Summary: Domestic Energy and Jobs Act - Title I: Increasing Domestic Oil and Gas Exploration, Development, and Production in Response to Strategic Petroleum Reserve Drawdowns - Strategic Energy Production Act of 2012 - (Sec. 102) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to develop a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas exploration, development, and production under the jurisdiction of the Secretaries of Agriculture (USDA), of Energy, of the Interior, and of Defense (DOD) (Secretaries), including submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Requires the percentage of the total amount of such federal lands to be the same as the percentage of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) that was drawn down. Prohibits the plan from providing more than 10% of such federal lands for oil and gas exploration, development, and production leasing. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) base the determination of present and future national energy needs upon information from the Energy Information Administration; and (2) consult with the Secretaries and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and other state, environmentalist, and oil and gas industry stakeholders when developing the plan to determine the most geologically promising lands for production of oil and natural gas liquids. Prohibits such plan from taking effect without the concurrence of each of the Secretaries with respect to elements of the plan within their respective jurisdictions. Requires federal agency compliance with any requirements established by the Secretary of Energy pursuant to the plan; but prohibits any action that in the view of the Secretary of Defense (DOD) would adversely affect national security or military activities, including preparedness and training. Excludes lands managed under either the National Park System or the National Wilderness Preservation System from federal lands designated for increased oil and gas production. Prohibits this title from being construed to limit or affect the application of existing restrictions on offshore drilling or requirements for land management under federal, state, or local law. Title II: Impacts of EPA Rules and Actions on Energy Prices - Gasoline Regulations Act of 2012 - (Sec. 202) Requires the President to establish the Transportation Fuels Regulatory Committee to analyze and report, for each of 2016 and 2020, on the cumulative impacts of certain covered rules and actions under the Clean Air Act, including the impacts on gasoline, diesel fuel, and natural gas prices, operating costs, consumers, regional economies, U.S. competitiveness, small businesses, employment, labor markets, public health, and state, local, and tribal governments. Directs such Committee to consult with the National Energy Technology Laboratory when implementing this Act. (Sec. 203) Designates as "covered rules": (1) the rule entitled "Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards"; (2) any rule proposed after March 15, 2012, establishing or revising a standard of performance or emission standard for new stationary sources or hazardous air pollutants that is applicable to petroleum refineries; (3) any rule proposed after March 15, 2012, for implementation of the Renewable Fuel Program under the Clean Air Act; (4) the rules entitled "National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone" and "Reconsideration of the 2008 Ozone Primary and Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards" and any subsequent rule revising or supplementing the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; and (5) any successor or substantially similar rules. Defines a "covered action" as any action affecting facilities involved in the production, transportation, or distribution of gasoline, diesel fuel, or natural gas taken on or after January 1, 2009, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a state or local government, or a permitting agency as a result of the application of provisions of the Clean Air Act relating to operating permits or the prevention of significant deterioration of air quality to an air pollutant that is identified as a greenhouse gas in the rule entitled "Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act." (Sec. 205) Prohibits the Administrator from finalizing the following rules until at least six months after the Committee submits its final report: (1) "Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards" and any successor or substantially similar rule; (2) any rule proposed after March 15, 2012, establishing or revising a performance or emission standard for new stationary sources or hazardous air pollutants that is applicable to petroleum refineries; and (3) any rule revising or supplementing the national ambient air quality standards for ozone under the Clean Air Act. (Sec. 206) Requires the Administrator to consider feasibility and cost in revising or supplementing any such standards for ozone. (Sec. 207) Amends the Clean Air Act concerning offending fuels and fuel additives to authorize the Administrator to waive temporarily a mandatory control or prohibition governing the use of a fuel or fuel additive if the Administrator determines that unusual or extreme supply circumstances result from an unforeseeable problem with distribution or delivery equipment necessary for the transportation or delivery of fuel or fuel additives. Allows the Administrator to extend the effectiveness of such a waiver for more than 20 days if the conditions supporting the waiver determination will exist for more than 20 days. Deems a request for such waiver approved if the Administrator neither approves nor denies it within three days after receipt. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to: (1) include in a mandatory EPA study of federal, state, and local requirements for motor vehicle fuels both biofuels and the effect of such requirements on achievement of the renewable fuel standard, and (2) extend from 2008 to 2014 the deadline for the report to Congress on such study. Title III: Quadrennial Strategic Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy - Planning for American Energy Act of 2012 - (Sec. 302) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary in this title) and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) 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 security of the United States. Instructs the Secretary to consult with the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration on the projected energy demands of the United States for the next 30 years and on how energy derived from federal onshore lands can put the United States on a trajectory that meets such demand during the next 4 years, with a goal for increasing energy independence and production. Requires 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 necessary authority 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. Directs the Secretary to take all actions necessary to achieve such objectives unless the President determines that it is not in U.S. national security and economic interests to increase federal domestic energy production and to further decrease dependence upon foreign energy sources. Requires the Secretary, within 12 months of enactment of this Act, to complete a programmatic environmental impact statement in accordance with certain requirements under NEPA. Deems such statement sufficient to be in compliance with NEPA requirements for all necessary resource management and land use plans associated with implementation of the Strategy. Requires the Secretary to submit:(1) each proposed strategy to the President and to Congress prior to publication, including comments received from affected states, local governments and federally recognized tribes; and (2) the first strategy to Congress within 18 months of enactment. Title IV: Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Certainty - Providing Leasing Certainty for American Energy Act of 2012 - (Sec. 402) Directs the Secretary, in conducting lease sales under the Mineral Leasing Act, to offer for sale at least 25% of the annual nominated acreage not previously made available for lease. Shields such acreage from protest and the test of extraordinary circumstances. Makes it eligible for certain categorical exclusions under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 in connection with review under NEPA. (A categorical exclusion [CE or CX] is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and for which, as a consequence, neither an environmental assessment [EA] nor an environmental impact statement [EIS] is required. If a proposed action is included in the description provided for a listed CE established by an agency, the agency must check to make sure that no extraordinary circumstances exist that may cause the proposed action to have a significant effect in a particular situation. Extraordinary circumstances typically include such matters as effects to endangered species, protected cultural sites, and wetlands. If the proposed action is not included in the description in the agency's CE, or there are extraordinary circumstances, the agency must prepare an EA or an EIS, or develop a new proposal that may qualify for application of a CE.) Directs the Secretary to consider leasing only federal lands that are available for leasing at the time the lease sale occurs. (Sec. 403) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Secretary from: (1) withdrawing any covered energy project issued under that Act without finding a violation by the lessee of lease terms; (2) delaying indefinitely issuance of project approvals, drilling and seismic permits, and rights of way for activities under a lease; and (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. Instructs 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 no later than 60 days after the last payment is made, and (3) adjudicate any lease protests filed following a lease sale. Prohibits additional lease stipulations after the parcel is sold without consultation and agreement of the lessee, unless the Secretary deems such stipulations emergency