SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reducing Employer 
Burdens, Unleashing Innovation, and Labor Development 
Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is the following: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Findings; sense of the Congress. 
TITLE I—INVESTING IN AMERICA’S WORKFORCE 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Industry-recognized and nationally portable credentials for job train-
ing programs. 
Sec. 103. Definitions. 
Sec. 104. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 105. Effective date. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDITS 
Sec. 201. Extension of research credit; alternative simplified research credit in-
creased and made permanent. 
TITLE III—COMPREHENSIVE TAX REFORM 
Sec. 301. Comprehensive reform of United States tax laws; expedited consider-
ation. 
TITLE IV—FEDERAL OIL AND GAS RESOURCES 
Subtitle A—Expanding Offshore Energy Development 
Sec. 411. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program. 
Sec. 412. Domestic oil and natural gas production goal. 
Subtitle B—Coastal Plain of Alaska 
Sec. 421. Short title. 
Sec. 422. Definitions. 
Sec. 423. Leasing program for lands within the Coastal Plain. 
Sec. 424. Lease sales. 
Sec. 425. Grant of leases by the Secretary. 
Sec. 426. Lease terms and conditions. 
Sec. 427. Coastal Plain environmental protection. 
Sec. 428. Expedited judicial review. 
Sec. 429. Treatment of revenues. 
Sec. 430. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain. 
Sec. 431. Conveyance. 
Sec. 432. ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund. 
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TITLE V—ENERGY CONSUMERS RELIEF 
Sec. 501. Prohibition against finalizing certain energy-related rules that will 
cause significant adverse effects to the economy. 
Sec. 502. Reports and determinations prior to promulgating as final certain en-
ergy-related rules. 
Sec. 503. Definitions. 
Sec. 504. Prohibition on use of social cost of carbon in analysis. 
TITLE VI—REPEAL OF THE HEALTH CARE LAW AND HEALTH 
CARE-RELATED PROVISIONS IN THE HEALTH CARE AND EDU-
CATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010 
Sec. 601. Short title. 
Sec. 602. Repeal of the health care law and health care-related provisions in 
the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. 
TITLE VII—COOPERATIVE GOVERNING OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH 
INSURANCE COVERAGE 
Sec. 701. Cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage. 
Sec. 702. Severability. 
TITLE VIII—RENEWAL OF TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY 
Sec. 801. Renewal of trade promotion authority. 
TITLE IX—REFORM OF EXPORT CONTROL POLICIES 
Sec. 901. Sense of Congress on reform of export control policies. 
TITLE X—EFFICIENT USE OF GOVERNMENT SPECTRUM 
Sec. 1001. Short title. 
Sec. 1002. Reallocation and auction of 1755–1780 MHz band. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS; SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Data indicate that manufacturing employees 
earn a higher average salary and receive greater 
benefits than workers in other industries. 
(2) Recent data also show that United States 
manufacturing companies cannot fill as many as 
600,000 skilled positions, even as unemployment 
numbers hover at historically high levels. 
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(3) Postsecondary success and workforce readi-
ness can be achieved through attainment of recog-
nized postsecondary credentials. 
(4) Data indicate that United States manufac-
turers invest a far greater percentage of revenue in 
research and development than other industries. 
(5) The United States has the highest corporate 
tax rate in the developed world. 
(6) A recent report indicates that United States 
manufacturers face a 20 percent structural cost bur-
den compared to companies from the Nation’s 9 
largest trading partners. 
(7) Excessive Federal regulations are placing a 
heavy burden on United States manufacturers. 
(8) According to a recent report, it is estimated 
that pending and recently finalized Environmental 
Protection Agency regulations alone could cost man-
ufacturers over $100,000,000,000 per year in com-
pliance, plus additional one-time costs of over 
$500,000,000. 
(9) Data indicate that regulatory costs could 
cut annual United States economic output by as 
much as $630,000,000,000, or 4.2 percent of Gross 
Domestic Product, resulting in a net loss of 
9,000,000 jobs. 
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(10) Expanded domestic resource development 
would further reduce energy costs, increasing United 
States manufacturers’ competitive advantage. 
(11) Data show that United States manufactur-
ers have reduced energy usage and emissions to 
below the 1990 levels. 
(12) Reports indicate United States health care 
costs have increased over 80 percent in the past dec-
ade, creating greater personnel costs for manufac-
turers. 
