[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 70 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 70

To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce, 
acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to 
  initiate immediate action to create jobs in America, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2015

 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees 
       on Science, Space, and Technology and Transportation and 
   Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce, 
acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to 
  initiate immediate action to create jobs in America, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Deficit Reduction, 
Job Creation, and Energy Security Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Purposes.
Sec. 4. Definitions.
               TITLE I--DEFICIT REDUCTION ENERGY SECURITY

Sec. 101. Deficit Reduction Acreage.
Sec. 102. Deficit Reduction Energy Security Fund and Coastal and Ocean 
                            Sustainability and Health Fund.
Sec. 103. Coastal and Ocean Disaster Grant Program.
Sec. 104. National Grant Program for Coastal and Ocean Sustainability 
                            and Health.
Sec. 105. Eligible uses of grants.
Sec. 106. Grant application.
        TITLE II--TIMELY ISSUANCE OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASES

Sec. 201. Reinstatement of offshore oil and gas leases.
Sec. 202. Effective and efficient environmental review.
   TITLE III--OFFICE OF ENERGY EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AND OFFICE OF 
                      MINORITY AND WOMEN INCLUSION

Sec. 301. Establishment of Office of Energy Employment and Training.
Sec. 302. Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.
                   TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 401. Reporting.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds and declares the following:
            (1) The Nation is currently experiencing a national 
        employment emergency, and urgent action is needed to put 
        Americans back to work in well-paid, long-term jobs.
            (2) The Federal Government distributed over $10,000,000,000 
        to Federal, State, and Indian accounts from energy production 
        during fiscal year 2009, primarily from oil and natural gas 
        production.
            (3) The domestic oil and natural gas industry is 
        responsible for approximately 9.2 million jobs.
            (4) The approximately 43 million leased Outer Continental 
        Shelf acres currently account for about 15 percent of America's 
        domestic natural gas production and about 27 percent of 
        America's domestic oil production.
            (5) The leasing of these domestic offshore areas for oil 
        and natural gas development provides significant economic 
        benefits to the Federal Government, as well as to States and 
        localities, through the creation and sustenance of jobs and 
        domestic product.
            (6) The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy 
        Management currently has authorities under the Outer 
        Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) and 
        related laws that can be effectively utilized to create jobs 
        and revitalize the Nation's economy.
            (7) Effective and expedited development of Gulf of Mexico 
        oil and natural gas resources could generate thousands of new 
        jobs, many of which could be created almost immediately.
            (8) The coastal regions of the United States have high 
        productivity and contribute approximately 50 percent of the 
        gross domestic product of the United States.
            (9) The economies and social structure of many communities 
        are dependent on resources from ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes 
        ecosystems.
            (10) Supporting science, research, monitoring, modeling, 
        forecasting, exploration, and assessment will continue to 
        improve our understanding of the ocean, coastal, and Great 
        Lakes ecosystems as well as their long-term economic 
        sustainability.
            (11) Safeguarding these ecosystems is crucial to protecting 
        the environment and waters of the United States.
            (12) The growth of our energy domestic resources is vital 
        to America's national security.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are the following:
            (1) Require the Secretary of the Interior to utilize its 
        authorities regarding the leasing and development of offshore 
        oil and gas resources to accelerate job creation and economic 
        revitalization to the fullest extent practicable, taking into 
        account the Department of the Interior's responsibilities 
        regarding conservation, safety, and protection of the 
        environment.
            (2) Promote expansion of domestic employment opportunities.
            (3) Respond to the Nation's increased need for domestic oil 
        and natural gas resources.
            (4) Support the utilization of the Outer Continental Shelf 
        for oil and gas production and transmission.
            (5) Protect, conserve, restore, and understand the oceans, 
        coasts, and Great Lakes of the United States, ensuring present 
        and future generations will benefit from the full range of 
        ecological, economic, educational, social, cultural, 
        nutritional, and recreational opportunities and services those 
        resources are capable of providing.
            (6) Confirm and ensure the validity of appropriate oil and 
        gas leases issued under the Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil 
        and Gas Leasing Program, 2007-2012.
            (7) Ensure the continued leasing of Outer Continental Shelf 
        areas pursuant to the Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas 
        Leasing Program, 2007-2012.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``Act'' means the Outer Continental Shelf 
        Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.).
            (2) The term ``coastal State'' has the same meaning that 
        the term ``coastal state'' has in the Coastal Zone Management 
        Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.).
            (3) The term ``DRES Fund'' means the Deficit Reduction 
        Energy Security Fund.
            (4) The term ``COSH Fund'' means the Coastal and Ocean 
        Sustainability and Health Fund established by section 102.
            (5) The term ``program'' means a Final Outer Continental 
        Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program issued under section 18 of 
        the Act (43 U.S.C. 1344).
            (6) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce, 
        acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration.
            (7) Other terms shall have the same meaning such terms have 
        under the Act.

