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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4381 

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 

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 2012’’. 


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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 security of the United States. 

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

20 shall consult with the Administrator of the Energy 

21 Information Administration on the projected energy 

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

23 period, and how energy derived from Federal on24 shore lands can put the United States on a trajec25 tory to meet that demand during the next 4-year pe26 riod. The Secretary shall consider how Federal lands 


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1 will contribute to ensuring national energy security, 

2 with a goal for increasing energy independence and 

3 production, during the next 4-year period. 

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

5 strategic production objective for the development of 

6 energy resources from Federal onshore lands. Such 

7 objective shall be— 

8 ‘‘(A) the best estimate, based upon com9 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in10 crease in domestic production of oil and natural 

11 gas from the Federal onshore mineral estate, 

12 with a focus on lands held by the Bureau of 

13 Land Management and the Forest Service; 

14 ‘‘(B) the best estimate, based upon com15 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in16 crease in domestic coal production from Federal 

17 lands; 

18 ‘‘(C) the best estimate, based upon com19 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in20 crease in domestic production of strategic and 

21 critical energy minerals from the Federal on22 shore mineral estate; 

23 ‘‘(D) the best estimate, based upon com24 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in25 crease in megawatts for electricity production 


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

2 biomass, hydropower, and geothermal energy 

3 produced on Federal lands administered by the 

4 Bureau of Land Management and the Forest 

5 Service; 

6 ‘‘(E) the best estimate, based upon com7 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in8 crease in unconventional energy production, 

9 such as oil shale; and 

10 ‘‘(F) the best estimate, based upon com11 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in12 crease in domestic production of oil, natural 

13 gas, coal, and other renewable sources from 

14 tribal lands for any federally recognized Indian 

15 tribe that elects to participate in facilitating en16 ergy production on its lands. 

17 ‘‘(4) The Secretary shall consult with the Ad18 ministrator of the Energy Information Administra19 tion regarding the methodology used to arrive at its 

20 estimates for purposes of this section. 

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

22 the energy development plan to include other energy 

23 production technology sources or advancements in 

24 energy on Federal lands. 


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1 ‘‘(b) TRIBAL OBJECTIVES.—It is the sense of Con2 gress that federally recognized Indian tribes may elect to 

3 set their own production objectives as part of the Strategy 

4 under this section. The Secretary shall work in coopera5 tion with any federally recognized Indian tribe that elects 

6 to participate in achieving its own strategic energy objec7 tives designated under this subsection. 

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

9 Secretary shall have all necessary authority to make deter10 minations regarding which additional lands will be made 

11 available in order to meet the production objectives estab12 lished by strategies under this section. The Secretary shall 

13 also take all necessary actions to achieve these production 

14 objectives unless the President determines that it is not 

15 in the national security and economic interests of the 

16 United States to increase Federal domestic energy produc17 tion and to further decrease dependence upon foreign 

18 sources of energy. In administering this section, the rel19 evant Secretary shall only consider leasing Federal lands 

20 available for leasing under current law. 

21 ‘‘(d) STATE, FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN

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

23 developing each strategy, the Secretary shall solicit the 

24 input of affected States, federally recognized Indian tribes, 

25 local governments, and the public. 


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1 ‘‘(e) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall report annu2 ally to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 

3 of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 

4 Natural Resources of the Senate on the progress of meet5 ing the production goals set forth in the strategy. The Sec6 retary shall identify in the report projections for produc7 tion and capacity installations and any problems with leas8 ing, permitting, siting, or production that will prevent 

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

10 suggestions to help meet any shortfalls in meeting the pro11 duction goals. 

12 ‘‘(f) PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

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

14 of enactment of this section, in accordance with section 

15 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 

16 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), the Secretary shall com17 plete a programmatic environmental impact statement. 

18 This programmatic environmental impact statement will 

19 be deemed sufficient to comply with all requirements 

20 under that Act for all necessary resource management and 

21 land use plans associated with the implementation of the 

22 strategy. 

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

24 prior to publishing a proposed strategy under this section, 

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1 gress, together with any comments received from States, 

2 federally recognized Indian tribes, and local governments. 

3 Such submission shall indicate why any specific rec4 ommendation of a State, federally recognized Indian tribe, 

5 or local government was not accepted.’’. 

6 (b) FIRST QUADRENNIAL STRATEGY.—Not later 

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

8 the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress the 

9 first Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production 

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

11 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

12 For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘strategic and 

13 critical energy minerals’’ means those that are necessary 

14 for the Nation’s energy infrastructure including pipelines, 

15 refining capacity, electrical power generation and trans16 mission, and renewable energy production and those that 

17 are necessary to support domestic manufacturing, includ18 ing but not limited to, materials used in energy genera19 tion, production, and transportation. 

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