actions to conserve national resources. (Sec. 404) Requires federal land managers to follow existing resource management plans and continue to actively lease in areas designated as open when resource management plans are being amended or revised until such time as a new record of decision is signed. (Sec. 405) Declares without force or effect Bureau of Land Management Instruction Memorandum 2010-117. Title V: Streamlined Energy Permitting - Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2012 - Subtitle A: Application for Permits to Drill Process Reform - (Sec. 511) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to revise requirements for the issuance of permits to drill in energy projects on federal lands. Authorizes the Secretary to extend the initial 30-day permit application review period for up to 2 periods of 15 days each, if the Secretary has given written notice of the delay to the applicant. Deems a permit application approved if the Secretary has made no decision on it 60 days after its receipt. Prescribes a notice requirement for denial of an application. Directs the Secretary to collect a single $6,500 permit processing fee per application from each applicant at the time the decision is made whether or not to issue a permit. Requires that 50% of fees collected as annual wind energy and solar energy right-of-way authorization fees be retained by the Secretary for use by: (1) the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to process permits, right-of-way applications, and other activities necessary for renewable energy development, and (2) either the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or other federal agencies involved in wind and solar permitting reviews in order to facilitate the processing of wind energy and solar energy permit applications on BLM lands. Subtitle B: Administrative Protest Documentation Reform - (Sec. 521) Requires 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. Subtitle C: Permit Streamlining - (Sec. 531) Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a Federal Permit Streamlining Project in every BLM Field office with responsibility for permitting energy projects on federal land, and (2) enter into a related memorandum of understanding 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 memorandum of understanding. Requires federal signatories to such memorandum to assign staff with special expertise to such field offices. (Sec. 532) States that, with respect to review under NEPA, the Secretary shall not require a finding of extraordinary circumstances related to a categorical exclusion in administering the Energy Policy Act of 2005. (Sec. 533) Expresses the intent of Congress that: (1) this title will support a growing U.S. domestic energy sector that helps to reinvigorate American manufacturing, transportation, and service sectors by employing U.S. workers to assist in the development of energy from domestic sources; and (2) Congress will monitor deployment of personnel and material onshore to encourage development of American technology and manufacturing and to establish industrial facilities to support expanded access to American energy resources. Directs the Secretary to encourage, when practicable, the use of U.S. workers, including equipment manufactured in the United States, in all construction related to mineral resource development under this Act. Subtitle D: Judicial Review - (Sec. 542) States that venue for any covered civil action shall lie in the district court where the project or leases exist or are proposed. Prescribes procedures for judicial review regarding the leasing of federal lands for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, wind, or any other energy source of energy. Title VI: Expeditious Program of Oil and Gas Leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska - National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act - (Sec. 602) 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. 603) 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 NPR areas most likely to produce commercial quantities of oil and natural gas each year during 2011-2021. (Sec. 604) Directs the Secretary to ensure, according to a specified timeline, permits for all surface development activities (including pipelines and roads construction) in order 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. (Sec. 605) Directs the Secretary to: (1) issue regulations establishing clear requirements to ensure that the Department of the Interior is supporting development of oil and gas leases in the NPR, and (2) approve, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, and after public comment and consultation with the state of Alaska, right-of-way corridors for the construction of two separate additional bridges and pipeline rights-of-way to facilitate oil and gas development in the NPR. (Sec. 606) Requires the Secretary to assess all technically recoverable fossil fuel resources within the NPR, including conventional and unconventional oil and natural gas. Requires such resource assessment to be implemented by the U.S. Geological Survey, which is authorized to use resources and funds provided by the State of Alaska. (Sec. 607) Declares without force or effect the EPA designation of the Colville River Delta as an Aquatic Resource of National Importance. Title VII: Internet-Based Onshore Oil and Gas Lease Sales - BLM Live Internet Auctions Act - (Sec. 702) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct onshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-based bidding methods. Requires each individual Internet-based lease sale to be concluded within seven days. Directs the Secretary to analyze and report on 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 of the Interior as a result of such sales, compared to sales conducted by oral bidding. Requires the report 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. Title VIII: Service Over the Counter, Self-Contained, Medium Temperature Commercial Refrigerators - (Sec. 801) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to define and establish energy conservation standards for service over the counter, self-contained, medium (SOC-SC-M) temperature commercial refrigerators. Requires such a refrigerator manufactured 6 months after enactment of the Better Use of Refrigerator Regulations Act to have a specified total daily energy consumption (in kilowatt hours per day). Title IX: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 901) Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from transferring to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement any responsibility or authority to perform any function performed immediately before the enactment of this Act under the Department of the Interior Solid Minerals Program, including management of mineral development on federal lands and acquired lands under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and any function performed under the Mining Law Program. (Sec. 902) Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to: (1) contract from FY2016-FY2055 to FY2016-FY2022 the time period during which the annual maximum amount of distributed qualified OCS shelf revenues shall be $500 million, and (2) increase to $750 million the annual maximum amount of distributed qualified OCS revenues for FY2023-FY2055. (Sec. 903) Directs the Secretary to: (1) revise the proposed OCS oil and gas leasing program for 2012-2017 to include Lease Sale 220 off the coast of Virginia, (2) include the OCS off the coast of Virginia in the leasing program for each 5-year period after the 2012-2017 period, and (3) implement Lease Sale 220 within one year after enactment of this Act. Instructs the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to work jointly in implementing these changes to ensure: (1) preserving the ability of the U.S. Armed Forces to maintain an optimum state of readiness through their continued use of the OCS; and (2) allowing effective exploration, development, and production of the national oil, gas, and renewable energy resources. Prohibits any exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas off the coast of Virginia that would conflict with any military operation. Declares that the United States reserves the right to designate by and through the Secretary of Defense, with the President's approval, national defense areas on the OCS. Title X: Advancing Offshore Wind Production - Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act - (Sec. 1002) Exempts projects determined by the Secretary to be an offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project from environmental impact statement requirements under NEPA. Defines an "offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project" as a project that is administered by the Department of the Interior and carried out on or in the waters of the OCS to test or monitor weather (including wind, tidal, current, and solar energy) using towers, buoys, or other temporary ocean infrastructure and that: (1) causes less than one acre of surface or seafloor disruption at the location of each meteorological tower or other device and no more than five acres of surface or seafloor disruption within the proposed area affected by the project (including hazards to navigation), (2) is decommissioned within five years of its commencement, and (3) provides meteorological information to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to: (1) require that any applicant seeking to conduct an offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project on the OCS obtain a permit and right of way for the project; (2) decide whether to issue such a permit and right of way within 30 days after receiving an application; (3) provide an opportunity for submission of comments by the public; (4) consult with the Secretary of Defense (DOD), the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the heads of other federal, state, and local agencies that would be affected by issuance of the permit and right of way; and (5) provide an applicant the opportunity to remedy deficiencies in a permit application that was denied.

