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Union Calendar No. 378 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4381 

[Report No. 112–530] 

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 

APRIL 18, 2012 

Mr. TIPTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

JUNE 15, 2012 

Additional sponsors: Mr. GOSAR, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Ms. FOXX, Mr. 

NUNNELEE, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. REED, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. MILLER of Florida, and Mrs. CAPITO

JUNE 15, 2012 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 18, 2012] 


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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. 


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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 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ONSHORE DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION STRA7 TEGIC PLAN. 

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

9 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by redesignating section 44 

10 as section 45, and by inserting after section 43 the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 44. QUADRENNIAL STRATEGIC FEDERAL ONSHORE 

13 ENERGY PRODUCTION STRATEGY. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

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

16 this section referred to as ‘Secretary’), in consultation 

17 with the Secretary of Agriculture with regard to lands 

18 administered by the Forest Service, shall develop and 

19 publish every 4 years a Quadrennial Federal Onshore 

20 Energy Production Strategy. This Strategy shall di21 rect Federal land energy development and department 

22 resource allocation in order to promote the energy se23 curity of the United States. 

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

25 shall consult with the Administrator of the Energy 


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1 Information Administration on the projected energy 

2 demands of the United States for the next 30-year pe3 riod, and how energy derived from Federal onshore 

4 lands can put the United States on a trajectory to 

5 meet that demand during the next 4-year period. The 

6 Secretary shall consider how Federal lands will con7 tribute to ensuring national energy security, with a 

8 goal for increasing energy independence and produc9 tion, during the next 4-year period. 

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

11 strategic production objective for the development of 

12 energy resources from Federal onshore lands. Such ob13 jective shall be— 

14 ‘‘(A) the best estimate, based upon commer15 cial and scientific data, of the expected increase 

16 in domestic production of oil and natural gas 

17 from the Federal onshore mineral estate, with a 

18 focus on lands held by the Bureau of Land Man19 agement and the Forest Service; 

20 ‘‘(B) the best estimate, based upon commer21 cial and scientific data, of the expected increase 

22 in domestic coal production from Federal lands; 

23 ‘‘(C) the best estimate, based upon commer24 cial and scientific data, of the expected increase 

25 in domestic production of strategic and critical 


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1 energy minerals from the Federal onshore min2 eral estate; 

3 ‘‘(D) the best estimate, based upon commer4 cial and scientific data, of the expected increase 

5 in megawatts for electricity production from 

6 each of the following sources: wind, solar, bio7 mass, hydropower, and geothermal energy pro8 duced on Federal lands administered by the Bu9 reau of Land Management and the Forest Serv10 ice; 

11 ‘‘(E) the best estimate, based upon commer12 cial and scientific data, of the expected increase 

13 in unconventional energy production, such as oil 

14 shale; and 

15 ‘‘(F) the best estimate, based upon commer16 cial and scientific data, of the expected increase 

17 in domestic production of oil, natural gas, coal, 

18 and other renewable sources from tribal lands for 

19 any federally recognized Indian tribe that elects 

20 to participate in facilitating energy production 

21 on its lands. 

22 ‘‘(4) The Secretary shall consult with the Admin23 istrator of the Energy Information Administration 

24 regarding the methodology used to arrive at its esti25 mates for purposes of this section. 


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

2 the energy development plan to include other energy 

3 production technology sources or advancements in en4 ergy on Federal lands. 

5 ‘‘(b) TRIBAL OBJECTIVES.—It is the sense of Congress 

6 that federally recognized Indian tribes may elect to set their 

7 own production objectives as part of the Strategy under this 

8 section. The Secretary shall work in cooperation with any 

9 federally recognized Indian tribe that elects to participate 

10 in achieving its own strategic energy objectives designated 

11 under this subsection. 

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

13 Secretary shall have all necessary authority to make deter14 minations regarding which additional lands will be made 

15 available in order to meet the production objectives estab16 lished by strategies under this section. The Secretary shall 

17 also take all necessary actions to achieve these production 

18 objectives unless the President determines that it is not in 

19 the national security and economic interests of the United 

20 States to increase Federal domestic energy production and 

21 to further decrease dependence upon foreign sources of en22 ergy. In administering this section, the relevant Secretary 

23 shall only consider leasing Federal lands available for leas24 ing at the time the lease sale occurs. 


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1 ‘‘(d) STATE, FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN

2 TRIBES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND PUBLIC INPUT.—In de3 veloping each strategy, the Secretary shall solicit the input 

4 of affected States, federally recognized Indian tribes, local 

5 governments, and the public. 

6 ‘‘(e) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall report annu7 ally to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 

8 of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat9 ural Resources of the Senate on the progress of meeting the 

10 production goals set forth in the strategy. The Secretary 

11 shall identify in the report projections for production and 

12 capacity installations and any problems with leasing, per13 mitting, siting, or production that will prevent meeting the 

14 goal. In addition, the Secretary shall make suggestions to 

15 help meet any shortfalls in meeting the production goals. 

16 ‘‘(f) PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATE17 MENT.—Not later than 12 months after the date of enact18 ment of this section, in accordance with section 102(2)(C) 

19 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

20 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), the Secretary shall complete a pro21 grammatic environmental impact statement. This pro22 grammatic environmental impact statement will be deemed 

23 sufficient to comply with all requirements under that Act 

24 for all necessary resource management and land use plans 

25 associated with the implementation of the strategy. 


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

2 to publishing a proposed strategy under this section, the 

3 Secretary shall submit it to the President and the Congress, 

4 together with any comments received from States, federally 

5 recognized Indian tribes, and local governments. Such sub6 mission shall indicate why any specific recommendation of 

7 a State, federally recognized Indian tribe, or local govern8 ment was not accepted.’’. 

9 (b) FIRST QUADRENNIAL STRATEGY.—Not later than 

10 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec11 retary of the Interior shall submit to Congress the first 

12 Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy 

13 under the amendment made by subsection (a). 

14 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

15 For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘strategic and crit16 ical energy minerals’’ means those that are necessary for 

17 the Nation’s energy infrastructure including pipelines, re18 fining capacity, electrical power generation and trans19 mission, and renewable energy production and those that 

20 are necessary to support domestic manufacturing, including 

21 but not limited to, materials used in energy generation, pro22 duction, and transportation. 


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Union Calendar No. 378 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4381 

[Report No. 112–530] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish 

Interior and the Forest Service. Federal lands managed by the Department of the plan strategy on a 4-year basis on all onshore goals for an all-of-the-above energy production 

JUNE 15, 2012 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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