Summary: Title XIV [sic]: Keystone XL Pipeline - North American Energy Access Act - (Sec. 14002) Prohibits construction, operation, or maintenance of the oil pipeline and related facilities described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Keystone XL Pipeline Project issued by the Department of State on August 26, 2011 (including any modified version of that pipeline and related facilities), unless it is in compliance with the terms of a permit prescribed under this Act. (Sec. 14003) Instructs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), to issue, within 30 days after receipt of an application, a permit for such pipeline and related facilities implemented in accordance with such Final EIS. Deems a permit to have been issued if FERC has not acted upon a permit application within 30 days after receipt. Declares FERC approval a prerequisite to authorization for a permit applicant to make substantial modifications to either the pipeline route or any other term of the Final EIS. Directs FERC to: (1) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the state of Nebraska for review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 of any modification to the proposed pipeline route, and (2) complete consideration and approval of such modification within 30 days after receiving the governor's approval. Deems approval to have been issued if FERC has not acted within 30 days after receiving an application for approval of a modification. Authorizes the permit holder to commence or continue construction of a portion of the oil pipeline and related facilities outside Nebraska while any modification of the proposed pipeline route in Nebraska is under review. (Sec. 14002) Declares that no presidential permits shall be required for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL Pipeline and related facilities. Considers the final EIS issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, to satisfy all National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) requirements. Title XVII [sic]: Natural Resources - Subtitle A: Oil Shale Leasing - Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act or PIONEERS Act - (Sec. 17002) Deems the final regulations regarding oil shale management published by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on November 18, 2008, to satisfy all legal and procedural requirements under any law, including the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, NEPA, and the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement those regulations, including the oil shale leasing program they authorize, without any other administrative action necessary. Deems the November 17, 2008, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Approved Resource Management Plan Amendments/Record of Decision for Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources to Address Land Use Allocations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement also to satisfy all legal and procedural requirements under any law. Directs the Secretary to implement the oil shale leasing program in those areas covered by the resource management plans amended by such amendments, and covered by such record of decision, without any other administrative action necessary. (Sec. 17003) Directs the Secretary to hold a lease sale, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, that offers an additional 10 parcels for lease for research, development, and demonstration of oil shale resources under the terms offered in the solicitation of bids for such leases published on January 15, 2009. Requires the Secretary, by January 1, 2016, to hold at least 5 separate commercial lease sales, in multiple lease blocs, in areas of at least 25,000 acres, which: (1) have been nominated through public comment, and (2) are considered to have the most potential for oil shale development. (Sec. 17004) Expresses congressional intent concerning: (1) a domestic energy sector that helps to reinvigorate American manufacturing, transportation, and service sectors; (2) requirements that the Secretary make every effort to promote the development of oil shale in a manner that will support the long-term commercial development of oil shale and take into consideration the socioeconomic impacts, infrastructure requirements, and fiscal stability for local communities within areas containing such resources; and (3) monitoring by Congress of the deployment of personnel and material to encourage the development of American technology and manufacturing to enable U.S. workers to benefit from this Act through good jobs and careers, as well as the establishment of industrial facilities to support expanded access to American resources. Requires the Secretary, when possible and practicable, to encourage the use of U.S. workers and U.S.-manufactured equipment in all construction related to mineral resource development under this Act. Subtitle B: Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing - Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act - Part 1: Expanding Offshore Energy Development - (Sec. 17201) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make available for leasing and to conduct lease sales including: (1) at least 50% of the available unleased acreage within each outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning area considered to have the largest undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources (on a total btu basis) based upon the most recent national geologic assessment of the OCS, with an emphasis on offering the most geologically prospective parts of the planning area; and (2) any state subdivision of an OCS planning area that the governor of such state requests be made available for leasing. Directs the Secretary, in the 2012-2017 5-year oil and gas leasing program, to make available for leasing OCS planning areas estimated to contain more than: (1) 2.5 billion barrels of oil, or (2) 7.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. (Sec. 17202) Repeals the requirement that the OCS leasing program include estimates of the appropriations and staff required to: (1) obtain resource and other information, (2) analyze and interpret the exploratory data and any other information compiled, (3) conduct environmental studies and prepare any mandatory EIS, and (4) supervise operations conducted pursuant to each lease as necessary to assure due diligence in the exploration and development of the lease area and compliance with legal and lease requirements. Directs the Secretary, in developing a 5-year oil and gas leasing program, to determine a domestic strategic production goal for the development of oil and natural gas. Makes the production goal for the 2012-2017 5-year oil and gas leasing program an increase by 2027 in daily production of at least: (1) 3 million barrels of oil, and (2) 10 billion cubic feet of natural gas. Part 2: Conducting Prompt Offshore Lease Sales - (Sec. 17301) Directs the Secretary to conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 216 (in the central Gulf of Mexico) within 4 months after the date of enactment of this Act. Deems specified EISs to satisfy NEPA requirements for this lease sale. (Sec. 17302) Directs the Secretary to conduct Lease Sale 220 (on the OCS offshore Virginia) within one year after enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary, for each lease block in Lease Sale 220 for which the Secretary of Defense (DOD) proposes deferral from a lease offering due to defense-related activities irreconcilable with mineral exploration and development, to make available in the same lease sale one other lease block in the Virginia lease sale planning area that are acceptable for oil and gas exploration and production. Instructs the Secretary and DOD to work jointly in implementing this Act in order 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 nation's 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, as determined in accordance with a specified Memorandum of Agreement between DOD and the Department of the Interior. 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. (Sec. 17303) Instructs the Secretary to conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 222 (in the Central Gulf of Mexico) no later than September 1, 2012. Deems specified EISs to satisfy NEPA requirements for this lease sale. (Sec. 17304) Directs the Secretary to offer for sale, by July 1, 2014, leases of tracts in the Southern California Planning Area in the Santa Maria and Santa Barbara/Ventura Basins. Requires such leases to permit development and production only from existing offshore infrastructure or from onshore-based drilling. Offers such areas for lease even though the Southern California Planning Area has been omitted under OCSLA from any OCS leasing program. Declares inapplicable to such lease sales and related activities the requirement that federal activities be consistent with state management policy and programs. Requires the Secretary to prepare an EIS for the lease sales. States that the Secretary is neither required to identify nonleasing alternative courses of action nor to analyze the environmental effects of such alternative courses of action. Restricts the Secretary to: (1) identifying a preferred action for leasing and not more than one alternative leasing proposal, and (2) analyzing environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for that preferred action and alternative leasing proposal. Directs the Secretary, in preparing the EIS, to consider only public comments that specifically address the Secretary's preferred action and that are filed within 20 days after publication of an environmental analysis. (Sec. 17305) Directs the Secretary to conduct by December 31, 2015, the lease sale formerly known as Lease Sale 214 for tracts located in the North Aleutian Basin Outer Continental Shelf Planning. (Sec. 17306) Authorizes the Secretary to hold additional lease sales for areas with the greatest potential for new oil and gas development as a result of local support, new seismic findings, or nomination by interested persons. Part 3: Leasing in New Offshore Areas - (Sec. 17401) Amends the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 to repeal the moratorium upon oil and gas leasing, or preleasing, or any related activity in: (1) any area east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico; (2) any area in the Eastern Planning Area that is within 125 miles of the Florida coastline; or (3) specified areas within the Central Planning Area and within 100 miles of the Florida coastline. (Sec. 17402) Reforms, effective July 1, 2012, the administrative boundary between the Central Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area. Prohibits the Secretary, between the date of enactment of this Act and June 30, 2025, with certain exceptions, from offering for leasing, preleasing, or related leasing activity any area in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico OCS Planning Area. Directs the Secretary to conduct planning and leasing for one lease sale in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area in each 2013-2015. Requires each such lease sale to consist only of 50 contiguous OCS lease blocks in areas considered to have the greatest potential for oil and gas. Directs the Secretary, in reviewing potential areas for leasing, to focus upon areas of known quantities of hydrocarbons that can be conventionally produced using existing or reasonably foreseeable technology, and for which oil and gas exploration, development, production, and marketing could be carried out expeditiously. Subjects such lease sales to specified conditions, including limitations at the Secretary's discretion upon: (1) permanent surface occupancy on each lease block if it is incompatible with military operations, (2) drilling schedules and surface occupancy to accommodate defense activities on a short-term or seasonal basis, and (3) permanent surface infrastructure on any OCS lease block closer than 12 nautical miles to the coast of any state (unless the state approves that infrastructure). Requires the Secretary to conduct an economic impact survey to determine any adverse economic effects that lease sales within 100 miles of the western coast of Florida may have on the Florida Gulf coast fishing and tourism industries. Directs the Secretary, for each lease block in a proposed sale for which DOD proposes deferral from a lease offering due to defense-related activities irreconcilable with mineral exploration and development, to make available in the same lease sale one other lease block in the same OCS planning area that are acceptable for oil and gas exploration and production. Prohibits exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico OCS Planning Area that would conflict with any military operation, as determined in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between DOD and the Department of the Interior. Directs the Secretary and DOD to work jointly in implementing this Act in order 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 nation's oil, gas, and renewable energy resources. 