in, or exclusion (as provided in subsection (c)) from, 
a lease sale; 
(2) the holding of lease sales after that nomina-
tion process; and 
(3) public notice of and comment on designa-
tion of areas to be included in, or excluded from, a 
lease sale. 
(c) LEASE SALE BIDS.—Lease sales under this sub-
title may be conducted through an Internet leasing pro-
gram, if the Secretary determines that such a system will 
result in savings to the taxpayer, an increase in the num-
ber of bidders participating, and higher returns than oral 
bidding or a sealed bidding system. 
(d) ACREAGE MINIMUM IN FIRST SALE.—For the 
first lease sale under this subtitle, the Secretary shall offer 
for lease those tracts the Secretary considers to have the 
greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons, tak-
ing into consideration nominations received pursuant to 
subsection (b)(1), but in no case less than 200,000 acres. 
(e) TIMING
OF
LEASE
SALES.—The Secretary 
shall— 
(1) not later than 22 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, conduct the first lease sale 
under this subtitle; 
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(2) not later than 90 days after the date of the 
completion of such sale, evaluate the bids in the sale 
and issue leases resulting from the sale; and 
(3) conduct additional lease sales under this 
subtitle at appropriate intervals if sufficient interest 
in exploration or development exists to warrant the 
conduct of the additional sales. 
SEC. 114. GRANT OF LEASES BY THE SECRETARY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On payment by a lessee of such 
bonus as may be accepted by the Secretary, the Secretary 
may grant to the highest responsible qualified bidder in 
a lease sale conducted pursuant to section 113 a lease for 
any land on the Coastal Plain. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No lease issued under this 
subtitle 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. 115. LEASE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 
An oil or gas lease issued pursuant to this subtitle 
shall— 
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(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 under the lease, as de-
termined by the Secretary in accordance with regula-
tions applicable to other Federal oil and gas leases; 
(2) 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 
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; 
(3) 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; 
(4) provide that the standard of reclamation for 
land required to be reclaimed under this subtitle 
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 
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(B) on application by the lessee, to a high-
er or better standard, as approved by the Sec-
retary; 
(5) 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 112(g)(1); 
(6) 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 
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 
(7) contain such other provisions as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to ensure compli-
ance with this subtitle and the regulations promul-
gated under this subtitle. 
SEC. 116. EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) FILING OF COMPLAINTS.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—A complaint seeking judicial 
review of a provision of this subtitle or an action of 
the Secretary under this subtitle shall be filed— 
(A) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), during the 90-day period beginning on the 
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date on which the action being challenged was 
carried out; or 
(B) in the case of a complaint based solely 
on grounds arising after the 90-day period de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), by not later than 
90 days after the date on which the complain-
ant knew or reasonably should have known 
about the grounds for the complaint. 
(2) VENUE.—A complaint seeking judicial re-
view of a provision of this subtitle or an action of 
the Secretary under this subtitle shall be filed in the 
United States District Court for the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(3) SCOPE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Judicial review of a de-
cision of the Secretary relating to a lease sale 
under this subtitle (including an environmental 
analysis of such a lease sale) shall be— 
(i) limited to a review of whether the 
decision is in accordance with this subtitle; 
and 
(ii) based on the administrative record 
of the decision. 
(B) PRESUMPTIONS.—Any identification 
by the Secretary of a preferred course of action 
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relating to a lease sale, and any analysis by the 
Secretary of environmental effects, under this 
subtitle 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.—Subtitle 
B of title II shall not affect the application of this section. 
SEC. 117. RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS 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. 
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). 
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(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall include in 
regulations under section 112(g) provisions governing the 
granting of rights-of-way and easements described in sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 118. 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-
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-
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tween that corporation and the United States, dated 
August 9, 1983. 
TITLE II—REVOCATION OF EN-
ERGY-RESTRICTING 
BLM 
LOCKUP 
Subtitle A—Expedited Shale 
Leasing of Federal Lands 
SEC. 201. 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 (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 ex-
ercise their regulatory and statutory authorities under 
State law, consistent with otherwise applicable Federal 
law. 
(c) LEASING
OF OIL SHALE RESOURCE.—Imme-
diately after issuing regulations under subsection (b), the 
Secretary of the Interior shall— 
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(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 (42 
U.S.C. 15927), additional 160-acre tracts of lands 
the Secretary considers necessary to fulfill the re-
search and development objectives 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. 
Subtitle B—Judicial Review 
Regarding Energy Projects 
SEC. 211. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered civil action’’ means a 
civil action containing a claim under section 702 of 
title 5, United States Code, regarding agency action 
(as defined for the purposes of that section) affect-
ing a covered energy project on Federal lands of the 
United States. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered energy project’’ means 
any action or decision by the President or a Federal 
official regarding the leasing of Federal lands (in-
cluding submerged lands) for the exploration, devel-
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opment, production, processing, or transmission of 
oil, natural gas, or any other source or form of en-
ergy, including actions and decisions regarding the 
selection or offering of Federal lands for such leas-
ing, or any action under such a lease, except that 
the term does not include any disputes between the 
parties to a lease regarding the obligations under 
such lease, including regarding any alleged breach of 
the lease. 
SEC. 212. JURISDICTION OVER CAUSES AND CLAIMS RELAT-
ING TO COVERED ENERGY PROJECTS. 
Venue for any covered civil action shall lie in the dis-
trict court where a project or lease tract exists or is pro-
posed. 
SEC. 213. TIME FOR FILING COMPLAINT. 
All causes and claims arising from a covered energy 
project must be filed not later than the end of the 90- 
day period beginning on the date of the action or decision 
by a Federal official that constitutes the covered energy 
project concerned. Any cause or claim not filed within that 
time period shall be barred. 
SEC. 214. EXPEDITION IN HEARING AND DETERMINING THE 
ACTION. 
The court shall endeavor to hear and determine any 
covered civil action as expeditiously as possible. 
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(II) be considered to be the regu-
lation of pollutants under that Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) for any pur-
pose (other than for the regulation of 
greenhouse gas emissions for light- 
duty motor vehicles from model years 
2012 and later, as required by the 
rules 
described 
in 
subparagraph 
(C)(ii)), including for the purpose of 
issuing permits or establishing regu-
latory standards. 
(ii) REQUESTS
FOR
WAIVERS.—Sec-
tion 209(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7543(b)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(4) 
REQUESTS
FOR
WAIVERS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act or any other 
law— 
‘‘(A) no request for a waiver of the appli-
cation of this section by any State for stand-
ards to control emissions of any air pollutant 
that is a greenhouse gas (as defined in section 
301 of the Energy Security and Employment 
Act) from new motor vehicles or new motor ve-
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