increasing domestic oil gas exploration development production response strategic petroleum reserve strategic energy production act sec amends energy_policy_and_conservation_act direct secretary energy doe develop plan increase percentage federal lands leased oil gas exploration development production jurisdiction secretaries_of_agriculture usda energy interior defense dod secretaries including submerged lands outer_continental_shelf ocs requires percentage total federal lands percentage petroleum strategic_petroleum_reserve spr drawn prohibits plan providing federal lands oil gas exploration development production leasing directs secretary energy base determination present future national energy needs information energy_information_administration consult secretaries state oil gas industry stakeholders developing plan determine geologically promising lands production oil natural gas liquids prohibits plan taking effect concurrence secretaries respect elements plan respective jurisdictions requires federal agency compliance requirements established secretary energy pursuant plan prohibits action view secretary defense dod adversely affect national security military activities including preparedness training excludes lands managed national_park_system national_wilderness_preservation_system federal lands designated increased oil gas production prohibits title construed limit affect application existing restrictions offshore drilling requirements land management federal state local law title impacts regulations act sec requires president establish analyze report cumulative impacts certain covered rules actions clean air act including impacts gasoline diesel fuel natural gas prices operating costs consumers regional economies competitiveness small businesses employment labor markets public health state local tribal governments directs committee consult national_energy_technology_laboratory implementing act sec designates covered rules rule entitled control air pollution new motor vehicles tier motor vehicle emission fuel standards rule proposed march establishing revising standard performance emission standard new stationary sources hazardous air pollutants applicable petroleum refineries rule proposed march implementation clean air act rules entitled national ambient air quality standards ozone reconsideration ozone primary secondary national ambient air quality standards subsequent rule revising supplementing national ambient air quality standards ozone successor substantially similar rules defines covered action action affecting facilities involved production transportation distribution gasoline diesel fuel natural gas taken january environmental_protection_agency epa state local government permitting agency result application provisions clean air act relating operating permits prevention significant deterioration air quality air pollutant identified greenhouse gas rule entitled endangerment cause clean air act sec prohibits administrator finalizing following rules months committee submits final report tier motor vehicle emission fuel standards successor substantially similar rule rule proposed march establishing revising performance emission standard new stationary sources hazardous air pollutants applicable petroleum refineries rule revising supplementing national ambient air quality standards ozone clean air act sec requires administrator consider feasibility cost revising supplementing standards ozone sec amends clean air act concerning offending fuels fuel additives authorize administrator waive temporarily mandatory control prohibition governing use fuel fuel additive administrator determines unusual extreme supply circumstances result problem distribution delivery equipment necessary transportation delivery fuel fuel additives allows administrator extend effectiveness waiver days conditions supporting waiver determination exist days deems request waiver approved administrator approves denies days receipt amends energy policy act include mandatory epa study federal state local requirements motor vehicle fuels biofuels effect requirements achievement renewable fuel standard extend deadline report congress study title iii quadrennial strategic federal onshore energy production strategy planning american energy act sec amends mineral leasing act direct secretary interior secretary title secretary agriculture usda publish years quadrennial_federal_onshore_energy_production_strategy direct federal land energy development department resource allocation order promote energy security united_states instructs secretary consult administrator energy_information_administration projected energy demands united_states years energy derived federal onshore lands united_states trajectory meets demand years goal increasing energy independence production requires 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 necessary authority determinations additional federal lands available leasing time lease sale occurs available meet production objectives established strategies directs secretary actions necessary achieve objectives president determines national security economic interests increase federal domestic energy production decrease dependence foreign energy sources requires secretary months enactment act complete programmatic environmental impact statement accordance certain requirements nepa deems statement sufficient compliance nepa requirements necessary resource management land use plans associated implementation strategy requires secretary proposed strategy president congress prior publication including comments received affected states local governments federally recognized tribes strategy congress months enactment title onshore oil gas leasing certainty providing leasing certainty american energy act sec directs secretary conducting lease sales mineral leasing act offer sale annual nominated acreage previously available lease shields acreage protest test extraordinary circumstances makes eligible certain categorical exclusions energy policy act connection review nepa categorical exclusion category actions individually cumulatively significant effect human environment consequence environmental assessment environmental impact statement eis required proposed action included description provided listed established agency agency check sure extraordinary circumstances exist cause proposed action significant effect particular situation extraordinary circumstances typically include matters effects endangered species protected cultural sites wetlands proposed action included description agency extraordinary circumstances agency prepare eis develop new proposal qualify application directs secretary consider leasing federal lands available leasing time lease sale occurs sec amends mineral leasing act prohibit secretary withdrawing covered energy project issued act finding violation lessee lease terms delaying indefinitely issuance project approvals drilling seismic permits rights way activities lease cancelling withdrawing lease parcel competitive lease sale occurred winning bidder payment parcel instructs secretary nominated areas available lease months area designated open current land use plan issue leases sold later days payment adjudicate lease protests filed following lease sale prohibits additional lease stipulations parcel sold consultation agreement lessee secretary deems stipulations emergency actions conserve national resources sec requires federal land managers follow existing resource management plans continue actively lease areas designated open resource management plans amended revised time new record decision signed sec declares force effect title streamlined energy permitting streamlining permitting american energy act subtitle application permits drill process reform sec amends mineral leasing act revise requirements issuance permits drill energy projects federal lands authorizes secretary extend initial day permit application review period periods days secretary given written notice delay applicant deems permit application approved secretary decision days receipt prescribes notice requirement denial application directs secretary collect single permit processing fee application applicant time decision issue permit requires fees collected annual wind energy solar energy right way authorization fees retained secretary use bureau_of_land_management blm process permits right way applications activities necessary renewable energy development fish wildlife service federal agencies involved wind solar permitting reviews order facilitate processing wind energy solar energy permit applications blm lands subtitle administrative protest documentation reform sec requires secretary collect documentation fee accompany protest lease right way application permit drill subtitle permit streamlining sec requires secretary establish federal_permit_streamlining_project office responsibility permitting energy projects federal land enter related memorandum understanding secretary agriculture epa administrator chief army_corps_of_engineers authorizes secretary request governor state energy projects federal lands signatory memorandum understanding requires federal signatories memorandum assign staff special expertise field offices sec states respect review nepa secretary shall require finding extraordinary circumstances related categorical exclusion administering energy policy act sec expresses intent congress title support growing domestic energy sector helps reinvigorate american manufacturing transportation service sectors employing workers assist development energy domestic sources congress monitor deployment personnel material onshore encourage development american technology manufacturing establish industrial facilities support expanded access american energy resources directs secretary encourage practicable use workers including equipment manufactured united_states construction related mineral resource development act subtitle judicial review sec states venue covered civil action shall lie district court project leases exist proposed prescribes procedures judicial review leasing federal lands exploration development production processing transmission oil natural gas wind energy source energy title expeditious program oil gas leasing national_petroleum_reserve 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 npr areas likely produce commercial quantities oil natural gas year sec directs secretary ensure according specified timeline permits surface development activities including pipelines roads construction order develop bring production areas npr subject oil gas leases transport oil gas npr existing transportation processing infrastructure north_slope alaska sec directs secretary issue regulations establishing clear requirements ensure department_of_the_interior supporting development oil gas leases npr approve days enactment act public comment consultation state alaska right way corridors construction separate additional bridges pipeline rights way facilitate oil gas development npr sec requires secretary assess technically recoverable fossil fuel resources npr including conventional unconventional oil natural gas requires resource assessment implemented authorized use resources funds provided state alaska sec declares force effect epa designation title vii sec amends mineral leasing act authorize secretary interior conduct onshore oil gas lease sales internet based bidding methods requires individual internet based lease sale concluded seven days directs secretary analyze report lease sales including estimates increases decreases lease sales compared sales conducted oral bidding total cost savings department_of_the_interior 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 title viii service counter self contained medium temperature commercial refrigerators sec amends energy_policy_and_conservation_act define establish energy conservation standards service counter self contained medium temperature commercial refrigerators requires manufactured months enactment specified total daily energy consumption kilowatt hours day title miscellaneous provisions sec prohibits secretary interior transferring office_of_surface_mining_reclamation_and_enforcement responsibility authority perform function performed immediately enactment act including management mineral development federal lands acquired lands federal land policy management act function performed mining law program sec amends gulf_of_mexico_energy_security act contract fy2016 fy2022 time period annual maximum distributed qualified ocs shelf revenues shall million increase million annual maximum distributed qualified ocs revenues sec directs secretary revise proposed ocs oil gas leasing program include lease_sale coast virginia include ocs coast virginia leasing program year period period implement lease_sale year enactment act instructs secretary secretary defense dod work jointly implementing changes ensure preserving ability maintain optimum state readiness continued use ocs allowing effective exploration development production national oil gas renewable energy resources prohibits exploration development production oil natural gas coast virginia conflict military operation declares united_states reserves right designate secretary defense president approval national defense areas ocs title advancing offshore wind production advancing offshore wind production act sec exempts projects determined secretary offshore meteorological site testing monitoring project environmental impact statement requirements nepa defines offshore meteorological site testing monitoring project project administered department_of_the_interior carried waters ocs test monitor weather including wind tidal current solar energy towers buoys temporary ocean infrastructure causes acre surface seafloor disruption location meteorological tower device acres surface seafloor disruption proposed area affected project including hazards navigation decommissioned years commencement provides meteorological information secretary directs secretary require applicant seeking conduct offshore meteorological site testing monitoring project ocs obtain permit right way project decide issue permit right way days receiving application provide opportunity submission comments public consult secretary defense dod commandant coast guard heads federal state local agencies affected issuance permit right way provide applicant opportunity remedy deficiencies permit application denied


