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‘‘(3) AUTHORITY TO MANAGE FEDERALLY OWNED 
SURFACE ESTATE.—Nothing in this subsection limits 
the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to man-
age the federally-owned surface estate within the Re-
serve.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 104 of the 
Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 (42 
U.S.C. 6504) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) 
as subsections (a) through (c), respectively. 
SEC. 318. NORTH SLOPE SCIENCE INITIATIVE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall establish a long-term initiative to be known as 
the ‘‘North Slope Science Initiative’’ (referred to in 
this section as the ‘‘Initiative’’). 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Initiative 
shall be to implement efforts to coordinate collection 
of scientific data that will provide a better under-
standing of the terrestrial, aquatic, and marine eco-
systems of the North Slope of Alaska. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—To ensure that the Initiative is con-
ducted through a comprehensive science strategy and imple-
mentation plan, the Initiative shall, at a minimum—
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(1) identify and prioritize information needs for 
inventory, monitoring, and research activities to ad-
dress the individual and cumulative effects of past, 
ongoing, and anticipated development activities and 
environmental change on the North Slope; 
(2) develop an understanding of information 
needs for regulatory and land management agencies, 
local governments, and the public; 
(3) focus on prioritization of pressing natural 
resource management and ecosystem information 
needs, coordination, and cooperation among agencies 
and organizations; 
(4) coordinate ongoing and future inventory, 
monitoring, and research activities to minimize du-
plication of effort, share financial resources and ex-
pertise, and assure the collection of quality informa-
tion; 
(5) identify priority needs not addressed by 
agency science programs in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act and develop a funding strategy to 
meet those needs; 
(6) provide a consistent approach to high caliber 
science, including inventory, monitoring, and re-
search;
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(7) maintain and improve public and agency ac-
cess to— 
(A) accumulated and ongoing research; and 
(B) contemporary and traditional local 
knowledge; and 
(8) ensure through appropriate peer review that 
the science conducted by participating agencies and 
organizations is of the highest technical quality. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To ensure comprehensive col-
lection of scientific data, in carrying out the Initia-
tive, the Secretary shall consult and coordinate with 
Federal, State, and local agencies that have respon-
sibilities for land and resource management across the 
North Slope. 
(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 
shall enter into cooperative agreements with the State 
of Alaska, the North Slope Borough, the Arctic Slope 
Regional Corporation, and other Federal agencies as 
appropriate to coordinate efforts, share resources, and 
fund projects under this section. 
(d) SCIENCE TECHNICAL ADVISORY PANEL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Initiative shall include a 
panel to provide advice on proposed inventory, moni-
toring, and research functions.
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(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The panel described in para-
graph (1) shall consist of a representative group of 
not more than 15 scientists and technical experts 
from diverse professions and interests, including the 
oil and gas industry, subsistence users, Native Alas-
kan entities, conservation organizations, wildlife 
management organizations, and academia, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(e) REPORTS.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this section and each year thereafter, the 
Secretary shall publish a report that describes the studies 
and findings of the Initiative. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 319. ORPHANED, ABANDONED, OR IDLED WELLS ON 
FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation with 
the Secretary of Agriculture, shall establish a program not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act 
to remediate, reclaim, and close orphaned, abandoned, or 
idled oil and gas wells located on land administered by the 
land management agencies within the Department of the 
Interior and the Department of Agriculture.
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(b) ACTIVITIES.—The program under subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) include a means of ranking orphaned, aban-
doned, or idled wells sites for priority in remediation, 
reclamation, and closure, based on public health and 
safety, potential environmental harm, and other land 
use priorities; 
(2) provide for identification and recovery of the 
costs of remediation, reclamation, and closure from 
persons or other entities currently providing a bond 
or other financial assurance required under State or 
Federal law for an oil or gas well that is orphaned, 
abandoned, or idled; and 
(3) provide for recovery from the persons or enti-
ties identified under paragraph (2), or their sureties 
or guarantors, of the costs of remediation, reclama-
tion, and closure of such wells. 
(c) COOPERATION AND CONSULTATIONS.—In carrying 
out the program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) work cooperatively with the Secretary of Ag-
riculture and the States within which Federal land is 
located; and 
(2) consult with the Secretary of Energy and the 
Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission.
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(d) PLAN.—Not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary, in cooperation with the 
Secretary of Agriculture, shall submit to Congress a plan 
for carrying out the program under subsection (a). 
(e) IDLED WELL.—For the purposes of this section, a 
well is idled if— 
(1) the well has been nonoperational for at least 
7 years; and 
(2) there is no anticipated beneficial use for the 
well. 
(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR NON-FED-
ERAL LAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
establish a program to provide technical and finan-
cial assistance to oil and gas producing States to fa-
cilitate State efforts over a 10-year period to ensure 
a practical and economical remedy for environmental 
problems caused by orphaned or abandoned oil and 
gas exploration or production well sites on State or 
private land. 
