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American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act - Division A: Energy and Commerce - Title I: Modernizing Infrastructure - Subtitle A: Northern Route Approval - Northern Route Approval Act - (Sec. 103) Declares that a presidential permit shall not 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, including 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. Deems the final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on January 31, 2014, coupled with such Final Evaluation Report, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and of the National Historic Preservation Act. (Sec. 104) Grants original and exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to determine specified issues (except for review by the Supreme Court on writ of certiorari). (Sec. 105) Deems the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary in this subtitle) to have issued a written statement setting forth the Secretary's opinion that 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. States that any taking of the American burying beetle that is incidental to the construction or operation and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline shall not be considered a prohibited taking of such species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. (Sec. 106) Deems the Secretary to have issued a grant of right-of-way and temporary use permit pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. (Sec. 107) Requires the Secretary of the Army, within 90 days after receipt of an application, to issue certain permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899 which are necessary for pipeline construction, operation, and maintenance described in the May 4, 2012, application, as supplemented by the Nebraska reroute. Deems such a permit issued on the 91st day if the Secretary has not issued them within 90 days after receipt of a permit application. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to waive any procedural requirement of law or regulation considered desirable to waive in order to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from prohibiting or restricting any activity or use of an area authorized under this Act. (Sec. 108) Deems the Secretary of the Interior to have issued a special purpose permit under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 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) Requires a pipeline owner or operator required under federal law to develop an oil spill response plan for the Keystone XL pipeline to make available to the governor of each state in which the pipeline operates. Requires a plan update to be submitted to the governor within seven days after it is made.

Subtitle B: Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform - Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act - (Sec. 122) Amends the Natural Gas Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve or deny a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a prefiled project within 12 months after receiving a complete application that is ready to be processed. Defines "prefiled project" as 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 FERC pursuant to a prefiling process established by FERC for the purpose of facilitating the formal application process for obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity. Requires the agency responsible for issuing any federal license, permit, or approval regarding the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a project for which a certificate is sought to approve or deny issuance of the certificate within 90 days after FERC issues its final environmental document regarding the project. Requires FERC to grant an agency request for a 30-day extension of the 90-day time period if the agency demonstrates that it cannot otherwise complete the process required to approve or deny the license, permit, or approval, and therefore will be compelled to deny it. Authorizes FERC, in granting such an extension, to offer technical assistance to the agency in order to address conditions preventing completion of the application review. Declares that, if the agency fails to approve or deny issuance of a permit, license, or approval within the prescribed time-frame, the license, permit, or approval shall take effect upon expiration of 30 days after the period's end. Directs FERC to incorporate into the terms of a license, permit, or approval any conditions proffered by the agency that FERC does not find to be inconsistent with the final environmental document. Subtitle C: North American Energy Infrastructure - North American Energy Infrastructure Act - (Sec. 133) Prohibits any person from constructing, connecting, operating, or maintaining a cross-border segment of an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric transmission facility at the national boundary of the United States for the import or export of oil, natural gas, or electricity to or from Canada or Mexico without obtaining a certificate of crossing under this Act. Requires the Secretary of State, with respect to oil pipelines, or the Secretary of Energy (DOE), with respect to electric transmission facilities, to issue a certificate of crossing for the cross-border segment within 120 days after final action is taken under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), unless it is not in U.S. public interest. Directs DOE, as a condition of issuing a certificate, to require that the cross-border segment be constructed, connected, operated, or maintained consistent with the policies and standards of: (1) the Electric Reliability Organization and the applicable regional entity, and (2) any Regional Transmission Organization or Independent System Operator with operational or functional control over the segment. Exempts from such requirement any construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of a cross-border segment if: (1) it is operating for import, export, or electrical transmission upon the date of enactment of this Act; (2) the relevant permit or certificate of crossing has previously been issued under this Act; or (3) an permit application is pending on the date of enactment of this Act, until it is denied or July 1, 2016, whichever occurs first. Retains: (1) the requirement to obtain approval or authorization under the Natural Gas Act for the siting, construction, or operation of any facility to import or export natural gas; and (2) certain authority of the President under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). (Sec. 134) Amends the Natural Gas Act to declare that no order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is required for the export or import of natural gas to or from Canada or Mexico. (Sec. 135) Amends the Federal Power Act to repeal the requirement that the transmission of electric energy to a foreign country necessitates prior authorization by FERC. (Sec. 136) Declares that no presidential permit shall be necessary for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric transmission facility, including any cross-border segment. (Sec. 137) Declares that no certificate of crossing or permit shall be required for a modification to the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric transmission facility that: (1) operates 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 this Act; (2) for which a permit 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. Title II: Maintaining Diverse Electricity Generation and Affordability - Subtitle A: Energy Consumers Relief - Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2014 - (Sec. 202) Prohibits the Administrator from promulgating any such final rule if the Secretary determines that such rule will cause significant adverse effects to the economy. (Sec. 203) Requires the EPA Administrator, before promulgating as final such a rule, to report to Congress: (1) an estimate of the total costs and benefits of the rule, (2) an estimate of the increases in energy prices that may result from implementation or enforcement of the rule, and (3) a detailed description of the employment effects that may also result. Requires the DOE Secretary: (1) to prepare an independent analysis to determine whether the rule will cause any increase in energy prices for consumers, any impact on fuel diversity of the nation's electricity generation portfolio or on electric reliability, or any adverse effect on energy supply, distribution, or use; and (2), upon making such a determination, to determine whether the rule will cause significant adverse effects to the economy. (Sec. 205) Prohibits the Administrator from using the social cost of carbon in any cost-benefit analysis relating to an energy-related rule estimated to cost more than $1 billion unless and until a federal law is enacted authorizing such use. Subtitle B: Electricity Security and Affordability - Electricity Security and Affordability Act - (Sec. 212) Prohibits the EPA Administrator from issuing, implementing, or enforcing any proposed or final rule under the Clean Air Act that establishes a performance standard for greenhouse gas emissions from any new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless the rule meets specified requirements of this Act. Requires the Administrator to separate sources fueled with coal and natural gas into separate categories. Prohibits the Administrator, however, from setting a standard based on the best system of emission reduction for new sources within a fossil-fuel category unless it has been achieved on average for at least one continuous 12-month period (excluding planned outages) by each of at least 6 units within the category. Requires each such unit to: (1) be located at a different electric generating station in the United States, (2) be representative of the operating characteristics of electric generation at its location, and (3) be operated for the entire 12-month period on a full commercial basis. Prohibits the use of any results obtained from a demonstration project in setting the standard. Requires the Administrator, in separating sources fueled with coal into a separate category, to 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 (BTUs) per pound. Prohibits the Administrator, in issuing any rule establishing performance standards for greenhouse gas emissions from new sources in such subcategory, from setting a standard based on the best system of emission reduction unless the 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 that meets the unit requirements specified by this Act for the coal category. Prohibits this Act from being construed to preclude the issuance, implementation, or enforcement of a standard of performance that: (1) is based on the use of 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 this Act. (Sec. 213) Precludes from taking effect, unless a federal law is enacted specifying an effective date, any EPA rule or guideline that: (1) establishes any performance standard for greenhouse gas emissions from a modified or reconstructed source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit, or (2) applies to greenhouse gas emissions from such an existing source. Requires, in order for the rule or guidelines to take effect, that the Administrator submit a report that contains: (1) the text of the rule or guidelines; (2) the economic impacts of such rule or guidelines, including potential effects on electricity ratepayers, on economic growth, competitiveness, and jobs in the United States and on required capital investments and projected costs for operation and maintenance of new equipment required to be installed; and (3) the amount of greenhouse gas emissions projected to be reduced as compared to overall global greenhouse gas emissions. Requires the Administrator, in carrying out such reporting requirements, to consult with the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, the Comptroller General (GAO), the Director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology. (Sec. 214) Nullifies specified proposed rules (or similar successor proposed or final rules) for Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units that are issued before enactment of this Act, including proposed rules targeting specified: (1) Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources; and (2) Carbon Pollution Standards for Modified and Reconstructed Stationary Sources. Includes any successor proposed or final rules applicable to any existing, modified, or reconstructed source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit. Subtitle C: Report on Energy and Water Savings Potential From Thermal Insulation -(Sec. 221) Instructs the DOE Secretary to report to certain congressional committees 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. Title III: Unleashing