Summary: Western Hemisphere Energy Security Act of 2012 - Permits U.S. persons (including agents and affiliates) to: (1) engage in any transaction necessary for either exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources or for oil spill prevention and clean-up activities from any portion of a foreign exclusive economic zone contiguous to the U.S. exclusive economic zone; (2) export without license authority all equipment necessary for such exploration, extraction, or oil spill prevention and clean-up activities; and (3) import into the United States the hydrocarbon resources and products that are extracted under this Act. Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize under a general license certain travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba in connection with either exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources or oil spill prevention and clean-up activities in any such part of a foreign maritime exclusive economic zone contiguous to the U.S. exclusive economic zone. Includes among persons authorized to travel to Cuba under this Act full-time employees, executives, agents, and consultants of oil and gas producers, distributors, shippers, and persons who engage in oil spill prevention and clean-up activities.

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Summary: Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy (DOE), except in the case of a severe energy supply interruption, from executing the first drawdown of petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after enactment of this Act until the Secretary has developed a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands (including submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf) under the jurisdiction of DOE, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense (DOD) leased for oil and gas production by the same percentage as the percentage of petroleum in the SPR that is to be drawn down in such first and subsequent drawdowns. Prohibits such plan from providing for a total increase of more than 10% in the percentage of such federal lands leased for oil and gas production.

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Summary: American Energy First Act - Prohibits petroleum product from being drawn down, sold, or exchanged from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) unless the President has taken the actions required by this Act. Instructs the President to direct the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) and the heads of other relevant federal agencies to treat certain Bureau of Land Management final regulations regarding oil shale management as well as 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 as satisfying all legal and procedural requirements under specified laws. Directs the Secretary to implement the oil shale leasing program authorized 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. Instructs the President to direct the Secretary to conduct offshore oil and gas: (1) Lease Sale 216 in the Central Gulf of Mexico within four months after enactment of this Act, (2) Lease Sale 218 in the Western Gulf of Mexico within eight months after enactment of this Act, (3) Lease Sale 222 in the Central Gulf of Mexico not later than June 1, 2012. Deems the Environmental Impact Statement for the 2007-2012 5-Year OCS Plan and the Multi-Sale Environmental Impact Statement to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for the purposes of such lease sales. Instructs the President to direct the Secretary to: (1) approve a certain permit concerning certain energy-related facilities and land transportation crossings on the international boundaries of the United States for the Keystone XL pipeline project, and (2) expedite permitting of activities under oil and gas leases for federal onshore lands and federal submerged lands in the Gulf of Mexico. Prescribes Keystone XL pipeline 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.

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Summary: Gas Rebate Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal certain tax incentives for oil and gas companies, including: (1) the tax credit for enhanced oil recovery, (2) the tax credit for producing oil and gas from marginal wells, (3) the expensing allowance for intangible drilling and development costs, (4) the tax deduction for tertiary injectant expenses, (5) the exception to passive loss limitations for working interests in oil and gas properties, and (6) percentage depletion for oil and gas wells. Denies a tax deduction for income attributable to the domestic production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil, gas, or any primary product thereof. Extends to seven years the required amortization period for geological and geophysical expenditures. Allows registered motor vehicle owners a rebate against income tax based on their share of revenues saved from the repeal of the tax incentives for oil and gas companies by this Act.

gas rebate act amends internal revenue code repeal certain tax incentives oil gas companies including tax credit enhanced oil recovery tax credit producing oil gas marginal wells expensing allowance intangible drilling development costs tax deduction tertiary injectant expenses exception passive loss limitations working interests oil gas properties percentage depletion oil gas wells denies tax deduction income attributable domestic production refining processing transportation distribution oil gas primary product thereof extends seven years required amortization period geological geophysical expenditures allows registered motor vehicle owners rebate income tax based share revenues saved repeal tax incentives oil gas companies act


