I 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2983 

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the Secretary 

of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and gas leasing, to deposit use 

revenues from such activity into the Inland Waterways Trust Fund 

and the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 

Mrs. CAPITO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the 

Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for 

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require 

the Secretary of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and 

gas leasing, to deposit use revenues from such activity 

into the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and the Highway 

Trust Fund, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Rebuilding American Roads Act’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—OFFSHORE LEASING AND OTHER ENERGY PROVISIONS 

Subtitle A—Offshore Leasing 

Sec. 101. Leasing program considered approved. 

Sec. 102. Lease sales. 

Sec. 103. Seaward boundaries of States. 

Sec. 104. Military operations. 

Sec. 105. Coordination with Adjacent States. 

Sec. 106. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas. 

Sec. 107. Use of revenues. 

Sec. 108. Inventory of offshore energy resources. 

Sec. 109. Prohibitions on surface occupancy and other appropriate environmental safeguards. 

Subtitle B—Expedited Judicial Review 

Sec. 121. Definitions. 

Sec. 122. Exclusive jurisdiction over causes and claims relating to covered oil 

and natural gas activities. 

Sec. 123. Time for filing petition; standing. 

Sec. 124. Timetable. 

Sec. 125. Limitation on scope of review and relief. 

Sec. 126. Presidential waiver. 

Sec. 127. Legal fees. 

Sec. 128. Exclusion. 

Subtitle C—Other Energy Provisions 

Sec. 131. Policies regarding buying and building American. 

3 TITLE I—OFFSHORE LEASING 

4 AND OTHER ENERGY PROVI5 SIONS 

6 Subtitle A—Offshore Leasing 

7 SEC. 101. LEASING PROGRAM CONSIDERED APPROVED. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Draft Proposed Outer Conti9 nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010–2015 

10 issued by the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this 

11 section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) under section 18 of the Outer 


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1 Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is consid2 ered to have been approved by the Secretary as a final 

3 oil and gas leasing program under that section, and is con4 sidered to be in full compliance with and in accordance 

5 with all requirements of the Outer Continental Shelf 

6 Lands Act. 

7 (b) FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.— 

8 The Secretary is considered to have issued a final environ9 mental impact statement for the program described in 

10 subsection (a) in accordance with all requirements under 

11 section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy 

12 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). 

13 (c) CORRECTION OF DATES.—The Secretary of the 

14 Interior shall update the dates and deadlines proscribed 

15 in the program described in subsection (a) to reflect the 

16 time that has passed between the date the program was 

17 issued and the date of enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 102. LEASE SALES. 

19 (a) OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.— 

20 (b) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph 

21 (2), not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 

22 of this Act and every 270 days thereafter, the Secretary 

23 of the Interior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec24 retary’’) shall conduct a lease sale in each outer Conti25 nental Shelf planning area for which the Secretary deterVerDate Mar 15 2010 03:26 Sep 22, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2983.IH H2983

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1 mines that there is a commercial interest in purchasing 

2 Federal oil and gas leases for production on the outer Con3 tinental Shelf. 

4 (c) SUBSEQUENT DETERMINATIONS AND SALES.—If 

5 the Secretary determines that there is not a commercial 

6 interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for pro7 duction on the outer Continental Shelf in a planning area 

8 under this subsection, not later than 2 years after the date 

9 of enactment of the determination and every 2 years there10 after, the Secretary shall— 

11 (1) determine whether there is a commercial in12 terest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for 

13 production on the outer Continental Shelf in the 

14 planning area; and 

15 (2) if the Secretary determines that there is a 

16 commercial interest described in paragraph (1), con17 duct a lease sale in the planning area. 

18 SEC. 103. SEAWARD BOUNDARIES OF STATES. 

19 (a) SEAWARD BOUNDARIES.—Section 4 of the Sub20 merged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1312) is amended by strik21 ing ‘‘three geographical miles’’ each place it appears and 

22 inserting ‘‘9 nautical miles’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2 of the 

24 Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘three geo2 graphical miles’’ and inserting ‘‘9 nautical miles’’; 

3 and 

4 (2) in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘three geographical miles’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘9 nautical miles’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘three marine leagues’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘9 nautical miles’’. 

