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(2) to increase the level of responsibility of the
Secretary of Energy with respect to any responsi-
bility borne by the Secretary of Energy before that
date.
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous
Provisions
SEC. 2051. SPLIT-ESTATE FEDERAL OIL AND GAS LEASING
AND DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES.
(a) REVIEW.—In consultation with affected private
surface owners, oil and gas industry, and other interested
parties, the Secretary of the Interior shall undertake a re-
view of the current policies and practices with respect to
management of Federal subsurface oil and gas develop-
ment activities and their effects on the privately owned
surface. This review shall include—
(1) a comparison of the rights and responsibil-
ities under existing mineral and land law for the
owner of a Federal mineral lease, the private surface
owners and the Department;
(2) a comparison of the surface owner consent
provisions in section 714 of the Surface Mining Con-
trol and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1304)
concerning surface mining of Federal coal deposits
and the surface owner consent provisions for oil and
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gas development, including coalbed methane produc-
tion; and
(3) recommendations for administrative or leg-
islative action necessary to facilitate reasonable ac-
cess for Federal oil and gas activities while address-
ing surface owner concerns and minimizing impacts
to private surface.
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of the Interior shall re-
port the results of such review to Congress not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 2052. ROYALTY PAYMENTS UNDER LEASES UNDER
THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS
ACT.
(a) ROYALTY RELIEF.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of providing
compensation for lessees and a State for which
amounts are authorized by section 6004(c) of the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), a les-
see may withhold from payment any royalty due and
owing to the United States under any leases under
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1301 et seq.) for offshore oil or gas production from
a covered lease tract if, on or before the date that
the payment is due and payable to the United
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States, the lessee makes a payment to the State of
44 cents for every $1 of royalty withheld.
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS.—Any royalty
withheld by a lessee in accordance with this section
(including any portion thereof that is paid to the
State under paragraph (1)) shall be treated as paid
for purposes of satisfaction of the royalty obligations
of the lessee to the United States.
(3) CERTIFICATION OF WITHHELD AMOUNTS.—
The Secretary of the Treasury shall—
(A) determine the amount of royalty with-
held by a lessee under this section; and
(B) promptly publish a certification when
the total amount of royalty withheld by the les-
see under this section is equal to—
(i) the dollar amount stated at page
47 of Senate Report number 101–534,
which is designated therein as the total
drainage claim for the West Delta field;
plus
(ii) interest as described at page 47 of
that Report.
(b) PERIOD OF ROYALTY RELIEF.—Subsection (a)
shall apply to royalty amounts that are due and payable
in the period beginning on January 1, 2006, and ending
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this subparagraph whether a petition is sub-
mitted with the primary purpose of delaying the 
approval of an application. 
‘‘(F) FINAL
AGENCY
ACTION.—The Sec-
retary shall take final agency action on a peti-
tion not later than 180 days after the date on 
which the petition is submitted. The Secretary 
shall not extend such period for any reason, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) any determination made under 
subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) the submission of comments re-
lating to the petition or supplemental in-
formation supplied by the petitioner; or 
‘‘(iii) the consent of the petitioner. 
‘‘(G) EXTENSION OF 30-MONTH PERIOD.— 
If the filing of an application resulted in first- 
applicant 
status 
under 
subsection 
(j)(5)(D)(i)(IV) and approval of the application 
was delayed because of a petition, the 30-month 
period under such subsection is deemed to be 
extended by a period of time equal to the period 
beginning on the date on which the Secretary 
received the petition and ending on the date of 
final agency action on the petition (inclusive of
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on the date on which the Secretary of the Treasury pub-
lishes a certification under subsection (a)(4)(B).
(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
(1) COVERED LEASE TRACT.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered lease tract’’ means a leased tract (or portion of
a leased tract)—
(A) lying seaward of the zone defined and
governed by section 8(g) of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)); or
(B) lying within such zone but to which
such section does not apply.
(2) LESSEE.—The term ‘‘lessee’’—
(A) means a person or entity that, on the
date of the enactment of the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990, was a lessee referred to in section
6004(c) of that Act (as in effect on that date
of the enactment), but did not hold lease rights
in Federal offshore lease OCS–G–5669; and
(B) includes successors and affiliates of a
person or entity described in subparagraph (A).
SEC. 2053. DOMESTIC OFFSHORE ENERGY REINVESTMENT.
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1331 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘SEC. 32. DOMESTIC OFFSHORE ENERGY REINVESTMENT
PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) COASTAL
ENERGY
STATE.—The term
‘Coastal Energy State’ means a Coastal State off
the coastline of which, within the seaward lateral
boundary as determined under section 4, outer Con-
tinental Shelf bonus bids or royalties are generated.
