I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2337 
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 
A BILL 
To promote energy policy reforms and public accountability, 
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. 
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Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 REFORMS 
Sec. 101. Cost Recovery. 
Sec. 102. Repeal 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. Repeal of rebuttable presumption regarding application of categorical 
exclusion under NEPA for oil and gas exploration and develop-
ment 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. 
Sec. 224. Due diligence fee. 
Subtitle D—Ensuring Safety of Wildlife With Respect to Wind Energy 
Sec. 231. Standards and requirements. 
Sec. 232. Certification of compliance. 
Sec. 233. Penalties. 
Sec. 234. Relationship to other statutes. 
Sec. 235. Definitions. 
Subtitle E—Enhancing Energy Transmission 
Sec. 241. Energy transmission service offered by Power Marketing Administra-
tions. 
Sec. 242. Power Marketing Administrations report. 
TITLE III—ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND EFFICIENCY 
Sec. 301. State OCS alternative energy planning. 
Sec. 302. Canal-side power production at Bureau of Reclamation projects. 
Sec. 303. Increasing energy efficiencies for water desalination. 
Sec. 304. Green building leadership program. 
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Sec. 305. Green concessions management program. 
Sec. 306. Federal hydropower production facilities inventory and map. 
Sec. 307. Establishing a pilot program for the development of strategic solar 
reserves on Federal lands. 
Sec. 308. OTEC regulations. 
Sec. 309. Biomass utilization pilot program. 
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. 
Subtitle C—Sequestration Activities 
Sec. 431. Carbon dioxide storage inventory. 
Sec. 432. Framework for geological carbon sequestration on Federal lands. 
Subtitle D—Wildlife Programs 
CHAPTER 1—NATIONAL POLICY AND STRATEGY 
Sec. 441. Short title. 
Sec. 442. National policy on wildlife and global warming. 
Sec. 443. Definitions. 
Sec. 444. National strategy. 
Sec. 445. Advisory board. 
Sec. 446. Authorization of appropriations. 
CHAPTER 2—STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS PROGRAM 
Sec. 451. State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 461. Climate Change Adaptability Intra-Governmental Panel. 
Sec. 462. Ocean Policy and Global Warming Program. 
Sec. 463. Planning for climate change in the coastal zone. 
Sec. 464. Enhancing climate change predictions. 
Sec. 465. NOAA report on climate change effects; preparation assistance. 
TITLE I—ENERGY POLICY ACT 
OF 2005 REFORMS 
SEC. 101. COST RECOVERY. 
(a) REPEAL.—Subsection (c) of section 35 of the 
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191) is repealed. 
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(b) REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON FEE INCREASES.— 
Subsection (i) of section 365 of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 15924) is repealed. 
(c) COST RECOVERY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall promulgate a rule to impose fees to re-
cover costs incurred by the Secretary in the proc-
essing of permits to conduct energy production-re-
lated activities on Federal lands. 
(2) FEE TERMS.—Such fees— 
(A) shall be market-based; 
(B) shall be assessed for Government serv-
ices; 
(C) shall cover all Federal activities relat-
ing to energy development on Federal lands 
that convey benefits to recipients beyond those 
accruing to the general public to recover the full 
cost to the Federal Government for providing 
specific benefits; 
(D) shall be limited to the Secretary’s 
costs of issuing a permit, including necessary 
environmental documentation, on-site moni-
toring, and permit enforcement; 
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(E) shall be based upon the actual per-
sonnel (including law enforcement), vehicle, 
travel, and material costs required to issue, ad-
minister, and monitor a permit; and 
(F) shall be collected in advance of, or si-
multaneously with, the rendering of services un-
less appropriations and authority are provided 
in advance to allow reimbursable services. 
SEC. 102. REPEAL OF DEADLINE FOR CONSIDERATION OF 
APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS. 
Subsection (p) of section 17 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 226) is repealed. 
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.— 
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended— 
(1) by repealing section 368 (42 U.S.C.15926); 
and 
(2) in the table of contents in section 1(b) by 
striking the item relating to that section. 
(b) STUDY.— 
(1) STUDY.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Sec-
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