9 (c) EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 

11 through (4), the amendments made by this section 

12 shall not effect Federal oil and gas mineral rights 

13 and should not effect the States’ current authority 

14 within existing State boundaries. 

15 (2) EXISTING LEASES.—The amendments made 

16 by this section shall not affect any Federal oil and 

17 gas lease in effect on the date of enactment of this 

18 Act. 

19 (3) TAXATION.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—A State may exercise 

21 all of the sovereign powers of taxation of the 

22 State within the entire extent of the seaward 

23 boundaries of the State (as extended by the 

24 amendments made by this section). 


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1 (B) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this para2 graph affects the authority of a State to tax 

3 any Federal oil and gas lease in effect on the 

4 date of enactment of this Act. 

5 SEC. 104. MILITARY OPERATIONS. 

6 The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of De7 fense regarding military operations needs in the Outer 

8 Continental Shelf. The Secretary shall work with the Sec9 retary of Defense to resolve any conflicts that might arise 

10 between such operations and leasing under this title. If 

11 the Secretaries are unable to resolve all such conflicts, any 

12 unresolved issues shall be referred by the Secretaries to 

13 the President in a timely fashion for immediate resolution. 

14 SEC. 105. COORDINATION WITH ADJACENT STATES. 

15 Section 19 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

16 (43 U.S.C. 1345) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a) in the first sentence by in18 serting ‘‘, for any tract located within the Adjacent 

19 State’s Adjacent Zone,’’ after ‘‘government’’; and 

20 (2) by adding the following: 

21 ‘‘(f)(1) Prior to issuing a permit or approval for the 

22 construction of a pipeline to transport crude oil, natural 

23 gas or associated liquids production withdrawn from oil 

24 and gas leases on the outer Continental Shelf, a Federal 

25 agency must seek the concurrence of the Adjacent State 


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1 if the pipeline is to transit the Adjacent State’s Adjacent 

2 Zone between the outer Continental Shelf and landfall. No 

3 State may prohibit construction of such a pipeline within 

4 its Adjacent Zone or its State waters. However, an Adja5 cent State may require routing of such a pipeline to one 

6 of two alternate landfall locations in the Adjacent State, 

7 designated by the Adjacent State, located within 60 miles 

8 on either side of a proposed landfall location. 

9 ‘‘(2) In this subsection: 

10 ‘‘(A) The term ‘Adjacent State’ means, with re11 spect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract 

12 or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved 

13 pursuant to the provisions of this Act, any State the 

14 laws of which are declared, pursuant to section 

15 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States for the 

16 portion of the outer Continental Shelf on which such 

17 program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or activity 

18 appertains or is, or is proposed to be, conducted. 

19 For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘State’ 

20 includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

21 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

22 the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the 

23 other territories of the United States. 

24 ‘‘(B) The term ‘Adjacent Zone’ means, with re25 spect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, 


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1 or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved 

2 pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the portion 

3 of the outer Continental Shelf for which the laws of 

4 a particular Adjacent State are declared, pursuant 

5 to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United 

6 States.’’. 

7 SEC. 106. GULF OF MEXICO OIL AND GAS. 

8 (a) REPEAL.—Section 104 of division C of the Tax 

9 Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 

10 432; 120 Stat. 3003) is repealed. 

11 (b) LEASING PLAN FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF

12 MEXICO.—Pursuant to sections 101 and 102 of this Act, 

13 the Secretary of the Interior shall issue a final leasing plan 

14 for the Eastern Gulf of Mexico within 180 days after the 

15 date of enactment of this Act for all areas where there 

16 exists commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and 

17 gas leases for production. 

18 SEC. 107. USE OF REVENUES. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(g) of the Outer Conti20 nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)) is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘Notwith22 standing’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 

23 paragraph (6), and notwithstanding’’; 

24 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as 

25 paragraphs (7) and (8); and 


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1 (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(6) BONUS BIDS, ROYALTIES, RENTALS, AND

4 OTHER SUMS UNDER QUALIFIED LEASES.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts re6 ceived by the United States as bonus bids, roy7 alties, rentals, and other sums collected under 

8 any new qualified lease on submerged lands 

9 made available for leasing under this Act by the 

10 enactment of the Rebuilding American Roads 

11 Act— 

12 ‘‘(i) 4 percent shall be available to the 

13 Secretary of the Interior for coordination 

14 of cleanup and inspection of tracts leased 

15 under this Act; 

16 ‘‘(ii) $500,000,000 shall be deposited 

17 each fiscal year into the Inland Waterways 

18 Trust Fund for maintenance and construc19 tion along the inland waterway system; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(iii) the remainder shall be deposited 

22 into the Highway Trust Fund and used for 

23 maintenance and construction of highways, 

24 bridges, and tunnels. 