Energy Diplomacy - Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act - (Sec. 302) Directs DOE to issue a decision on an application for authorization to export natural gas within 30 days after the later of: (1) the conclusion of the review to site, construct, expand, or operate the liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities required by NEPA; or (2) the date of enactment of this Act. Deems any NEPA review to be concluded: (1) 30 days after publication of a required Environmental Impact Statement if the project needs one; (2) 30 days after publication by DOE of a Finding of No Significant Impact if the project needs an Environmental Assessment; and (3) upon a determination by the lead agency that an application is eligible for a categorical exclusion pursuant to regulations under NEPA. (A "categorical exclusion" under NEPA is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a federal agency in implementing environmental regulations and for which, therefore, neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required.) Confers original and exclusive jurisdiction upon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the export facility under an application will be located over any civil action for the review of: (1) a DOE order regarding the application, or (2) DOE failure to issue a final decision on the application. Requires the Court, if it finds in a civil action that DOE has failed to issue a final decision on an application, to order DOE to issue one within 30 days. Requires the Court to set any civil action brought under this Act on the docket, for expedited consideration, as soon as practical after the filing date of the initial pleading. (Sec. 303) Amends the Natural Gas Act to set, as a condition for approval of any authorization to export LNG, that the DOE Secretary require the applicant to disclose publicly the specific destination or destinations of any such authorized LNG exports. Division B: Natural Resources Committee - Subdivision A: Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014 - 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) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary in this division) to implement a leasing program that includes at least 50% of the available unleased acreage within each outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning area considered to have the largest undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources, with an emphasis on offering the most geologically prospective parts of the planning area. (Sec. 10102) Directs the Secretary, in developing a five-year oil and gas leasing program, to determine a domestic strategic production goal, meeting specified criteria, for the development of oil and natural gas. Sets the production goal as an increase by 2032 of: (1) at least 3 million barrels of oil produced per day, and (2) at least 10 billion cubic feet of natural gas produced per day. (Sec. 10103) Requires the Secretary to: (1) submit to Congress a new proposed oil and gas leasing program for the five-year period beginning on July 15, 2015, and ending July 15, 2021, and (2) approve a final oil and gas leasing program by July 15, 2016. (Sec. 10104) Prohibits any construction of this Act as authorizing the issuance of a lease under the OCSLA to any person designated for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to:

 the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996; the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestiture Act of 2010; the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012; the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012; the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012; Executive Orders 13622, 13628, or 13645 (Iran sanctions); Executive Order 13224 (transactions with those who commit or support terrorism); Executive Order 13338 (Syria sanctions); or the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003. (Sec. 10105) Authorizes the Secretary to add more areas to an approved leasing program if all review and documents required under NEPA have been completed with respect to leasing of each such additional area within the preceding five years. Subtitle B: Directing the President to Conduct New OCS Sales - (Sec. 10201) Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 220 within one year after enactment of this Act, and (2) make replacement lease blocks acceptable for oil and gas exploration and production available in the Virginia lease sale planning area for any lease blocks about which the Secretary of Defense (DOD) proposes deferral from a lease offering because of defense-related activities irreconcilable with mineral exploration and development. (Sec. 10202) Directs the Secretary to conduct a lease sale within two years after enactment of this Act for areas off the coast of South Carolina with the most geologically promising hydrocarbon resources and constituting of at least 25% of the leasable area within the South Carolina offshore administrative boundaries. (Sec. 10203) Directs the Secretary to: (1) offer for sale by December 31, 2015, leases of tracts in the Santa Maria and Santa Barbara/Ventura Basins of the Southern California OCS Planning Area, and (2) prepare a multisale environmental impact statement pursuant to NEPA for all lease sales required under this Act. (Sec. 10205) Retains DOD authority, with the President's approval, to designate national defense areas on the OCS. (Sec. 10206) Declares that this Act does not affect restrictions on oil and gas leasing under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006. Subtitle C: Equitable Sharing of Outer Continental Shelf Revenues - (Sec. 10301) Allocates, via specified phased-in increments, 37.5% of the amount of new federal leasing revenues to coastal states that are: (1) affected by the leases under which those revenues are received by the United States, and (2) within 200 miles of the leased tract. Prescribes an allocation schedule for coastal states within 200 miles of the leased tract, in amounts 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. Subtitle D: Reorganization of Minerals Management Agencies of the Department of the Interior - (Sec. 10401) Establishes in the Department of the Interior: (1) an Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals; (2) an Assistant Secretary of Ocean Energy and Safety; (3) an Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management; (4) a Bureau of Ocean Energy, to administer a comprehensive program of offshore mineral and renewable energy resources management; (5) an Ocean Energy Safety Service, to administer safety and environmental enforcement activities related to offshore mineral and renewable energy resources on the OCS; and (6) an Office of Natural Resources Revenue, to administer offshore royalty and revenue management functions. (Sec. 10403) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a National Offshore Energy Safety Academy as an agency of the Ocean Energy Safety Service. (Sec. 10405) Directs the Secretary to: (1) certify annually that all Department of the Interior personnel having regular, direct official contact with lessees, government contractors, and certain other businesses, or conducting investigations, issuing permits, or overseeing energy programs, comply fully with federal employee ethics laws and regulations; and (2) conduct a program of random drug testing of such personnel. (Sec. 10406) Abolishes the Minerals Management Service. (Sec. 10408) Directs the Secretary to establish an Outer Continental Shelf Energy Safety Advisory Board. (Sec. 10409) Directs the Secretary to collect specified non-refundable fees, including fees for drilling rigs, from operators of facilities subject to inspection. Establishes in the Treasury the Ocean Energy Enforcement Fund as depository for such fees. (Sec. 10410) Prohibits the Bureau of Ocean Energy and the Ocean Energy Safety Service from developing, proposing, finalizing, administering, or implementing any limitation on activities under their jurisdictions as a result of the coastal and marine spatial planning component of the National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order 13547. Requires the President to report to Congress on all federal expenditures in FY2012-FY2014 by such agencies concerning that component. Subtitle E: United States Territories - (Sec. 10501) Redefines the OCS to include all submerged lands lying within the U.S. exclusive economic zone and the Continental Shelf adjacent to any U.S. territory. Subtitle F: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 10601) Directs the Secretary to promulgate rules regarding revenue streams contemplated by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, including the timing and methods of disbursements of certain funds under such Act. (Sec. 10602) Increases, for FY2024-FY2055, the maximum amount of qualified OCS revenues distributed to Gulf producing states. (Sec. 10603) Defines the "South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area" as the OCS area located between the northern lateral seaward administrative boundary of Virginia and the southernmost lateral seaward administrative boundary of Georgia. (Sec. 10604) Amends OCSLA to require the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, to enter into partnerships to conduct oil- or gas-related geological and geophysical investigations on the OCS with institutions of higher education nominated by the governors of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. Subtitle G: Judicial Review - (Sec. 10701) Requires a cause of action arising from any action or decision by a federal official regarding the issuance of an energy lease under this Act to be filed 60 days after such action or decision, unless the plaintiff is a party to such a lease. (Sec. 10702) Sets forth: (1) deadlines for case initiation and resolution in U.S. district court and for review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, (2) limitations on judicial review, and (3) a requirement that a person who is not a prevailing party shall pay legal fees to the prevailing parties in connection with judicial review. Title II: Onshore Federal Lands and Energy Security - Subtitle A: Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security - Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act - (Sec. 21002) Directs the Secretary, when practicable, to encourage the use of U.S. workers and equipment manufactured in the U.S. in all construction related to mineral resource development under this Act. Chapter 1: Onshore Oil and Gas Permit Streamlining - Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2014 - Subchapter A: Application for Permits to Drill Process Reform - (Sec. 21111) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) to direct the Secretary to decide whether to issue a permit to drill within 30 days after receiving a permit application. Authorizes the Secretary to extend the initial 30-day permit application review period for up to two periods of 15 days each, with written notice to the applicant. Deems a permit application approved if the Secretary has not made a decision by 60 days after its receipt. Prescribes follow-up requirements if an application is denied, including allowing resubmission of an application and a decision to issue or deny within 10 days after resubmission. Requires the Secretary to collect a single $6,500 permit processing fee per application at the time the decision is made whether to issue a permit. Subchapter B: Administrative Protest Documentation Reform - (Sec. 21121) Directs the Secretary to collect a $5,000 documentation fee to accompany each protest for a lease, right of way, or application for permit to drill. Requires 50% of all such fees to remain in the field office where they are collected and used to process protests subject to appropriation. Subchapter C: Permit Streamlining - (Sec. 21131) Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a Federal Permit Streamlining Project in every Bureau of Land Management (BLM) field office with responsibility for permitting energy projects on federal land, and (2) enter into a related memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Secretary of Agriculture, the EPA Administrator, and the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers. Authorizes the Secretary to request that the governor of any state with energy projects on federal lands be a signatory to the MOU. Requires all federal signatories to such a MOU, if appropriate, to assign to each BLM field office staff with special expertise in the pertinent regulatory issues. Requires such staff to: (1) be responsible for all issues relating to the energy projects that arise under the authorities of the employee's home agency; and (2) participate as part of the team of personnel working on