Summary: Energy Exploration and Production to Achieve National Demand Act or EXPAND Act - Title I: Development of Federal Energy Resources - 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: (1) reinstate certain expired leases, and (2) conduct expanded OCS lease sales. 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 such Coastal Plain to preserve fish, wildlife, and subsistence resource values, and (2) exclude leasing or surface occupancy from such areas. Authorizes, however, 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: (1) lease sales procedures, (2) lease terms and conditions, and (3) Coastal Plain environmental protection. 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, (4) conveyance of surface and subsurface estates to specified Corporations, and (5) local government aid and community service assistance. Establishes in the Treasury the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund. Expresses the sense of Congress regarding establishment of regional offices and regional permit coordinators to coordinate review of federal permits for oil and gas projects on federal lands onshore and on the OCS, including the appointment of a Regional Permit Coordinator. Prescribes federal agency schedules for permit decisionmaking. Designates the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to act as lead agency for any agency action regarding a Priority Energy Project pursuant to this Act. Amends federal law governing congressional review of agency rulemaking to add: (1) congressional approval procedures for major rules, and (2) congressional disapproval procedures for nonmajor rules. Requires the Secretary invite the governor of any state in which either an oil and gas operation may require a federal permit, or whose coastline is in immediate geographic proximity to OCS oil and gas operations, to be a signatory to a specified memorandum in order to fulfill any state responsibilities regarding federal oil and gas permitting decisions. Authorizes a federal agency with jurisdiction over a Priority Energy Project to delegate to the state in which the Project is located the agency's statutory responsibilities regarding the Project. Removes from further administrative review within the federal agency responsible for decisionmaking any oil and gas permitting decision for federal lands onshore or on the OCS. Subjects to congressional approval implemention, administration, or enforcment 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. Requires the Secretary to complete and finalize the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States to analyze the potential impacts of developing solar energy on land administered by the Secretary. 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 - Approves a certain permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline. Deems approved a specified route within the state of Nebraska submitted by the governor of Nebraska if the President does not approve such route within 10 days after its date of submission. 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 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 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. Provides that such provisions shall not prohibit: (1) implementation and enforcement of the rule entitled "Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards" and finalization, implementation, enforcement, and revision of the proposed rule entitled "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles"; (2) statutorily authorized federal research, development, and demonstration programs and voluntary programs addressing climate change; (3) implementation and enforcement of stratospheric ozone protection provisions of the Clean Air Act to the extent that such implementation or enforcement only involves class I or II substances; or (4) implementation and enforcement of requirements of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 for monitoring and reporting of carbon dioxide emissions. 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 of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 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. Requires the Administrator to: (1) conduct a research and demonstration program to evaluate the air quality benefits of Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel, (2) evaluate the use of such fuel as a mechanism for reducing engine exhaust emissions, and (3) recommend the most effective use and associated benefits of such fuels for reducing public exposure to exhaust emissions. Requires such program to consider: (1) the use of neat (100%) Fischer-Tropsch fuel and blends with conventional crude oil-derived fuel for heavy-duty and light-duty diesel engines and the aviation sector, and (2) the production costs associated with domestic production of fuel and prices for consumers. Prohibits applications for permits for existing refineries from being considered to be timely if submitted after 120 days after this Act's enactment. Title VI: Repeal of Energy Tax Subsidies - 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 credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources; (9) the credit for producing oil and gas from marginal wells; (10) the credit for production from advanced nuclear power facilities; (11) the credit for carbon dioxide sequestration; (12) the energy credit; (13) the qualifying advanced coal project; and (14) the qualifying gasification project credit. Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, Division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment 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). Title VII: Regulatory Relief - Provides that the following rules shall have no force or effect and shall 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 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. 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: (1) state agency heads to 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) state agency heads to require that such a structure close if such deficiency is not corrected according to such schedule, (3) states to inspect structures and implement and enforce such permit program, and (4) states to 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 of such structure. 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. 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 prohibits such record from being subject to any 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. Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to reduce the cap on the maximumpenalty for violations of such Act from $15,000 to $1,000.

