(1) IN GENERAL.—No lease issued under this 
title may be sold, exchanged, assigned, sublet, or 
otherwise transferred except with the approval of the 
Secretary. 
(2) CONDITION FOR APPROVAL.—Before grant-
ing any approval described in paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall consult with and give due consider-
ation to the opinion of the Attorney General. 
SEC. 205. LEASE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 
An oil or gas lease issued pursuant to this title 
shall— 
(1) provide for the payment of a royalty of not 
less than 121⁄2 percent of the amount or value of the 
production removed or sold from the lease, as deter-
mined by the Secretary in accordance with regula-
tions applicable to other Federal oil and gas leases; 
(2) provide that the Secretary may close, on a 
seasonal basis, such portions of the Coastal Plain to 
exploratory drilling activities as are necessary to 
protect caribou calving areas and other species of 
fish and wildlife; 
(3) require that each lessee of land within the 
Coastal Plain shall be fully responsible and liable for 
the reclamation of land within the Coastal Plain and 
any other Federal land that is adversely affected in 
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connection with exploration, development, produc-
tion, or transportation activities within the Coastal 
Plain conducted by the lessee or by any of the sub-
contractors or agents of the lessee; 
(4) provide that the lessee may not delegate or 
convey, by contract or otherwise, that reclamation 
responsibility and liability to another person without 
the express written approval of the Secretary; 
(5) provide that the standard of reclamation for 
land required to be reclaimed under this title shall 
be, to the maximum extent practicable— 
(A) a condition capable of supporting the 
uses that the land was capable of supporting 
prior to any exploration, development, or pro-
duction activities; or 
(B) on application by the lessee, to a high-
er or better standard, as approved by the Sec-
retary; 
(6) contain terms and conditions relating to 
protection of fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife habi-
tat, subsistence resources, and the environment as 
required under section 202(a)(2); 
(7) provide that each lessee, and each agent 
and contractor of a lessee, use their best efforts to 
provide a fair share of employment and contracting 
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for Alaska Natives and Alaska Native Corporations 
from throughout the State of Alaska, as determined 
by the level of obligation previously agreed to in the 
Federal Agreement; and 
(8) contain such other provisions as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to ensure compli-
ance with this title and the regulations promulgated 
under this title. 
SEC. 206. COASTAL PLAIN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. 
(a) NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECT STANDARD 
TO GOVERN AUTHORIZED COASTAL PLAIN ACTIVITIES.— 
In accordance with section 202, the Secretary shall admin-
ister this title through regulations, lease terms, conditions, 
restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, or other provisions 
that— 
(1) ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, 
that oil and gas exploration, development, and pro-
duction activities on the Coastal Plain will result in 
no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, fish 
and wildlife habitat, and the environment; 
(2) require the application of the best commer-
cially available technology for oil and gas explo-
ration, development, and production on all new ex-
ploration, development, and production operations; 
and 
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(3) ensure that the maximum surface acreage 
covered in connection with the leasing program by 
production and support facilities, including airstrips 
and any areas covered by gravel berms or piers for 
support of pipelines, does not exceed 2,000 acres on 
the Coastal Plain. 
(b) SITE-SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION.— 
The Secretary shall require, with respect to any proposed 
drilling and related activities on the Coastal Plain, that— 
(1) a site-specific analysis be made of the prob-
able effects, if any, that the drilling or related activi-
ties will have on fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife 
habitat, subsistence resources, subsistence uses, and 
the environment; 
(2) a plan be implemented to avoid, minimize, 
and mitigate (in that order and to the maximum ex-
tent practicable) any significant adverse effect iden-
tified under paragraph (1); and 
(3) the development of the plan shall occur 
after consultation with the 1 or more agencies hav-
ing jurisdiction over matters mitigated by the plan. 
(c) REGULATIONS TO PROTECT COASTAL PLAIN 
FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES, SUBSISTENCE USERS, 
AND THE ENVIRONMENT.—Before implementing the leas-
ing program authorized by this title, the Secretary shall 
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prepare and issue regulations, lease terms, conditions, re-
strictions, prohibitions, stipulations, or other measures de-
signed to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that 
the activities carried out on the Coastal Plain under this 
title are conducted in a manner consistent with the pur-
poses and environmental requirements of this title. 
(d) COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE ENVI-
RONMENTAL LAWS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The 
proposed regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, 
prohibitions, and stipulations for the leasing program 
under this title shall require— 
(1) compliance with all applicable provisions of 
Federal and State environmental law (including reg-
ulations); 
(2) implementation of and compliance with— 
(A) standards that are at least as effective 
as the safety and environmental mitigation 
measures, as described in items 1 through 29 
on pages 167 through 169 of the Final State-
ment, on the Coastal Plain; 
(B) seasonal limitations on exploration, de-
velopment, and related activities, as necessary, 
to avoid significant adverse effects during peri-
ods of concentrated fish and wildlife breeding, 
denning, nesting, spawning, and migration; 
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