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Energy Exploration and Production to Achieve National Demand Act or the EXPAND Act - Title I: Development of Federal Energy Resources - Declares that it is the policy of the United States to reduce or eliminate financial, regulatory, and technical barriers to energy exploration and production.

Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to repeal the moratorium upon oil and gas leasing (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.

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), regarding the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leasing program, to direct Secretary of Defense (DOD) to review OCS areas that have been designated as restricted from exploration and operation to determine whether they should remain under restriction.

Instructs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary in this title) to offer for leasing: (1) the Destin Dome and Pensacola areas, even though they were omitted from a certain 5-year leasing program, (2) any other areas in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area that are made available for leasing under this Act, and (3) include the aforementioned areas in any 5-year leasing program approved after the date of enactment of this Act.

Extends, by 24 months, certain deepwater oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico OCS region that were not producing as of April 30, 2010.

Directs the Secretary to reinstate certain expired leases and conduct expanded OCS lease sales.

Urges the completion of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for a seismic assessment of the oil and natural gas resources offshore the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Requires the Secretary to issue: (1) a Final Programmatic EIS and Record of Decision, assessing the environmental effects of geological and geophysical activities in the Atlantic OCS Planning Area; and (2) a Preliminary EIS to assess the environmental impacts of geophysical activities in the Southern California OCS Planning Area.

Requires the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to establish a process to ensure the timely completion of all permit processing activities that meets the requirements of such Act for geologic and geophysical activities in the Atlantic OCS Planning Area.

Sets forth an allocation scheme for coastal states to receive funds from OCS leases that are inversely proportional to the respective distances between the point on the coastline of the adjacent state that is closest to the geographic center of the applicable leased tract and the geographic center of the leased tract.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Arctic Coastal Plain.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) designate special areas on the Coastal Plain to preserve fish, wildlife, and subsistence resource values, and (2) exclude leasing or surface occupancy from such areas. Authorizes leasing all or a portion of a Special Area under terms permitting horizontal drilling technology from sites on leases located outside the Special Area.

Prescribes lease sales procedures and lease terms and conditions.

Sets forth requirements for: (1) distribution of federal and state revenues emanating from bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from oil and gas leasing and operations, (2) semiannual payments to the state of Alaska, (3) rights-of-way and easements across the Coastal Plain for oil and gas transportation, and (4) conveyance of surface and subsurface estates to specified Corporations.

Federal Land Freedom Act of 2013 - Authorizes a state to establish a program to develop energy resources on available federal land in the state, as long as the land is not held in trust for an Indian tribe, not part of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System, and not a designated wilderness area. Requires a state permit or lease for the development of energy under the program to be considered to meet all applicable requirements of federal law. Prohibits program activities from being subject to judicial review and the Administrative Procedure Act.

Subjects to congressional approval implementation, administration, or enforcement by the BLM of Secretarial Order No. 3310.

Prescribes wilderness designation procedures subject to congressional approval.

Subjects to congressional approval any future executive branch action that withdraws more than 100 acres in the aggregate of public lands within the United States.

Grants FERC, in lieu of the Department of the Interior, exclusive jurisdiction and authority to implement and administer the leasing program for research and development of oil shale and tar sands and all other programs and requirements contained in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Instructs the Secretary to take actions to ensure that by January 1, 2018, at least 10% of the federal OCS lands and at least 10% of onshore federal lands and interests in lands that are under the Secretary's jurisdiction, are being leased for the production of energy.

Confers upon the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction over any final agency decision concerning covered oil and natural gas activity.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to publish in the Federal Register a notice of intent to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement to analyze the potential impacts of a program to develop solar and wind energy on National Forest System land.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to identify locations on land withdrawn from the public domain and reserved for military purposes that exhibit a high potential for solar, wind, geothermal, or other energy resources production.

Instructs the Secretary to establish a wind and solar leasing pilot program on covered land.

Instructs the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) make a joint determination on whether to establish a leasing program for wind or solar energy, or both, on land within their respective jurisdictions; and (2) establish a leasing program unless they determine that it is not in the public interest, and does not provide an effective means of developing wind or solar energy.

Prescribes a revenue disposition format for such leasing program.

Requires the Secretary to consult and work with the Secretary of Defense regarding military operations in OCS waters, including resolution of conflicts that might arise between such operations and leasing under this Act.

Deems existing leases issued under the Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 2007-2012, including any lease issued pursuant to Lease Sale 193 or 213, to be in full compliance with the Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 2007-2012.

Authorizes holders of certain previously approved permits to drill (or to sidetrack) to conduct all operations authorized under such permits: (1) without further review by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and (2) without further review or delay under specified federal environmental protection law.

Requires the Secretary to act on oil and natural gas drilling permits within 30 days after an application's submission.

Title II: Continental Pipeline Approval - Prohibits presidential permits from being required for the Keystone XL pipeline. Declares that the final EIS issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, and the Final Evaluation Report issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in January 2013 satisfy all the requirements of NEPA and the National Historic Preservation Act.

Declares that the environmental reviews performed for the Keystone XL pipeline project satisfy the requirements of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Provides that the project will not jeopardize the continued existence of the American burying beetle or destroy or adversely modify its critical habitat. Prohibits any taking of the beetle that is incidental to the construction or operation and maintenance of the pipeline from being considered as a prohibited taking of such species under such Act.

Deems the Secretary to have granted or issued a grant of right-of-way and temporary use permit under the Mineral Leasing Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 for the pipeline.

Requires the Secretary of the Army to issue, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the pipeline, all necessary permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) concerning discharges into navigable waters of dredged or fill material and permits under the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899 concerning excavating or filling navigable waters. Authorizes the Secretary to waive any procedural requirement of law or regulation to accomplish issuing the permits for the pipeline's development. Deems a permit as issued if the Secretary has not issued it within 90 days of receipt the permit application.

Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from restricting an activity in navigable waters or use of an area that is authorized by permits under this Act for the pipeline's development.

Deems the Secretary of the Interior to have issued a special purpose permit under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the pipeline.

Requires pipeline owners or operators that are required under federal law to develop an oil spill response plan for the pipeline to make such plan and updates to it available to the governor of each state in which such pipeline operates to assist with emergency response preparedness.

Title III: Radiological Material Repository - Requires the federal government to site and permit at least one radiological material geologic repository for the disposal of radiological material.

Retains the repository site at Yucca Mountain as the site for the nation's radiological material repository following full statutory review of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) license application to construct the Yucca Mountain repository.

Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to continue to review DOE's pending license application to construct the repository at Yucca Mountain until a determination is made on its merits.

Instructs the NRC to approve such application within 180 days after enactment of this Act.

Removes statutory limitations on the amount of radiological material that can be placed in Yucca Mountain.

Requires the NRC to replace such limitations with new limits based on scientific and technical analysis of the full capacity of Yucca Mountain for the storage of radiological material.

Title IV: Relief from Regulations and Prohibitions that Cause Artificial Price Increases - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to: (1) require a decision to include a species on the list of threatened and endangered species to be based on the best scientific and economic (currently, commercial) data available at the time, including analysis of the costs and benefits of the matter under consideration; and (2) declare that nothing in such Act shall be construed to authorize the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.

