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(i) limited to a review of whether the 
decision is in accordance with this chapter; 
and 
(ii) based on the administrative record 
of the decision. 
(B) PRESUMPTIONS.—Any identification 
by the Secretary of a preferred course of action 
relating to a lease sale, and any analysis by the 
Secretary of environmental effects, under this 
chapter shall be presumed to be correct unless 
proven otherwise by clear and convincing evi-
dence. 
(b) LIMITATION ON OTHER REVIEW.—Any action of 
the Secretary that is subject to judicial review under this 
section shall not be subject to judicial review in any civil 
or criminal proceeding for enforcement. 
(c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROVISIONS.—Sub-
chapter B of chapter 2 shall not affect the application of 
this section. 
SEC. 327. RIGHTS-OF-WAY ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue rights- 
of-way and easements across the Coastal Plain for the 
transportation of oil and gas— 
(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), under 
section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
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185), without regard to title XI of the Alaska Na-
tional Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
3161 et seq.); and 
(2) under title XI of the Alaska National Inter-
est Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3161 et 
seq.), for access authorized by sections 1110 and 
1111 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3170, 3171). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall include in 
regulations under section 322(f) provisions granting 
rights-of-way and easements described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 328. CONVEYANCE. 
Notwithstanding section 1302(h)(2) of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
3192(h)(2)), to remove any cloud on title to land, and to 
clarify land ownership patterns in the Coastal Plain, the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) to the extent necessary to fulfill the entitle-
ment of the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation under sec-
tions 12 and 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1611, 1613), as determined by 
the Secretary, convey to that Corporation the sur-
face estate of the land described in paragraph (1) of 
Public Land Order 6959, in accordance with the 
terms and conditions of the agreement between the 
Secretary, the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
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ice, the Bureau of Land Management, and the 
Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, dated January 22, 
1993; and 
(2) convey to the Arctic Slope Regional Cor-
poration the remaining subsurface estate to which 
that Corporation is entitled under the agreement be-
tween that corporation and the United States, dated 
August 9, 1983. 
Subtitle B—Revocation of Energy- 
Restricting BLM Lockup 
SEC. 331. REVOCATION OF SECRETARIAL ORDER NO. 3310. 
Secretarial Order No. 3310, dated December 22, 
2010, relating to protecting wilderness characteristics on 
lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management is 
hereby revoked. 
CHAPTER 1—EXPEDITED SHALE LEASING 
OF FEDERAL LANDS 
SEC. 341. OPENING OF LANDS TO OIL SHALE LEASING. 
(a) REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 
Section 433 of division F of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2152) 
is repealed. 
(b) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of 
the Interior shall issue all regulations necessary to imple-
ment section 369 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public 
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Law 109–58; 42 U.S.C. 15927) with respect to oil shale 
by not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. Such regulations shall include such safeguards 
and assurances as the Secretary considers necessary to 
allow States to exercise their regulatory and statutory au-
thorities under State law, consistent with otherwise appli-
cable Federal law. 
(c) LEASING
OF OIL SHALE RESOURCE.—Imme-
diately after issuing regulations under subsection (b), the 
Secretary of the Interior shall— 
(1) offer for leasing for research and develop-
ment of oil shale resources under subsection (c) of 
section 369 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub-
lic Law 109–58; 42 U.S.C. 15927), additional 160- 
acre tracts of lands the Secretary considers nec-
essary to fulfill the research and development objec-
tives of such Act; and 
(2) offer for leasing for commercial exploration, 
development, and production of oil shale resources 
under subsection (e) of such section, public lands in 
States for which the Secretary finds sufficient sup-
port and interest as required by that subsection. 
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CHAPTER 2—JUDICIAL REVIEW 
REGARDING ENERGY PROJECTS 
SEC. 351. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER CAUSES AND 
CLAIMS RELATING TO COVERED ENERGY 
PROJECTS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
United States District Court for the District of Columbia 
shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear all causes and 
claims under this subtitle or any other provision of law 
that arise from any covered energy project. 
SEC. 352. TIME FOR FILING COMPLAINT. 
All causes and claims referred to in section 351 must 
be filed not later than the end of the 60-day period begin-
ning on the date of the action or decision by a Federal 
official that constitutes the covered energy project con-
cerned. Any cause or claim not filed within that time pe-
riod shall be barred. 
SEC. 353. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA DEADLINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All proceedings that are subject 
to section 351— 
(1) shall be resolved as expeditiously as pos-
sible, and in any event not more than 180 days after 
such cause or claim is filed; and 
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