SEC. 6. BLM OIL AND GAS FEES. 
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu-
reau of Land Management, shall not collect any fee for 
any of the following: 
(1) For an application for a permit to drill on 
Indian land. 
(2) To conduct any oil or gas inspection activity 
on Indian land. 
(3) On any oil or gas lease for nonproducing 
acreage on Indian land. 
SEC. 7. BONDING REQUIREMENTS AND NONPAYMENT OF 
ATTORNEYS’ FEES TO PROMOTE INDIAN EN-
ERGY PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A plaintiff who obtains a prelimi-
nary injunction or administrative stay in an energy related 
action, but does not ultimately prevail on the merits of 
the energy related action, shall be liable for damages sus-
tained by a defendant who— 
(1) opposed the preliminary injunction or ad-
ministrative stay; and 
(2) was harmed by the preliminary injunction 
or administrative stay. 
(b) BOND.—Unless otherwise specifically exempted 
by Federal law, a court may not issue a preliminary in-
junction and an agency may not grant an administrative 
stay in an energy related action until the plaintiff posts 
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with the court or the agency a surety bond or cash equiva-
lent— 
(1) in an amount the court or agency decides 
is 30 percent of that amount that the court or agen-
cy considers is sufficient to compensate each defend-
ant opposing the preliminary injunction or adminis-
trative stay for damages, including but not limited 
to preliminary development costs, additional develop-
ment costs, and reasonable attorney fees, that each 
defendant may sustain as a result of the preliminary 
injunction or administrative stay; 
(2) written by a surety licensed to do business 
in the State in which the Indian Land or other land 
where the activities are undertaken is situated; and 
(3) payable to each defendant opposing the pre-
liminary injunction or administrative stay, in the 
event that the plaintiff does not prevail on the mer-
its of the energy related action, Provided, that, if 
there is more than one plaintiff, the court or agency 
shall establish the amount of the bond required by 
this subsection for each plaintiff in a fair and equi-
table manner. 
(c) 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 
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States Code, or under section 2412 of title 28, United 
States Code, and no amounts may be obligated or ex-
pended from the Claims and Judgment Fund of the 
United States Treasury to pay any fees or other expenses 
under such sections to any plaintiff related to an energy 
related action. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, 
the following definitions apply: 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE
STAY.—The term ‘‘Ad-
ministrative Stay’’ means a stay or other temporary 
remedy issued by a Federal agency, including the 
Department of the Interior, the Department of Agri-
culture, the Department of Energy, the Department 
of Commerce, and the Environmental Protection 
Agency. 
(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 Na-
tive 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— 
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(A) is filed on or after the effective date of 
this Act; and 
(B) seeks judicial review of a final agency 
action (as defined in section 702 of title 5, 
United States Code), 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 in-
volve the exploration, development, produc-
tion or transportation of oil, gas, coal, 
shale gas, oil shale, geothermal resources, 
wind or solar resources, underground coal 
gasification, biomass, or the generation of 
electricity, or 
(ii) any Indian Tribe, or any organiza-
tion of two or more entities, at least one 
of which is an Indian tribe, to conduct ac-
tivities involving the exploration, develop-
ment, production or transportation of oil, 
gas, coal, shale gas, oil shale, geothermal 
resources, wind or solar resources, under-
ground coal gasification, biomass, or the 
generation of electricity, regardless of 
where such activities are undertaken. 
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(4) ULTIMATELY PREVAIL ON THE MERITS.— 
The phrase ‘‘Ultimately prevail on the merits’’ 
means, in a final enforceable judgment on the mer-
its, the court rules in the plaintiff’s favor on at least 
one cause of action which is an underlying rationale 
for the preliminary injunction, and does not include 
circumstances where the final agency action is modi-
fied or amended by the issuing agency unless such 
modification or amendment is required pursuant to 
a final enforceable judgment of the court or a court- 
ordered consent decree. 
SEC. 8. TRIBAL BIOMASS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
The Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 
3115a) is amended by inserting after section 2 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 3. TRIBAL BIOMASS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018, the Secretary shall enter into stewardship 
contracts or other agreements, other than agreements that 
are exclusively direct service contracts, with Indian tribes 
to carry out demonstration projects to promote biomass 
energy production (including biofuel, heat, and electricity 
generation) on Indian forest land and in nearby commu-
nities by providing reliable supplies of woody biomass from 
Federal land. 