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. (Sec. 17403) Requires the Secretary to conduct an offshore oil and gas lease sale for areas added to the Central Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area as soon as practicable, but not later than the first lease sale after enactment of this Act in which any area in such planning area is made available for leasing. (Sec. 17404) Amends the OCSLA to include within the OCS any submerged lands lying within the U.S. exclusive economic zone and the Continental Shelf adjacent to any U.S. territory. Part 4: Outer Continental Shelf Revenue Sharing - (Sec. 17501) Amends OCSLA to set forth requirements for the phased-in disposition of new leasing revenues among coastal states affected by the leases under which those revenues are received. Sets forth a scheme for allocation of new leasing revenues to coastal states within 200 miles of a leased tract in amounts inversely proportional to the respective distances between the point on the coastline of each such state that is closest to the geographic center of the lease tract. Prohibits the use of funds allocated and paid to a coastal state as matching funds for any other federal program. Allows such use, however, in the case of a project for coastal wetlands conservation, coastal restoration, or hurricane protection, or an infrastructure project directly impacted by coastal wetland losses. Increases from $500 million to $750 million the total amount of qualified OCS revenues made available for allocation to Gulf producing states for each of FY2023-FY2055. Part 5: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 17601) Expresses the intent of Congress that: (1) this subtitle will support a healthy and growing U.S. domestic energy sector that helps to reinvigorate American manufacturing, transportation, and service sectors by employing the talents of U.S. workers to assist in the development of energy from domestic sources; and (2) Congress will monitor the deployment of personnel and material onshore and offshore to encourage the development of American technology and manufacturing to enable U.S workers to benefit from this subtitle through good jobs and careers, as well as the establishment of important industrial facilities to support expanded access to American resources. Directs the Secretary, when practicable, to encourage the use of U.S. workers and equipment manufactured in the United States in all construction related to OCS mineral and renewable energy resource development under this subtitle. (Sec. 17602) Amends the OCSLA to declare that any regulations of the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating with respect to any oil or natural gas leasing vessel, rig, platform, or other vehicle or structure, shall be supplemental to, complementary with, and under no circumstances a substitution for the provisions of the Constitution and laws of the United States extended to the OCS subsoil and seabed, except insofar as such laws would otherwise apply to individuals who have extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, or business, which has been demonstrated by sustained national or international acclaim. Subtitle C: Alaska Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing - Alaskan Energy for American Jobs Act - (Sec. 17703) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to implement a competitive leasing program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources on the Coastal Plain of Alaska. Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the prohibition against leasing or other development leading to production of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Deems oil and gas leasing programs and activities authorized by this Act to be in compliance with the purposes of ANWR, so that no further findings or decisions are required to implement this determination. Deems the "Final Legislative Environmental Impact Statement" (April 1987), on the Coastal Plain, to satisfy requirements under NEPA applicable to prelease activities under this Act, including actions authorized to be taken by the Secretary to promulgate regulations governing the establishment of a leasing program under this Act before the conduct of the first lease sale. States that the Secretary: (1) is not required to identify nonleasing alternative courses of action or to analyze their environmental effects, (2) shall only identify a preferred action for such leasing and a single leasing alternative and analyze their environmental effects and potential mitigation measures, and (3) shall only consider timely filed public comments that specifically address the Secretary's preferred action. Deems compliance with this Act to satisfy all NEPA requirements for the analysis and consideration of the environmental effects of proposed leasing. Authorizes the Secretary to designate as a Special Area up to 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain, after consultation with the state of Alaska, the city of Kaktovik, and the North Slope Borough. Directs the Secretary to designate the Sadlerochit Spring area as a Special Area. Authorizes the Secretary to exclude any Special Area from leasing. Permits directional (horizontal) drilling in a Special Area. States that the Secretary's sole authority to close lands within the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing, exploration, development, and production is that set forth in this Act. (Sec. 17704) Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for lease sales, which may be conducted through an Internet leasing program. Instructs the Secretary to offer: (1) tracts with the greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons; (2) no less than 50,000 acres for lease within 22 months after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (3) thereafter no less than an additional 50,000 acres at 6-, 12-, and 18-month intervals. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct additional sales within 2 years after the last 6-month interval sale if sufficient interest warrants, and (2) evaluate the bids in each sale and issue resulting leases within 90 days after completion of a sale. (Sec. 17705) Authorizes the Secretary to grant to the highest responsible qualified bidder in a such lease sale, upon payment of a bonus, any lands to be leased on the Coastal Plain. Prohibits the sale, exchange, assignment, subletting, or other transfer of a lease issued under this Act, without approval by the Secretary. (Sec. 17706) Prescribes Coastal Plain lease terms and conditions that include: (1) payment of a minimum 12.5% royalty, (2) seasonal closings to protect caribou calving and other fish and wildlife areas, (3) full liability for reclamation, (4) best efforts to provide a fair share of employment and contracting for Alaska Natives and Alaska Native corporations, and (5) prohibition on the export of oil produced under the lease. Instructs the Secretary to require that the lessee and its agents and contractors negotiate to obtain an agreement for the employment of laborers and mechanics on production, maintenance, and construction under the lease. (Sec. 17707) Expresses the intent of Congress that: (1) this Act will support a healthy and growing domestic energy sector that helps to reinvigorate American manufacturing, transportation, and service sectors; and (2) Congress will monitor the deployment of personnel and material to encourage the development of American technology and manufacturing and the establishment of industrial facilities to support expanded access to American resources. Instructs the Secretary, when practicable, to encourage the use of U.S. workers and equipment manufactured in the United States in all construction related to mineral development on the Coastal Plain. (Sec. 17708) Directs the Secretary to require: (1) site-specific assessment and mitigation; (2) regulations to protect Coastal Plain fish and wildlife resources, subsistence users, and the environment; (3) compliance with environmental laws; (4) design safety and construction standards for pipelines and access and service roads; (5) stringent reclamation and rehabilitation requirements; (6) restrictions affecting transportation modes, sand and gravel extraction, use of explosives, and hazardous and toxic waste disposal. Sets forth a "no significant adverse effect" standard to govern Coastal Plain activities. Instructs the Secretary to develop a facility consolidation plan for the Coastal Plain for the exploration, development, production, and transportation of Coastal Plain oil and gas resources. (Sec. 17709) Prescribes procedures for expedited judicial review of complaints. (Sec. 17710) Requires deposit in the Treasury of 50% of all bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from federal oil and gas leasing and operations authorized under this Act. (Sec. 17711) Directs the Secretary to: (1) issue rights-of-way and easements across the Coastal Plain for the transportation of oil and gas produced under leases under this Act, (2) convey to the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation the surface estate of specified lands, and (3) convey to the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation a certain subsurface estate to which it is entitled pursuant to a specified agreement. Subtitle D: Streamlining Federal Review To Facilitate Renewable Energy Projects - Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act - (Sec. 17802) Requires federal agencies, in complying with NEPA with respect to: (1) any action authorizing or facilitating a proposed renewable energy project, to consider and analyze at the election of the applicant only the proposed action alternative and the no action alternative and to identify and analyze potential mitigation measures only for such alternatives; and (2) a proposed renewable energy project, to consider only public comments that specifically address such alternatives and are filed within 30 days after publication of a draft environmental assessment or EIS. Defines a "renewable energy project" as a project on federal lands or in federal waters, including a project on the OCS, using wind, solar power, geothermal power, biomass, or marine and hydrokinetic energy to generate energy, that is constructed encouraging the use of U.S.-manufactured equipment and materials. Subtitle D [sic]: Promotion of Timely Exploration for Geothermal Resources - Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act - (Sec. 17802 [sic]) Exempts projects determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be geothermal exploration test projects from NEPA EIS requirements. Defines a geothermal exploration test project as the drilling of a well to test or explore for geothermal resources on lands leased by the Department of the Interior for the development and production of geothermal resources, that is completed in less than 45 days, that causes less than 5 acres of soil or vegetation disruption at the location of each well and no more than 5 additional acres of soil or vegetation disruption during access or egress to the test site, and that is developed: (1) no deeper than 2,500 feet, (2) less than 8 inches in diameter, (3) in a manner that does not require off-road motorized access other than to and from the well site along an identified off-road route, (4) without construction of new roads other than upgrading of existing drainage crossings for safety purposes, and (5) with the use of rubber-tired digging or drilling equipment vehicles. Requires the restoration of the project site within 3 years to approximately the condition that existed at the time the project began, unless the site is subsequently used as part of energy development on the lease. Requires: (1) a leaseholder intending to carry out a geothermal exploration test project to provide notice to the Secretary within 30 days before the start of drilling, (2) the Secretary to review a project within 10 days of receipt of such notice and to notify such leaseholder either that such NEPA requirements do not apply or that project deficiencies preclude the NEPA exemption, and (3) the Secretary to allow such leaseholder an opportunity to remedy any such deficiencies before the date such leaseholder intended to start drilling. Title XVIII: RESTORE Act - Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 - (Sec. 18003) Establishes in the Treasury the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund, to be available: (1) for expenditure to restore the Gulf Coast region from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill by undertaking projects and programs to restore and protect the natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, coastal wetlands, and economy of that region; and (2) solely to the Gulf Coast states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas to restore the ecosystems and economy of the Gulf Coast region.

