>, for an area that is available for leasing as a result of enactment of section 101 of that Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D1E33CB445B4E999B79173E12E00924"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This paragraph shall apply to bonus bids and royalties received by the United States under qualified leases after implementation of sections 105 and 106 of the <short-title> Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA59BDC8854642ACAAF10B340BD59E14"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Existing revenues</header><text>All revenues including revenues, including bonus bids, royalties, rentals, and other sums, collected from leases issued under this Act prior to the enactment <short-title> Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act</short-title>, shall not be affected by the provisions of that Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3795A46B6A624146A81DC280DD956D80"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Establishment of reserve accounts</header>
<subparagraph id="H4F2D62438FEF456E927075FF62050198"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For budgetary purposes, there is established as a separate account to receive deposits under paragraph (6)(A)—</text>
<clause id="HE15A3C6FC73A4CFCA7698DA0AA25949F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Infrastructure Renewal Reserve, which shall be applied to offset the costs of—</text> <subclause id="H9D2EF602C32F4E67A7F826F507061064"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs carried out by the Secretary of Transportation;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2117E22137054D7285B843BE32579B94"><enum>(II)</enum><text>public transportation programs carried out by the Secretary of Transportation;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H6179D7F625C4470F8C395F8CCE23D0D9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>water resources development construction projects carried out by the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief of Engineers); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H06E67961BBBA4EDB841F7D8FB8DE4C23"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>legislation enacted after the date of the enactment of the <short-title> Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act</short-title> for purposes of investment in transportation infrastructure; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H0CD72ADF762E4D95B3A3A8FAB36CF753"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Clean Water Reserve, which shall be applied to offset the costs of programs under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 that provide assistance, such as grants, matching grants, and no- and low-interest loans, to States and municipalities, including construction programs to rebuild and modernize clean water and sewage infrastructure.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H867FD97B45254862B3E5F2A5047EAE22"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deposit of balance from SPR Petroleum Account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to deposits under paragraph (6)(A), the Secretary shall transfer to the Infrastructure Renewal Reserve the balance of funds in the SPR Petroleum Account on the date of enactment of this Act in excess of $10,000,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B5574FFF64B418284BD7380768960D3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Procedure for adjustments</header>
<clause id="HCFACAC49E36C490B8F7B6AD41326A073"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Budget committee chairman</header><text>After the reporting of a bill or joint resolution, or the offering of an amendment thereto or the submission of a conference report thereon, providing funding for the purposes set forth in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) in excess of the sum of amount of the deposits under paragraph (6)(A) for those purposes for fiscal year 2016 and funds deposited under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the applicable House of Congress shall make the adjustments set forth in clause (ii) for the amount of new budget authority and outlays in that measure and the outlays flowing from that budget authority.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2E2A78BEC99644C38071F6280CBD47A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Matters to be adjusted</header><text>The adjustments referred to in clause (i) are to be made to—</text> <subclause id="H011C579BA5FD49BF992C286419F24A2C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the discretionary spending limits, if any, set forth in the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9EBA244878AC4176BBEF3EE576EC88EC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the allocations made pursuant to the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0E772FB57EA74E6C9A867E9DF77215FE"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the budget aggregates contained in the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget as required by section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H9DA5EDE19DD2411683C63EB70C5193A3"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Amounts of adjustments</header><text>The adjustments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) shall not exceed the receipts estimated by the Congressional Budget Office that are attributable to this Act for the fiscal year in which the adjustments are made.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6561498963834C1F917298054F1B7406"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Maintenance of effort by States</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Energy, and any other Federal official with authority to implement legislation referred to in paragraph (6)(A) shall ensure that financial assistance provided to a State under that legislation for any purpose with amounts made available under this subsection or in any legislation with respect to which paragraph (7) applies supplement, and do not replace, the amounts expended by the State for that purpose before the date of the enactment of the<short-title> Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6EEC160ED45341309BF4A603C9C8AFED"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Distributions for Federal-aid highway or highway safety construction program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent practicable, amounts made available for a Federal-aid highway or highway safety construction program, the costs of which are offset by application of the Infrastructure Renewal Reserve, shall be distributed using the apportionment formula that applies to that program.