(13) Data show that United States manufactur-
ers are responsible for 47 percent of total United 
States exports. 
(14) A widening trade gap with major trade 
partners means that manufacturers are at risk of 
losing export market share. 
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
the Congress that increasing the competitiveness of United 
States manufacturers will strengthen the national econ-
omy. 
TITLE I—INVESTING IN 
AMERICA’S WORKFORCE 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Investing in America’s 
Workforce Act’’. 
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SEC. 102. INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED AND NATIONALLY PORT-
ABLE CREDENTIALS FOR JOB TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998.— 
(1) YOUTH ACTIVITIES.—Section 129(c)(1)(C) 
of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2854(c)(1)(C)) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (ii) through 
(iv) as clauses (iii) through (v), respectively; 
and 
(B) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ii) training (which may include pri-
ority consideration for training programs 
that lead to recognized postsecondary cre-
dentials (as defined in section 104 of the 
Investing in America’s Workforce Act) that 
are aligned with in-demand occupations or 
industries in the local area involved, if the 
local board determines that the programs 
meet the quality criteria described in sec-
tion 123);’’. 
(2) GENERAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AC-
TIVITIES.—Section 134(d)(4)(F) of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864(d)(4)(F)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an eligible entity that, 
in developing and implementing programs of 
study leading to recognized postsecondary cre-
dentials, desires to give a priority to such pro-
grams that are aligned with in-demand occupa-
tions or industries in the area served (as deter-
mined by the eligible agency) and that may pro-
vide a basis for additional credentials, certifi-
cates, or degree, how the entity will do so;’’. 
(2) USE OF LOCAL FUNDS.—Section 134(b) of 
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 
Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2354(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (12)(B), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) describe the career and technical edu-
cation activities supporting the attainment of recog-
nized postsecondary credentials (as defined in sec-
tion 103 of the Investing in America’s Workforce 
Act), and, in the case of an eligible recipient that de-
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sires to provide priority consideration to certain pro-
grams of study in accordance with the State plan 
under section 122(c)(1)(B), how the eligible recipi-
ent will give priority consideration to such activi-
ties.’’. 
(3) 
TECH-PREP
PROGRAMS.—Section 
203(c)(2)(E) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 
2373(c)(2)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘industry- 
recognized credential, a certificate,’’ and inserting 
‘‘recognized postsecondary credential (as defined in 
section 103 of the Investing in America’s Workforce 
Act and approved by the eligible agency),’’. 
(c) TRAINING PROGRAMS UNDER TAA.—Section 
236(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) In approving training programs for adversely 
affected workers and adversely affected incumbent work-
ers under paragraph (1), the Secretary may give priority 
consideration to workers seeking training through pro-
grams that are approved in conjunction with eligibility de-
cisions made under section 122 of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2842), and that lead to rec-
ognized postsecondary credentials (as defined in section 
103 of the Investing in America’s Workforce Act) that are 
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aligned with in-demand occupations or industries in the 
local area (defined for purposes of title I of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.)) in-
volved.’’. 
SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED.—The term ‘‘indus-
try-recognized’’, used with respect to a credential, 
means a credential that— 
(A) is sought or accepted by employers 
within the industry sector involved as recog-
nized, preferred, or required for recruitment, 
screening, hiring, or advancement; and 
(B) is a nationally portable credential, 
meaning a credential that is sought or accepted 
across multiple States, as described in subpara-
graph (A). 
(2) RECOGNIZED
POSTSECONDARY
CREDEN-
TIAL.—The term ‘‘recognized postsecondary creden-
tial’’ means a credential consisting of an industry- 
recognized credential for postsecondary training, a 
certificate that meets the requirements of subpara-
graphs (A) and (C) of paragraph (1) for postsec-
ondary training, a certificate of completion of a post-
secondary apprenticeship through a program de-
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scribed in section 122(a)(2)(B) of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2842(a)(2)(B)), or 
an associate degree or baccalaureate degree awarded 
by an institution of higher education (as defined in 
section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1002)). 
SEC. 104. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed to require an 
entity with responsibility for selecting or approving an 
education, training, or workforce investment activities pro-
gram with regard to a covered provision, to select a pro-
gram with a recognized postsecondary credential or certifi-
cate as defined by this title. 
SEC. 105. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This title, and the amendments made by this title, 
take effect 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDITS 
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF RESEARCH CREDIT; ALTERNATIVE 
SIMPLIFIED RESEARCH CREDIT INCREASED 
AND MADE PERMANENT. 