Summary: Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines (including all appurtenances used in their operation) that, as of March 1, 2012, are within the boundary of Glacier National Park in Montana. Specifies that each such permit shall be: (1) issued as a right-of-way renewal, (2) for a width of not more than 25 feet on either side of the centerline of the pipeline, and (3) subject to any terms and conditions that are determined by the Secretary to be necessary.

authorizes secretary interior issue right way permits natural gas pipelines including appurtenances operation march boundary glacier national park montana specifies permit shall issued right way renewal width feet centerline pipeline subject terms conditions determined secretary necessary


Summary: Describes the following as acts that unreasonably burden and discriminate against interstate commerce, and prohibits states, political subdivisions, and any other taxing authority from: (1) assessing natural gas pipeline property at a value that has a higher ratio to its true market value than the ratio used to assess other commercial and industrial property in the same assessment jurisdiction, (2) levying or collecting a tax on such an assessment, (3) levying or collecting an ad valorem property tax on natural gas pipeline property at a rate that exceeds the rate applicable to commercial and industrial property in the same assessment jurisdiction, or (4) imposing any other tax that discriminates against a natural gas pipeline providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Grants jurisdiction to U.S. District Courts for claims involving discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property and provides for relief for such claims.

describes following acts unreasonably burden discriminate interstate commerce prohibits states political subdivisions taxing authority assessing natural gas pipeline property value higher ratio true market value ratio assess commercial industrial property assessment jurisdiction levying collecting tax assessment levying collecting valorem property tax natural gas pipeline property rate exceeds rate applicable commercial industrial property assessment jurisdiction imposing tax discriminates natural gas pipeline providing transportation subject jurisdiction federal_energy_regulatory_commission ferc grants jurisdiction district_courts claims involving discriminatory taxation natural gas pipeline property provides relief claims


Summary: Investing to Modernize the Production of American Clean Energy and Technology Act of 2012 or the IMPACT Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax incentives for investment in renewable energy, to: (1) extend through 2020 the date by which wind facilities must be placed in service to qualify for the electricity production tax credit; (2) extend through 2021 the date by which other specified alternative or renewable energy facilities (i.e., biomass, geothermal or solar energy, landfill gas, qualified hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities) must be placed in service to qualify for the electricity production tax credit; and (3) extend through 2021 the taxpayer election to treat certain renewable energy facilities used for producing electricity, including offshore wind facilities, as investment properties for purposes of the energy tax credit. Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend through 2013 the grant program for investment in renewable energy property in lieu of the tax credits allowed for such property. Increases to $5 billion the limitation on the total amount of credits that may be allocated under the qualifying advanced energy project program. Extends through 2012: (1) the tax credit for energy-efficient new homes, and (2) the tax credit for energy-efficient household appliances. Increases or extends tax credits for qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles, heavy natural gas vehicles, and alternative fuel vehicle refueling property. Provides for tax-exempt financing of electric, natural gas, and hydrogen vehicle refueling property. Limits or repeals tax incentives for major integrated oil companies, including: (1) the use of last-in, first-out accounting (LIFO); (2) the foreign tax credit for such companies that are dual capacity taxpayers; (3) the tax deduction for income attributable to the domestic production of oil, natural gas, or primary products thereof; (4) the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs; (5) percentage depletion for oil and gas wells; and (6) the tax deduction for tertiary injectant expenditures.

investing modernize production impact act amends internal revenue code respect tax incentives investment renewable energy extend date wind facilities placed service qualify electricity production tax credit extend date specified alternative renewable energy facilities biomass geothermal solar energy landfill gas qualified hydropower marine hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities placed service qualify electricity production tax credit extend taxpayer election treat certain renewable energy facilities producing electricity including offshore wind facilities investment properties purposes energy tax credit amends american_recovery_and_reinvestment_act extend grant program investment renewable energy property lieu tax credits allowed property increases billion limitation total credits allocated qualifying advanced energy project program extends tax credit energy efficient new homes tax credit energy efficient household appliances increases extends tax credits qualified plug electric drive motor vehicles heavy natural gas vehicles alternative fuel vehicle refueling property provides tax exempt financing electric natural gas hydrogen vehicle refueling property limits repeals tax incentives major integrated oil companies including use accounting lifo foreign tax credit companies dual capacity taxpayers tax deduction income attributable domestic production oil natural gas primary products thereof tax deduction intangible drilling development costs percentage depletion oil gas wells tax deduction tertiary injectant expenditures


Summary: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2012 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to reduce or eliminate royalty payments for oil and natural gas leases in the Outer Continental Shelf. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to increase minimum royalty payments for coal, oil, and natural gas leases. Repeals the program for ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource exploration and production. Amends the Oil Pollution Act to eliminate the limitation on liability for offshore facilities and pipeline operators for oil spills. Rescinds all unobligated balances made available to the World Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the Export-Import Bank, the Advanced Research Projects Agency in the Department of Defense (DOD), and other international financing entities to carry out any project that supports coal, oil, or natural gas. Terminates the Office of Fossil Energy Research and Development in the Department of Energy (DOE) and the authority to carry out any of its programs. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to eliminate from the categories of projects eligible for loan guarantees for innovative technologies: (1) projects involving advanced fossil energy technology, and (2) and crude oil refineries. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from making loans under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to carry out projects that will use coal, oil, or natural gas. Prohibits the use of Department of Transportation (DOT) funds to award any grant or other direct assistance to any rail or port project that transports coal, oil, or natural gas. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit or repeal provisions allowing tax incentives for investment in fossil fuels. Increases the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund financing rate. Imposes a 13% tax on the removal price of any taxable crude oil or natural gas from the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. Designates the Powder River Basin in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming as a coal producing region. Eliminates accelerated depreciation for property that is receiving a subsidy for fossil fuel production.

end polluter welfare act amends outer_continental_shelf lands act energy policy act repeal authority secretary interior reduce eliminate royalty payments oil natural gas leases outer_continental_shelf amends mineral leasing act increase minimum royalty payments coal oil natural gas leases repeals program ultra deepwater unconventional natural gas petroleum resource exploration production amends oil pollution act eliminate limitation liability offshore facilities pipeline operators oil spills rescinds unobligated balances available world_bank opic export-import_bank advanced_research_projects_agency department_of_defense dod international financing entities carry project supports coal oil natural gas terminates doe authority carry programs amends energy policy act eliminate categories projects eligible loan guarantees innovative technologies projects involving advanced fossil energy technology crude oil refineries prohibits secretary agriculture making loans rural electrification act carry projects use coal oil natural gas prohibits use department_of_transportation dot funds award grant direct assistance rail port project transports coal oil natural gas amends internal revenue code limit repeal provisions allowing tax incentives investment fossil fuels increases oil_spill_liability_trust_fund financing rate imposes tax removal price taxable crude oil natural gas outer_continental_shelf gulf_of_mexico designates powder_river_basin southeast montana northeast wyoming coal producing region eliminates accelerated depreciation property receiving subsidy fossil fuel production


Summary: Hire Now Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain employers a tax credit for 10% of the excess (if any) of the wages and compensation paid to their employees in 2012 over the amount of such wages paid in 2011, up to a maximum amount of $5 million; (2) prohibit major integrated oil companies from using the last-in, first-out (LIFO) accounting method; and (3) deny major integrated oil companies a tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs.

hire act amends internal revenue code allow certain employers tax credit excess wages compensation paid employees wages paid maximum million prohibit major integrated oil companies lifo accounting method deny major integrated oil companies tax deduction intangible drilling development costs


Summary: Wind Powering American Jobs Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2013 the tax credit for the production of electricity from wind facilities and the energy tax credit for investment in wind facilities, and (2) limit the foreign tax credit and tax deferrals for amounts paid or accrued by a major integrated oil company that is a dual capacity taxpayer. Defines "dual capacity taxpayer" as a person who is subject to a levy of a foreign country or U.S. possession and receives (or will receive) directly or indirectly a specific economic benefit from such county or possession.

wind powering american jobs act amends internal revenue code extend tax credit production electricity wind facilities energy tax credit investment wind facilities limit foreign tax credit tax deferrals amounts paid accrued major integrated oil company dual capacity taxpayer defines dual capacity taxpayer person subject levy foreign country possession receives receive directly indirectly specific economic benefit county possession