Amends the Clean Air Act to exclude from the definition of "air pollutant" carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride (greenhouse gases). Declares that nothing in the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, NEPA, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, or the Solid Waste Disposal Act shall be treated as authorizing or requiring the regulation of climate change or global warming.

Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal provisions prohibiting any federal agency from entering into a contract for procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel for any mobility-related use, other than for research or testing, unless the contract specifies that the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and combustion of the fuel must be less than or equal to such emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel.

Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the renewable fuel program.

Title V: Refinery Reform - Requires the Administrator to enter into a refinery permitting agreement upon the request of a state or Indian tribe to streamline the process for obtaining all permits licenses, approvals, variances, or other forms of authorization that a refiner is required to obtain for the construction and operation of a facility that refines crude oil into transportation fuel or other petroleum products or a facility that processes coal into synthetic crude oil or any other fuel.

Prohibits applications for permits for existing refineries from being considered to be timely if submitted after 120 days after this Act's enactment.

Requires the President to designate at least three closed military installations for the siting of a crude oil refinery. Prohibits a site from being used for a refinery if a state objects to the designation, unless Congress overrides the objection. Requires DOE to act as the lead agency for coordinating refinery authorizations and related environmental reviews.

Title VI: Repeal of Energy Tax Subsidies - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe reduced corporate and individual income tax rates to reflect revenue increases resulting from the development of energy resources and the repeal of energy-related tax expenditures and subsidies under this Act.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the credit for alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures; (2) the credit for certain plug-in electric vehicles; (3) the credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles; (4) the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit; (5) the credit for alcohol used as fuel; (6) the credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel; (7) the enhanced oil recovery credit; (8) the production tax credit; (9) the credit for producing electricity from renewable resources; (10) the credit for producing oil and gas from marginal wells; (11) the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities; (12) the credit for carbon dioxide sequestration; (13) the energy credit; (14) the qualifying advanced coal project credit; and (15) the qualifying gasification project credit.

Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 to repeal the energy grant program under which the Secretary of the Treasury is required to make grants to persons who place in service in 2009 and 2010 certain energy property that is eligible for: (1) the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources (e.g., wind, biomass, or solar energy facilities), or (2) the energy tax credit (e.g., fuel cell, geothermal, or microturbine property).

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect to expense the cost of property used in the production of energy in the taxable year in which such property is placed in service.

Title VII: Regulatory Relief - Provides that the following rules shall have no force or effect and be treated as though they had never taken effect: (1) the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters; (2) the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers; (3) the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units; and (4) Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That are Solid Waste.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in place of such rules, to promulgate within 15 months regulations for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters and commercial and industrial solid waste incinerator units subject to such rules, that: (1) establish maximum achievable control technology standards, performance standards, and other requirements for hazardous air pollutants or solid waste combustion under the Clean Air Act; and (2) identify non-hazardous secondary materials that, when used as fuels or ingredients in combustion units of such boilers, heaters, or incinerator units, are solid waste under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for purposes of determining the extent to which such combustion units are required to meet emission standards for such pollutants under such Act. Requires the Administrator to establish compliance dates for such standards and requirements after considering compliance costs, non-air quality health and environmental impacts and energy requirements, the feasibility of implementation, the availability of equipment, suppliers, and labor, and potential net employment impacts.

Sets forth guidelines for such rules and regulations, including requiring the Administrator to: (1) ensure that emissions standards for existing and new sources can be met under actual operating conditions consistently and concurrently with emission standards for all other air pollutants regulated by the rule for the source category, and (2) impose the least burdensome regulatory alternative for each regulation promulgated.

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize states to implement coal combustion residuals permit programs. Requires each state governor to notify the Administrator within six months about whether such state will implement such a program. Requires states that decide to implement such a program to: (1) submit to the Administrator within 36 months a certification that such program meets the specifications of this Act, and (2) maintain either an approved municipal solid waste program for the control of hazardous disposal or an authorized state hazardous waste program. Establishes minimum requirements for coal combustion residuals permit programs. Requires: (1) the revised criteria established by this Act to apply to such programs; (2) landfills, surface impoundments, or other land-based units that may receive coal combustion residuals (structures) to be designed, constructed, and maintained to provide for containment of the maximum volumes of coal combustion residuals appropriate for the structure; (3) such programs to apply such revised criteria to surface impoundments; and (4) new structures that first receive coal combustion residuals after this Act's enactment to be constructed with a base located a minimum of two feet above the upper limit of the natural water table.

Authorizes states to: (1) require action to correct structural integrity deficiencies according to a schedule for structures that are classified as posing a high hazard potential pursuant to the guidelines published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) entitled "Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Hazard Potential Classification System for Dams," (2) require that such a structure close if such deficiency is not corrected according to such schedule, (3) inspect structures and implement and enforce such permit program, and (4) address wind dispersal of dust from coal combustion residuals by requiring dust control measures.

Sets forth revised criteria for such programs with respect to: (1) design, groundwater monitoring, corrective action, and closure and post-closure for structures; (2) location restrictions for new structures in floodplains, wetlands, fault areas, seismic impact zones, and unstable areas; (3) air quality, financial assurance, surface water, and record keeping; (4) run-on and run-off control systems for landfills and other land-based units, other than surface impoundments that receive coal combustion residuals; and (5) run-off control systems for surface impoundments. Authorizes states to determine that such criteria is not needed for the management of their coal combustion residuals permit program. Authorizes the Administrator to treat such state determination as a deficiency if it does not accurately reflect the needs for the management of coal combustion residuals in the state.

Requires the time period and method for a structure's closure to be set forth in a schedule in a closure plan that takes into account the site-specific characteristics. Directs the closure plan for a surface impoundment to require the removal of liquid and the stabilization of remaining waste as necessary to support the final cover.

Prohibits the Administrator from applying such programs to the utilization, placement, and storage of coal combustion residuals at surface mining and reclamation operations.

Prohibits this Act from being construed to alter the EPA's regulatory determination, entitled "Notice of Regulatory Determination on Wastes from the Combustion of Fossil Fuels," that the fossil fuel combustion wastes addressed in that determination do not warrant regulation under such Act.

Prohibits a federal department or agency from using the social cost of carbon in order to incorporate social benefits of reducing carbon dioxide emissions, or for any other reason, in any cost-benefit analysis.

Amends the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act to require the Secretary to issue or deny an eagle take permit for no less than 30 years under regulations that authorize the taking of any bald eagle or golden eagle that is incidental to, but not the purpose of, an otherwise lawful activity. Deems the failure to issue or deny such a permit within a reasonable time ( not exceeding one year) to constitute issuance of such permit.

Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to require that a person, association, partnership, or corporation must knowingly violate such Act in order to be held criminally liable.

Title VIII: Attainment of National Ambient Air Quality Standards - Amends the Clean Air Act to require any designation or redesignation of an area within a state or an interstate area as a nonattainment area for the national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard for a pollutant to be based on monitoring data and not on modeling data.