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1 ‘‘(B) QUALIFIED LEASE DEFINED.—In this 

2 paragraph the term ‘qualified lease’ means a 

3 natural gas or oil lease made available under 

4 this Act granted after the date of the enact5 ment of the Rebuilding American Roads Act, 

6 for an area that is available for leasing as a re7 sult of enactment of section 101 of that Act. 

8 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—This paragraph shall 

9 apply to bonus bids and royalties received by 

10 the United States under qualified leases after 

11 implementation of sections 105 and 106 of the 

12 Rebuilding American Roads Act. 

13 ‘‘(D) EXISTING REVENUES.—All revenues, 

14 including bonus bids, royalties, rentals, and 

15 other sums, collected from leases issued under 

16 this Act prior to the enactment Rebuilding 

17 American Roads Act, shall not be affected by 

18 the provisions of that Act.’’. 

19 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE SEAWARD BOUND20 ARIES.—Section 4(a)(2)(A) of the Outer Continental Shelf 

21 Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(2)(A)) is amended in the 

22 first sentence by striking ‘‘, and the President’’ and all 

23 that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting 

24 the following: ‘‘. Such extended lines are deemed to be as 

25 indicated on the maps for each Outer Continental Shelf 


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1 region entitled ‘Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region 

2 State Adjacent Zone and Outer Continental Shelf Plan3 ning Areas’, ‘Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Region State 

4 Adjacent Zones and Outer Continental Shelf Planning 

5 Areas’, ‘Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region 

6 State Adjacent Zones and Outer Continental Shelf Plan7 ning Areas’, and ‘Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Region 

8 State Adjacent Zones and Outer Continental Shelf Plan9 ning Areas’, all of which are dated September 2005 and 

10 on file in the Office of the Director, Minerals Management 

11 Service. The preceding sentence shall not apply with re12 spect to the treatment under section 105 of the Gulf of 

13 Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of division 

14 C of Public Law 109–432) of qualified outer Continental 

15 Shelf revenues deposited and disbursed under subsection 

16 (a)(2) of that section.’’. 

17 SEC. 108. INVENTORY OF OFFSHORE ENERGY RESOURCES. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (in 

19 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall promptly 

20 prepare an inventory of offshore energy resources of the 

21 United States, including through conduct of geological and 

22 geophysical explorations by private industry in all of the 

23 United States outer Continental Shelf areas of the Atlan24 tic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean under part 251 of title 


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1 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regula2 tions). 

3 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.—Not later than 180 

4 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

5 shall complete any environmental studies necessary to 

6 gather information essential to an accurate inventory, in7 cluding geological and geophysical explorations under part 

8 251 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 

9 regulations). 

10 (c) EFFECT ON OIL AND GAS LEASING.—No inven11 tory that is conducted under this section or any other Fed12 eral law (including regulations) shall restrict, limit, delay, 

13 or otherwise adversely affect— 

14 (1) the development of any Outer Continental 

15 Shelf leasing program under section 18 of the Outer 

16 Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344); or 

17 (2) any leasing, exploration, development, or 

18 production of any Federal offshore oil and gas 

19 leases. 

20 (d) FUNDING.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

22 (6) of section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf 

23 Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)), as amended by this 

24 Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make a 1- 

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1 propriation and from royalties collected by the 

2 United States in conjunction with the production of 

3 oil and gas, of such sums as are necessary for the 

4 Secretary to carry out this section. 

5 (2) LIMITATION.—The amount transferred 

6 under paragraph (1) shall not exceed $50,000,000. 

7 (3) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—Para8 graph (6) of section 8(g) of the Outer Continental 

9 Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)), as amended 

10 by this Act, shall be applied with respect to amounts 

11 remaining after the transfer required by this sub12 section. 