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‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—The definitions in section 2 
shall apply to this section. 
‘‘(c) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—In each fiscal 
year for which projects are authorized, the Secretary shall 
enter into contracts or other agreements described in sub-
section (a) to carry out at least 4 new demonstration 
projects that meet the eligibility criteria described in sub-
section (d). 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—To be eligible to enter 
into a contract or other agreement under this subsection, 
an Indian tribe shall submit to the Secretary an applica-
tion— 
‘‘(1) containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require; and 
‘‘(2) that includes a description of— 
‘‘(A) the Indian forest land or rangeland 
under the jurisdiction of the Indian tribe; and 
‘‘(B) the demonstration project proposed 
to be carried out by the Indian tribe. 
‘‘(e) SELECTION.—In evaluating the applications 
submitted under subsection (c), the Secretary— 
‘‘(1) shall take into consideration the factors set 
forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2(e) of 
Public Law 108–278; and whether a proposed dem-
onstration project would— 
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‘‘(A) increase the availability or reliability 
of local or regional energy; 
‘‘(B) enhance the economic development of 
the Indian tribe; 
‘‘(C) improve the connection of electric 
power transmission facilities serving the Indian 
tribe with other electric transmission facilities; 
‘‘(D) improve the forest health or water-
sheds of Federal land or Indian forest land or 
rangeland; or 
‘‘(E) otherwise promote the use of woody 
biomass; and 
‘‘(2) shall exclude from consideration any mer-
chantable logs that have been identified by the Sec-
retary for commercial sale. 
‘‘(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure that the criteria described in sub-
section (c) are publicly available by not later than 
120 days after the date of enactment of this section; 
and 
‘‘(2) to the maximum extent practicable, consult 
with Indian tribes and appropriate intertribal orga-
nizations likely to be affected in developing the ap-
plication and otherwise carrying out this section. 
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‘‘(g) REPORT.—Not later than September 20, 2015, 
the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that de-
scribes, with respect to the reporting period— 
‘‘(1) each individual tribal application received 
under this section; and 
‘‘(2) each contract and agreement entered into 
pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(h) INCORPORATION OF MANAGEMENT PLANS.—In 
carrying out a contract or agreement under this section, 
on receipt of a request from an Indian tribe, the Secretary 
shall incorporate into the contract or agreement, to the 
extent practicable, management plans (including forest 
management and integrated resource management plans) 
in effect on the Indian forest land or rangeland of the re-
spective Indian tribe. 
‘‘(i) TERM.—A stewardship contract or other agree-
ment entered into under this section— 
‘‘(1) shall be for a term of not more than 20 
years; and 
‘‘(2) may be renewed in accordance with this 
section for not more than an additional 10 years.’’. 
SEC. 9. TRIBAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS. 
Unless otherwise explicitly exempted by Federal law 
enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act, any 
activity conducted or resources harvested or produced pur-
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suant to a tribal resource management plan or an inte-
grated resource management plan approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior under the National Indian Forest 
Resources Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) or 
the American Indian Agricultural Resource Management 
Act (25 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), shall be considered a sus-
tainable management practice for purposes of any Federal 
standard, benefit, or requirement that requires a dem-
onstration of such sustainability. 
SEC. 10. LEASES OF RESTRICTED LANDS FOR THE NAVAJO 
NATION. 
Subsection (e)(1) of the first section of the Act of 
August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415(e)(1); commonly referred 
to as the ‘‘Long-Term Leasing Act’’), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘, except a lease for’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, including leases for’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘25’’ the 
first place it appears and all that follows and insert-
ing ‘‘99 years;’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) in the case of a lease for the explo-
ration, development, or extraction of mineral re-
sources, including geothermal resources, 25 
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years, except that any such lease may include 
an option to renew for one additional term not 
to exceed 25 years.’’. 
SEC. 11. NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN RULES. 
No rule promulgated by the Department of the Inte-
rior regarding hydraulic fracturing used in the develop-
ment or production of oil or gas resources shall have any 
effect on any land held in trust or restricted status for 
the benefit of Indians except with the express consent of 
the beneficiary on whose behalf such land is held in trust 
or restricted status. 
Æ 
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