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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 coastal_plain environmental protection 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 local government aid community service assistance establishes treasury coastal_plain_local_government_impact_aid_assistance_fund expresses sense congress establishment regional offices regional permit coordinators coordinate review federal permits oil gas projects federal lands onshore ocs including appointment prescribes federal agency schedules permit decisionmaking designates federal_energy_regulatory_commission ferc act lead agency agency action pursuant act amends federal law governing congressional review agency rulemaking add congressional approval procedures major rules congressional disapproval procedures nonmajor rules requires secretary invite governor state oil gas operation require federal permit coastline immediate geographic proximity ocs oil gas operations signatory specified memorandum order fulfill state responsibilities federal oil gas permitting decisions authorizes federal agency jurisdiction delegate state project located agency statutory responsibilities project removes administrative review federal agency responsible decisionmaking oil gas permitting decision federal lands onshore ocs subjects congressional approval administration 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 requires secretary complete finalize southwestern states analyze potential impacts developing solar energy land administered secretary 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 approves certain permit deems approved specified route state nebraska submitted governor nebraska president approve route days date submission 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 federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act national_environmental_policy_act endangered species act solid waste disposal act shall treated authorizing requiring regulation climate change global warming provides provisions shall prohibit implementation enforcement rule entitled light duty vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards corporate average fuel economy standards finalization implementation enforcement revision proposed rule entitled greenhouse gas emissions standards fuel efficiency standards medium- vehicles statutorily authorized federal research development demonstration programs voluntary programs addressing climate change implementation enforcement stratospheric ozone protection provisions clean air act extent implementation enforcement involves class substances implementation enforcement requirements clean air act amendments monitoring reporting carbon dioxide emissions amends energy_independence_and_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 environmental_protection_agency epa 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 requires administrator conduct research demonstration program evaluate air quality benefits fischer-tropsch transportation fuel evaluate use fuel mechanism reducing engine exhaust emissions recommend effective use associated benefits fuels reducing public exposure exhaust emissions requires program consider use fischer tropsch fuel blends conventional crude oil derived fuel heavy duty light duty diesel engines aviation sector production costs associated domestic production fuel prices consumers prohibits applications permits existing refineries considered timely submitted days act enactment title repeal energy tax subsidies 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 credit electricity produced certain renewable resources credit producing oil gas marginal wells credit production advanced nuclear power facilities credit carbon dioxide sequestration energy credit qualifying advanced coal project qualifying gasification project credit amends american_recovery_and_reinvestment_tax_act american_recovery_and_reinvestment_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 title vii regulatory relief provides following rules shall force effect shall 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 internal revenue code allow taxpayer elect expense cost property production energy taxable year property placed service 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 state agency heads 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 state agency heads require structure close deficiency corrected according schedule states inspect structures implement enforce permit program states 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 structure 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 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 prohibits record 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 amends migratory bird treaty act reduce cap violations act


Summary: Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act - Grants any state sole authority to promulgate or enforce any regulation, guidance, or permit requirement with regard to the underground injection of fluids or propping agents pursuant to the hydraulic fracturing process, or any component of such process, relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on or under land within the boundaries of that state. Makes the underground injection of fluids or propping agents pursuant to such process, or any components of such process, relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on federal land subject to the law of the state in which that land is located.

fracturing regulations effective state hands act grants state sole authority promulgate enforce regulation guidance permit requirement regard underground injection fluids propping agents pursuant hydraulic fracturing process component process relating oil gas geothermal production activities land boundaries state makes underground injection fluids propping agents pursuant process components process relating oil gas geothermal production activities federal land subject law state land located


Summary: Keep America's Oil Here Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept bids on any new oil and gas leases of federal lands (including submerged lands) only from bidders certifying that all crude oil produced under such leases, and all refined petroleum products made from such crude oil, shall be offered for sale only in the United States. Authorizes the President to waive such limited leasing authorization upon specified determinations, including that waiver is in the national interest because it will not lead to: (1) an increase in domestic consumption of crude oil obtained from countries hostile to U.S. interests or that have political and economic instability compromising energy supply security, (2) higher costs to oil refiners purchasing the crude oil than the refiners would have to pay in the absence of such a waiver; and (3) higher gasoline costs paid by consumers than they would have to pay in the absence of such a waiver.