Requires the Administrator to set forth the air quality modeling methodologies required to be used in state implementation plans for purposes of predicting the effect on ambient air quality of emissions of air pollutants for which the Administrator has established national ambient air quality standards.

Authorizes a downwind area that is not in attainment with the national ambient air quality standard for ozone within 18 months of the attainment deadline to petition the Administrator for an extension of the time to come into attainment. Authorizes the Administrator, in lieu of reclassifying an area as nonattainment for ozone, to extend such date if the Administrator: (1) determines that the area is a downwind area with respect to such standard, (2) approves a plan revision for such area prior to a reclassification, (3) determines that the petitioning downwind area has demonstrated that it is affected by transport from an upwind area to a degree that affects the area's ability to attain such standard, and (4) provides measures to ensure that no area downwind of the area receiving the extended attainment date will be affected by transport to a degree that affects the other area's ability to attain such standard. Provides for the withdrawal of a reclassification determination.

Requires such extended attainment date to provide for attainment of such ozone standard in the downwind area as expeditiously as practicable but no later than the new date that the area would have been subject to had it been reclassified.

Title IX: Sub-basin Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Requires the Administrator, in requiring any owner or operator of any facility in the petroleum and natural gas system source category to report greenhouse gas emissions from facilities in such category, to allow such owner or operator to: (1) designate sub-basins consisting of similar fields within a larger basin, and (2) report such emissions from such sub-basins instead of reporting such emissions from the larger basin.

Title X: Implementation of National Ocean Policy - Prohibits federal departments and agencies from performing activities to implement Executive Order 13547, entitled "Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes."

Title XI: Other Provisions - Requires: (1) the administrative record compiled by an agency regarding an application for a permit, authorization, or other agency action involving a Priority Energy Project to be the sole and exclusive record for any appeal or review of such action, and (2) such record to be closed upon final agency action and subject to no further evidentiary proceedings or requirements unless requested by the applicant.

Requires an agency to: (1) prepare and 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; and (2) publish such Statement, or a summary of it, in each related notice of proposed rulemaking and in any resulting final rule.

Requires the approval to construct or operate a Priority Energy Project pursuant to any federal permit to remain valid and authorized for the later of: (1) 18 months following the date on which the last permit needed by such Project to commence construction or operation is final and no longer subject to judicial review, (2) three years, or (3) five years in the case of a nationwide permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers for activities that impact the aquatic environment.

Title XII: Future Nuclear Energy - Streamline America's Future Energy Nuclear Act - Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to implement an expedited procedure for issuing a Combined Construction and Operating License.

Requires the NRC to reduce by one-half the time necessary to certify a reactor design and present a certification schedule to Congress within a year of this Act's enactment. Instructs the NRC to outline to Congress an approach that will allow development of technology-neutral guidelines for nuclear plant licensing in the future that would allow for the more seamless entry of new technologies into the marketplace.

Directs DOE and the NRC to reevaluate and accelerate the Next Generation Nuclear Power Plant schedule with the purpose of significant acceleration.

 Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from using the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to arbitrarily prevent uranium mining on federal lands. Restricts the collection of additional leasing fees and the application of fees to remediation of damage resulting from government activities.