title xiv sic keystone pipeline north american energy access act sec prohibits construction operation maintenance oil pipeline related facilities described eis issued department_of_state august including modified version pipeline related facilities compliance terms permit prescribed act sec instructs federal_energy_regulatory_commission ferc issue days receipt application permit pipeline related facilities implemented accordance final eis deems permit issued ferc acted permit application days receipt declares ferc approval prerequisite authorization permit applicant substantial modifications pipeline route term final eis directs ferc enter memorandum understanding state nebraska review national_environmental_policy_act modification proposed pipeline route complete consideration approval modification days receiving governor approval deems approval issued ferc acted days receiving application approval modification authorizes permit holder commence continue construction portion oil pipeline related facilities outside nebraska modification proposed pipeline route nebraska review sec declares presidential permits shall required construction operation maintenance related facilities considers final eis issued secretary state august satisfy national environmental policy act nepa requirements title xvii sic natural resources subtitle oil shale oil_shale generation environmental energy resource security act pioneers act sec deems final regulations oil shale management published bureau_of_land_management blm november satisfy legal procedural requirements law including federal_land_policy_and_management_act endangered species act nepa energy policy act directs secretary interior implement regulations including oil shale leasing program authorize administrative action necessary deems november tar_sands_resources_to_address_land_use_allocations colorado utah wyoming final programmatic environmental impact statement satisfy legal procedural requirements law directs secretary implement oil shale leasing program areas covered resource management plans amended amendments covered record decision administrative action necessary sec directs secretary hold lease sale days enactment act offers additional parcels lease research development demonstration oil shale resources terms offered solicitation bids leases published january requires secretary january hold separate commercial lease sales multiple lease areas acres nominated public comment considered potential oil shale development sec expresses congressional intent concerning domestic energy sector helps reinvigorate american manufacturing transportation service sectors requirements secretary effort promote development oil shale manner support long term commercial development oil shale consideration socioeconomic impacts infrastructure requirements fiscal stability local communities areas containing resources monitoring congress deployment personnel material encourage development american technology manufacturing enable workers benefit act good jobs careers establishment industrial facilities support expanded access american resources requires secretary possible practicable encourage use workers equipment construction related mineral resource development act subtitle transportation jobs act expanding offshore energy development sec amends outer_continental_shelf lands act ocsla direct secretary interior available leasing conduct lease sales including available unleased acreage outer continental_shelf ocs planning area considered largest undiscovered technically recoverable oil gas resources total btu basis based recent national geologic assessment ocs emphasis offering geologically prospective parts planning area state subdivision ocs planning area governor state requests available leasing directs secretary year oil gas leasing program available leasing ocs planning areas estimated contain billion barrels oil trillion cubic feet natural gas sec repeals requirement ocs leasing program include estimates appropriations staff required obtain resource information analyze interpret exploratory data information compiled conduct environmental studies prepare mandatory eis supervise operations conducted pursuant lease necessary assure diligence exploration development lease area compliance legal lease requirements directs secretary developing year oil gas leasing program determine domestic strategic production goal development oil natural gas makes production goal year oil gas leasing program increase daily production million barrels oil billion cubic feet natural gas conducting prompt offshore lease sales sec directs secretary conduct offshore oil gas central gulf mexico months date enactment act deems specified satisfy nepa requirements lease sale sec directs secretary conduct lease sale ocs offshore virginia year enactment act requires secretary lease block lease_sale secretary defense dod proposes deferral lease offering defense related activities irreconcilable mineral exploration development available lease sale lease block virginia lease sale planning area acceptable oil gas exploration production instructs secretary dod work jointly implementing act order ensure preserving ability maintain optimum state readiness continued use ocs allowing effective exploration development production nation oil gas renewable energy resources prohibits exploration development production oil natural gas coast virginia conflict military operation determined accordance specified memorandum agreement dod department_of_the_interior declares united_states reserves right designate secretary defense president approval national defense areas ocs sec instructs secretary conduct offshore oil gas lease_sale central_gulf mexico later september deems specified satisfy nepa requirements lease sale sec directs secretary offer sale july leases tracts santa_maria santa_barbara ventura basins requires leases permit development production existing offshore infrastructure onshore based drilling offers areas lease omitted ocsla ocs leasing program declares inapplicable lease sales related activities requirement federal activities consistent state management policy programs requires secretary prepare eis lease sales states secretary required identify nonleasing alternative courses action analyze environmental effects alternative courses action restricts secretary identifying preferred action leasing alternative leasing proposal analyzing environmental effects potential mitigation measures preferred action alternative leasing proposal directs secretary preparing eis consider public comments specifically address secretary preferred action filed days publication environmental analysis sec directs secretary conduct december lease sale known lease sale tracts located sec authorizes secretary hold additional lease sales areas greatest potential new oil gas development result local support new seismic findings nomination interested persons leasing new offshore areas sec amends tax relief health care act repeal moratorium oil gas leasing preleasing related activity area east military_mission_line gulf_of_mexico area eastern_planning_area miles florida coastline specified areas central_planning_area miles florida coastline sec reforms effective july administrative boundary central_gulf eastern_gulf prohibits secretary date enactment act june certain exceptions offering leasing preleasing related leasing activity area eastern_gulf mexico ocs planning area directs secretary conduct planning leasing lease sale eastern_gulf requires lease sale consist contiguous ocs lease blocks areas considered greatest potential oil gas directs secretary reviewing potential areas leasing focus areas known quantities hydrocarbons conventionally produced existing reasonably foreseeable technology oil gas exploration development production marketing carried expeditiously subjects lease sales specified conditions including limitations secretary discretion permanent surface occupancy lease block incompatible military operations drilling schedules surface occupancy accommodate defense activities short term seasonal basis permanent surface infrastructure ocs lease block nautical miles coast state state approves infrastructure requires secretary conduct economic impact survey determine adverse economic effects lease sales miles western coast florida coast fishing tourism industries directs secretary lease block proposed sale dod proposes deferral lease offering defense related activities irreconcilable mineral exploration development available lease sale lease block ocs planning area acceptable oil gas exploration production prohibits exploration development production oil natural gas eastern_gulf mexico ocs planning area conflict military operation determined accordance memorandum agreement dod department_of_the_interior directs secretary dod work jointly implementing act order ensure preserving ability maintain optimum state readiness continued use ocs allowing effective exploration development production nation oil gas renewable energy resources declares united_states reserves right designate secretary defense president approval national defense areas ocs sec requires secretary conduct offshore oil gas lease sale areas added central_gulf soon practicable later lease sale enactment act area planning area available leasing sec amends ocsla include ocs submerged lands lying exclusive economic zone continental shelf adjacent territory outer continental shelf revenue sharing sec amends ocsla set forth requirements phased disposition new leasing revenues coastal states affected leases revenues received sets forth scheme allocation new leasing revenues coastal states miles leased tract amounts proportional respective distances point coastline state closest geographic center lease tract prohibits use funds allocated paid coastal state matching funds federal program allows use case project coastal wetlands conservation coastal restoration hurricane protection infrastructure project directly impacted coastal wetland losses increases million million total qualified ocs revenues available allocation gulf producing states miscellaneous provisions sec expresses intent congress subtitle support healthy growing domestic energy sector helps reinvigorate american manufacturing transportation service sectors employing talents workers assist development energy domestic sources congress monitor deployment personnel material onshore offshore encourage development american technology manufacturing enable workers benefit subtitle good jobs careers establishment important industrial facilities support expanded access american resources directs secretary practicable encourage use workers equipment manufactured united_states construction related ocs mineral renewable energy resource development subtitle sec amends ocsla declare regulations secretary department coast_guard operating respect oil natural gas leasing vessel rig platform vehicle structure shall supplemental complementary circumstances substitution provisions constitution laws united_states extended ocs subsoil seabed insofar laws apply individuals extraordinary ability sciences arts education business demonstrated sustained national international subtitle american jobs act sec directs secretary interior acting director bureau_of_land_management blm implement competitive leasing program exploration development production oil gas resources coastal_plain_of_alaska amends alaska_national_interest_lands_conservation_act repeal prohibition leasing development leading production oil gas arctic_national_wildlife_refuge anwr deems oil gas leasing programs activities authorized act compliance purposes anwr findings decisions required implement determination deems april coastal_plain satisfy requirements nepa applicable activities act including actions authorized taken secretary promulgate regulations governing establishment leasing program act conduct lease sale states secretary required identify nonleasing alternative courses action analyze environmental effects shall identify preferred action leasing single leasing alternative analyze environmental effects potential mitigation measures shall consider timely filed public comments specifically address secretary preferred action deems compliance act satisfy nepa requirements analysis consideration environmental effects proposed leasing authorizes secretary designate special area acres coastal_plain consultation state alaska city kaktovik north_slope_borough directs secretary designate sadlerochit_spring area special_area authorizes secretary exclude special_area leasing permits directional horizontal drilling special_area states secretary sole authority close lands coastal_plain oil gas leasing exploration development production set forth act sec directs secretary establish procedures lease sales conducted internet leasing program instructs secretary offer tracts greatest potential discovery hydrocarbons acres lease months date enactment act additional acres month intervals directs secretary conduct additional sales years month interval sale sufficient interest warrants evaluate bids sale issue resulting leases days completion sale sec authorizes secretary grant highest responsible qualified bidder lease sale payment bonus lands leased coastal_plain prohibits sale exchange assignment transfer lease issued act approval secretary sec prescribes coastal_plain lease terms conditions include payment minimum royalty seasonal closings protect fish wildlife areas liability reclamation best efforts provide fair share employment contracting alaska_natives alaska_native corporations prohibition export oil produced lease instructs secretary require lessee agents contractors negotiate obtain agreement employment laborers mechanics production maintenance construction lease sec expresses intent congress act support healthy growing domestic energy sector helps reinvigorate american manufacturing transportation service sectors congress monitor deployment personnel material encourage development american technology manufacturing establishment industrial facilities support expanded access american resources instructs secretary practicable encourage use workers equipment manufactured united_states construction related mineral development coastal_plain sec directs secretary require site specific assessment mitigation regulations protect coastal_plain fish wildlife resources subsistence users environment compliance environmental laws design safety construction standards pipelines access service roads stringent reclamation rehabilitation requirements restrictions affecting transportation modes sand gravel extraction use explosives hazardous toxic waste disposal sets forth significant adverse effect standard govern coastal_plain activities instructs secretary develop facility consolidation plan coastal_plain exploration development production transportation coastal_plain oil gas resources sec prescribes procedures expedited judicial review complaints sec requires deposit treasury bonus rental royalty revenues federal oil gas leasing operations authorized act sec directs secretary issue rights way easements coastal_plain transportation oil gas produced leases act convey kaktovik_inupiat_corporation surface estate specified lands convey arctic_slope_regional_corporation certain subsurface estate entitled pursuant specified agreement subtitle streamlining federal review facilitate renewable energy projects cutting federal red tape facilitate renewable energy act sec requires federal agencies complying nepa respect action authorizing facilitating proposed renewable energy project consider analyze election applicant proposed action alternative action alternative identify analyze potential mitigation measures alternatives proposed renewable energy project consider public comments specifically address alternatives filed days publication draft environmental assessment eis defines renewable energy project project federal lands federal waters including project ocs wind solar power geothermal power biomass marine hydrokinetic energy generate energy constructed encouraging use equipment materials subtitle sic promotion timely exploration geothermal resources exploring geothermal energy federal lands act sec sic exempts projects determined secretary interior geothermal exploration test projects nepa eis requirements defines geothermal exploration test project drilling test explore geothermal resources lands leased department_of_the_interior development production geothermal resources completed days causes acres soil vegetation disruption location additional acres soil vegetation disruption access egress test site developed deeper feet inches diameter manner require road motorized access site identified road route construction new roads upgrading existing drainage crossings safety purposes use rubber tired digging drilling equipment vehicles requires restoration project site years approximately condition existed time project began site subsequently energy development lease requires leaseholder intending carry geothermal exploration test project provide notice secretary days start drilling secretary review project days receipt notice notify leaseholder nepa requirements apply project deficiencies preclude nepa exemption secretary allow leaseholder opportunity remedy deficiencies date leaseholder intended start drilling title xviii restore act resources revived economies sec establishes treasury available expenditure restore gulf_coast region deepwater horizon oil spill undertaking projects programs restore protect natural resources ecosystems fisheries marine wildlife habitats beaches coastal wetlands economy region solely gulf_coast states alabama florida louisiana mississippi texas restore ecosystems economy gulf_coast region


