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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 785 

To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary of the Interior 

to develop and publish an all-of-the-above quadrennial Federal onshore 

energy production strategy to meet domestic energy needs, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 24, 2019 

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

on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary 

of the Interior to develop and publish an all-of-the-above 

quadrennial Federal onshore energy production strategy 

to meet domestic energy needs, and for other purposes. 

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 2019’’. 


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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 FEDERAL ONSHORE ENERGY PRO8 DUCTION STRATEGY. 

9 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT TO PUBLISH QUADRENNIAL

10 FEDERAL ONSHORE ENERGY PRODUCTION STRATEGY.— 

11 The Secretary shall develop and publish once every 4 years 

12 a Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strat13 egy. 

14 ‘‘(b) CONSULTATIONS REQUIRED.—In developing the 

15 Strategy, the Secretary shall consult with— 

16 ‘‘(1) the Administrator of the Energy Informa17 tion Administration with regard to— 

18 ‘‘(A) the projected energy demands of the 

19 United States for the next 30-year period; 

20 ‘‘(B) the methodology used to arrive at 

21 such projection; and 

22 ‘‘(C) actions to be taken during the next 4- 

23 year period with the goal of meeting such de24 mands; 

25 ‘‘(2) the Secretary of Agriculture with regard to 

26 lands administered by such Secretary; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) the Secretary of Energy with regard to en2 ergy transmission, storage, and distribution infra3 structure. 

4 ‘‘(c) STATE, FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN

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

6 developing the Strategy, the Secretary shall solicit the 

7 input of— 

8 ‘‘(1) the State, federally recognized Indian 

9 Tribe, or local government where each energy project 

10 included in the Strategy is proposed to be located; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(2) the public. 

13 ‘‘(d) CONTENTS OF STRATEGY.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Strategy shall direct 

15 onshore Federal land energy development and de16 partment resource allocation in order to promote the 

17 energy security and national security of the United 

18 States in accordance with the principles of multiple 

19 use and sustained yield. 

20 ‘‘(2) PROJECTED DOMESTIC DEMAND FOR EN21 ERGY RESOURCES.—The Secretary, in consultation 

22 with the Administrator of the Energy Information 

23 Administration, shall include in the Strategy an esti24 mate, based upon commercial and scientific data, of 

25 the projected domestic demand for energy resources 


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1 over the 30-year period beginning on the date of the 

2 publication of such Strategy. The estimate shall be 

3 disaggregated by the energy resource types listed in 

4 subparagraphs (A) through (H) of paragraph (3) 

5 and expressed in British thermal units or 

6 megawatts, as appropriate. 

7 ‘‘(3) DOMESTIC STRATEGIC PRODUCTION OB8 JECTIVE.—The Secretary shall include in the Strat9 egy a domestic strategic production objective based 

10 on the estimate in paragraph (2) for the develop11 ment of the following energy resource types on Fed12 eral onshore lands: 

13 ‘‘(A) Oil and natural gas. 

14 ‘‘(B) Coal. 

15 ‘‘(C) Strategic and critical energy min16 erals. 

17 ‘‘(D) Electricity, in megawatts, from each 

18 of wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, and geo19 thermal energy. 

20 ‘‘(E) Energy from unconventional energy 

21 production, such as oil shale. 

22 ‘‘(F) Helium. 

23 ‘‘(G) Oil, natural gas, coal, and other re24 newable sources from the Tribal lands of any 

25 federally recognized Indian Tribe that elects to 


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1 participate in facilitating energy production on 

2 its lands. 

3 ‘‘(H) Other energy production technology 

4 sources or advancements in energy, as deter5 mined by the Secretary. 

6 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATIONS.—In the Strategy, the 

7 Secretary shall consider— 

8 ‘‘(A) how Federal lands will contribute to 

9 ensuring national energy security, with a goal 

10 for increasing energy independence and produc11 tion during the next 4-year period; 

12 ‘‘(B) the ability of existing energy trans13 mission, storage, and distribution infrastructure 

14 to efficiently utilize energy production from 

15 Federal lands; and 

16 ‘‘(C) the proportion of total energy produc17 tion derived from Federal land compared to 

18 non-Federal land for each of the energy re19 sources listed in subparagraphs (A) through 

20 (H) of paragraph (3). 

21 ‘‘(e) TRIBAL OBJECTIVES.—It is the sense of Con22 gress that federally recognized Indian Tribes may elect to 

23 set their own production objectives as part of the Strategy. 

24 The Secretary shall work in cooperation with any federally 


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1 recognized Indian Tribe that elects to participate in 

2 achieving its own strategic energy objectives. 

3 ‘‘(f) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall sub4 mit a report annually to the Committee on Natural Re5 sources of the House of Representatives and the Com6 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

7 that— 

8 ‘‘(1) examines the progress made toward meet9 ing the domestic strategic production objective set 

10 forth in the Strategy; 

11 ‘‘(2) identifies projections for production and 

12 capacity installations and any problems with leasing, 

13 permitting, siting, or production that may prevent 

14 meeting the domestic strategic production objective 

15 set forth in the Strategy; and 

16 ‘‘(3) provides suggestions to address any short17 falls in meeting the domestic strategic production 

18 objective set forth in the Strategy. 

19 ‘‘(g) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.—At least 60 days be20 fore publishing a proposed Strategy under this section, the 

21 Secretary shall submit such Strategy to the President and 

22 to Congress, together with any comments received from 

23 States, federally recognized Indian Tribes, and local gov24 ernments. Such submission shall state why any specific 


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1 recommendation of a State, federally recognized Indian 

2 Tribe, or local government was not accepted. 

3 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) MULTIPLE USE.—The term ‘multiple use’ 

5 has the same meaning given such term in section 

6 103 of the Federal Land and Policy Management 

7 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702). 

8 ‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

9 the Secretary of the Interior, unless the context re10 quires otherwise. 

11 ‘‘(3) STRATEGY.—The term ‘Strategy’ means 

12 the Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Produc13 tion Strategy required to be developed and published 

14 under subsection (a). 

15 ‘‘(4) STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL ENERGY MIN16 ERALS.—The term ‘strategic and critical energy 

17 minerals’ means minerals that are necessary for the 

18 production of energy and the building and maintain19 ing of the energy infrastructure of the United 

20 States, including minerals necessary— 

21 ‘‘(A) for pipelines, refining capacity, elec22 trical power generation and transmission, and 

23 renewable energy production; 


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1 ‘‘(B) to support domestic manufacturing, 

2 including materials used in energy generation, 

3 production, and transportation; and 

4 ‘‘(C) to ensure the national security of the 

5 United States. 

6 ‘‘(5) SUSTAINED YIELD.—The term ‘sustained 

7 yield’ has the same meaning given such term in sec8 tion 103 of the Federal Land and Policy Manage9 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).’’. 

10 (b) FIRST QUADRENNIAL STRATEGY.—Not later 

11 than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 

12 Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress 

13 the first Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production 

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

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