H.R. 2 — American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 H. R. 2

   To remove Federal Government obstacles to the production of more 
    domestic energy; to ensure transport of that energy reliably to 
businesses, consumers, and other end users; to lower the cost of energy 
 to consumers; to enable manufacturers and other businesses to access 
domestically produced energy affordably and reliably in order to create 
 and sustain more secure and well-paying American jobs; and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2014

  Mr. Terry (for himself, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
  Goodlatte, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
   Gardner, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Flores, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. 
Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Marino, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. McKinley) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
 Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 
 Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and Science, Space, 
   and Technology, 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 remove Federal Government obstacles to the production of more 
    domestic energy; to ensure transport of that energy reliably to 
businesses, consumers, and other end users; to lower the cost of energy 
 to consumers; to enable manufacturers and other businesses to access 
domestically produced energy affordably and reliably in order to create 
 and sustain more secure and well-paying American jobs; 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 ``American Energy 
Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
                    DIVISION A--ENERGY AND COMMERCE

                  TITLE I--MODERNIZING INFRASTRUCTURE

                  Subtitle A--Northern Route Approval

Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Findings.
Sec. 103. Keystone XL permit approval.
Sec. 104. Judicial review.
Sec. 105. American burying beetle.
Sec. 106. Right-of-way and temporary use permit.
Sec. 107. Permits for activities in navigable waters.
Sec. 108. Migratory Bird Treaty Act permit.
Sec. 109. Oil spill response plan disclosure.
           Subtitle B--Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform

Sec. 121. Short title.
Sec. 122. Regulatory approval of natural gas pipeline projects.
            Subtitle C--North American Energy Infrastructure

Sec. 131. Short title.
Sec. 132. Finding.
Sec. 133. Authorization of certain energy infrastructure projects at 
                            the national boundary of the United States.
Sec. 134. Importation or exportation of natural gas to Canada and 
                            Mexico.
Sec. 135. Transmission of electric energy to Canada and Mexico.
Sec. 136. No Presidential permit required.
Sec. 137. Modifications to existing projects.
Sec. 138. Effective date; rulemaking deadlines.
Sec. 139. Definitions.
 TITLE II--MAINTAINING DIVERSE ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND AFFORDABILITY

                  Subtitle A--Energy Consumers Relief

Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Prohibition against finalizing certain energy-related rules 
                            that will cause significant adverse effects 
                            to the economy.
Sec. 203. Reports and determinations prior to promulgating as final 
                            certain energy-related rules.
Sec. 204. Definitions.
Sec. 205. Prohibition on use of social cost of carbon in analysis.
           Subtitle B--Electricity Security and Affordability

Sec. 211. Short title.
Sec. 212. Standards of performance for new fossil fuel-fired electric 
                            utility generating units.
Sec. 213. Congress To set effective date for standards of performance 
                            for existing, modified, and reconstructed 
                            fossil fuel-fired electric utility 
                            generating units.
Sec. 214. Repeal of earlier rules and guidelines.
Sec. 215. Definitions.
 Subtitle C--Report on Energy and Water Savings Potential From Thermal 
                               Insulation

Sec. 221. Report on energy and water savings potential from thermal 
                            insulation.
                 TITLE III--UNLEASHING ENERGY DIPLOMACY

Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Action on applications.
Sec. 303. Public disclosure of export destinations.
                DIVISION B--NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

Sec. 201. References.
 Subdivision A--Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works 
                              Act of 2014

Sec. 1. Short title.
                   TITLE I--OFFSHORE ENERGY AND JOBS

      Subtitle A--Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program Reforms

Sec. 10101. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program reforms.
Sec. 10102. Domestic oil and natural gas production goal.
Sec. 10103. Development and submittal of new 5-year oil and gas leasing 
                            program.
Sec. 10104. Rule of construction.
Sec. 10105. Addition of lease sales after finalization of 5-year plan.
      Subtitle B--Directing the President To Conduct New OCS Sales

Sec. 10201. Requirement to conduct proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 220 
                            on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore 
                            Virginia.
Sec. 10202. South Carolina lease sale.
Sec. 10203. Southern California existing infrastructure lease sale.
Sec. 10204. Environmental impact statement requirement.
Sec. 10205. National defense.
Sec. 10206. Eastern Gulf of Mexico not included.
   Subtitle C--Equitable Sharing of Outer Continental Shelf Revenues

Sec. 10301. Disposition of Outer Continental Shelf revenues to coastal 
                            States.
   Subtitle D--Reorganization of Minerals Management Agencies of the 
                       Department of the Interior

Sec. 10401. Establishment of Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and 
                            Minerals and Assistant Secretary of Ocean 
                            Energy and Safety.
Sec. 10402. Bureau of Ocean Energy.
Sec. 10403. Ocean Energy Safety Service.
Sec. 10404. Office of Natural Resources revenue.
Sec. 10405. Ethics and drug testing.
Sec. 10406. Abolishment of Minerals Management Service.
Sec. 10407. Conforming amendments to Executive Schedule pay rates.
Sec. 10408. Outer Continental Shelf Energy Safety Advisory Board.
Sec. 10409. Outer Continental Shelf inspection fees.
Sec. 10410. Prohibition on action based on National Ocean Policy 
                            developed under Executive Order No. 13547.
                 Subtitle E--United States Territories

Sec. 10501. Application of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with 
                            respect to territories of the United 
                            States.
                  Subtitle F--Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 10601. Rules regarding distribution of revenues under Gulf of 
                            Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006.
Sec. 10602. Amount of distributed qualified outer Continental Shelf 
                            revenues.
Sec. 10603. South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area 
                            defined.
Sec. 10604. Enhancing geological and geophysical information for 
                            America's energy future.
                      Subtitle G--Judicial Review

Sec. 10701. Time for filing complaint.
Sec. 10702. District court deadline.
Sec. 10703. Ability to seek appellate review.
Sec. 10704. Limitation on scope of review and relief.
Sec. 10705. Legal fees.
Sec. 10706. Exclusion.
Sec. 10707. Definitions.
          TITLE II--ONSHORE FEDERAL LANDS AND ENERGY SECURITY

           Subtitle A--Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security

Sec. 21001. Short title.
Sec. 21002. Policies regarding buying, building, and working for 
                            America.
           Chapter 1--Onshore Oil and Gas Permit Streamlining

Sec. 21101. Short title.
     subchapter a--application for permits to drill process reform

Sec. 21111. Permit to drill application timeline.
       subchapter b--administrative protest documentation reform

Sec. 21121. Administrative protest documentation reform.
                   subchapter c--permit streamlining

Sec. 21131. Making pilot offices permanent to improve energy permitting 
                            on Federal lands.
Sec. 21132. Administration of current law.
                     subchapter d--judicial review

Sec. 21141. Definitions.
Sec. 21142. Exclusive venue for certain civil actions relating to 
                            covered energy projects.
Sec. 21143. Timely filing.
Sec. 21144. Expedition in hearing and determining the action.
Sec. 21145. Standard of review.
Sec. 21146. Limitation on injunction and prospective relief.
Sec. 21147. Limitation on attorneys' fees.
Sec. 21148. Legal standing.
         subchapter e--knowing america's oil and gas resources

Sec. 21151. Funding oil and gas resource assessments.
                Chapter 2--Oil and Gas Leasing Certainty

Sec. 21201. Short title.
Sec. 21202. Minimum acreage requirement for onshore lease sales.
Sec. 21203. Leasing certainty.
Sec. 21204. Leasing consistency.
Sec. 21205. Reduce redundant policies.
Sec. 21206. Streamlined congressional notification.
                          Chapter 3--Oil Shale

Sec. 21301. Short title.
Sec. 21302. Effectiveness of oil shale regulations, amendments to 
                            resource management plans, and record of 
                            decision.
Sec. 21303. Oil shale leasing.
                  Chapter 4--Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 21401. Rule of construction.
                Subtitle B--Planning for American Energy

Sec. 22001. Short title.
Sec. 22002. Onshore domestic energy production strategic plan.
        Subtitle C--National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Access

Sec. 23001. Short title.
Sec. 23002. Sense of Congress and reaffirming national policy for the 
                            National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Sec. 23003. National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: lease sales.
Sec. 23004. National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: planning and 
                            permitting pipeline and road construction.
Sec. 23005. Issuance of a new integrated activity plan and 
                            environmental impact statement.
Sec. 23006. Departmental accountability for development.
Sec. 23007. Deadlines under new proposed integrated activity plan.
Sec. 23008. Updated resource assessment.
                 Subtitle D--BLM Live Internet Auctions

Sec. 24001. Short title.
Sec. 24002. Internet-based onshore oil and gas lease sales.
                   Subtitle E--Native American Energy

Sec. 25001. Short title.
Sec. 25002. Appraisals.
Sec. 25003. Standardization.
Sec. 25004. Environmental reviews of major Federal actions on Indian 
                            lands.
Sec. 25005. Judicial review.
Sec. 25006. Tribal biomass demonstration project.
Sec. 25007. Tribal resource management plans.
Sec. 25008. Leases of restricted lands for the Navajo Nation.
Sec. 25009. Nonapplicability of certain rules.
                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 30101. Establishment of Office of Energy Employment and Training.
  Subdivision B--Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development 
                          Equity and Jobs Act

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Amendment.
       Subdivision C--Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Wild and Scenic River; Crooked, Oregon.
Sec. 3. City of Prineville Water Supply.
Sec. 4. First fill protection.
Sec. 5. Ochoco Irrigation District.
Subdivision D--State Authority For Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation; EPA 
                     Hydraulic Fracturing Research

      TITLE I--STATE AUTHORITY FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING REGULATION

Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. State authority for hydraulic fracturing regulation.
Sec. 103. Government Accountability Office study.
Sec. 104. Tribal authority on trust land.
              TITLE II--EPA HYDRAULIC FRACTURING RESEARCH

Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Epa hydraulic fracturing research.
                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Review of State activities.
 Subdivision E--Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining 
                            Jobs in America

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Incorporation of surface mining stream buffer zone rule into 
                            State programs.
                         DIVISION C--JUDICIARY

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Coordination of agency administrative operations for efficient 
                            decisionmaking.

                    DIVISION A--ENERGY AND COMMERCE

                  TITLE I--MODERNIZING INFRASTRUCTURE

                  Subtitle A--Northern Route Approval

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Northern Route Approval Act''.

SEC. 102. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) To maintain our Nation's competitive edge and ensure an 
        economy built to last, the United States must have fast, 
        reliable, resilient, and environmentally sound means of moving 
        energy. In a global economy, we will compete for the world's 
        investments based in significant part on the quality of our 
        infrastructure. Investing in the Nation's infrastructure 
        provides immediate and long-term economic benefits for local 
        communities and the Nation as a whole.
            (2) The delivery of oil from Canada, a close ally not only 
        in proximity but in shared values and ideals, to domestic 
        markets is in the national interest because of the need to 
        lessen dependence upon insecure foreign sources.
            (3) The Keystone XL pipeline would provide both short-term 
        and long-term employment opportunities and related labor income 
        benefits, such as government revenues associated with taxes.
            (4) The State of Nebraska has thoroughly reviewed and 
        approved the proposed Keystone XL pipeline reroute, concluding 
        that the concerns of Nebraskans have had a major influence on 
        the pipeline reroute and that the reroute will have minimal 
        environmental impacts.
            (5) The Keystone XL is in much the same position today as 
        the Alaska Pipeline in 1973 prior to congressional action. Once 
        again, the Federal regulatory process remains an insurmountable 
        obstacle to a project that is likely to reduce oil imports from 
        insecure foreign sources.

SEC. 103. KEYSTONE XL PERMIT APPROVAL.

    Notwithstanding Executive Order No. 13337 (3 U.S.C. 301 note), 
Executive Order No. 11423 (3 U.S.C. 301 note), section 301 of title 3, 
United States Code, and any other Executive order or provision of law, 
no Presidential permit shall be required for the pipeline described in 
the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, 
L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline, as 
supplemented to include the Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final 
Evaluation Report issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental 
Quality in January 2013 and approved by the Nebraska governor. The 
final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State 
on January 31, 2014, coupled with the Final Evaluation Report described 
in the previous sentence, shall be considered to satisfy all 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 470 et seq.).

SEC. 104. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    (a) Exclusive Jurisdiction.--Except for review by the Supreme Court 
on writ of certiorari, the United States Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit shall have original and exclusive 
jurisdiction to determine--
            (1) the validity of any final order or action (including a 
        failure to act) of any Federal agency or officer with respect 
        to issuance of a permit relating to the construction or 
        maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, including any final 
        order or action deemed to be taken, made, granted, or issued;
            (2) the constitutionality of any provision of this 
        subtitle, or any decision or action taken, made, granted, or 
        issued, or deemed to be taken, made, granted, or issued under 
        this subtitle; or
            (3) the adequacy of any environmental impact statement 
        prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
        (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), or of any analysis under any other 
        Act, with respect to any action taken, made, granted, or 
        issued, or deemed to be taken, made, granted, or issued under 
        this subtitle.
    (b) Deadline for Filing Claim.--A claim arising under this subtitle 
may be brought not later than 60 days after the date of the decision or 
action giving rise to the claim.
    (c) Expedited Consideration.--The United States Court of Appeals 
for the District of Columbia Circuit shall set any action brought under 
subsection (a) for expedited consideration, taking into account the 
national interest of enhancing national energy security by providing 
access to the significant oil reserves in Canada that are needed to 
meet the demand for oil.

SEC. 105. AMERICAN BURYING BEETLE.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) environmental reviews performed for the Keystone XL 
        pipeline project satisfy the requirements of section 7 of the 
        Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)) in its 
        entirety; and
            (2) for purposes of that Act, the Keystone XL pipeline 
        project will not jeopardize the continued existence of the 
        American burying beetle or destroy or adversely modify American 
        burying beetle critical habitat.
    (b) Biological Opinion.--The Secretary of the Interior is deemed to 
have issued a written statement setting forth the Secretary's opinion 
containing such findings under section 7(b)(1)(A) of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(b)(1)(A)) and any taking of the 
American burying beetle that is incidental to the construction or 
operation and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline as it may be 
ultimately defined in its entirety, shall not be considered a 
prohibited taking of such species under such Act.

SEC. 106. RIGHT-OF-WAY AND TEMPORARY USE PERMIT.

    The Secretary of the Interior is deemed to have granted or issued a 
grant of right-of-way and temporary use permit under section 28 of the 
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185) and the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), as set forth in the 
application tendered to the Bureau of Land Management for the Keystone 
XL pipeline.

SEC. 107. PERMITS FOR ACTIVITIES IN NAVIGABLE WATERS.

    (a) Issuance of Permits.--The Secretary of the Army, not later than 
90 days after receipt of an application therefor, shall issue all 
permits under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1344) and section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (33 U.S.C. 
403; commonly known as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 
1899), necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of 
the pipeline described in the May 4, 2012, application referred to in 
section 103, as supplemented by the Nebraska reroute. The application 
shall be based on the administrative record for the pipeline as of the 
date of enactment of this Act, which shall be considered complete.
    (b) Waiver of Procedural Requirements.--The Secretary may waive any 
procedural requirement of law or regulation that the Secretary 
considers desirable to waive in order to accomplish the purposes of 
this section.
    (c) Issuance in Absence of Action by the Secretary.--If the 
Secretary has not issued a permit described in subsection (a) on or 
before the last day of the 90-day period referred to in subsection (a), 
the permit shall be deemed issued under section 404 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) or section 10 of the Act 
of March 3, 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403), as appropriate, on the day following 
such last day.
    (d) Limitation.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency may not prohibit or restrict an activity or use of an area that 
is authorized under this section.

SEC. 108. MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT PERMIT.

    The Secretary of the Interior is deemed to have issued a special 
purpose permit under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et 
seq.), as described in the application filed with the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service for the Keystone XL pipeline on January 11, 
2013.

SEC. 109. OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLAN DISCLOSURE.

    (a) In General.--Any pipeline owner or operator required under 
Federal law to develop an oil spill response plan for the Keystone XL 
pipeline shall make such plan available to the Governor of each State 
in which such pipeline operates to assist with emergency response 
preparedness.
    (b) Updates.--A pipeline owner or operator required to make 
available to a Governor a plan under subsection (a) shall make 
available to such Governor any update of such plan not later than 7 
days after the date on which such update is made.

           Subtitle B--Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform

SEC. 121. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting 
Reform Act''.

SEC. 122. REGULATORY APPROVAL OF NATURAL GAS PIPELINE PROJECTS.

    Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i)(1) The Commission shall approve or deny an application for a 
certificate of public convenience and necessity for a prefiled project 
not later than 12 months after receiving a complete application that is 
ready to be processed, as defined by the Commission by regulation.
    ``(2) The agency responsible for issuing any license, permit, or 
approval required under Federal law in connection with a prefiled 
project for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity is 
sought under this Act shall approve or deny the issuance of the 
license, permit, or approval not later than 90 days after the 
Commission issues its final environmental document relating to the 
project.
    ``(3) The Commission may extend the time period under paragraph (2) 
by 30 days if an agency demonstrates that it cannot otherwise complete 
the process required to approve or deny the license, permit, or 
approval, and therefor will be compelled to deny the license, permit, 
or approval. In granting an extension under this paragraph, the 
Commission may offer technical assistance to the agency as necessary to 
address conditions preventing the completion of the review of the 
application for the license, permit, or approval.
    ``(4) If an agency described in paragraph (2) does not approve or 
deny the issuance of the license, permit, or approval within the time 
period specified under paragraph (2) or (3), as applicable, such 
license, permit, or approval shall take effect upon the expiration of 
30 days after the end of such period. The Commission shall incorporate 
into the terms of such license, permit, or approval any conditions 
proffered by the agency described in paragraph (2) that the Commission 
does not find are inconsistent with the final environmental document.
    ``(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term `prefiled project' 
means a project for the siting, construction, expansion, or operation 
of a natural gas pipeline with respect to which a prefiling docket 
number has been assigned by the Commission pursuant to a prefiling 
process established by the Commission for the purpose of facilitating 
the formal application process for obtaining a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity.''.

            Subtitle C--North American Energy Infrastructure

SEC. 131. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``North American Energy 
Infrastructure Act''.

SEC. 132. FINDING.

    Congress finds that the United States should establish a more 
uniform, transparent, and modern process for the construction, 
connection, operation, and maintenance of oil and natural gas pipelines 
and electric transmission facilities for the import and export of oil 
and natural gas and the transmission of electricity to and from Canada 
and Mexico, in pursuit of a more secure and efficient North American 
energy market.

SEC. 133. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AT 
              THE NATIONAL BOUNDARY OF THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Authorization.--Except as provided in subsection (c) and 
section 137, no person may construct, connect, operate, or maintain a 
cross-border segment of an oil pipeline or electric transmission 
facility for the import or export of oil or the transmission of 
electricity to or from Canada or Mexico without obtaining a certificate 
of crossing for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance 
of the cross-border segment under this section.
    (b) Certificate of Crossing.--
            (1) Requirement.--Not later than 120 days after final 
        action is taken under the National Environmental Policy Act of 
        1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to a cross-border 
        segment for which a request is received under this section, the 
        relevant official identified under paragraph (2), in 
        consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, shall issue a 
        certificate of crossing for the cross-border segment unless the 
        relevant official finds that the construction, connection, 
        operation, or maintenance of the cross-border segment is not in 
        the public interest of the United States.
            (2) Relevant official.--The relevant official referred to 
        in paragraph (1) is--
                    (A) the Secretary of State with respect to oil 
                pipelines; and
                    (B) the Secretary of Energy with respect to 
                electric transmission facilities.
            (3) Additional requirement for electric transmission 
        facilities.--In the case of a request for a certificate of 
        crossing for the construction, connection, operation, or 
        maintenance of a cross-border segment of an electric 
        transmission facility, the Secretary of Energy shall require, 
        as a condition of issuing the certificate of crossing for the 
        request under paragraph (1), that the cross-border segment of 
        the electric transmission facility be constructed, connected, 
        operated, or maintained consistent with all applicable policies 
        and standards of--
                    (A) the Electric Reliability Organization and the 
                applicable regional entity; and
                    (B) any Regional Transmission Organization or 
                Independent System Operator with operational or 
                functional control over the cross-border segment of the 
                electric transmission facility.
    (c) Exclusions.--This section shall not apply to any construction, 
connection, operation, or maintenance of a cross-border segment of an 
oil pipeline or electric transmission facility for the import or export 
of oil or the transmission of electricity to or from Canada or Mexico--
            (1) if the cross-border segment is operating for such 
        import, export, or transmission as of the date of enactment of 
        this Act;
            (2) if a permit described in section 136 for such 
        construction, connection, operation, or maintenance has been 
        issued;
            (3) if a certificate of crossing for such construction, 
        connection, operation, or maintenance has previously been 
        issued under this section; or
            (4) if an application for a permit described in section 136 
        for such construction, connection, operation, or maintenance is 
        pending on the date of enactment of this Act, until the earlier 
        of--
                    (A) the date on which such application is denied; 
                or
                    (B) July 1, 2016.
    (d) Effect of Other Laws.--
            (1) Application to projects.--Nothing in this section or 
        section 137 shall affect the application of any other Federal 
        statute to a project for which a certificate of crossing for 
        the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of a 
        cross-border segment is sought under this section.
            (2) Natural gas act.--Nothing in this section or section 
        137 shall affect the requirement to obtain approval or 
        authorization under sections 3 and 7 of the Natural Gas Act for 
        the siting, construction, or operation of any facility to 
        import or export natural gas.
            (3) Energy policy and conservation act.--Nothing in this 
        section or section 137 shall affect the authority of the 
        President under section 103(a) of the Energy Policy and 
        Conservation Act.

SEC. 134. IMPORTATION OR EXPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS TO CANADA AND 
              MEXICO.

    Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b(c)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: ``No order is required under 
subsection (a) to authorize the export or import of any natural gas to 
or from Canada or Mexico.''.

SEC. 135. TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY TO CANADA AND MEXICO.

