I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1965 
To streamline and ensure onshore energy permitting, provide for onshore 
leasing certainty, and give certainty to oil shale development for Amer-
ican energy security, economic development, and job creation, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2013 
Mr. LAMBORN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To streamline and ensure onshore energy permitting, provide 
for onshore leasing certainty, and give certainty to oil 
shale development for American energy security, eco-
nomic development, and job creation, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Federal Lands Jobs 
and Energy Security Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Policies regarding buying, building, and working for America. 
TITLE I—ONSHORE OIL AND GAS PERMIT STREAMLINING 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Application for Permits to Drill Process Reform 
Sec. 111. Permit to drill application timeline. 
Sec. 112. Solar and wind right-of-way rental reform. 
Subtitle B—Administrative Protest Documentation Reform 
Sec. 121. Administrative protest documentation reform. 
Subtitle C—Permit Streamlining 
Sec. 131. Improve Federal energy permit coordination. 
Sec. 132. Administration of current law. 
Subtitle D—Judicial Review 
Sec. 141. Definitions. 
Sec. 142. Exclusive venue for certain civil actions relating to covered energy 
projects. 
Sec. 143. Timely filing. 
Sec. 144. Expedition in hearing and determining the action. 
Sec. 145. Standard of review. 
Sec. 146. Limitation on injunction and prospective relief. 
Sec. 147. Limitation on attorneys’ fees. 
Sec. 148. Legal standing. 
TITLE II—OIL AND GAS LEASING CERTAINTY 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Minimum acreage requirement for onshore lease sales. 
Sec. 203. Leasing certainty. 
Sec. 204. Leasing consistency. 
Sec. 205. Reduce redundant policies. 
TITLE III—OIL SHALE 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Effectiveness of oil shale regulations, amendments to resource man-
agement plans, and record of decision. 
Sec. 303. Oil shale leasing. 
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SEC. 3. POLICIES REGARDING BUYING, BUILDING, AND 
WORKING FOR AMERICA. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.—It is the intent of the 
Congress that— 
(1) this Act will support a healthy and growing 
United States domestic energy sector that, in turn, 
helps to reinvigorate American manufacturing, 
transportation, and service sectors by employing the 
vast talents of United States workers to assist in the 
development of energy from domestic sources; 
(2) to ensure a robust onshore energy produc-
tion industry and ensure that the benefits of devel-
opment support local communities, under this Act, 
the Secretary shall make every effort to promote the 
development of onshore American energy, and shall 
take into consideration the socioeconomic impacts, 
infrastructure requirements, and fiscal stability for 
local communities located within areas containing 
onshore energy resources; and 
(3) the Congress will monitor the deployment of 
personnel and material onshore to encourage the de-
velopment of American technology and manufac-
turing to enable United States workers to benefit 
from this Act through good jobs and careers, as well 
as the establishment of important industrial facilities 
to support expanded access to American resources. 
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