13 SEC. 109. PROHIBITIONS ON SURFACE OCCUPANCY AND 

14 OTHER APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTAL 

15 SAFEGUARDS. 

16 (a) REGULATIONS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

18 (A) ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS.—The 

19 Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate regu20 lations that establish appropriate environmental 

21 safeguards for the exploration and production 

22 of oil and natural gas on the outer Continental 

23 Shelf. 

24 (B) SAFETY PROTOCOLS.—All operations, 

25 including under any permit issued pursuant to 


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1 an application for a permit to drill or an appli2 cation for a permit to sidetrack, that has been 

3 approved by the Minerals Management Service 

4 or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

5 Regulation and Enforcement, for purposes of 

6 outer Continental Shelf energy exploration or 

7 development and production, shall be carried 

8 out in accordance with the safety protocols con9 tained in part 250 of title 30, Code of Federal 

10 Regulations. 

11 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The regulations shall in12 clude provisions ensuring that— 

13 (A) no surface facility shall be installed for 

14 the purpose of production of oil or gas re15 sources in any area that is within 10 miles from 

16 the shore of any coastal State, in any area of 

17 the outer Continental Shelf that has not pre18 viously been made available for oil and gas leas19 ing; 

20 (B) only temporary surface facilities are 

21 installed for areas that are located— 

22 (i) beyond 10 miles from the shore 

23 from the shore of any coastal State, in any 

24 area of the Outer Continental Shelf that 


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1 has not previously been made available for 

2 oil and gas leasing; and 

3 (ii) not more than 20 miles from the 

4 shore; 

5 (C) the impact of offshore production fa6 cilities on coastal vistas is otherwise mitigated; 

7 and 

8 (D) onshore facilities that are able to draw 

9 upon the resources of the outer Continental 

10 Shelf within 10 miles of shore are allowed. 

11 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 105 of the 

12 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 

13 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–54; 

14 119 Stat. 521) (as amended by section 103(d) of the Gulf 

15 of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 

16 note; Public Law 109–432)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 

17 any other area that the Secretary of the Interior may offer 

18 for leasing, preleasing, or any related activity under sec19 tion 104 of that Act’’ after ‘‘2006)’’. 

20 Subtitle B—Expedited Judicial 

21 Review 

22 SEC. 121. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this subtitle: 

24 (1) AUTHORIZING LEASING STATUTE.—The 

25 term ‘‘authorizing leasing statute’’ means the Outer 


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1 Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 

2 seq.), the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 

3 seq.), the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands 

4 (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), and any other law of the 

5 United States directing or authorizing the leasing of 

6 Federal lands for oil and gas production or trans7 mission. 

8 (2) COVERED OIL AND NATURAL GAS ACTIV9 ITY.—The term ‘‘covered oil and natural gas activ10 ity’’ means— 

11 (A) the leasing of any lands pursuant to 

12 an authorizing leasing statute for the explo13 ration, development, production, processing, or 

14 transmission of oil, natural gas, or associated 

15 hydrocarbons, including actions or decisions re16 lating to the selection of which lands may or 

17 shall be made available for such leasing; and 

18 (B) any activity taken or proposed to be 

19 taken pursuant or in relation to such leases, in20 cluding their suspension, and any environ21 mental analyses relating to such activity. 


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1 SEC. 122. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER CAUSES AND 

2 CLAIMS RELATING TO COVERED OIL AND 

3 NATURAL GAS ACTIVITIES. 

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Fed5 eral action approving any covered oil and natural gas ac6 tivity shall be subject to judicial review only— 

7 (1) in the United States Court of Appeals for 

8 the District of Columbia Circuit; and 

9 (2) after the person filing a petition seeking 

10 such judicial review has exhausted all available ad11 ministrative remedies with respect to such Federal 

12 action. 

13 SEC. 123. TIME FOR FILING PETITION; STANDING. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—All petitions referred to in section 

15 122 must be filed within 30 days after the latter of the 

16 challenged Federal action or the exhaustion of all available 

17 administrative remedies with respect to such Federal ac18 tion. A claim or challenge shall be barred unless it is filed 

19 within the time specified. 