    (a) Repeal of Requirement To Secure Order.--Section 202(e) of the 
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) State regulations.--Section 202(f) of the Federal Power 
        Act (16 U.S.C. 824a(f)) is amended by striking ``insofar as 
        such State regulation does not conflict with the exercise of 
        the Commission's powers under or relating to subsection 
        202(e)''.
            (2) Seasonal diversity electricity exchange.--Section 
        602(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 
        (16 U.S.C. 824a-4(b)) is amended by striking ``the Commission 
        has conducted hearings and made the findings required under 
        section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act'' and all that follows 
        through the period at the end and inserting ``the Secretary has 
        conducted hearings and finds that the proposed transmission 
        facilities would not impair the sufficiency of electric supply 
        within the United States or would not impede or tend to impede 
        the coordination in the public interest of facilities subject 
        to the jurisdiction of the Secretary.''.

SEC. 136. NO PRESIDENTIAL PERMIT REQUIRED.

    No Presidential permit (or similar permit) required under Executive 
Order No. 13337 (3 U.S.C. 301 note), Executive Order No. 11423 (3 
U.S.C. 301 note), section 301 of title 3, United States Code, Executive 
Order No. 12038, Executive Order No. 10485, or any other Executive 
order shall be necessary for the construction, connection, operation, 
or maintenance of an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric 
transmission facility, or any cross-border segment thereof.

SEC. 137. MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING PROJECTS.

    No certificate of crossing under section 133, or permit described 
in section 136, shall be required for a modification to the 
construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of an oil or 
natural gas pipeline or electric transmission facility--
            (1) that is operating for the import or export of oil or 
        natural gas or the transmission of electricity to or from 
        Canada or Mexico as of the date of enactment of the Act;
            (2) for which a permit described in section 136 for such 
        construction, connection, operation, or maintenance has been 
        issued; or
            (3) for which a certificate of crossing for the cross-
        border segment of the pipeline or facility has previously been 
        issued under section 133.

SEC. 138. EFFECTIVE DATE; RULEMAKING DEADLINES.

    (a) Effective Date.--Sections 133 through 137, and the amendments 
made by such sections, shall take effect on July 1, 2015.
    (b) Rulemaking Deadlines.--Each relevant official described in 
section 133(b)(2) shall--
            (1) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, publish in the Federal Register notice of a proposed 
        rulemaking to carry out the applicable requirements of section 
        133; and
            (2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, publish in the Federal Register a final rule to carry 
        out the applicable requirements of section 133.

SEC. 139. DEFINITIONS.

    In this subtitle--
            (1) the term ``cross-border segment'' means the portion of 
        an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric transmission 
        facility that is located at the national boundary of the United 
        States with either Canada or Mexico;
            (2) the term ``modification'' includes a reversal of flow 
        direction, change in ownership, volume expansion, downstream or 
        upstream interconnection, or adjustment to maintain flow (such 
        as a reduction or increase in the number of pump or compressor 
        stations);
            (3) the term ``natural gas'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 2 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717a);
            (4) the term ``oil'' means petroleum or a petroleum 
        product;
            (5) the terms ``Electric Reliability Organization'' and 
        ``regional entity'' have the meanings given those terms in 
        section 215 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o); and
            (6) the terms ``Independent System Operator'' and 
        ``Regional Transmission Organization'' have the meanings given 
        those terms in section 3 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
        796).

 TITLE II--MAINTAINING DIVERSE ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND AFFORDABILITY

                  Subtitle A--Energy Consumers Relief

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Energy Consumers Relief Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 202. PROHIBITION AGAINST FINALIZING CERTAIN ENERGY-RELATED RULES 
              THAT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECTS TO THE 
              ECONOMY.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency may not promulgate as final an 
energy-related rule that is estimated to cost more than $1 billion if 
the Secretary of Energy determines under section 203(3) that the rule 
will cause significant adverse effects to the economy.

SEC. 203. REPORTS AND DETERMINATIONS PRIOR TO PROMULGATING AS FINAL 
              CERTAIN ENERGY-RELATED RULES.

    Before promulgating as final any energy-related rule that is 
estimated to cost more than $1 billion:
            (1) Report to congress.--The Administrator of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to Congress a 
        report (and transmit a copy to the Secretary of Energy) 
        containing--
                    (A) a copy of the rule;
                    (B) a concise general statement relating to the 
                rule;
                    (C) an estimate of the total costs of the rule, 
                including the direct costs and indirect costs of the 
                rule;
                    (D)(i) an estimate of the total benefits of the 
                rule and when such benefits are expected to be 
                realized;
                    (ii) a description of the modeling, the 
                calculations, the assumptions, and the limitations due 
                to uncertainty, speculation, or lack of information 
                associated with the estimates under this subparagraph; 
                and
                    (iii) a certification that all data and documents 
                relied upon by the Agency in developing such 
                estimates--
                            (I) have been preserved; and
                            (II) are available for review by the public 
                        on the Agency's Web site, except to the extent 
                        to which publication of such data and documents 
                        would constitute disclosure of confidential 
                        information in violation of applicable Federal 
                        law;
                    (E) an estimate of the increases in energy prices, 
                including potential increases in gasoline or 
                electricity prices for consumers, that may result from 
                implementation or enforcement of the rule; and
                    (F) a detailed description of the employment 
                effects, including potential job losses and shifts in 
                employment, that may result from implementation or 
                enforcement of the rule.
            (2) Initial determination on increases and impacts.--The 
        Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Federal Energy 
        Regulatory Commission and the Administrator of the Energy 
        Information Administration, shall prepare an independent 
        analysis to determine whether the rule will cause--
                    (A) any increase in energy prices for consumers, 
                including low-income households, small businesses, and 
                manufacturers;
                    (B) any impact on fuel diversity of the Nation's 
                electricity generation portfolio or on national, 
                regional, or local electric reliability;
                    (C) any adverse effect on energy supply, 
                distribution, or use due to the economic or technical 
                infeasibility of implementing the rule; or
                    (D) any other adverse effect on energy supply, 
                distribution, or use (including a shortfall in supply 
                and increased use of foreign supplies).
            (3) Subsequent determination on adverse effects to the 
        economy.--If the Secretary of Energy determines, under 
        paragraph (2), that the rule will cause an increase, impact, or 
        effect described in such paragraph, then the Secretary, in 
        consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 
        Labor, and the Administrator of the Small Business 
        Administration, shall--
                    (A) determine whether the rule will cause 
                significant adverse effects to the economy, taking into 
                consideration--
                            (i) the costs and benefits of the rule and 
                        limitations in calculating such costs and 
                        benefits due to uncertainty, speculation, or 
                        lack of information; and
                            (ii) the positive and negative impacts of 
                        the rule on economic indicators, including 
                        those related to gross domestic product, 
                        unemployment, wages, consumer prices, and 
                        business and manufacturing activity; and
                    (B) publish the results of such determination in 
                the Federal Register.

SEC. 204. DEFINITIONS.

    In this subtitle:
            (1) The terms ``direct costs'' and ``indirect costs'' have 
        the meanings given such terms in chapter 8 of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency's ``Guidelines for Preparing Economic 
        Analyses'' dated December 17, 2010.
            (2) The term ``energy-related rule that is estimated to 
        cost more than $1 billion'' means a rule of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency that--
                    (A) regulates any aspect of the production, supply, 
                distribution, or use of energy or provides for such 
                regulation by States or other governmental entities; 
                and
                    (B) is estimated by the Administrator of the 
                Environmental Protection Agency or the Director of the 
                Office of Management and Budget to impose direct costs 
                and indirect costs, in the aggregate, of more than 
                $1,000,000,000.
            (3) The term ``rule'' has the meaning given to such term in 
        section 551 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 205. PROHIBITION ON USE OF SOCIAL COST OF CARBON IN ANALYSIS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any 
executive order, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency may not use the social cost of carbon in order to incorporate 
social benefits of reducing carbon dioxide emissions, or for any other 
reason, in any cost-benefit analysis relating to an energy-related rule 
that is estimated to cost more than $1 billion unless and until a 
Federal law is enacted authorizing such use.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``social cost of 
carbon'' means the social cost of carbon as described in the technical 
support document entitled ``Technical Support Document: Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis 
Under Executive Order 12866'', published by the Interagency Working 
Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in May 2013, 
or any successor or substantially related document, or any other 
estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental 
increase in carbon dioxide emissions in a given year.

           Subtitle B--Electricity Security and Affordability

SEC. 211. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Electricity Security and 
Affordability Act''.

SEC. 212. STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW FOSSIL FUEL-FIRED ELECTRIC 
              UTILITY GENERATING UNITS.

    (a) Limitation.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency may not issue, implement, or enforce any proposed or final rule 
under section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) that 
establishes a standard of performance for emissions of any greenhouse 
gas from any new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility 
generating unit unless such rule meets the requirements under 
subsections (b) and (c).
    (b) Requirements.--In issuing any rule under section 111 of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) establishing standards of performance 
for emissions of any greenhouse gas from new sources that are fossil 
fuel-fired electric utility generating units, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (for purposes of establishing such 
standards)--
            (1) shall separate sources fueled with coal and natural gas 
        into separate categories; and
            (2) shall not set a standard based on the best system of 
        emission reduction for new sources within a fossil-fuel 
        category unless--
                    (A) such standard has been achieved on average for 
                at least one continuous 12-month period (excluding 
                planned outages) by each of at least 6 units within 
                such category--
                            (i) each of which is located at a different 
                        electric generating station in the United 
                        States;
                            (ii) which, collectively, are 
                        representative of the operating characteristics 
                        of electric generation at different locations 
                        in the United States; and
                            (iii) each of which is operated for the 
                        entire 12-month period on a full commercial 
                        basis; and
                    (B) no results obtained from any demonstration 
                project are used in setting such standard.
    (c) Coal Having a Heat Content of 8300 or Less British Thermal 
Units Per Pound.--
            (1) Separate subcategory.--In carrying out subsection 
        (b)(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency shall establish a separate subcategory for new sources 
        that are fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units 
        using coal with an average heat content of 8300 or less British 
        Thermal Units per pound.
            (2) Standard.--Notwithstanding subsection (b)(2), in 
        issuing any rule under section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 
        U.S.C. 7411) establishing standards of performance for 
        emissions of any greenhouse gas from new sources in such 
        subcategory, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency shall not set a standard based on the best system of 
        emission reduction unless--
                    (A) such standard has been achieved on average for 
                at least one continuous 12-month period (excluding 
                planned outages) by each of at least 3 units within 
                such subcategory--
                            (i) each of which is located at a different 
                        electric generating station in the United 
                        States;
                            (ii) which, collectively, are 
                        representative of the operating characteristics 
                        of electric generation at different locations 
                        in the United States; and
                            (iii) each of which is operated for the 
                        entire 12-month period on a full commercial 
                        basis; and
                    (B) no results obtained from any demonstration 
                project are used in setting such standard.
    (d) Technologies.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
preclude the issuance, implementation, or enforcement of a standard of 
performance that--
            (1) is based on the use of one or more technologies that 
        are developed in a foreign country, but has been demonstrated 
        to be achievable at fossil fuel-fired electric utility 
        generating units in the United States; and
            (2) meets the requirements of subsection (b) and (c), as 
        applicable.

SEC. 213. CONGRESS TO SET EFFECTIVE DATE FOR STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE 
              FOR EXISTING, MODIFIED, AND RECONSTRUCTED FOSSIL FUEL-
              FIRED ELECTRIC UTILITY GENERATING UNITS.

    (a) Applicability.--This section applies with respect to any rule 
or guidelines issued by the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency under section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7411) that--
            (1) establish any standard of performance for emissions of 
        any greenhouse gas from any modified or reconstructed source 
        that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit; 
        or
            (2) apply to the emissions of any greenhouse gas from an 
        existing source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility 
        generating unit.
    (b) Congress To Set Effective Date.--A rule or guidelines described 
in subsection (a) shall not take effect unless a Federal law is enacted 
specifying such rule's or guidelines' effective date.
    (c) Reporting.--A rule or guidelines described in subsection (a) 
shall not take effect unless the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency has submitted to Congress a report containing each of 
the following:
            (1) The text of such rule or guidelines.
            (2) The economic impacts of such rule or guidelines, 
        including the potential effects on--
                    (A) economic growth, competitiveness, and jobs in 
                the United States;
                    (B) electricity ratepayers, including low-income 
                ratepayers in affected States;
                    (C) required capital investments and projected 
                costs for operation and maintenance of new equipment 
                required to be installed; and
                    (D) the global economic competitiveness of the 
                United States.
            (3) The amount of greenhouse gas emissions that such rule 
        or guidelines are projected to reduce as compared to overall 
        global greenhouse gas emissions.
    (d) Consultation.--In carrying out subsection (c), the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall consult with 
the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, the 
Comptroller General of the United States, the Director of the National 
Energy Technology Laboratory, and the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Standards and Technology.

SEC. 214. REPEAL OF EARLIER RULES AND GUIDELINES.

    The following rules and guidelines shall be of no force or effect, 
and shall be treated as though such rules and guidelines had never been 
issued:
            (1) The proposed rule--
                    (A) entitled ``Standards of Performance for 
                Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Stationary Sources: 
                Electric Utility Generating Units'', published at 77 
                Fed. Reg. 22392 (April 13, 2012); and
                    (B) withdrawn pursuant to the notice entitled 
                ``Withdrawal of Proposed Standards of Performance for 
                Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New Stationary Sources: 
                Electric Utility Generating Units'', published at 79 
                Fed. Reg. 1352 (January 8, 2014).
            (2) The proposed rule entitled ``Standards of Performance 
        for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New Stationary Sources: 
        Electric Utility Generating Units'', published at 79 Fed. Reg. 
        1430 (January 8, 2014).
            (3) With respect to the proposed rules described in 
        paragraphs (1) and (2), any successor or substantially similar 
        proposed or final rule that--
                    (A) is issued prior to the date of the enactment of 
                this Act;
                    (B) is applicable to any new source that is a 
                fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit; and
                    (C) does not meet the requirements under 
                subsections (b) and (c) of section 212.
            (4) The proposed rule entitled ``Carbon Pollution Emission 
        Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility 
        Generating Units'', published at 79 Fed. Reg. 34830 (June 18, 
        2014).
            (5) The proposed rule entitled ``Carbon Pollution Standards 
        for Modified and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric 
        Utility Generating Units'', published at 79 Fed. Reg. 34960 
        (June 18, 2014).
            (6) With respect to the proposed rules described in 
        paragraphs (4) and (5), any successor or substantially similar 
        proposed or final rule that--
                    (A) is issued prior to the date of the enactment of 
                this Act; and
                    (B) is applicable to any existing, modified, or 
                reconstructed source that is a fossil fuel-fired 
                electric utility generating unit.

SEC. 215. DEFINITIONS.

    In this subtitle:
            (1) Demonstration project.--The term ``demonstration 
        project'' means a project to test or demonstrate the 
        feasibility of carbon capture and storage technologies that has 
        received Federal Government funding or financial assistance.
            (2) Existing source.--The term ``existing source'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 111(a) of the Clean Air Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 7411(a)), except such term shall not include any 
        modified source.
            (3) Greenhouse gas.--The term ``greenhouse gas'' means any 
        of the following:
                    (A) Carbon dioxide.
                    (B) Methane.
                    (C) Nitrous oxide.
                    (D) Sulfur hexafluoride.
                    (E) Hydrofluorocarbons.
                    (F) Perfluorocarbons.
            (4) Modification.--The term ``modification'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 111(a) of the Clean Air Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 7411(a)).
            (5) Modified source.--The term ``modified source'' means 
        any stationary source, the modification of which is commenced 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (6) New source.--The term ``new source'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 111(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 
        U.S.C. 7411(a)), except that such term shall not include any 
        modified source.

 Subtitle C--Report on Energy and Water Savings Potential From Thermal 
                               Insulation

SEC. 221. REPORT ON ENERGY AND WATER SAVINGS POTENTIAL FROM THERMAL 
              INSULATION.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with appropriate 
Federal agencies and relevant stakeholders, shall submit to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a 
report on the impact of thermal insulation on both energy and water use 
systems for potable hot and chilled water in Federal buildings, and the 
return on investment of installing such insulation.
    (b) Contents.--The report shall include--
            (1) an analysis based on the cost of municipal or regional 
        water for delivered water and the avoided cost of new water; 
        and
            (2) a summary of energy and water savings, including short 
        term and long term (20 years) projections of such savings.

                 TITLE III--UNLEASHING ENERGY DIPLOMACY

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Domestic Prosperity and Global 
Freedom Act''.

SEC. 302. ACTION ON APPLICATIONS.

    (a) Decision Deadline.--For proposals that must also obtain 
authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the 
United States Maritime Administration to site, construct, expand, or 
operate LNG export facilities, the Department of Energy shall issue a 
final decision on any application for the authorization to export 
natural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) not 
later than 30 days after the later of--
            (1) the conclusion of the review to site, construct, 
        expand, or operate the LNG facilities required by the National 
        Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S. C. 4321 et seq.); or
            (2) the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Conclusion of Review.--For purposes of subsection (a), review 
required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 shall be 
considered concluded--
            (1) for a project requiring an Environmental Impact 
        Statement, 30 days after publication of a Final Environmental 
        Impact Statement;
            (2) for a project for which an Environmental Assessment has 
        been prepared, 30 days after publication by the Department of 
        Energy of a Finding of No Significant Impact; and
            (3) upon a determination by the lead agency that an 
        application is eligible for a categorical exclusion pursuant 
        National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 implementing 
        regulations.
    (c) Judicial Action.--(1) The United States Court of Appeals for 
the circuit in which the export facility will be located pursuant to an 
application described in subsection (a) shall have original and 
exclusive jurisdiction over any civil action for the review of--
            (A) an order issued by the Department of Energy with 
        respect to such application; or
            (B) the Department of Energy's failure to issue a final 
        decision on such application.
    (2) If the Court in a civil action described in paragraph (1) finds 
that the Department of Energy has failed to issue a final decision on 
the application as required under subsection (a), the Court shall order 
the Department of Energy to issue such final decision not later than 30 
days after the Court's order.
    (3) The Court shall set any civil action brought under this 
subsection for expedited consideration and shall set the matter on the 
docket as soon as practical after the filing date of the initial 
pleading.

SEC. 303. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF EXPORT DESTINATIONS.

    Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Public Disclosure of LNG Export Destinations.--As a condition 
for approval of any authorization to export LNG, the Secretary of 
Energy shall require the applicant to publicly disclose the specific 
destination or destinations of any such authorized LNG exports.''.

                DIVISION B--NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

SEC. 201. REFERENCES.

    Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ``this 
Act'' in any subdivision of this division shall be treated as referring 
only to the provisions of that subdivision.

 SUBDIVISION A--LOWERING GASOLINE PRICES TO FUEL AN AMERICA THAT WORKS 
                              ACT OF 2014

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This subdivision may be cited as the ``Lowering Gasoline Prices to 
Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014''.

                   TITLE I--OFFSHORE ENERGY AND JOBS

      Subtitle A--Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program Reforms

SEC. 10101. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASING PROGRAM REFORMS.

    Section 18(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1344(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5)(A) In each oil and gas leasing program under this 
        section, the Secretary shall make available for leasing and 
        conduct lease sales including at least 50 percent of the 
        available unleased acreage within each outer Continental Shelf 
        planning area considered to have the largest undiscovered, 
        technically recoverable oil and gas resources (on a total btu 
        basis) based upon the most recent national geologic assessment 
        of the outer Continental Shelf, with an emphasis on offering 
        the most geologically prospective parts of the planning area.
            ``(B) The Secretary shall include in each proposed oil and 
        gas leasing program under this section any State subdivision of 
        an outer Continental Shelf planning area that the Governor of 
        the State that represents that subdivision requests be made 
        available for leasing. The Secretary may not remove such a 
        subdivision from the program until publication of the final 
        program, and shall include and consider all such subdivisions 
        in any environmental review conducted and statement prepared 
        for such program under section 102(2) of the National 
        Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)).
            ``(C) In this paragraph the term `available unleased 
        acreage' means that portion of the outer Continental Shelf that 
        is not under lease at the time of a proposed lease sale, and 
        that has not otherwise been made unavailable for leasing by 
        law.
            ``(6)(A) In the 5-year oil and gas leasing program, the 
        Secretary shall make available for leasing any outer 
        Continental Shelf planning areas that--
                    ``(i) are estimated to contain more than 
                2,500,000,000 barrels of oil; or
                    ``(ii) are estimated to contain more than 
                7,500,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas.
            ``(B) To determine the planning areas described in 
        subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall use the document entitled 
        `Minerals Management Service Assessment of Undiscovered 
        Technically Recoverable Oil and Gas Resources of the Nation's 
        Outer Continental Shelf, 2006'.''.

SEC. 10102. DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION GOAL.

    Section 18(b) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1344(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Domestic Oil and Natural Gas Production Goal.---
            ``(1) In general.--In developing a 5-year oil and gas 
        leasing program, and subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary 
        shall determine a domestic strategic production goal for the 
        development of oil and natural gas as a result of that program. 
        Such goal shall be--
                    ``(A) the best estimate of the possible increase in 
                domestic production of oil and natural gas from the 
                outer Continental Shelf;
                    ``(B) focused on meeting domestic demand for oil 
                and natural gas and reducing the dependence of the 
                United States on foreign energy; and
                    ``(C) focused on the production increases achieved 
                by the leasing program at the end of the 15-year period 
                beginning on the effective date of the program.
            ``(2) Program goal.--For purposes of the 5-year oil and gas 
        leasing program, the production goal referred to in paragraph 
        (1) shall be an increase by 2032 of--
                    ``(A) no less than 3,000,000 barrels in the amount 
                of oil produced per day; and
                    ``(B) no less than 10,000,000,000 cubic feet in the 
                amount of natural gas produced per day.
            ``(3) Reporting.--The Secretary shall report annually, 
        beginning at the end of the 5-year period for which the program 
        applies, to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
        Resources of the Senate on the progress of the program in 
        meeting the production goal. The Secretary shall identify in 
        the report projections for production and any problems with 
        leasing, permitting, or production that will prevent meeting 
        the goal.''.