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAEB3A1CBAD38492D9603FD47CA4BFA79"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of State Seaward Boundaries</header><text>Section 4(a)(2)(A) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1333">43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>, and the President</quote> and all that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting the following: <quote>. Such extended lines are deemed to be as indicated on the maps for each Outer Continental Shelf region entitled <quote>Alaska OCS Region State Adjacent Zone and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, <quote>Pacific OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, <quote>Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, and <quote>Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, all of which are dated September 2005 and on file in the Office of the Director, Minerals Management Service. The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to the treatment under section 105 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>) of qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues deposited and disbursed under subsection (a)(2) of that section.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBA188EC895F849F09EAC3556A082C96C"><enum>108.</enum><header>Inventory of offshore energy resources</header>
<subsection id="H95275DE8ABAC4726925A0FE3F6A4D5F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior (in this section referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall promptly prepare an inventory of offshore energy resources of the United States, including through conduct of geological and geophysical explorations by private industry in all of the United States outer Continental Shelf areas of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean under part 251 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H056100FBE9F4441BA4A53F658493573F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Environmental studies</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete any environmental studies necessary to gather information essential to an accurate inventory, including geological and geophysical explorations under part 251 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H74B3ADAF14D140AFAA723DFF955E2A18"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect on oil and gas leasing</header><text>No inventory that is conducted under this section or any other Federal law (including regulations) shall restrict, limit, delay, or otherwise adversely affect—</text>
<paragraph id="H0B888788B3E0443584784A22F129D8B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the development of any Outer Continental Shelf leasing program under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H321EC0C0E8644DE09DCC6FE00D83B4A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any leasing, exploration, development, or production of any Federal offshore oil and gas leases.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53EFEAEF235247EDAD45848125D1ED33"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="HDA6BBA956BFF44169977A76686CFAA8B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall make a one-time transfer to the Secretary, without further appropriation and from royalties collected by the United States in conjunction with the production of oil and gas, of such sums as are necessary for the Secretary to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F6BC28CF14049728B6D315990177E3A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The amount transferred under paragraph (1) shall not exceed $50,000,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2521213FA11849DF9FA0198047E0072E"><enum>109.</enum><header>Prohibitions on surface occupancy and other appropriate environmental safeguards</header> <subsection id="HAB5BD2DD631B4128B028887AD41AAE05"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations</header> <paragraph id="H58A410B6F3474F868C54514F193270FE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header> <subparagraph id="H48AAD59C46154DC8AD04791A02B00F89"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Environmental safeguards</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate regulations that establish appropriate environmental safeguards for the exploration and production of oil and natural gas on the outer Continental Shelf.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB20D100BFEF94F7781E5E440C7780B69"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Safety protocols</header><text>All operations, including under any permit issued pursuant to an application for a permit to drill or an application for a permit to sidetrack, that has been approved by the Minerals Management Service or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, for purposes of outer Continental Shelf energy exploration or development and production, shall be carried out in accordance with the safety protocols contained in part 250 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H57E5E2E6365C4A23AAC75D6C22A61E00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The regulations shall include provisions ensuring that—</text> <subparagraph id="HCD9BC746ECBD44AFA46B5EF0B0B9ABCE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>no surface facility shall be installed for the purpose of production of oil or gas resources in any area that is within 10 miles from the shore of any coastal State, in any area of the Outer Continental Shelf that has not previously been made available for oil and gas leasing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E4C6373D7264C07AEAEAA437DBA280A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>only temporary surface facilities are installed for areas that are located—</text> <clause id="H29A1BAD1A79E4B33A6C517C1367980C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>beyond 10 miles from the shore of any coastal State, in any area of the Outer Continental Shelf that has not previously been made available for oil and gas leasing; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBB3E6D790E494DC38F56266A69F25723"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not more than 20 miles from the shore;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5FFF3EA1B174865A1D0D9A319B58D81"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the impact of offshore production facilities on coastal vistas is otherwise mitigated; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA43A9EE0FE3644B5ACA13A7EE4FBBC26"><enum>(D)</enum><text>onshore facilities that are able to draw upon the resources of the outer Continental Shelf within 10 miles of shore are allowed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3985D6F7861241B6BD064A48393CC578"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 105 of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/54">Public Law 109–54</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 521) (as amended by section 103(d) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>)) is amended by inserting <quote>and any other area that the Secretary of the Interior may offer for leasing, preleasing, or any related activity under section 104 of that Act</quote> after <quote>2006)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H6570D5A07F3E48AF97C52D3BEC2F0DA6"><enum>B</enum><header>Expedited Judicial Review</header>
