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Union Calendar No. 146 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1394 

[Report No. 113–199] 

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 

MARCH 21, 2013 

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

on Natural Resources 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 

Additional sponsors: Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. DUNCAN of South 

Carolina, and Mr. MEADOWS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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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 2013’’. 

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 

10 44 as section 45, and by inserting after section 43 the 

11 following: 

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 consulta17 tion with the Secretary of Agriculture with regard to 

18 lands administered by the Forest Service, shall de19 velop and publish every 4 years a Quadrennial Fed20 eral Onshore Energy Production Strategy. This 

21 Strategy shall direct Federal land energy develop22 ment and department resource allocation in order to 

23 promote the energy and national security of the 

24 United States in accordance with Bureau of Land 

25 Management’s mission of promoting the multiple use 


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1 of Federal lands as set forth in the Federal Land 

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

3 1701 et seq.). 

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

5 shall consult with the Administrator of the Energy 

6 Information Administration on the projected energy 

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

8 period, and how energy derived from Federal on9 shore lands can put the United States on a trajec10 tory to meet that demand during the next 4-year pe11 riod. The Secretary shall consider how Federal lands 

12 will contribute to ensuring national energy security, 

13 with a goal for increasing energy independence and 

14 production, during the next 4-year period. 

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

16 strategic production objective for the development of 

17 energy resources from Federal onshore lands. Such 

18 objective shall be— 

19 ‘‘(A) the best estimate, based upon com20 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in21 crease in domestic production of oil and natural 

22 gas from the Federal onshore mineral estate, 

23 with a focus on lands held by the Bureau of 

24 Land Management and the Forest Service; 


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1 ‘‘(B) the best estimate, based upon com2 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in3 crease in domestic coal production from Federal 

4 lands; 

5 ‘‘(C) the best estimate, based upon com6 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in7 crease in domestic production of strategic and 

8 critical energy minerals from the Federal on9 shore mineral estate; 

10 ‘‘(D) the best estimate, based upon com11 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in12 crease in megawatts for electricity production 

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

14 biomass, hydropower, and geothermal energy 

15 produced on Federal lands administered by the 

16 Bureau of Land Management and the Forest 

17 Service; 

18 ‘‘(E) the best estimate, based upon com19 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in20 crease in unconventional energy production, 

21 such as oil shale; 

22 ‘‘(F) the best estimate, based upon com23 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in24 crease in domestic production of oil, natural 

25 gas, coal, and other renewable sources from 


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1 tribal lands for any federally recognized Indian 

2 tribe that elects to participate in facilitating en3 ergy production on its lands; and 

4 ‘‘(G) the best estimate, based upon com5 mercial and scientific data, of the expected in6 crease in production of helium on Federal lands 

7 administered by the Bureau of Land Manage8 ment and the Forest Service. 

9 ‘‘(4) The Secretary shall consult with the Ad10 ministrator of the Energy Information Administra11 tion regarding the methodology used to arrive at its 

12 estimates for purposes of this section. 

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

14 the energy development plan to include other energy 

15 production technology sources or advancements in 

16 energy on Federal lands. 

17 ‘‘(b) TRIBAL OBJECTIVES.—It is the sense of Con18 gress that federally recognized Indian tribes may elect to 

19 set their own production objectives as part of the Strategy 

20 under this section. The Secretary shall work in coopera21 tion with any federally recognized Indian tribe that elects 

22 to participate in achieving its own strategic energy objec23 tives designated under this subsection. 

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

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1 minations regarding which additional lands will be made 

2 available in order to meet the production objectives estab3 lished by strategies under this section. The Secretary shall 

4 also take all necessary actions to achieve these production 

5 objectives unless the President determines that it is not 

6 in the national security and economic interests of the 

7 United States to increase Federal domestic energy produc8 tion and to further decrease dependence upon foreign 

9 sources of energy. In administering this section, the rel10 evant Secretary shall only consider leasing Federal lands 

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

12 ‘‘(d) STATE, FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN

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

14 developing each strategy, the Secretary shall solicit the 

15 input of affected States, federally recognized Indian tribes, 

16 local governments, and the public. 

17 ‘‘(e) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall report annu18 ally to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 

19 of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 

20 Natural Resources of the Senate on the progress of meet21 ing the production goals set forth in the strategy. The Sec22 retary shall identify in the report projections for produc23 tion and capacity installations and any problems with leas24 ing, permitting, siting, or production that will prevent 

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


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1 suggestions to help meet any shortfalls in meeting the pro2 duction goals. 

3 ‘‘(f) PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

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

5 of enactment of this section, in accordance with section 

6 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 

7 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), the Secretary shall com8 plete a programmatic environmental impact statement. 

9 This programmatic environmental impact statement will 

10 be deemed sufficient to comply with all requirements 

11 under that Act for all necessary resource management and 

12 land use plans associated with the implementation of the 

13 strategy. 

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

15 prior to publishing a proposed strategy under this section, 

16 the Secretary shall submit it to the President and the Con17 gress, together with any comments received from States, 

18 federally recognized Indian tribes, and local governments. 

19 Such submission shall indicate why any specific rec20 ommendation of a State, federally recognized Indian tribe, 

21 or local government was not accepted. 

22 ‘‘(h) STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL ENERGY MINERALS

23 DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘stra24 tegic and critical energy minerals’ means those that are 

25 necessary for the Nation’s energy infrastructure including 


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1 pipelines, refining capacity, electrical power generation 

2 and transmission, and renewable energy production and 

3 those that are necessary to support domestic manufac4 turing, including but not limited to, materials used in en5 ergy generation, production, and transportation.’’. 

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). 


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Union Calendar No. 146 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1394 

[Report No. 113–199] 

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 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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