I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1881 
To stimulate the economy, produce domestic energy, and create jobs at no 
cost to the taxpayers, and without borrowing money from foreign govern-
ments for which our children and grandchildren will be responsible, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2013 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on 
Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Judi-
ciary, 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 stimulate the economy, produce domestic energy, and 
create jobs at no cost to the taxpayers, and without 
borrowing money from foreign governments for which 
our children and grandchildren will be responsible, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASING 
Sec. 101. Extension of leasing program. 
Sec. 102. Lease sales. 
Sec. 103. Applications for permits to drill. 
Sec. 104. Lease sales for certain areas. 
Sec. 105. Disposition of revenues. 
TITLE II—LEASING PROGRAM FOR LAND WITHIN COASTAL PLAIN 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. Leasing program for lands within the Coastal Plain. 
Sec. 203. Lease sales. 
Sec. 204. Grant of leases by the Secretary. 
Sec. 205. Lease terms and conditions. 
Sec. 206. Policies regarding buying, building, and working for America. 
Sec. 207. Coastal Plain environmental protection. 
Sec. 208. Expedited judicial review. 
Sec. 209. Treatment of revenues. 
Sec. 210. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain. 
Sec. 211. Conveyance. 
TITLE III—REGULATORY STREAMLINING 
Sec. 301. Jurisdiction over covered energy projects. 
Sec. 302. Environmental legal fees. 
Sec. 303. Master leasing plans. 
Sec. 304. National monuments. 
Sec. 305. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions reductions in 
China, India, and Russia. 
Sec. 306. Employment effects of actions under Clean Air Act. 
Sec. 307. Endangered species. 
Sec. 308. Central Valley Project. 
Sec. 309. Keystone XL permit approval. 
Sec. 310. Drakes Bay Oyster Company. 
TITLE I—OUTER CONTINENTAL 
SHELF LEASING 
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF LEASING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), the 
Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas 
Leasing Program 2010–2015 issued by the Secretary of 
the Interior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
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under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) shall be considered to be the final 
oil and gas leasing program under that section for the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2013 through 2018. 
(b) FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.— 
The Secretary is considered to have issued a final environ-
mental impact statement for the program applicable to the 
period described in subsection (a) in accordance with all 
requirements under section 102(2)(C) of the National En-
vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—Lease Sales 214, 232, and 239 
shall not be included in the final oil and gas leasing pro-
gram for the period of fiscal years 2013 through 2018. 
(d) EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO NOT INCLUDED.— 
Nothing in this section affects restrictions on oil and gas 
leasing under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 
2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432). 
SEC. 102. LEASE SALES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this section, not later than 180 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act and every 270 days thereafter, the 
Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall conduct a lease sale in each outer 
Continental Shelf planning area for which the Secretary 
determines that there is a commercial interest in pur-
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chasing Federal oil and gas leases for production on the 
outer Continental Shelf. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT DETERMINATIONS AND SALES.—If 
the Secretary determines that there is not a commercial 
interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for pro-
duction on the outer Continental Shelf in a planning area 
under this section, not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of the determination and every 2 years there-
after, the Secretary shall— 
(1) determine whether there is a commercial in-
terest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for 
production on the outer Continental Shelf in the 
planning area; and 
(2) if the Secretary determines that there is a 
commercial interest described in subsection (a), con-
duct a lease sale in the planning area. 
(c) EXCLUSION FROM 5-YEAR LEASE PROGRAM.— 
If a planning area for which there is a commercial interest 
described in subsection (a) was not included in a 5-year 
lease program, the Secretary shall include leasing in the 
planning area in the subsequent 5-year lease program. 
(d) PETITIONS.—If a person petitions the Secretary 
to conduct a lease sale for an outer Continental Shelf plan-
ning area in which the person has a commercial interest, 
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the Secretary shall conduct a lease sale for the area in 
accordance with subsection (a). 
SEC. 103. APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS TO DRILL. 