               TITLE I--DEFICIT REDUCTION ENERGY SECURITY

SEC. 101. DEFICIT REDUCTION ACREAGE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall, during the 
period covered by the Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas 
Leasing Program for 2012-2017 issued by the Department of the Interior, 
and in addition to the acreage proposed to be leased under such 
program, conduct oil and gas lease sales under the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) for additional acreage of the 
outer Continental Shelf (as that term is used in that Act) that total 
10 percent of the acreage proposed to be leased under such program. The 
acreage for which lease sales are required under this section shall be 
known as the Deficit Reduction Acreage.
    (b) Annual Requirement.--In each year in such period, the Secretary 
shall lease 20 percent of the Deficit Reduction Acreage.

SEC. 102. DEFICIT REDUCTION ENERGY SECURITY FUND AND COASTAL AND OCEAN 
              SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTH FUND.

    (a) Deficit Reduction Energy Security Fund.--
            (1) In general.--There is hereby established in the 
        Treasury a separate account to be known as the Deficit 
        Reduction Energy Security Fund, consisting of such amounts as 
        may be appropriated or credited to it.
            (2) Deposit of deficit reduction acreage lease revenues.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (C), all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums 
                due and payable to the United States under Deficit 
                Reduction Acreage lease sales during the 15-fiscal-year 
                period beginning with the first fiscal year in which 
                such sums are received by the United States shall be 
                deposited in the DRES fund.
                    (B) Holding of oil and gas revenues.--Any amount 
                deposited into the DRES Fund under subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) shall remain in DRES Fund and be 
                        invested in accordance with paragraph (2) until 
                        the end of the second full fiscal year after 
                        the amount is deposited into the DRES Fund; and
                            (ii) upon the end of such fiscal year, 
                        shall be transferred to the general fund and 
                        applied solely to reduce the annual Federal 
                        budget deficit.
                    (C) Payments to states not affected.--This Act 
                shall not affect any requirement under other law to pay 
                to States amounts received by the United States as such 
                royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable 
                to the United States.
            (3) Investment.--
                    (A) In general.--Amounts in the DRES Fund shall be 
                invested by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance 
                with section 9602 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
                    (B) Inclusion of interest in dres fund.--All 
                interest earned on, and the proceeds from the sale or 
                redemption of, any obligations held in the DRES Fund--
                            (i) shall be credited to and form part of 
                        the DRES Fund; and
                            (ii) shall remain in the DRES Fund until 
                        transferred under paragraph (5), without regard 
                        to paragraph (2)(B)(ii).
            (4) Availability of proceeds of deposits.--Amounts credited 
        to the DRES Fund under paragraph (3)(B) in excess of the 
        amounts deposited into the DRES Fund under paragraph (2) 
        shall--
                    (A) be available for expenditure, without further 
                appropriation, solely for the purpose of and activities 
                eligible under this Act; and
                    (B) remain available until expended, without fiscal 
                year limitation.
            (5) Transfer of interest to coastal and ocean 
        sustainability and health fund.--Upon the transfer of an amount 
        under paragraph (2)(B)(ii), the interest earned on such amount 
        shall be transferred to the Coastal and Ocean Sustainability 
        and Health Fund established under subsection (b).
    (b) Coastal and Ocean Sustainability and Health Fund.--
            (1) In general.--There is hereby established in the 
        Treasury a separate account to be known as the Coastal and 
        Ocean Sustainability and Health Fund, consisting of such 
        amounts of interest as are transferred to it under subsection 
        (a)(5).
            (2) Availability.--Of the amounts transferred to the COSH 
        Fund under subsection (a)(5) each fiscal year--
                    (A) not more than 5 percent shall be available to 
                the Secretary of Commerce to administer this title; and
                    (B) the remainder shall be available to the 
                Secretary of Commerce until expended and without fiscal 
                year limitation, for use for--
                            (i) the Coastal and Ocean Disaster Grant 
                        Program under section 102; and
                            (ii) the National Grant Program under 
                        section 103.
            (3) Allocation of funding for grant programs.--Of amounts 
        available under paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary of Commerce 
        shall allocate--
                    (A) 40 percent for the Coastal and Ocean Disaster 
                Grant Program under section 103, of which--
                            (i) 50 percent shall be allocated equally 
                        among impacted coastal States;
                            (ii) 20 percent shall be allocated based on 
                        intensity of impact of disasters on impacted 
                        coastal States;
                            (iii) 15 percent shall be allocated based 
                        on tidal shorelines of impacted coastal States; 
                        and
                            (iv) 15 percent of the funds shall be 
                        allocated based on the coastal population of 
                        impacted coastal States.
                    (B) Sixty percent for the National Grant Program 
                for Coastal and Ocean Sustainability and Health under 
                section 104, of which--
                            (i) 50 percent shall be allocated to 
                        coastal States;
                            (ii) 50 percent shall be allocated to any 
                        State, local, territory, and tribal 
                        governments, institutions of higher learning, 
                        and non-profit and for-profit organizations 
                        that may receive and expend Federal funds as 
                        legal entities; and
                            (iii) no more than 10 percent of the total 
                        amount of funds available shall be allocated to 
                        a single State or entity in a fiscal year.
    (c) General Administrative Charges Prohibited.--Grants issued under 
this Act shall not be subject to a general administrative charge.
    (d) Redeposit of Unused Funds.--Any funds provided as a grant under 
this title that are not used by the grantee by the end of the fiscal 
year following the first fiscal year for which they were allocated 
shall be redeposited into the COSH Fund and be reallocated in 
accordance with this section.

