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(2) eliminate duplication of effort by providing
for coordination of planning and environmental com-
pliance efforts; and
(3) ensure that lease stipulations are—
(A) applied consistently;
(B) coordinated between agencies; and
(C) only as restrictive as necessary to pro-
tect the resource for which the stipulations are
applied.
(c) DATA RETRIEVAL SYSTEM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall
establish a joint data retrieval system that is capable
of—
(A) tracking applications and formal re-
quests made in accordance with procedures of
the Federal onshore oil and gas leasing pro-
gram; and
(B) providing information regarding the
status of the applications and requests within
the Department of the Interior and the Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
(2) RESOURCE
MAPPING.—Not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the
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Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall establish a joint Geographic Informa-
tion System mapping system for use in—
(A) tracking surface resource values to aid
in resource management; and
(B) processing surface use plans of oper-
ation and applications for permits to drill.
SEC. 2025. ESTIMATES OF OIL AND GAS RESOURCES UN-
DERLYING ONSHORE FEDERAL LAND.
(a) ASSESSMENT.—Section 604 of the Energy Act of
2000 (42 U.S.C. 6217) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘reserve’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(2) the extent and nature of any restrictions
or impediments to the development of the resources,
including—
‘‘(A) impediments to the timely granting of
leases;
‘‘(B) post-lease restrictions, impediments,
or delays on development for conditions of ap-
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proval, applications for permits to drill, or proc-
essing of environmental permits; and
‘‘(C) permits or restrictions associated with
transporting the resources for entry into com-
merce; and
‘‘(3) the quantity of resources not produced or
introduced into commerce because of the restric-
tions.’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘reserve’’ and inserting
‘‘resource’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘publically’’ and inserting
‘‘publicly’’; and
(3) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(d) ASSESSMENTS.—Using the inventory, the Sec-
retary of Energy shall make periodic assessments of eco-
nomically recoverable resources accounting for a range of
parameters such as current costs, commodity prices, tech-
nology, and regulations.’’.
(b) METHODOLOGY.—The Secretary of the Interior
shall use the same assessment methodology across all geo-
logical provinces, areas, and regions in preparing and
issuing national geological assessments to ensure accurate
comparisons of geological resources.
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SEC. 2026. PILOT PROJECT TO IMPROVE FEDERAL PERMIT
COORDINATION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall estab-
lish a Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project (in this
section referred to as the ‘‘Pilot Project’’).
(b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall enter into a memorandum of understanding
with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the
Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers
for purposes of this section.
(2) STATE
PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary
may request that the Governors of Wyoming, Mon-
tana, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico be signato-
ries to the memorandum of understanding.
(c) DESIGNATION OF QUALIFIED STAFF.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after
the date of the signing of the memorandum of un-
derstanding under subsection (b), all Federal signa-
tory parties shall assign to each of the field offices
identified in subsection (d), on a nonreimbursable
basis, an employee who has expertise in the regu-
latory issues relating to the office in which the em-