Section 5 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1334) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(k) APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS TO DRILL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary shall approve or disapprove an applica-
tion for a permit to drill submitted under this Act 
not later than 20 days after the date the application 
is submitted to the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) DISAPPROVAL.—If the Secretary dis-
approves an application for a permit to drill sub-
mitted under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) provide to the applicant a description 
of the reasons for the disapproval of the appli-
cation; 
‘‘(B) allow the applicant to resubmit an 
application during the 10-day period beginning 
on the date of the receipt of the description by 
the applicant; and 
‘‘(C) approve or disapprove any resub-
mitted application not later than 10 days after 
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the date the application is submitted to the Sec-
retary.’’. 
SEC. 104. LEASE SALES FOR CERTAIN AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable but not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall hold Lease Sale 220 
for areas offshore of the State of Virginia. 
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.—For pur-
poses of the Lease Sales described in subsection (a), the 
Environmental Impact Statement for the 2010–2015-Year 
OCS Plan and the applicable Multi-Sale Environmental 
Impact Statement shall be considered to satisfy the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.). 
(c) ENERGY PROJECTS IN GULF OF MEXICO.— 
(1) JURISDICTION.—The United States Court 
of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit shall have exclusive 
jurisdiction over challenges to offshore energy 
projects and permits to drill carried out in the Gulf 
of Mexico. 
(2) FILING
DEADLINE.—Any civil action to 
challenge a project or permit described in paragraph 
(1) shall be filed not later than 60 days after the 
date of approval of the project or the issuance of the 
permit. 
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SEC. 105. DISPOSITION OF REVENUES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 102 of the Gulf of Mexico 
Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public 
Law 109–432) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 
(11) as paragraphs (6) through (12), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) COASTAL
STATE.—The term ‘coastal 
State’ means a State with a coastal seaward bound-
ary within 200 nautical miles distance of the geo-
graphical center of a leased tract in— 
‘‘(A) an outer Continental Shelf area in 
the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent 
Zones and OCS Planning Areas; and 
‘‘(B) effective for fiscal year 2024 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, an outer Continental 
Shelf area in any OCS Region State Adjacent 
Zones and OCS Planning Areas.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (10) (as so redesignated), by 
striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 
outer Continental Shelf revenues’ means all 
rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums 
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due and payable to the United States from 
leases entered into on or after— 
‘‘(i) December 20, 2006, with respect 
to coastal States located in— 
‘‘(I) the Gulf of Mexico OCS Re-
gion; or 
‘‘(II) the Alaska OCS Region; 
and 
‘‘(ii) October 1, 2013, with respect to 
coastal States located in— 
‘‘(I) the Atlantic OCS Region; or 
‘‘(II) the Pacific OCS Region.’’; 
and 
(4) in paragraph (11) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘Gulf producing State’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘coastal State’’. 
(b) DISPOSITION OF REVENUES.—Section 105 of the 
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 
1331 note; Public Law 109–432) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘FROM 
181
AREA, 181
SOUTH
AREA, AND
2002–2007 
PLANNING AREAS OF GULF OF MEXICO’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Gulf producing State’’ each 
place it appears (other than subsection (b)(1)) and 
inserting ‘‘coastal State’’; 
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(3) by amending subsection (a)(2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) 50 percent of qualified outer Continental 
Shelf revenues in a special account in the Treasury, 
which the Secretary shall disburse to States in ac-
cordance with subsection (b).’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘GULF
PRODUCING
STATES’’ and inserting 
‘‘COASTAL STATES’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘GULF PRODUCING STATES FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘COASTAL 
STATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in the matter preceding clause 
(i), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘2024’’; and 
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(II) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the 
181 Area or the 181 South Area’’ and 
inserting ‘‘any area of the outer Con-
tinental Shelf’’; and 
(5) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the total amount of qualified outer Continental Shelf 
revenues made available under subsection (a)(2) 
shall not exceed— 
‘‘(A) in the case of an outer Continental 
Shelf area in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region 
State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning 
Areas— 
‘‘(i) $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2023; and 
‘‘(ii) $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2054; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of an outer Continental 
Shelf area in OCS Region State Adjacent Zones 
and OCS Planning Areas other than the Zones 
and Areas described in subparagraph (A), for 
each of fiscal years 2024 through 2054, 
$500,000,000 for each such area located in— 
‘‘(i) the Atlantic OCS Region; 
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‘‘(ii) the Pacific OCS Region; or 
‘‘(iii) the Alaska OCS Region.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section take effect on October 1, 2013. 
