[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 785 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 785

   To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to develop and publish an all-of-the-above quadrennial Federal 
 onshore energy production strategy to meet domestic energy needs, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2019

  Mr. Tipton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to develop and publish an all-of-the-above quadrennial Federal 
 onshore energy production strategy to meet domestic energy needs, 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Planning for American Energy Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. ONSHORE DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION STRATEGIC PLAN.

    (a) In General.--The Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is 
amended by redesignating section 44 as section 45, and by inserting 
after section 43 the following:

``SEC. 44. QUADRENNIAL FEDERAL ONSHORE ENERGY PRODUCTION STRATEGY.

    ``(a) Requirement To Publish Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy 
Production Strategy.--The Secretary shall develop and publish once 
every 4 years a Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy.
    ``(b) Consultations Required.--In developing the Strategy, the 
Secretary shall consult with--
            ``(1) the Administrator of the Energy Information 
        Administration with regard to--
                    ``(A) the projected energy demands of the United 
                States for the next 30-year period;
                    ``(B) the methodology used to arrive at such 
                projection; and
                    ``(C) actions to be taken during the next 4-year 
                period with the goal of meeting such demands;
            ``(2) the Secretary of Agriculture with regard to lands 
        administered by such Secretary; and
            ``(3) the Secretary of Energy with regard to energy 
        transmission, storage, and distribution infrastructure.
    ``(c) State, Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, Local Government, 
and Public Input.--In developing the Strategy, the Secretary shall 
solicit the input of--
            ``(1) the State, federally recognized Indian Tribe, or 
        local government where each energy project included in the 
        Strategy is proposed to be located; and
            ``(2) the public.
    ``(d) Contents of Strategy.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Strategy shall direct onshore 
        Federal land energy development and department resource 
        allocation in order to promote the energy security and national 
        security of the United States in accordance with the principles 
        of multiple use and sustained yield.
            ``(2) Projected domestic demand for energy resources.--The 
        Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Energy 
        Information Administration, shall include in the Strategy an 
        estimate, based upon commercial and scientific data, of the 
        projected domestic demand for energy resources over the 30-year 
        period beginning on the date of the publication of such 
        Strategy. The estimate shall be disaggregated by the energy 
        resource types listed in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of 
        paragraph (3) and expressed in British thermal units or 
        megawatts, as appropriate.
            ``(3) Domestic strategic production objective.--The 
        Secretary shall include in the Strategy a domestic strategic 
        production objective based on the estimate in paragraph (2) for 
        the development of the following energy resource types on 
        Federal onshore lands:
                    ``(A) Oil and natural gas.
                    ``(B) Coal.
                    ``(C) Strategic and critical energy minerals.
                    ``(D) Electricity, in megawatts, from each of wind, 
                solar, biomass, hydropower, and geothermal energy.
                    ``(E) Energy from unconventional energy production, 
                such as oil shale.
                    ``(F) Helium.
                    ``(G) Oil, natural gas, coal, and other renewable 
                sources from the Tribal lands of any federally 
                recognized Indian Tribe that elects to participate in 
                facilitating energy production on its lands.
                    ``(H) Other energy production technology sources or 
                advancements in energy, as determined by the Secretary.
            ``(4) Considerations.--In the Strategy, the Secretary shall 
        consider--
                    ``(A) how Federal lands will contribute to ensuring 
                national energy security, with a goal for increasing 
                energy independence and production during the next 4-
                year period;
                    ``(B) the ability of existing energy transmission, 
                storage, and distribution infrastructure to efficiently 
                utilize energy production from Federal lands; and
                    ``(C) the proportion of total energy production 
                derived from Federal land compared to non-Federal land 
                for each of the energy resources listed in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (H) of paragraph (3).
    ``(e) Tribal Objectives.--It is the sense of Congress that 
federally recognized Indian Tribes may elect to set their own 
production objectives as part of the Strategy. The Secretary shall work 
in cooperation with any federally recognized Indian Tribe that elects 
to participate in achieving its own strategic energy objectives.
    ``(f) Report Required.--The Secretary shall submit a report 
annually to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate that--
            ``(1) examines the progress made toward meeting the 
        domestic strategic production objective set forth in the 
        Strategy;
            ``(2) identifies projections for production and capacity 
        installations and any problems with leasing, permitting, 
        siting, or production that may prevent meeting the domestic 
        strategic production objective set forth in the Strategy; and
            ``(3) provides suggestions to address any shortfalls in 
        meeting the domestic strategic production objective set forth 
        in the Strategy.
    ``(g) Congressional Review.--At least 60 days before publishing a 
proposed Strategy under this section, the Secretary shall submit such 
Strategy to the President and to Congress, together with any comments 
received from States, federally recognized Indian Tribes, and local 
governments. Such submission shall state why any specific 
recommendation of a State, federally recognized Indian Tribe, or local 
government was not accepted.
    ``(h) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Multiple use.--The term `multiple use' has the same 
        meaning given such term in section 103 of the Federal Land and 
        Policy Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).
            ``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, unless the context requires otherwise.
            ``(3) Strategy.--The term `Strategy' means the Quadrennial 
        Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy required to be 
        developed and published under subsection (a).
            ``(4) Strategic and critical energy minerals.--The term 
        `strategic and critical energy minerals' means minerals that 
        are necessary for the production of energy and the building and 
        maintaining of the energy infrastructure of the United States, 
        including minerals necessary--
                    ``(A) for pipelines, refining capacity, electrical 
                power generation and transmission, and renewable energy 
                production;
                    ``(B) to support domestic manufacturing, including 
                materials used in energy generation, production, and 
                transportation; and
                    ``(C) to ensure the national security of the United 
                States.
            ``(5) Sustained yield.--The term `sustained yield' has the 
        same meaning given such term in section 103 of the Federal Land 
        and Policy Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).''.
    (b) First Quadrennial Strategy.--Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
submit to Congress the first Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy 
Production Strategy under the amendment made by subsection (a).
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