‘‘(2) COASTAL
POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION.—The
term ‘coastal political subdivision’ means a county,
parish, or other equivalent subdivision of a Coastal
Energy State, all or part of which lies within the
boundaries of the coastal zone of the State, as iden-
tified in the State’s approved coastal zone manage-
ment program under the Coastal Zone Management
Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) on the date
of the enactment of this section.
‘‘(3) COASTAL POPULATION.—The term ‘coastal
population’ means the population of a coastal polit-
ical subdivision, as determined by the most recent
official data of the Census Bureau.
‘‘(4) COASTLINE.—The term ‘coastline’ has the
same meaning as the term ‘coast line’ in subsection
2(c) of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1301(c)).
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‘‘(5) FUND.—The term ‘Fund’ means the Se-
cure Energy Reinvestment Fund established by this
section.
‘‘(6) LEASED TRACT.—The term ‘leased tract’
means a tract maintained under section 6 or leased
under section 8 for the purpose of drilling for, devel-
oping, and producing oil and natural gas resources.
‘‘(7) QUALIFIED OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
REVENUES.—The term ‘qualified outer Continental
Shelf revenues’ means all amounts received by the
United States on or after October 1, 2005, from
each leased tract or portion of a leased tract lying
seaward of the zone defined and governed by section
8(g), or lying within such zone but to which section
8(g) does not apply, including bonus bids, rents, roy-
alties (including payments for royalties taken in kind
and sold), net profit share payments, and related in-
terest.
‘‘(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
‘‘(b) SECURE ENERGY REINVESTMENT FUND.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in
the Treasury of the United States a separate ac-
count which shall be known as the ‘Secure Energy
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Reinvestment Fund’. The Fund shall consist of
amounts deposited under paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) DEPOSITS.—For each of fiscal years 2006
through 2015, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
deposit into the Fund, subject to appropriations, the
following:
‘‘(A) Notwithstanding section 9, all quali-
fied outer Continental Shelf revenues attrib-
utable to royalties received by the United States
in the fiscal year that are in excess of the fol-
lowing amount:
‘‘(i) $7,000,000,000 in the case of
royalties received in fiscal year 2006.
‘‘(ii) $7,100,000,000 in the case of
royalties received in fiscal year 2007.
‘‘(iii) $7,300,000,000 in the case of
royalties received in fiscal year 2008.
‘‘(iv) $6,900,000,000 in the case of
royalties received in fiscal year 2009.
‘‘(v) $7,200,000,000 in the case of
royalties received in fiscal year 2010.
‘‘(vi) $7,250,000,000 in the case of
royalties received in fiscal year 2011.
‘‘(vii) $8,125,000,000 in the case of
royalties received in fiscal year 2012.
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SEC. 1204. AGENCY OVERSIGHT OF FEDERAL HOME LOAN 
BANKS. 
The Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1421 
et seq.), other than in provisions of that Act added or 
amended otherwise by this Act, is amended— 
(1) by striking sections 2A and 2B (12 U.S.C. 
1422a, 1422b); 
(2) in section 18 (12 U.S.C. 1438), by striking 
subsection (b); 
(3) in section 11 (12 U.S.C. 1431)— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in the first sentence— 
(I) by striking ‘‘The Board’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The Office of Finance, as 
agent for the Banks,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the Board’’ and 
inserting ‘‘such Office’’; and 
(ii) in the second and fourth sentences, 
by striking ‘‘the Board’’ each place such 
term appears and inserting ‘‘the Office of 
Finance’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the Board’’ the first 
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘the 
Office of Finance, as agent for the Banks,’’; 
and
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such beginning and ending dates), without re-
gard to whether the Secretary grants, in whole 
or in part, or denies, in whole or in part, the 
petition. 
