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State administrative agency or official, with respect 
to siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a 
refinery; and 
(2) includes any permits, special use authoriza-
tions, certifications, opinions, or other approvals re-
quired under Federal law with respect to siting, con-
struction, expansion, or operation of a refinery. 
(b) DESIGNATION AS LEAD AGENCY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Energy 
shall act as the lead agency for the purposes of co-
ordinating all applicable Federal refinery authoriza-
tions and related environmental reviews with respect 
to a refinery. 
(2) OTHER
AGENCIES.—Each Federal and 
State agency or official required to provide a Fed-
eral refinery authorization shall cooperate with the 
Secretary and comply with the deadlines established 
by the Secretary. 
(c) SCHEDULE.— 
(1) SECRETARY’S AUTHORITY TO SET SCHED-
ULE.—The Secretary shall establish a schedule for 
all Federal refinery authorizations with respect to a 
refinery. In establishing the schedule, the Secretary 
shall—
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(A) ensure expeditious completion of all 
such proceedings; and 
(B) accommodate the applicable schedules 
established by Federal law for such proceedings. 
(2) FAILURE TO MEET SCHEDULE.—If a Fed-
eral or State administrative agency or official does 
not complete a proceeding for an approval that is re-
quired for a Federal refinery authorization in ac-
cordance with the schedule established by the Sec-
retary under this subsection, the applicant may pur-
sue remedies under subsection (e). 
(d) CONSOLIDATED RECORD.—The Secretary shall, 
with the cooperation of Federal and State administrative 
agencies and officials, maintain a complete consolidated 
record of all decisions made or actions taken by the Sec-
retary or by a Federal administrative agency or officer (or 
State administrative agency or officer acting under dele-
gated Federal authority) with respect to any Federal re-
finery authorization. Such record shall be the record for 
judicial review under subsection (e) of decisions made or 
actions taken by Federal and State administrative agen-
cies and officials, except that, if the Court determines that 
the record does not contain sufficient information, the 
Court may remand the proceeding to the Secretary for fur-
ther development of the consolidated record.
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(e) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States Court of 
Appeals for the District of Columbia shall have 
original and exclusive jurisdiction over any civil ac-
tion for the review of— 
(A) an order or action, related to a Federal 
refinery authorization, by a Federal or State 
administrative agency or official; and 
(B) an alleged failure to act by a Federal 
or State administrative agency or official acting 
pursuant to a Federal refinery authorization. 
The failure of an agency or official to act on a Fed-
eral refinery authorization in accordance with the 
Secretary’s schedule established pursuant to sub-
section (c) shall be considered inconsistent with Fed-
eral law for the purposes of paragraph (2) of this 
subsection. 
(2) COURT ACTION.—If the Court finds that an 
order or action described in paragraph (1)(A) is in-
consistent with the Federal law governing such Fed-
eral refinery authorization, or that a failure to act 
as described in paragraph (1)(B) has occurred, and 
the order, action, or failure to act would prevent the 
siting, construction, expansion, or operation of the 
refinery, the Court shall remand the proceeding to