subparagraph (E) or (F), the Secretary shall 
consult with— 
‘‘(i) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency; 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary of Energy; and 
‘‘(iii) the Interstate Oil and Gas Com-
pact Commission. 
‘‘(E) 
REGULATORY
IMPROVEMENT 
GRANTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the 
date that is 180 days after the date on 
which an initial grant is provided to a 
State under paragraph (3), the Secretary 
shall provide to the State a regulatory im-
provement grant under this subparagraph, 
if the State meets, during the 10-year pe-
riod ending on the date on which the State 
submits to the Secretary an application 
under subparagraph (B), one of the fol-
lowing criteria: 
‘‘(I) The State has strengthened 
plugging standards and procedures 
designed to ensure that wells located 
in the State are plugged in an effec-
tive manner that protects ground-
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water and other natural resources, 
public health and safety, and the envi-
ronment. 
‘‘(II) The State has made im-
provements to State programs de-
signed to reduce future orphaned well 
burdens, such as financial assurance 
reform, alternative funding mecha-
nisms for orphaned well programs, 
and reforms to programs relating to 
well transfer or temporary abandon-
ment. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(I) NUMBER.—The Secretary 
may issue to a State under this sub-
paragraph not more than 1 grant for 
each criterion described in subclause 
(I) or (II) of clause (i). 
‘‘(II) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The 
amount of a single grant provided to 
a State under this subparagraph shall 
be not more than $20,000,000. 
‘‘(iii) REIMBURSEMENT FOR FAILURE 
TO MAINTAIN PROTECTIONS.—A State that 
receives a grant under this subparagraph 
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shall reimburse the Secretary in an 
amount equal to the amount of the grant 
in any case in which, during the 10-year 
period beginning on the date of receipt of 
the grant, the State enacts a law or regula-
tion that, if in effect on the date of sub-
mission of the application under subpara-
graph (B), would have prevented the State 
from being eligible to receive the grant 
under clause (i). 
‘‘(F) MATCHING GRANTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the 
date that is 180 days after the date on 
which an initial grant is provided to a 
State under paragraph (3), the Secretary 
shall provide to the State funding, in an 
amount equal to the difference between— 
‘‘(I) the average annual amount 
expended by the State during the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2010 through 
2019— 
‘‘(aa) to plug, remediate, 
and reclaim orphaned wells; and 
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‘‘(bb) to decommission or re-
move associated pipelines, facili-
ties, or infrastructure; and 
‘‘(II) the amount that the State 
certifies to the Secretary the State 
will expend, during the fiscal year in 
which the State will receive the grant 
under this subparagraph— 
‘‘(aa) to plug, remediate, 
and reclaim orphaned wells; 
‘‘(bb) to remediate or re-
claim adjacent land; and 
‘‘(cc) to decommission or re-
move associated pipelines, facili-
ties, and infrastructure. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(I) FISCAL
YEAR.—The Sec-
retary may issue to a State under this 
subparagraph not more than 1 grant 
for each fiscal year. 
‘‘(II) 
TOTAL
FUNDS
PRO-
VIDED.—The Secretary may provide 
to a State under this subparagraph a 
total amount equal to not more than 
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$30,000,000 during the period of fis-
cal years 2021 through 2030. 
‘‘(d) TRIBAL ORPHANED WELL SITE PLUGGING, RE-
MEDIATION, AND RESTORATION.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish in the Bureau of Indian Affairs a program 
under which the Secretary shall provide to Indian 
Tribes grants in accordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An Indian Tribe may 
use a grant received under this subsection— 
‘‘(i) to plug, remediate, or reclaim an 
orphaned well on Tribal land of the Indian 
Tribe; 
‘‘(ii) to remediate soil and restore na-
tive species habitat that has been degraded 
due to the presence of an orphaned well or 
associated pipelines, facilities, or infra-
structure on Tribal land; 
‘‘(iii) to remediate Tribal land adja-
cent to orphaned wells and decommission 
or remove associated pipelines, facilities, 
and infrastructure; 
‘‘(iv) to provide an online public ac-
counting of the cost of plugging, remedi-
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ation, and reclamation for each orphaned 
well site on Tribal land; 
‘‘(v) to identify and characterize un-
documented orphaned wells on Tribal land; 
and 
‘‘(vi) to develop or administer a Tribal 
program to carry out any activities de-
scribed in clauses (i) through (v). 
‘‘(B) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
COST
LIMITA-
TION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), an Indian Tribe shall 
not use more than 10 percent of the funds 
received under this subsection during a fis-
cal year for administrative costs under 
subparagraph (A)(vi). 
‘‘(ii) 
EXCEPTION.—The 
limitation 
under clause (i) shall not apply to any 
funds used to carry out an administrative 
action necessary for the development of a 
Tribal program described in subparagraph 
(A)(vi). 
‘‘(3) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In deter-
mining whether to provide to an Indian Tribe a 
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