Summary: Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act - Title I: Expanding Offshore Energy Development - (Sec. 101) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make available for leasing and to conduct lease sales including: (1) at least 50% of the available unleased acreage within each outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning area considered to have the largest undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources (on a total btu basis) based upon the most recent national geologic assessment of the OCS, with an emphasis on offering the most geologically prospective parts of the planning area; and (2) any state subdivision of an OCS planning area that the Governor of such state requests be made available for leasing. Directs the Secretary, in the 2012-2017 5-year oil and gas leasing program, to make available for leasing OCS planning areas that are estimated to contain more than: (1) 2.5 billion barrels of oil; or (2) 7.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary, in developing a 5-year oil and gas leasing program, to determine a domestic strategic production goal for the development of oil and natural gas. Makes the production goal for the 2012-2017 5-year oil and gas leasing program an increase by 2027 in daily production fof at least: (1) 3 million barrels of oil, and (2) 10 billion cubic feet of natural gas. Instructs the Secretary to report annually to certain congressional committees on progress in meeting the production goal. Title II: Conducting Prompt Offshore Lease Sales - (Sec. 201) Directs the Secretary to conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 216 (in the central Gulf of Mexico) within 4 months after the date of enactment of this Act. Deems specified Environmental Impact Statements to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for this lease sale. (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary to conduct Lease Sale 220 (on the OCS offshore Virginia) within one year after enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary, for each lease block in Lease Sale 220 for which the Secretary of Defense (DOD) proposes deferral from a lease offering due to defense-related activities irreconcilable with mineral exploration and development, to make available in the same lease sale two other lease blocks in the Virginia lease sale planning area that are acceptable for oil and gas exploration and production. Instructs the Secretary and DOD to work jointly in implementing this Act in order to ensure: (1) preserving the ability of the Armed Forces of the United States to maintain an optimum state of readiness through their continued use of the OCS; and (2) allowing exploration, development, and production of the nation's 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, as determined in accordance with a specified Memorandum of Agreement between DOD and the Department of the Interior. (Sec. 203) Instructs the Secretary to conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 222 (in the central Gulf of Mexico) no later than September 1, 2012. Deems specified Environmental Impact Statements to satisfy NEPA requirements for this lease sale. (Sec. 204) Directs the Secretary to offer for sale, by July 1, 2014, leases of tracts in the Southern California Planning Area in the Santa Maria and Santa Barbara/Ventura Basins. Requires such leases to permit development and production only from existing offshore infrastructure or from onshore-based drilling. Offers such areas for lease even though the Southern California Planning Area has been omitted under OCSLA from any OCS leasing program. Declares inapplicable to such lease sales and related activities the requirement that federal activities be consistent with state management programs. Requires the Secretary to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the lease sales. States that the Secretary, however, is neither required to identify nonleasing alternative courses of action nor to analyze the environmental effects of such alternative courses of action. Restricts the Secretary to: (1) identifying a preferred action for leasing and not more than one alternative leasing proposal, and (2) analyzing environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for that preferred action and alternative leasing proposal. Directs the Secretary. in preparing the EIS, to consider only public comments that specifically address the Secretary's preferred action and that are filed within 20 days after publication of an environmental analysis. (Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary to conduct the lease sale formerly known as Lease Sale 214 for tracts located in the North Aleutian Basin Outer Continental Shelf Planning. (Sec. 206) Authorizes the Secretary to hold additional lease sales for areas with the greatest potential for new oil and gas development as a result of local support, new seismic findings, or nomination by interested persons. Title III: Leasing in New Offshore Areas - (Sec. 301) Amends the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 to repeal the moratorium upon oil and gas leasing, or preleasing, or any related activity in: (1) any area east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico; (2) any area in the Eastern Planning Area that is within 125 miles of the Florida coastline; or (3) specified areas within the Central Planning Area and within 100 miles of the Florida coastline. (Sec. 302) Reforms, effective July 1, 2012, the administrative boundary between the Central Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area. Prohibits the Secretary, between the date of enactment of this Act and June 30, 2025, with certain exceptions, from offering for leasing, preleasing, or related leasing activity any area in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico OCS Planning Area. Directs the Secretary, however, to conduct planning and leasing for one lease sale in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area in each of 2013, 2014, and 2015. Requires each such lease sale to consist only of 50 contiguous OCS lease blocks in areas considered to have the greatest potential for oil and gas. Directs the Secretary, in reviewing potential areas for leasing, to focus upon areas of known quantities of hydrocarbons that can be conventionally produced using existing or reasonably foreseeable technology, and for which oil and gas exploration, development, production, and marketing could be carried out expeditiously. Subjects such lease sales to specified conditions, including limitations at the Secretary's discretion upon: (1) permanent surface occupancy on each lease block if it is incompatible with military operations, (2) drilling schedules and surface occupancy to accommodate defense activities on a short-term or seasonal basis, and (3) permanent surface infrastructure on any OCS lease block closer than 12 nautical miles to the coast of any state (unless the state approves that infrastructure). Directs the Secretary, for each lease block in a proposed sale for which DOD proposes deferral from a lease offering due to defense-related activities irreconcilable with mineral exploration and development, to make available in the same lease sale two other lease blocks in the same OCS planning area that are acceptable for oil and gas exploration and production. Prohibits exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico OCS Planning Area that would conflict with any military operation, as determined in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between DOD and the Department of the Interior. (Sec. 303) Requires the Secretary to conduct an offshore oil and gas lease sale for areas added to the Central Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area as soon as practicable, but not later than the first lease sale after enactment of this Act in which any area in such planning area is made available for leasing. (Sec. 304) Amends the OCSLA to include within the OCS any submerged lands lying within the United States exclusive economic zone and the Continental Shelf adjacent to any territory of the United States. Title IV: Outer Continental Shelf Revenue Sharing - (Sec. 401) Amends OCSLA to set forth requirements for the phased-in disposition of new leasing revenues among coastal states affected by the leases under which those revenues are received. Sets forth a scheme for allocation of new leasing revenues to coastal states within 200 miles of a leased tract in amounts inversely proportional to the respective distances between the point on the coastline of each such state that is closest to the geographic center of the lease tract. Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 501) Expresses the intent of Congress that: (1) this Act will support a healthy and growing U.S. domestic energy sector that helps to reinvigorate American manufacturing, transportation, and service sectors by employing the talents of U.S. workers to assist in the development of energy from domestic sources; and (2) Congress will monitor the deployment of personnel and material onshore and offshore to encourage the development of American technology and manufacturing to enable U.S workers to benefit from this Act through good jobs and careers, as well as the establishment of important industrial facilities to support expanded access to American resources. Directs the Secretary, when practicable, to encourage the use of U.S. workers and equipment manufactured in the United States in all construction related to OCS mineral and renewable energy resource development under this Act.