Summary: Congressional Replacement of President Obama's Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017) in accordance with the schedule for conducting oil and gas lease sales set forth in it and in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Instructs the Secretary to conduct each of specified oil and gas lease sales in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Planning Areas, including certain ones in the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program (2010-2015), during its specified year. (Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary to offer for sale, by December 31, 2013, leases of tracts in the Santa Maria and Santa Barbara/Ventura Basins of the Southern California OCS Planning Area. Requires the Secretary to include in such leases any terms and conditions necessary to require that development and production may occur only from offshore infrastructure in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act or from onshore-based drilling. (Sec. 5) Retains the authority of the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to designate national defense areas on the OCS. Prohibits exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas on the OCS under a lease issued under this Act that would conflict with any military operation determined in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior on Mutual Concerns on the Outer Continental Shelf signed July 20, 1983, including any revision or replacement for that agreement agreed to after that date but before the issuance of the lease under which such exploration, development, or production is conducted. (Sec. 6) Requires the Secretary to prepare a multisale environmental impact statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for lease sales required under this Act that are not included in the Proposed Final Leasing Program (2012-2017). States that the Secretary is not required to identify nonleasing alternative courses of action or to analyze the environmental effects of such alternative courses of action. Requires the Secretary only to: (1) identify a preferred action for leasing and not more than one alternative leasing proposal, and (2) analyze the environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for such preferred action and such alternative leasing proposal. (Sec. 7) Declares that nothing in this Act affects restrictions on oil and gas leasing under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006. (Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary, in determining the areas off the coasts of South Carolina and California to be made available for leasing under this Act, to: (1) consult with the governor and legislature of each state; and (2) focus on areas considered to have the most geologically promising energy resources.

president obama energy restricting sec directs secretary interior implement accordance schedule conducting oil gas lease sales set forth outer_continental_shelf_lands_act instructs secretary conduct specified oil gas lease sales outer_continental_shelf ocs planning areas including certain ones draft proposed outer continental shelf ocs specified year sec requires secretary offer sale december leases tracts santa_maria santa_barbara ventura basins southern_california ocs planning area requires secretary include leases terms conditions necessary require development production occur offshore infrastructure existence date enactment act onshore based drilling sec retains authority secretary defense dod designate national defense areas ocs prohibits exploration development production oil natural gas ocs lease issued act conflict military operation determined accordance memorandum agreement department_of_defense outer_continental_shelf signed july including revision replacement agreement agreed date issuance lease exploration development production conducted sec requires secretary prepare multisale environmental impact statement pursuant national_environmental_policy_act lease sales required act included states secretary required identify nonleasing alternative courses action analyze environmental effects alternative courses action requires secretary identify preferred action leasing alternative leasing proposal analyze environmental effects potential mitigation measures preferred action alternative leasing proposal sec declares act affects restrictions oil gas leasing gulf_of_mexico_energy_security_act sec directs secretary determining areas coasts south_carolina california available leasing act consult governor legislature state focus areas considered geologically promising energy resources


Summary: Declares that no presidential permit shall be required for the pipeline application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Corporation for the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border. Deems the final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Declares that this Act does not affect the ongoing work of the state of Nebraska with regard to the fully intrastate portion of the Keystone XL pipeline.

declares presidential permit shall required pipeline application filed transcanada_corporation northern portion keystone_xl pipeline canadian border south_dakota nebraska border deems final environmental impact statement issued secretary state august satisfy requirements national_environmental_policy_act declares act affect ongoing work state nebraska regard fully intrastate portion keystone_xl pipeline


Summary: President Obama's Proposed 2012-2017 Offshore Drilling Lease Sale Plan Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017) in accordance with the schedule for conducting oil and gas lease sales set forth in it and in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

president obama proposed offshore drilling lease sale plan act directs secretary interior implement accordance schedule conducting oil gas lease sales set forth outer_continental_shelf_lands_act


Summary: Retaining Essential Environmental Fishing Structures Act or REEFS Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior, during a two-year period, from requiring or authorizing either the removal or movement of any facility used for oil or gas activities under a lease under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Exempts from this prohibition any removal or movement of a facility for purposes of temporary abandonment of a well, in accordance with specified federal regulations, because of an emergency identified by the Secretary.

retaining essential environmental fishing structures act reefs act prohibits secretary interior year period requiring authorizing removal movement facility oil gas activities lease outer_continental_shelf_lands_act exempts prohibition removal movement facility purposes temporary abandonment accordance specified federal regulations emergency identified secretary


Summary: American Energy Independence and Domestic Refining Capacity Act - Establishes the Commission on Energy Independence and Domestic Refining Capacity, which shall, at the request of the President, conduct a study to determine whether the consolidation or closing of a refinery will result in an adverse decline in the nation's domestic refining capacity. Requires that such study examine: (1) the state of the domestic refining industry, including the effect of the consolidation or refinery closure on overall production, domestic economic growth, and national gas prices; (2) the possibilities for the federal government to form public-private partnerships that would lead to increased domestic refining capacity; (3) the potential positive and adverse consequences of federal partnerships and incentives on growth within the industry; (4) the potential benefits of reinvesting a portion of revenues from public-private partnerships into energy related science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, and seeding future federally funded energy research; and (5) the types of federal incentives that could be used to maintain domestic refining capacity. Requires the Commission to report the results of such study within three months after it is requested. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (DOE), if the study finds that a plant consolidation or closure will have an adverse effect on the nation's domestic refining capacity, to offer federal incentives to prevent the diminishment of refining capacity.

american_energy_independence domestic refining capacity act establishes commission energy independence domestic refining capacity shall request president conduct study determine consolidation closing refinery result adverse decline nation domestic refining capacity requires study examine state domestic refining industry including effect consolidation refinery closure overall production domestic economic growth national gas prices possibilities federal government form public private partnerships lead increased domestic refining capacity potential positive adverse consequences federal partnerships incentives growth industry potential benefits reinvesting portion revenues public private partnerships energy related science technology engineering mathematics education future federally funded energy research types federal incentives maintain domestic refining capacity requires commission report results study months requested authorizes secretary energy doe study finds plant consolidation closure adverse effect nation domestic refining capacity offer federal incentives prevent refining capacity


Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include tar sands in the definition of "crude oil" for purposes of the excise tax on petroleum.

amends internal revenue code include tar sands definition crude oil purposes excise tax petroleum


Summary: Tapping America's Energy Potential through Research and Development Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary), acting through the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy, to implement research, development, and demonstration (R&D) activities of technologies to: (1) enable safe and responsible production of domestic unconventional oil and gas resources; (2) facilitate commercial application of energy technologies for the exploration, development, and production of oil shale resources including oil, natural gas, and other liquid resources from shale formations; and (3) use produced water, in an environmentally sustainable manner, for agricultural, irrigational, recreational, power generation, municipal, and industrial purposes. Requires oil shale R&D activities to include: (1) oil shale resource characterization, (2) modeling and simulation of oil shale exploration and production technologies, and (3) minimization and re-use of water. Requires shale extraction R&D activities to include: (1) water use and demand, (2) water sourcing, (3) materials used in shale oil and natural gas operations, and (4) diagnostic imaging and monitoring. Includes among produced water utilization R&D activities: (1) produced water recovery, (2) use of produced water for specified environmentally sustainable purposes, and (3) re-injection of produced water into subsurface geological formations to increase energy production. Limits such activities to technology areas that industry by itself is not likely to undertake because of technical and financial uncertainty.

energy potential research development act directs secretary energy secretary acting assistant secretary energy implement research development demonstration activities technologies enable safe responsible production domestic unconventional oil gas resources facilitate commercial application energy technologies exploration development production oil shale resources including oil natural gas liquid resources shale formations use produced water environmentally sustainable manner agricultural recreational power generation municipal industrial purposes requires oil shale activities include oil shale resource characterization modeling simulation oil shale exploration production technologies minimization use water requires shale extraction activities include water use demand water sourcing materials shale oil natural gas operations diagnostic imaging monitoring includes produced water utilization activities produced water recovery use produced water specified environmentally sustainable purposes injection produced water subsurface geological formations increase energy production limits activities technology areas industry likely undertake technical financial uncertainty


Summary: Liquefied Natural Gas for NATO Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to treat each North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member nation as a nation with which there is in effect a free trade agreement and thus eligible for expedited application and approval for the importation or exportation of natural gas.

nato act amends foreign assistance act treat north atlantic treaty organization nato member nation nation effect free trade agreement eligible expedited application approval importation exportation natural gas


Summary: Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the motor fuel excise tax fuel used in any highway vehicle designed exclusively to provide mobile mammography services.

mobile_mammography_promotion_act amends internal revenue code exempt motor fuel excise tax fuel highway vehicle designed exclusively provide mobile mammography services


Summary: West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, or Washington.