SEC. 103. COASTAL AND OCEAN DISASTER GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce shall use amounts 
allocated under section 102(b)(2)(B)(i) to make grants to coastal 
States and Indian tribes impacted by coastal or ocean disasters for the 
purposes of restoring, mitigating, monitoring, or otherwise managing 
coastal and ocean natural resources impacted by such disasters.
    (b) Eligibility.--
            (1) First 5 years.--During the 5-fiscal year period 
        beginning with the first fiscal year for which amounts are 
        available for grants under this section, a coastal State or 
        Indian tribe shall be eligible for a grant under this section 
        only if--
                    (A) it is one of the States of Texas, Louisiana, 
                Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, or an Indian tribe 
                in such State; or
                    (B) it is determined by the Secretary, in that 
                period, to be a coastal State that has been impacted by 
                a coastal or ocean disaster.
            (2) After first 5 years.--After the end of such 5-fiscal-
        year period, if the Secretary determines for a fiscal year that 
        there is no coastal State that has been so impacted, the amount 
        allocated for that fiscal year for grants under this section 
        shall be added to the amounts allocated for that fiscal year 
        under section 102(b)(2)(B)(ii) for the National Grant Program 
        for Coastal and Ocean Sustainability and Health.
            (3) Limitation.--A coastal State or Indian tribe shall not 
        be eligible for a grant under this section if it is receiving 
        assistance under another Federal law for an activity described 
        in section 105(b) conducted for a purpose referred to in 
        subsection (a).

SEC. 104. NATIONAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR COASTAL AND OCEAN SUSTAINABILITY 
              AND HEALTH.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce shall use amounts 
allocated under section 102(b)(2)(B)(ii) (including amounts added under 
section 103(b)(2)) to make grants to coastal States that are eligible 
under subsection (b).
    (b) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, a 
person--
            (1) must be--
                    (A) a coastal State that has a management program 
                approved by the Secretary under section 306 of the 
                Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1455); 
                or
                    (B) a State, local, territory, or tribal 
                government, institution of higher learning, or 
                nonprofit or and for-profit organization that may 
                receive and expend Federal funds as a legal entity; and
            (2) must submit to the Secretary a multiyear plan for use 
        of the grant that--
                    (A) specifies how the grant funds will be 
                allocated;
                    (B) is sufficiently flexible to allow the coastal 
                State to respond to emerging needs; and
                    (C) is approved by the Secretary.