SEC. 10103. DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMITTAL OF NEW 5-YEAR OIL AND GAS LEASING 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall--
            (1) by not later than July 15, 2015, publish and submit to 
        Congress a new proposed oil and gas leasing program under 
        section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
        1344) for the 5-year period beginning on such date and ending 
        July 15, 2021; and
            (2) by not later than July 15, 2016, approve a final oil 
        and gas leasing program under such section for such period.
    (b) Consideration of All Areas.--In preparing such program the 
Secretary shall include consideration of areas of the Continental Shelf 
off the coasts of all States (as such term is defined in section 2 of 
that Act, as amended by this title), that are subject to leasing under 
this title.
    (c) Technical Correction.--Section 18(d)(3) of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(d)(3)) is amended by 
striking ``or after eighteen months following the date of enactment of 
this section, whichever first occurs,''.

SEC. 10104. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize the issuance 
of a lease under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 
et seq.) to any person designated for the imposition of sanctions 
pursuant to--
            (1) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note), 
        the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and 
        Divestiture Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), the Iran 
        Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
        8701 et seq.), section 1245 of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a), or 
        the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 
        U.S.C. 8801 et seq.);
            (2) Executive Order No. 13622 (July 30, 2012), Executive 
        Order No. 13628 (October 9, 2012), or Executive Order No. 13645 
        (June 3, 2013);
            (3) Executive Order No. 13224 (September 23, 2001) or 
        Executive Order No. 13338 (May 11, 2004); or
            (4) the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty 
        Restoration Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note).

SEC. 10105. ADDITION OF LEASE SALES AFTER FINALIZATION OF 5-YEAR PLAN.

    Section 18(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C.1344(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``After'' and inserting 
        ``Except as provided in paragraph (4), after''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4) The Secretary may add to the areas included in an approved 
leasing program additional areas to be made available for leasing under 
the program, if all review and documents required under section 102 of 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) have 
been completed with respect to leasing of each such additional area 
within the 5-year period preceding such addition.''.

      Subtitle B--Directing the President To Conduct New OCS Sales

SEC. 10201. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT PROPOSED OIL AND GAS LEASE SALE 220 
              ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OFFSHORE VIRGINIA.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the exclusion of Lease Sale 220 in 
the Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program 2012-2017, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct offshore oil and gas Lease 
Sale 220 under section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1337) as soon as practicable, but not later than one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Requirement To Make Replacement Lease Blocks Available.--For 
each lease block in a proposed lease sale under this section for which 
the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Interior, under the Memorandum of Agreement referred to in section 
10205(b), issues a statement proposing deferral from a lease offering 
due to defense-related activities that are irreconcilable with mineral 
exploration and development, the Secretary of the Interior, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall make available in the 
same lease sale one other lease block in the Virginia lease sale 
planning area that is acceptable for oil and gas exploration and 
production in order to mitigate conflict.
    (c) Balancing Military and Energy Production Goals.--In recognition 
that the Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program and the 
domestic energy resources produced therefrom are integral to national 
security, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Defense 
shall work jointly in implementing this section in order to ensure 
achievement of the following common goals:
            (1) Preserving the ability of the Armed Forces of the 
        United States to maintain an optimum state of readiness through 
        their continued use of the Outer Continental Shelf.
            (2) Allowing effective exploration, development, and 
        production of our Nation's oil, gas, and renewable energy 
        resources.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Lease sale 220.--The term ``Lease Sale 220'' means such 
        lease sale referred to in the Request for Comments on the Draft 
        Proposed 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas 
        Leasing Program for 2010-2015 and Notice of Intent To Prepare 
        an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Proposed 5-Year 
        Program published January 21, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 3631).
            (2) Virginia lease sale planning area.--The term ``Virginia 
        lease sale planning area'' means the area of the outer 
        Continental Shelf (as that term is defined in the Outer 
        Continental Shelf Lands Act (33 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.)) that is 
        bounded by--
                    (A) a northern boundary consisting of a straight 
                line extending from the northernmost point of 
                Virginia's seaward boundary to the point on the seaward 
                boundary of the United States exclusive economic zone 
                located at 37 degrees 17 minutes 1 second North 
                latitude, 71 degrees 5 minutes 16 seconds West 
                longitude; and
                    (B) a southern boundary consisting of a straight 
                line extending from the southernmost point of 
                Virginia's seaward boundary to the point on the seaward 
                boundary of the United States exclusive economic zone 
                located at 36 degrees 31 minutes 58 seconds North 
                latitude, 71 degrees 30 minutes 1 second West 
                longitude.

SEC. 10202. SOUTH CAROLINA LEASE SALE.

    Notwithstanding exclusion of the South Atlantic Outer Continental 
Shelf Planning Area from the Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas 
Leasing Program 2012-2017, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct 
a lease sale not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act for areas off the coast of South Carolina determined by the 
Secretary to have the most geologically promising hydrocarbon resources 
and constituting not less than 25 percent of the leasable area within 
the South Carolina offshore administrative boundaries depicted in the 
notice entitled ``Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Administrative 
Boundaries Extending from the Submerged Lands Act Boundary seaward to 
the Limit of the United States Outer Continental Shelf'', published 
January 3, 2006 (71 Fed. Reg. 127).

SEC. 10203. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE LEASE SALE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall offer for sale 
leases of tracts in the Santa Maria and Santa Barbara/Ventura Basins of 
the Southern California OCS Planning Area as soon as practicable, but 
not later than December 31, 2015.
    (b) Use of Existing Structures or Onshore-Based Drilling.--The 
Secretary of the Interior shall include in leases offered for sale 
under this lease sale such terms and conditions as are necessary to 
require that development and production may occur only from offshore 
infrastructure in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act or 
from onshore-based, extended-reach drilling.

SEC. 10204. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--For the purposes of this title, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall prepare a multisale environmental impact statement 
under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332) for all lease sales required under this subtitle.
    (b) Actions To Be Considered.--Notwithstanding section 102 of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332), in such 
statement--
            (1) the Secretary is not required to identify nonleasing 
        alternative courses of action or to analyze the environmental 
        effects of such alternative courses of action; and
            (2) the Secretary shall only--
                    (A) identify a preferred action for leasing and not 
                more than one alternative leasing proposal; and
                    (B) analyze the environmental effects and potential 
                mitigation measures for such preferred action and such 
                alternative leasing proposal.

SEC. 10205. NATIONAL DEFENSE.

    (a) National Defense Areas.--This title does not affect the 
existing authority of the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 
the President, to designate national defense areas on the Outer 
Continental Shelf pursuant to section 12(d) of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1341(d)).
    (b) Prohibition on Conflicts With Military Operations.--No person 
may engage in any exploration, development, or production of oil or 
natural gas on the Outer Continental Shelf under a lease issued under 
this title that would conflict with any military operation, as 
determined in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the 
Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior on Mutual 
Concerns on the Outer Continental Shelf signed July 20, 1983, and any 
revision or replacement for that agreement that is agreed to by the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior after that date 
but before the date of issuance of the lease under which such 
exploration, development, or production is conducted.

SEC. 10206. EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO NOT INCLUDED.

    Nothing in this title affects restrictions on oil and gas leasing 
under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of 
division C of Public Law 109-432; 43 U.S.C. 1331 note).

   Subtitle C--Equitable Sharing of Outer Continental Shelf Revenues

SEC. 10301. DISPOSITION OF OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF REVENUES TO COASTAL 
              STATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1338) is amended--
            (1) in the existing text--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``All 
                rentals,'' and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Disposition of Revenue Under Old Leases.--All rentals,''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c) (as designated by the 
                amendment made by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph), 
                by striking ``for the period from June 5, 1950, to 
                date, and thereafter'' and inserting ``in the period 
                beginning June 5, 1950, and ending on the date of 
                enactment of the Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an 
                America That Works Act of 2014'';
            (2) by adding after subsection (c) (as so designated) the 
        following:
    ``(d)  Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Coastal state.--The term `coastal State' includes a 
        territory of the United States.
            ``(2) New leasing revenues.--The term `new leasing 
        revenues'--
                    ``(A) means amounts received by the United States 
                as bonuses, rents, and royalties under leases for oil 
                and gas, wind, tidal, or other energy exploration, 
                development, and production on new areas of the outer 
                Continental Shelf that are authorized to be made 
                available for leasing as a result of enactment of the 
                Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works 
                Act of 2014 and leasing under that Act; and
                    ``(B) does not include amounts received by the 
                United States under any lease of an area located in the 
                boundaries of the Central Gulf of Mexico and Western 
                Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Planning Areas 
                on the date of enactment of the Lowering Gasoline 
                Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014, 
                including a lease issued before, on, or after such date 
                of enactment.''; and
            (3) by inserting before subsection (c) (as so designated) 
        the following:
    ``(a) Payment of New Leasing Revenues to Coastal States.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), of 
        the amount of new leasing revenues received by the United 
        States each fiscal year, 37.5 percent shall be allocated and 
        paid in accordance with subsection (b) to coastal States that 
        are affected States with respect to the leases under which 
        those revenues are received by the United States.
            ``(2) Phase-in.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), paragraph (1) shall be applied--
                            ``(i) with respect to new leasing revenues 
                        under leases awarded under the first leasing 
                        program under section 18(a) that takes effect 
                        after the date of enactment of the Lowering 
                        Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works 
                        Act of 2014, by substituting `12.5 percent' for 
                        `37.5 percent'; and
                            ``(ii) with respect to new leasing revenues 
                        under leases awarded under the second leasing 
                        program under section 18(a) that takes effect 
                        after the date of enactment of the Lowering 
                        Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works 
                        Act of 2014, by substituting `25 percent' for 
                        `37.5 percent'.
                    ``(B) Exempted lease sales.--This paragraph shall 
                not apply with respect to any lease issued under 
                subtitle B of the Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an 
                America That Works Act of 2014.
    ``(b) Allocation of Payments.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount of new leasing revenues 
        received by the United States with respect to a leased tract 
        that are required to be paid to coastal States in accordance 
        with this subsection each fiscal year shall be allocated among 
        and paid to coastal States that are within 200 miles of the 
        leased tract, in amounts that are inversely proportional to the 
        respective distances between the point on the coastline of each 
        such State that is closest to the geographic center of the 
        lease tract, as determined by the Secretary.
            ``(2) Minimum and maximum allocation.--The amount allocated 
        to a coastal State under paragraph (1) each fiscal year with 
        respect to a leased tract shall be--
                    ``(A) in the case of a coastal State that is the 
                nearest State to the geographic center of the leased 
                tract, not less than 25 percent of the total amounts 
                allocated with respect to the leased tract;
                    ``(B) in the case of any other coastal State, not 
                less than 10 percent, and not more than 15 percent, of 
                the total amounts allocated with respect to the leased 
                tract; and
                    ``(C) in the case of a coastal State that is the 
                only coastal State within 200 miles of a leased tract, 
                100 percent of the total amounts allocated with respect 
                to the leased tract.
            ``(3) Administration.--Amounts allocated to a coastal State 
        under this subsection--
                    ``(A) shall be available to the coastal State 
                without further appropriation;
                    ``(B) shall remain available until expended;
                    ``(C) shall be in addition to any other amounts 
                available to the coastal State under this Act; and
                    ``(D) shall be distributed in the fiscal year 
                following receipt.
            ``(4) Use of funds.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), a coastal State may use funds 
                allocated and paid to it under this subsection for any 
                purpose as determined by the laws of that State.
                    ``(B) Restriction on use for matching.--Funds 
                allocated and paid to a coastal State under this 
                subsection may not be used as matching funds for any 
                other Federal program.''.
    (b) Limitation on Application.--This section and the amendment made 
by this section shall not affect the application of section 105 of the 
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of division C of 
Public Law 109-432; (43 U.S.C. 1331 note)), as in effect before the 
enactment of this Act, with respect to revenues received by the United 
States under oil and gas leases issued for tracts located in the 
Western and Central Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Planning 
Areas, including such leases issued on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

   Subtitle D--Reorganization of Minerals Management Agencies of the 
                       Department of the Interior

SEC. 10401. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNDER SECRETARY FOR ENERGY, LANDS, AND 
              MINERALS AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF OCEAN ENERGY AND 
              SAFETY.

    There shall be in the Department of the Interior--
            (1) an Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals, who 
        shall--
                    (A) be appointed by the President, by and with the 
                advise and consent of the Senate;
                    (B) report to the Secretary of the Interior or, if 
                directed by the Secretary, to the Deputy Secretary of 
                the Interior;
                    (C) be paid at the rate payable for level III of 
                the Executive Schedule; and
                    (D) be responsible for--
                            (i) the safe and responsible development of 
                        our energy and mineral resources on Federal 
                        lands in appropriate accordance with United 
                        States energy demands; and
                            (ii) ensuring multiple-use missions of the 
                        Department of the Interior that promote the 
                        safe and sustained development of energy and 
                        minerals resources on public lands (as that 
                        term is defined in the Federal Land Policy and 
                        Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
                        seq.));
            (2) an Assistant Secretary of Ocean Energy and Safety, who 
        shall--
                    (A) be appointed by the President, by and with the 
                advise and consent of the Senate;
                    (B) report to the Under Secretary for Energy, 
                Lands, and Minerals;
                    (C) be paid at the rate payable for level IV of the 
                Executive Schedule; and
                    (D) be responsible for ensuring safe and efficient 
                development of energy and minerals on the Outer 
                Continental Shelf of the United States; and
            (3) an Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management, 
        who shall--
                    (A) be appointed by the President, by and with the 
                advise and consent of the Senate;
                    (B) report to the Under Secretary for Energy, 
                Lands, and Minerals;
                    (C) be paid at the rate payable for level IV of the 
                Executive Schedule; and
                    (D) be responsible for ensuring safe and efficient 
                development of energy and minerals on public lands and 
                other Federal onshore lands under the jurisdiction of 
                the Department of the Interior, including 
                implementation of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
                181 et seq.) and the Surface Mining Control and 
                Reclamation Act (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) and 
                administration of the Office of Surface Mining.

SEC. 10402. BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department of the 
Interior a Bureau of Ocean Energy (referred to in this section as the 
``Bureau''), which shall--
            (1) be headed by a Director of Ocean Energy (referred to in 
        this section as the ``Director''); and
            (2) be administered under the direction of the Assistant 
        Secretary of Ocean Energy and Safety.
    (b) Director.--
            (1) Appointment.--The Director shall be appointed by the 
        Secretary of the Interior.
            (2) Compensation.--The Director shall be compensated at the 
        rate provided for level V of the Executive Schedule under 
        section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Duties.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall carry 
        out through the Bureau all functions, powers, and duties vested 
        in the Secretary relating to the administration of a 
        comprehensive program of offshore mineral and renewable energy 
        resources management.
            (2) Specific authorities.--The Director shall promulgate 
        and implement regulations--
                    (A) for the proper issuance of leases for the 
                exploration, development, and production of 
                nonrenewable and renewable energy and mineral resources 
                on the Outer Continental Shelf;
                    (B) relating to resource identification, access, 
                evaluation, and utilization;
                    (C) for development of leasing plans, lease sales, 
                and issuance of leases for such resources; and
                    (D) regarding issuance of environmental impact 
                statements related to leasing and post leasing 
                activities including exploration, development, and 
                production, and the use of third party contracting for 
                necessary environmental analysis for the development of 
                such resources.
            (3) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not carry out through 
        the Bureau any function, power, or duty that is--
                    (A) required by section 10403 to be carried out 
                through the Ocean Energy Safety Service; or
                    (B) required by section 10404 to be carried out 
                through the Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
    (d) Responsibilities of Land Management Agencies.--Nothing in this 
section shall affect the authorities of the Bureau of Land Management 
under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.) or of the Forest Service under the National Forest 
Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-588).

SEC. 10403. OCEAN ENERGY SAFETY SERVICE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department of the 
Interior an Ocean Energy Safety Service (referred to in this section as 
the ``Service''), which shall--
            (1) be headed by a Director of Energy Safety (referred to 
        in this section as the ``Director''); and
            (2) be administered under the direction of the Assistant 
        Secretary of Ocean Energy and Safety.
    (b) Director.--
            (1) Appointment.--The Director shall be appointed by the 
        Secretary of the Interior.
            (2) Compensation.--The Director shall be compensated at the 
        rate provided for level V of the Executive Schedule under 
        section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Duties.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall carry 
        out through the Service all functions, powers, and duties 
        vested in the Secretary relating to the administration of 
        safety and environmental enforcement activities related to 
        offshore mineral and renewable energy resources on the Outer 
        Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
        Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) including the authority to 
        develop, promulgate, and enforce regulations to ensure the safe 
        and sound exploration, development, and production of mineral 
        and renewable energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf 
        in a timely fashion.
            (2) Specific authorities.--The Director shall be 
        responsible for all safety activities related to exploration 
        and development of renewable and mineral resources on the Outer 
        Continental Shelf, including--
                    (A) exploration, development, production, and 
                ongoing inspections of infrastructure;
                    (B) the suspending or prohibiting, on a temporary 
                basis, any operation or activity, including production 
                under leases held on the Outer Continental Shelf, in 
                accordance with section 5(a)(1) of the Outer 
                Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1334(a)(1));
                    (C) cancelling any lease, permit, or right-of-way 
                on the Outer Continental Shelf, in accordance with 
                section 5(a)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
                Act (43 U.S.C. 1334(a)(2));
                    (D) compelling compliance with applicable Federal 
                laws and regulations relating to worker safety and 
                other matters;
                    (E) requiring comprehensive safety and 
                environmental management programs for persons engaged 
                in activities connected with the exploration, 
                development, and production of mineral or renewable 
                energy resources;
                    (F) developing and implementing regulations for 
                Federal employees to carry out any inspection or 
                investigation to ascertain compliance with applicable 
                regulations, including health, safety, or environmental 
                regulations;
                    (G) implementing the Offshore Technology Research 
                and Risk Assessment Program under section 21 of the 
                Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1347);
                    (H) summoning witnesses and directing the 
                production of evidence;
                    (I) levying fines and penalties and disqualifying 
                operators;
                    (J) carrying out any safety, response, and removal 
                preparedness functions; and
                    (K) the processing of permits, exploration plans, 
                development plans.
    (d) Employees.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
        inspection force of the Bureau consists of qualified, trained 
        employees who meet qualification requirements and adhere to the 
        highest professional and ethical standards.
            (2) Qualifications.--The qualification requirements 
        referred to in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) shall be determined by the Secretary, subject 
                to subparagraph (B); and
                    (B) shall include--
                            (i) 3 years of practical experience in oil 
                        and gas exploration, development, or 
                        production; or
                            (ii) a degree in an appropriate field of 
                        engineering from an accredited institution of 
                        higher learning.
            (3) Assignment.--In assigning oil and gas inspectors to the 
        inspection and investigation of individual operations, the 
        Secretary shall give due consideration to the extent possible 
        to their previous experience in the particular type of oil and 
        gas operation in which such inspections are to be made.
            (4) Background checks.--The Director shall require that an 
        individual to be hired as an inspection officer undergo an 
        employment investigation (including a criminal history record 
        check).
            (5) Language requirements.--Individuals hired as inspectors 
        must be able to read, speak, and write English well enough to--
                    (A) carry out written and oral instructions 
                regarding the proper performance of inspection duties; 
                and
                    (B) write inspection reports and statements and log 
                entries in the English language.
            (6) Veterans preference.--The Director shall provide a 
        preference for the hiring of an individual as a inspection 
        officer if the individual is a member or former member of the 
        Armed Forces and is entitled, under statute, to retired, 
        retirement, or retainer pay on account of service as a member 
        of the Armed Forces.
            (7) Annual proficiency review.--
                    (A) Annual proficiency review.--The Director shall 
                provide that an annual evaluation of each individual 
                assigned inspection duties is conducted and documented.
                    (B) Continuation of employment.--An individual 
                employed as an inspector may not continue to be 
                employed in that capacity unless the evaluation 
                demonstrates that the individual--
                            (i) continues to meet all qualifications 
                        and standards;
                            (ii) has a satisfactory record of 
                        performance and attention to duty based on the 
                        standards and requirements in the inspection 
                        program; and
                            (iii) demonstrates the current knowledge 
                        and skills necessary to courteously, 
                        vigilantly, and effectively perform inspection 
                        functions.
            (8) Limitation on right to strike.--Any individual that 
        conducts permitting or inspections under this section may not 
        participate in a strike, or assert the right to strike.
            (9) Personnel authority.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, the Director may employ, appoint, discipline 
        and terminate for cause, and fix the compensation, terms, and 
        conditions of employment of Federal service for individuals as 
        the employees of the Service in order to restore and maintain 
        the trust of the people of the United States in the 
        accountability of the management of our Nation's energy safety 
        program.
            (10) Training academy.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and 
                maintain a National Offshore Energy Safety Academy 
                (referred to in this paragraph as the ``Academy'') as 
                an agency of the Ocean Energy Safety Service.
                    (B) Functions of academy.--The Secretary, through 
                the Academy, shall be responsible for--
                            (i) the initial and continued training of 
                        both newly hired and experienced offshore oil 
                        and gas inspectors in all aspects of health, 
                        safety, environmental, and operational 
                        inspections;
                            (ii) the training of technical support 
                        personnel of the Bureau;
                            (iii) any other training programs for 
                        offshore oil and gas inspectors, Bureau 
                        personnel, Department personnel, or other 
                        persons as the Secretary shall designate; and
                            (iv) certification of the successful 
                        completion of training programs for newly hired 
                        and experienced offshore oil and gas 
                        inspectors.
                    (C) Cooperative agreements.--
                            (i) In general.--In performing functions 
                        under this paragraph, and subject to clause 
                        (ii), the Secretary may enter into cooperative 
                        educational and training agreements with 
                        educational institutions, related Federal 
                        academies, other Federal agencies, State 
                        governments, safety training firms, and oil and 
                        gas operators and related industries.
                            (ii) Training requirement.--Such training 
                        shall be conducted by the Academy in accordance 
                        with curriculum needs and assignment of 
                        instructional personnel established by the 
                        Secretary.
            (11) Use of department personnel.--In performing functions 
        under this subsection, the Secretary shall use, to the extent 
        practicable, the facilities and personnel of the Department of 
        the Interior. The Secretary may appoint or assign to the 
        Academy such officers and employees as the Secretary considers 
        necessary for the performance of the duties and functions of 
        the Academy.
            (12) Additional training programs.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall work with 
                appropriate educational institutions, operators, and 
                representatives of oil and gas workers to develop and 
                maintain adequate programs with educational 
                institutions and oil and gas operators that are 
                designed--
                            (i) to enable persons to qualify for 
                        positions in the administration of this title; 
                        and
                            (ii) to provide for the continuing 
                        education of inspectors or other appropriate 
                        Department of the Interior personnel.
                    (B) Financial and technical assistance.--The 
                Secretary may provide financial and technical 
                assistance to educational institutions in carrying out 
                this paragraph.
    (e) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not carry out through the 
Service any function, power, or duty that is--
            (1) required by section 10402 to be carried out through 
        Bureau of Ocean Energy; or
            (2) required by section 10404 to be carried out through the 
        Office of Natural Resources Revenue.

