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Union Calendar No. 186 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2337 
[Report No. 110–296, Part I] 
To promote energy policy reforms and public accountability, alternative energy 
and efficiency, and carbon capture and climate change mitigation, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2007 
Mr. RAHALL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agri-
culture and Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
AUGUST 3, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, 
Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. INSLEE, and Mr. BACA 
AUGUST 3, 2007 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AUGUST 3, 2007 
Committees on Agriculture and Science and Technology discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 16, 2007] 
A BILL 
To promote energy policy reforms and public accountability, 
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alternative energy and efficiency, and carbon capture 
and climate change mitigation, 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 ‘‘Energy Policy Reform 
and Revitalization Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 REFORMS 
Sec. 101. Fiscally responsible energy amendments. 
Sec. 102. Extension of deadline for consideration of applications for permits. 
Sec. 103. Energy rights-of-way corridors on Federal land. 
Sec. 104. Oil shale and tar sands leasing. 
Sec. 105. Limitation of rebuttable presumption regarding application of categor-
ical exclusion under NEPA for oil and gas exploration and de-
velopment activities. 
Sec. 106. Best management practices. 
Sec. 107. Federal consistency appeals. 
TITLE II—FEDERAL ENERGY PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY, INTEGRITY, 
AND PUBLIC INTEREST 
Subtitle A—Accountability and Integrity in the Federal Energy Program 
Sec. 201. Limitations on royalty in-kind. 
Sec. 202. Audits. 
Sec. 203. Fines and penalties. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 
1982 
Sec. 211. Amendments to definitions. 
Sec. 212. Interest. 
Sec. 213. Obligation period. 
Sec. 214. Tolling agreements and subpoenas. 
Sec. 215. Liability for royalty payments. 
Subtitle C—Public Interest in the Federal Energy Program 
Sec. 221. Surface owner protection. 
Sec. 222. Onshore oil and gas reclamation and bonding. 
Sec. 223. Protection of water resources. 
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Sec. 224. Due diligence fee. 
Subtitle D—Wind Energy 
Sec. 231. Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 232. Authorization of appropriations for research to study wind energy im-
pacts on wildlife. 
Sec. 233. Enforcement. 
Sec. 234. Savings clause. 
Subtitle E—Enhancing Energy Transmission 
Sec. 241. Power Marketing Administrations report. 
TITLE III—ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND EFFICIENCY 
Sec. 301. State ocean and coastal alternative energy planning. 
Sec. 302. Canal-side power production at Bureau of Reclamation projects. 
Sec. 303. Increasing energy efficiencies for water desalination. 
Sec. 304. Establishing a pilot program for the development of strategic solar re-
serves on Federal lands. 
Sec. 305. OTEC regulations. 
Sec. 306. Biomass utilization pilot program. 
Sec. 307. Programmatic environmental impact statement. 
TITLE IV—CARBON CAPTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION 
Subtitle A—Geological Sequestration Assessment 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. National assessment. 
Subtitle B—Terrestrial Sequestration Assessment 
Sec. 421. Requirement to conduct an assessment. 
Sec. 422. Methodology. 
Sec. 423. Completion of assessment and report. 
Sec. 424. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle C—Sequestration Activities 
Sec. 431. Carbon dioxide storage inventory. 
Sec. 432. Framework for geological carbon sequestration on Federal lands. 
Subtitle D—Natural Resources and Wildlife Programs 
CHAPTER 1—NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE 
Sec. 441. Interagency Council on Climate Change. 
CHAPTER 2—NATIONAL POLICY AND STRATEGY FOR WILDLIFE 
Sec. 451. Short title. 
Sec. 452. National policy on wildlife and global warming. 
Sec. 453. Definitions. 
Sec. 454. National strategy. 
Sec. 455. Advisory board. 
Sec. 456. Authorization of appropriations. 
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CHAPTER 3—STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS PROGRAM 
Sec. 461. State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program. 
Subtitle E—Ocean Programs 
Sec. 471. Ocean Policy, Global Warming, and Acidification Program. 
Sec. 472. Planning for climate change in the coastal zone. 
Sec. 473. Enhancing climate change predictions. 
TITLE V—ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 501. Sharing of penalties. 
Sec. 502. Sharing of fees. 
Sec. 503. Oil shale community impact assistance. 
Sec. 504. Additional notice requirements. 
TITLE I—ENERGY POLICY ACT 
OF 2005 REFORMS 
SEC. 101. FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE ENERGY AMENDMENTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH COST RECOVERY 
FEE.—Section 365(i) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–58; 42 U.S.C. 15924(i)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(i) FEE
FOR
APPLICATIONS
FOR
PERMITS
TO 
DRILL.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH COST RECOV-
ERY FEE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall pro-
mulgate regulations to establish a cost recovery fee for 
applications for a permit to drill for oil and gas on 
Federal lands administered by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) TEMPORARY FEE.—Until such time as a fee 
is established by such regulations, the Secretary shall 
charge a cost recovery fee of $1,700 for each such ap-
plication received on or after October 1, 2007.’’. 
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(b) REPEAL OF BLM PERMIT PROCESSING IMPROVE-
MENT FUND.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 35 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 191) is amended by striking subsection 
(c). 
(2) TREATMENT OF BALANCE.—Any balances re-
maining in the BLM Permit Processing Improvement 
Fund on the effective date of this subsection shall be 
transferred to the general fund of the Treasury of the 
United States. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall take 
effect on October 1, 2007. 
SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR CONSIDERATION 
OF APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS. 
Subsection (p)(2) of section 17 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 226) is amended by striking ‘‘30’’ and in-
serting ‘‘90’’. 
SEC. 103. ENERGY RIGHTS-OF-WAY CORRIDORS ON FED-
ERAL LAND. 
(a) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENTS TO DESIGNATE EN-
ERGY RIGHTS-OF-WAY CORRIDORS ON FEDERAL LAND.— 
Section 368 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–58; 42 U.S.C.15926) is amended— 
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