SEC. 105. ELIGIBLE USES OF GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--Amounts provided as a grant under this title shall 
be used for activities described in subsection (b) that are intended to 
restore, protect, maintain, manage, or understand marine resources and 
their habitats and resources in coastal and ocean waters, including 
baseline scientific research and other activities carried out in 
coordination with Federal and State departments or agencies, that are 
consistent with Federal environmental laws, and that avoid 
environmental degradation.
    (b) Included Activities.--Activities referred to in subsection (a) 
include--
            (1) coastal management planning and implementation under 
        the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972;
            (2) coastal and estuarine land protection, including the 
        protection of the environmental integrity of important coastal 
        and estuarine areas, such as wetlands and forests, that have 
        significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, 
        or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion to 
        other uses;
            (3) efforts to protect and manage living marine resources, 
        including fisheries, coral reefs, research, management, and 
        enhancement;
            (4) programs, activities, and new technology designed to 
        improve or complement the management and mission of national 
        marine sanctuaries, marine monuments, national estuarine 
        research reserves, and marine protected areas;
            (5) mitigation, restoration, protection, and relocation of 
        coastal communities threatened by the impacts of climate 
        change;
            (6) mitigation of the effects of offshore activities, 
        including environmental restoration;
            (7) efforts to acquire, protect and restore coastal lands 
        and wetlands, and to restore or prevent damage to wetlands in 
        the coastal zone, coastal estuaries, and lands, life, and 
        property in the coastal zone;
            (8) management of non-point sources of coastal and marine 
        pollution;
            (9) long-term coastal and ocean research and education, 
        monitoring, and natural resource management;
            (10) regional multi-State management efforts designed to 
        manage, protect, or restore the coastal zone and ocean 
        resources; or
            (11) management and administration of authorized 
        activities.

SEC. 106. GRANT APPLICATION.

    A person seeking a grant under this section shall submit to the 
Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.

        TITLE II--TIMELY ISSUANCE OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASES

SEC. 201. REINSTATEMENT OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASES.

    Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1344) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) The Secretary is authorized, upon petition of a prior 
leaseholder, to reinstate any Expired Producible Lease in the offshore 
Gulf of Mexico if such reinstatement furthers the purposes and 
objectives of this Act. The Secretary shall act on such petitions as 
soon as possible after receipt thereof, and in any event, within 90 
days of receipt of such petition or prior to the next scheduled lease 
sale in which such lease would be included, whichever is earlier. Any 
lease application pending for more than 90 days shall be reported to 
Congress, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Assistant Secretary 
for Land Management every 15 days until the application is acted 
upon.''.

SEC. 202. EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

    (a) Completion of Analyses for Lease Sales.--The Secretary shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable, complete all analyses, processes, 
and procedures required by section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) or under the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; referred to in this section as 
``NEPA''), in connection with exploration and development under any 
lease to be offered for sale under this Act, prior to the annual lease 
sale in which such lease is first offered.
    (b) Treatment of Secretary's Actions.--Notwithstanding the 
provisions of any other law, the Secretary's actions, after any initial 
lease sale, in approving and enforcing safety requirements and spill 
prevention and response requirements in individual plans or permits 
shall be deemed to be actions for the purpose of conserving and 
protecting the environment that are not subject to NEPA review 
requirements.

   TITLE III--OFFICE OF ENERGY EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AND OFFICE OF 
                      MINORITY AND WOMEN INCLUSION

SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF ENERGY EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Interior shall establish 
an Office of Energy Employment and Training, which shall oversee the 
efforts of the Department of the Interior's energy planning, 
permitting, and regulatory activities to carry out the purposes, 
objectives, and requirements of this Act.
    (b) Director.--
            (1) In general.--The Office shall be directed by an 
        Assistant Secretary for Energy Employment and Training, who 
        shall report directly to the Secretary and shall be fully 
        employed to carry out the functions of the Office.
            (2) Duties.--The Assistant Secretary for Energy Employment 
        and Training shall perform the following functions:
                    (A) Develop and implement systems to track the 
                Department's compliance with the purposes, objectives, 
                and requirements of the Act.
                    (B) Report at least quarterly to the Secretary 
                regarding the Department's compliance with the 
                purposes, objectives, and requirements of this Act, 
                including but not limited to specific data regarding 
                the numbers and types of jobs created through the 
                Department's efforts and a report on all job training 
                programs planned or in progress by the Department.
                    (C) Design and recommend to the Secretary programs 
                and policies aimed at ensuring the Department's 
                compliance with the purposes, objectives, and 
                requirements of this Act, and oversee implementation of 
                such programs approved by the Secretary.
                    (D) Develop procedures for enforcement of the 
                Department's requirements and responsibilities under 
                this Act.
                    (E) Support the activities of the Office of 
                Minority and Women Inclusion and any other offices or 
                branches established by the Secretary within the Office 
                of Energy Employment and Training.
                    (F) Assist the Secretary in complying with the 
                reporting requirements of title V of this Act.