SEC. 10404. OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department of the 
Interior an Office of Natural Resources Revenue (referred to in this 
section as the ``Office'') to be headed by a Director of Natural 
Resources Revenue (referred to in this section as the ``Director'').
    (b) Appointment and Compensation.--
            (1) In general.--The Director shall be appointed by the 
        Secretary of the Interior.
            (2) Compensation.--The Director shall be compensated at the 
        rate provided for Level V of the Executive Schedule under 
        section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Duties.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior shall carry 
        out, through the Office, all functions, powers, and duties 
        vested in the Secretary and relating to the administration of 
        offshore royalty and revenue management functions.
            (2) Specific authorities.--The Secretary shall carry out, 
        through the Office, all functions, powers, and duties 
        previously assigned to the Minerals Management Service 
        (including the authority to develop, promulgate, and enforce 
        regulations) regarding offshore royalty and revenue collection; 
        royalty and revenue distribution; auditing and compliance; 
        investigation and enforcement of royalty and revenue 
        regulations; and asset management for onshore and offshore 
        activities.
    (d) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not carry out through the 
Office any function, power, or duty that is--
            (1) required by section 10402 to be carried out through 
        Bureau of Ocean Energy; or
            (2) required by section 10403 to be carried out through the 
        Ocean Energy Safety Service.

SEC. 10405. ETHICS AND DRUG TESTING.

    (a) Certification.--The Secretary of the Interior shall certify 
annually that all Department of the Interior officers and employees 
having regular, direct contact with lessees, contractors, 
concessionaires, and other businesses interested before the Government 
as a function of their official duties, or conducting investigations, 
issuing permits, or responsible for oversight of energy programs, are 
in full compliance with all Federal employee ethics laws and 
regulations under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
and part 2635 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, and all guidance 
issued under subsection (c).
    (b) Drug Testing.--The Secretary shall conduct a random drug 
testing program of all Department of the Interior personnel referred to 
in subsection (a).
    (c) Guidance.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall issue supplementary ethics and drug 
testing guidance for the employees for which certification is required 
under subsection (a). The Secretary shall update the supplementary 
ethics guidance not less than once every 3 years thereafter.

SEC. 10406. ABOLISHMENT OF MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE.

    (a) Abolishment.--The Minerals Management Service is abolished.
    (b) Completed Administrative Actions.--
            (1) In general.--Completed administrative actions of the 
        Minerals Management Service shall not be affected by the 
        enactment of this Act, but shall continue in effect according 
        to their terms until amended, modified, superseded, terminated, 
        set aside, or revoked in accordance with law by an officer of 
        the United States or a court of competent jurisdiction, or by 
        operation of law.
            (2) Completed administrative action defined.--For purposes 
        of paragraph (1), the term ``completed administrative action'' 
        includes orders, determinations, memoranda of understanding, 
        memoranda of agreements, rules, regulations, personnel actions, 
        permits, agreements, grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, 
        registrations, and privileges.
    (c) Pending Proceedings.--Subject to the authority of the Secretary 
of the Interior and the officers of the Department of the Interior 
under this title--
            (1) pending proceedings in the Minerals Management Service, 
        including notices of proposed rulemaking, and applications for 
        licenses, permits, certificates, grants, and financial 
        assistance, shall continue, notwithstanding the enactment of 
        this Act or the vesting of functions of the Service in another 
        agency, unless discontinued or modified under the same terms 
        and conditions and to the same extent that such discontinuance 
        or modification could have occurred if this title had not been 
        enacted; and
            (2) orders issued in such proceedings, and appeals 
        therefrom, and payments made pursuant to such orders, shall 
        issue in the same manner and on the same terms as if this title 
        had not been enacted, and any such orders shall continue in 
        effect until amended, modified, superseded, terminated, set 
        aside, or revoked by an officer of the United States or a court 
        of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
    (d) Pending Civil Actions.--Subject to the authority of the 
Secretary of the Interior or any officer of the Department of the 
Interior under this title, pending civil actions shall continue 
notwithstanding the enactment of this Act, and in such civil actions, 
proceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered and 
enforced in the same manner and with the same effect as if such 
enactment had not occurred.
    (e) References.--References relating to the Minerals Management 
Service in statutes, Executive orders, rules, regulations, directives, 
or delegations of authority that precede the effective date of this Act 
are deemed to refer, as appropriate, to the Department, to its 
officers, employees, or agents, or to its corresponding organizational 
units or functions. Statutory reporting requirements that applied in 
relation to the Minerals Management Service immediately before the 
effective date of this title shall continue to apply.

SEC. 10407. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE PAY RATES.

    (a) Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals.--Section 5314 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to ``Under Secretaries of the Treasury (3).'' the following:
            ``Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals, 
        Department of the Interior.''.
    (b) Assistant Secretaries.--Section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``Assistant Secretaries of the Interior 
(6).'' and inserting the following:
            ``Assistant Secretaries, Department of the Interior (7).''.
    (c) Directors.--Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``Director, Bureau of Mines, Department of the 
Interior.'' and inserting the following new items:
            ``Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy, Department of the 
        Interior.
            ``Director, Ocean Energy Safety Service, Department of the 
        Interior.
            ``Director, Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Department 
        of the Interior.''.

SEC. 10408. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ENERGY SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Interior shall establish, 
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, an Outer Continental Shelf 
Energy Safety Advisory Board (referred to in this section as the 
``Board'')--
            (1) to provide the Secretary and the Directors established 
        by this title with independent scientific and technical advice 
        on safe, responsible, and timely mineral and renewable energy 
        exploration, development, and production activities; and
            (2) to review operations of the National Offshore Energy 
        Health and Safety Academy established under section 10403(d), 
        including submitting to the Secretary recommendations of 
        curriculum to ensure training scientific and technical 
        advancements.
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) Size.--The Board shall consist of not more than 11 
        members, who--
                    (A) shall be appointed by the Secretary based on 
                their expertise in oil and gas drilling, well design, 
                operations, well containment and oil spill response; 
                and
                    (B) must have significant scientific, engineering, 
                management, and other credentials and a history of 
                working in the field related to safe energy 
                exploration, development, and production activities.
            (2) Consultation and nominations.--The Secretary shall 
        consult with the National Academy of Sciences and the National 
        Academy of Engineering to identify potential candidates for the 
        Board and shall take nominations from the public.
            (3) Term.--The Secretary shall appoint Board members to 
        staggered terms of not more than 4 years, and shall not appoint 
        a member for more than 2 consecutive terms.
            (4) Balance.--In appointing members to the Board, the 
        Secretary shall ensure a balanced representation of industry 
        and research interests.
    (c) Chair.--The Secretary shall appoint the Chair for the Board 
from among its members.
    (d) Meetings.--The Board shall meet not less than 3 times per year 
and shall host, at least once per year, a public forum to review and 
assess the overall energy safety performance of Outer Continental Shelf 
mineral and renewable energy resource activities.
    (e) Offshore Drilling Safety Assessments and Recommendations.--As 
part of its duties under this section, the Board shall, by not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section and every 5 
years thereafter, submit to the Secretary a report that--
            (1) assesses offshore oil and gas well control 
        technologies, practices, voluntary standards, and regulations 
        in the United States and elsewhere; and
            (2) as appropriate, recommends modifications to the 
        regulations issued under this title to ensure adequate 
        protection of safety and the environment, including 
        recommendations on how to reduce regulations and administrative 
        actions that are duplicative or unnecessary.
    (f) Reports.--Reports of the Board shall be submitted by the Board 
to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House or Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 
made available to the public in electronically accessible form.
    (g) Travel Expenses.--Members of the Board, other than full-time 
employees of the Federal Government, while attending meeting of the 
Board or while otherwise serving at the request of the Secretary or the 
Director while serving away from their homes or regular places of 
business, may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States 
Code, for individuals in the Government serving without pay.

SEC. 10409. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES.

    Section 22 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1348) is amended by adding at the end of the section the following:
    ``(g) Inspection Fees.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
        collect from the operators of facilities subject to inspection 
        under subsection (c) non-refundable fees for such inspections--
                    ``(A) at an aggregate level equal to the amount 
                necessary to offset the annual expenses of inspections 
                of outer Continental Shelf facilities (including mobile 
                offshore drilling units) by the Department of the 
                Interior; and
                    ``(B) using a schedule that reflects the 
                differences in complexity among the classes of 
                facilities to be inspected.
            ``(2) Ocean energy safety fund.--There is established in 
        the Treasury a fund, to be known as the `Ocean Energy 
        Enforcement Fund' (referred to in this subsection as the 
        `Fund'), into which shall be deposited all amounts collected as 
        fees under paragraph (1) and which shall be available as 
        provided under paragraph (3).
            ``(3) Availability of fees.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 3302 of 
                title 31, United States Code, all amounts deposited in 
                the Fund--
                            ``(i) shall be credited as offsetting 
                        collections;
                            ``(ii) shall be available for expenditure 
                        for purposes of carrying out inspections of 
                        outer Continental Shelf facilities (including 
                        mobile offshore drilling units) and the 
                        administration of the inspection program under 
                        this section;
                            ``(iii) shall be available only to the 
                        extent provided for in advance in an 
                        appropriations Act; and
                            ``(iv) shall remain available until 
                        expended.
                    ``(B) Use for field offices.--Not less than 75 
                percent of amounts in the Fund may be appropriated for 
                use only for the respective Department of the Interior 
                field offices where the amounts were originally 
                assessed as fees.
            ``(4) Initial fees.--Fees shall be established under this 
        subsection for the fiscal year in which this subsection takes 
        effect and the subsequent 10 years, and shall not be raised 
        without advise and consent of the Congress, except as 
        determined by the Secretary to be appropriate as an adjustment 
        equal to the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for 
        the month of June of the calendar year preceding the adjustment 
        exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the month of June of the 
        calendar year in which the claim was determined or last 
        adjusted.
            ``(5) Annual fees.--Annual fees shall be collected under 
        this subsection for facilities that are above the waterline, 
        excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start of the 
        fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2013 shall be--
                    ``(A) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but 
                with processing equipment or gathering lines;
                    ``(B) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 
                with any combination of active or inactive wells; and
                    ``(C) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 
                wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
                wells.
            ``(6) Fees for drilling rigs.--Fees for drilling rigs shall 
        be assessed under this subsection for all inspections completed 
        in fiscal years 2015 through 2024. Fees for fiscal year 2015 
        shall be--
                    ``(A) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
                water depths of 1,000 feet or more; and
                    ``(B) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 
                water depths of less than 1,000 feet.
            ``(7) Billing.--The Secretary shall bill designated 
        operators under paragraph (5) within 60 days after the date of 
        the inspection, with payment required within 30 days of 
        billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under 
        paragraph (6) within 30 days of the end of the month in which 
        the inspection occurred, with payment required within 30 days 
        after billing.
            ``(8) Sunset.--No fee may be collected under this 
        subsection for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2024.
            ``(9) Annual reports.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the 
                end of each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 
                2015, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
                Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
                Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
                Representatives a report on the operation of the Fund 
                during the fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Contents.--Each report shall include, for the 
                fiscal year covered by the report, the following:
                            ``(i) A statement of the amounts deposited 
                        into the Fund.
                            ``(ii) A description of the expenditures 
                        made from the Fund for the fiscal year, 
                        including the purpose of the expenditures and 
                        the additional hiring of personnel.
                            ``(iii) A statement of the balance 
                        remaining in the Fund at the end of the fiscal 
                        year.
                            ``(iv) An accounting of pace of permit 
                        approvals.
                            ``(v) If fee increases are proposed after 
                        the initial 10-year period referred to in 
                        paragraph (5), a proper accounting of the 
                        potential adverse economic impacts such fee 
                        increases will have on offshore economic 
                        activity and overall production, conducted by 
                        the Secretary.
                            ``(vi) Recommendations to increase the 
                        efficacy and efficiency of offshore 
                        inspections.
                            ``(vii) Any corrective actions levied upon 
                        offshore inspectors as a result of any form of 
                        misconduct.''.

SEC. 10410. PROHIBITION ON ACTION BASED ON NATIONAL OCEAN POLICY 
              DEVELOPED UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 13547.

    (a) Prohibition.--The Bureau of Ocean Energy and the Ocean Energy 
Safety Service may not develop, propose, finalize, administer, or 
implement, any limitation on activities under their jurisdiction as a 
result of the coastal and marine spatial planning component of the 
National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order No. 13547.
    (b) Report on Expenditures.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a report to the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate identifying all 
Federal expenditures in fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 by the 
Bureau of Ocean Energy and the Ocean Energy Safety Service and their 
predecessor agencies, by agency, account, and any pertinent 
subaccounts, for the development, administration, or implementation of 
the coastal and marine spatial planning component of the National Ocean 
Policy developed under Executive Order No. 13547, including staff time, 
travel, and other related expenses.

                 Subtitle E--United States Territories

SEC. 10501. APPLICATION OF OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS ACT WITH 
              RESPECT TO TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES.

    Section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (a), by inserting after ``control'' the 
        following: ``or lying within the United States exclusive 
        economic zone and the Continental Shelf adjacent to any 
        territory of the United States'';
            (2) in paragraph (p), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (q), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(r) The term `State' includes each territory of the United 
States.''.

                  Subtitle F--Miscellaneous Provisions

SEC. 10601. RULES REGARDING DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES UNDER GULF OF 
              MEXICO ENERGY SECURITY ACT OF 2006.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue rules to provide 
more clarity, certainty, and stability to the revenue streams 
contemplated by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 
U.S.C. 1331 note).
    (b) Contents.--The rules shall include clarification of the timing 
and methods of disbursements of funds under section 105(b)(2) of such 
Act.

SEC. 10602. AMOUNT OF DISTRIBUTED QUALIFIED OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
              REVENUES.

    Section 105(f)(1) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 
(title I of division C of Public Law 109-432; 43 U.S.C. 1331 note) 
shall be applied by substituting ``2024, and shall not exceed 
$999,999,999 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2055'' for ``2055''.

SEC. 10603. SOUTH ATLANTIC OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF PLANNING AREA 
              DEFINED.

    For the purposes of this Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), and any regulations or 5-year plan issued 
under that Act, the term ``South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf 
Planning Area'' means the area of the outer Continental Shelf (as 
defined in section 2 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1331)) that is located 
between the northern lateral seaward administrative boundary of the 
State of Virginia and the southernmost lateral seaward administrative 
boundary of the State of Georgia.

SEC. 10604. ENHANCING GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION FOR 
              AMERICA'S ENERGY FUTURE.

    Section 11 of the Outer Continental Shelf lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1340) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Enhancing Geological and Geophysical Information for 
America's Energy Future.--
            ``(1) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the 
        Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, shall facilitate and support 
        the practical study of geology and geophysics to better 
        understand the oil, gas, and other hydrocarbon potential in the 
        South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area by 
        entering into partnerships to conduct geological and 
        geophysical activities on the outer Continental Shelf.
            ``(2)(A) No later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
        of the Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works 
        Act of 2014, the Governors of the States of Georgia, South 
        Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia may each nominate for 
        participation in the partnerships--
                    ``(i) one institution of higher education located 
                within the Governor's State; and
                    ``(ii) one institution of higher education within 
                the Governor's State that is a historically black 
                college or university, as defined in section 631(a) of 
                the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1132(a)).
            ``(B) In making nominations, the Governors shall give 
        preference to those institutions of higher education that 
        demonstrate a vigorous rate of admission of veterans of the 
        Armed Forces of the United States.
            ``(3) The Secretary shall only select as a partner a 
        nominee that the Secretary determines demonstrates excellence 
        in geophysical sciences curriculum, engineering curriculum, or 
        information technology or other technical studies relating to 
        seismic research (including data processing).
            ``(4) Notwithstanding subsection (d), nominees selected as 
        partners by the Secretary may conduct geological and 
        geophysical activities under this section after filing a notice 
        with the Secretary 30-days prior to commencement of the 
        activity without any further authorization by the Secretary 
        except those activities that use solid or liquid explosives 
        shall require a permit. The Secretary may not charge any fee 
        for the provision of data or other information collected under 
        this authority, other than the cost of duplicating any data or 
        information provided. Nominees selected as partners under this 
        section shall provide to the Secretary any data or other 
        information collected under this subsection within 60 days 
        after completion of an initial analysis of the data or other 
        information collected, if so requested by the Secretary.
            ``(5) Data or other information produced as a result of 
        activities conducted by nominees selected as partners under 
        this subsection shall not be used or shared for commercial 
        purposes by the nominee, may not be produced for proprietary 
        use or sale, and shall be made available by the Secretary to 
        the public.
            ``(6) The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
        Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate reports 
        on the data or other information produced under the 
        partnerships under this section. Such reports shall be made no 
        less frequently than every 180 days following the conduct of 
        the first geological and geophysical activities under this 
        section.
            ``(7) In this subsection the term `geological and 
        geophysical activities' means any oil- or gas-related 
        investigation conducted on the outer Continental Shelf, 
        including geophysical surveys where magnetic, gravity, seismic, 
        or other systems are used to detect or imply the presence of 
        oil or gas.''.

                      Subtitle G--Judicial Review

SEC. 10701. TIME FOR FILING COMPLAINT.

    (a) In General.--Any cause of action that arises from a covered 
energy decision must be filed not later than the end of the 60-day 
period beginning on the date of the covered energy decision. Any cause 
of action not filed within this time period shall be barred.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a cause of action 
brought by a party to a covered energy lease.

SEC. 10702. DISTRICT COURT DEADLINE.

    (a) In General.--All proceedings that are subject to section 
10701--
            (1) shall be brought in the United States district court 
        for the district in which the Federal property for which a 
        covered energy lease is issued is located or the United States 
        District Court of the District of Columbia;
            (2) shall be resolved as expeditiously as possible, and in 
        any event not more than 180 days after such cause or claim is 
        filed; and
            (3) shall take precedence over all other pending matters 
        before the district court.
    (b) Failure To Comply With Deadline.--If an interlocutory or final 
judgment, decree, or order has not been issued by the district court by 
the deadline described under this section, the cause or claim shall be 
dismissed with prejudice and all rights relating to such cause or claim 
shall be terminated.

SEC. 10703. ABILITY TO SEEK APPELLATE REVIEW.

    An interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order of the 
district court in a proceeding that is subject to section 10701 may be 
reviewed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
Circuit. The D.C. Circuit shall resolve any such appeal as 
expeditiously as possible and, in any event, not more than 180 days 
after such interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order of the 
district court was issued.

SEC. 10704. LIMITATION ON SCOPE OF REVIEW AND RELIEF.

    (a) Administrative Findings and Conclusions.--In any judicial 
review of any Federal action under this subtitle, 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.
    (b) Limitation on Prospective Relief.--In any judicial review of 
any action, or failure to act, under this subtitle, 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.

SEC. 10705. LEGAL FEES.

    Any person filing a petition seeking judicial review of any action, 
or failure to act, under this subtitle 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.

SEC. 10706. EXCLUSION.

    This subtitle shall not apply with respect 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.

SEC. 10707. DEFINITIONS.

    In this subtitle, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Covered energy decision.--The term ``covered energy 
        decision'' means any action or decision by a Federal official 
        regarding the issuance of a covered energy lease.
            (2) Covered energy lease.--The term ``covered energy 
        lease'' means any lease under this title or under an oil and 
        gas leasing program under this title.

          TITLE II--ONSHORE FEDERAL LANDS AND ENERGY SECURITY

           Subtitle A--Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security

SEC. 21001. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Federal Lands Jobs and Energy 
Security Act''.

SEC. 21002. POLICIES REGARDING BUYING, BUILDING, AND WORKING FOR 
              AMERICA.

    (a) Congressional Intent.--It is the intent of the Congress that--
            (1) this subtitle will support a healthy and growing United 
        States domestic energy sector that, in turn, helps to 
        reinvigorate American manufacturing, transportation, and 
        service sectors by employing the vast talents of United States 
        workers to assist in the development of energy from domestic 
        sources;
            (2) to ensure a robust onshore energy production industry 
        and ensure that the benefits of development support local 
        communities, under this subtitle, the Secretary shall make 
        every effort to promote the development of onshore American 
        energy, and shall take into consideration the socioeconomic 
        impacts, infrastructure requirements, and fiscal stability for 
        local communities located within areas containing onshore 
        energy resources; and
            (3) the Congress will monitor the deployment of personnel 
        and material onshore to encourage the development of American 
        manufacturing to enable United States workers to benefit from 
        this subtitle through good jobs and careers, as well as the 
        establishment of important industrial facilities to support 
        expanded access to American resources.
    (b) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Interior shall when 
possible, and practicable, encourage the use of United States workers 
and equipment manufactured in the United States in all construction 
related to mineral resource development under this subtitle.

           CHAPTER 1--ONSHORE OIL AND GAS PERMIT STREAMLINING

SEC. 21101. SHORT TITLE.

    This chapter may be cited as the ``Streamlining Permitting of 
American Energy Act of 2014''.

     Subchapter A--Application for Permits to Drill Process Reform

SEC. 21111. PERMIT TO DRILL APPLICATION TIMELINE.