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gulf_of_mexico ocs region producing april directs secretary reinstate certain expired leases conduct expanded ocs lease sales urges completion environmental impact statement eis national_environmental_policy_act nepa seismic assessment oil natural gas resources offshore ocs requires secretary issue eis assessing environmental effects geological geophysical activities preliminary eis assess environmental impacts geophysical activities requires bureau_of_ocean_energy_management establish process ensure timely completion permit processing activities meets requirements act geologic geophysical activities sets forth allocation scheme coastal states receive funds ocs leases proportional respective distances point coastline adjacent state closest geographic center applicable leased tract geographic center leased tract directs secretary acting director bureau_of_land_management blm establish implement competitive oil gas leasing program exploration development production oil gas resources arctic coastal plain authorizes secretary designate special areas coastal_plain preserve fish wildlife subsistence resource values exclude leasing surface occupancy areas authorizes leasing portion special area terms permitting horizontal drilling technology sites leases located outside special_area prescribes lease sales procedures lease terms conditions sets forth requirements distribution federal state revenues emanating bonus rental royalty revenues oil gas leasing operations semiannual payments state alaska rights way easements coastal_plain oil gas transportation conveyance surface subsurface estates specified corporations federal land freedom act authorizes state establish program develop energy resources available federal land state long land held trust indian tribe national_park_system national_wildlife_refuge_system designated wilderness area requires state permit lease development energy program considered meet applicable requirements federal law prohibits program activities subject judicial review administrative procedure act subjects congressional approval implementation administration enforcement prescribes wilderness designation procedures subject congressional approval subjects congressional approval future executive branch action withdraws acres aggregate public lands united_states lieu department_of_the_interior exclusive jurisdiction authority implement administer leasing program research development oil shale tar sands programs requirements contained energy policy act instructs secretary actions ensure january federal ocs lands onshore federal lands interests lands secretary jurisdiction leased production energy confers district_of_columbia exclusive jurisdiction final agency decision concerning covered oil natural gas activity directs secretary agriculture publish federal_register notice intent prepare programmatic environmental impact statement analyze potential impacts program develop solar wind energy national_forest_system land directs secretary defense identify locations land withdrawn public domain reserved military purposes exhibit high potential solar wind geothermal energy resources production instructs secretary establish wind solar leasing pilot program covered land instructs secretary secretary agriculture joint determination establish leasing program wind solar energy land respective jurisdictions establish leasing program determine public interest provide effective means developing wind solar energy prescribes revenue disposition format leasing program requires secretary consult work secretary defense military operations ocs waters including resolution conflicts arise operations leasing act deems existing leases issued final outer continental shelf oil gas leasing program including lease issued pursuant lease sale compliance authorizes holders certain previously approved permits drill conduct operations authorized permits review bureau_of_safety_and_environmental_enforcement review delay specified federal environmental protection law requires secretary act oil natural gas drilling permits days application submission title continental pipeline approval prohibits presidential permits required keystone pipeline declares final eis issued secretary state august final_evaluation_report issued nebraska_department_of_environmental_quality january satisfy requirements nepa national_historic_preservation_act declares environmental reviews performed keystone_xl pipeline project satisfy requirements endangered species act provides project jeopardize continued existence american beetle destroy adversely modify critical habitat prohibits taking beetle incidental construction operation maintenance pipeline considered prohibited taking species act deems secretary granted issued grant right way temporary use permit mineral leasing act federal_land_policy_and_management_act pipeline requires secretary army issue construction operation maintenance pipeline necessary permits federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act concerning discharges navigable waters dredged fill material permits concerning filling navigable waters authorizes secretary waive procedural requirement law regulation accomplish issuing permits pipeline development deems permit issued secretary issued days receipt permit application prohibits administrator environmental_protection_agency epa restricting activity navigable waters use area authorized permits act pipeline development deems secretary interior issued special purpose permit migratory bird treaty act pipeline requires pipeline owners operators required federal law develop oil spill response plan pipeline plan updates available governor state pipeline operates assist emergency response preparedness title iii radiological material repository requires federal government site permit radiological material geologic repository disposal radiological material retains repository site yucca_mountain site nation radiological material repository following statutory review department_of_energy doe license application construct yucca_mountain repository directs nuclear_regulatory_commission nrc continue review doe pending license application construct repository yucca_mountain determination merits instructs nrc approve application days enactment act removes statutory limitations radiological material placed yucca_mountain requires nrc replace limitations new limits based scientific technical analysis capacity yucca_mountain storage radiological material title relief regulations prohibitions cause artificial price increases amends endangered species act require decision include species list threatened endangered species based best scientific economic currently commercial data available time including analysis costs benefits matter consideration declare act shall construed authorize regulation greenhouse gas emissions amends clean air act exclude definition air pollutant carbon dioxide water vapor methane nitrous oxide hydrofluorocarbons perfluorocarbons sulfur hexafluoride greenhouse gases declares clean air act clean water act nepa endangered species act solid waste disposal act shall treated authorizing requiring regulation climate change global warming amends energy independence security act repeal provisions prohibiting federal agency entering contract procurement alternative synthetic fuel mobility related use research testing contract specifies lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions associated production combustion fuel equal emissions equivalent conventional fuel amends clean air act repeal renewable fuel program title refinery reform requires administrator enter refinery permitting agreement request state indian tribe streamline process obtaining permits licenses approvals variances forms authorization refiner required obtain construction operation facility crude oil transportation fuel petroleum products facility processes coal synthetic crude oil fuel prohibits applications permits existing refineries considered timely submitted days act enactment requires president designate closed military installations siting crude oil refinery prohibits site refinery state objects designation congress objection requires doe act lead agency coordinating refinery authorizations related environmental reviews title repeal energy tax subsidies directs secretary treasury prescribe reduced corporate individual income tax rates reflect revenue increases resulting development energy resources repeal energy related tax expenditures subsidies act amends internal revenue code repeal credit alcohol fuel biodiesel alternative fuel mixtures credit certain plug electric vehicles credit qualified fuel cell motor vehicles alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit credit alcohol fuel credit biodiesel renewable diesel fuel enhanced oil recovery credit production tax credit credit producing electricity renewable resources credit producing oil gas marginal wells credit production advanced nuclear power facilities credit carbon dioxide sequestration energy credit qualifying advanced coal project credit qualifying gasification project credit amends american_recovery_and_reinvestment_tax_act repeal energy grant program secretary treasury required grants persons place service certain energy property eligible tax credit producing electricity renewable resources wind biomass solar energy facilities energy tax credit fuel cell geothermal microturbine property amends internal revenue code allow taxpayer elect expense cost property production energy taxable year property placed service title vii regulatory relief provides following rules shall force effect treated taken effect major sources industrial commercial institutional boilers process heaters industrial commercial standards performance new stationary sources emission guidelines existing sources commercial industrial_solid_waste_incineration_units identification non-hazardous_secondary_materials solid_waste requires administrator environmental_protection_agency epa place rules promulgate months regulations industrial commercial institutional boilers process heaters commercial industrial solid waste incinerator units subject rules establish maximum achievable control technology standards performance standards requirements hazardous air pollutants solid waste combustion clean air act identify non hazardous secondary materials fuels ingredients combustion units boilers heaters incinerator units solid waste solid waste disposal act purposes determining extent combustion units required meet emission standards pollutants act requires administrator establish compliance dates standards requirements considering compliance costs non air quality health environmental impacts energy requirements feasibility implementation availability equipment suppliers labor potential net employment impacts sets forth guidelines rules regulations including requiring administrator ensure emissions standards existing new sources met actual operating conditions consistently concurrently emission standards air pollutants regulated rule source category impose burdensome regulatory alternative regulation promulgated amends solid waste disposal act authorize states implement coal combustion residuals permit programs requires state governor notify administrator months state implement program requires states decide implement program submit administrator months certification program meets specifications act maintain approved municipal solid waste program control hazardous disposal authorized state hazardous waste program establishes minimum requirements coal combustion residuals permit programs requires revised criteria established act apply programs landfills surface impoundments land based units receive coal combustion residuals structures designed constructed maintained provide containment maximum volumes coal combustion residuals appropriate structure programs apply revised criteria surface impoundments new structures receive coal combustion residuals act enactment constructed base located minimum feet upper limit natural water table authorizes states require action correct structural integrity deficiencies according schedule structures classified posing high hazard potential pursuant guidelines published federal_emergency_management_agency fema entitled federal guidelines dam safety hazard potential classification system dams require structure close deficiency corrected according schedule inspect structures implement enforce permit program address wind dispersal dust coal combustion residuals requiring dust control measures sets forth revised criteria programs respect design groundwater monitoring corrective action closure post closure structures location restrictions new structures floodplains wetlands fault areas seismic impact zones unstable areas air quality financial assurance surface water record keeping run run control systems landfills land based units surface impoundments receive coal combustion residuals run control systems surface impoundments authorizes states determine criteria needed management coal combustion residuals permit program authorizes administrator treat state determination deficiency accurately reflect needs management coal combustion residuals state requires time period method structure closure set forth schedule closure plan takes account site specific characteristics directs closure plan surface impoundment require removal liquid stabilization remaining waste necessary support final cover prohibits administrator applying programs utilization placement storage coal combustion residuals surface mining reclamation operations prohibits act construed alter epa regulatory determination entitled notice regulatory determination wastes fossil fuel combustion wastes addressed determination warrant regulation act prohibits federal department agency social cost carbon order incorporate social benefits reducing carbon dioxide emissions reason cost benefit analysis amends require secretary issue deny eagle permit years regulations authorize taking eagle golden eagle incidental purpose lawful activity deems failure issue deny permit reasonable time exceeding year constitute issuance permit amends migratory bird treaty act require person association partnership corporation knowingly violate act order held criminally liable title viii clean air act require designation redesignation area state interstate area nonattainment area national primary secondary ambient air quality standard pollutant based monitoring data modeling data requires administrator set forth air quality modeling methodologies required state implementation plans purposes predicting effect ambient air quality emissions air pollutants administrator established national ambient air quality standards authorizes area attainment national ambient air quality standard ozone months attainment deadline petition administrator extension time come attainment authorizes administrator lieu reclassifying area nonattainment ozone extend date administrator determines area area respect standard approves plan revision area prior reclassification determines petitioning area demonstrated affected transport area degree affects area ability attain standard provides measures ensure area area receiving extended attainment date affected transport degree affects area ability attain standard provides withdrawal reclassification determination requires extended attainment date provide attainment ozone standard area expeditiously practicable later new date area subject reclassified title sub basin reporting greenhouse gas emissions requires administrator requiring owner operator facility petroleum natural gas system source category report greenhouse gas emissions facilities category allow owner operator designate sub basins consisting similar fields larger basin report emissions sub basins instead reporting emissions larger basin title implementation national ocean policy prohibits federal departments agencies performing activities implement executive order entitled stewardship ocean coasts great lakes title provisions requires administrative record compiled agency application permit authorization agency action involving sole exclusive record appeal review action record closed final agency action subject evidentiary proceedings requirements requested applicant requires agency prepare submit statement energy effects administrator office_of_information_and_regulatory_affairs office_of_management_and_budget omb proposed significant energy action publish statement summary related notice proposed rulemaking resulting final rule requires approval construct operate pursuant federal permit remain valid authorized later months following date permit needed project commence construction operation final longer subject judicial review years years case nationwide permit issued army_corps_of_engineers activities impact aquatic environment title xii future nuclear energy streamline america future energy nuclear act directs nuclear_regulatory_commission nrc implement expedited procedure issuing combined construction operating license requires nrc reduce half time necessary certify reactor design present certification schedule congress year act enactment instructs nrc outline congress approach allow development technology neutral guidelines nuclear plant licensing future allow seamless entry new technologies marketplace directs doe nrc reevaluate accelerate generation nuclear power plant schedule purpose significant acceleration prohibits secretary interior federal_land_policy_and_management_act prevent uranium mining federal lands restricts collection additional leasing fees application fees remediation damage resulting government activities