20 (b) STANDING.—No person whose legal rights will 

21 not be directly and adversely affected by the challenged 

22 action, and who is not within the zone of interest protected 

23 by each Act under which the challenge is brought, shall 

24 have standing to file any petition referred to in section 

25 122. 


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1 SEC. 124. TIMETABLE. 

2 The United States Court of Appeals for the District 

3 of Columbia Circuit shall complete all judicial review, in4 cluding rendering a judgment, before the end of the 120- 

5 day period beginning on the date on which a petition re6 ferred to in section 122 is filed, unless all parties to such 

7 proceeding agree to an extension of such period. 

8 SEC. 125. LIMITATION ON SCOPE OF REVIEW AND RELIEF. 

9 (a) ADMINISTRATIVE FINDINGS AND CONCLU10 SIONS.—In any judicial review referred to in section 122, 

11 any administrative findings and conclusions relating to the 

12 challenged Federal action shall be presumed to be correct 

13 unless shown otherwise by clear and convincing evidence 

14 contained in the administrative record. 

15 (b) LIMITATION ON PROSPECTIVE RELIEF.—In any 

16 judicial review referred to in section 122, the Court shall 

17 not grant or approve any prospective relief unless the 

18 court finds that such relief is narrowly drawn, extends no 

19 further than necessary to correct the violation of a Federal 

20 law requirement, and is the least intrusive means nec21 essary to correct the violation concerned. 

22 SEC. 126. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER. 

23 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

24 President may waive any legal requirement relating to the 

25 approval of any covered oil and natural gas activity if the 

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1 that such activity is important to the national interest and 

2 outweighs such legal requirement. 

3 SEC. 127. LEGAL FEES. 

4 Any person filing a petition referred to in section 122 

5 who is not a prevailing party shall pay to the prevailing 

6 parties (including intervening parties), other than the 

7 United States, fees and other expenses incurred by that 

8 party in connection with the judicial review, unless the 

9 Court finds that the position of the person was substan10 tially justified or that special circumstances make an 

11 award unjust. 

12 SEC. 128. EXCLUSION. 

13 Section 122 shall not apply to disputes between the 

14 parties to a lease issued pursuant to an authorizing leas15 ing statute regarding the obligations of such lease or the 

16 alleged breach thereof. 

17 Subtitle C—Other Energy 

18 Provisions 

19 SEC. 131. POLICIES REGARDING BUYING AND BUILDING 

20 AMERICAN. 

21 (a) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the intent of the 

22 Congress that this Act, among other things, result in a 

23 healthy and growing American industrial, manufacturing, 

24 transportation, and service sector employing the vast tal25 ents of America’s workforce to assist in the development 


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1 of energy from domestic sources. Moreover, the Congress 

2 intends to monitor the deployment of personnel and mate3 rial onshore and offshore to encourage the development 

4 of American technology and manufacturing to enable 

5 United States workers to benefit from this Act by good 

6 jobs and careers, as well as the establishment of important 

7 industrial facilities to support expanded access to Amer8 ican resources. 

9 (b) SAFEGUARD FOR EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY.— 

10 Section 30(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

11 (43 U.S.C. 1356(a)) is amended in the matter preceding 

12 paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘regulations which’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘regulations that shall be supplemental and com14 plimentary with and under no circumstances a substi15 tution for the provisions of the Constitution and laws of 

16 the United States extended to the subsoil and seabed of 

17 the outer Continental Shelf pursuant to section 4 of this 

18 Act, except insofar as such laws would otherwise apply to 

19 individuals who have extraordinary ability in the sciences, 

20 arts, education, or business, which has been demonstrated 

21 by sustained national or international acclaim, and that’’. 

22 (c) WORK STANDARDS.—All construction, repair, or 

23 alteration of public buildings and public works of the Gov24 ernment and buildings or works financed or otherwise as25 sisted in whole or in part under this Act by a loan, loan 


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1 guarantee, grant, annual contribution, credit enhance2 ment, or any other form of Federal assistance authorized 

3 under this Act shall be performed in accordance with the 

4 standards applicable to comparable activity under any 

5 other provision of law, without regard to the form or type 

6 of Federal assistance provided thereunder. 

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