    Section 17(p)(2) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(p)(2)) 
is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Applications for permits to drill reform and 
        process.--
                    ``(A) Timeline.--The Secretary shall decide whether 
                to issue a permit to drill within 30 days after 
                receiving an application for the permit. The Secretary 
                may extend such period for up to 2 periods of 15 days 
                each, if the Secretary has given written notice of the 
                delay to the applicant. The notice shall be in the form 
                of a letter from the Secretary or a designee of the 
                Secretary, and shall include the names and titles of 
                the persons processing the application, the specific 
                reasons for the delay, and a specific date a final 
                decision on the application is expected.
                    ``(B) Notice of reasons for denial.--If the 
                application is denied, the Secretary shall provide the 
                applicant--
                            ``(i) in writing, clear and comprehensive 
                        reasons why the application was not accepted 
                        and detailed information concerning any 
                        deficiencies; and
                            ``(ii) an opportunity to remedy any 
                        deficiencies.
                    ``(C) Application deemed approved.--If the 
                Secretary has not made a decision on the application by 
                the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date the 
                application is received by the Secretary, the 
                application is deemed approved, except in cases in 
                which existing reviews under the National Environmental 
                Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) or 
                Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 
                are incomplete.
                    ``(D) Denial of permit.--If the Secretary decides 
                not to issue a permit to drill in accordance with 
                subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) provide to the applicant a 
                        description of the reasons for the denial of 
                        the permit;
                            ``(ii) allow the applicant to resubmit an 
                        application for a permit to drill during the 
                        10-day period beginning on the date the 
                        applicant receives the description of the 
                        denial from the Secretary; and
                            ``(iii) issue or deny any resubmitted 
                        application not later than 10 days after the 
                        date the application is submitted to the 
                        Secretary.
                    ``(E) Fee.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any 
                        other law, the Secretary shall collect a single 
                        $6,500 permit processing fee per application 
                        from each applicant at the time the final 
                        decision is made whether to issue a permit 
                        under subparagraph (A). This fee shall not 
                        apply to any resubmitted application.
                            ``(ii) Treatment of permit processing 
                        fee.--Of all fees collected under this 
                        paragraph, 50 percent shall be transferred to 
                        the field office where they are collected and 
                        used to process protests, leases, and permits 
                        under this Act subject to appropriation.''.

       Subchapter B--Administrative Protest Documentation Reform

SEC. 21121. ADMINISTRATIVE PROTEST DOCUMENTATION REFORM.

    Section 17(p) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(p)) is 
further amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Protest fee.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall collect a 
                $5,000 documentation fee to accompany each protest for 
                a lease, right of way, or application for permit to 
                drill.
                    ``(B) Treatment of fees.--Of all fees collected 
                under this paragraph, 50 percent shall remain in the 
                field office where they are collected and used to 
                process protests subject to appropriation.''.

                   Subchapter C--Permit Streamlining

SEC. 21131. MAKING PILOT OFFICES PERMANENT TO IMPROVE ENERGY PERMITTING 
              ON FEDERAL LANDS.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in 
this section as the ``Secretary'') shall establish a Federal Permit 
Streamlining Project (referred to in this section as the ``Project'') 
in every Bureau of Land Management field office with responsibility for 
permitting energy projects on Federal land.
    (b) Memorandum of Understanding.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a 
        memorandum of understanding for purposes of this section with--
                    (A) the Secretary of Agriculture;
                    (B) the Administrator of the Environmental 
                Protection Agency; and
                    (C) the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers.
            (2) State participation.--The Secretary may request that 
        the Governor of any State with energy projects on Federal lands 
        to be a signatory to the memorandum of understanding.
    (c) Designation of Qualified Staff.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        the signing of the memorandum of understanding under subsection 
        (b), all Federal signatory parties shall, if appropriate, 
        assign to each of the Bureau of Land Management field offices 
        an employee who has expertise in the regulatory issues relating 
        to the office in which the employee is employed, including, as 
        applicable, particular expertise in--
                    (A) the consultations and the preparation of 
                biological opinions under section 7 of the Endangered 
                Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536);
                    (B) permits under section 404 of Federal Water 
                Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344);
                    (C) regulatory matters under the Clean Air Act (42 
                U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
                    (D) planning under the National Forest Management 
                Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a et seq.); and
                    (E) the preparation of analyses under the National 
                Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
                seq.).
            (2) Duties.--Each employee assigned under paragraph (1) 
        shall--
                    (A) not later than 90 days after the date of 
                assignment, report to the Bureau of Land Management 
                Field Managers in the office to which the employee is 
                assigned;
                    (B) be responsible for all issues relating to the 
                energy projects that arise under the authorities of the 
                employee's home agency; and
                    (C) participate as part of the team of personnel 
                working on proposed energy projects, planning, and 
                environmental analyses on Federal lands.
    (d) Additional Personnel.--The Secretary shall assign to each 
Bureau of Land Management field office identified in subsection (a) any 
additional personnel that are necessary to ensure the effective 
approval and implementation of energy projects administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management field offices, including inspection and 
enforcement relating to energy development on Federal land, in 
accordance with the multiple use mandate of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
    (e) Funding.--Funding for the additional personnel shall come from 
the Department of the Interior reforms identified in sections 21111 and 
21121.
    (f) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section affects--
            (1) the operation of any Federal or State law; or
            (2) any delegation of authority made by the head of a 
        Federal agency whose employees are participating in the 
        Project.
    (g) Definition.--For purposes of this section the term ``energy 
projects'' includes oil, natural gas, and other energy projects as 
defined by the Secretary.

SEC. 21132. ADMINISTRATION OF CURRENT LAW.

    Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
not require a finding of extraordinary circumstances in administering 
section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15942).

                     Subchapter D--Judicial Review

SEC. 21141. DEFINITIONS.

    In this subchapter--
            (1) the term ``covered civil action'' means a civil action 
        containing a claim under section 702 of title 5, United States 
        Code, regarding agency action (as defined for the purposes of 
        that section) affecting a covered energy project on Federal 
        lands of the United States; and
            (2) the term ``covered energy project'' means the leasing 
        of Federal lands of the United States for the exploration, 
        development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, 
        natural gas, or any other source of energy, and any action 
        under such a lease, except that the term does not include any 
        disputes between the parties to a lease regarding the 
        obligations under such lease, including regarding any alleged 
        breach of the lease.

SEC. 21142. EXCLUSIVE VENUE FOR CERTAIN CIVIL ACTIONS RELATING TO 
              COVERED ENERGY PROJECTS.

    Venue for any covered civil action shall lie in the district court 
where the project or leases exist or are proposed.

SEC. 21143. TIMELY FILING.

    To ensure timely redress by the courts, a covered civil action must 
be filed no later than the end of the 90-day period beginning on the 
date of the final Federal agency action to which it relates.

SEC. 21144. EXPEDITION IN HEARING AND DETERMINING THE ACTION.

    The court shall endeavor to hear and determine any covered civil 
action as expeditiously as possible.

SEC. 21145. STANDARD OF REVIEW.

    In any judicial review of a covered civil action, administrative 
findings and conclusions relating to the challenged Federal action or 
decision shall be presumed to be correct, and the presumption may be 
rebutted only by the preponderance of the evidence contained in the 
administrative record.

SEC. 21146. LIMITATION ON INJUNCTION AND PROSPECTIVE RELIEF.

    In a covered civil action, the court shall not grant or approve any 
prospective relief unless the court finds that such relief is narrowly 
drawn, extends no further than necessary to correct the violation of a 
legal requirement, and is the least intrusive means necessary to 
correct that violation. In addition, courts shall limit the duration of 
preliminary injunctions to halt covered energy projects to no more than 
60 days, unless the court finds clear reasons to extend the injunction. 
In such cases of extensions, such extensions shall only be in 30-day 
increments and shall require action by the court to renew the 
injunction.

SEC. 21147. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEYS' FEES.

    Sections 504 of title 5, United States Code, and 2412 of title 28, 
United States Code, (together commonly called the Equal Access to 
Justice Act) do not apply to a covered civil action, nor shall any 
party in such a covered civil action receive payment from the Federal 
Government for their attorneys' fees, expenses, and other court costs.

SEC. 21148. LEGAL STANDING.

    Challengers filing appeals with the Department of the Interior 
Board of Land Appeals shall meet the same standing requirements as 
challengers before a United States district court.

         Subchapter E--Knowing America's Oil and Gas Resources

SEC. 21151. FUNDING OIL AND GAS RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall provide 
matching funding for joint projects with States to conduct oil and gas 
resource assessments on Federal lands with significant oil and gas 
potential.
    (b) Cost Sharing.--The Federal share of the cost of activities 
under this section shall not exceed 50 percent.
    (c) Resource Assessment.--Any resource assessment under this 
section shall be conducted by a State, in consultation with the United 
States Geological Survey.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section a total of 
$50,000,000 for fiscal years 2015 through 2018.

                CHAPTER 2--OIL AND GAS LEASING CERTAINTY

SEC. 21201. SHORT TITLE.

    This chapter may be cited as the ``Providing Leasing Certainty for 
American Energy Act of 2014''.

SEC. 21202. MINIMUM ACREAGE REQUIREMENT FOR ONSHORE LEASE SALES.

    In conducting lease sales as required by section 17(a) of the 
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(a)), each year the Secretary of the 
Interior shall perform the following:
            (1) The Secretary shall offer for sale no less than 25 
        percent of the annual nominated acreage not previously made 
        available for lease. Acreage offered for lease pursuant to this 
        paragraph shall not be subject to protest and shall be eligible 
        for categorical exclusions under section 390 of the Energy 
        Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15942), except that it shall not 
        be subject to the test of extraordinary circumstances.
            (2) In administering this section, the Secretary shall only 
        consider leasing of Federal lands that are available for 
        leasing at the time the lease sale occurs.

SEC. 21203. LEASING CERTAINTY.

    Section 17(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(a)) is 
amended by inserting ``(1)'' before ``All lands'', and by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(2)(A) The Secretary shall not withdraw any covered energy 
project issued under this Act without finding a violation of the terms 
of the lease by the lessee.
    ``(B) The Secretary shall not infringe upon lease rights under 
leases issued under this Act by indefinitely delaying issuance of 
project approvals, drilling and seismic permits, and rights of way for 
activities under such a lease.
    ``(C) No later than 18 months after an area is designated as open 
under the current land use plan the Secretary shall make available 
nominated areas for lease under the criteria in section 2.
    ``(D) Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary shall issue all 
leases sold no later than 60 days after the last payment is made.
    ``(E) The Secretary shall not cancel or withdraw any lease parcel 
after a competitive lease sale has occurred and a winning bidder has 
submitted the last payment for the parcel.
    ``(F) After the conclusion of the public comment period for a 
planned competitive lease sale, the Secretary shall not cancel, defer, 
or withdraw any lease parcel announced to be auctioned in the lease 
sale.
    ``(G) Not later than 60 days after a lease sale held under this 
Act, the Secretary shall adjudicate any lease protests filed following 
a lease sale. If after 60 days any protest is left unsettled, said 
protest is automatically denied and appeal rights of the protestor 
begin.
    ``(H) No additional lease stipulations may be added after the 
parcel is sold without consultation and agreement of the lessee, unless 
the Secretary deems such stipulations as emergency actions to conserve 
the resources of the United States.''.

SEC. 21204. LEASING CONSISTENCY.

    Federal land managers must follow existing resource management 
plans and continue to actively lease in areas designated as open when 
resource management plans are being amended or revised, until such time 
as a new record of decision is signed.

SEC. 21205. REDUCE REDUNDANT POLICIES.

    Bureau of Land Management Instruction Memorandum 2010-117 shall 
have no force or effect.

SEC. 21206. STREAMLINED CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.

    Section 31(e) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 188(e)) is 
amended in the matter following paragraph (4) by striking ``at least 
thirty days in advance of the reinstatement'' and inserting ``in an 
annual report''.

                          CHAPTER 3--OIL SHALE

SEC. 21301. SHORT TITLE.

    This chapter may be cited as the ``Protecting Investment in Oil 
Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource 
Security Act'' or the ``PIONEERS Act''.

SEC. 21302. EFFECTIVENESS OF OIL SHALE REGULATIONS, AMENDMENTS TO 
              RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS, AND RECORD OF DECISION.

    (a) Regulations.--Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to 
the contrary, the final regulations regarding oil shale management 
published by the Bureau of Land Management on November 18, 2008 (73 
Fed. Reg. 69,414) are deemed to satisfy all legal and procedural 
requirements under any law, including the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the Secretary of the 
Interior shall implement those regulations, including the oil shale 
leasing program authorized by the regulations, without any other 
administrative action necessary.
    (b) Amendments to Resource Management Plans and Record of 
Decision.--Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, 
the November 17, 2008 U.S. Bureau of Land Management Approved Resource 
Management Plan Amendments/Record of Decision for Oil Shale and Tar 
Sands Resources to Address Land Use Allocations in Colorado, Utah, and 
Wyoming and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement are 
deemed to satisfy all legal and procedural requirements under any law, 
including the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.), and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.), and the Secretary of the Interior shall implement the 
oil shale leasing program authorized by the regulations referred to in 
subsection (a) in those areas covered by the resource management plans 
amended by such amendments, and covered by such record of decision, 
without any other administrative action necessary.

SEC. 21303. OIL SHALE LEASING.

    (a) Additional Research and Development Lease Sales.--The Secretary 
of the Interior shall hold a lease sale within 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act offering an additional 10 parcels for lease 
for research, development, and demonstration of oil shale resources, 
under the terms offered in the solicitation of bids for such leases 
published on January 15, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 10).
    (b) Commercial Lease Sales.--No later than January 1, 2016, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall hold no less than 5 separate commercial 
lease sales in areas considered to have the most potential for oil 
shale development, as determined by the Secretary, in areas nominated 
through public comment. Each lease sale shall be for an area of not 
less than 25,000 acres, and in multiple lease blocs.

                  CHAPTER 4--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 21401. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to authorize the 
issuance of a lease under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
seq.) to any person designated for the imposition of sanctions pursuant 
to--
            (1) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note), 
        the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and 
        Divestiture Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.), the Iran 
        Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
        8701 et seq.), section 1245 of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a), or 
        the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 
        U.S.C. 8801 et seq.);
            (2) Executive Order No. 13622 (July 30, 2012), Executive 
        Order No. 13628 (October 9, 2012), or Executive Order No. 13645 
        (June 3, 2013);
            (3) Executive Order No. 13224 (September 23, 2001) or 
        Executive Order No. 13338 (May 11, 2004); or
            (4) the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty 
        Restoration Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note).

                Subtitle B--Planning for American Energy

SEC. 22001. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Planning for American Energy 
Act of 2014''.

SEC. 22002. 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 STRATEGIC FEDERAL ONSHORE ENERGY PRODUCTION 
              STRATEGY.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this 
        section referred to as `Secretary'), in consultation with the 
        Secretary of Agriculture with regard to lands administered by 
        the Forest Service, shall develop and publish every 4 years a 
        Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy. This 
        Strategy shall direct Federal land energy development and 
        department resource allocation in order to promote the energy 
        and national security of the United States in accordance with 
        Bureau of Land Management's mission of promoting the multiple 
        use of Federal lands as set forth in the Federal Land Policy 
        and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
            ``(2) In developing this Strategy, the Secretary shall 
        consult with the Administrator of the Energy Information 
        Administration on the projected energy demands of the United 
        States for the next 30-year period, and how energy derived from 
        Federal onshore lands can put the United States on a trajectory 
        to meet that demand during the next 4-year period. The 
        Secretary shall consider how Federal lands will contribute to 
        ensuring national energy security, with a goal for increasing 
        energy independence and production, during the next 4-year 
        period.
            ``(3) The Secretary shall determine a domestic strategic 
        production objective for the development of energy resources 
        from Federal onshore lands. Such objective shall be--
                    ``(A) the best estimate, based upon commercial and 
                scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic 
                production of oil and natural gas from the Federal 
                onshore mineral estate, with a focus on lands held by 
                the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service;
                    ``(B) the best estimate, based upon commercial and 
                scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic 
                coal production from Federal lands;
                    ``(C) the best estimate, based upon commercial and 
                scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic 
                production of strategic and critical energy minerals 
                from the Federal onshore mineral estate;
                    ``(D) the best estimate, based upon commercial and 
                scientific data, of the expected increase in megawatts 
                for electricity production from each of the following 
                sources: wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, and 
                geothermal energy produced on Federal lands 
                administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the 
                Forest Service;
                    ``(E) the best estimate, based upon commercial and 
                scientific data, of the expected increase in 
                unconventional energy production, such as oil shale;
                    ``(F) the best estimate, based upon commercial and 
                scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic 
                production of oil, natural gas, coal, and other 
                renewable sources from tribal lands for any federally 
                recognized Indian tribe that elects to participate in 
                facilitating energy production on its lands;
                    ``(G) the best estimate, based upon commercial and 
                scientific data, of the expected increase in production 
                of helium on Federal lands administered by the Bureau 
                of Land Management and the Forest Service; and
                    ``(H) the best estimate, based upon commercial and 
                scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic 
                production of geothermal, solar, wind, or other 
                renewable energy sources from `available lands' (as 
                such term is defined in section 203 of the Hawaiian 
                Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108 et seq.), and 
                including any other lands deemed by the Territory or 
                State of Hawaii, as the case may be, to be included 
                within that definition) that the agency or department 
                of the government of the State of Hawaii that is 
                responsible for the administration of such lands 
                selects to be used for such energy production.
            ``(4) The Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of 
        the Energy Information Administration regarding the methodology 
        used to arrive at its estimates for purposes of this section.
            ``(5) The Secretary has the authority to expand the energy 
        development plan to include other energy production technology 
        sources or advancements in energy on Federal lands.
            ``(6) The Secretary shall include in the Strategy a plan 
        for addressing new demands for transmission lines and pipelines 
        for distribution of oil and gas across Federal lands to ensure 
        that energy produced can be distributed to areas of need.
    ``(b) 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 under this section. The 
Secretary shall work in cooperation with any federally recognized 
Indian tribe that elects to participate in achieving its own strategic 
energy objectives designated under this subsection.
    ``(c) Execution of the Strategy.--The relevant Secretary shall have 
all necessary authority to make determinations regarding which 
additional lands will be made available in order to meet the production 
objectives established by strategies under this section. The Secretary 
shall also take all necessary actions to achieve these production 
objectives unless the President determines that it is not in the 
national security and economic interests of the United States to 
increase Federal domestic energy production and to further decrease 
dependence upon foreign sources of energy. In administering this 
section, the relevant Secretary shall only consider leasing Federal 
lands available for leasing at the time the lease sale occurs.
    ``(d) State, Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, Local Government, 
and Public Input.--In developing each strategy, the Secretary shall 
solicit the input of affected States, federally recognized Indian 
tribes, local governments, and the public.
    ``(e) Reporting.--The Secretary shall report annually to the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on the progress 
of meeting the production goals set forth in the strategy. The 
Secretary shall identify in the report projections for production and 
capacity installations and any problems with leasing, permitting, 
siting, or production that will prevent meeting the goal. In addition, 
the Secretary shall make suggestions to help meet any shortfalls in 
meeting the production goals.
    ``(f) Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.--Not later than 
12 months after the date of enactment of this section, in accordance 
with section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), the Secretary shall complete a programmatic 
environmental impact statement. This programmatic environmental impact 
statement will be deemed sufficient to comply with all requirements 
under that Act for all necessary resource management and land use plans 
associated with the implementation of the strategy.
    ``(g) Congressional Review.--At least 60 days prior to publishing a 
proposed strategy under this section, the Secretary shall submit it to 
the President and the Congress, together with any comments received 
from States, federally recognized Indian tribes, and local governments. 
Such submission shall indicate why any specific recommendation of a 
State, federally recognized Indian tribe, or local government was not 
accepted.
    ``(h) Strategic and Critical Energy Minerals Defined.--For purposes 
of this section, the term `strategic and critical energy minerals' 
means those that are necessary for the Nation's energy infrastructure 
including pipelines, refining capacity, electrical power generation and 
transmission, and renewable energy production and those that are 
necessary to support domestic manufacturing, including but not limited 
to, materials used in energy generation, production, and 
transportation.''.
    (b) First Quadrennial Strategy.--Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
submit to Congress the first Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy 
Production Strategy under the amendment made by subsection (a).

        Subtitle C--National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Access

SEC. 23001. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``National Petroleum Reserve 
Alaska Access Act''.

SEC. 23002. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REAFFIRMING NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE 
              NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska remains 
        explicitly designated, both in name and legal status, for 
        purposes of providing oil and natural gas resources to the 
        United States; and
            (2) accordingly, the national policy is to actively advance 
        oil and gas development within the Reserve by facilitating the 
        expeditious exploration, production, and transportation of oil 
        and natural gas from and through the Reserve.

SEC. 23003. NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA: LEASE SALES.

    Section 107(a) of the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 
1976 (42 U.S.C. 6506a(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct an expeditious 
program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the reserve in 
accordance with this Act. Such program shall include at least one lease 
sale annually in those areas of the reserve most likely to produce 
commercial quantities of oil and natural gas each year in the period 
2014 through 2024.''.

SEC. 23004. NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA: PLANNING AND 
              PERMITTING PIPELINE AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with other appropriate 
Federal agencies, shall facilitate and ensure permits, in a timely and 
environmentally responsible manner, for all surface development 
activities, including for the construction of pipelines and roads, 
necessary to--
            (1) develop and bring into production any areas within the 
        National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska that are subject to oil 
        and gas leases; and
            (2) transport oil and gas from and through the National 
        Petroleum Reserve in Alaska in the most direct manner possible 
        to existing transportation or processing infrastructure on the 
        North Slope of Alaska.
    (b) Timeline.--The Secretary shall ensure that any Federal 
permitting agency shall issue permits in accordance with the following 
timeline:
            (1) Permits for such construction for transportation of oil 
        and natural gas produced under existing Federal oil and gas 
        leases with respect to which the Secretary has issued a permit 
        to drill shall be approved within 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) Permits for such construction for transportation of oil 
        and natural gas produced under Federal oil and gas leases shall 
        be approved within 6 months after the submission to the 
        Secretary of a request for a permit to drill.
    (c) Plan.--To ensure timely future development of the Reserve, 
within 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a plan for approved 
rights-of-way for a plan for pipeline, road, and any other surface 
infrastructure that may be necessary infrastructure that will ensure 
that all leasable tracts in the Reserve are within 25 miles of an 
approved road and pipeline right-of-way that can serve future 
development of the Reserve.