west_coast_ocean protection act amends outer_continental_shelf lands act prohibit secretary interior issuing lease exploration development production oil natural gas area outer continental_shelf coast california oregon washington


Summary: Alaska Adjacent Zone Safe Oil Transport and Revenue Sharing Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) require oil produced from federal leases in certain Arctic waters, except in preproduction phases (including explorations), to be transported by pipeline to onshore facilities; and (2) provide for, and issue appropriate permits for, the transportation of oil from such leases in preproduction phases (including exploration) by means other than pipeline. Requires that the state of Alaska receive 37.5% of: (1) any bonus bid paid for leasing rights for any area in the Alaska Adjacent Zone; and (2) specified post-leasing revenues including lease rental payments and lease royalty payments, as well as royalty proceeds from a sale of royalties taken in kind. Sets forth an allocation scheme under which the Secretary of the Interior is directed to pay: (1) 20% of any allocable state share directly to coastal political subdivisions, (2) 33% of any allocable state share to certain Regional Corporations, and (3) 7% of any allocable state share directly to Indian tribes. Instructs the Secretary to distribute 6.25% of certain federal royalty revenues into: (1) a specified land and water conservation fund to provide financial assistance to states, and (2) direct federal deficit reduction.

revenue sharing act amends outer_continental_shelf lands act ocsla direct secretary interior require oil produced federal leases certain arctic waters phases including transported pipeline onshore facilities provide issue appropriate permits transportation oil leases phases including exploration means pipeline requires state alaska receive bonus bid paid leasing rights area alaska adjacent zone specified post leasing revenues including lease rental payments lease royalty payments royalty proceeds sale royalties taken kind sets forth allocation scheme secretary interior directed pay allocable state share directly coastal political subdivisions allocable state share certain allocable state share directly indian tribes instructs secretary distribute certain federal royalty revenues specified land water conservation fund provide financial assistance states direct federal deficit reduction


Summary: Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate: (1) the $1 billion per incident limitation on expenditures from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for cleanup of oil spills, and (2) restrictions on the borrowing authority of such Trust Fund. Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the President to promulgate regulations to allow advance payments from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to states and localities to prepare for and mitigate substantial threats from the discharge of oil.

amends internal revenue code eliminate billion incident limitation expenditures oil_spill_liability_trust_fund cleanup oil spills restrictions borrowing authority trust fund amends oil pollution act direct president promulgate regulations allow advance payments oil_spill_liability_trust_fund states localities prepare mitigate substantial threats discharge oil


Summary: Strengthening Pipeline Safety and Enforcement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to increase the number of Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) personnel by at least 100 full-time employees to carry out the pipeline safety program. Defines the term "major consequence violation" to mean a violation that contributed to any incident resulting in: (1) one or more deaths or injuries or illnesses requiring hospitalization; (2) environmental harm exceeding $250,000 in damage, including property loss; or (3) a pipeline release of gas or hazardous liquid that ignites or presents a safety threat to the public or the environment in a high consequence area. Subjects to a civil penalty of $250,000 any person who has committed a major consequence violation of a pipeline marking or excavation notification requirement, pipeline safety standard or regulation, or order. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil penalty on a person who obstructs or prevents an inspection or investigation of a gas pipeline or hazardous liquid pipeline. Prescribes a maximum civil penalty of $2.5 million for a related series of major consequence violations. Authorizes the Secretary to collect geospatial, technical, or other pipeline data on transportation-related oil flow lines (pipelines transporting oil off production grounds across areas not owned by the producer). Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations requiring the installation in pipelines of remotely or automatically controlled valves capable of shutting of the flow of gas in the event of an accident. Requires the Secretary to establish standards for natural gas pipeline leak detection equipment and methods. Directs the Secretary to require pipeline operators to: (1) submit a traceable, verifiable, and complete record of all interstate and intrastate natural gas transmission lines in class 3 and class 4 locations and class 1 and class 2 high consequence areas that have not had a maximum allowable operating pressure established through prior, verifiable pressure hydrostatic testing or an equivalent pressure testing method; and (2) determine through use of the record the maximum allowable operating pressure for a transmission line. Directs the Secretary, in cases where a record is not available or a valid maximum allowable operating pressure is not established, to require a transmission line operator to: (1) conduct a pressure test and a pressure spike test, or replace the transmission line segment; and (2) establish an interim maximum allowable operating pressure for the transmission line that does not exceed 80% of the highest pressure the transmission line segment has previously operated, until such time as the pressure tests are completed. Repeals the exemption from federal pipeline safety standards of the movement of gas and hazardous liquid through unregulated gathering lines in rural areas. Revises the definition of "hazardous liquid" to include non-petroleum fuels and biofuels. Directs the Secretary to prescribe additional standards to require, at least once every five years, the inspection by an instrumented internal device ("smart pig") of each gas and hazardous liquid pipeline located in a high-density population area or an environmentally sensitive area. Requires such standards to require the use of another inspection method meeting specified criteria where "smart pigs" cannot be used in a segment of a pipeline. Directs the Secretary to prescribe minimum safety standards for the pipeline transportation of carbon dioxide in gaseous form. (Under current law, the Secretary is required to prescribe minimum standards for the pipeline transportation of carbon dioxide in liquefied form.) Prescribes requirements to authorize the Secretary to require persons proposing the construction, expansion, or operation of a gas or hazardous liquid pipeline (including construction inspections and oversight) to pay the costs of pipeline design safety reviews the Secretary conducts. Requires the Secretary to prescribe a fee structure, assessment methodology, and collection procedures with respect to the costs of providing such reviews. Establishes in the Treasury the Pipeline Safety Design Review Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to engage in activities supporting the exchange of information with domestic and international organizations about the public and environmental risks from pipelines, as well as efforts to develop and improve safety standards and requirements for pipeline transportation in interstate or foreign commerce. Sets forth certain factors the Secretary shall consider in granting a pipeline operator's application for a waiver of pipeline standards in nonemergency situations. Limits the waiver of one or more pipeline standards to no more than five years, renewable for successive five year periods. Requires the Secretary to establish reasonable fees for processing waiver applications. Establishes in the Treasury the Pipeline Safety Special Permit Fund. Revises national pipeline mapping system requirements to require each pipeline operator to provide the Secretary certain geospatial, technical, or other pipeline data, including preconstruction design reviews and compliance inspection prioritization. Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the transportation of non-petroleum hazardous liquids by pipeline, including the extent to which the safety of such lines is unregulated by states, as well as whether the pipeline transportation of such chemicals across public areas would present significant risks to public safety, property, or the environment in the absence of regulation.

strengthening pipeline safety enforcement act directs secretary transportation increase number pipeline_and_hazardous_materials_safety_administration phmsa personnel time employees carry pipeline safety program defines term major consequence violation mean violation contributed incident resulting deaths injuries illnesses requiring hospitalization environmental harm exceeding damage including property loss pipeline release gas hazardous liquid presents safety threat public environment high consequence area subjects civil penalty person committed major consequence violation pipeline marking excavation notification requirement pipeline safety standard regulation order authorizes secretary impose civil penalty person obstructs prevents inspection investigation gas pipeline hazardous liquid pipeline prescribes maximum civil penalty million related series major consequence violations authorizes secretary collect geospatial technical pipeline data transportation related oil flow lines pipelines transporting oil production grounds areas owned producer directs secretary prescribe regulations requiring installation pipelines remotely automatically controlled valves capable flow gas event accident requires secretary establish standards natural gas pipeline leak detection equipment methods directs secretary require pipeline operators submit traceable verifiable complete record interstate intrastate natural gas transmission lines class class locations class class high consequence areas maximum allowable operating pressure established prior verifiable pressure testing equivalent pressure testing method determine use record maximum allowable operating pressure transmission line directs secretary cases record available valid maximum allowable operating pressure established require transmission line operator conduct pressure test pressure test replace transmission line segment establish interim maximum allowable operating pressure transmission line exceed highest pressure transmission line segment previously operated time pressure tests completed repeals exemption federal pipeline safety standards movement gas hazardous liquid unregulated gathering lines rural areas revises definition hazardous liquid include non petroleum fuels biofuels directs secretary prescribe additional standards require years inspection internal device smart pig gas hazardous liquid pipeline located high density population area environmentally sensitive area requires standards require use inspection method meeting specified criteria smart segment pipeline directs secretary prescribe minimum safety standards pipeline transportation carbon dioxide gaseous form current law secretary required prescribe minimum standards pipeline transportation carbon dioxide liquefied form prescribes requirements authorize secretary require persons proposing construction expansion operation gas hazardous liquid pipeline including construction inspections oversight pay costs pipeline design safety reviews secretary conducts requires secretary prescribe fee structure assessment methodology collection procedures respect costs providing reviews establishes treasury pipeline_safety_design_review_fund authorizes secretary engage activities supporting exchange information domestic international organizations public environmental risks pipelines efforts develop improve safety standards requirements pipeline transportation interstate foreign commerce sets forth certain factors secretary shall consider granting pipeline operator application waiver pipeline standards nonemergency situations limits waiver pipeline standards years renewable successive year periods requires secretary establish reasonable fees processing waiver applications establishes treasury pipeline safety special permit fund revises national pipeline mapping system requirements require pipeline operator provide secretary certain geospatial technical pipeline data including preconstruction design reviews compliance inspection prioritization directs secretary study report congress transportation non petroleum hazardous liquids pipeline including extent safety lines unregulated states pipeline transportation chemicals public areas present significant risks public safety property environment absence regulation


