without further appropriation and from royalties col-
lected by the United States in conjunction with the 
production of oil and gas, of such sums as are nec-
essary for the Secretary to carry out this section. 
(2) 
LIMITATION.—The 
amount 
transferred 
under paragraph (1) shall not exceed $50,000,000. 
SEC. 109. PROHIBITIONS ON SURFACE OCCUPANCY AND 
OTHER 
APPROPRIATE 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
SAFEGUARDS. 
(a) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS.—The 
Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate regu-
lations that establish appropriate environmental 
safeguards for the exploration and production 
of oil and natural gas on the outer Continental 
Shelf. 
(B) SAFETY PROTOCOLS.—All operations, 
including under any permit issued pursuant to 
an application for a permit to drill or an appli-
cation for a permit to sidetrack, that has been 
approved by the Minerals Management Service 
or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 
Regulation and Enforcement, for purposes of 
outer Continental Shelf energy exploration or 
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development and production, shall be carried 
out in accordance with the safety protocols con-
tained in part 250 of title 30, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The regulations shall in-
clude provisions ensuring that— 
(A) no surface facility shall be installed for 
the purpose of production of oil or gas re-
sources in any area that is within 10 miles from 
the shore of any coastal State, in any area of 
the outer Continental Shelf that has not pre-
viously been made available for oil and gas leas-
ing; 
(B) only temporary surface facilities are 
installed for areas that are located— 
(i) beyond 10 miles from the shore 
from the shore of any coastal State, in any 
area of the Outer Continental Shelf that 
has not previously been made available for 
oil and gas leasing; and 
(ii) not more than 20 miles from the 
shore; 
(C) the impact of offshore production fa-
cilities on coastal vistas is otherwise mitigated; 
and 
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(D) onshore facilities that are able to draw 
upon the resources of the outer Continental 
Shelf within 10 miles of shore are allowed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 105 of the 
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–54; 
119 Stat. 521) (as amended by section 103(d) of the Gulf 
of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 
note; Public Law 109–432)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 
any other area that the Secretary of the Interior may offer 
for leasing, preleasing, or any related activity under sec-
tion 104 of that Act’’ after ‘‘2006)’’. 
Subtitle B—Expedited Judicial 
Review 
SEC. 121. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) AUTHORIZING
LEASING
STATUTE.—The 
term ‘‘authorizing leasing statute’’ means the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 
seq.), the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
seq.), the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands 
(30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), and any other law of the 
United States directing or authorizing the leasing of 
Federal lands for oil and gas production or trans-
mission. 
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(2) COVERED OIL AND NATURAL GAS ACTIV-
ITY.—The term ‘‘covered oil and natural gas activ-
ity’’ means— 
(A) the leasing of any lands pursuant to 
an authorizing leasing statute for the explo-
ration, development, production, processing, or 
transmission of oil, natural gas, or associated 
hydrocarbons, including actions or decisions re-
lating to the selection of which lands may or 
shall be made available for such leasing; and 
(B) any activity taken or proposed to be 
taken pursuant or in relation to such leases, in-
cluding their suspension, and any environ-
mental analyses relating to such activity. 
SEC. 122. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER CAUSES AND 
CLAIMS RELATING TO COVERED OIL AND 
NATURAL GAS ACTIVITIES. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Fed-
eral action approving any covered oil and natural gas ac-
tivity shall be subject to judicial review only— 
(1) in the United States Court of Appeals for 
the District of Columbia Circuit; and 
(2) after the person filing a petition seeking 
such judicial review has exhausted all available ad-
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ministrative remedies with respect to such Federal 
action. 
SEC. 123. TIME FOR FILING PETITION; STANDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All petitions referred to in section 
122 must be filed within 30 days after the latter of the 
challenged Federal action or the exhaustion of all available 
administrative remedies with respect to such Federal ac-
tion. A claim or challenge shall be barred unless it is filed 
within the time specified. 
(b) STANDING.—No person whose legal rights will 
not be directly and adversely affected by the challenged 
action, and who is not within the zone of interest protected 
by each Act under which the challenge is brought, shall 
have standing to file any petition referred to in section 
122. 
SEC. 124. TIMETABLE. 
The United States Court of Appeals for the District 
of Columbia Circuit shall complete all judicial review, in-
cluding rendering a judgment, before the end of the 120- 
day period beginning on the date on which a petition re-
ferred to in section 122 is filed, unless all parties to such 
proceeding agree to an extension of such period. 
SEC. 125. LIMITATION ON SCOPE OF REVIEW AND RELIEF. 
(a) ADMINISTRATIVE
FINDINGS
AND
CONCLU-
SIONS.—In any judicial review referred to in section 122, 
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