SEC. 23005. ISSUANCE OF A NEW INTEGRATED ACTIVITY PLAN AND 
              ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.

    (a) Issuance of New Integrated Activity Plan.--The Secretary of the 
Interior shall, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, issue--
            (1) a new proposed integrated activity plan from among the 
        non-adopted alternatives in the National Petroleum Reserve 
        Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision issued by 
        the Secretary of the Interior and dated February 21, 2013; and
            (2) an environmental impact statement under section 
        102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
        U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) for issuance of oil and gas leases in the 
        National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to promote efficient and 
        maximum development of oil and natural gas resources of such 
        reserve.
    (b) Nullification of Existing Record of Decision, IAP, and EIS.--
Except as provided in subsection (a), the National Petroleum Reserve-
Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision issued by the 
Secretary of the Interior and dated February 21, 2013, including the 
integrated activity plan and environmental impact statement referred to 
in that record of decision, shall have no force or effect.

SEC. 23006. DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall issue regulations not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act that establish 
clear requirements to ensure that the Department of the Interior is 
supporting development of oil and gas leases in the National Petroleum 
Reserve-Alaska.

SEC. 23007. DEADLINES UNDER NEW PROPOSED INTEGRATED ACTIVITY PLAN.

    At a minimum, the new proposed integrated activity plan issued 
under section 23005(a)(1) shall--
            (1) require the Department of the Interior to respond 
        within 5 business days to a person who submits an application 
        for a permit for development of oil and natural gas leases in 
        the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska acknowledging receipt of 
        such application; and
            (2) establish a timeline for the processing of each such 
        application, that--
                    (A) specifies deadlines for decisions and actions 
                on permit applications; and
                    (B) provide that the period for issuing each permit 
                after submission of such an application shall not 
                exceed 60 days without the concurrence of the 
                applicant.

SEC. 23008. UPDATED RESOURCE ASSESSMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall complete a 
comprehensive assessment of all technically recoverable fossil fuel 
resources within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including 
all conventional and unconventional oil and natural gas.
    (b) Cooperation and Consultation.--The resource assessment required 
by subsection (a) shall be carried out by the United States Geological 
Survey in cooperation and consultation with the State of Alaska and the 
American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
    (c) Timing.--The resource assessment required by subsection (a) 
shall be completed within 24 months of the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
    (d) Funding.--The United States Geological Survey may, in carrying 
out the duties under this section, cooperatively use resources and 
funds provided by the State of Alaska.

                 Subtitle D--BLM Live Internet Auctions

SEC. 24001. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``BLM Live Internet Auctions 
Act''.

SEC. 24002. INTERNET-BASED ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASE SALES.

    (a) Authorization.--Section 17(b)(1) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 226(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), in the third sentence, by 
        inserting ``, except as provided in subparagraph (C)'' after 
        ``by oral bidding''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(C) In order to diversify and expand the Nation's onshore leasing 
program to ensure the best return to the Federal taxpayer, reduce 
fraud, and secure the leasing process, the Secretary may conduct 
onshore lease sales through Internet-based bidding methods. Each 
individual Internet-based lease sale shall conclude within 7 days.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the tenth Internet-based 
lease sale conducted under the amendment made by subsection (a), the 
Secretary of the Interior shall analyze the first 10 such lease sales 
and report to Congress the findings of the analysis. The report shall 
include--
            (1) estimates on increases or decreases in such lease 
        sales, compared to sales conducted by oral bidding, in--
                    (A) the number of bidders;
                    (B) the average amount of bid;
                    (C) the highest amount bid; and
                    (D) the lowest bid;
            (2) an estimate on the total cost or savings to the 
        Department of the Interior as a result of such sales, compared 
        to sales conducted by oral bidding; and
            (3) an evaluation of the demonstrated or expected 
        effectiveness of different structures for lease sales which may 
        provide an opportunity to better maximize bidder participation, 
        ensure the highest return to the Federal taxpayers, minimize 
        opportunities for fraud or collusion, and ensure the security 
        and integrity of the leasing process.

                   Subtitle E--Native American Energy

SEC. 25001. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Native American Energy Act''.

SEC. 25002. APPRAISALS.

    (a) Amendment.--Title XXVI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 2607. APPRAISAL REFORMS.

    ``(a) Options to Indian Tribes.--With respect to a transaction 
involving Indian land or the trust assets of an Indian tribe that 
requires the approval of the Secretary, any appraisal relating to fair 
market value required to be conducted under applicable law, regulation, 
or policy may be completed by--
            ``(1) the Secretary;
            ``(2) the affected Indian tribe; or
            ``(3) a certified, third-party appraiser pursuant to a 
        contract with the Indian tribe.
    ``(b) Time Limit on Secretarial Review and Action.--Not later than 
30 days after the date on which the Secretary receives an appraisal 
conducted by or for an Indian tribe pursuant to paragraphs (2) or (3) 
of subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) review the appraisal; and
            ``(2) provide to the Indian tribe a written notice of 
        approval or disapproval of the appraisal.
    ``(c) Failure of Secretary To Approve or Disapprove.--If, after 60 
days, the Secretary has failed to approve or disapprove any appraisal 
received, the appraisal shall be deemed approved.
    ``(d) Option to Indian Tribes To Waive Appraisal.--
            ``(1) An Indian tribe wishing to waive the requirements of 
        subsection (a), may do so after it has satisfied the 
        requirements of subsections (2) and (3) below.
            ``(2) An Indian tribe wishing to forego the necessity of a 
        waiver pursuant to this section must provide to the Secretary a 
        written resolution, statement, or other unambiguous indication 
        of tribal intent, duly approved by the governing body of the 
        Indian tribe.
            ``(3) The unambiguous indication of intent provided by the 
        Indian tribe to the Secretary under paragraph (2) must include 
        an express waiver by the Indian tribe of any claims for damages 
        it might have against the United States as a result of the lack 
        of an appraisal undertaken.
    ``(e) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the term 
`appraisal' includes appraisals and other estimates of value.
    ``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall develop regulations for 
implementing this section, including standards the Secretary shall use 
for approving or disapproving an appraisal.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents of the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13201 note) is amended by adding at the 
end of the items relating to title XXVI the following:

``Sec. 2607. Appraisal reforms.''.

SEC. 25003. STANDARDIZATION.

    As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall implement procedures to ensure that 
each agency within the Department of the Interior that is involved in 
the review, approval, and oversight of oil and gas activities on Indian 
lands shall use a uniform system of reference numbers and tracking 
systems for oil and gas wells.

SEC. 25004. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS OF MAJOR FEDERAL ACTIONS ON INDIAN 
              LANDS.

    Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332) is amended by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before the 
first sentence, and by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Review of Major Federal Actions on Indian Lands.--
            ``(1) In general.--For any major Federal action on Indian 
        lands of an Indian tribe requiring the preparation of a 
        statement under subsection (a)(2)(C), the statement shall only 
        be available for review and comment by the members of the 
        Indian tribe and by any other individual residing within the 
        affected area.
            ``(2) Regulations.--The Chairman of the Council on 
        Environmental Quality shall develop regulations to implement 
        this section, including descriptions of affected areas for 
        specific major Federal actions, in consultation with Indian 
        tribes.
            ``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection, each of the terms 
        `Indian land' and `Indian tribe' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 2601 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 
        U.S.C. 3501).
            ``(4) Clarification of authority.--Nothing in the Native 
        American Energy Act, except section 25006 of that Act, shall 
        give the Secretary any additional authority over energy 
        projects on Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act lands.''.

SEC. 25005. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    (a) Time for Filing Complaint.--Any energy related action must be 
filed not later than the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date 
of the final agency action. Any energy related action not filed within 
this time period shall be barred.
    (b) District Court Venue and Deadline.--All energy related 
actions--
            (1) shall be brought in the United States District Court 
        for the District of Columbia; and
            (2) shall be resolved as expeditiously as possible, and in 
        any event not more than 180 days after such cause of action is 
        filed.
    (c) Appellate Review.--An interlocutory order or final judgment, 
decree or order of the district court in an energy related action may 
be reviewed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
Circuit. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals shall resolve such appeal as 
expeditiously as possible, and in any event not more than 180 days 
after such interlocutory order or final judgment, decree or order of 
the district court was issued.
    (d) Limitation on Certain Payments.--Notwithstanding section 1304 
of title 31, United States Code, no award may be made under section 504 
of title 5, United States Code, or under section 2412 of title 28, 
United States Code, and no amounts may be obligated or expended from 
the Claims and Judgment Fund of the United States Treasury to pay any 
fees or other expenses under such sections, to any person or party in 
an energy related action.
    (e) Legal Fees.--In any energy related action in which the 
plaintiff does not ultimately prevail, the court shall award to the 
defendant (including any intervenor-defendants), other than the United 
States, fees and other expenses incurred by that party in connection 
with the energy related action, unless the court finds that the 
position of the plaintiff was substantially justified or that special 
circumstances make an award unjust. Whether or not the position of the 
plaintiff was substantially justified shall be determined on the basis 
of the administrative record, as a whole, which is made in the energy 
related action for which fees and other expenses are sought.
    (f) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the following 
definitions apply:
            (1) Agency action.--The term ``agency action'' has the same 
        meaning given such term in section 551 of title 5, United 
        States Code.
            (2) Indian land.--The term ``Indian Land'' has the same 
        meaning given such term in section 203(c)(3) of the Energy 
        Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58; 25 U.S.C. 3501), 
        including lands owned by Native Corporations under the Alaska 
        Native Claims Settlement Act (Public Law 92-203; 43 U.S.C. 
        1601).
            (3) Energy related action.--The term ``energy related 
        action'' means a cause of action that--
                    (A) is filed on or after the effective date of this 
                Act; and
                    (B) seeks judicial review of a final agency action 
                to issue a permit, license, or other form of agency 
                permission allowing:
                            (i) any person or entity to conduct 
                        activities on Indian Land, which activities 
                        involve the exploration, development, 
                        production or transportation of oil, gas, coal, 
                        shale gas, oil shale, geothermal resources, 
                        wind or solar resources, underground coal 
                        gasification, biomass, or the generation of 
                        electricity; or
                            (ii) any Indian Tribe, or any organization 
                        of two or more entities, at least one of which 
                        is an Indian tribe, to conduct activities 
                        involving the exploration, development, 
                        production or transportation of oil, gas, coal, 
                        shale gas, oil shale, geothermal resources, 
                        wind or solar resources, underground coal 
                        gasification, biomass, or the generation of 
                        electricity, regardless of where such 
                        activities are undertaken.
            (4) Ultimately prevail.--The phrase ``ultimately prevail'' 
        means, in a final enforceable judgment, the court rules in the 
        party's favor on at least one cause of action which is an 
        underlying rationale for the preliminary injunction, 
        administrative stay, or other relief requested by the party, 
        and does not include circumstances where the final agency 
        action is modified or amended by the issuing agency unless such 
        modification or amendment is required pursuant to a final 
        enforceable judgment of the court or a court-ordered consent 
        decree.

SEC. 25006. TRIBAL BIOMASS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    The Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 is amended by inserting 
after section 2 (25 U.S.C. 3115a) the following:

``SEC. 3. TRIBAL BIOMASS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    ``(a) In General.--For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, the 
Secretary shall enter into stewardship contracts or other agreements, 
other than agreements that are exclusively direct service contracts, 
with Indian tribes to carry out demonstration projects to promote 
biomass energy production (including biofuel, heat, and electricity 
generation) on Indian forest land and in nearby communities by 
providing reliable supplies of woody biomass from Federal land.
    ``(b) Definitions.--The definitions in section 2 shall apply to 
this section.
    ``(c) Demonstration Projects.--In each fiscal year for which 
projects are authorized, the Secretary shall enter into contracts or 
other agreements described in subsection (a) to carry out at least 4 
new demonstration projects that meet the eligibility criteria described 
in subsection (d).
    ``(d) Eligibility Criteria.--To be eligible to enter into a 
contract or other agreement under this subsection, an Indian tribe 
shall submit to the Secretary an application--
            ``(1) containing such information as the Secretary may 
        require; and
            ``(2) that includes a description of--
                    ``(A) the Indian forest land or rangeland under the 
                jurisdiction of the Indian tribe; and
                    ``(B) the demonstration project proposed to be 
                carried out by the Indian tribe.
    ``(e) Selection.--In evaluating the applications submitted under 
subsection (c), the Secretary--
            ``(1) shall take into consideration the factors set forth 
        in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2(e) of Public Law 108-
        278; and whether a proposed demonstration project would--
                    ``(A) increase the availability or reliability of 
                local or regional energy;
                    ``(B) enhance the economic development of the 
                Indian tribe;
                    ``(C) improve the connection of electric power 
                transmission facilities serving the Indian tribe with 
                other electric transmission facilities;
                    ``(D) improve the forest health or watersheds of 
                Federal land or Indian forest land or rangeland; or
                    ``(E) otherwise promote the use of woody biomass; 
                and
            ``(2) shall exclude from consideration any merchantable 
        logs that have been identified by the Secretary for commercial 
        sale.
    ``(f) Implementation.--The Secretary shall--
            ``(1) ensure that the criteria described in subsection (c) 
        are publicly available by not later than 120 days after the 
        date of enactment of this section; and
            ``(2) to the maximum extent practicable, consult with 
        Indian tribes and appropriate intertribal organizations likely 
        to be affected in developing the application and otherwise 
        carrying out this section.
    ``(g) Report.--Not later than September 20, 2015, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report that describes, with respect to the 
reporting period--
            ``(1) each individual tribal application received under 
        this section; and
            ``(2) each contract and agreement entered into pursuant to 
        this section.
    ``(h) Incorporation of Management Plans.--In carrying out a 
contract or agreement under this section, on receipt of a request from 
an Indian tribe, the Secretary shall incorporate into the contract or 
agreement, to the extent practicable, management plans (including 
forest management and integrated resource management plans) in effect 
on the Indian forest land or rangeland of the respective Indian tribe.
    ``(i) Term.--A stewardship contract or other agreement entered into 
under this section--
            ``(1) shall be for a term of not more than 20 years; and
            ``(2) may be renewed in accordance with this section for 
        not more than an additional 10 years.''.

SEC. 25007. TRIBAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS.

    Unless otherwise explicitly exempted by Federal law enacted after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, any activity conducted or 
resources harvested or produced pursuant to a tribal resource 
management plan or an integrated resource management plan approved by 
the Secretary of the Interior under the National Indian Forest 
Resources Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) or the American 
Indian Agricultural Resource Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), 
shall be considered a sustainable management practice for purposes of 
any Federal standard, benefit, or requirement that requires a 
demonstration of such sustainability.

SEC. 25008. LEASES OF RESTRICTED LANDS FOR THE NAVAJO NATION.

    Subsection (e)(1) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 
(25 U.S.C. 415(e)(1); commonly referred to as the ``Long-Term Leasing 
Act''), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``, except a lease for'' and inserting ``, 
        including leases for'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``25'' the first place 
        it appears and all that follows and inserting ``99 years;'';
            (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(C) in the case of a lease for the exploration, 
        development, or extraction of mineral resources, including 
        geothermal resources, 25 years, except that any such lease may 
        include an option to renew for one additional term not to 
        exceed 25 years.''.

SEC. 25009. NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN RULES.

    No rule promulgated by the Department of the Interior regarding 
hydraulic fracturing used in the development or production of oil or 
gas resources shall have any effect on any land held in trust or 
restricted status for the benefit of Indians except with the express 
consent of the beneficiary on whose behalf such land is held in trust 
or restricted status.

                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 30101. 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 
hiring and training efforts of the Department of the Interior's energy 
planning, permitting, and regulatory agencies.
    (b) Director.--
            (1) In general.--The Office shall be under the direction of 
        a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Employment and 
        Training, who shall report directly to the Assistant Secretary 
        for Energy, Lands and Minerals Management, and shall be fully 
        employed to carry out the functions of the Office.
            (2) Duties.--The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 
        Employment and Training shall perform the following functions:
                    (A) Develop and implement systems to track the 
                Department's hiring of trained skilled workers in the 
                energy permitting and inspection agencies.
                    (B) Design and recommend to the Secretary programs 
                and policies aimed at expanding the Department's hiring 
                of women, minorities, and veterans into the 
                Department's workforce dealing with energy permitting 
                and inspection programs. Such programs and policies 
                shall include--
                            (i) recruiting at historically black 
                        colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving 
                        institutions, women's colleges, and colleges 
                        that typically serve majority minority 
                        populations;
                            (ii) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs 
                        in urban communities;
                            (iii) placing employment advertisements in 
                        newspapers and magazines oriented toward 
                        minorities, veterans, and women;
                            (iv) partnering with organizations that are 
                        focused on developing opportunities for 
                        minorities, veterans, and women to be placed in 
                        Departmental internships, summer employment, 
                        and full-time positions relating to energy;
                            (v) where feasible, partnering with inner-
                        city high schools, girls' high schools, and 
                        high schools with majority minority populations 
                        to demonstrate career opportunities and the 
                        path to those opportunities available at the 
                        Department;
                            (vi) coordinating with the Department of 
                        Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense 
                        in the hiring of veterans; and
                            (vii) any other mass media communications 
                        that the Deputy Assistant Secretary determines 
                        necessary to advertise, promote, or educate 
                        about opportunities at the Department.
                    (C) Develop standards for--
                            (i) equal employment opportunity and the 
                        racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of the 
                        workforce and senior management of the 
                        Department; and
                            (ii) increased participation of minority-
                        owned, veteran-owned, and women-owned 
                        businesses in the programs and contracts with 
                        the Department.
                    (D) Review and propose for adoption the best 
                practices of entities regulated by the Department with 
                regards to hiring and diversity policies, and publish 
                those best practices for public review.
    (c) 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 minority contractors;
            (2) the successes achieved and challenges faced by the 
        Department in operating minority, veteran or service-disabled 
        veteran, and women outreach programs;
            (3) the challenges the Department may face in hiring 
        minority, veteran, and women employees and contracting with 
        veteran or service-disabled veteran, minority-owned, and women-
        owned businesses; and
            (4) any other information, findings, conclusions, and 
        recommendations for legislative or Department action, as the 
        Director determines appropriate.
    (d) 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, that 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 means a United States 
                citizen enrolled to a federally recognized tribe, or a 
                Native as defined under the Alaska Native Claims 
                Settlement Act.
            (3) NMSDC.--The term ``NMSDC'' means the National Minority 
        Supplier Development Council.
            (4) 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.
            (5) Service disabled veteran.--The term ``Service Disabled 
        Veteran'' must have a service-connected disability that has 
        been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs or 
        Department of Defense. The SDVOSBC must be small under the 
        North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 
        assigned to the procurement; the SDV must unconditionally own 
        51 percent of the SDVOSBC; the SDVO must control the management 
        and daily operations of the SDVOSBC; and the SDV must hold the 
        highest officer position in the SDVOSBC.
            (6) Veteran-owned business.--The term ``veteran-owned 
        business'' means a business that can verify through evidence 
        documentation that 51 percent or more is veteran-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 and honorably or service-connected 
        disability discharged from service.

  SUBDIVISION B--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION CONDUIT HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT 
                          EQUITY AND JOBS ACT

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This subdivision may be cited as the ``Bureau of Reclamation 
Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 9 of the Act entitled ``An Act authorizing construction of 
water conservation and utilization projects in the Great Plains and 
arid semiarid areas of the United States'', approved August 11, 1939 
(16 U.S.C. 590z-7; commonly known as the ``Water Conservation and 
Utilization Act''), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``In connection with'' and inserting ``(a) 
        In connection with''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized 
to enter into leases of power privileges for electric power generation 
in connection with any project constructed under this Act, and shall 
have authority in addition to and alternative to any authority in 
existing laws relating to particular projects, including small conduit 
hydropower development.
    ``(c) When entering into leases of power privileges under 
subsection (b), the Secretary shall use the processes applicable to 
such leases under section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 
(43 U.S.C. 485h(c)).
    ``(d) Lease of power privilege contracts shall be at such rates as, 
in the Secretary's judgment, will produce revenues at least sufficient 
to cover the appropriate share of the annual operation and maintenance 
cost of the project and such fixed charges, including interest, as the 
Secretary deems proper. Lease of power privilege contracts shall be for 
periods not to exceed 40 years.
    ``(e) No findings under section 3 shall be required for a lease 
under subsection (b).
    ``(f) All right, title, and interest to installed power facilities 
constructed by non-Federal entities pursuant to a lease of power 
privilege, and direct revenues derived therefrom, shall remain with the 
lessee unless otherwise required under subsection (g).
    ``(g) Notwithstanding section 8, lease revenues and fixed charges, 
if any, shall be covered into the Reclamation Fund to be credited to 
the project from which those revenues or charges were derived.
    ``(h) When carrying out this section, the Secretary shall first 
offer the lease of power privilege to an irrigation district or water 
users association operating the applicable transferred conduit, or to 
the irrigation district or water users association receiving water from 
the applicable reserved conduit. The Secretary shall determine a 
reasonable timeframe for the irrigation district or water users 
association to accept or reject a lease of power privilege offer. If 
the irrigation district or water users association elects not to accept 
a lease of power privilege offer under subsection (b), the Secretary 
shall offer the lease of power privilege to other parties using the 
processes applicable to such leases under section 9(c) of the 
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)).
    ``(i) The Bureau of Reclamation shall apply its categorical 
exclusion process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to small conduit hydropower development under 
this section, excluding siting of associated transmission facilities on 
Federal lands.
    ``(j) Nothing in this section shall obligate the Western Area Power 
Administration or the Bonneville Power Administration to purchase or 
market any of the power produced by the facilities covered under this 
section and none of the costs associated with production or delivery of 
such power shall be assigned to project purposes for inclusion in 
project rates.
    ``(k) Nothing in this section shall alter or impede the delivery 
and management of water by Bureau of Reclamation facilities, as water 
used for conduit hydropower generation shall be deemed incidental to 
use of water for the original project purposes. Lease of power 
privilege shall be made only when, in the judgment of the Secretary, 
the exercise of the lease will not be incompatible with the purposes of 
the project or division involved and shall not create any unmitigated 
financial or physical impacts to the project or division involved. The 
Secretary shall notify and consult with the irrigation district or 
legally organized water users association operating the transferred 
conduit in advance of offering the lease of power privilege and shall 
prescribe such terms and conditions necessary to adequately protect the 
planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and other 
interests of the United States and the project or division involved.
    ``(l) Nothing in this section shall alter or affect any agreements 
in effect on the date of the enactment of the Bureau of Reclamation 
Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act for the development 
of conduit hydropower projects or disposition of revenues.
    ``(m) In this section:
            ``(1) The term `conduit' means any Bureau of Reclamation 
        tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or similar 
        manmade water conveyance that is operated for the distribution 
        of water for agricultural, municipal, or industrial consumption 
        and not primarily for the generation of electricity.
            ``(2) The term `irrigation district' means any irrigation, 
        water conservation or conservancy, multi-county water 
        conservation or conservancy district, or any separate public 
        entity composed of two or more such districts and jointly 
        exercising powers of its member districts.
            ``(3) The term `reserved conduit' means any conduit that is 
        included in project works the care, operation, and maintenance 
        of which has been reserved by the Secretary, through the 
        Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation.
            ``(4) The term `transferred conduit' means any conduit that 
        is included in project works the care, operation, and 
        maintenance of which has been transferred to a legally 
        organized water users association or irrigation district.
            ``(5) The term `small conduit hydropower' means a facility 
        capable of producing 5 megawatts or less of electric 
        capacity.''.

