Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), 
and the Secretary of the Interior shall implement the oil 
shale leasing program authorized by the regulations referred 
to in subsection (a) in those areas covered by the resource 
management plans amended by such amendments, and cov-
ered by such record of decision, without any other adminis-
trative action necessary. 
SEC. 303. OIL SHALE LEASING. 
(a) ADDITIONAL
RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT 
LEASE SALES.—The Secretary of the Interior shall hold a 
lease sale within 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act offering an additional 10 parcels for lease for re-
search, development, and demonstration of oil shale re-
sources, under the terms offered in the solicitation of bids 
for such leases published on January 15, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 
10). 
(b) COMMERCIAL LEASE SALES.—No later than Janu-
ary 1, 2016, the Secretary of the Interior shall hold no less 
than 5 separate commercial lease sales in areas considered 
to have the most potential for oil shale development, as de-
termined by the Secretary, in areas nominated through 
public comment. Each lease sale shall be for an area of not 
less than 25,000 acres, and in multiple lease blocs. 
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TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUIS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the 
issuance of a lease under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 181 et seq.) to any person designated for the imposi-
tion of sanctions pursuant to— 
(1) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac-
countability and Divestiture Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
8501 et seq.), the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.), 
section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a), or the 
Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 
(22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.); 
(2) Executive Order 13622 (July 30, 2012), Ex-
ecutive Order 13628 (October 9, 2012), or Executive 
Order 13645 (June 3, 2013); 
(3) Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 2001) 
or Executive Order 13338 (May 11, 2004); or 
(4) the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sov-
ereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2151 
note). 
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Union Calendar No. 188 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1965 
[Report No. 113–262, Part I] 
A BILL 
To streamline and ensure onshore energy permit-
ting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and 
give certainty to oil shale development for Amer-
ican energy security, economic development, and 
job creation, and for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 12, 2013 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 
an amendment 
NOVEMBER 12, 2013 
The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
the Union and ordered to be printed 
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