proposed energy projects, planning, and environmental analyses on federal lands. Directs the Secretary to assign to each relevant BLM field office additional personnel to ensure the effective approval and implementation of energy projects administered by BLM 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. (Sec. 21132) Prohibits the Secretary, in managing federal lands under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) in connection with oil or natural gas drilling, from requiring a finding of extraordinary circumstances under a review pursuant to NEPA. Subchapter D: Judicial Review - (Sec. 21142) Prescribes requirements for judicial review of a claim regarding agency action affecting the leasing of federal lands for exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other source of energy. Subchapter E: Knowing America's Oil and Gas Resources - (Sec. 21151) Requires the Secretary to provide matching funding of up to 50% for joint projects with states to conduct oil and gas resource assessments on federal lands with significant oil and gas potential. Authorizes the appropriation of $50 million for FY2015-FY2018 to implement such assessments. Chapter 2: Oil and Gas Leasing Certainty - Providing Leasing Certainty for American Energy Act of 2014 - (Sec. 21202) Requires the Secretary, in conducting lease sales under the MLA, to offer for sale at least 25% of the annual nominated acreage not previously made available for lease. Shields such acreage from protest. Makes it eligible for certain categorical exclusions under the EPAct 2005, but not subject to the test of extraordinary circumstances. (Sec. 21203) Amends the MLA to prohibit the Secretary from: (1) withdrawing any covered energy project without finding a violation of lease terms by the lessee; (2) infringing upon lease rights by indefinitely delaying issuance of project approvals, drilling and seismic permits, and rights of way for activities under a lease; or (3) cancelling or withdrawing any lease parcel after a competitive lease sale has occurred and a winning bidder has made the last payment for the parcel. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make nominated areas available for lease within 18 months after an area is designated as open under a current land use plan, (2) issue all leases sold 60 days after the last payment is made, and (3) adjudicate lease protests filed following a lease sale. Prohibits the Secretary from canceling or withdrawing any lease parcel: (1) after the conclusion of the public comment period for a planned competitive lease sale, or (2) after a competitive lease sale has occurred and a winning bidder has submitted the last payment for it. Requires the Secretary to adjudicate any lease protests filed following a lease sale within 60 days after the sale is held. Declares any protest automatically denied, and the protestor's appeal rights to begin, if after 60 days the protest is left unsettled. Prohibits additional lease stipulations after the parcel is sold without consultation and agreement of the lessee (except certain emergency actions to conserve U.S. resources). (Sec. 21204) Requires federal land managers to follow existing resource management plans and continue to lease actively 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) Declares without force or effect BLM Instruction Memorandum 2010-117 (which establishes a process to ensure orderly, effective, timely, and environmentally responsible leasing of oil and gas resources on federal lands). Chapter 3: Oil Shale - Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act, or the PIONEERS Act - (Sec. 21302) Deems the final regulations regarding oil shale management published by the BLM on November 18, 2008, to satisfy all legal and procedural requirements under any law, including the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and NEPA. Directs the Secretary to implement those regulations, including the oil shale leasing program they authorize, without any other administrative action necessary. Deems also the November 17, 2008, U.S. BLM 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 to satisfy all legal and procedural requirements under any law. Directs the Secretary to implement the oil shale leasing program 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) Directs the Secretary to hold a lease sale, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, that offers an additional ten 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. Requires the Secretary, by January 1, 2016, to hold at least five separate commercial lease sales, in multiple lease blocs, in areas of at least 25,000 acres, which: (1) have been nominated through public comment, and (2) are considered to have the most potential for oil shale development. Chapter 4: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 21401) Prohibits this Act from being construed to authorize the issuance of a lease under the MLA to any person designated for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to specified Executive Orders, certain statutes relating to Iran Sanctions, and the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003. Subtitle B: Planning for American Energy - Planning for American Energy Act of 2014 - (Sec. 22002) Amends the MLA to direct the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) with regard to lands administered by the Forest Service, to publish every four years a Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy to 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 the BLM mission to promote the multiple use of federal lands. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration on the projected U.S. energy demands for the next 30 years and on how energy derived from federal onshore lands can put the United States on a trajectory that meets that demand during the next four years, with a goal for increasing energy independence and production. Directs the Secretary to determine a domestic strategic production objective for the development of energy resources from such lands. Expresses the sense of Congress that federally recognized Indian tribes may elect to set their own production objectives as part of the strategy. Grants the relevant Secretary all authority necessary to make determinations regarding which additional federal lands available for leasing at the time the lease sale occurs will be available to meet the production objectives established by the strategies. Requires the Secretary, within 12 months of enactment of this Act, to complete a programmatic environmental impact statement in accordance with certain NEPA requirements. Deems such statement sufficient to comply with all NEPA requirements for all necessary resource management and land use plans associated with implementation of the strategy. Requires the Secretary to submit to: (1) the President and Congress, each proposed strategy, including comments received from affected states, federally recognized tribes, and local governments prior to publishing it; and (2) Congress the first Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy within 18 months of enactment of this Act. Subtitle C: National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Access - National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act - (Sec. 23002) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the National Petroleum Reserve (NPR) in Alaska remains explicitly designated to provide oil and natural gas resources to the United States, and (2) it is national policy to actively advance oil and gas development within the NPR. (Sec. 23003) Amends the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to require that the mandatory program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the NPR include at least one lease sale annually in those areas most likely to produce commercial quantities of oil and natural gas each year in the period 2014-2024. (Sec. 23004) Directs the Secretary to ensure permits according to a specified time line for all surface development activities, including pipelines and roads construction, to: (1) develop and bring into production areas within the NPR that are subject to oil and gas leases, and (2) transport oil and gas from and through the NPR to existing transportation or processing infrastructure on the North Slope of Alaska. Requires the Secretary to ensure that any federal permitting agency shall issue permits for construction for transportation of oil and natural gas under existing federal oil and gas leases with drilling permits within 60 days after enactment of this Act. Requires approval of drilling permits under new federal oil and gas leases within six months after submission of a permit request to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a plan for approved rights-of-way for any plan for pipeline, road, and other necessary surface infrastructure that will ensure that all leasable tracts in the NPR are within 25 miles of an approved road and pipeline right-of-way that can serve future development of the NPR. (Sec. 23005) Directs the Secretary to issue: (1) a new proposed integrated activity plan from among the non-adopted alternatives in the NPR Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision dated February 21, 2013, and (2) an environmental impact statement under NEPA for issuance of oil and gas leases in the NPR-Alaska to promote efficient and maximum development of oil and natural gas resources of such reserve. Nullifies the February 21, 2013, Record of Decision, including its integrated activity plan and environmental impact statement. (Sec. 23006) Directs the Secretary to issue regulations establishing clear requirements to ensure that the Department is supporting development of oil and gas leases in the NPR. (Sec. 23007) Prescribes requirements for the new proposed integrated activity plan, including a departmental deadline for response to lease development permit applications and a timeline for processing each application. (Sec. 23008) Requires the Secretary to assess all technically recoverable fossil fuel resources within the NPR, including all conventional and unconventional oil and natural gas. Directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the state of Alaska and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, to implement and complete the resource assessment within 24 months after enactment of this Act. Authorizes the USGS to use resources and funds provided by the state of Alaska in carrying out such assessment. Subtitle D: BLM Live Internet Auctions - BLM Live Internet Auctions Act - (Sec. 24002) Amends the MLA to authorize the Secretary to conduct onshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-based live bidding methods. Requires each individual Internet-based lease sale to conclude within seven days. Directs the Secretary to analyze the first 10 such lease sales, including estimates of: (1) increases or decreases in such lease sales, compared to sales conducted by oral bidding; and (2) the total cost or savings to the Department as a result of such sales, compared to sales conducted by oral bidding. Requires the report also to evaluate 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 - Native American Energy Act - (Sec. 25002) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to allow the Secretary, an affected Indian tribe, or a certified third-party appraiser under contract with the Indian tribe to appraise Indian land or trust assets involved in a transaction requiring the Secretary's approval. Deems an appraisal conducted by an Indian tribe or by an appraiser under contract with an Indian tribe to be approved if the Secretary does not approve or disapprove of the appraisal within 60 days of receiving it. Gives tribes the option of waiving such appraisals if they give the Secretary an unambiguous indication of tribal intent to do so that includes an express waiver of any claims they might have against the United States that result from forgoing the appraisal. (Sec. 25003) Requires each agency within the Department of the Interior involved in the review of oil and gas activities on Indian lands to use a uniform system of reference numbers and tracking systems for oil and gas wells. (Sec. 25004) Amends NEPA to make the environmental impact statement for major federal action on Indian lands available for review and comment only to the affected Indian tribe and individuals residing within the affected area. (Sec. 25005) Bars any energy-related action filed later than the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of the final agency action. Requires that all energy-related actions be: (1) brought in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, (2) resolved within 180 days after the cause of action is filed, and (3) resolved on appeal by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit within 180 days after an interlocutory order or final judgment, decree or order of the district court was issued. Requires the court, in any energy-related action in which the plaintiff does not ultimately prevail, to award expenses incurred by the defendant, unless the court finds that the position of the plaintiff was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust. (Sec. 25006) Amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary to enter into agreements with Indian tribes, from FY2014-FY2018, to carry out demonstration projects that promote biomass energy production on Indian forest land and in nearby communities by providing tribes with reliable supplies of woody biomass from federal lands. Requires the creation of at least four new demonstration projects during each of those fiscal years. Directs the Secretary, when reviewing project applications, to consider whether a proposed demonstration project will:

 increase the availability or reliability of local or regional energy, enhance the tribe's economic development, improve the connection of electric power transmission facilities serving the tribe with other electric transmission facilities, improve the forest health or watersheds of federal land or Indian forest land or rangeland, or otherwise promote woody biomass use. Directs the Secretary, to the extent practicable, to incorporate management plans in effect on Indian forest land or rangeland into demonstration project agreements affecting those lands. Prohibits the agreements from having a term that exceeds 20 years, but allows them to be renewed for up to 10 additional years. (Sec. 25007) Considers activities conducted or resources harvested or produced pursuant to a tribal resource management plan or an integrated resource management plan approved by the Secretary to be sustainable when sustainability is federally required. (Sec. 25008) Amends the Long-Term Leasing Act to authorize the Navajo Nation to enter into commercial or agricultural leases of up to 99 years on their restricted lands without the Secretary's approval, provided they are executed under tribal regulations approved by the Secretary. Allows the Navajo Nation to enter into mineral resource leases on their restricted lands without the Secretary's approval if they are executed under approved tribal regulations and do not exceed 25 years, though they may include a renewal option for one additional term not exceeding 25 years. (Sec. 25009) Prohibits any Department of the Interior rule regarding hydraulic fracturing, used in oil and gas development or production, from having any effect on land held in trust or restricted status for Indians, except with the express consent of its Indian beneficiaries. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 30101) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish an Office of Energy Employment and Training, under the direction of a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy, Lands and Minerals Management, to oversee the hiring and training of the Department of the Interior relating to energy planning, permitting, and regulatory agencies; and (2) submit annual status reports to Congress regarding the hiring and diversity policies of the Office and the Department. Subdivision B: Bureau Of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity And Jobs Act - Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Water Conservation and Utilization Act (WCUA) to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Bureau of Reclamation) to enter into leases of power privileges for electric power generation in connection with any project constructed under such Act, using the processes applicable to such leases under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (RPA); and (2) grant the Secretary authority in addition to and alternative to any authority in existing laws relating to particular projects, including small conduit hydropower development. Requires the lease of power privilege contracts to be at rates that 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. Limits such leases to periods not to exceed 40 years. Specifies that no findings required as prerequisites for construction of a water conservation or utilization project under WCUA shall be required for such a lease. Requires 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, to remain with the lessee, except that lease revenues and fixed charges, if any, shall be covered into the Reclamation Fund to be credited to the project from which those revenues were derived. Requires the Secretary: (1) to first offer the lease of power privilege to an irrigation district or water users association operating the applicable transferred conduit, or to the district or association receiving water from such conduit; (2) to determine a reasonable timeframe for the district or association to accept or reject the lease offer; and (3) if the district or association rejects the offer, to offer the lease to other parties using the applicable RPA processes. Requires the Bureau to apply its categorical exclusion process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to small conduit hydropower under WCUA, excluding siting of associated transmission facilities on federal lands. Subdivision C: Central Oregon Jobs And Water Security Act - Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to modify the boundary of the Crooked River, Oregon. Requires the developer for any hydropower development at Bowman Dam to analyze any impacts to the Outstanding Remarkable Values of the Wild and Scenic River that may be caused by such development and propose mitigation for such impacts as part of any license application submitted to FERC. (Sec. 3) Increases (from 10 to 17 cubic feet per second) the minimum release that shall be maintained from the Prineville Reservoir for the benefit of downstream fish life. Requires 7 of the 17 cubic feet per second release to serve as mitigation for the city of Prineville groundwater pumping, as determined necessary for any given year by the city, including any shaping of the release of the up to 7 cubic feet per second to coincide with the city's groundwater pumping as may be required by the state of Oregon. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to make applications to that state in conjunction with that city to protect these supplies instream. Directs the city to make payment to the Secretary for that portion of the minimum release that actually serves as mitigation under Oregon law. Authorizes the Secretary to contract exclusively with the city for additional amounts in the future at the city's request. (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary, on a "first fill" priority basis, to store in and release from the Reservoir: (1) 68,273 acre feet of water annually to fulfill all 16 Bureau of Reclamation contracts existing as of January 1, 2011; (2) up to 2,740 acre feet of water annually to supply the McKay Creek lands; and (3) up to 10,000 acre feet of water annually to the North Unit Irrigation District, upon request, pursuant to a Temporary Water Service Contract. (Sec. 5) Authorizes any landowner within Ochoco Irrigation District, Oregon, to repay construction costs of project facilities allocated to that landowner's lands within that District. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon the request of a landowner who has repaid project construction costs, to provide certification of freedom from ownership and pricing limitations. Modifies the District's reclamation contracts, on approval of the District directors, to: (1) authorize the use of water for instream purposes in order for the District to engage in, or take advantage of, conserved water projects and temporary instream leasing as authorized by Oregon law; (2) include within the district boundary approximately 2,742 acres in the vicinity of McKay Creek; (3) classify approximately 685 of such acres as irrigable; and (4) provide the District with stored water from Prineville Reservoir for supplying such 685 acres, 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. Subdivision D: State Authority For Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation; EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Research - Title I: State Authority For Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation - Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act - (Sec. 102) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior (Department) from enforcing any federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing (including 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. Defines "hydraulic fracturing" as the process by which fracturing fluids (including a fracturing fluid system) are pumped into an underground geologic formation to generate fractures or cracks, thereby increasing rock permeability near the wellbore and improving production of natural gas or oil. Requires the Department to recognize and defer to state regulations, permitting, and guidance for all activities regarding hydraulic fracturing relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on federal land. Requires each state to submit to the BLM a copy of its regulations that: (1) apply to hydraulic fracturing operations on federal land, and (2) require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations on federal land. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make such state regulations available to the public. (Sec. 103) Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to examine the economic benefits of domestic shale oil and gas production resulting from hydraulic fracturing, including identification of: (1) state and federal revenue generated as a result of shale gas production, (2) jobs created as a result of shale oil and gas production, and (3) an estimate of potential energy prices without domestic shale oil and gas production. (Sec. 104) Prohibits the Department from enforcing any federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement governing the hydraulic fracturing process, or any of its components, relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on land held either 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 - EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act - (Sec. 202) Requires the EPA Administrator, in conducting the study of the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources, with respect to which a request for information was issued in November 2012, to:

 consider any final or interim report summarizing EPA research on such relationship, before issuing and disseminating them, to be Highly Influential Scientific Assessments requiring peer review in accordance with specified EPA and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) policy documents; require the reports to meet the standards and procedures for the dissemination of influential scientific, financial, or statistical information set forth in the EPA'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 OMB under the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001; and ensure that identification of the possible impacts included in such reports be accompanied by objective estimates of the probability, uncertainty, and consequence of each identified impact. Requires public release of the final report by September 30, 2016. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 301) Directs the Secretary to review annually and report to Congress on all state activities relating to hydraulic fracturing. Subdivision E: Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs In America - Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America - (Sec. 2) Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to require state programs for regulation of surface coal mining to incorporate the necessary rule concerning 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. Requires the Secretary to: (1) publish notice of a determination when all states that wish to assume exclusive jurisdiction of such mining regulation have incorporated the rule in their programs; (2) assess the effectiveness of the rule's implementation during the five-year period following such notice; (3) carry out all required consultation on the benefits and other impacts of the implementation of the rule to any threatened or endangered species, with the participation of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the USGS; and (4) report to Congress an evaluation of the rule's effectiveness, any ways in which it inhibits energy production, and any proposed changes to the rule. Prohibits issuance of any regulations regarding stream buffer zones or protection before publication of the report, other than a rule necessary to implement incorporation of the December 2008 rule described in this Act. Requires each state with an approved program for regulation of surface coal mining to submit program amendments incorporating such rule within two years of enactment of this Act. Division C: Judiciary - Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2014, or the RAPID Act - (Sec. 2) Amends federal law governing administrative procedure to establish procedures to streamline, increase the efficiency of, and enhance coordination of agency administration of the regulatory review, environmental decision making, and permitting process for major actions that are construction activities undertaken, reviewed, or funded by federal agencies, including interagency coordination regarding permitting. Authorizes a project sponsor, upon the request of a lead agency (the agency responsible preparing the environmental document), to prepare any document for environmental review required in support of, or for approval of, such an activity if such agency furnishes oversight and independently evaluates, approves, and adopts such document prior to taking action or making any approval based on such document. Defines "environmental review" as federal agency procedures for preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS), environmental assessment (EA), categorical exclusion, or other document under NEPA. Prohibits requiring more than one EIS and one EA for a project, except for supplemental environmental documents prepared under NEPA or environmental documents prepared pursuant to a court order. Requires the lead agency to prepare the EIS or EA, except as otherwise provided by law. Prohibits, after the lead agency issues a record of decision, any federal agency responsible for making any approval for a project from relying on a document other than the environmental document prepared by the lead agency. Allows the lead agency, upon the request of a project sponsor, to: (1) adopt, use, or rely upon secondary and cumulative impact analyses included in documents prepared under NEPA for projects in the same geographic area if such documents are pertinent to the NEPA decision for the project under review; and (2) adopt a document that has been prepared for a project under state laws as the EIS or EA for the project if such laws provide environmental protection and opportunities for public involvement that are substantially equivalent to NEPA. Requires the lead agency to publish a supplement to the state document if: (1) a significant change has been made to the project that is relevant for purposes of environmental review of the project, or (2) there have been significant changes in circumstances or availability of information relevant to the environmental review for the project. Requires a lead agency to issue its record of decision or finding of no significant impact based upon such adopted document. Authorizes a lead agency to adopt for a project an environmental document for a similar project that is in geographical proximity and that was subject to environmental review or similar state procedures within the preceding five years if the agency determines that there is a reasonable likelihood that the projects will have similar environmental impacts. Requires the lead agency to invite and designate as a participating agency in the preparation of an environmental document for a project any federal agency that is required to adopt such document. Requires such an agency to collaborate on the preparation of such document unless it informs the lead agency that it has no jurisdiction, authority, expertise, or information with respect to, and does not intend to submit comments on, the project. Precludes any agency that declines to participate from submitting comments on such document or taking measures to oppose any permit, license, or approval related to that project based on the environmental review. Prohibits the lead agency from acting upon, responding to, or including in any document prepared under NEPA any comment submitted by a participating agency that concerns matters that are outside of such agency's authority and expertise. Requires federal agencies to carry out: (1) obligations under other applicable laws concurrently and in conjunction with the review required under NEPA; and (2) such rules, policies, and procedures as may be reasonably necessary to enable such agency to ensure the completion of the environmental review and environmental decision making process in a timely, coordinated, and environmentally responsible manner. Prescribes requirements for initiating and completing environmental review for a project, especially for: (1) determining the range of alternatives to be considered; (2) methodologies for analyzing such alternatives, including potential effects on employment; (3) a plan for coordinating public and agency participation in the environmental review; (4) periods for public and agency comments on draft EISs; and (5) a schedule for completing the review. Requires all participating agencies to comply with such schedule. Establishes: (1) for projects requiring preparation of an EA, a one-year deadline for issuing a finding of no significant impact or a Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS; and (2) for projects requiring preparation of an EIS, a two-year deadline for completing the EIS. Sets forth conditions for extensions. Sets forth deadlines for decisions required under any other federal law relating to the undertaking of a project being reviewed under NEPA. Deems: (1) a project to be approved in the event that a federal agency fails to approve or otherwise act upon a permit, license, or other similar application for approval related to a project within such deadlines, and (2) such approval to be final agency action that may not be reversed by an agency. Applies the deadlines to environmental reviews and environmental decision making processes initiated after this Act's enactment. Requires any applicable period of time, for purposes of determining a deadline for a review or process initiated prior to this Act's enactment, to be calculated as beginning from the date of this Act's enactment. Prescribes responsibilities of the lead agency and the participating agencies to work cooperatively 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. Prohibits the lead agency from using the social cost of carbon in the any environmental review or environmental decision making process. Requires the head of each federal agency to report annually on: (1) the projects for which the agency initiated preparation of an EIS or EA; (2) the projects for which the agency issued a record of decision or a finding of no significant impact and the length of time it took the agency to complete the environmental review for each such project; and (3) the filing and resolution 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. Sets forth limitations to claims arising under federal law seeking judicial review of a permit, license, or approval issued by a federal agency for an action subject to NEPA. Requires the Council on Environmental Quality and each federal agency to amend NEPA implementing regulations to implement the provisions of this Act.

measure amended introduced summary expanded action occurred measure american energy solutions lower costs american_jobs act division energy commerce title modernizing infrastructure subtitle northern route approval northern route approval act sec declares presidential permit shall required pipeline described application filed transcanada keystone pipeline department_of_state keystone_xl pipeline including nebraska reroute evaluated final_evaluation_report issued nebraska_department_of_environmental_quality january approved nebraska governor deems final environmental impact statement issued secretary state january final_evaluation_report satisfy requirements national_environmental_policy_act national_historic_preservation_act sec grants original exclusive jurisdiction court_of_appeals district_of_columbia circuit determine specified issues review supreme_court writ certiorari sec deems secretary interior secretary subtitle issued written statement setting forth secretary opinion keystone_xl pipeline project jeopardize continued existence american beetle destroy adversely modify american beetle critical habitat states taking american beetle incidental construction operation maintenance keystone_xl pipeline shall considered prohibited taking species endangered species act sec deems secretary issued grant right way temporary use permit pursuant mineral_leasing_act federal_land_policy_and_management_act sec requires secretary army days receipt application issue certain permits federal_water_pollution_control_act rivers harbors appropriations act necessary pipeline construction operation maintenance described application nebraska reroute deems permit issued day secretary issued days receipt permit application authorizes secretary army waive procedural requirement law regulation considered desirable waive order accomplish purposes act prohibits administrator environmental_protection_agency epa prohibiting restricting activity use area authorized act sec deems secretary interior issued special purpose permit migratory bird treaty act described application filed united_states fish_and_wildlife_service keystone_xl pipeline january sec requires pipeline owner operator required federal law develop oil spill response plan keystone_xl pipeline available governor state pipeline operates requires plan update submitted governor seven days subtitle natural gas pipeline permitting reform natural gas pipeline permitting reform_act sec amends natural gas act direct federal_energy_regulatory_commission ferc approve deny certificate public convenience necessity project months receiving complete application ready processed defines project project siting construction expansion operation natural gas pipeline respect prefiling docket number assigned ferc pursuant prefiling process established ferc purpose facilitating formal application process obtaining certificate public convenience necessity requires agency responsible issuing federal license permit approval siting construction expansion operation project certificate sought approve deny issuance certificate days ferc issues final environmental document project requires_ferc grant agency request day extension day time period agency demonstrates complete process required approve deny license permit approval compelled deny authorizes ferc granting extension offer technical assistance agency order address conditions preventing completion application review declares agency fails approve deny issuance permit license approval prescribed time frame license permit approval shall effect expiration days period end directs ferc incorporate terms license permit approval conditions agency ferc find inconsistent final environmental document subtitle north american energy infrastructure north american energy infrastructure act sec prohibits person constructing connecting operating maintaining cross border segment oil natural gas pipeline electric transmission facility national boundary united_states import export oil natural gas electricity canada mexico obtaining certificate crossing act requires secretary state respect oil pipelines secretary energy doe respect electric transmission facilities issue certificate crossing cross border segment days final action taken national_environmental_policy_act nepa public interest directs doe condition issuing certificate require cross border segment constructed connected operated maintained consistent policies standards electric reliability organization applicable regional entity regional transmission organization independent system operator operational functional control segment exempts requirement construction connection operation maintenance cross border segment operating import export electrical transmission date enactment act relevant permit certificate crossing previously issued act permit application pending date enactment act denied july whichever occurs retains requirement obtain approval authorization natural gas act siting construction operation facility import export natural gas certain authority president energy_policy_and_conservation_act epca sec amends natural gas act declare order federal_energy_regulatory_commission ferc required export import natural gas canada mexico sec amends federal power act repeal requirement transmission electric energy foreign country prior authorization ferc sec declares presidential permit shall necessary construction connection operation maintenance oil natural gas pipeline electric transmission facility including cross border segment sec declares certificate crossing permit shall required modification construction connection operation maintenance oil natural gas pipeline electric transmission facility operates import export oil natural gas transmission electricity canada