       SUBDIVISION C--CENTRAL OREGON JOBS AND WATER SECURITY ACT

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This subdivision may be cited as the ``Central Oregon Jobs and 
Water Security Act''.

SEC. 2. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER; CROOKED, OREGON.

    Section 3(a)(72) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
1274(a)(72)) is amended as follows:
            (1) By striking ``15-mile'' and inserting ``14.75-mile''.
            (2) In subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by striking ``8-mile'' and all that follows 
                through ``Bowman Dam'' and inserting ``7.75-mile 
                segment from a point one-quarter mile downstream from 
                the toe of Bowman Dam''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following: ``The 
                developer for any hydropower development, including 
                turbines and appurtenant facilities, at Bowman Dam, in 
                consultation with the Bureau of Land Management, shall 
                analyze any impacts to the Outstandingly Remarkable 
                Values of the Wild and Scenic River that may be caused 
                by such development, including the future need to 
                undertake routine and emergency repairs, and shall 
                propose mitigation for any impacts as part of any 
                license application submitted to the Federal Energy 
                Regulatory Commission.''.

SEC. 3. CITY OF PRINEVILLE WATER SUPPLY.

    Section 4 of the Act of August 6, 1956 (70 Stat. 1058), (as amended 
by the Acts of September 14, 1959 (73 Stat. 554), and September 18, 
1964 (78 Stat. 954)) is further amended as follows:
            (1) By striking ``ten cubic feet'' the first place it 
        appears and inserting ``17 cubic feet''.
            (2) By striking ``during those months when there is no 
        other discharge therefrom, but this release may be reduced for 
        brief temporary periods by the Secretary whenever he may find 
        that release of the full ten cubic feet per second is harmful 
        to the primary purpose of the project''.
            (3) By adding at the end the following: ``Without further 
        action by the Secretary, and as determined necessary for any 
        given year by the City of Prineville, up to seven of the 17 
        cubic feet per second minimum release shall also serve as 
        mitigation for City of Prineville groundwater pumping, pursuant 
        to and in a manner consistent with Oregon State law, including 
        any shaping of the release of the up to seven cubic feet per 
        second to coincide with City of Prineville groundwater pumping 
        as may be required by the State of Oregon. As such, the 
        Secretary is authorized to make applications to the State of 
        Oregon in conjunction with the City to protect these supplies 
        instream. The City shall make payment to the Secretary for that 
        portion of the minimum release that actually serves as 
        mitigation pursuant to Oregon State law for the City in any 
        given year, with the payment for any given year equal to the 
        amount of mitigation in acre feet required to offset actual 
        City groundwater pumping for that year in accordance with 
        Reclamation `Water and Related Contract and Repayment 
        Principles and Requirements', Reclamation Manual Directives and 
        Standards PEC 05-01, dated 09/12/2006, and guided by `Economic 
        and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and 
        Related Land Resources Implementation Studies', dated March 10, 
        1983. The Secretary is authorized to contract exclusively with 
        the City for additional amounts in the future at the request of 
        the City.''.

SEC. 4. FIRST FILL PROTECTION.

    The Act of August 6, 1956 (70 Stat. 1058), as amended by the Acts 
of September 14, 1959 (73 Stat. 554), and September 18, 1964 (78 Stat. 
954), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``Sec. 6.  Other than the 17 cubic feet per second release provided 
for in section 4, and subject to compliance with the Army Corps of 
Engineers' flood curve requirements, the Secretary shall, on a `first 
fill' priority basis, store in and release from Prineville Reservoir, 
whether from carryover, infill, or a combination thereof, the 
following:
            ``(1) 68,273 acre feet of water annually to fulfill all 16 
        Bureau of Reclamation contracts existing as of January 1, 2011, 
        and up to 2,740 acre feet of water annually to supply the McKay 
        Creek lands as provided for in section 5 of this Act.
            ``(2) Not more than 10,000 acre feet of water annually, to 
        be made available to the North Unit Irrigation District 
        pursuant to a Temporary Water Service Contract, upon the 
        request of the North Unit Irrigation District, consistent with 
        the same terms and conditions as prior such contracts between 
        the District and the Bureau of Reclamation.
    ``Sec. 7.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, nothing in 
this Act--
            ``(1) modifies contractual rights that may exist between 
        contractors and the United States under Reclamation contracts;
            ``(2) amends or reopens contracts referred to in paragraph 
        (1); or
            ``(3) modifies any rights, obligations, or requirements 
        that may be provided or governed by Oregon State law.''.

SEC. 5. OCHOCO IRRIGATION DISTRICT.

    (a) Early Repayment.--Notwithstanding section 213 of the 
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390mm), any landowner within 
Ochoco Irrigation District in Oregon, may repay, at any time, the 
construction costs of the project facilities allocated to that 
landowner's lands within the district. Upon discharge, in full, of the 
obligation for repayment of the construction costs allocated to all 
lands the landowner owns in the district, those lands shall not be 
subject to the ownership and full-cost pricing limitations of the Act 
of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.), and Acts supplemental to and 
amendatory of that Act, including the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 
(43 U.S.C. 390aa et seq.).
    (b) Certification.--Upon the request of a landowner who has repaid, 
in full, the construction costs of the project facilities allocated to 
that landowner's lands owned within the district, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall provide the certification provided for in subsection 
(b)(1) of section 213 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 
390mm(b)(1)).
    (c) Contract Amendment.--On approval of the district directors and 
notwithstanding project authorizing legislation to the contrary, the 
district's reclamation contracts are modified, without further action 
by the Secretary of the Interior, to--
            (1) authorize the use of water for instream purposes, 
        including fish or wildlife purposes, in order for the district 
        to engage in, or take advantage of, conserved water projects 
        and temporary instream leasing as authorized by Oregon State 
        law;
            (2) include within the district boundary approximately 
        2,742 acres in the vicinity of McKay Creek, resulting in a 
        total of approximately 44,937 acres within the district 
        boundary;
            (3) classify as irrigable approximately 685 acres within 
        the approximately 2,742 acres of included lands in the vicinity 
        of McKay Creek, where the approximately 685 acres are 
        authorized to receive irrigation water pursuant to water rights 
        issued by the State of Oregon and have in the past received 
        water pursuant to such State water rights; and
            (4) provide the district with stored water from Prineville 
        Reservoir for purposes of supplying up to the approximately 685 
        acres of lands added within the district boundary and 
        classified as irrigable under paragraphs (2) and (3), with such 
        stored water to be supplied on an acre-per-acre basis 
        contingent on the transfer of existing appurtenant McKay Creek 
        water rights to instream use and the State's issuance of water 
        rights for the use of stored water.
    (d) Limitation.--Except as otherwise provided in subsections (a) 
and (c), nothing in this section shall be construed to--
            (1) modify contractual rights that may exist between the 
        district and the United States under the district's Reclamation 
        contracts;
            (2) amend or reopen the contracts referred to in paragraph 
        (1); or
            (3) modify any rights, obligations or relationships that 
        may exist between the district and its landowners as may be 
        provided or governed by Oregon State law.

SUBDIVISION D--STATE AUTHORITY FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING REGULATION; EPA 
                     HYDRAULIC FRACTURING RESEARCH

      TITLE I--STATE AUTHORITY FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING REGULATION

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Protecting States' Rights to 
Promote American Energy Security Act''.

SEC. 102. STATE AUTHORITY FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING REGULATION.

    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. STATE AUTHORITY FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING REGULATION.

    ``(a) In General.--The Department of the Interior shall not enforce 
any Federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding 
hydraulic fracturing, or any component of that process, relating to 
oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on or under any land in 
any State that has regulations, guidance, or permit requirements for 
that activity.
    ``(b) State Authority.--The Department of the Interior shall 
recognize and defer to State regulations, permitting, and guidance, for 
all activities related to hydraulic fracturing, or any component of 
that process, relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities 
on Federal land.
    ``(c) Transparency of State Regulations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State shall submit to the Bureau of 
        Land Management a copy of its regulations that apply to 
        hydraulic fracturing operations on Federal land.
            ``(2) Availability.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
        make available to the public State regulations submitted under 
        this subsection.
    ``(d) Transparency of State Disclosure Requirements.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State shall submit to the Bureau of 
        Land Management a copy of any regulations of the State that 
        require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing 
        operations on Federal land.
            ``(2) Availability.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
        make available to the public State regulations submitted under 
        this subsection.
    ``(e) Hydraulic Fracturing Defined.--In this section the term 
`hydraulic fracturing' means the process by which fracturing fluids (or 
a fracturing fluid system) are pumped into an underground geologic 
formation at a calculated, predetermined rate and pressure to generate 
fractures or cracks in the target formation and thereby increase the 
permeability of the rock near the wellbore and improve production of 
natural gas or oil.''.

SEC. 103. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY.

    (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study examining the economic benefits of domestic shale oil 
and gas production resulting from the process of hydraulic fracturing. 
This study will include identification of--
            (1) State and Federal revenue generated as a result of 
        shale gas production;
            (2) jobs created both directly and indirectly as a result 
        of shale oil and gas production; and
            (3) an estimate of potential energy prices without domestic 
        shale oil and gas production.
    (b) Report.--The Comptroller General shall submit a report on the 
findings of such study to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives within 30 days after completion of the study.

SEC. 104. TRIBAL AUTHORITY ON TRUST LAND.

    The Department of the Interior shall not enforce any Federal 
regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding the process of 
hydraulic fracturing (as that term is defined in section 44 of the 
Mineral Leasing Act, as amended by section 102 of this Act), or any 
component of that process, relating to oil, gas, or geothermal 
production activities on any land held in trust or restricted status 
for the benefit of Indians except with the express consent of the 
beneficiary on whose behalf such land is held in trust or restricted 
status.

              TITLE II--EPA HYDRAULIC FRACTURING RESEARCH

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 202. EPA HYDRAULIC FRACTURING RESEARCH.

    In conducting its study of the potential impacts of hydraulic 
fracturing on drinking water resources, with respect to which a request 
for information was issued under Federal Register Vol. 77, No. 218, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall adhere to 
the following requirements:
            (1) Peer review and information quality.--Prior to issuance 
        and dissemination of any final report or any interim report 
        summarizing the Environmental Protection Agency's research on 
        the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and drinking 
        water, the Administrator shall--
                    (A) consider such reports to be Highly Influential 
                Scientific Assessments and require peer review of such 
                reports in accordance with guidelines governing such 
                assessments, as described in--
                            (i) the Environmental Protection Agency's 
                        Peer Review Handbook 3rd Edition;
                            (ii) the Environmental Protection Agency's 
                        Scientific Integrity Policy, as in effect on 
                        the date of enactment of this Act; and
                            (iii) the Office of Management and Budget's 
                        Peer Review Bulletin, as in effect on the date 
                        of enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) require such reports to meet the standards and 
                procedures for the dissemination of influential 
                scientific, financial, or statistical information set 
                forth in the Environmental Protection Agency's 
                Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, 
                Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information 
                Disseminated by the Environmental Protection Agency, 
                developed in response to guidelines issued by the 
                Office of Management and Budget under section 515(a) of 
                the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act 
                for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-554).
            (2) Probability, uncertainty, and consequence.--In order to 
        maximize the quality and utility of information developed 
        through the study, the Administrator shall ensure that 
        identification of the possible impacts of hydraulic fracturing 
        on drinking water resources included in such reports be 
        accompanied by objective estimates of the probability, 
        uncertainty, and consequence of each identified impact, taking 
        into account the risk management practices of States and 
        industry. Estimates or descriptions of probability, 
        uncertainty, and consequence shall be as quantitative as 
        possible given the validity, accuracy, precision, and other 
        quality attributes of the underlying data and analyses, but no 
        more quantitative than the data and analyses can support.
            (3) Release of final report.--The final report shall be 
        publicly released by September 30, 2016.

                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. REVIEW OF STATE ACTIVITIES.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall annually review and report to 
Congress on all State activities relating to hydraulic fracturing.

 SUBDIVISION E--PREVENTING GOVERNMENT WASTE AND PROTECTING COAL MINING 
                            JOBS IN AMERICA

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This subdivision may be cited as the ``Preventing Government Waste 
and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America''.

SEC. 2. INCORPORATION OF SURFACE MINING STREAM BUFFER ZONE RULE INTO 
              STATE PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 503 of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1253) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(e) Stream Buffer Zone Management.--
            ``(1) In general.--In addition to the requirements under 
        subsection (a), each State program shall incorporate the 
        necessary rule regarding excess spoil, coal mine waste, and 
        buffers for perennial and intermittent streams published by the 
        Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement on 
        December 12, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 75813 et seq.) which complies 
        with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
        seq.) in view of the 2006 discussions between the Director of 
        the Office of Surface Mining and the Director of the United 
        States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Office of Surface 
        Mining Reclamation and Enforcement's consideration and review 
        of comments submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife 
        Service during the rulemaking process in 2007.
            ``(2) Study of implementation.--The Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) at such time as the Secretary determines all 
                States referred to in subsection (a) have fully 
                incorporated the necessary rule referred to in 
                paragraph (1) of this subsection into their State 
                programs, publish notice of such determination;
                    ``(B) during the 5-year period beginning on the 
                date of such publication, assess the effectiveness of 
                implementation of such rule by such States;
                    ``(C) carry out all required consultation on the 
                benefits and other impacts of the implementation of the 
                rule to any threatened species or endangered species, 
                with the participation of the United States Fish and 
                Wildlife Service and the United States Geological 
                Survey; and
                    ``(D) upon the conclusion of such period, submit a 
                comprehensive report on the impacts of such rule to the 
                Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                Resources of the Senate, including--
                            ``(i) an evaluation of the effectiveness of 
                        such rule;
                            ``(ii) an evaluation of any ways in which 
                        the existing rule inhibits energy production; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) a description in detail of any 
                        proposed changes that should be made to the 
                        rule, the justification for such changes, all 
                        comments on such changes received by the 
                        Secretary from such States, and the projected 
                        costs and benefits of such changes.
            ``(3) Limitation on new regulations.--The Secretary may not 
        issue any regulations under this Act relating to stream buffer 
        zones or stream protection before the date of the publication 
        of the report under paragraph (2), other than a rule necessary 
        to implement paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Deadline for State Implementation.--Not later than 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, a State with a State 
program approved under section 503 of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1253) shall submit to the Secretary 
of the Interior amendments to such program pursuant to part 732 of 
title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, incorporating the necessary rule 
referred to in subsection (e)(1) of such section, as amended by this 
section.

                         DIVISION C--JUDICIARY

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This division may be cited as the ``Responsibly And Professionally 
Invigorating Development Act of 2014'' or as the ``RAPID Act''.

SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF AGENCY ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS FOR EFFICIENT 
              DECISIONMAKING.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 5 of part 1 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after subchapter II the following:

    ``SUBCHAPTER IIA--INTERAGENCY COORDINATION REGARDING PERMITTING

``Sec. 560. Coordination of agency administrative operations for 
              efficient decisionmaking
    ``(a) Congressional Declaration of Purpose.--The purpose of this 
subchapter is to establish a framework and procedures to streamline, 
increase the efficiency of, and enhance coordination of agency 
administration of the regulatory review, environmental decisionmaking, 
and permitting process for projects undertaken, reviewed, or funded by 
Federal agencies. This subchapter will ensure that agencies administer 
the regulatory process in a manner that is efficient so that citizens 
are not burdened with regulatory excuses and time delays.
    ``(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this subchapter, the term--
            ``(1) `agency' means any agency, department, or other unit 
        of Federal, State, local, or Indian tribal government;
            ``(2) `category of projects' means 2 or more projects 
        related by project type, potential environmental impacts, 
        geographic location, or another similar project feature or 
        characteristic;
            ``(3) `environmental assessment' means a concise public 
        document for which a Federal agency is responsible that serves 
        to--
                    ``(A) briefly provide sufficient evidence and 
                analysis for determining whether to prepare an 
                environmental impact statement or a finding of no 
                significant impact;
                    ``(B) aid an agency's compliance with NEPA when no 
                environmental impact statement is necessary; and
                    ``(C) facilitate preparation of an environmental 
                impact statement when one is necessary;
            ``(4) `environmental impact statement' means the detailed 
        statement of significant environmental impacts required to be 
        prepared under NEPA;
            ``(5) `environmental review' means the Federal agency 
        procedures for preparing an environmental impact statement, 
        environmental assessment, categorical exclusion, or other 
        document under NEPA;
            ``(6) `environmental decisionmaking process' means the 
        Federal agency procedures for undertaking and completion of any 
        environmental permit, decision, approval, review, or study 
        under any Federal law other than NEPA for a project subject to 
        an environmental review;
            ``(7) `environmental document' means an environmental 
        assessment or environmental impact statement, and includes any 
        supplemental document or document prepared pursuant to a court 
        order;
            ``(8) `finding of no significant impact' means a document 
        by a Federal agency briefly presenting the reasons why a 
        project, not otherwise subject to a categorical exclusion, will 
        not have a significant effect on the human environment and for 
        which an environmental impact statement therefore will not be 
        prepared;
            ``(9) `lead agency' means the Federal agency preparing or 
        responsible for preparing the environmental document;
            ``(10) `NEPA' means the National Environmental Policy Act 
        of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
            ``(11) `project' means major Federal actions that are 
        construction activities undertaken with Federal funds or that 
        are construction activities that require approval by a permit 
        or regulatory decision issued by a Federal agency;
            ``(12) `project sponsor' means the agency or other entity, 
        including any private or public-private entity, that seeks 
        approval for a project or is otherwise responsible for 
        undertaking a project; and
            ``(13) `record of decision' means a document prepared by a 
        lead agency under NEPA following an environmental impact 
        statement that states the lead agency's decision, identifies 
        the alternatives considered by the agency in reaching its 
        decision and states whether all practicable means to avoid or 
        minimize environmental harm from the alternative selected have 
        been adopted, and if not, why they were not adopted.
    ``(c) Preparation of Environmental Documents.--Upon the request of 
the lead agency, the project sponsor shall be authorized to prepare any 
document for purposes of an environmental review required in support of 
any project or approval by the lead agency if the lead agency furnishes 
oversight in such preparation and independently evaluates such document 
and the document is approved and adopted by the lead agency prior to 
taking any action or making any approval based on such document.
    ``(d) Adoption and Use of Documents.--
            ``(1) Documents prepared under nepa.--
                    ``(A) Not more than 1 environmental impact 
                statement and 1 environmental assessment shall be 
                prepared under NEPA for a project (except for 
                supplemental environmental documents prepared under 
                NEPA or environmental documents prepared pursuant to a 
                court order), and, except as otherwise provided by law, 
                the lead agency shall prepare the environmental impact 
                statement or environmental assessment. After the lead 
                agency issues a record of decision, no Federal agency 
                responsible for making any approval for that project 
                may rely on a document other than the environmental 
                document prepared by the lead agency.
                    ``(B) Upon the request of a project sponsor, a lead 
                agency may adopt, use, or rely upon secondary and 
                cumulative impact analyses included in any 
                environmental document prepared under NEPA for projects 
                in the same geographic area where the secondary and 
                cumulative impact analyses provide information and data 
                that pertains to the NEPA decision for the project 
                under review.
            ``(2) State environmental documents; supplemental 
        documents.--
                    ``(A) Upon the request of a project sponsor, a lead 
                agency may adopt a document that has been prepared for 
                a project under State laws and procedures as the 
                environmental impact statement or environmental 
                assessment for the project, provided that the State 
                laws and procedures under which the document was 
                prepared provide environmental protection and 
                opportunities for public involvement that are 
                substantially equivalent to NEPA.
                    ``(B) An environmental document adopted under 
                subparagraph (A) is deemed to satisfy the lead agency's 
                obligation under NEPA to prepare an environmental 
                impact statement or environmental assessment.
                    ``(C) In the case of a document described in 
                subparagraph (A), during the period after preparation 
                of the document but before its adoption by the lead 
                agency, the lead agency shall prepare and publish a 
                supplement to that document if the lead agency 
                determines that--
                            ``(i) a significant change has been made to 
                        the project that is relevant for purposes of 
                        environmental review of the project; or
                            ``(ii) there have been significant changes 
                        in circumstances or availability of information 
                        relevant to the environmental review for the 
                        project.
                    ``(D) If the agency prepares and publishes a 
                supplemental document under subparagraph (C), the lead 
                agency may solicit comments from agencies and the 
                public on the supplemental document for a period of not 
                more than 45 days beginning on the date of the 
                publication of the supplement.
                    ``(E) A lead agency shall issue its record of 
                decision or finding of no significant impact, as 
                appropriate, based upon the document adopted under 
                subparagraph (A), and any supplements thereto.
            ``(3) Contemporaneous projects.--If the lead agency 
        determines that there is a reasonable likelihood that the 
        project will have similar environmental impacts as a similar 
        project in geographical proximity to the project, and that 
        similar project was subject to environmental review or similar 
        State procedures within the 5-year period immediately preceding 
        the date that the lead agency makes that determination, the 
        lead agency may adopt the environmental document that resulted 
        from that environmental review or similar State procedure. The 
        lead agency may adopt such an environmental document, if it is 
        prepared under State laws and procedures only upon making a 
        favorable determination on such environmental document pursuant 
        to paragraph (2)(A).
    ``(e) Participating Agencies.--
            ``(1) In general.--The lead agency shall be responsible for 
        inviting and designating participating agencies in accordance 
        with this subsection. The lead agency shall provide the 
        invitation or notice of the designation in writing.
            ``(2) Federal participating agencies.--Any Federal agency 
        that is required to adopt the environmental document of the 
        lead agency for a project shall be designated as a 
        participating agency and shall collaborate on the preparation 
        of the environmental document, unless the Federal agency 
        informs the lead agency, in writing, by a time specified by the 
        lead agency in the designation of the Federal agency that the 
        Federal agency--
                    ``(A) has no jurisdiction or authority with respect 
                to the project;
                    ``(B) has no expertise or information relevant to 
                the project; and
                    ``(C) does not intend to submit comments on the 
                project.
            ``(3) Invitation.--The lead agency shall identify, as early 
        as practicable in the environmental review for a project, any 
        agencies other than an agency described in paragraph (2) that 
        may have an interest in the project, including, where 
        appropriate, Governors of affected States, and heads of 
        appropriate tribal and local (including county) governments, 
        and shall invite such identified agencies and officials to 
        become participating agencies in the environmental review for 
        the project. The invitation shall set a deadline of 30 days for 
        responses to be submitted, which may only be extended by the 
        lead agency for good cause shown. Any agency that fails to 
        respond prior to the deadline shall be deemed to have declined 
        the invitation.
            ``(4) Effect of declining participating agency 
        invitation.--Any agency that declines a designation or 
        invitation by the lead agency to be a participating agency 
        shall be precluded from submitting comments on any document 
        prepared under NEPA for that project or taking any measures to 
        oppose, based on the environmental review, any permit, license, 
        or approval related to that project.
            ``(5) Effect of designation.--Designation as a 
        participating agency under this subsection does not imply that 
        the participating agency--
                    ``(A) supports a proposed project; or
                    ``(B) has any jurisdiction over, or special 
                expertise with respect to evaluation of, the project.
            ``(6) Cooperating agency.--A participating agency may also 
        be designated by a lead agency as a `cooperating agency' under 
        the regulations contained in part 1500 of title 40, Code of 
        Federal Regulations, as in effect on January 1, 2011. 
        Designation as a cooperating agency shall have no effect on 
        designation as participating agency. No agency that is not a 
        participating agency may be designated as a cooperating agency.
            ``(7) Concurrent reviews.--Each Federal agency shall--
                    ``(A) carry out obligations of the Federal agency 
                under other applicable law concurrently and in 
                conjunction with the review required under NEPA; and
                    ``(B) in accordance with the rules made by the 
                Council on Environmental Quality pursuant to subsection 
                (n)(1), make and carry out such rules, policies, and 
                procedures as may be reasonably necessary to enable the 
                agency to ensure completion of the environmental review 
                and environmental decisionmaking process in a timely, 
                coordinated, and environmentally responsible manner.
            ``(8) Comments.--Each participating agency shall limit its 
        comments on a project to areas that are within the authority 
        and expertise of such participating agency. Each participating 
        agency shall identify in such comments the statutory authority 
        of the participating agency pertaining to the subject matter of 
        its comments. The lead agency shall not act upon, respond to or 
        include in any document prepared under NEPA, any comment 
        submitted by a participating agency that concerns matters that 
        are outside of the authority and expertise of the commenting 
        participating agency.
    ``(f) Project Initiation Request.--
            ``(1) Notice.--A project sponsor shall provide the Federal 
        agency responsible for undertaking a project with notice of the 
        initiation of the project by providing a description of the 
        proposed project, the general location of the proposed project, 
        and a statement of any Federal approvals anticipated to be 
        necessary for the proposed project, for the purpose of 
        informing the Federal agency that the environmental review 
        should be initiated.
            ``(2) Lead agency initiation.--The agency receiving a 
        project initiation notice under paragraph (1) shall promptly 
        identify the lead agency for the project, and the lead agency 
        shall initiate the environmental review within a period of 45 
        days after receiving the notice required by paragraph (1) by 
        inviting or designating agencies to become participating 
        agencies, or, where the lead agency determines that no 
        participating agencies are required for the project, by taking 
        such other actions that are reasonable and necessary to 
        initiate the environmental review.
    ``(g) Alternatives Analysis.--
            ``(1) Participation.--As early as practicable during the 
        environmental review, but no later than during scoping for a 
        project requiring the preparation of an environmental impact 
        statement, the lead agency shall provide an opportunity for 
        involvement by cooperating agencies in determining the range of 
        alternatives to be considered for a project.
            ``(2) Range of alternatives.--Following participation under 
        paragraph (1), the lead agency shall determine the range of 
        alternatives for consideration in any document which the lead 
        agency is responsible for preparing for the project, subject to 
        the following limitations:
                    ``(A) No evaluation of certain alternatives.--No 
                Federal agency shall evaluate any alternative that was 
                identified but not carried forward for detailed 
                evaluation in an environmental document or evaluated 
                and not selected in any environmental document prepared 
                under NEPA for the same project.
                    ``(B) Only feasible alternatives evaluated.--Where 
                a project is being constructed, managed, funded, or 
                undertaken by a project sponsor that is not a Federal 
                agency, Federal agencies shall only be required to 
                evaluate alternatives that the project sponsor could 
                feasibly undertake, consistent with the purpose of and 
                the need for the project, including alternatives that 
                can be undertaken by the project sponsor and that are 
                technically and economically feasible.
            ``(3) Methodologies.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The lead agency shall determine, 
                in collaboration with cooperating agencies at 
                appropriate times during the environmental review, the 
                methodologies to be used and the level of detail 
                required in the analysis of each alternative for a 
                project. The lead agency shall include in the 
                environmental document a description of the 
                methodologies used and how the methodologies were 
                selected.
                    ``(B) No evaluation of inappropriate 
                alternatives.--When a lead agency determines that an 
                alternative does not meet the purpose and need for a 
                project, that alternative is not required to be 
                evaluated in detail in an environmental document.
            ``(4) Preferred alternative.--At the discretion of the lead 
        agency, the preferred alternative for a project, after being 
        identified, may be developed to a higher level of detail than 
        other alternatives in order to facilitate the development of 
        mitigation measures or concurrent compliance with other 
        applicable laws if the lead agency determines that the 
        development of such higher level of detail will not prevent the 
        lead agency from making an impartial decision as to whether to 
        accept another alternative which is being considered in the 
        environmental review.
            ``(5) Employment analysis.--The evaluation of each 
        alternative in an environmental impact statement or an 
        environmental assessment shall identify the potential effects 
        of the alternative on employment, including potential short-
        term and long-term employment increases and reductions and 
        shifts in employment.
    ``(h) Coordination and Scheduling.--
            ``(1) Coordination plan.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The lead agency shall establish 
                and implement a plan for coordinating public and agency 
                participation in and comment on the environmental 
                review for a project or category of projects to 
                facilitate the expeditious resolution of the 
                environmental review.
                    ``(B) Schedule.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The lead agency shall 
                        establish as part of the coordination plan for 
                        a project, after consultation with each 
                        participating agency and, where applicable, the 
                        project sponsor, a schedule for completion of 
                        the environmental review. The schedule shall 
                        include deadlines, consistent with subsection 
                        (i), for decisions under any other Federal laws 
                        (including the issuance or denial of a permit 
                        or license) relating to the project that is 
                        covered by the schedule.
                            ``(ii) Factors for consideration.--In 
                        establishing the schedule, the lead agency 
                        shall consider factors such as--
                                    ``(I) the responsibilities of 
                                participating agencies under applicable 
                                laws;
                                    ``(II) resources available to the 
                                participating agencies;
                                    ``(III) overall size and complexity 
                                of the project;
                                    ``(IV) overall schedule for and 
                                cost of the project;
                                    ``(V) the sensitivity of the 
                                natural and historic resources that 
                                could be affected by the project; and
                                    ``(VI) the extent to which similar 
                                projects in geographic proximity were 
                                recently subject to environmental 
                                review or similar State procedures.
                            ``(iii) Compliance with the schedule.--
                                    ``(I) All participating agencies 
                                shall comply with the time periods 
                                established in the schedule or with any 
                                modified time periods, where the lead 
                                agency modifies the schedule pursuant 
                                to subparagraph (D).
                                    ``(II) The lead agency shall 
                                disregard and shall not respond to or 
                                include in any document prepared under 
                                NEPA, any comment or information 
                                submitted or any finding made by a 
                                participating agency that is outside of 
                                the time period established in the 
                                schedule or modification pursuant to 
                                subparagraph (D) for that agency's 
                                comment, submission or finding.
                                    ``(III) If a participating agency 
                                fails to object in writing to a lead 
                                agency decision, finding or request for 
                                concurrence within the time period 
                                established under law or by the lead 
                                agency, the agency shall be deemed to 
                                have concurred in the decision, finding 
                                or request.
                    ``(C) Consistency with other time periods.--A 
                schedule under subparagraph (B) shall be consistent 
                with any other relevant time periods established under 
                Federal law.
                    ``(D) Modification.--The lead agency may--
                            ``(i) lengthen a schedule established under 
                        subparagraph (B) for good cause; and
                            ``(ii) shorten a schedule only with the 
                        concurrence of the cooperating agencies.
                    ``(E) Dissemination.--A copy of a schedule under 
                subparagraph (B), and of any modifications to the 
                schedule, shall be--
                            ``(i) provided within 15 days of completion 
                        or modification of such schedule to all 
                        participating agencies and to the project 
                        sponsor; and
                            ``(ii) made available to the public.
                    ``(F) Roles and responsibility of lead agency.--
                With respect to the environmental review for any 
                project, the lead agency shall have authority and 
                responsibility to take such actions as are necessary 
                and proper, within the authority of the lead agency, to 
                facilitate the expeditious resolution of the 
                environmental review for the project.
    ``(i) Deadlines.--The following deadlines shall apply to any 
project subject to review under NEPA and any decision under any Federal 
law relating to such project (including the issuance or denial of a 
permit or license or any required finding):
            ``(1) Environmental review deadlines.--The lead agency 
        shall complete the environmental review within the following 
        deadlines:
                    ``(A) Environmental impact statement projects.--For 
                projects requiring preparation of an environmental 
                impact statement--
                            ``(i) the lead agency shall issue an 
                        environmental impact statement within 2 years 
                        after the earlier of the date the lead agency 
                        receives the project initiation request or a 
                        Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental 
                        Impact Statement is published in the Federal 
                        Register; and
                            ``(ii) in circumstances where the lead 
                        agency has prepared an environmental assessment 
                        and determined that an environmental impact 
                        statement will be required, the lead agency 
                        shall issue the environmental impact statement 
                        within 2 years after the date of publication of 
                        the Notice of Intent to Prepare an 
                        Environmental Impact Statement in the Federal 
                        Register.
                    ``(B) Environmental assessment projects.--For 
                projects requiring preparation of an environmental 
                assessment, the lead agency shall issue a finding of no 
                significant impact or publish a Notice of Intent to 
                Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement in the 
                Federal Register within 1 year after the earlier of the 
                date the lead agency receives the project initiation 
                request, makes a decision to prepare an environmental 
                assessment, or sends out participating agency 
                invitations.
            ``(2) Extensions.--
                    ``(A) Requirements.--The environmental review 
                deadlines may be extended only if--
                            ``(i) a different deadline is established 
                        by agreement of the lead agency, the project 
                        sponsor, and all participating agencies; or
                            ``(ii) the deadline is extended by the lead 
                        agency for good cause.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--The environmental review shall 
                not be extended by more than 1 year for a project 
                requiring preparation of an environmental impact 
                statement or by more than 180 days for a project 
                requiring preparation of an environmental assessment.
            ``(3) Environmental review comments.--
                    ``(A) Comments on draft environmental impact 
                statement.--For comments by agencies and the public on 
                a draft environmental impact statement, the lead agency 
                shall establish a comment period of not more than 60 
                days after publication in the Federal Register of 
                notice of the date of public availability of such 
                document, unless--
                            ``(i) a different deadline is established 
                        by agreement of the lead agency, the project 
                        sponsor, and all participating agencies; or
                            ``(ii) the deadline is extended by the lead 
                        agency for good cause.
                    ``(B) Other comments.--For all other comment 
                periods for agency or public comments in the 
                environmental review process, the lead agency shall 
                establish a comment period of no more than 30 days from 
                availability of the materials on which comment is 
                requested, unless--
                            ``(i) a different deadline is established 
                        by agreement of the lead agency, the project 
                        sponsor, and all participating agencies; or
                            ``(ii) the deadline is extended by the lead 
                        agency for good cause.
            ``(4) Deadlines for decisions under other laws.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any case in 
        which a decision under any other Federal law relating to the 
        undertaking of a project being reviewed under NEPA (including 
        the issuance or denial of a permit or license) is required to 
        be made, the following deadlines shall apply:
                    ``(A) Decisions prior to record of decision or 
                finding of no significant impact.--If a Federal agency 
                is required to approve, or otherwise to act upon, a 
                permit, license, or other similar application for 
                approval related to a project prior to the record of 
                decision or finding of no significant impact, such 
                Federal agency shall approve or otherwise act not later 
                than the end of a 90-day period beginning--
                            ``(i) after all other relevant agency 
                        review related to the project is complete; and
                            ``(ii) after the lead agency publishes a 
                        notice of the availability of the final 
                        environmental impact statement or issuance of 
                        other final environmental documents, or no 
                        later than such other date that is otherwise 
                        required by law, whichever event occurs first.
                    ``(B) Other decisions.--With regard to any approval 
                or other action related to a project by a Federal 
                agency that is not subject to subparagraph (A), each 
                Federal agency shall approve or otherwise act not later 
                than the end of a period of 180 days beginning--
                            ``(i) after all other relevant agency 
                        review related to the project is complete; and
                            ``(ii) after the lead agency issues the 
                        record of decision or finding of no significant 
                        impact, unless a different deadline is 
                        established by agreement of the Federal agency, 
                        lead agency, and the project sponsor, where 
                        applicable, or the deadline is extended by the 
                        Federal agency for good cause, provided that 
                        such extension shall not extend beyond a period 
                        that is 1 year after the lead agency issues the 
                        record of decision or finding of no significant 
                        impact.
                    ``(C) Failure to act.--In the event that any 
                Federal agency fails to approve, or otherwise to act 
                upon, a permit, license, or other similar application 
                for approval related to a project within the applicable 
                deadline described in subparagraph (A) or (B), the 
                permit, license, or other similar application shall be 
                deemed approved by such agency and the agency shall 
                take action in accordance with such approval within 30 
                days of the applicable deadline described in 
                subparagraph (A) or (B).
                    ``(D) Final agency action.--Any approval under 
                subparagraph (C) is deemed to be final agency action, 
                and may not be reversed by any agency. In any action 
                under chapter 7 seeking review of such a final agency 
                action, the court may not set aside such agency action 
                by reason of that agency action having occurred under 
                this paragraph.
    ``(j) Issue Identification and Resolution.--
            ``(1) Cooperation.--The lead agency and the participating 
        agencies shall work cooperatively in accordance with this 
        section to identify and resolve issues that could delay 
        completion of the environmental review or could result in 
        denial of any approvals required for the project under 
        applicable laws.
            ``(2) Lead agency responsibilities.--The lead agency shall 
        make information available to the participating agencies as 
        early as practicable in the environmental review regarding the 
        environmental, historic, and socioeconomic resources located 
        within the project area and the general locations of the 
        alternatives under consideration. Such information may be based 
        on existing data sources, including geographic information 
        systems mapping.
            ``(3) Participating agency responsibilities.--Based on 
        information received from the lead agency, participating 
        agencies shall identify, as early as practicable, any issues of 
        concern regarding the project's potential environmental, 
        historic, or socioeconomic impacts. In this paragraph, issues 
        of concern include any issues that could substantially delay or 
        prevent an agency from granting a permit or other approval that 
        is needed for the project.
            ``(4) Issue resolution.--
                    ``(A) Meeting of participating agencies.--At any 
                time upon request of a project sponsor, the lead agency 
                shall promptly convene a meeting with the relevant 
                participating agencies and the project sponsor, to 
                resolve issues that could delay completion of the 
                environmental review or could result in denial of any 
                approvals required for the project under applicable 
                laws.
                    ``(B) Notice that resolution cannot be achieved.--
                If a resolution cannot be achieved within 30 days 
                following such a meeting and a determination by the 
                lead agency that all information necessary to resolve 
                the issue has been obtained, the lead agency shall 
                notify the heads of all participating agencies, the 
                project sponsor, and the Council on Environmental 
                Quality for further proceedings in accordance with 
                section 204 of NEPA, and shall publish such 
                notification in the Federal Register.
    ``(k) Limitation on Use of Social Cost of Carbon.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of any environmental review 
        or environmental decisionmaking process, a lead agency may not 
        use the social cost of carbon.
            ``(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `social 
        cost of carbon' means the social cost of carbon as described in 
        the technical support document entitled `Technical Support 
        Document: Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for 
        Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order No. 12866', 
        published by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of 
        Carbon, United States Government, in May 2013, revised in 
        November 2013, or any successor thereto or substantially 
        related document, or any other estimate of the monetized 
        damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon 
        dioxide emissions in a given year.
    ``(l) Report to Congress.--The head of each Federal agency shall 
report annually to Congress--
            ``(1) the projects for which the agency initiated 
        preparation of an environmental impact statement or 
        environmental assessment;
            ``(2) the projects for which the agency issued a record of 
        decision or finding of no significant impact and the length of 
        time it took the agency to complete the environmental review 
        for each such project;
            ``(3) the filing of any lawsuits against the agency seeking 
        judicial review of a permit, license, or approval issued by the 
        agency for an action subject to NEPA, including the date the 
        complaint was filed, the court in which the complaint was 
        filed, and a summary of the claims for which judicial review 
        was sought; and
            ``(4) the resolution of any lawsuits against the agency 
        that sought judicial review of a permit, license, or approval 
        issued by the agency for an action subject to NEPA.
    ``(m) Limitations on Claims.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, a claim arising under Federal law seeking judicial review 
        of a permit, license, or approval issued by a Federal agency 
        for an action subject to NEPA shall be barred unless--
                    ``(A) in the case of a claim pertaining to a 
                project for which an environmental review was conducted 
                and an opportunity for comment was provided, the claim 
                is filed by a party that submitted a comment during the 
                environmental review on the issue on which the party 
                seeks judicial review, and such comment was 
                sufficiently detailed to put the lead agency on notice 
                of the issue upon which the party seeks judicial 
                review; and
                    ``(B) filed within 180 days after publication of a 
                notice in the Federal Register announcing that the 
                permit, license, or approval is final pursuant to the 
                law under which the agency action is taken, unless a 
                shorter time is specified in the Federal law pursuant 
                to which judicial review is allowed.
            ``(2) New information.--The preparation of a supplemental 
        environmental impact statement, when required, is deemed a 
        separate final agency action and the deadline for filing a 
        claim for judicial review of such action shall be 180 days 
        after the date of publication of a notice in the Federal 
        Register announcing the record of decision for such action. Any 
        claim challenging agency action on the basis of information in 
        a supplemental environmental impact statement shall be limited 
        to challenges on the basis of that information.
            ``(3) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
        shall be construed to create a right to judicial review or 
        place any limit on filing a claim that a person has violated 
        the terms of a permit, license, or approval.
    ``(n) Categories of Projects.--The authorities granted under this 
subchapter may be exercised for an individual project or a category of 
projects.
    ``(o) Effective Date.--The requirements of this subchapter shall 
apply only to environmental reviews and environmental decisionmaking 
processes initiated after the date of enactment of this subchapter. In 
the case of a project for which an environmental review or 
environmental decisionmaking process was initiated prior to the date of 
enactment of this subchapter, the provisions of subsection (i) shall 
apply, except that, notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, in determining a deadline under such subsection, any 
applicable period of time shall be calculated as beginning from the 
date of enactment of this subchapter.
    ``(p) Applicability.--Except as provided in subsection (p), this 
subchapter applies, according to the provisions thereof, to all 
projects for which a Federal agency is required to undertake an 
environmental review or make a decision under an environmental law for 
a project for which a Federal agency is undertaking an environmental 
review.
    ``(q) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section shall be construed 
to supersede, amend, or modify sections 134, 135, 139, 325, 326, and 
327 of title 23, sections 5303 and 5304 of title 49, or subtitle C of 
title I of division A of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st 
Century Act and the amendments made by such subtitle (Public Law 112-
141).''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 5 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the items 
relating to subchapter II the following:

    ``subchapter iia--interagency coordination regarding permitting

``560. Coordination of agency administrative operations for efficient 
                            decisionmaking.''.
    (c) Regulations.--
            (1) Council on environmental quality.--Not later than 180 
        days after the date of enactment of this division, the Council 
        on Environmental Quality shall amend the regulations contained 
        in part 1500 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to 
        implement the provisions of this division and the amendments 
        made by this division, and shall by rule designate States with 
        laws and procedures that satisfy the criteria under section 
        560(d)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Federal agencies.--Not later than 120 days after the 
        date that the Council on Environmental Quality amends the 
        regulations contained in part 1500 of title 40, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, to implement the provisions of this division and 
        the amendments made by this division, each Federal agency with 
        regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act 
        of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) shall amend such regulations 
        to implement the provisions of this division.
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