(a) EXTENSION OF CREDIT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
41(h)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
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amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph 
(D) of section 45C(b)(1) of such Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to amounts paid or in-
curred after December 31, 2013. 
(b) ALTERNATIVE SIMPLIFIED RESEARCH CREDIT 
INCREASED AND MADE PERMANENT.— 
(1) INCREASED CREDIT.—Subparagraph (A) of 
section 41(c)(5) of such Code (relating to election of 
alternative simplified credit) is amended by striking 
‘‘14 percent (12 percent in the case of taxable years 
ending before January 1, 2009)’’ and inserting ‘‘20 
percent’’. 
(2) CREDIT MADE PERMANENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (h) of sec-
tion 41 of such Code is amended by redesig-
nating the paragraph (2) relating to computa-
tion of taxable year in which credit terminates 
as paragraph (4) and by inserting before such 
paragraph the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(3) TERMINATION NOT TO APPLY TO ALTER-
NATIVE SIMPLIFIED CREDIT.—Paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to the credit determined under subsection 
(c)(5).’’. 
(B) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Para-
graph (4) of section 41(h) of such Code, as re-
designated by subparagraph (A), is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(4) COMPUTATION
FOR
TAXABLE
YEAR
IN 
WHICH CREDIT TERMINATES.—In the case of any 
taxable year with respect to which this section ap-
plies to a number of days which is less than the total 
number of days in such taxable year, the amount de-
termined under subsection (c)(1)(B) with respect to 
such taxable year shall be the amount which bears 
the same ratio to such amount (determined without 
regard to this paragraph) as the number of days in 
such taxable year to which this section applies bears 
to the total number of days in such taxable year.’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to taxable years end-
ing after December 31, 2012. 
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TITLE III—COMPREHENSIVE TAX 
REFORM 
SEC. 301. COMPREHENSIVE REFORM OF UNITED STATES 
TAX LAWS; EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION. 
(a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘tax reform bill’’ means a bill of the 113th Con-
gress— 
(1) introduced in the House of Representatives 
by the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means 
not later than the end of the 113th Congress the 
title of which is as follows: ‘‘A bill to provide for 
comprehensive tax reform.’’; and 
(2) which is the subject of a certification under 
subsection (b). 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The chair of the Joint Com-
mittee on Taxation shall notify the House and Senate in 
writing whenever the chair of the Joint Committee deter-
mines that an introduced bill described in subsection 
(a)(1) contains at least each of the following proposals: 
(1) A transition to a more globally competitive 
corporate tax code for United States businesses. 
(2) A reduction in the complexity of the tax 
code. 
(3) The elimination of special interest loopholes. 
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(c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.— 
(1) Any committee of the House of Representa-
tives to which the tax reform bill is referred shall re-
port it to the House not later than 20 calendar days 
after the date of its introduction. If a committee 
fails to report the tax reform bill within that period, 
such committee shall be automatically discharged 
from further consideration of the bill. 
(2) If the House has not otherwise proceeded to 
the consideration of the tax reform bill upon the ex-
piration of 15 legislative days after the bill has been 
placed on the Union Calendar, it shall be in order 
for the Majority Leader or a designee (or, after the 
expiration of an additional 2 legislative days, any 
Member), to offer one motion that the House resolve 
into the Committee of the Whole House on the state 
of the Union for the consideration of the tax reform 
bill. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the motion to its adoption without inter-
vening motion except 20 minutes of debate equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an op-
ponent. If such a motion is adopted, consideration 
shall proceed in accordance with paragraph (3). A 
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motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 
is disposed of shall not be in order. 
(3) The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. General debate shall be confined to the 
bill and shall not exceed 4 hours, equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority mem-
ber of the Committee on Ways and Means. At the 
conclusion of general debate, the bill shall be read 
for amendment under the five-minute rule. Any com-
mittee amendment shall be considered as read. At 
the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend-
ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to 
the House with such amendments as may have been 
adopted. The previous question shall be considered 
as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to 
final passage without intervening motion except one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. A 
motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the bill 
shall not be in order. 
(d) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
(1) COMMITTEE
CONSIDERATION.—A tax re-
form bill, as defined in subsection (a), received in 
the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Fi-
nance. The Committee shall report the bill not later 
than 15 calendar days after receipt of the bill in the 
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Senate. If the Committee fails to report the bill 
within that period, that committee shall be dis-
charged from consideration of the bill, and the bill 
shall be placed on the calendar. 
