‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this subsection, the 
term ‘appraisal’ includes appraisals and other estimates of 
value. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall develop regu-
lations for implementing this section, including standards 
the Secretary shall use for approving or disapproving an 
appraisal.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13201 note) 
is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to 
title XXVI the following: 
‘‘Sec. 2607. Appraisal reforms.’’. 
SEC. 3. STANDARDIZATION. 
As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall implement 
procedures to ensure that each agency within the Depart-
ment of the Interior that is involved in the review, ap-
proval, and oversight of oil and gas activities on Indian 
lands shall use a uniform system of reference numbers and 
tracking systems for oil and gas wells. 
SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS OF MAJOR FEDERAL AC-
TIONS ON INDIAN LANDS. 
Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) is amended by inserting ‘‘(a) IN 
GENERAL.—’’ before the first sentence, and by adding at 
the end the following: 
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‘‘(b) REVIEW OF MAJOR FEDERAL ACTIONS ON INDIAN 
LANDS.— 
‘‘(1) REVIEW AND COMMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the statement required under 
subsection (a)(2)(C) for a major Federal action 
regarding an activity on Indian lands of an In-
dian tribe shall only be available for review and 
comment by— 
‘‘(i) Indian tribes in the affected area 
and individual members of those tribes 
wherever they reside; 
‘‘(ii) Other individuals who reside in 
the affected area; and 
‘‘(iii) State and local governments 
within the affected area. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) shall 
not apply to a statement for a major Federal ac-
tion regarding an activity on Indian lands of an 
Indian tribe related to gaming under the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act. 
‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—The Chairman of the 
Council on Environmental Quality shall develop reg-
ulations to implement this section, including descrip-
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tions of affected areas for specific major Federal ac-
tions, in consultation with Indian tribes. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, each of 
the terms ‘Indian land’ and ‘Indian tribe’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 2601 of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501). 
‘‘(4) CLARIFICATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—Nothing 
in the Native American Energy Act, except section 6 
of that Act, shall give the Secretary any additional 
authority over energy projects on Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act lands.’’. 
SEC. 5. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) TIME FOR FILING COMPLAINT.—Any energy re-
lated action must be filed not later than the end of the 60- 
day period beginning on the date of the final agency action. 
Any energy related action not filed within this time period 
shall be barred. 
(b) DISTRICT COURT VENUE AND DEADLINE.—All en-
ergy related actions— 
(1) shall be brought in the United States District 
Court for the District of Columbia; and 
(2) shall be resolved as expeditiously as possible, 
and in any event not more than 180 days after such 
cause of action is filed. 
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(c) APPELLATE REVIEW.—An interlocutory order or 
final judgment, decree or order of the district court in an 
energy related action may be reviewed by the United States 
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The 
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals shall resolve 
such appeal as expeditiously as possible, and in any event 
not more than 180 days after such interlocutory order or 
final judgment, decree or order of the district court was 
issued. 
(d) LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PAYMENTS.—Notwith-
standing section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, no 
award may be made under section 504 of title 5, United 
States Code, or under section 2412 of title 28, United States 
Code, and no amounts may be obligated or expended from 
the Claims and Judgment Fund of the United States Treas-
ury to pay any fees or other expenses under such sections, 
to any person or party in an energy related action. 
(e) LEGAL FEES.—In any energy related action in 
which the plaintiff does not ultimately prevail, the court 
shall award to the defendant (including any intervenor-de-
fendants), other than the United States, fees and other ex-
penses incurred by that party in connection with the energy 
related action, unless the court finds that the position of 
the plaintiff was substantially justified or that special cir-
cumstances make an award unjust. Whether or not the posi-
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tion of the plaintiff was substantially justified shall be de-
termined on the basis of the administrative record, as a 
whole, which is made in the energy related action for which 
fees and other expenses are sought. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, the 
following definitions apply: 
(1) AGENCY ACTION.—The term ‘‘agency action’’ 
has the same meaning given such term in section 551 
of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) INDIAN LAND.—The term ‘‘Indian Land’’ has 
the same meaning given such term in section 
203(c)(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109–58; 25 U.S.C. 3501), including lands owned 
by Native Corporations under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (Public Law 92–203; 43 
U.S.C. 1601). 
(3) ENERGY RELATED ACTION.—The term ‘‘en-
ergy related action’’ means a cause of action that— 
(A) is filed on or after the effective date of 
this Act; and 
(B) seeks judicial review of a final agency 
action to issue a permit, license, or other form 
of agency permission allowing: 
(i) any person or entity to conduct ac-
tivities on Indian Land, which activities 
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