Summary: Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny to taxpayers with gross revenues in excess of $100 million in a taxable year (applicable large taxpayers): (1) the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs, (2) the tax deduction for qualified tertiary injectant expenses, (3) the exemption from restrictions on the deductibility of passive losses, (4) the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells, and (5) the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, natural gas, or primary products thereof. Requires applicable large taxpayers to amortize their geological and geophysical expenditures over a seven-year period. Imposes on producers of taxable crude oil or natural gas a 13% excise tax on the removal price of such oil and natural gas produced from lands on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. Allows a nonrefundable credit against such tax for royalties paid under federal law with respect to the production of such crude oil and natural gas. Denies a foreign tax credit to any large integrated oil company that is subject to a levy of a foreign country or possession of the United States and receives an economic benefit from such country or possession (dual capacity taxpayer) if such country or possession does not impose a generally applicable income tax.

close big oil tax internal revenue code deny taxpayers gross revenues excess million taxable year applicable large taxpayers tax deduction intangible drilling development costs tax deduction qualified tertiary injectant expenses exemption restrictions deductibility passive losses percentage depletion allowance oil gas wells tax deduction income attributable domestic production oil natural gas primary products thereof requires applicable large taxpayers amortize geological geophysical expenditures seven year period imposes producers taxable crude oil natural gas excise tax removal price oil natural gas produced lands outer_continental_shelf gulf_of_mexico allows nonrefundable credit tax royalties paid federal law respect production crude oil natural gas denies foreign tax credit large integrated oil company subject levy foreign country possession united_states receives economic benefit country possession dual capacity taxpayer country possession impose generally applicable income tax


Summary: Pipeline Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2011 - Prescribes or revises requirements for safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation. (Sec. 2) Defines the term "major consequence violation" to mean a violation that contributed to an incident resulting in: (1) one or more deaths or injuries or illnesses requiring in-patient hospitalization; or (2) environmental harm exceeding $250,000 in damage, including property loss (other than the value of natural gas or hazardous liquid lost or damage to pipeline equipment). Subjects to a civil penalty of $250,000 any person that the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) has found to have committed a major consequence violation of a pipeline marking or excavation notification requirement, pipeline safety standard or regulation, or order. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil penalty on a person who obstructs or prevents an inspection or investigation of a gas pipeline or hazardous liquid pipeline. Prescribes a maximum civil penalty of $2.5 million for a related series of major consequence violations. (Sec. 3) Prohibits a state one-call notification program from exempting municipalities, state agencies, or their contractors from its one-call notification system requirements. (Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary to issue regulations subjecting offshore hazardous liquid gathering pipelines (except low-stress distribution pipelines) as well as those located within Gulf of Mexico inlets to the same standards and regulations as other hazardous liquid pipelines. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to prescribe a regulation to require the use of automatic or remote-controlled shut-off valves (or equivalent technology) on pipelines. (Sec. 6) Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations to require the use of excess flow valves on new or entirely replaced distribution branch services, multi-family facilities, and small commercial facilities located in high-density population areas and environmentally sensitive areas. (Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary to evaluate specified questions with respect to integrity management safety system requirements. (Sec. 8) Requires the Secretary to maintain: (1) a monthly updated summary of all completed and final natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline inspections conducted by or reported to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), (2) a status indication of the review and approval of each gas and hazardous liquid pipeline operator's facility response plan, and (3) an updated map of all pipelines located in high consequence areas that are required to meet integrity management safety regulations. (Sec. 9) Directs the Secretary to conduct biannually a follow-up survey to measure progress of gas pipeline operators to implement plans for the safe management and replacement of cast iron pipe in their systems. (Sec. 10) Directs the Secretary to: (1) submit an updated report to Congress on leak detection systems used by operators of hazardous liquid pipelines and transportation-related flow lines; and (2) prescribe regulations to require such operators to use leak detection technologies, particularly in high consequence areas. (Sec. 11) Requires the Secretary to: (1) prescribe regulations to establish time limits for accident and incident (i.e., spill or rupture) telephonic or electronic notification by pipeline operators to state and local government officials and emergency responders, and (2) review procedures for pipeline operators and the National Response Center to provide coordinated notification to all relevant emergency response officials and revise such procedures as appropriate. (Sec. 13) Revises national pipeline mapping system requirements to require each pipeline operator to provide the Secretary certain geospatial, technical, or other related pipeline data, including design and material specifications. (Sec. 14) Authorizes the Secretary to engage in activities supporting the exchange of information with domestic and international organizations about the public and environmental risks from pipelines. (Sec. 15) Directs the Secretary to review all exemptions for gas and hazardous liquid gathering lines. (Sec. 16) Authorizes the Secretary to collect geospatial, technical, or other pipeline data on transportation-related oil flow lines (pipelines transporting oil off the grounds of the well across areas not owned by the producer). (Sec. 17) Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to Alaska to achieve coordinated oversight of the construction, expansion, or operation of Alaskan pipeline systems. (Sec. 18) Authorizes the Secretary to require persons proposing the construction, expansion, or operation of certain new gas or hazardous liquid pipelines (including construction inspections and oversight) to pay the costs of pipeline design safety reviews the Secretary conducts. Establishes in the Treasury the Pipeline Safety Design Review Fund. (Sec. 19) Sets forth certain factors the Secretary shall consider in granting a pipeline operator's application for a waiver (for up to five years, reviewable) of any pipeline standard. (Sec. 20) Treats as a hazardous liquid any non-petroleum fuels, including biofuels that are flammable, toxic, or corrosive or would be harmful to the environment if released in significant quantities. (Sec. 21) Directs the Secretary to prescribe minimum safety standards for the pipeline transportation of carbon dioxide in gaseous form. (Sec. 22) Directs the Secretary to study whether hazardous liquid pipeline regulations are sufficient to regulate the transportation of tar sands crude oil by pipeline, including whether any increase in risk of release exists for pipelines transporting such oil. (Sec. 23) Directs the Secretary to study the transportation of non-petroleum hazardous liquids by pipeline, including the extent to which the safety of such lines is unregulated by states. (Sec. 25) Directs the Secretary to increase the number of PHMSA personnel by a total of 39 full-time employees to carry out the pipeline safety program. (Sec. 26) Revises state pipeline safety grant requirements to authorize the Secretary to provide a pipeline safety grant to a state (as under current law) only if it spends (excluding federal grants) an amount equal to the average amount it spent for a gas or hazardous liquid safety program for FY2004-FY2006. Directs the Secretary to waive such requirement if a state can demonstrate an inability to maintain or increase its funding share of its pipeline safety program due to economic hardship. (Sec. 27) Directs the Secretary to require gas pipeline operators to verify records for all interstate and intrastate gas transmission lines in class 3 and class 4 locations and class 1 and class 2 high consequence areas to reflect accurately the pipelines' physical and operational characteristics and confirm their established maximum allowable operating pressures. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for conducting tests to confirm the material strength of previously untested natural gas transmission pipelines: (1) located in high-density population areas and environmentally sensitive areas, and (2) operating at a pressure greater than 30% of specified minimum yield strength. (Sec. 28) Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to: (1) require a presiding official at all administrative hearings related to PHMSA civil penalties, compliance orders, safety orders, or corrective orders; (2) give any person requesting a hearing the opportunity to arrange for a transcript of the hearing, at the person's own expense; and (3) ensure expedited review of any emergency order to a pipeline facility operator to take necessary corrective action with regard to a pipeline facility determined hazardous to life and property. (Sec. 29) Authorizes appropriations for FY2012-FY2015 for: (1) gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety grants, (2) emergency response grants, (3) one-call notification programs, (4) state damage prevention programs, (5) community pipeline safety information grants, and (6) an ongoing pipeline transportation research and development program plan.