mexico date enactment act permit construction connection operation maintenance issued certificate crossing cross border segment pipeline facility previously issued title maintaining diverse electricity generation affordability subtitle energy consumers relief energy consumers relief_act sec prohibits administrator promulgating final rule secretary determines rule cause significant adverse effects economy sec requires epa administrator promulgating final rule report congress estimate total costs benefits rule estimate increases energy prices result implementation enforcement rule detailed description employment effects result requires doe secretary prepare independent analysis determine rule cause increase energy prices consumers impact fuel diversity nation electricity generation portfolio electric reliability adverse effect energy supply distribution use making determination determine rule cause significant adverse effects economy sec prohibits administrator social cost carbon cost benefit analysis relating energy related rule estimated cost billion federal law enacted authorizing use subtitle electricity security affordability electricity security affordability act sec prohibits epa administrator issuing implementing enforcing proposed final rule clean_air act establishes performance standard greenhouse gas emissions new source fossil fuel fired electric utility generating unit rule meets specified requirements act requires administrator separate sources fueled coal natural gas separate categories prohibits administrator setting standard based best system emission reduction new sources fossil fuel category achieved average continuous month period excluding planned outages units category requires unit located different electric generating station united_states representative operating characteristics electric generation location operated entire month period commercial basis prohibits use results obtained demonstration project setting standard requires administrator separating sources fueled coal separate category establish separate subcategory new sources fossil fuel fired electric utility generating units coal average heat content british thermal units pound prohibits administrator issuing rule establishing performance standards greenhouse gas emissions new sources subcategory setting standard based best system emission reduction standard achieved average continuous month period excluding planned outages units subcategory meets unit requirements specified act coal category prohibits act construed preclude issuance implementation enforcement standard performance based use technologies developed foreign country demonstrated achievable fossil fuel fired electric utility generating units united_states meets requirements act sec precludes taking effect federal law enacted specifying effective date epa rule guideline establishes performance standard greenhouse gas emissions modified reconstructed source fossil fuel fired electric utility generating unit applies greenhouse gas emissions existing source requires order rule guidelines effect administrator submit report contains text rule guidelines economic impacts rule guidelines including potential effects electricity ratepayers economic growth competitiveness jobs united_states required capital investments projected costs operation maintenance new equipment required installed greenhouse gas emissions projected reduced compared overall global greenhouse gas emissions requires administrator carrying reporting requirements consult administrator energy_information_administration comptroller_general gao director national_energy_technology_laboratory secretary commerce standards technology sec nullifies specified proposed rules similar successor proposed final rules standards performance greenhouse gas emissions new stationary sources electric utility generating units issued enactment act including proposed rules targeting specified carbon pollution emission guidelines existing stationary sources carbon pollution standards modified reconstructed stationary sources includes successor proposed final rules applicable existing modified reconstructed source fossil fuel fired electric utility generating unit subtitle report energy water savings potential thermal insulation instructs doe secretary report certain congressional committees impact thermal insulation energy water use systems potable hot water federal buildings return investment installing insulation title iii energy diplomacy domestic prosperity global freedom act sec directs doe issue decision application authorization export natural gas days later conclusion review site construct expand operate liquefied natural gas lng facilities required nepa date enactment act deems nepa review concluded days publication required environmental impact statement project needs days publication doe finding significant impact project needs environmental assessment determination lead agency application eligible categorical exclusion pursuant regulations nepa categorical exclusion nepa category actions individually cumulatively significant effect human environment found effect procedures adopted federal agency implementing environmental regulations environmental assessment environmental impact statement required confers original exclusive jurisdiction court_of_appeals circuit export facility application located civil action review doe order application doe failure issue final decision application requires court finds civil action doe failed issue final decision application order doe issue days requires court set civil action brought act docket expedited consideration soon practical filing date initial pleading sec amends natural gas act set condition approval authorization export lng doe secretary require applicant disclose publicly specific destination destinations authorized lng exports division natural resources committee subdivision lowering gasoline prices fuel america works act lowering gasoline prices fuel america works act title offshore energy jobs subtitle outer_continental_shelf leasing program reforms sec amends outer_continental_shelf_lands_act ocsla direct secretary interior secretary division implement leasing program includes available unleased acreage outer_continental_shelf ocs planning area considered largest undiscovered technically recoverable oil gas resources emphasis offering geologically prospective parts planning area sec directs secretary developing year oil gas leasing program determine domestic strategic production goal meeting specified criteria development oil natural gas sets production goal increase million barrels oil produced day billion cubic feet natural gas produced day sec requires secretary submit congress new proposed oil gas leasing program year period beginning july ending july approve final oil gas leasing program july sec prohibits construction act authorizing issuance lease ocsla person designated imposition sanctions pursuant iran_sanctions act comprehensive iran_sanctions accountability divestiture act iran threat reduction syria human rights act national_defense_authorization_act fiscal year iran freedom counter-proliferation_act executive orders iran_sanctions executive order transactions commit support terrorism executive order syria sanctions syria_accountability_and_lebanese_sovereignty_restoration_act sec authorizes secretary add areas approved leasing program review documents required nepa completed respect leasing additional area preceding years subtitle directing president conduct new ocs sales sec directs secretary conduct offshore oil gas lease_sale year enactment act replacement lease blocks acceptable oil gas exploration production available virginia lease_sale planning area lease blocks secretary defense dod proposes deferral lease offering defense related activities irreconcilable mineral exploration development sec directs secretary conduct lease_sale years enactment act areas coast south_carolina geologically promising hydrocarbon resources constituting leasable area south_carolina offshore administrative boundaries sec directs secretary offer sale december leases tracts santa_maria santa_barbara ventura basins southern_california ocs planning area prepare multisale environmental impact statement pursuant nepa lease sales required act sec retains dod authority president approval designate national defense areas ocs sec declares act affect restrictions oil gas leasing gulf_of_mexico_energy_security_act subtitle equitable sharing outer_continental_shelf revenues sec allocates specified phased increments new federal leasing revenues coastal states affected leases revenues received united_states miles leased tract prescribes allocation schedule coastal states miles leased tract amounts proportional respective distances point coastline state closest geographic center lease tract subtitle reorganization minerals management agencies department_of_the_interior sec establishes department_of_the_interior secretary energy lands minerals assistant secretary ocean_energy_and_safety assistant secretary land_and_minerals_management bureau_of_ocean_energy administer comprehensive program offshore mineral renewable energy resources management ocean_energy_safety_service administer safety environmental enforcement activities related offshore mineral renewable energy resources ocs office_of_natural_resources_revenue administer offshore royalty revenue management functions sec requires secretary interior establish national_offshore_energy_safety_academy agency ocean_energy_safety_service sec directs secretary certify annually department_of_the_interior personnel having regular direct official contact lessees government contractors certain businesses conducting investigations issuing permits overseeing energy programs comply fully federal employee ethics laws regulations conduct program random drug testing personnel sec abolishes minerals_management_service sec directs secretary establish outer_continental_shelf_energy_safety_advisory_board sec directs secretary collect specified non refundable fees including fees drilling rigs operators facilities subject inspection establishes treasury ocean_energy_enforcement_fund depository fees sec prohibits bureau_of_ocean_energy ocean_energy_safety_service developing proposing finalizing administering implementing limitation activities jurisdictions result coastal marine spatial planning component national ocean policy developed executive order requires president report congress federal expenditures fy2012-fy2014 agencies concerning component subtitle united_states territories sec redefines ocs include submerged lands lying exclusive_economic_zone continental_shelf adjacent territory subtitle miscellaneous provisions sec directs secretary promulgate rules revenue streams contemplated gulf_of_mexico_energy_security_act including timing methods disbursements certain funds act sec increases fy2024 maximum qualified ocs revenues distributed gulf producing states sec defines south_atlantic outer_continental_shelf planning area ocs area located northern lateral seaward administrative boundary virginia southernmost lateral seaward administrative boundary georgia sec amends ocsla require secretary acting director bureau_of_ocean_energy_management enter partnerships conduct oil- gas related geological geophysical investigations ocs institutions higher education nominated governors georgia south_carolina north_carolina virginia subtitle judicial review sec requires cause action arising action decision federal official issuance energy lease act filed days action decision plaintiff party lease sec sets forth deadlines case initiation resolution district_court review court_of_appeals district_of_columbia circuit limitations judicial review requirement person prevailing party shall pay legal fees prevailing parties connection judicial review title onshore federal lands energy security subtitle federal lands jobs energy security federal lands jobs energy security act sec directs secretary practicable encourage use workers equipment manufactured construction related mineral resource development act chapter onshore oil gas permit streamlining streamlining permitting american energy act subchapter application permits drill process reform sec amends mineral_leasing_act mla direct secretary decide issue permit drill days receiving permit application authorizes secretary extend initial day permit application review period periods days written notice applicant deems permit application approved secretary decision days receipt prescribes follow requirements application denied including allowing application decision issue deny days requires secretary collect single permit processing fee application time decision issue permit subchapter administrative protest documentation reform sec directs secretary collect documentation fee accompany