energy security transportation jobs act title expanding offshore energy development sec amends outer_continental_shelf lands act ocsla direct secretary interior available leasing conduct lease sales including available unleased acreage outer continental_shelf ocs planning area considered largest undiscovered technically recoverable oil gas resources total btu basis based recent national geologic assessment ocs emphasis offering geologically prospective parts planning area state subdivision ocs planning area governor state requests available leasing directs secretary year oil gas leasing program available leasing ocs planning areas estimated contain billion barrels oil trillion cubic feet natural gas sec directs secretary developing year oil gas leasing program determine domestic strategic production goal development oil natural gas makes production goal year oil gas leasing program increase daily production million barrels oil billion cubic feet natural gas instructs secretary report annually certain congressional committees progress meeting production goal title conducting prompt offshore lease sales sec directs secretary conduct offshore oil gas central gulf mexico months date enactment act deems specified environmental impact statements satisfy requirements national_environmental_policy_act nepa lease sale sec directs secretary conduct lease sale ocs offshore virginia year enactment act requires secretary lease block lease_sale secretary defense dod proposes deferral lease offering defense related activities irreconcilable mineral exploration development available lease sale lease blocks virginia lease sale planning area acceptable oil gas exploration production instructs secretary dod work jointly implementing act order ensure preserving ability maintain optimum state readiness continued use ocs allowing exploration development production nation oil gas renewable energy resources prohibits exploration development production oil natural gas coast virginia conflict military operation determined accordance specified memorandum agreement dod department_of_the_interior sec instructs secretary conduct offshore oil gas lease_sale central gulf_of_mexico later september deems specified environmental impact statements satisfy nepa requirements lease sale sec directs secretary offer sale july leases tracts santa_maria santa_barbara ventura basins requires leases permit development production existing offshore infrastructure onshore based drilling offers areas lease omitted ocsla ocs leasing program declares inapplicable lease sales related activities requirement federal activities consistent state management programs requires secretary prepare environmental impact statement eis lease sales states secretary required identify nonleasing alternative courses action analyze environmental effects alternative courses action restricts secretary identifying preferred action leasing alternative leasing proposal analyzing environmental effects potential mitigation measures preferred action alternative leasing proposal directs secretary preparing eis consider public comments specifically address secretary preferred action filed days publication environmental analysis sec directs secretary conduct lease sale known lease sale tracts located sec authorizes secretary hold additional lease sales areas greatest potential new oil gas development result local support new seismic findings nomination interested persons title iii leasing new offshore areas sec amends tax relief health care act repeal moratorium oil gas leasing preleasing related activity area east military_mission_line gulf_of_mexico area eastern_planning_area miles florida coastline specified areas central_planning_area miles florida coastline sec reforms effective july administrative boundary central_gulf eastern_gulf prohibits secretary date enactment act june certain exceptions offering leasing preleasing related leasing activity area eastern_gulf mexico ocs planning area directs secretary conduct planning leasing lease sale eastern_gulf requires lease sale consist contiguous ocs lease blocks areas considered greatest potential oil gas directs secretary reviewing potential areas leasing focus areas known quantities hydrocarbons conventionally produced existing reasonably foreseeable technology oil gas exploration development production marketing carried expeditiously subjects lease sales specified conditions including limitations secretary discretion permanent surface occupancy lease block incompatible military operations drilling schedules surface occupancy accommodate defense activities short term seasonal basis permanent surface infrastructure ocs lease block nautical miles coast state state approves infrastructure directs secretary lease block proposed sale dod proposes deferral lease offering defense related activities irreconcilable mineral exploration development available lease sale lease blocks ocs planning area acceptable oil gas exploration production prohibits exploration development production oil natural gas eastern_gulf mexico ocs planning area conflict military operation determined accordance memorandum agreement dod department_of_the_interior sec requires secretary conduct offshore oil gas lease sale areas added central_gulf soon practicable later lease sale enactment act area planning area available leasing sec amends ocsla include ocs submerged lands lying united_states exclusive economic zone continental shelf adjacent territory united_states title outer continental shelf revenue sharing sec amends ocsla set forth requirements phased disposition new leasing revenues coastal states affected leases revenues received sets forth scheme allocation new leasing revenues coastal states miles leased tract amounts proportional respective distances point coastline state closest geographic center lease tract title miscellaneous provisions sec expresses intent congress act support healthy growing domestic energy sector helps reinvigorate american manufacturing transportation service sectors employing talents workers assist development energy domestic sources congress monitor deployment personnel material onshore offshore encourage development american technology manufacturing enable workers benefit act good jobs careers establishment important industrial facilities support expanded access american resources directs secretary practicable encourage use workers equipment manufactured united_states construction related ocs mineral renewable energy resource development act