SEC. 302. OFFICE OF MINORITY AND WOMEN INCLUSION.

    (a) Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.--
            (1) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
        establish an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion not later 
        than 6 months after the effective date of this Act, that shall 
        be responsible for all matters of the Department of the 
        Interior relating to diversity in management, employment, and 
        business activities.
            (2) Transfer of responsibilities.--The Secretary of the 
        Interior shall ensure that the responsibilities described in 
        paragraph (1) (or comparable responsibilities) that are 
        assigned to any other office, agency, or bureau of the 
        Department on the day before the date of enactment of this Act 
        are transferred to the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.
            (3) Duties with respect to civil rights laws.--The 
        responsibilities described in paragraph (1) do not include 
        enforcement of statutes, regulations, or Executive orders 
        pertaining to civil rights, except each Director shall 
        coordinate with the Secretary, or the designee of the 
        Secretary, regarding the design and implementation of any 
        remedies resulting from violations of such statutes, 
        regulations, or Executive orders.
    (b) Director.--
            (1) In general.--The Office shall have a Director who shall 
        be appointed by, and shall report to, the Secretary of the 
        Interior. The position of Director shall be a career reserved 
        position in the Senior Executive Service, as that position is 
        defined in section 3132 of title 5, United States Code, or an 
        equivalent designation.
            (2) Duties.--The Director shall develop standards for--
                    (A) equal employment opportunity and the racial, 
                ethnic, and gender diversity of the workforce and 
                senior management of the Department;
                    (B) increased participation of minority-owned and 
                women-owned businesses in the programs and contracts of 
                the Department, including standards for coordinating 
                technical assistance to such businesses; and
                    (C) assessing the diversity policies and practices 
                of entities regulated by the Department.
            (3) Other duties.--The Director shall advise the Secretary 
        of the Interior on the impact of the policies and regulations 
        of the Department on minority-owned and women-owned businesses.
            (4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in paragraph (2)(C) may 
        be construed to mandate any requirement on or otherwise affect 
        the lending policies and practices of any regulated entity, or 
        to require any specific action based on the findings of the 
        assessment.
    (c) Inclusion in All Levels of Business Activities.--
            (1) In general.--The Director shall develop and implement 
        standards and procedures to ensure, to the maximum extent 
        possible, the fair inclusion and utilization of minorities, 
        women, and minority-owned and women-owned businesses in all 
        business and activities of the Department at all levels, 
        including in procurement, insurance, and all types of 
        contracts.
            (2) Contracts.--The procedures established by the 
        Department for review and evaluation of contract proposals and 
        for hiring service providers shall include, to the extent 
        consistent with applicable law, a component that gives 
        consideration to the diversity of the applicant. Such procedure 
        shall include a written statement, in a form and with such 
        content as the Director shall prescribe, that a contractor 
        shall ensure, to the maximum extent possible, the fair 
        inclusion of women and minorities in the workforce of the 
        contractor and, as applicable, subcontractors.
            (3) Termination.--
                    (A) Determination.--The standards and procedures 
                developed and implemented under this subsection shall 
                include a procedure for the Director to make a 
                determination whether a Department contractor, and, as 
                applicable, a subcontractor has failed to make a good 
                faith effort to include minorities and women in their 
                workforce.
                    (B) Effect of determination.--
                            (i) Recommendation to secretary.--Upon a 
                        determination described in subparagraph (A), 
                        the Director shall make a recommendation to the 
                        Secretary that the contract be terminated.
                            (ii) Action by secretary.--Upon receipt of 
                        a recommendation under clause (i), the 
                        Secretary may--
                                    (I) terminate the contract;
                                    (II) make a referral to the Office 
                                of Federal Contract Compliance Programs 
                                of the Department of Labor; or
                                    (III) take other appropriate 
                                action.
    (d) Reports.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual 
report regarding the actions taken by the Department of the Interior 
agency and the Office pursuant to this section, which shall include--
            (1) a statement of the total amounts paid by the Department 
        to contractors since the previous report;
            (2) the percentage of the amounts described in paragraph 
        (1) that were paid to contractors described in subsection 
        (c)(1);
            (3) the successes achieved and challenges faced by the 
        Department in operating minority and women outreach programs;
            (4) the challenges the Department may face in hiring 
        minority and women employees and contracting with minority-
        owned and women-owned businesses; and
            (5) any other information, findings, conclusions, and 
        recommendations for legislative or Department action, as the 