(2) MOTION
TO
PROCEED.—Notwithstanding 
rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is 
in order, not later than 2 days of session after the 
date on which the tax reform bill is reported or dis-
charged from committee, for the majority leader of 
the Senate or the majority leader’s designee to move 
to proceed to the consideration of the tax reform 
bill. It shall also be in order for any Member of the 
Senate to move to proceed to the consideration of 
the tax reform bill at any time after the conclusion 
of such 2-day period. A motion to proceed is in order 
even though a previous motion to the same effect 
has been disagreed to. All points of order against 
the motion to proceed to the tax reform bill are 
waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The 
motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. 
(3) CONSIDERATION.—No motion to recommit 
shall be in order and debate on any motion or appeal 
shall be limited to one hour, to be divided in the 
usual form. 
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(4) AMENDMENTS.—All amendments must be 
relevant to the bill and debate on any amendment 
shall be limited to 2 hours to be equally divided in 
the usual form between the opponents and pro-
ponents of the amendment. Debate on any amend-
ment to an amendment, debatable motion, or appeal 
shall be limited to 1 hour to be equally divided in 
the usual form between the opponents and pro-
ponents of the amendment. 
(5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—If the Senate has pro-
ceeded to the bill, and following the conclusion of all 
debate, the Senate shall proceed to a vote on pas-
sage of the bill as amended, if amended. 
(e) CONFERENCE IN THE HOUSE.—If the House re-
ceives a message that the Senate has passed the tax re-
form bill with an amendment or amendments, it shall be 
in order for the chair of the Committee on Ways and 
Means or a designee, without intervention of any point of 
order, to offer any motion specified in clause 1 of rule 
XXII. 
(f) CONFERENCE IN THE SENATE.—If the Senate re-
ceives from the House a message to accompany the tax 
reform bill, as defined in subsection (a), then no later than 
two session days after its receipt— 
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(1) the Chair shall lay the message before the 
Senate; 
(2) the motion to insist on the Senate amend-
ment or disagree to the House amendment or 
amendments to the Senate amendment, the request 
for a conference with the House or the motion to 
agree to the request of the House for a conference, 
and the motion to authorize the Chair to appoint 
conferees on the part of the Senate shall be agreed 
to; and 
(3) the Chair shall then be authorized to ap-
point conferees on the part of the Senate without in-
tervening motion, with a ratio agreed to with the 
concurrence of both leaders. 
(g) RULEMAKING.—This section is enacted by the 
Congress as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
House of Representatives and Senate, respectively, and as 
such is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respec-
tively, or of that House to which they specifically apply, 
and such procedures supersede other rules only to the ex-
tent that they are inconsistent with such rules; and with 
full recognition of the constitutional right of either House 
to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedures 
of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to 
the same extent as any other rule of that House. 
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TITLE IV—FEDERAL OIL AND 
GAS RESOURCES 
Subtitle A—Expanding Offshore 
Energy Development 
SEC. 411. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 18(a) of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5)(A) In each oil and gas leasing program 
under this section, the Secretary shall make avail-
able for leasing and conduct lease sales including— 
‘‘(i) at least 50 percent of the available un-
leased acreage within each outer Continental 
Shelf planning area considered to have the larg-
est undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and 
gas resources (on a total btu basis) based upon 
the most recent national geologic assessment of 
the outer Continental Shelf, with an emphasis 
on offering the most geologically prospective 
parts of the planning area; and 
‘‘(ii) any State subdivision of an outer 
Continental Shelf planning area that the Gov-
ernor of the State that represents that subdivi-
sion requests be made available for leasing. 
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‘‘(B) In this paragraph the term ‘available un-
leased acreage’ means that portion of the outer Con-
tinental Shelf that is not under lease at the time of 
a proposed lease sale, and that has not otherwise 
been made unavailable for leasing by law. 
‘‘(6)(A) In each 5-year oil and gas leasing pro-
gram, the Secretary shall make available for leasing 
any outer Continental Shelf planning areas that— 
‘‘(i) are estimated to contain more than 
2,500,000,000 barrels of oil; or 
‘‘(ii) are estimated to contain more than 
7,500,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas. 