Summary: Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to assess each offshore oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico that is no longer useful for operations, and has become critical for a marine fisheries habitat, to: (1) determine whether there are coral populations or other protected species in the platform's vicinity, and (2) identify any species in the vicinity that have recreational or commercial value. Prohibits the removal of any such platforms until the Secretary has completed each assessment. Requires suspension of the decommissioning of a platform if a substantial reef ecosystem is in the vicinity until the Secretary determines that decommissioning would not harm the ecosystem. Exempts from certain platform removal deadlines any lessees who: (1) commit to entering a particular platform in the artificial reef program under the National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984, and (2) initiate discussions with applicable states regarding potential artificial reef sites. Allows a lessee to provide for reefing in place under the artificial reef program. Permits states with a state rig-to-reef program to enter agreements with any appropriate entities to assume liability in federal water for a structure covered by the state program. Establishes a Reef Maintenance Fund. Requires the owner of a rig enrolled in the artificial reef program to: (1) maintain a rig anode system, and (2) pay into the Fund 50% of the estimated platform removal costs for which the owner would have been responsible if it had not participated in the program.

rigs reefs habitat protection act directs secretary interior assess offshore oil gas platform gulf_of_mexico longer useful operations critical marine fisheries habitat determine coral populations protected species platform vicinity identify species vicinity recreational commercial value prohibits removal platforms secretary completed assessment requires suspension decommissioning platform substantial reef ecosystem vicinity secretary determines decommissioning harm ecosystem exempts certain platform removal deadlines lessees commit entering particular platform artificial reef program initiate discussions applicable states potential artificial reef sites allows lessee provide place artificial reef program permits states state rig reef program enter agreements appropriate entities assume liability federal water structure covered state program establishes requires owner rig enrolled artificial reef program maintain rig system pay estimated platform removal costs owner responsible participated program


Summary: Fair Payment for Energy and Mineral Production on Public Lands Act - United States Exploration on Idle Tracts Act or USE IT Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to issue regulations to establish a specified graduated annual production incentive fee with respect to federal onshore and offshore lands subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which production is not occurring. Deficit Reduction Through Fair Oil Royalties Act - Prohibits the Secretary from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to a person that does not renegotiate its existing leases in order to require royalty payments if oil and natural gas prices are greater than or equal to specified price thresholds. Requires rentals or royalties received by the United States to be deposited in the Treasury for federal budget deficit reduction or, if there is no federal budget deficit, for reducing the federal debt. No Free Inspections for Oil Companies Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary to establish and collect inspection fees from operators of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) facilities. Establishes in the Treasury the Ocean Energy Enforcement Fund as depository for such fees. Gulf Coast Oil and Gas Royalty Giveaway Repeal and Deficit Reduction Act - Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit: (1) 87.5% of qualified outer Continental Shelf (OCS) revenues into the general fund of the Treasury, and (2) 12.5 % of qualified OCS revenues in a special account in the Treasury to be disbursed 100% to provide financial assistance to states. Requires rentals or royalties received by the United States from leases under such Act to be deposited into the Treasury and used for federal budget deficit reduction or, if there is no federal budget deficit, for reducing the federal debt. Hardrock Mining Reform and Deficit Reduction Act of 2011 - Applies this Act to any mining claim, millsite claim, or tunnel site claim located under the general mining laws or used for beneficiation or mineral processing activities, regardless of whether legal and beneficial title to the mineral is held by the United States. Conditions federal issuance of a patent for any such mining or millsite claim upon specified determinations by the Secretary. Subjects production of locatable minerals to a royalty of 12.5% of the gross income from mining. Prescribes a hardrock mining claim maintenance fee for each unpatented mining claim, mill, or tunnel site on federally owned lands. Designates certain wilderness study areas, areas of critical environmental concern, and related areas as not open to location of mining claims. Permits a state or local government or Indian tribe to petition the Secretary for withdrawal of specific federal land from operation of the general mining laws in order to protect specific values. Instructs the Secretary to ensure that mineral activities on federal land subject to a claim are carefully controlled to prevent undue degradation of public lands and resources. Prescribes requirements for the exploration permit process and for operations permits, including financial assurances. Requires restoration of lands to a condition capable of supporting prior uses or other beneficial uses. Amends the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to initiate prompt actions to improve the availability and analysis of mineral data in public land use decision-making with respect to National Forest System lands. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to subject certain oil shale claims to the reclamation requirements of this Act. Repeals the Building Stone Act and the Saline Placer Act. Abandoned Mine Reclamation and Deficit Reduction Act of 2011 - Requires each operator of a hardrock mining operation to pay the Secretary a displaced material reclamation fee of 7 cents per ton of displaced material. Establishes the Abandoned Mine Cleanup Fund for: (1) deposit of such fees, and (2) use for grants to public entities for reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past mineral activities on certain federal lands. Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to rename the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund as the Coal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. Revises requirements for allocation of amounts from the Fund to states and Indian tribes for reclamation grants, administrative grants, and related uses. Repeals authority to use such amounts for water supply restoration, certain agreements for reclamation of rural lands, and the filling of voids and sealing of tunnels. Prescribes requirements for state or Indian tribe application for reclamation funds. Administrative Cost Recovery for Oil and Natural Gas on Public Lands Act of 2011 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to repeal the prohibition against reducing for federal administrative costs any payments to states from the proceeds of sales, bonuses, and royalties paid to the United States under oil and natural gas rentals of public lands. Requires such payments, beginning in FY2013, to be reduced by 2% for any such costs.

act united states exploration idle tracts act use act directs secretary interior secretary issue regulations establish specified graduated annual production incentive fee respect federal onshore offshore lands subject lease production oil natural gas production occurring deficit reduction fair oil royalties act prohibits secretary issuing new oil natural gas production leases gulf_of_mexico outer_continental_shelf_lands_act ocsla person renegotiate existing leases order require royalty payments oil natural gas prices greater equal specified price thresholds requires rentals royalties received united_states deposited treasury federal budget deficit reduction federal budget deficit reducing federal debt outer_continental_shelf lands act direct secretary establish collect inspection fees operators outer_continental_shelf ocs facilities establishes treasury ocean_energy_enforcement_fund depository fees royalty repeal deficit reduction act amends gulf_of_mexico_energy_security_act direct secretary treasury deposit qualified outer continental_shelf ocs revenues general fund treasury qualified ocs revenues special account treasury disbursed provide financial assistance states requires rentals royalties received united_states leases act deposited treasury federal budget deficit reduction federal budget deficit reducing federal debt deficit reduction act applies act mining claim millsite claim tunnel site claim located general mining laws beneficiation mineral processing activities regardless legal beneficial title mineral held united_states conditions federal issuance patent mining millsite claim specified determinations secretary subjects production locatable minerals royalty gross income mining prescribes hardrock mining claim maintenance fee unpatented mining claim mill tunnel site federally owned lands designates certain wilderness study areas areas critical environmental concern related areas open location mining claims permits state local government indian tribe petition secretary withdrawal specific federal land operation general mining laws order protect specific values instructs secretary ensure mineral activities federal land subject claim carefully controlled prevent undue degradation public lands resources prescribes requirements exploration permit process operations permits including financial assurances requires restoration lands condition capable supporting prior uses beneficial uses amends direct secretary agriculture initiate prompt actions improve availability analysis mineral data public land use decision making respect national_forest_system lands amends energy policy act subject certain oil shale claims reclamation requirements act repeals building stone act saline placer act abandoned reclamation deficit reduction act requires operator hardrock mining operation pay secretary displaced material reclamation fee cents ton displaced material establishes deposit fees use grants public entities reclamation restoration land water resources adversely affected past mineral activities certain federal lands amends surface_mining_control_and_reclamation_act rename abandoned_mine_reclamation_fund revises requirements allocation amounts fund states indian tribes reclamation grants administrative grants related uses repeals authority use amounts water supply restoration certain agreements reclamation rural lands filling voids sealing tunnels prescribes requirements state indian tribe application reclamation funds amends mineral leasing act repeal prohibition reducing federal administrative costs payments states proceeds sales bonuses royalties paid united_states oil natural gas rentals public lands requires payments beginning fy2013 reduced costs