america oil act authorizes secretary interior accept bids new oil gas leases federal lands including submerged lands bidders certifying crude oil produced leases refined petroleum products crude oil shall offered sale united_states authorizes president waive limited leasing authorization specified determinations including waiver national interest lead increase domestic consumption crude oil obtained countries hostile interests political economic instability compromising energy supply security higher costs oil refiners purchasing crude oil refiners pay absence waiver higher gasoline costs paid consumers pay absence waiver


Summary: Providing Leasing Certainty for American Energy Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in conducting lease sales under the Mineral Leasing Act, to offer for sale at least 25% of the annual nominated acreage not previously made available for lease. Shields such acreage from protest and the test of extraordinary circumstances. Makes it eligible, however, for certain categorical exclusions under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 in connection with review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. (A categorical exclusion is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and for which, as a consequence, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.) Directs the Secretary to consider leasing only federal lands that are available for leasing at the time the lease sale occurs. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Secretary from: (1) withdrawing any covered energy project issued under that Act without finding a violation by the lessee of lease terms; (2) delaying indefinitely issuance of project approvals, drilling and seismic permits, and rights of way for activities under a lease; and (3) cancelling or withdrawing any lease parcel after a competitive lease sale has occurred and a winning bidder has made the last payment for the parcel. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) make nominated areas available for lease within 18 months after an area is designated as open under a current land use plan, (2) issue all leases sold 60 days after the last payment is made, and (3) adjudicate any lease protests filed following a lease sale. Prohibits additional lease stipulations after the parcel is sold without consultation and agreement of the lessee, unless the Secretary deems such stipulations as emergency actions to conserve national resources. Requires federal land managers to follow existing resource management plans and continue to actively lease in areas designated as open when resource management plans are being amended or revised, until such time as a new record of decision is signed. Declares without force or effect Bureau of Land Management Instruction Memorandum 2010-117.

providing leasing certainty american energy act directs secretary interior conducting lease sales mineral leasing act offer sale annual nominated acreage previously available lease shields acreage protest test extraordinary circumstances makes eligible certain categorical exclusions energy policy act connection review national environmental policy act categorical exclusion category actions individually cumulatively significant effect human environment consequence environmental assessment environmental impact statement required directs secretary consider leasing federal lands available leasing time lease sale occurs amends mineral leasing act prohibit secretary withdrawing covered energy project issued act finding violation lessee lease terms delaying indefinitely issuance project approvals drilling seismic permits rights way activities lease cancelling withdrawing lease parcel competitive lease sale occurred winning bidder payment parcel instructs secretary nominated areas available lease months area designated open current land use plan issue leases sold days payment adjudicate lease protests filed following lease sale prohibits additional lease stipulations parcel sold consultation agreement lessee secretary deems stipulations emergency actions conserve national resources requires federal land managers follow existing resource management plans continue actively lease areas designated open resource management plans amended revised time new record decision signed declares force effect