TITLE 
II—LEASING 
PROGRAM 
FOR LAND WITHIN COASTAL 
PLAIN 
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(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) PEER
REVIEWED.—The term ‘‘peer re-
viewed’’ means reviewed— 
(A) by individuals chosen by the National 
Academy of Sciences with no contractual rela-
tionship with, or those who have no application 
for a grant or other funding pending with, the 
Federal agency with leasing jurisdiction; or 
(B) if individuals described in subpara-
graph (A) are not available, by the top individ-
uals in the specified biological fields, as deter-
mined by the National Academy of Sciences. 
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(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’, except 
as otherwise provided, means the Secretary of the 
Interior or the Secretary’s designee. 
SEC. 202. 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 title 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 the exploration, development, and 
production of the oil and gas resources of the Coast-
al Plain; and 
(2) to administer the provisions of this title 
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-
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velopment, and production to all exploration, devel-
opment, and production operations under this title 
in a manner that ensures the receipt of fair market 
value by the public for the mineral resources to be 
leased. 
(b) REPEAL OF EXISTING RESTRICTION.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 1003 of the Alaska Na-
tional Interest Lands Conservation Act (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.— 
(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 
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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 (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 require-
ments under the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 that apply with respect to prelease activities 
under this title, including actions authorized to be 
taken by the Secretary to develop and promulgate 
the regulations for the establishment of a leasing 
program authorized by this title before the conduct 
of the first lease sale. 
(3) COMPLIANCE WITH NEPA FOR OTHER AC-
TIONS.—Before conducting the first lease sale under 
this title, 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 title that are not referred to 
in paragraph (2). Notwithstanding any other law, 
the Secretary is not required to identify nonleasing 
alternative courses of action or to analyze the envi-
ronmental effects of such courses of action. The Sec-
retary shall only identify a preferred action for such 
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leasing and a single leasing alternative, and analyze 
the environmental effects and potential mitigation 
measures for those two alternatives. The identifica-
tion of the preferred action and related analysis for 
the first lease sale under this title shall be completed 
within 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act. The Secretary shall only consider public com-
ments that specifically address the Secretary’s pre-
ferred action and that are filed within 20 days after 
publication of an environmental analysis. Notwith-
standing any other law, compliance with this para-
graph is deemed to satisfy all requirements for the 
analysis and consideration of the environmental ef-
fects of proposed leasing under this title. 
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO STATE AND LOCAL AUTHOR-
ITY.—Nothing in this title shall be considered to expand 
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 
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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 
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 tracts located outside the 
Special 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 title. 
(g) REGULATIONS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pre-
scribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out this title, including regulations relating to pro-
tection of the fish and wildlife, their habitat, subsist-
ence resources, and environment of the Coastal 
Plain, by no later than 15 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(2) REVISION
OF
REGULATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall, through a rulemaking conducted in ac-
cordance with section 553 of title 5, United States 
Code, periodically review and, if appropriate, revise 
the regulations issued under subsection (a) to reflect 
a preponderance of the best available scientific evi-
dence that has been peer reviewed and obtained by 
following appropriate, documented scientific proce-
dures, the results of which can be repeated using 
those same procedures. 
SEC. 203. LEASE SALES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Lands may be leased under this 
title to any person qualified to obtain a lease for deposits 
of oil and gas under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
181 et seq.). 
(b) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall, by regula-
tion and no later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, establish procedures for— 
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