protest lease right way application permit drill requires fees remain field office collected process protests subject appropriation subchapter permit streamlining sec requires secretary establish federal_permit_streamlining_project bureau_of_land_management blm field office responsibility permitting energy projects federal land enter related memorandum understanding mou secretary agriculture epa administrator chief army_corps_of_engineers authorizes secretary request governor state energy projects federal lands signatory mou requires federal signatories mou appropriate assign blm field office staff special expertise pertinent regulatory issues requires staff responsible issues relating energy projects arise authorities employee home agency participate team personnel working proposed energy projects planning environmental analyses federal lands directs secretary assign relevant blm field office additional personnel ensure effective approval implementation energy projects administered blm field offices including inspection enforcement relating energy development federal land accordance multiple use mandate federal_land_policy_and_management_act sec prohibits secretary managing federal lands energy policy act connection oil natural gas drilling requiring finding extraordinary circumstances review pursuant nepa subchapter judicial review sec prescribes requirements judicial review claim agency action affecting leasing federal lands exploration development production processing transmission oil natural gas source energy subchapter knowing america oil gas resources sec requires secretary provide matching funding joint projects states conduct oil gas resource assessments federal lands significant oil gas potential authorizes appropriation million fy2015 fy2018 implement assessments chapter oil gas leasing certainty providing leasing certainty american energy act sec requires secretary conducting lease sales mla offer sale annual nominated acreage previously available lease shields acreage protest makes eligible certain categorical exclusions subject test extraordinary circumstances sec amends mla prohibit secretary withdrawing covered energy project finding violation lease terms lessee infringing lease rights indefinitely delaying issuance project approvals drilling seismic permits rights way activities lease cancelling withdrawing lease parcel competitive lease_sale occurred winning bidder payment parcel directs secretary nominated areas available lease months area designated open current land use plan issue leases sold days payment adjudicate lease protests filed following lease_sale prohibits secretary canceling withdrawing lease parcel conclusion public comment period planned competitive lease_sale competitive lease_sale occurred winning bidder submitted payment requires secretary adjudicate lease protests filed following lease_sale days sale held declares protest automatically denied appeal rights begin days protest left prohibits additional lease stipulations parcel sold consultation agreement lessee certain emergency actions conserve resources sec requires federal land managers follow existing resource management plans continue lease actively areas designated open resource management plans amended revised time new record decision signed sec declares force effect blm instruction memorandum establishes process ensure orderly effective timely environmentally responsible leasing oil gas resources federal lands chapter oil_shale protecting investment oil_shale generation environmental energy resource security act pioneers act sec deems final regulations oil_shale management published blm november satisfy legal procedural requirements law including federal_land_policy_and_management_act endangered species act nepa directs secretary implement regulations including oil_shale leasing program authorize administrative action necessary deems november blm approved resource management plan amendments record decision oil_shale tar_sands_resources_to_address_land_use_allocations colorado utah wyoming final programmatic environmental impact statement satisfy legal procedural requirements law directs secretary implement oil_shale leasing program areas covered resource management plans amended amendments covered record decision administrative action necessary sec directs secretary hold lease_sale days enactment act offers additional parcels lease research development demonstration oil_shale resources terms offered solicitation bids leases published january requires secretary january hold separate commercial lease sales multiple lease areas acres nominated public comment considered potential oil_shale development chapter miscellaneous provisions sec prohibits act construed authorize issuance lease mla person designated imposition sanctions pursuant specified executive orders certain statutes relating iran_sanctions syria_accountability_and_lebanese_sovereignty_restoration_act subtitle planning american energy planning american energy act sec amends mla direct secretary consultation secretary agriculture usda regard lands administered forest_service publish years quadrennial_federal_onshore_energy_production_strategy direct federal land energy development department resource allocation order promote energy national security united_states accordance blm mission promote multiple use federal lands requires secretary consult administrator energy_information_administration projected energy demands years energy derived federal onshore lands united_states trajectory meets demand years goal increasing energy independence production directs secretary determine domestic strategic production objective development energy resources lands expresses sense congress federally recognized indian tribes elect set production objectives strategy grants relevant secretary authority necessary determinations additional federal lands available leasing time lease_sale occurs available meet production objectives established strategies requires secretary months enactment act complete programmatic environmental impact statement accordance certain nepa requirements deems statement sufficient comply nepa requirements necessary resource management land use plans associated implementation strategy requires secretary submit president congress proposed strategy including comments received affected states federally recognized tribes local governments prior publishing congress quadrennial_federal_onshore_energy_production_strategy months enactment act subtitle national_petroleum_reserve alaska access national_petroleum_reserve alaska access act sec expresses sense congress national_petroleum_reserve npr alaska remains explicitly designated provide oil natural gas resources united_states national policy actively advance oil gas development npr sec amends naval_petroleum_reserves_production_act require mandatory program competitive leasing oil gas npr include lease_sale annually areas likely produce commercial quantities oil natural gas year period sec directs secretary ensure permits according specified time line surface development activities including pipelines roads construction develop bring production areas npr subject oil gas leases transport oil gas npr existing transportation processing infrastructure north_slope alaska requires secretary ensure federal permitting agency shall issue permits construction transportation oil natural gas existing federal oil gas leases drilling permits days enactment act requires approval drilling permits new federal oil gas leases months submission permit request secretary directs secretary submit congress plan approved rights way plan pipeline road necessary surface infrastructure ensure leasable tracts npr miles approved road pipeline right way serve future development npr sec directs secretary issue new proposed integrated activity plan non adopted alternatives npr alaska integrated activity plan record decision dated february environmental impact statement nepa issuance oil gas leases npr alaska promote efficient maximum development oil natural gas resources reserve nullifies february record decision including integrated activity plan environmental impact statement sec directs secretary issue regulations establishing clear requirements ensure department supporting development oil gas leases npr sec prescribes requirements new proposed integrated activity plan including departmental deadline response lease development permit applications timeline processing application sec requires secretary assess technically recoverable fossil fuel resources npr including conventional unconventional oil natural gas directs geological survey usgs cooperation state alaska american association petroleum implement complete resource assessment months enactment act authorizes usgs use resources funds provided state alaska carrying assessment subtitle blm live internet auctions blm live internet auctions act sec amends mla authorize secretary conduct onshore oil gas lease sales internet based live bidding methods requires individual internet based lease_sale conclude seven days directs secretary analyze lease sales including estimates increases decreases lease sales compared sales conducted oral bidding total cost savings department result sales compared sales conducted oral bidding requires report evaluate demonstrated expected effectiveness different structures lease sales provide opportunity better maximize bidder participation ensure highest return federal taxpayers minimize opportunities fraud collusion ensure security integrity leasing process subtitle native american energy native american energy act sec amends energy policy act allow secretary affected indian tribe certified party appraiser contract indian tribe appraise indian land trust assets involved transaction requiring secretary approval deems appraisal conducted indian tribe appraiser contract indian tribe approved secretary approve disapprove appraisal days receiving gives tribes option waiving appraisals secretary unambiguous indication tribal intent includes express waiver claims united_states result forgoing appraisal sec requires agency department_of_the_interior involved review oil gas activities indian lands use uniform system reference numbers tracking systems oil gas wells sec amends nepa environmental impact statement major federal action indian lands available review comment affected indian tribe individuals residing affected area sec bars energy related action filed later end day period beginning date final agency action requires energy related actions brought district_court district_of_columbia resolved days cause action filed resolved appeal court_of_appeals district_of_columbia circuit days interlocutory order final judgment decree order district_court issued requires court energy related action plaintiff ultimately prevail award expenses incurred defendant court finds position plaintiff substantially justified special circumstances award unjust sec amends tribal_forest_protection act direct secretary enter agreements indian tribes fy2014-fy2018 carry demonstration projects promote biomass energy production indian forest land nearby communities providing tribes reliable supplies woody biomass federal lands requires creation new demonstration projects fiscal years directs secretary reviewing project applications consider proposed demonstration project increase availability reliability local regional energy enhance tribe economic development improve connection electric power transmission facilities serving tribe electric transmission facilities improve forest health watersheds federal land indian forest land rangeland promote woody biomass use directs secretary extent practicable incorporate management plans effect indian forest land rangeland demonstration project agreements affecting lands prohibits agreements having term exceeds years allows renewed additional years sec considers activities conducted resources harvested produced pursuant tribal resource management plan integrated resource management plan approved secretary sustainable sustainability federally required sec amends long-term_leasing_act authorize navajo_nation enter commercial agricultural leases years restricted lands secretary approval provided executed tribal regulations approved secretary allows navajo_nation enter mineral resource leases restricted lands secretary approval executed approved tribal regulations exceed years include renewal option additional term exceeding years sec prohibits department_of_the_interior rule hydraulic fracturing oil gas development production having effect land held trust restricted status indians express consent indian beneficiaries title iii miscellaneous provisions sec directs secretary interior establish office energy employment training direction deputy assistant secretary energy lands minerals management oversee hiring