‘‘(H) 
CERTIFICATION.—The 
Secretary 
shall not consider a petition for review unless 
the party submitting such petition does so in 
written form and the subject document is 
signed and contains the following certification: 
‘I certify that, to my best knowledge and belief: 
(a) this petition includes all information and 
views upon which the petition relies; (b) this pe-
tition includes representative data and/or infor-
mation known to the petitioner which are unfa-
vorable to the petition; and (c) I have taken 
reasonable steps to ensure that any representa-
tive data and/or information which are unfavor-
able to the petition were disclosed to me. I fur-
ther certify that the information upon which I 
have based the action requested herein first be-
came known to the party on whose behalf this 
petition is submitted on or about the following 
date: llllllllll. If I received or 
expect to receive payments, including cash and 
other forms of consideration, to file this infor-
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‘‘(C) improved environmental quality; 
‘‘(D) near-zero net greenhouse gas emis-
sions; 
‘‘(E) technology export; and 
‘‘(F) sustainable resource supply; 
‘‘(2) the key technical challenges to be overcome 
in order for biobased industrial products to be cost- 
competitive are finding new technology and reducing 
the cost of technology for converting biomass into 
desired biobased industrial products; 
‘‘(3) biobased fuels have the clear potential to 
be sustainable, low cost, and high performance fuels 
that are compatible with both current and future 
transportation systems and provide near-zero net 
greenhouse gas emissions; 
‘‘(4) biobased chemicals have the clear potential 
for environmentally benign product life cycles; 
‘‘(5) biobased power can— 
‘‘(A) provide environmental benefits; 
‘‘(B) promote rural economic development; 
and 
‘‘(C) diversify energy resource options; 
‘‘(6) many biomass feedstocks suitable for in-
dustrial processing show the clear potential for sus-
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‘‘(viii) $8,100,000,000 in the case of
royalties received in fiscal year 2013.
‘‘(ix) $9,000,000,000 in the case of
royalties received in fiscal year 2014.
‘‘(x) $7,500,000,000 in the case of
royalties received in fiscal year 2015.
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding section 9, all quali-
fied outer Continental shelf revenues attrib-
utable to bonus bids received by the United
States in each of the fiscal years 2006 through
2015 that are in excess of $880,000,000.
‘‘(C) Notwithstanding section 9, in addi-
tion to amounts deposited under subparagraphs
(A) and (B), $35,000,000 of amounts received
by the United States each fiscal year as royal-
ties for oil or gas production on the outer Con-
tinental Shelf.
‘‘(D) All interest earned under paragraph
(4).
In no event shall deposits under subparagraphs (A)
through (C) total more than $50,000,000 per fiscal
year.
‘‘(3) DEPOSITS AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2015.—For
each fiscal year after fiscal year 2015, the Secretary
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of the Treasury shall deposit into the Fund the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(A) 25 percent of qualified outer Conti-
nental Shelf revenues received by the United
States in the preceding fiscal year.
‘‘(B) All interest earned under paragraph
(4).
‘‘(4) INVESTMENT.—The Secretary of the
Treasury shall invest moneys in the Fund (including
interest) in public debt securities with maturities
suitable to the needs of the Fund, as determined by
the Secretary of the Treasury, and bearing interest
at rates determined by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, taking into consideration current market yields
on outstanding marketable obligations of the United
States of comparable maturity. Such invested mon-
eys shall remain invested until needed to meet re-
quirements for disbursement under this section.
‘‘(c) USE
OF
SECURE
ENERGY
REINVESTMENT
FUND.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Secretary shall use
amounts in the Fund remaining after the application
of subsection (d) to pay to each Coastal Energy
State, and to coastal political subdivisions of such
State, the amount allocated to the State or coastal
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4685 
To establish the Minerals Reclamation Foundation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2007 
Mr. PEARCE (for himself and Mr. UDALL of Colorado) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Minerals Reclamation Foundation, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Minerals Reclamation 
Foundation Establishment Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF MINERALS RECLAMATION 
FOUNDATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Minerals 
Reclamation Foundation. The Foundation is a charitable 
and nonprofit corporation and is not an agency or estab-
lishment of the United States. 
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political subdivision, respectively, under this sub-
section.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall make payments under
this paragraph in December of 2006, and of each
year thereafter, from revenues received by the
United States in the preceding fiscal year.
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall allo-
cate amounts deposited into the Fund in a fiscal
year, and other amounts determined by the Sec-
retary to be available, among Coastal Energy States,
and to coastal political subdivisions of such States,
as follows:
‘‘(A)(i) The allocation for each Coastal En-
ergy State shall be calculated based on the ratio
of qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues
generated off the coastline of the Coastal En-
ergy State to the qualified outer Continental
Shelf revenues generated off the coastlines of
all Coastal Energy States for the preceding fis-
cal year.
‘‘(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph,
qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues shall
be considered to be generated off the coastline
of a Coastal Energy State if the geographic
center of the lease tract from which the reve-
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SEC. 2104. PAYMENT OF ADVANCE ROYALTIES UNDER COAL
LEASES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(b) of the Mineral Leas-
ing Act (30 U.S.C. 207(b)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b)(1) Each lease shall be subjected to the condition
of diligent development and continued operation of the
mine or mines, except where operations under the lease
are interrupted by strikes, the elements, or casualties not
attributable to the lessee.