<section id="H63C21DDAD38742E5AF08421EB6C3E555"><enum>121.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text> <paragraph id="HCDB181797E894E5DA005BA39C254DACC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorizing leasing statute</header><text>The term <quote>authorizing leasing statute</quote> means 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>), the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.</external-xref>), 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>), and any other law of the United States directing or authorizing the leasing of Federal lands for oil and gas production or transmission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F0F53B690A445D68451814A611D5013"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered oil and natural gas activity</header><text>The term <quote>covered oil and natural gas activity</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HDE4D4B94CDC74CB5A31C3E53ECC2B285"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the leasing of any lands pursuant to an authorizing leasing statute for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or associated hydrocarbons, including actions or decisions relating to the selection of which lands may or shall be made available for such leasing; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE49563D2590C4A738C21E9998D4AF4F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any activity taken or proposed to be taken pursuant or in relation to such leases, including their suspension, and any environmental analyses relating to such activity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H14666B7D130842B6912AF9BDD66D56AD"><enum>122.</enum><header>Exclusive jurisdiction over causes and claims relating to covered oil and natural gas activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Federal action approving any covered oil and natural gas activity shall be subject to judicial review only—</text>
<paragraph id="H3E4DE0ACDF46417CA2092CEA9CB3AC2D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF2333AD2E93B4B218A2CD06AF2A6DB4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>after the person filing a petition seeking such judicial review has exhausted all available administrative remedies with respect to such Federal action.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H826584F6AD0F4C8EBC6FA76573742033"><enum>123.</enum><header>Time for filing petition; standing</header>
<subsection id="H832C5D4A663341F3B6C6317897DED782"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>All petitions referred to in section 122 must be filed within 30 days after the latter of the challenged Federal action or the exhaustion of all available administrative remedies with respect to such Federal action. A claim or challenge shall be barred unless it is filed within the time specified.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H263D1E556288479E94A52DA0C2101145"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standing</header><text>No person whose legal rights will not be directly and adversely affected by the challenged action, and who is not within the zone of interest protected by each Act under which the challenge is brought, shall have standing to file any petition referred to in section 122.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8829A0893B7147D382B02E37F152A747"><enum>124.</enum><header>Timetable</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall complete all judicial review, including rendering a judgment, before the end of the 120-day period beginning on the date on which a petition referred to in section 122 is filed, unless all parties to such proceeding agree to an extension of such period.</text>
</section><section id="HF505533499FF4B6DB04F83C1BE1A1E64"><enum>125.</enum><header>Limitation on scope of review and relief</header>
<subsection id="H52F5509140064D0DA9B8D1075FFCA50A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administrative findings and conclusions</header><text>In any judicial review referred to in section 122, any administrative findings and conclusions relating to the challenged Federal action shall be presumed to be correct unless shown otherwise by clear and convincing evidence contained in the administrative record.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA222B3ABF07E4E4A824EB45A30AEF75E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on prospective relief</header><text>In any judicial review referred to in section 122, the Court shall not grant or approve any prospective relief unless the court finds that such relief is narrowly drawn, extends no further than necessary to correct the violation of a Federal law requirement, and is the least intrusive means necessary to correct the violation concerned.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3E29DD3EA2B84638B9FAD26E681CC7C6"><enum>126.</enum><header>Legal fees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any person filing a petition referred to in section 122 who is not a prevailing party shall pay to the prevailing parties (including intervening parties), other than the United States, fees and other expenses incurred by that party in connection with the judicial review, unless the Court finds that the position of the person was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.</text>
</section><section id="H38232F764D8F4641A3BCEA30356F372E"><enum>127.</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 122 shall not apply to disputes between the parties to a lease issued pursuant to an authorizing leasing statute regarding the obligations of such lease or the alleged breach thereof.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H200171BE7FE34823B613F58D49DB1EF4"><enum>C</enum><header>Other Energy Provisions</header>
<section id="H0F224D81604E41F2ACC54853E545F54D"><enum>131.</enum><header>Policies regarding buying and building American</header>