Summary:
Declares that it is the policy of Congress that our fuel supply needs to be diverse and one method of diversification is the use of natural gas as a fuel source in long haul trucks.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to appoint representatives from DOE, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Commerce, Members of Congress, state governments, and private sector individuals to evaluate: (1) barriers to transition from diesel fuel to natural gas in long haul trucks (commercial vehicles with a 26,000 pound or greater gross vehicle weight rating); (2) environmental benefits, as well as other benefits and drawbacks, of using natural gas in such trucks; (3) the expected price differential between traditional diesel oems and natural gas oems; (4) concerns of the participating representatives appointed by the Secretary of using natural gas in long haul trucks; and (5) the effect of using natural gas in such trucks on the Highway Trust Fund.

declares policy congress fuel supply needs diverse method diversification use natural gas fuel source long trucks directs secretary transportation dot appoint representatives doe environmental_protection_agency epa department_of_commerce members congress state governments private sector individuals evaluate barriers transition diesel fuel natural gas long trucks commercial vehicles pound greater gross vehicle weight rating environmental benefits benefits natural gas trucks expected price differential traditional diesel natural gas concerns participating representatives appointed secretary natural gas long trucks effect natural gas trucks highway_trust_fund


Summary: Natural Gas Long Haul Truck Competitiveness Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations to allow natural gas vehicles to exceed any federal weight limitations to operate on the Interstate Highway System by an amount equal to the weight of the vehicle attributable to the natural gas tank and fueling system, less the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling system.

natural gas long truck competitiveness act directs secretary transportation dot issue regulations allow natural gas vehicles exceed federal weight limitations operate equal weight vehicle attributable natural gas tank fueling system weight comparable diesel tank fueling system


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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Home Heating Emergency Assistance Through Transportation Act of 2014 or HHEATT Act of 2014 - Declares that a covered emergency exemption from federal motor carrier safety regulations issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) shall remain in effect until May 31, 2014, unless the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) determines that the emergency for which the exemption was provided ends before that date.

Defines "covered emergency exemption" as one issued or extended between February 5, 2014, and the date of enactment of this Act to effect regulatory relief for commercial motor vehicle operations directly assisting the delivery of propane and home heating fuels.

States that nothing in this Act may be construed to prohibit the FMCSA from issuing or extending a covered emergency exemption beyond May 31, 2014, under other federal law.

measure amended introduced summary version repeated home heating emergency assistance transportation act act declares covered emergency exemption federal motor carrier safety regulations issued federal_motor_carrier_safety_administration fmcsa shall remain effect secretary transportation dot determines emergency exemption provided ends date defines covered emergency exemption issued extended february date enactment act effect regulatory relief commercial motor vehicle operations directly assisting delivery propane home heating fuels states act construed prohibit fmcsa issuing extending covered emergency exemption federal law


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Fight Russian Energy Exploitation (FREE) Act - Amends the Natural Gas Act to deem consistent with the public interest an expedited application and approval process for the importation or exportation of natural gas to either the member states of the European Union, or to the former Soviet states of Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on: (1) how the economic policies of foreign countries with natural gas resources and reserves relate to the development and production of their natural gas resources and reserves, as well as the extent and status of their natural gas resources and reserves; (2) the potential of such countries to export their natural gas production to the global market, including the impact of such exports upon the global market; and (3) U.S. actions to foster natural gas exports to foreign countries having an interest in importing natural gas from the United States.

free act_-_amends natural gas act deem consistent public interest expedited application approval process importation exportation natural gas member states european_union soviet states ukraine georgia armenia azerbaijan belarus kazakhstan kyrgyzstan moldova tajikistan turkmenistan uzbekistan directs secretary state report congress economic policies foreign countries natural gas resources reserves relate development production natural gas resources reserves extent status natural gas resources reserves potential countries export natural gas production global market including impact exports global market actions foster natural gas exports foreign countries having interest importing natural gas united_states


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American Energy Renaissance Act of 2014 - Amends the Natural Gas Act regarding natural gas exports to exclude from the expedited application and approval process any nation subject to sanctions or trade restrictions imposed by the United States.

Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to repeal the authority of the President to restrict exports of coal, petroleum products, natural gas, or petrochemical feedstocks, and related materials or equipment.

Amends the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) to repeal limitations on oil exports.

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to repeal limitations on export of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil or gas.

Declares without force or effect a specified regulation and the limitation placed upon crude oil exports under the Export Administration Act of 1979.

Directs the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce to grant licenses to export crude oil except in certain circumstances.

Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to take into account solely domestic environmental impacts when completing an environmental impact statement for either coal export terminals or for coal transportation to such terminals.

Prescribes an authorization and approval process for certain energy infrastructure projects pertaining to either an oil or natural gas pipeline, or to an electric transmission facility at the national boundary of the United States with either Canada or Mexico.

Amends the Federal Power Act to repeal the prerequisite that, before transmitting electric energy to a foreign country, a person must first obtain authority from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Declares that a presidential permit shall not be required for a certain pipeline application by TransCanada Corporation to the Department of State for the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the border between the states of South Dakota and Nebraska.

Prescribes guidelines for leasing on the OCS. Deems the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015, issued by the Secretary of the Interior, to be the final oil and gas leasing program under the OCSLA for FY2014-FY2019, except with regard to specified lease sales.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a lease sale every 270 days in each OCS planning area for which there is a commercial interest in purchasing federal oil and gas leases, and (2) conduct Lease Sale 220 for areas offshore of Virginia.

Permits a state, in lieu of being subject to a federal oil and gas leasing system, to elect to control energy development and production on available federal land in accordance with certain state leasing, permitting and regulatory programs prescribed by this Act.

Amends the MLA to require the Secretary to offer for sale all nominated acreage not previously made available for lease, unless an individual lease should not be granted.

Prescribes guidelines governing leasing certainty for onshore lease sales.

 Permits the Secretary to extend for up to 2 periods of 15 days each the initial 30-day period after receipt of an application for deciding whether to issue a drilling permit. Deems an application approved if a decision has not been made within 60 days after the application is received.

 Imposes a $5,000 documentation fee upon each administrative protest concerning a lease, right-of-way, or application for a drill permit.

