region entitled ‘Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region 
State Adjacent Zone and Outer Continental Shelf Plan-
ning Areas’, ‘Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Region State 
Adjacent Zones and Outer Continental Shelf Planning 
Areas’, ‘Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region 
State Adjacent Zones and Outer Continental Shelf Plan-
ning Areas’, and ‘Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Region 
State Adjacent Zones and Outer Continental Shelf Plan-
ning Areas’, all of which are dated September 2005 and 
on file in the Office of the Director, Minerals Management 
Service. The preceding sentence shall not apply with re-
spect to the treatment under section 105 of the Gulf of 
Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of division 
C of Public Law 109–432) of qualified outer Continental 
Shelf revenues deposited and disbursed under subsection 
(a)(2) of that section.’’. 
SEC. 108. INVENTORY OF OFFSHORE ENERGY RESOURCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall promptly 
prepare an inventory of offshore energy resources of the 
United States, including through conduct of geological and 
geophysical explorations by private industry in all of the 
United States outer Continental Shelf areas of the Atlan-
tic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean under part 251 of title 
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30, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-
tions). 
(b) ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall complete any environmental studies necessary to 
gather information essential to an accurate inventory, in-
cluding geological and geophysical explorations under part 
251 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
regulations). 
(c) EFFECT ON OIL AND GAS LEASING.—No inven-
tory that is conducted under this section or any other Fed-
eral law (including regulations) shall restrict, limit, delay, 
or otherwise adversely affect— 
(1) the development of any Outer Continental 
Shelf leasing program under section 18 of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344); or 
(2) any leasing, exploration, development, or 
production of any Federal offshore oil and gas 
leases. 
(d) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(6) of section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)), as amended by this 
Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make a 1- 
time transfer to the Secretary, without further ap-
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propriation and from royalties collected by the 
United States in conjunction with the production of 
oil and gas, of such sums as are necessary for the 
Secretary to carry out this section. 
(2) 
LIMITATION.—The 
amount 
transferred 
under paragraph (1) shall not exceed $50,000,000. 
(3) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
LAW.—Para-
graph (6) of section 8(g) of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)), as amended 
by this Act, shall be applied with respect to amounts 
remaining after the transfer required by this sub-
section. 
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 
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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 
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 
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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 
(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 
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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. 
(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. 
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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-
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. 
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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, 
any administrative findings and conclusions relating to the 
challenged Federal action shall be presumed to be correct 
unless shown otherwise by clear and convincing evidence 
contained in the administrative record. 
(b) LIMITATION ON PROSPECTIVE RELIEF.—In any 
judicial review referred to in section 122, the Court shall 
not grant or approve any prospective relief unless the 
court finds that such relief is narrowly drawn, extends no 
further than necessary to correct the violation of a Federal 
law requirement, and is the least intrusive means nec-
essary to correct the violation concerned. 
SEC. 126. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President may waive any legal requirement relating to the 
approval of any covered oil and natural gas activity if the 
President determines in the President’s sole discretion 
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that such activity is important to the national interest and 
outweighs such legal requirement. 
SEC. 127. LEGAL FEES. 
Any person filing a petition referred to in section 122 
who is not a prevailing party shall pay to the prevailing 
parties (including intervening parties), other than the 
United States, fees and other expenses incurred by that 
party in connection with the judicial review, unless the 
Court finds that the position of the person was substan-
tially justified or that special circumstances make an 
award unjust. 
SEC. 128. EXCLUSION. 
Section 122 shall not apply to disputes between the 
parties to a lease issued pursuant to an authorizing leas-
ing statute regarding the obligations of such lease or the 
alleged breach thereof. 
Subtitle C—Other Energy 
Provisions 
SEC. 131. POLICIES REGARDING BUYING AND BUILDING 
AMERICAN. 
(a) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the intent of the 
Congress that this Act, among other things, result in a 
healthy and growing American industrial, manufacturing, 
transportation, and service sector employing the vast tal-
ents of America’s workforce to assist in the development 
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of energy from domestic sources. Moreover, the Congress 
intends to monitor the deployment of personnel and mate-
rial onshore and offshore to encourage the development 
of American technology and manufacturing to enable 
United States workers to benefit from this Act by good 
jobs and careers, as well as the establishment of important 
industrial facilities to support expanded access to Amer-
ican resources. 
(b) SAFEGUARD FOR EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY.— 
Section 30(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1356(a)) is amended in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘regulations which’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘regulations that shall be supplemental and com-
plimentary with and under no circumstances a substi-
tution for the provisions of the Constitution and laws of 
the United States extended to the subsoil and seabed of 
the outer Continental Shelf pursuant to section 4 of this 
Act, except insofar as such laws would otherwise apply to 
individuals who have extraordinary ability in the sciences, 
arts, education, or business, which has been demonstrated 
by sustained national or international acclaim, and that’’. 
(c) WORK STANDARDS.—All construction, repair, or 
alteration of public buildings and public works of the Gov-
ernment and buildings or works financed or otherwise as-
sisted in whole or in part under this Act by a loan, loan 
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guarantee, grant, annual contribution, credit enhance-
ment, or any other form of Federal assistance authorized 
under this Act shall be performed in accordance with the 
standards applicable to comparable activity under any 
other provision of law, without regard to the form or type 
of Federal assistance provided thereunder. 
Æ 
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