<subsection id="H4634D989208144428B44F461136DAD1A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Intent of Congress</header><text>It is the intent of the Congress that this Act, among other things, result in a healthy and growing American industrial, manufacturing, transportation, and service sector employing the vast talents of America’s workforce to assist in the development of energy from domestic sources. Moreover, the Congress intends to monitor the deployment of personnel and material onshore and offshore to encourage the development of American technology and manufacturing to enable United States workers to benefit from this Act by good jobs and careers, as well as the establishment of important industrial facilities to support expanded access to American resources.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2F3AF2171CF34F559C6ABBCC427228EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Safeguard for extraordinary ability</header><text>Section 30(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1356">43 U.S.C. 1356(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>regulations which</quote> and inserting <quote>regulations that shall be supplemental and complimentary with and under no circumstances a substitution for the provisions of the Constitution and laws of the United States extended to the subsoil and seabed of the outer Continental Shelf pursuant to section 4 of this Act, except insofar as such laws would otherwise apply to individuals who have extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, or business, which has been demonstrated by sustained national or international acclaim, and that</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA84CB3D3992A430BBD323B43F87215EE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Work standards</header><text>All construction, repair, or alteration of public buildings and public works of the Government and buildings or works financed or otherwise assisted in whole or in part under this Act by a loan, loan guarantee, grant, annual contribution, credit enhancement, or any other form of Federal assistance authorized under this Act shall be performed in accordance with the standards applicable to comparable activity under any other provision of law, without regard to the form or type of Federal assistance provided thereunder.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Modifying the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Funding Conservation and Energy Research and
Development</header>
<section id="H397E34E4B92D46D4A113248A9BEF4896"><enum>201.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H909603D5CE7A4ECF8F00C988ACC70FD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) was created by Congress in 1975, to protect the Nation from any future oil supply disruptions. When the program was established, United States refiners were capable of handling light crude and medium crude and the makeup of the SPR matched this capacity. This is not the case today.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C092A64E5174607887F1C35FE0A9710"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A GAO analysis found that nearly half of the refineries considered vulnerable to supply disruptions are not compatible with the types of oil currently stored in the SPR and would be unable to maintain normal refining capacity if forced to rely on SPR oil as currently constituted, thereby reducing the effectiveness of the SPR in the event of a supply disruption. GAO concluded that the SPR should be comprised of at least 10 percent heavy crude.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB3AB7D9AF7DE4848B2711D3F7D3B9063"><enum>(3)</enum><text>This Act implements the GAO recommendation and dedicates funds received from the transactions to existing energy conservation, research, and assistance programs.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H71B4A6995F6A47D5829602DDA616A740"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title—</text> <paragraph id="H9FAE9EC99A694A55853A161E23C32E8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <quote>light grade petroleum</quote> means crude oil with an API gravity of 35 degrees or higher;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF42A1AEC838B44769AC95D8021F2ADE2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <quote>heavy grade petroleum</quote> means crude oil with an API gravity of 26 degrees or lower; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8EE9AFEEC1EE418486A392DEFF96A5DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC4A69CF730F74102B3511740F805B1A3"><enum>203.</enum><header>Objectives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The objectives of this title are as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H5989E78D07D54E81A39FA2D14B378273"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To modernize the composition of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to reflect the current processing capabilities of refineries in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79A90ABC23BD4E3ABA6A078D0BE3C7C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To provide increased funding to accelerate conservation, energy research and development, and assistance through existing programs.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA27AA8B283E5428B836C315E3601044E"><enum>204.</enum><header>Modification of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding 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>), the Secretary shall publish a plan not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act to—</text>
<paragraph id="H48A25C621C274B1DBA3AD4522FD3FF52"><enum>(1)</enum><text>exchange as soon as possible light grade petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, in an amount equal to 10 percent of the total number of barrels of crude oil in the Reserve as of the date of enactment of this Act, for an equivalent volume of heavy grade petroleum plus any additional cash bonus bids received that reflect the difference in the market value between light grade petroleum and heavy grade petroleum and the timing of deliveries of the heavy grade petroleum;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E6F8E1AFBB2462B8CFBB917A9EDEFBA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>from the gross proceeds of the cash bonus bids, deposit the amount necessary to pay for the direct administrative and operational costs of the exchange into the SPR Petroleum Account established under section 167 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6247">42 U.S.C. 6247</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F5397A522094A61B417F88D3E3BDAB0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deposit 90 percent of the remaining net proceeds from the exchange into the Infrastructure Renewal Reserve established in section 107.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Arctic National Wildlife Refuge</header>
<section id="HCCD1700DEA714BD182218A15F4F6926B"><enum>301.</enum><header>Repeal of prohibition of leasing of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge</header>
<subsection id="HA64DE18B8295429F8576D4DF2D2F75F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 1003 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3143">16 U.S.C. 3143</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HF1282BD8B0FC4D79ABF86484D3B8422C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents contained in section 1 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3101">16 U.S.C. 3101</external-xref> note) is amended by striking the item relating to section 1003.</text>
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