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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 459 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish goals for an all-ofthe-above energy production plan strategy on a 4-year basis on all onshore Federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior and 

the Forest Service. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 21, 2015 

Mr. TIPTON (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. 

WEBER of Texas, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. PEARCE, and Mr. PITTENGER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish goals 

for an all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy 

on a 4-year basis on all onshore Federal lands managed 

by the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Planning for American 

5 Energy Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ONSHORE DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION STRA2 TEGIC PLAN. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Mineral Leasing Act (30 

4 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by redesignating section 

5 44 as section 45, and by inserting after section 43 the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 44. QUADRENNIAL STRATEGIC FEDERAL ONSHORE 

8 ENERGY PRODUCTION STRATEGY. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

10 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in 

11 this section referred to as ‘Secretary’), in consulta12 tion with the Secretary of Agriculture with regard to 

13 lands administered by the Forest Service, shall de14 velop and publish every 4 years a Quadrennial Fed15 eral Onshore Energy Production Strategy. This 

16 Strategy shall direct Federal land energy develop17 ment and department resource allocation in order to 

18 promote the energy and national security of the 

19 United States in accordance with Bureau of Land 

20 Management’s mission of promoting the multiple use 

21 of Federal lands as set forth in the Federal Land 

22 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

23 1701 et seq.). 

24 ‘‘(2) In developing this Strategy, the Secretary 

25 shall consult with the Administrator of the Energy 

26 Information Administration on the projected energy 


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1 demands of the United States for the next 30-year 

2 period, and how energy derived from Federal on3 shore lands can put the United States on a trajec4 tory to meet that demand during the next 4-year pe5 riod. The Secretary shall consider how Federal lands 

6 will contribute to ensuring national energy security, 

7 with a goal for increasing energy independence and 

8 production, during the next 4-year period. 

9 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall determine a domestic 

10 strategic production objective for the development of 

11 energy resources from Federal onshore lands. Such 

12 objective shall be— 

13 ‘‘(A) the best estimate, based upon com14 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in15 crease in domestic production of oil and natural 

16 gas from the Federal onshore mineral estate, 

17 with a focus on lands held by the Bureau of 

18 Land Management and the Forest Service; 

19 ‘‘(B) the best estimate, based upon com20 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in21 crease in domestic coal production from Federal 

22 lands; 

23 ‘‘(C) the best estimate, based upon com24 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in25 crease in domestic production of strategic and 


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1 critical energy minerals from the Federal on2 shore mineral estate; 

3 ‘‘(D) the best estimate, based upon com4 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in5 crease in megawatts for electricity production 

6 from each of the following sources: wind, solar, 

7 biomass, hydropower, and geothermal energy 

8 produced on Federal lands administered by the 

9 Bureau of Land Management and the Forest 

10 Service; 

11 ‘‘(E) the best estimate, based upon com12 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in13 crease in unconventional energy production, 

14 such as oil shale; 

15 ‘‘(F) the best estimate, based upon com16 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in17 crease in domestic production of oil, natural 

18 gas, coal, and other renewable sources from 

19 tribal lands for any federally recognized Indian 

20 tribe that elects to participate in facilitating en21 ergy production on its lands; and 

22 ‘‘(G) the best estimate, based upon com23 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in24 crease in production of helium on Federal lands 


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1 administered by the Bureau of Land Manage2 ment and the Forest Service. 

3 ‘‘(4) The Secretary shall consult with the Ad4 ministrator of the Energy Information Administra5 tion regarding the methodology used to arrive at its 

6 estimates for purposes of this section. 

7 ‘‘(5) The Secretary has the authority to expand 

8 the energy development plan to include other energy 

9 production technology sources or advancements in 

10 energy on Federal lands. 

11 ‘‘(b) TRIBAL OBJECTIVES.—It is the sense of Con12 gress that federally recognized Indian tribes may elect to 

13 set their own production objectives as part of the Strategy 

14 under this section. The Secretary shall work in coopera15 tion with any federally recognized Indian tribe that elects 

16 to participate in achieving its own strategic energy objec17 tives designated under this subsection. 

18 ‘‘(c) EXECUTION OF THE STRATEGY.—The relevant 

19 Secretary shall have all necessary authority to make deter20 minations regarding which additional lands will be made 

21 available in order to meet the production objectives estab22 lished by strategies under this section. The Secretary shall 

23 also take all necessary actions to achieve these production 

24 objectives unless the President determines that it is not 

25 in the national security and economic interests of the 


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1 United States to increase Federal domestic energy produc2 tion and to further decrease dependence upon foreign 

3 sources of energy. In administering this section, the rel4 evant Secretary shall only consider leasing Federal lands 

5 available for leasing at the time the lease sale occurs. 

6 ‘‘(d) STATE, FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN

7 TRIBES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND PUBLIC INPUT.—In 

8 developing each strategy, the Secretary shall solicit the 

9 input of affected States, federally recognized Indian tribes, 

10 local governments, and the public. 

11 ‘‘(e) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall report annu12 ally to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 

13 of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 

14 Natural Resources of the Senate on the progress of meet15 ing the production goals set forth in the strategy. The Sec16 retary shall identify in the report projections for produc17 tion and capacity installations and any problems with leas18 ing, permitting, siting, or production that will prevent 

19 meeting the goal. In addition, the Secretary shall make 

20 suggestions to help meet any shortfalls in meeting the pro21 duction goals. 

22 ‘‘(f) PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

23 STATEMENT.—Not later than 12 months after the date 

24 of enactment of this section, in accordance with section 

25 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 


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1 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), the Secretary shall com2 plete a programmatic environmental impact statement. 

3 This programmatic environmental impact statement will 

4 be deemed sufficient to comply with all requirements 

5 under that Act for all necessary resource management and 

6 land use plans associated with the implementation of the 

7 strategy. 

8 ‘‘(g) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.—At least 60 days 

9 prior to publishing a proposed strategy under this section, 

10 the Secretary shall submit it to the President and the Con11 gress, together with any comments received from States, 

12 federally recognized Indian tribes, and local governments. 

13 Such submission shall indicate why any specific rec14 ommendation of a State, federally recognized Indian tribe, 

15 or local government was not accepted. 

16 ‘‘(h) STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL ENERGY MINERALS

17 DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘stra18 tegic and critical energy minerals’ means those that are 

19 necessary for the Nation’s energy infrastructure including 

20 pipelines, refining capacity, electrical power generation 

21 and transmission, and renewable energy production and 

22 those that are necessary to support domestic manufac23 turing, including but not limited to, materials used in en24 ergy generation, production, and transportation.’’. 


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1 (b) FIRST QUADRENNIAL STRATEGY.—Not later 

2 than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

3 the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress the 

4 first Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production 

5 Strategy under the amendment made by subsection (a). 

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