prescribes revises requirements safety environmental protection pipeline transportation sec defines term major consequence violation mean violation contributed incident resulting deaths injuries illnesses requiring patient hospitalization environmental harm exceeding damage including property loss value natural gas hazardous liquid lost damage pipeline equipment subjects civil penalty person secretary transportation dot found committed major consequence violation pipeline marking excavation notification requirement pipeline safety standard regulation order authorizes secretary impose civil penalty person obstructs prevents inspection investigation gas pipeline hazardous liquid pipeline prescribes maximum civil penalty million related series major consequence violations sec prohibits state notification program exempting municipalities state agencies contractors notification system requirements sec requires secretary issue regulations subjecting offshore hazardous liquid gathering pipelines low stress distribution pipelines located gulf_of_mexico inlets standards regulations hazardous liquid pipelines sec directs secretary prescribe regulation require use automatic remote controlled shut valves equivalent technology pipelines sec requires secretary prescribe regulations require use excess flow valves new entirely replaced distribution branch services multi family facilities small commercial facilities located high density population areas environmentally sensitive areas sec directs secretary evaluate specified questions respect integrity management safety system requirements sec requires secretary maintain monthly updated summary completed final natural gas hazardous liquid pipeline inspections conducted reported pipeline_and_hazardous_materials_safety_administration phmsa status indication review approval gas hazardous liquid pipeline operator facility response plan updated map pipelines located high consequence areas required meet integrity management safety regulations sec directs secretary conduct biannually follow survey measure progress gas pipeline operators implement plans safe management replacement cast iron pipe systems sec directs secretary submit updated report congress leak detection systems operators hazardous liquid pipelines transportation related flow lines prescribe regulations require operators use leak detection technologies particularly high consequence areas sec requires secretary prescribe regulations establish time limits accident incident spill rupture telephonic electronic notification pipeline operators state local government officials emergency responders review procedures pipeline operators national_response_center provide coordinated notification relevant emergency response officials revise procedures appropriate sec revises national pipeline mapping system requirements require pipeline operator provide secretary certain geospatial technical related pipeline data including design material specifications sec authorizes secretary engage activities supporting exchange information domestic international organizations public environmental risks pipelines sec directs secretary review exemptions gas hazardous liquid gathering lines sec authorizes secretary collect geospatial technical pipeline data transportation related oil flow lines pipelines transporting oil grounds areas owned producer sec authorizes secretary provide technical assistance alaska achieve coordinated oversight construction expansion operation alaskan pipeline systems sec authorizes secretary require persons proposing construction expansion operation certain new gas hazardous liquid pipelines including construction inspections oversight pay costs pipeline design safety reviews secretary conducts establishes treasury pipeline_safety_design_review_fund sec sets forth certain factors secretary shall consider granting pipeline operator application waiver years reviewable pipeline standard sec treats hazardous liquid non petroleum fuels including biofuels flammable toxic harmful environment released significant quantities sec directs secretary prescribe minimum safety standards pipeline transportation carbon dioxide gaseous form sec directs secretary study hazardous liquid pipeline regulations sufficient regulate transportation tar sands crude oil pipeline including increase risk release exists pipelines transporting oil sec directs secretary study transportation non petroleum hazardous liquids pipeline including extent safety lines unregulated states sec directs secretary increase number phmsa personnel total time employees carry pipeline safety program sec revises state pipeline safety grant requirements authorize secretary provide pipeline safety grant state current law spends excluding federal grants equal average spent gas hazardous liquid safety program directs secretary waive requirement state demonstrate inability maintain increase funding share pipeline safety program economic hardship sec directs secretary require gas pipeline operators verify records interstate intrastate gas transmission lines class class locations class class high consequence areas reflect accurately pipelines physical operational characteristics confirm established maximum allowable operating pressures directs secretary prescribe regulations conducting tests confirm material strength previously natural gas transmission pipelines located high density population areas environmentally sensitive areas operating pressure greater specified minimum yield strength sec directs secretary prescribe regulations require presiding official administrative hearings related phmsa civil penalties compliance orders safety orders corrective orders person requesting hearing opportunity arrange transcript hearing person expense ensure expedited review emergency order pipeline facility operator necessary corrective action regard pipeline facility determined hazardous life property sec authorizes appropriations fy2012 fy2015 gas hazardous liquid pipeline safety grants emergency response grants notification programs state damage prevention programs community pipeline safety information grants ongoing pipeline transportation research development program plan


Summary: Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue right-of-way permits, subject to certain terms and conditions, for: (1) a high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline (including appurtenances) in nonwilderness areas within the boundary of Denali National Park within, along, or near the approximately seven-mile segment of the George Parks Highway that runs through the Park; and (2) any distribution and transmission pipelines and appurtenances that the Secretary determines to be necessary to provide natural gas supply to the Park.

authorizes secretary interior issue right way permits subject certain terms conditions high pressure natural gas transmission pipeline including appurtenances nonwilderness areas boundary denali_national_park near approximately seven mile segment park distribution transmission pipelines appurtenances secretary determines necessary provide natural gas supply park


Summary: Amends the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act to add to the purpose of any grants by the Secretary of Labor to the Alaska Workforce Investment board support of a program to train workers in the construction, operation, maintenance, and performance of all related environmental processes involving existing and future oil and gas infrastructure in Alaska. Modifies grant requirements by replacing the current ones with a mandatory certification by the Governor of Alaska that there is a need for the funds in order to ensure an adequately skilled, safe, and competent workforce to construct, operate, and maintain: (1) an Alaska natural gas pipeline system; or (2) all related environmental processes involving existing and future oil and gas infrastructure in Alaska. Increases from 15% to 50% the amount of federal funds that may be used for such training facility.

amends alaska natural gas pipeline act add purpose grants secretary labor board support program train workers construction operation maintenance performance related environmental processes involving existing future oil gas infrastructure alaska modifies grant requirements replacing current ones mandatory certification governor alaska need funds order ensure adequately skilled safe competent workforce construct operate maintain alaska natural gas pipeline system related environmental processes involving existing future oil gas infrastructure alaska increases federal funds training facility


Summary: Deepwater Drilling Royalty Relief Prohibition Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any oil or gas lease sale under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with royalty-based incentives in any tract located in water depths of 400 meters or more on the outer Continental Shelf. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal royalty relief (suspension of royalties) for deep water oil and gas production in the Western and Central Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico (including the portion of the Eastern Planning Area encompassing whole lease blocks lying west of 87 degrees, 30 minutes West longitude). Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary from reducing or eliminating any royalty or net profit share for any lease or unit located in water depths of 400 meters or more on the outer Continental Shelf.

deepwater drilling royalty relief prohibition act prohibits secretary interior issuing oil gas lease sale outer_continental_shelf_lands_act royalty based incentives tract located water depths meters outer continental_shelf amends energy policy act repeal royalty relief suspension royalties deep water oil gas production western central planning area gulf_of_mexico including portion eastern_planning_area encompassing lease blocks lying west degrees minutes west longitude amends outer_continental_shelf_lands_act prohibit secretary reducing eliminating royalty net profit share lease unit located water depths meters outer continental_shelf