Directs the Secretary to establish a Federal Permit Streamlining Project in each field office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with responsibility for permitting energy projects on federal land.

Considers final regulations governing oil shale management published by BLM on November 18, 2008, to satisfy all legal and procedural requirements. Directs the Secretary to implement them, including the oil shale leasing program, without any other administrative action necessary.

Considers the 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 the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement of the Bureau of Land Management (Plan), as in effect on November 17, 2008, to satisfy all legal and procedural requirements. Directs the Secretary to implement, without additional administrative action, the oil shale leasing program and regulations authorized in such Plan.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) hold a lease sale offering an additional 10 parcels for lease for research, development, and demonstration of oil shale resources, under certain terms; and (2) hold at least five separate commercial lease sales of at least 25,000 acres considered to have the most potential for oil shale development in areas nominated through public comment.

Amends the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary to conduct a competitive oil and gas leasing program that includes at least one lease sale annually in areas most likely to produce commercial quantities of oil and natural gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) for each of calendar years 2014 through 2023.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) facilitate and ensure permits for all surface development activities, including pipeline and road construction; (2) issue an integrated activity plan from among the nonadopted alternatives in the NPRA Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision, and (3) issue an environmental impact statement for issuance of oil and gas leases in the NPRA.

Declares without force or effect the NPRA Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision, dated February 21, 2013, including the integrated activity plan and environmental impact statement to which it refers.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) promulgate regulations to ensure that the Department of the Interior is supporting development of oil and gas leases in the NPRA, and (2) complete a comprehensive assessment of all technically recoverable NPRA fossil fuel resources.

 Declares that this Act does not authorize issuance of a lease under the MLA to persons designated for the imposition of specified sanctions.

Amends the MLA to authorize the Secretary to conduct onshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-based live bidding methods.

Directs the Secretary 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.

States that the Secretary is neither required to identify nonleasing alternative courses of action nor to analyze their environmental effects.

Deems compliance with this Act satisfies all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) governing analysis and consideration of the environmental effects of proposed leasing.

Authorizes the Secretary, after consultation with the state of Alaska, the city of Kaktovik, and the North Slope Borough, to designate as a Special Area up to 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain. 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.

Restricts to the terms of this Act the Secretary's authority to close lands within the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing, exploration, development, and production.

Instructs the Secretary to offer: (1) tracts with the greatest potential for hydrocarbon discovery; (2) at least 50,000 acres for lease within 22 months after enactment of this Act; and (3) at least an additional 50,000 acres at 6-, 12-, and 18-month intervals thereafter.

Authorizes the Secretary to grant to the highest responsible qualified bidder in a lease sale, upon payment of a bonus, any lands to be leased on the Coastal Plain.

Prescribes a "no significant adverse effect" standard to govern Coastal Plain activities.

Directs the Secretary to develop a facility consolidation plan for the exploration, development, production, and transportation of Coastal Plain oil and gas resources.

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.

 Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to allow either the Secretary, an affected Indian tribe, or a certified third-party appraiser under contract with the Indian tribe to appraise Indian land or trust assets involved in a transaction requiring the Secretary's approval. Deems approved any appraisal conducted by an Indian tribe or by such an appraiser if the Secretary neither approves nor disapproves it within 60 days after it is received.

 Gives tribes the option of waiving such appraisals if they give the Secretary an unambiguous indication of tribal intent, including an express waiver of any claims they might have against the United States as a consequence of forgoing the appraisal.

States that, when sustainability is federally required, any activities or resources conducted or produced pursuant to either a tribal resource management plan or a Secretary-approved integrated resource management plan shall be deemed to be sustainable. Amends the Long-Term Leasing Act to authorize the Navajo Nation to enter into 99-year leases on their restricted lands without the Secretary's approval, if they are executed under tribal regulations approved by the Secretary.

Permits the Navajo Nation to enter into mineral resource leases on restricted lands without the Secretary's approval if they are executed under approved tribal regulations not to exceed 25 years. Permits a renewal option for one additional term not exceeding 25 years.

Declares inapplicable, except with the express consent of Indian beneficiaries, any rule promulgated by the Secretary regarding hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas development or production on land either held in trust or restricted status for Indians.

Grants to the states sole authority to promulgate or enforce requirements for hydraulic fracturing within their boundaries.

Subjects federal land upon which hydraulic fracturing is performed to the law of the state in which the land is located.

Prohibits award of legal fees to any nongovernmental organization related to an action that: (1) prevents, terminates, or reduces access to or the production of specified enterprises; (2) diminishes the private property value of a property owner; or (3) eliminates or prevents jobs.

Prohibits the Secretary from establishing a master leasing plan as part of any guidance the Secretary issues. Declares certain existing master leasing plans without force or effect.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), upon request of a state or the governing body of an Indian tribe, to enter into a prescribed refinery permitting agreement to streamline the permitting process using a specified systematic, interdisciplinary multimedia approach.

Prescribes deadlines for approval or disapproval of consolidated permits for new refineries and for expansion of existing ones.

Amends the Clean Air Act to phase out the renewable fuel standard.

Repeals greenhouse gas regulation. Redefines air pollutant to exclude carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride.

Declares that the following acts neither authorize nor require the regulation of climate change or global warming: (1) the Clean Air Act, (2) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, (3) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, (4) the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and (5) the Solid Waste Disposal Act.

Declares void and without force or effect certain proposed EPA rules regarding greenhouse gas emissions and carbon pollution.

Requires the Administrator, before proposing or finalizing any regulation, rule, or policy, to analyze it and describe its direct and indirect net and gross impact upon employment in the United States.

Establishes the Debt Freedom Fund to pay down the national debt of the United States.