‘‘(B) To determine the planning areas described 
in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall use the 
document entitled ‘Minerals Management Service 
Assessment of Undiscovered Technically Recoverable 
Oil and Gas Resources of the Nation’s Outer Conti-
nental Shelf, 2006’.’’. 
(b) 
RELATIONSHIP
TO
EXISTING
PLAN.—The 
amendments made by subsection (a) shall not affect the 
2012–2017 5-year oil and gas leasing program. 
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SEC. 412. DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION 
GOAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 18(b) of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(b)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUC-
TION GOAL.—– 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing a 5-year oil 
and gas leasing program, and subject to paragraph 
(2), the Secretary shall determine a domestic stra-
tegic production goal for the development of oil and 
natural gas as a result of that program. Such goal 
shall be— 
‘‘(A) the best estimate of the possible in-
crease in domestic production of oil and natural 
gas from the outer Continental Shelf; 
‘‘(B) focused on meeting domestic demand 
for oil and natural gas and reducing the de-
pendence of the United States on foreign en-
ergy; and 
‘‘(C) focused on the production increases 
achieved by the leasing program at the end of 
the 15-year period beginning on the effective 
date of the program. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM GOAL.—For purposes of each 5- 
year oil and gas leasing program that applies before 
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2027, the production goal referred to in paragraph 
(1) shall be an increase by 2027, from the levels of 
oil and gas produced as of the date of enactment of 
this paragraph, of— 
‘‘(A) no less than 3,000,000 barrels in the 
amount of oil produced per day; and 
‘‘(B) no less than 10,000,000,000 cubic 
feet in the amount of natural gas produced per 
day. 
‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall report 
annually, beginning at the end of the 5-year period 
for which the program applies, to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate on the progress of the pro-
gram in meeting the production goal. The Secretary 
shall identify in the report projections for production 
and any problems with leasing, permitting, or pro-
duction that will prevent meeting the goal.’’. 
(b) 
RELATIONSHIP
TO
EXISTING
PLAN.—The 
amendment made by subsection (a) shall not affect the 
2012–2017 5-year oil and gas leasing program. 
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Subtitle B—Coastal Plain of Alaska 
SEC. 421. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘American Energy 
Independence and Price Reduction Act’’. 
SEC. 422. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) COASTAL
PLAIN.—The term ‘‘Coastal 
Plain’’ means that area described in appendix I to 
part 37 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’, except 
as otherwise provided, means the Secretary of the 
Interior or the Secretary’s designee. 
SEC. 423. LEASING PROGRAM FOR LANDS WITHIN THE 
COASTAL PLAIN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take such ac-
tions as are necessary— 
(1) to establish and implement, in accordance 
with this subtitle and acting through the Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management in consultation 
with the Director of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, a competitive oil and gas leasing 
program that will result in an environmentally sound 
program for the exploration, development, and pro-
duction of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal 
Plain; and 
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(2) to administer the provisions of this subtitle 
through regulations, lease terms, conditions, restric-
tions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other provisions 
that ensure the oil and gas exploration, development, 
and production activities on the Coastal Plain will 
result in no significant adverse effect on fish and 
wildlife, their habitat, subsistence resources, and the 
environment, including, in furtherance of this goal, 
by requiring the application of the best commercially 
available technology for oil and gas exploration, de-
velopment, and production to all exploration, devel-
opment, and production operations under this sub-
title in a manner that ensures the receipt of fair 
market value by the public for the mineral resources 
to be leased. 
(b) REPEAL.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 1003 of the Alaska Na-
tional Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (16 
U.S.C. 3143) is repealed. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents in section 1 of such Act is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 1003. 
(c) COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS UNDER CER-
TAIN OTHER LAWS.— 
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(1) COMPATIBILITY.—For purposes of the Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.), the oil and gas 
leasing program and activities authorized by this 
section in the Coastal Plain are deemed to be com-
patible with the purposes for which the Arctic Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge was established, and no fur-
ther findings or decisions are required to implement 
this determination. 
(2) ADEQUACY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR’S LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 
STATEMENT.—The 
‘‘Final 
Legislative 
Environ-
mental Impact Statement’’ (April 1987) on the 
Coastal Plain prepared pursuant to section 1002 of 
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 
Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 3142) and section 102(2)(C) 
of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) is deemed to satisfy the re-
quirements under the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 that apply with respect to prelease ac-
tivities, including actions authorized to be taken by 
the Secretary to develop and promulgate the regula-
tions for the establishment of a leasing program au-
thorized by this subtitle before the conduct of the 
first lease sale. 