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of the Interior, upon deter-
mining that the public interest will be served thereby, may
suspend the condition of continued operation upon the
payment of advance royalties.
‘‘(B) Such advance royalties shall be computed—
‘‘(i) based on—
‘‘(I) the average price in the spot market
for sales of comparable coal from the same re-
gion during the last month of each applicable
continued operation year; or
‘‘(II) in the absence of a spot market for
comparable coal from the same region, by using
a comparable method established by the Sec-
retary of the Interior to capture the commercial
value of coal; and
‘‘(ii) based on commercial quantities, as defined
by regulation by the Secretary of the Interior.
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‘‘(C) The aggregate number of years during the ini-
tial and any extended term of any lease for which advance
royalties may be accepted in lieu of the condition of contin-
ued operation shall not exceed 20.
‘‘(3) The amount of any production royalty paid for
any year shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the
amount of any advance royalties paid under such lease to
the extent that such advance royalties have not been used
to reduce production royalties for a prior year.
‘‘(4) This subsection shall be applicable to any lease
or logical mining unit in existence on the date of the enact-
ment of this paragraph or issued or approved after such
date.
‘‘(5) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
affect the requirement contained in the second sentence
of subsection (a) relating to commencement of production
at the end of 10 years.’’.
(b) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE, SUSPEND, OR REDUCE
ADVANCE ROYALTIES.—Section 39 of the Mineral Leas-
ing Act (30 U.S.C. 209) is amended by striking the last
sentence.
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4491 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy) 
butyric acid and 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy) butyric acid, dimethylamine salt. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2012 
Mrs. BIGGERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 4-(2,4- 
dichlorophenoxy) 
butyric 
acid 
and 
4-(2,4- 
dichlorophenoxy) butyric acid, dimethylamine salt. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. 4-(2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXY) BUTYRIC ACID AND 
4-(2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXY) BUTYRIC ACID, DI-
METHYLAMINE SALT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.23.26 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy) 
butyric 
acid 
and 
4-(2,4- 
dichlorophenoxy) butyric acid, dimethylamine salt) is 
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SEC. 2105. ELIMINATION OF DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION
OF COAL LEASE OPERATION AND RECLAMA-
TION PLAN.
Section 7(c) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C.
207(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘and not later than three
years after a lease is issued,’’.
SEC. 2106. AMENDMENT RELATING TO FINANCIAL ASSUR-
ANCES WITH RESPECT TO BONUS BIDS.
Section 2(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C.
201(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary shall not require a surety bond
or any other financial assurance to guarantee payment of
deferred bonus bid installments with respect to any coal
lease issued on a cash bonus bid to a lessee or successor
in interest having a history of a timely payment of noncon-
tested coal royalties and advanced coal royalties in lieu
of production (where applicable) and bonus bid installment
payments.
‘‘(B) The Secretary may waive any requirement that
a lessee provide a surety bond or other financial assurance
for a coal lease issued before the date of the enactment
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 only if the Secretary
determines that the lessee has a history of making timely
payments referred to in subparagraph (A).
‘‘(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if
the lessee under a coal lease fails to pay any installment
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of a deferred cash bonus bid within 10 days after the Sec-
retary provides written notice that payment of the install-
ment is past due—
‘‘(A) the lease shall automatically terminate;
and
‘‘(B) any bonus payments already made to the
United States with respect to the lease shall not be
returned to the lessee or credited in any future lease
sale.’’.
SEC. 2107. INVENTORY REQUIREMENT.
(a) REVIEW OF ASSESSMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Secretary of Energy, shall review
coal assessments and other available data to
identify—
(A) public lands with coal resources;
(B) the extent and nature of any restric-
tions or impediments to the development of coal
resources on public lands identified under para-
graph (1); and
(C) with respect to areas of such lands for
which sufficient data exists, resources of com-
pliant coal and supercompliant coal.
Union Calendar No. 209
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3514
[Report No. 103–381]
A BILL
To clarify the regulatory oversight exercised by the
Rural Electrification Administration with respect
to certain electric borrowers.
NOVEMBER 19, 1993
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4687 
To extend and amend the temporary duty suspension on certain thin 
fiberglass sheets. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2007 
Mr. PITTS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend and amend the temporary duty suspension on 
certain thin fiberglass sheets. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CERTAIN FIBERGLASS SHEETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.70.19 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘approximately .0125 inches 
thick’’ and inserting ‘‘that are approximately 0.40 
millimeters to 1.65 millimeters thick’’; and 
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