Summary: North American Energy Security Act - Directs the President, acting through the Secretary of State, to grant a permit under Executive Order 13337 (relating to issuance of permits for certain energy-related facilities and land transportation crossings on the international boundaries of the United States) for the Keystone XL pipeline project application filed on September 19, 2008. Declares that the President shall not be required to grant such permit upon a determination that the Keystone XL pipeline would not serve the national interest. Requires the President, within 15 days after making such a determination, to report to certain congressional committees as well as to the majority and minority leadership of the Senate and the House a justification for it, including consideration of economic, employment, energy security, foreign policy, trade, and environmental factors. States that if the President does not make a determination that the Keystone XL pipeline would not serve the national interest, and take action within 60 days after enactment of this Act, the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline shall be in effect by operation of law. Sets forth permit requirements, including: (1) the reconsideration of routing of the Keystone XL pipeline within Nebraska, and (2) a review period during which routing within Nebraska may be reconsidered and the route of the pipeline through the state altered. Declares that, if the President does not approve the route within Nebraska submitted by the governor of Nebraska within 10 days after submission, the route submitted by the governor shall be considered approved by operation of law.

act directs president acting secretary state grant permit executive order relating issuance permits certain energy related facilities land transportation crossings international boundaries united_states keystone_xl pipeline project application filed september declares president shall required grant permit determination keystone_xl pipeline serve national interest requires president days making determination report certain congressional committees majority minority leadership senate house justification including consideration economic employment energy security foreign policy trade environmental factors states president determination keystone_xl pipeline serve national interest action days enactment act permit keystone_xl pipeline shall effect operation law sets forth permit requirements including reconsideration routing keystone_xl pipeline nebraska review period routing nebraska reconsidered route pipeline state altered declares president approve route nebraska submitted governor nebraska days submission route submitted governor shall considered approved operation law


Summary: North American Energy Access Act - (Sec. 2) Prohibits construction, operation, or maintenance of the oil pipeline and related facilities described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Keystone XL Pipeline Project issued by the Department of State on August 26, 2011, unless it is in compliance with the terms of a permit prescribed under this Act (including any modified version of that pipeline and related facilities). (Sec. 3) Instructs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), to issue a permit without additional conditions within 30 days after receipt of an application for the pipeline and related facilities, to be implemented in accordance with such Final EIS. States that FERC shall not be required to prepare a specified Record of Decision under of the Code of Federal Regulations with respect to issuance of such permit. Deems a permit to have been issued if FERC has not acted upon a permit application within 30 days after its receipt. Requires a permit applicant to first obtain FERC approval before making any substantial modifications to either the pipeline route or any other term of the Final EIS. Directs FERC to expedite consideration of any such proposal to modify. Directs FERC, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to: (1) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the state of Nebraska for review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 of any modification to the proposed pipeline route in Nebraska, and (2) complete consideration and to approve such modification within 30 days after receiving the governor's approval. Deems approval to have been issued if FERC has not acted within 30 days after receiving an application to approve a modification. Authorizes the permit holder, while modification of the proposed pipeline route in Nebraska is under consideration, to commence or continue construction of any portion of the pipeline and related facilities that are not located within Nebraska. (Sec. 4) Declares that no presidential permit shall be required for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the pipeline and related facilities. Declares that nothing in this Act shall affect application to the pipeline and related facilities of: (1) federal pipeline safety requirements of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011; and (2) FERC authority to regulate oil pipeline rates and services.

act sec prohibits construction operation maintenance oil pipeline related facilities described eis issued department_of_state august compliance terms permit prescribed act including modified version pipeline related facilities sec instructs federal_energy_regulatory_commission ferc issue permit additional conditions days receipt application pipeline related facilities implemented accordance final eis states ferc shall required prepare specified code federal regulations respect issuance permit deems permit issued ferc acted permit application days receipt requires permit applicant obtain ferc approval making substantial modifications pipeline route term final eis directs ferc expedite consideration proposal modify directs ferc days enactment act enter memorandum understanding state nebraska review national_environmental_policy_act modification proposed pipeline route nebraska complete consideration approve modification days receiving governor approval deems approval issued ferc acted days receiving application approve modification authorizes permit holder modification proposed pipeline route nebraska consideration commence continue construction portion pipeline related facilities located nebraska sec declares presidential permit shall required construction operation maintenance pipeline related facilities declares act shall affect application pipeline related facilities federal pipeline safety requirements job creation act ferc authority regulate oil pipeline rates services


Summary: Guaranteed Energy Assistance Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on each barrel of oil extracted pursuant to any lease of federal onshore lands under the Mineral Leasing Act, the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands, or any other federal law, or any lease under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Establishes the amount of such tax at the lesser of 50 cents per barrel or such amount as the Secretary of the Treasury estimates would result in aggregate revenue for a fiscal year equal to the excess of $5.1 billion over the amount appropriated for such fiscal year for providing assistance under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981. Establishes in the Treasury the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Trust Fund (LIHEAP Trust Fund) to provide assistance under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981. Limits the amount of such assistance to $5.1 billion in any fiscal year. Dedicates revenues from the tax on oil under this Act to such Fund.

guaranteed energy assistance act amends internal revenue code impose excise tax barrel oil extracted pursuant lease federal onshore lands mineral leasing act mineral leasing act acquired lands federal law lease outer_continental_shelf_lands_act establishes tax lesser cents barrel secretary treasury estimates result aggregate revenue fiscal year equal excess billion appropriated fiscal year providing assistance low income home energy assistance act establishes treasury low income home energy assistance program trust fund provide assistance low income home energy assistance act limits assistance billion fiscal year dedicates revenues tax oil act fund


Summary: Keystone For a Secure Tomorrow Act - Approves a specified permit regarding certain energy-related facilities and land transportation crossings on the international boundaries of the United States for the Keystone XL pipeline project. Prescribes permit requirements, including: (1) reconsideration of routing of the Keystone XL pipeline within Nebraska; (2) a review period during which routing within Nebraska may be reconsidered and the route of the Keystone XL pipeline through the state altered with any accompanying modification to a specified Plan; and (3) the obligation of the President to coordinate review with the state of Nebraska, provide necessary data and reasonable technical assistance material to the review process, and approve the route within Nebraska submitted by its governor to the Secretary of State. Deems approved, within 10 days after its date of submission, the route submitted by the governor of Nebraska pursuant to the permit approved under this Act if the President does not approve that route.

tomorrow act approves specified permit certain energy related facilities land transportation crossings international boundaries united_states keystone pipeline project prescribes permit requirements including reconsideration routing keystone_xl pipeline nebraska review period routing nebraska reconsidered route keystone_xl pipeline state altered accompanying modification specified plan obligation president coordinate review state nebraska provide necessary data reasonable technical assistance material review process approve route nebraska submitted governor secretary state deems approved days date submission route submitted governor nebraska pursuant permit approved act president approve route


Summary: LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to adjust the excise tax on liquefied natural gas to 24.3 cents per energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel.

lng excise tax equalization act amends internal revenue code adjust excise tax liquefied natural gas cents energy equivalent gallon diesel


Summary: Refinery Streamlined Permitting Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to offer assistance to states to enable them to assign responsibilities delegated to them under federal law regarding coordinated and expeditious construction or expansion of a petroleum refining facility. Requires all federal agencies and state agencies responsible for approving federal authorization for the construction or expansion of such a facility to: (1) enter into a memorandum of understanding that clearly defines all actions required to be taken for federal permit review and approval; (2) take final action to approve or disapprove the application within one year after receipt of a completed application; (3) give high priority to expediting an application for a refining facility that would allow for production of cleaner burning fuel or result in increased refining capacity; and (4) submit a Statement of Energy Effects to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), for each proposed significant energy action. Requires the President to designate at least three closed military installations (or portions of them) appropriate for siting a refinery for gasoline or other fuel. Designates DOE as the lead agency for coordinating applicable federal refinery authorizations and related environmental reviews with respect to a designated refinery. Gives the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction over civil actions relating to federal refinery authorizations.

refinery streamlined permitting act directs secretary energy doe offer assistance states enable assign responsibilities delegated federal law coordinated expeditious construction expansion petroleum refining facility requires federal agencies state agencies responsible approving federal authorization construction expansion facility enter memorandum understanding clearly defines actions required taken federal permit review approval final action approve disapprove application year receipt completed application high priority expediting application refining facility allow production cleaner burning fuel result increased refining capacity submit statement energy effects administrator office_of_information_and_regulatory_affairs office_of_management_and_budget omb proposed significant energy action requires president designate closed military installations portions appropriate siting refinery gasoline fuel designates doe lead agency coordinating applicable federal refinery authorizations related environmental reviews respect designated refinery gives district columbia exclusive jurisdiction civil actions relating federal refinery authorizations


