reasonably foreseeable activities administered under this 
Act.’’. 
SEC. 7. CITIZEN SUITS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO BRING ACTION 
UNDER OTHER STATUTES.—Section 23 of the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1349) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO BRING ACTION 
UNDER OTHER STATUTES.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—In addition to remedies 
available under other laws, any person may com-
mence a civil action on the person’s own behalf, 
against the United States and any other subject in-
strumentality or agency that is alleged to have ap-
proved a leasing program, lease sale, exploration 
plan or permit, or development and production plan, 
under section 18, 8, 10, or 25, respectively— 
‘‘(A) without having prepared an environ-
mental impact statement or environmental as-
sessment pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the 
National Environmental Policy Act 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332), consulted with the Secretary of 
Commerce or Secretary of the Interior pursuant 
to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536), or consulted with the 
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Secretary of Commerce pursuant to section 305 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conserva-
tion and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1855); or 
‘‘(B) without having complied with any 
other provision of such statutes, the provisions 
of Act this related to such statutes, or any reg-
ulation implementing or issued under their au-
thority of such statutes. 
‘‘(2) MARINE
MAMMAL
PROTECTION
ACT
OF 
1972.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to rem-
edies available under other laws, any person 
may commence a civil action on the person’s 
own behalf to enjoin any person who is al-
leged— 
‘‘(i) to have failed to obtain proper 
authorization, pursuant to subparagraphs 
(A) and (D) of section 101(a)(5) of the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 
(16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(5)), prior to com-
mencing an activity that may take a ma-
rine mammal in exploration, development, 
or production activities administered under 
this Act; or 
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‘‘(ii) to be in violation of any other 
provision of the Marine Mammal Protec-
tion Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 
or any regulation issued under the author-
ity thereof, with respect to exploration, de-
velopment, or production activities admin-
istered under this Act. 
‘‘(B) INTERVENTION; AWARD OF COSTS.— 
In any action under this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the Attorney General, at the re-
quest of the Secretary or of the Secretary 
of Commerce, may intervene on behalf of 
the United States as a matter of right; and 
‘‘(ii) the court, in issuing any final 
order, may award costs of litigation (in-
cluding reasonable attorney and expert wit-
ness fees) to any party, whenever the court 
determines such award is appropriate.’’. 
(b) TIME TO BRING ACTION.—Section 23(a) of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1349(a)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘sixty days after the plain-
tiff has given’’ and inserting ‘‘the plaintiff giv-
ing’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘under oath’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating 
paragraphs (4) through (6) as paragraphs (3) 
through (5), respectively. 
(c) REVIEW OF APPROVAL OF LEASING PROGRAM 
AND APPROVAL, MODIFICATION, OR DISAPPROVAL
OF 
PLANS.—Section 23(c) of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1349(c))— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘Dis-
trict of Columbia’’ the following: ‘‘or in a United 
States court of appeals for a circuit in which an af-
fected State is located’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘sixty’’ and inserting ‘‘90’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘involved’’ 
and inserting ‘‘specified in paragraph (1)’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (6), by striking the sentence 
beginning ‘‘The findings of the Secretary’’. 
(d) NONRESTRICTION CLAUSE.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall restrict any right that any person (or class of 
persons) may have under any other statute or under com-
mon law to seek enforcement of such statute or to seek 
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any other relief (including relief against the Secretary or 
other persons). 
Æ 
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