Summary: Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2012 - Title I: Application For Permits to Drill Process Reform - (Sec. 101) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to revise requirements for the issuance of permits to drill in energy projects on federal lands. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to extend the initial 30-day permit application review period for up to 2 periods of 15 days each, if the Secretary has given written notice of the delay to the applicant. Deems a permit application approved if the Secretary has made no decision on it 60 days after its receipt. Prescribes a notice requirement for denial of an application. Directs the Secretary to collect a single $6,500 permit processing fee per application from each applicant at the time the decision is made whether or not to issue a permit. (Sec. 102) Requires that 50% of fees collected as annual wind energy and solar energy right-of-way authorization fees be retained by the Secretary for use by: (1) the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to process permits, right-of-way applications, and other activities necessary for renewable energy development; and (2) either the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or other federal agencies involved in wind and solar permitting reviews in order to facilitate the processing of wind energy and solar energy permit applications on BLM lands. Title II: Administrative Protest Documentation Reform - (Sec. 201) Requires the Secretary to collect a $5,000 documentation fee to accompany each protest for a lease, right of way, or application for permit to drill. Title III: Permit Streamlining - (Sec. 301) Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a Federal Permit Streamlining Project in every BLM Field office with responsibility for permitting energy projects on federal land; and (2) enter into a related memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers. Authorizes the Secretary to request that the governor of any state with energy projects on federal lands be a signatory to the memorandum of understanding. Requires federal signatories to such memorandum to assign staff with special expertise in regulatory issues germane to field offices. (Sec. 302) States that the Secretary shall not require a finding of extraordinary circumstances related to a categorical exclusion in administering the Energy Policy Act of 2005 with respect to review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). (A categorical exclusion [CE or CX] is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and for which, as a consequence, neither an environmental assessment [EA] nor an environmental impact statement [EIS] is required. If a proposed action is included in the description provided for a listed CE established by an agency, the agency must check to make sure that no extraordinary circumstances exist that may cause the proposed action to have a significant effect in a particular situation. Extraordinary circumstances typically include such matters as effects to endangered species, protected cultural sites, and wetlands. If the proposed action is not included in the description in the agency's CE, or there are extraordinary circumstances, the agency must prepare an EA or an EIS, or develop a new proposal that may qualify for application of a CE.) (Sec. 303) Expresses the intent of Congress that: (1) this Act will support a growing U.S. domestic energy sector that helps to reinvigorate American manufacturing, transportation, and service sectors by employing U.S. workers to assist in the development of energy from domestic sources; and (2) Congress will monitor the deployment of personnel and material onshore under this Act to encourage the development of American technology and manufacturing to enable workers to benefit from this Act through good jobs and careers, and establishment of important industrial facilities to support expanded access to American energy resources. Directs the Secretary when possible and practicable, to encourage the use of U.S. workers and equipment manufactured in the United States in all construction related to mineral resource development under this Act. Title IV: Judicial Review - (Sec. 402) States that venue for any covered civil action shall lie in the district court where the project or leases exist or are proposed. Sets forth procedures for judicial review of leasing of federal lands for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, wind, or any other energy source of energy.

streamlining permitting american energy act title application permits drill process reform sec amends mineral leasing act revise requirements issuance permits drill energy projects federal lands authorizes secretary interior extend initial day permit application review period periods days secretary given written notice delay applicant deems permit application approved secretary decision days receipt prescribes notice requirement denial application directs secretary collect single permit processing fee application applicant time decision issue permit sec requires fees collected annual wind energy solar energy right way authorization fees retained secretary use bureau_of_land_management blm process permits right way applications activities necessary renewable energy development fish wildlife service federal agencies involved wind solar permitting reviews order facilitate processing wind energy solar energy permit applications blm lands title administrative protest documentation reform sec requires secretary collect documentation fee accompany protest lease right way application permit drill title iii permit streamlining sec requires secretary establish federal_permit_streamlining_project office responsibility permitting energy projects federal land enter related memorandum understanding secretary agriculture administrator environmental_protection_agency epa chief army_corps_of_engineers authorizes secretary request governor state energy projects federal lands signatory memorandum understanding requires federal signatories memorandum assign staff special expertise regulatory issues field offices sec states secretary shall require finding extraordinary circumstances related categorical exclusion administering energy policy act respect review national_environmental_policy_act nepa categorical exclusion category actions individually cumulatively significant effect human environment consequence environmental assessment environmental impact statement eis required proposed action included description provided listed established agency agency check sure extraordinary circumstances exist cause proposed action significant effect particular situation extraordinary circumstances typically include matters effects endangered species protected cultural sites wetlands proposed action included description agency extraordinary circumstances agency prepare eis develop new proposal qualify application sec expresses intent congress act support growing domestic energy sector helps reinvigorate american manufacturing transportation service sectors employing workers assist development energy domestic sources congress monitor deployment personnel material onshore act encourage development american technology manufacturing enable workers benefit act good jobs careers establishment important industrial facilities support expanded access american energy resources directs secretary possible practicable encourage use workers equipment manufactured united_states construction related mineral resource development act title judicial review sec states venue covered civil action shall lie district court project leases exist proposed sets forth procedures judicial review leasing federal lands exploration development production processing transmission oil natural gas wind energy source energy


Summary: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on parts or accessories of instruments or apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities.

amends harmonized_tariff schedule united_states extend temporary suspension duty parts accessories instruments apparatus measuring checking electrical quantities