        Director determines appropriate.
    (e) Diversity in Department Workforce.--The Secretary shall take 
affirmative steps to seek diversity in the workforce of the Department 
at all levels of the Department in a manner consistent with applicable 
law. Such steps shall include--
            (1) recruiting at historically black colleges and 
        universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, women's colleges, 
        and colleges that typically serve majority minority 
        populations;
            (2) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in urban 
        communities;
            (3) placing employment advertisements in newspapers and 
        magazines oriented toward minorities and women;
            (4) partnering with organizations that are focused on 
        developing opportunities for minorities and women to be placed 
        in energy industry internships, summer employment, and full-
        time positions;
            (5) where feasible, partnering with inner-city high 
        schools, girls' high schools, and high schools with majority 
        minority populations to establish or enhance financial literacy 
        programs and provide mentoring; and
            (6) any other mass media communications that the Office 
        determines necessary.
    (f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following 
definitions shall apply:
            (1) Minority.--The term ``minority'' means United States 
        citizens who are Asian Indian American, Asian Pacific American, 
        Black American, Hispanic American, or Native American.
            (2) Minority-owned business.--The term ``minority-owned 
        business'' means a for-profit enterprise, regardless of size, 
        physically located in the United States or its trust 
        territories, which is owned, operated, and controlled by 
        minority group members. ``Minority group members'' are United 
        States citizens who are Asian Indian American, Asian Pacific 
        American, Black American, Hispanic American, or Native American 
        (terminology in NMSDC categories). Ownership by minority 
        individuals means the business is at least 51 percent owned by 
        such individuals or, in the case of a publicly owned business, 
        at least 51 percent of the stock is owned by one or more such 
        individuals. Further, the management and daily operations are 
        controlled by those minority group members. For purposes of 
        NMSDC's program, a minority group member is an individual who 
        is a United States citizen with at least \1/4\ or 25 percent 
        minimum (documentation to support claim of 25 percent required 
        from applicant) of one or more of the following:
                    (A) Asian Indian American, which is a United States 
                citizen whose origins are from India, Pakistan, or 
                Bangladesh.
                    (B) Asian Pacific American, which is a United 
                States citizen whose origins are from Japan, China, 
                Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, 
                Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Samoa, Guam, the 
                United States Trust Territories of the Pacific, or the 
                Northern Marianas.
                    (C) Black American, which is a United States 
                citizen having origins in any of the Black racial 
                groups of Africa.
                    (D) Hispanic American, which is a United States 
                citizen of true-born Hispanic heritage, from any of the 
                Spanish-speaking areas of the following regions: 
                Mexico, Central America, South America, and the 
                Caribbean Basin only.
                    (E) Native American, which is a person who is an 
                American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut or Native Hawaiian, and 
                regarded as such by the community of which the person 
                claims to be a part. Native Americans must be 
                documented members of a North American tribe, band, or 
                otherwise organized group of native people who are 
                indigenous to the continental United States and proof 
                can be provided through a Native.
            (3) NMSDC.--The term ``NMSDC'' means the National Minority 
        Supplier Development Council.
            (4) Office.--The term ``Office'' means the Office of 
        Minority and Women Inclusion established under subsection (a).
            (5) Women-owned business.--The term ``women-owned 
        business'' means a business that can verify through evidence 
        documentation that 51 percent or more is women-owned, managed, 
        and controlled. The business must be open for at least 6 
        months. The business owner must be a United States citizen or 
        legal resident alien. Evidence must indicate that--
                    (A) the contribution of capital or expertise by the 
                woman business owner is real and substantial and in 
                proportion to the interest owned;
                    (B) the woman business owner directs or causes the 
                direction of management, policy, fiscal, and 
                operational matters; and
                    (C) the woman business owner has the ability to 
                perform in the area of specialty or expertise without 
                reliance on either the finances or resources of a firm 
                that is not owned by a woman.

                   TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 401. REPORTING.

    Within 12 months of the effective date of this Act and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the 
Assistant Secretary for Energy Employment and Training, shall submit a 
report to Congress on the Department's compliance with the requirements 
of titles III and IV, including but not limited to specific information 
regarding the numbers and types of jobs created through the Department 
of the Interior's efforts, the results of the Department's efforts to 
enhance the quality and efficiency of planning and permitting 
processes, and of any actions taken to increase total production and to 
encourage production early in lease terms.
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