Summary: Mid-Atlantic Energy and Jobs Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to include: (1) Lease Sale 220 off the coast of Virginia in the proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas leasing program for the 2012-2017 period, and (2) the OCS off the coast of Virginia in the leasing program for each 5-year period after the 2012-2017 period. Directs the Secretary to implement within one year after enactment of this Act: (1) Lease Sale 220; and (2) lease sales for any other OCS areas in the Mid-Atlantic planning area as a result of the map revision specified in this Act. Prohibits oil or natural gas exploration, development, or production off the coast of Virginia that would conflict with any military operation. Prescribes revenue sharing procedures that require the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit 50% of qualified revenues in: (1) the general fund of the Treasury, and (2) 50% of qualified revenues in a special Treasury account. Requires disbursement of: (1) 75% of such qualified revenues to the Mid-Atlantic state from the administrative planning area that generated the qualified revenues; and (2) 25% at the discretion of the governor of such state for environmental cleanup, restoration, and enhanced public access to public lands. Instructs the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, to revise a specified map to make the best effort to ensure that the northern and southern boundaries of the OCS administrative planning area of each Mid-Atlantic state extends from the coastal shoreline at the northern and southern borders, respectively, of the state to the outer boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. 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; (2) determine 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 affected by issuance of the permit; and (5) provide an applicant the opportunity to remedy deficiencies in a permit application that was denied. Exempts projects determined by the Secretary to be an offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project from environmental impact statement requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Defines an "offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project" as a project 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 for the project (including hazards to navigation); (2) is decommissioned within five years of its commencement; and (3) provides meteorological information to the Secretary.

jobs_act directs secretary interior secretary include lease sale coast virginia proposed outer_continental_shelf ocs oil gas leasing program period ocs coast virginia leasing program year period period directs secretary implement year enactment act lease sale lease sales ocs areas mid-atlantic planning area result map revision specified act prohibits oil natural gas exploration development production coast virginia conflict military operation prescribes revenue sharing procedures require secretary treasury deposit qualified revenues general fund treasury qualified revenues special treasury account requires disbursement qualified revenues mid-atlantic state administrative planning area generated qualified revenues discretion governor state environmental cleanup restoration enhanced public access public lands instructs secretary acting bureau_of_ocean_energy_management revise specified map best effort ensure northern southern boundaries ocs administrative planning area mid-atlantic state extends coastal shoreline northern southern borders respectively state outer boundary exclusive_economic_zone directs secretary require applicant seeking conduct offshore meteorological site testing monitoring project ocs obtain permit right way determine 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 provide applicant opportunity remedy deficiencies permit application denied exempts projects determined secretary offshore meteorological site testing monitoring project environmental impact statement requirements national_environmental_policy_act 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


Summary: Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to ensure that any crude oil and bitumen transported by the Keystone XL pipeline, and all refined petroleum products whose origin was via importation of crude oil or bitumen by the Keystone XL pipeline, will be entered into domestic commerce for final disposition. Authorizes the President to waive such requirement in the national interest under specified conditions, including where: (1) an exchange of crude oil or refined product provides for no net loss of crude oil or refined product consumed domestically, or (2) a waiver is necessary under the Constitution, a law, or an international agreement.

directs secretary energy doe ensure crude oil bitumen transported keystone pipeline refined petroleum products origin importation crude oil bitumen keystone pipeline entered domestic commerce final disposition authorizes president waive requirement national interest specified conditions including exchange crude oil refined product provides net loss crude oil refined product consumed domestically waiver necessary constitution law international agreement


Summary: Reaffirming Constitutional Property Rights Act - Amends the Natural Gas Act to prohibit: (1) a holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity from exercising the right of eminent domain with respect to a pipeline to be constructed for the purpose of transporting natural gas to a liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal for export to a foreign country from the United States, and (2) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from issuing an order authorizing exportation of natural gas from the United States to a foreign country from a LNG terminal that uses a pipeline for which a certificate holder has exercised the right of eminent domain after January 1, 2012.

constitutional property rights act amends natural gas act prohibit holder certificate public convenience necessity exercising right eminent domain respect pipeline constructed purpose transporting natural gas liquid natural gas lng terminal export foreign country united_states federal_energy_regulatory_commission ferc issuing order authorizing exportation natural gas united_states foreign country lng terminal uses pipeline certificate holder exercised right eminent domain january


Summary: Energizing America through Employment Act - Authorizes TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to construct, connect, operate, and maintain pipeline facilities for the import of crude oil and other hydrocarbons at the United States-Canada Border at Phillips County, Montana, in accordance with a certain application filed with the Department of State on September 19, 2008. Declares that no permit pursuant to Executive Order 13337 or any other similar Executive Order regulating such activities at the U.S. border, and no additional environmental impact statement (EIS), shall be required for such Pipeline. Deems a certain EIS issued by the Department of State to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) as well as any other law requiring federal agency consultation or review regarding such cross-border facilities. Sets forth conditions governing construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of the cross-border facilities in connection with the Pipeline. Deems sufficient for the purposes of this Act any route and construction, mitigation, and reclamation measures for the Pipeline in the state of Nebraska that is identified by Nebraska and submitted to the Secretary of State. States that any action taken to implement this Act does not constitute a major federal action requiring an EIS under NEPA. Restricts to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit any federal judicial review over actions and facilities implemented under this Act. Instructs the Secretary of State, for purposes of making a national interest determination under Executive Order 13337 (or any successor Executive Order) regarding a pipeline application, to solicit the views of specified congressional committees regarding such application and pertinent information.

america employment act authorizes transcanada keystone pipeline construct connect operate maintain pipeline facilities import crude oil hydrocarbons montana accordance certain application filed department_of_state september declares permit pursuant executive order similar executive order regulating activities border additional environmental impact statement eis shall required pipeline deems certain eis issued department_of_state satisfy requirements national_environmental_policy_act nepa law requiring federal agency consultation review cross border facilities sets forth conditions governing construction connection operation maintenance cross border facilities connection pipeline deems sufficient purposes act route construction mitigation reclamation measures pipeline state nebraska identified nebraska submitted secretary state states action taken implement act constitute major federal action requiring eis nepa restricts federal judicial review actions facilities implemented act instructs secretary state purposes making national interest determination executive order successor executive order pipeline application solicit views specified congressional committees application pertinent information


Summary: North America Natural Gas Security and Consumer Protection Act - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from approving, before January 1, 2025, any application under the Natural Gas Act: (1) for the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of an liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal for activities related to exporting natural gas from the United States to a foreign country; or (2) to amend an existing FERC authorization in order to modify an existing authorized facility to an LNG terminal that will be used for such activities. Exempts an application from such prohibition if the natural gas would be exported solely to meet certain requirements of: (1) the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (regarding presidential foreign exchange authorities), (2) Trading with the Enemy Act (regarding transactions in foreign exchange of gold or silver, property transfers, and vested interests), or (3) the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (regarding the International Energy Program).

consumer protection act prohibits federal_energy_regulatory_commission ferc approving january application natural gas act siting construction expansion operation liquid natural gas lng terminal activities related exporting natural gas united_states foreign country amend existing ferc authorization order modify existing authorized facility lng terminal activities exempts application prohibition natural gas exported solely meet certain requirements international_emergency_economic_powers_act presidential foreign exchange authorities trading enemy act transactions foreign exchange gold silver property transfers vested interests energy_policy_and_conservation_act


Summary: Keep American Natural Gas Here Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept bids on any new oil and gas leases of federal lands (including submerged lands) under the Mineral Leasing Act or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act only from bidders certifying that all natural gas produced pursuant to such leases will be offered for sale only in the United States. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit granting a new right-of-way for a natural gas pipeline unless the right-of-way applicant certifies that all natural gas transported via such pipeline will be offered for sale only in the United States.

act authorizes secretary interior accept bids new oil gas leases federal lands including submerged lands mineral leasing act outer_continental_shelf_lands_act bidders certifying natural gas produced pursuant leases offered sale united_states amends mineral leasing act prohibit granting new right way natural gas pipeline right way applicant certifies natural gas transported pipeline offered sale united_states