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(3) COMPLIANCE WITH NEPA FOR OTHER AC-
TIONS.—Before conducting the first lease sale under 
this subtitle, the Secretary shall prepare an environ-
mental impact statement under the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to the ac-
tions authorized by this subtitle that are not re-
ferred to in paragraph (2). Notwithstanding any 
other law, the Secretary is not required to identify 
nonleasing alternative courses of action or to analyze 
the environmental effects of such courses of action. 
The Secretary shall only identify a preferred action 
for such leasing and a single leasing alternative, and 
analyze the environmental effects and potential miti-
gation measures for those two alternatives. The 
identification of the preferred action and related 
analysis for the first lease sale under this subtitle 
shall be completed within 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this subtitle. The Secretary shall 
only consider public comments that specifically ad-
dress the Secretary’s preferred action and that are 
filed within 20 days after publication of an environ-
mental analysis. Notwithstanding any other law, 
compliance with this paragraph is deemed to satisfy 
all requirements for the analysis and consideration 
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of the environmental effects of proposed leasing 
under this subtitle. 
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO STATE AND LOCAL AUTHOR-
ITY.—Nothing in this subtitle shall be considered to ex-
pand or limit State and local regulatory authority. 
(e) SPECIAL AREAS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, after con-
sultation with the State of Alaska, the city of 
Kaktovik, and the North Slope Borough, may des-
ignate up to a total of 45,000 acres of the Coastal 
Plain as a Special Area if the Secretary determines 
that the Special Area is of such unique character 
and interest so as to require special management 
and regulatory protection. The Secretary shall des-
ignate as such a Special Area the Sadlerochit Spring 
area, comprising approximately 4,000 acres. 
(2) MANAGEMENT.—Each such Special Area 
shall be managed so as to protect and preserve the 
area’s unique and diverse character including its 
fish, wildlife, and subsistence resource values. 
(3) EXCLUSION
FROM
LEASING
OR
SURFACE 
OCCUPANCY.—The Secretary may exclude any Spe-
cial Area from leasing. If the Secretary leases a Spe-
cial Area, or any part thereof, for purposes of oil 
and gas exploration, development, production, and 
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related activities, there shall be no surface occu-
pancy of the lands comprising the Special Area. 
(4) DIRECTIONAL DRILLING.—Notwithstanding 
the other provisions of this subsection, the Secretary 
may lease all or a portion of a Special Area under 
terms that permit the use of horizontal drilling tech-
nology from sites on leases located outside the Spe-
cial Area. 
(f) LIMITATION
ON
CLOSED
AREAS.—The Sec-
retary’s sole authority to close lands within the Coastal 
Plain to oil and gas leasing and to exploration, develop-
ment, and production is that set forth in this subtitle. 
(g) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pre-
scribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out this subtitle, including rules and regulations re-
lating to protection of the fish and wildlife, their 
habitat, subsistence resources, and environment of 
the Coastal Plain, by no later than 15 months after 
the date of enactment of this subtitle. 
(2) REVISION
OF
REGULATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall periodically review and, if appropriate, 
revise the rules and regulations issued under sub-
section (a) to reflect any significant biological, envi-
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‘‘(D) Attempt to commit, aiding or abet-
ting in the commission of, or conspiracy to com-
mit the acts or omissions specified in this para-
graph. 
‘‘SEC. 2796. APPLICATION OF LAW. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The covered laws of the primary 
State shall apply to individual health insurance coverage 
offered by a health insurance issuer in the primary State 
and in any secondary State, but only if the coverage and 
issuer comply with the conditions of this section with re-
spect to the offering of coverage in any secondary State. 
‘‘(b) EXEMPTIONS FROM COVERED LAWS IN A SEC-
ONDARY STATE.—Except as provided in this section, a 
health insurance issuer with respect to its offer, sale, rat-
ing (including medical underwriting), renewal, and 
issuance of individual health insurance coverage in any 
secondary State is exempt from any covered laws of the 
secondary State (and any rules, regulations, agreements, 
or orders sought or issued by such State under or related 
to such covered laws) to the extent that such laws would— 
‘‘(1) make unlawful, or regulate, directly or in-
directly, the operation of the health insurance issuer 
operating in the secondary State, except that any 
secondary State may require such an issuer— 
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