amends natural gas act natural gas exports exclude expedited application approval process nation subject sanctions trade restrictions imposed united_states amends energy policy conservation act epca repeal authority president restrict exports coal petroleum products natural gas petrochemical feedstocks related materials equipment amends mineral leasing act mla repeal limitations oil exports amends outer_continental_shelf lands act ocsla repeal limitations export outer_continental_shelf ocs oil gas declares force effect specified regulation limitation placed crude oil exports export administration act directs bureau_of_industry_and_security_of_the_department_of_commerce grant licenses export crude oil certain circumstances directs secretary army acting chief engineers account solely domestic environmental impacts completing environmental impact statement coal export terminals coal transportation terminals prescribes authorization approval process certain energy infrastructure projects pertaining oil natural gas pipeline electric transmission facility national boundary united_states canada mexico amends federal power act repeal prerequisite transmitting electric energy foreign country person obtain authority federal_energy_regulatory_commission ferc declares presidential permit shall required certain pipeline application transcanada_corporation department_of_state northern portion keystone_xl pipeline canadian border border states south_dakota nebraska prescribes guidelines leasing ocs deems draft proposed outer continental shelf oil gas leasing program issued secretary interior final oil gas leasing program ocsla fy2014-fy2019 regard specified lease sales directs secretary conduct lease sale days ocs planning area commercial interest purchasing federal oil gas leases conduct lease_sale areas offshore virginia permits state lieu subject federal oil gas leasing system elect control energy development production available federal land accordance certain state leasing permitting regulatory programs prescribed act amends mla require secretary offer sale nominated acreage previously available lease individual lease granted prescribes guidelines governing leasing certainty onshore lease sales permits secretary extend periods days initial day period receipt application deciding issue drilling permit deems application approved decision days application received imposes documentation fee administrative protest concerning lease right way application drill permit directs secretary establish federal_permit_streamlining_project field office bureau_of_land_management blm responsibility permitting energy projects federal land considers final regulations governing oil shale management published blm november satisfy legal procedural requirements directs secretary implement including oil shale leasing program administrative action necessary considers tar_sands_resources_to_address_land_use_allocations colorado utah wyoming plan effect november satisfy legal procedural requirements directs secretary implement additional administrative action oil shale leasing program regulations authorized plan directs secretary hold lease sale offering additional parcels lease research development demonstration oil shale resources certain terms hold separate commercial lease sales acres considered potential oil shale development areas nominated public comment amends naval petroleum reserves production act direct secretary conduct competitive oil gas leasing program includes lease sale annually areas likely produce commercial quantities oil natural gas national_petroleum_reserve alaska calendar years directs secretary facilitate ensure permits surface development activities including pipeline road construction issue integrated activity plan alternatives integrated activity plan record decision issue environmental impact statement issuance oil gas leases declares force effect integrated activity plan record decision dated february including integrated activity plan environmental impact statement refers directs secretary promulgate regulations ensure department_of_the_interior supporting development oil gas leases complete comprehensive assessment technically recoverable fossil fuel resources declares act authorize issuance lease mla persons designated imposition specified sanctions amends mla authorize secretary conduct onshore oil gas lease sales internet based live bidding methods directs secretary 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 states secretary required identify nonleasing alternative courses action analyze environmental effects deems compliance act satisfies requirements national_environmental_policy_act nepa governing analysis consideration environmental effects proposed leasing authorizes secretary consultation state alaska city kaktovik north_slope_borough designate special area acres coastal_plain directs secretary designate sadlerochit_spring area special_area authorizes secretary exclude special_area leasing permits directional horizontal drilling special_area restricts terms act secretary authority close lands coastal_plain oil gas leasing exploration development production instructs secretary offer tracts greatest potential hydrocarbon discovery acres lease months enactment act additional acres month intervals authorizes secretary grant highest responsible qualified bidder lease sale payment bonus lands leased coastal_plain prescribes significant adverse effect standard govern coastal_plain activities directs secretary develop facility consolidation plan exploration development production transportation coastal_plain oil gas resources 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 amends energy policy act allow secretary affected indian tribe certified party appraiser contract indian tribe appraise indian land trust assets involved transaction requiring secretary approval deems approved appraisal conducted indian tribe appraiser secretary approves disapproves days received gives tribes option waiving appraisals secretary unambiguous indication tribal intent including express waiver claims united_states consequence forgoing appraisal states sustainability federally required activities resources conducted produced pursuant tribal resource management plan secretary approved integrated resource management plan shall deemed sustainable amends long-term_leasing_act authorize navajo nation enter year leases restricted lands secretary approval executed tribal regulations approved secretary permits navajo nation enter mineral resource leases restricted lands secretary approval executed approved tribal regulations exceed years permits renewal option additional term exceeding years declares inapplicable express consent indian beneficiaries rule promulgated secretary hydraulic fracturing oil gas development production land held trust restricted status indians grants states sole authority promulgate enforce requirements hydraulic fracturing boundaries subjects federal land hydraulic fracturing performed law state land located prohibits award legal fees nongovernmental organization related action prevents terminates reduces access production specified enterprises diminishes private property value property owner eliminates prevents jobs prohibits secretary establishing master leasing plan guidance secretary issues declares certain existing master leasing plans force effect requires administrator environmental_protection_agency epa request state governing body indian tribe enter prescribed refinery permitting agreement streamline permitting process specified systematic interdisciplinary multimedia approach prescribes deadlines approval disapproval consolidated permits new refineries expansion existing ones amends clean air act phase renewable fuel standard repeals greenhouse gas regulation redefines air pollutant exclude carbon dioxide water vapor methane nitrous oxide hydrofluorocarbons perfluorocarbons sulfur hexafluoride declares following acts authorize require regulation climate change global warming clean air act federal_water_pollution_control_act national_environmental_policy_act endangered species act solid waste disposal act declares void force effect certain proposed epa rules greenhouse gas emissions carbon pollution requires administrator proposing finalizing regulation rule policy analyze describe direct indirect net gross impact employment united_states establishes debt freedom fund pay national debt united_states


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Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to permit the use of rights of way for natural gas pipelines through public lands, forest, and other reservations of the United States, and specified national parks in California.

Defines "gas gathering line and associated field compression unit" as: (1) a pipeline installed to transport natural gas production associated with one or more wells drilled and completed to produce crude oil; and (2) if necessary, a compressor to raise the pressure of that transported natural gas to higher pressures suitable to enable the gas to flow into pipelines and other facilities.

Excludes from such definition any pipeline or compression unit installed to transport natural gas from a processing plant to a common carrier pipeline or facility.

Excludes from federal lands, for purposes of gas gathering line and associated field compression units, any unit of the National Park System, any unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System, or a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Deems the issuance of a sundry notice or right-of-way for a gas gathering line and associated field compression unit located on federal or Indian land and servicing an oil well to be an action categorically excluded for purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), if the line and the compression unit: (1) are within a field or unit for which an approved land use plan or an environmental document prepared pursuant to NEPA analyzed transportation of natural gas produced from one or more oil wells in that field or unit as a reasonably foreseeable activity, and (2) are located adjacent to an existing disturbed area for the construction of a road or pad.

(A "categorical exclusion" is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a federal agency in implementing environmental regulations and for which, therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.) Declares such categorical exclusion inapplicable if the governor of the state or the Indian tribe with jurisdiction requests in writing that it be waived.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary to study permissible actions or proposed changes to federal law which would expedite permitting for gas gathering lines and associated field compression units on federal or Indian land to transport natural gas associated with crude oil production, on any land, to a processing plant or a common carrier pipeline for delivery to markets.