training department_of_the_interior relating energy planning permitting regulatory agencies submit annual status reports congress hiring diversity policies office department subdivision bureau_of_reclamation conduit hydropower development equity jobs_act bureau_of_reclamation conduit hydropower development equity jobs_act sec amends water conservation utilization act authorize secretary interior acting bureau_of_reclamation enter leases power privileges electric power generation connection project constructed act processes applicable leases reclamation project act grant secretary authority addition alternative authority existing laws relating particular projects including small conduit hydropower development requires lease power privilege contracts rates produce revenues sufficient cover appropriate share annual operation maintenance cost project fixed charges including interest secretary deems proper limits leases periods exceed years specifies findings required prerequisites construction water conservation utilization project shall required lease requires right title interest installed power facilities constructed non federal entities pursuant lease power privilege direct revenues derived therefrom remain lessee lease revenues fixed charges shall covered reclamation fund credited project revenues derived requires secretary offer lease power privilege irrigation district water users association operating applicable transferred conduit district association receiving water conduit determine reasonable timeframe district association accept reject lease offer district association rejects offer offer lease parties applicable processes requires bureau apply categorical exclusion process national_environmental_policy_act nepa small conduit hydropower excluding siting associated transmission facilities federal lands subdivision central oregon jobs water security act central oregon jobs water security act sec amends wild scenic rivers act modify boundary river oregon requires developer hydropower development dam analyze impacts outstanding values wild scenic river caused development propose mitigation impacts license application submitted ferc sec increases cubic feet second minimum release shall maintained reservoir benefit downstream fish life requires cubic feet second release serve mitigation city groundwater pumping determined necessary given year city including release cubic feet second city groundwater pumping required state oregon authorizes secretary army applications state conjunction city protect supplies instream directs city payment secretary portion minimum release actually serves mitigation oregon law authorizes secretary contract exclusively city additional amounts future city request sec directs secretary fill priority basis store release reservoir acre feet water annually fulfill bureau_of_reclamation contracts existing january acre feet water annually supply creek lands acre feet water annually north_unit_irrigation_district request pursuant temporary water service contract sec authorizes landowner irrigation district oregon repay construction costs project facilities allocated landowner lands district requires secretary interior request landowner repaid project construction costs provide certification freedom ownership pricing limitations modifies district reclamation contracts approval district directors authorize use water instream purposes order district engage advantage conserved water projects temporary instream leasing authorized oregon law include district boundary approximately acres vicinity creek classify approximately acres provide district stored water reservoir supplying acres contingent transfer existing appurtenant creek water rights instream use state issuance water rights use stored water subdivision state authority hydraulic fracturing regulation epa hydraulic fracturing research title state authority hydraulic fracturing regulation protecting states rights promote american energy security act sec amends mineral_leasing_act prohibit department_of_the_interior department enforcing federal regulation guidance permit requirement hydraulic fracturing including component process relating oil gas geothermal production activities land state regulations guidance permit requirements activity defines hydraulic fracturing process fracturing fluids including fracturing fluid system pumped underground geologic formation generate fractures increasing rock near wellbore improving production natural gas oil requires department recognize defer state regulations permitting guidance activities hydraulic fracturing relating oil gas geothermal production activities federal land requires state submit blm copy regulations apply hydraulic fracturing operations federal land require disclosure chemicals hydraulic fracturing operations federal land directs secretary interior state regulations available public sec directs comptroller_general gao examine economic benefits domestic shale oil gas production resulting hydraulic fracturing including identification state federal revenue generated result shale gas production jobs created result shale oil gas production estimate potential energy prices domestic shale oil gas production sec prohibits department enforcing federal regulation guidance permit requirement governing hydraulic fracturing process components relating oil gas geothermal production activities land held trust restricted status benefit indians express consent beneficiary behalf land held trust restricted status title epa hydraulic fracturing research epa hydraulic fracturing study improvement act sec requires epa administrator conducting study potential impacts hydraulic fracturing drinking water resources respect request information issued november consider final interim report summarizing epa research relationship issuing disseminating highly scientific assessments requiring peer_review accordance specified epa office_of_management_and_budget omb policy documents require reports meet standards procedures dissemination scientific financial statistical information set forth epa guidelines ensuring maximizing quality objectivity utility integrity information disseminated environmental_protection_agency developed response guidelines issued omb treasury general government appropriations act fiscal year ensure identification possible impacts included reports accompanied objective estimates probability uncertainty consequence identified impact requires public release final report september title iii miscellaneous provisions sec directs secretary review annually report congress state activities relating hydraulic fracturing subdivision preventing government waste protecting coal mining jobs america preventing government waste protecting coal mining jobs america sec preventing government waste protecting coal mining jobs america amends surface_mining_control_and_reclamation_act require state programs regulation surface coal mining incorporate necessary rule concerning excess coal waste buffers perennial intermittent streams published office_of_surface_mining_reclamation_and_enforcement december requires secretary publish notice determination states wish assume exclusive jurisdiction mining regulation incorporated rule programs assess effectiveness rule implementation year period following notice carry required consultation benefits impacts implementation rule threatened endangered species participation united_states fish_and_wildlife_service usgs report congress evaluation rule effectiveness ways energy production proposed changes rule prohibits issuance regulations stream buffer zones protection publication report rule necessary implement incorporation december rule described act requires state approved program regulation surface coal mining submit program amendments incorporating rule years enactment act division judiciary responsibly professionally development act rapid act sec amends federal law governing administrative procedure establish procedures streamline increase efficiency enhance coordination agency administration regulatory review environmental decision making permitting process major actions construction activities undertaken reviewed funded federal agencies including interagency coordination permitting authorizes project sponsor request lead agency agency responsible preparing environmental document prepare document environmental review required support approval activity agency furnishes oversight independently evaluates approves adopts document prior taking action making approval based document defines environmental review federal agency procedures preparing environmental impact statement eis environmental assessment categorical exclusion document nepa prohibits requiring eis project supplemental environmental documents prepared nepa environmental documents prepared pursuant court order requires lead agency prepare eis provided law prohibits lead agency issues record decision federal agency responsible making approval project relying document environmental document prepared lead agency allows lead agency request project sponsor adopt use rely secondary cumulative impact analyses included documents prepared nepa projects geographic area documents pertinent nepa decision project review adopt document prepared project state laws eis project laws provide environmental protection opportunities public involvement substantially equivalent nepa requires lead agency publish supplement state document significant change project relevant purposes environmental review project significant changes circumstances availability information relevant environmental review project requires lead agency issue record decision finding significant impact based adopted document authorizes lead agency adopt project environmental document similar project geographical proximity subject environmental review similar state procedures preceding years agency determines reasonable likelihood projects similar environmental impacts requires lead agency invite designate participating agency preparation environmental document project federal agency required adopt document requires agency collaborate preparation document informs lead agency jurisdiction authority expertise information respect intend submit comments project precludes agency declines participate submitting comments document taking measures oppose permit license approval related project based environmental review prohibits lead agency acting responding including document prepared nepa comment submitted participating agency concerns matters outside agency authority expertise requires federal agencies carry obligations applicable laws concurrently conjunction review required nepa rules policies procedures reasonably necessary enable agency ensure completion environmental review environmental decision making process timely coordinated environmentally responsible manner prescribes requirements initiating completing environmental review project especially determining range alternatives considered methodologies analyzing alternatives including potential effects employment plan coordinating public agency participation environmental review periods public agency comments draft schedule completing review requires participating agencies comply schedule establishes projects requiring preparation year deadline issuing finding significant impact notice intent prepare eis projects requiring preparation eis year deadline completing eis sets forth conditions extensions sets forth deadlines decisions required federal law relating undertaking project reviewed nepa deems project approved event federal agency fails approve act permit license similar application approval related project deadlines approval final agency action agency applies deadlines environmental reviews environmental decision making processes initiated act enactment requires applicable period time purposes determining deadline review process initiated prior act enactment calculated beginning date act enactment prescribes responsibilities lead agency participating agencies work cooperatively identify resolve issues delay completion environmental review result denial approvals required project applicable laws prohibits lead agency social cost carbon environmental review environmental decision making process requires head federal agency report annually projects agency initiated preparation eis projects agency issued record decision finding significant impact length time took agency complete environmental review project filing resolution lawsuits agency seeking judicial review permit license approval issued agency action subject nepa sets forth limitations claims arising federal law seeking judicial review permit license approval issued federal agency action subject nepa requires council_on_environmental_quality federal agency amend nepa implementing regulations implement provisions act