Amends the Mineral Leasing Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to direct the appropriate agency head to issue a sundry notice or right-of-way for a gas gathering line and associated field compression unit located on federal or public lands: (1) within 30 days after receiving the request for a line and compression unit described in this Act, and (2) within 60 days after receiving a request for all other lines and compression units.

natural gas gathering enhancement act authorizes secretary interior permit use rights way natural gas pipelines public lands forest reservations united_states specified national parks california defines gas gathering line associated field compression unit pipeline installed transport natural gas production associated wells drilled completed produce crude oil necessary compressor raise pressure transported natural gas higher pressures suitable enable gas flow pipelines facilities excludes definition pipeline compression unit installed transport natural gas processing plant common carrier pipeline facility excludes federal lands purposes gas gathering line associated field compression units unit national_park_system unit national_wildlife_refuge_system component national_wilderness_preservation_system deems issuance sundry notice right way gas gathering line associated field compression unit located federal indian land servicing oil action categorically excluded purposes national_environmental_policy_act nepa line compression unit field unit approved land use plan environmental document prepared pursuant nepa analyzed transportation natural gas produced oil wells field unit reasonably foreseeable activity located adjacent existing disturbed area construction road pad categorical exclusion category actions individually cumulatively significant effect human environment found effect procedures adopted federal agency implementing environmental regulations environmental assessment environmental impact statement required declares categorical exclusion inapplicable governor state indian tribe jurisdiction requests writing waived amends energy policy act direct secretary study permissible actions proposed changes federal law expedite permitting gas gathering lines associated field compression units federal indian land transport natural gas associated crude oil production land processing plant common carrier pipeline delivery markets amends mineral leasing act federal_land_policy_and_management_act direct appropriate agency head issue sundry notice right way gas gathering line associated field compression unit located federal public lands days receiving request line compression unit described act days receiving request lines compression units


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Pipeline Modernization and Consumer Protection Act - Requires each operator of a gas pipeline facility, in accordance with an integrity management program, if applicable, to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of gas piping or equipment that is leaking or may pose high risk of leaking.

Requires each state regulatory authority and each nonregulated gas utility, in complying with such requirements, to: (1) develop prioritized timelines to repair or replace all leaking or high-risk piping or equipment, and (2) require use of best available technology to detect gas leaks.

Directs the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to issue non-binding best practices guidelines for identifying and classifying high-risk pipeline infrastructure and leaks for repair or replacement.

Directs the Administrator and the heads of other applicable federal agencies to work jointly to establish and publish forms that adopt a standard definition and methodology for calculating and reporting information on the causes of unaccounted-for gas.

pipeline modernization consumer protection act requires operator gas pipeline facility accordance integrity management program applicable accelerate repair rehabilitation replacement gas piping equipment leaking pose high risk leaking requires state regulatory authority nonregulated gas utility complying requirements develop prioritized timelines repair replace leaking high risk piping equipment require use best available technology detect gas leaks directs administrator pipeline hazardous_materials_safety_administration issue non binding best practices guidelines identifying classifying high risk pipeline infrastructure leaks repair replacement directs administrator heads applicable federal agencies work jointly establish publish forms adopt standard definition methodology calculating reporting information causes unaccounted gas


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Pipeline Revolving Fund and Job Creation Act - Directs the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to offer to enter into agreements to make capitalization grants, including letters of credit, to eligible states for the repair or replacement of natural gas distribution pipelines.

Requires grant funds to be deposited into state revolving loan funds to provide loans or loan guarantees to: (1) facilitate compliance with an intended use plan, or (2) repair or replace those pipelines that have been identified as leak-prone.

Prohibits the use of funds from loans or loan guarantees made by a state to repair or replace natural gas distribution pipelines unless all of the iron, steel, plastic, and manufactured goods used in the repair or replacement are produced in the United States (Buy America).

job creation act directs administrator pipeline hazardous_materials_safety_administration offer enter agreements capitalization grants including letters credit eligible states repair replacement natural gas distribution pipelines requires grant funds deposited state revolving loan funds provide loans loan guarantees facilitate compliance intended use plan repair replace pipelines identified leak prone prohibits use funds loans loan guarantees state repair replace natural gas distribution pipelines iron steel plastic manufactured goods repair replacement produced united_states


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Crude Oil Export Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to repeal the authority of the President to restrict exports of: (1) coal, petroleum products, natural gas, or petrochemical feedstocks, and (2) materials or equipment which he determines necessary for either exploration, production, refining, or transportation of energy supplies, or for construction or maintenance of energy facilities within the United States.

Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to repeal limitations on exports of oil.

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to repeal limitations on export of Outer Continental Shelf oil or gas on the lands within its purview.

Declares without force or effect: (1) the limitation placed upon crude oil exports by the Export Administration Act of 1979, and (2) a specified regulation relating to crude oil.

Directs the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce to grant licenses to export crude oil to a country unless: (1) the country is subject to sanctions or trade restrictions imposed by the United States, or (2) either the President or Congress has designated the country as subject to exclusion for reasons of national security.

Authorizes the President, subject to a congressional resolution of disapproval, to ban the export of crude oil from the United States for a maximum period of 90 days during a national emergency. Permits renewal of such ban during periods of national emergency.

Subjects any act of imposing or renewing a ban to a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act.

repeal authority president restrict exports coal petroleum products natural gas petrochemical feedstocks materials equipment determines necessary exploration production refining transportation energy supplies construction maintenance energy facilities united_states amends mineral leasing act repeal limitations exports oil amends outer_continental_shelf lands act repeal limitations export outer_continental_shelf oil gas lands purview declares force effect limitation placed crude oil exports export administration act specified regulation relating crude oil directs bureau_of_industry_and_security_of_the_department_of_commerce grant licenses export crude oil country country subject sanctions trade restrictions imposed united_states president congress designated country subject exclusion reasons national security authorizes president subject congressional resolution disapproval ban export crude oil united_states maximum period days national emergency permits renewal ban periods national emergency subjects act imposing renewing ban resolution disapproval congressional review act


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Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Energy (DOE) for FY2015 for coal, natural gas, and oil research and development.

Prohibits the use of such funds, however, to: (1) transform any element of the National Energy Technology Laboratory into a government-owned, contractor-operated laboratory, or to consider or plan for any such transformation; (2) consolidate or close any element of the Laboratory; or (3) transfer the Laboratory's human resources functions from any laboratory.

accountability act authorizes appropriations secretary energy doe fy2015 coal natural gas oil research development prohibits use funds transform element national_energy_technology_laboratory government owned contractor operated laboratory consider plan transformation consolidate close element laboratory transfer laboratory human resources functions laboratory


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Pipeline Inspection Enforcement Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to require the person purchasing or operating a gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility to inspect it to confirm the pipeline's status as active or abandoned.

Directs the Secretary to require also, by regulation, that the regulatory authority responsible for inspections of the facility ensure that such an inspection is conducted. Applies this inspection requirement with respect to newly listed abandoned pipelines as well.

pipeline inspection enforcement act directs secretary transportation dot require person purchasing operating gas hazardous liquid pipeline facility inspect confirm pipeline status active abandoned directs secretary require regulation regulatory authority responsible inspections facility ensure inspection conducted applies inspection requirement respect newly listed abandoned pipelines


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Repeal and Rebuild Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the excise tax on gasoline and tires after 2014, (2) impose an additional $6.75 per barrel tax on crude oil and petroleum products, and (3) provide for double indexation (i.e., the sum of the highway construction cost adjustment and the CAFE fuel saved adjustment) of the diesel fuel tax rate. Transfers revenues from the increased petroleum tax to the Highway Trust Fund.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue transportation bonds with a term of 10 years and transfer bond proceeds to the Highway Trust Fund.

repeal amends internal revenue code repeal excise tax gasoline tires impose additional barrel tax crude oil petroleum products provide double sum highway construction cost adjustment cafe fuel saved adjustment diesel fuel tax rate transfers revenues increased petroleum tax highway_trust_fund directs secretary treasury issue transportation bonds term years transfer bond proceeds highway_trust_fund