(2) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
work with the States, through the Interstate Oil and 
Gas Compact Commission, to assist the States in 
quantifying and mitigating environmental risks of
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onshore orphaned or abandoned oil or gas wells on 
State and private land. 
(3) ACTIVITIES.—The program under paragraph 
(1) shall include— 
(A) mechanisms to facilitate identification, 
if feasible, of the persons currently providing a 
bond or other form of financial assurance re-
quired under State or Federal law for an oil or 
gas well that is orphaned or abandoned; 
(B) criteria for ranking orphaned or aban-
doned well sites based on factors such as public 
health and safety, potential environmental harm, 
and other land use priorities; 
(C) information and training programs on 
best practices for remediation of different types 
of sites; and 
(D) funding of State mitigation efforts on a 
cost-shared basis. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
(2) USE.—Of the amounts authorized under 
paragraph (1), $5,000,000 are authorized for each fis-
cal year for activities under subsection (f).
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SEC. 320. COMBINED HYDROCARBON LEASING. 
(a) SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING LEASING.—Sec-
tion 17(b)(2) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
226(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; 
(2) in the first sentence of subparagraph (A) (as 
designated by paragraph (1)), by striking ‘‘they shall 
be’’ and inserting ‘‘the lands may be’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) For any area that contains any combination of 
tar sand and oil or gas (or both), the Secretary may issue 
under this Act, separately— 
‘‘(i) a lease for exploration for and extraction of 
tar sand; and 
‘‘(ii) a lease for exploration for and development 
of oil and gas. 
‘‘(C) A lease described in subparagraph (B) shall have 
provisions addressing the appropriate accommodation of re-
sources. 
‘‘(D) A lease issued for tar sand development shall be 
issued using the same bidding process, annual rental, and 
posting period as a lease issued for oil and gas, except that 
the minimum acceptable bid required for a lease issued for 
tar sand shall be $2 per acre.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 17(b)(1)(B) 
of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(B)) is
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amended in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘subject to 
paragraph (2)(B),’’ after ‘‘Thereafter,’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 45 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall issue final regulations to implement the amendments 
made by this section. 
SEC. 321. ALTERNATE ENERGY-RELATED USES ON THE 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF. 
(a) AMENDMENT
TO OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
LANDS ACT.—Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(p) LEASES, EASEMENTS, OR RIGHTS-OF-WAY FOR 
ENERGY AND RELATED PURPOSES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating and other relevant de-
partments and agencies of the Federal Government, 
may grant a lease, easement, or right-of-way on the 
outer Continental Shelf for activities not otherwise 
authorized in this Act, the Deepwater Port Act of 
1974 (33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), the Ocean Thermal En-
ergy Conversion Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.), 
or other applicable law, if those activities—
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‘‘(A) support exploration, development, or 
production of oil or natural gas, except that a 
lease, easement, or right-of-way shall not be 
granted in an area in which oil and gas 
preleasing, leasing, and related activities are 
prohibited by a moratorium; 
‘‘(B) support transportation of oil or nat-
ural gas, excluding shipping activities; 
‘‘(C) produce or support production, trans-
portation, or transmission of energy from sources 
other than oil and gas; or 
‘‘(D) use, for energy-related purposes or for 
other authorized marine-related purposes, facili-
ties currently or previously used for activities 
authorized under this Act, except that any oil 
and gas energy-related uses shall not be author-
ized in areas in which oil and gas preleasing, 
leasing, and related activities are prohibited by 
a moratorium. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall establish 
royalties, fees, rentals, bonus, or other payments to 
ensure a fair return to the United States for any 
lease, easement, or right-of-way granted under this 
subsection.
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‘‘(3) COMPETITIVE OR NONCOMPETITIVE BASIS.— 
Except with respect to projects that meet the criteria 
established under section 321(d) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005, the Secretary shall issue a lease, ease-
ment, or right-of-way under paragraph (1) on a com-
petitive basis unless the Secretary determines after 
public notice of a proposed lease, easement, or right- 
of-way that there is no competitive interest. 
‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that any activity under this subsection is carried 
out in a manner that provides for— 
‘‘(A) safety; 
‘‘(B) protection of the environment; 
‘‘(C) prevention of waste; 
‘‘(D) conservation of the natural resources 
of the outer Continental Shelf; 
‘‘(E) coordination with relevant Federal 
agencies; 
‘‘(F) protection of national security inter-
ests of the United States; 
‘‘(G) protection of correlative rights in the 
outer Continental Shelf; 
‘‘(H) a fair return to the United States for 
any lease, easement, or right-of-way under this 
subsection;
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‘‘(I) prevention of interference with reason-
able uses (as determined by the Secretary) of the 
exclusive economic zone, the high seas, and the 
territorial seas; 
‘‘(J) consideration of— 
‘‘(i) the location of, and any schedule 
relating to, a lease, easement, or right-of- 
way for an area of the outer Continental 
Shelf; and 
‘‘(ii) any other use of the sea or seabed, 
including use for a fishery, a sealane, a po-
tential site of a deepwater port, or naviga-
tion; 
‘‘(K) public notice and comment on any 
proposal submitted for a lease, easement, or 
right-of-way under this subsection; and 
‘‘(L) oversight, inspection, research, moni-
toring, and enforcement relating to a lease, ease-
ment, or right-of-way under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) LEASE DURATION, SUSPENSION, AND CAN-
CELLATION.—The Secretary shall provide for the du-
ration, issuance, transfer, renewal, suspension, and 
cancellation of a lease, easement, or right-of-way 
under this subsection.
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‘‘(6) SECURITY.—The Secretary shall require the 
holder of a lease, easement, or right-of-way granted 
under this subsection to— 
‘‘(A) furnish a surety bond or other form of 
security, as prescribed by the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) comply with such other requirements 
as the Secretary considers necessary to protect 
the interests of the public and the United States; 
and 
‘‘(C) provide for the restoration of the lease, 
easement, or right-of-way. 
‘‘(7) COORDINATION
AND
CONSULTATION
WITH 
AFFECTED
STATE
AND
LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS.—The 
Secretary shall provide for coordination and consulta-
tion with the Governor of any State or the executive 
of any local government that may be affected by a 
lease, easement, or right-of-way under this subsection. 
‘‘(8) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005, the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of the Department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating, the Secretary of 
Commerce, heads of other relevant departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government, and the Governor
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of any affected State, shall issue any necessary regu-
lations to carry out this subsection. 
‘‘(9) EFFECT OF SUBSECTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection displaces, supersedes, limits, or modifies 
the jurisdiction, responsibility, or authority of any 
Federal or State agency under any other Federal law. 
‘‘(10) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection does not 
apply to any area on the outer Continental Shelf 
within the exterior boundaries of any unit of the Na-
tional Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, 
or National Marine Sanctuary System, or any Na-
tional Monument.’’. 
(b) COORDINATED OCS MAPPING INITIATIVE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with the Secretary of Commerce, the Commandant of 
the Coast Guard, and the Secretary of Defense, shall 
establish an interagency comprehensive digital map-
ping initiative for the outer Continental Shelf to as-
sist in decisionmaking relating to the siting of activi-
ties under subsection (p) of section 8 of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) (as 
added by subsection (a)). 
(2) USE OF DATA.—The mapping initiative shall 
use, and develop procedures for accessing, data col-
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lected before the date on which the mapping initiative 
is established, to the maximum extent practicable. 
(3) INCLUSIONS.—Mapping carried out under 
the mapping initiative shall include an indication of 
the locations on the outer Continental Shelf of— 
(A) Federally-permitted activities; 
(B) obstructions to navigation; 
(C) submerged cultural resources; 
(D) undersea cables; 
(E) offshore aquaculture projects; and 
(F) any area designated for the purpose of 
safety, national security, environmental protec-
tion, or conservation and management of living 
marine resources. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8 of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended 
by striking the section heading and inserting the following: 
‘‘LEASES, EASEMENTS, AND
RIGHTS-OF-WAY
ON
THE 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.—’’. 
(d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in the amendment 
made by subsection (a) requires the resubmittal of any doc-
ument that was previously submitted or the reauthorization 
of any action that was previously authorized with respect 
to a project for which, before the date of enactment of this 
Act—
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(1) an offshore test facility has been constructed; 
or 
(2) a request for a proposal has been issued by 
a public authority. 
SEC. 322. PRESERVATION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEO-
PHYSICAL DATA. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation 
Program Act of 2005’’. 
(b) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a Na-
tional Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Pro-
gram in accordance with this section— 
(1) to archive geologic, geophysical, and engi-
neering data, maps, well logs, and samples; 
(2) to provide a national catalog of such archival 
material; and 
(3) to provide technical and financial assistance 
related to the archival material. 
(c) PLAN.—Not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 
a plan for the implementation of the Program. 
(d) DATA ARCHIVE SYSTEM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish, as a component of the Program, a data archive 
system to provide for the storage, preservation, and
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archiving of subsurface, surface, geological, geo-
physical, and engineering data and samples. The Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, 
shall develop guidelines relating to the data archive 
system, including the types of data and samples to be 
preserved. 
(2) SYSTEM COMPONENTS.—The system shall be 
comprised of State agencies that elect to be part of the 
system and agencies within the Department of the In-
terior that maintain geological and geophysical data 
and samples that are designated by the Secretary in 
accordance with this subsection. The Program shall 
provide for the storage of data and samples through 
data repositories operated by such agencies. 
(3) LIMITATION
OF
DESIGNATION.—The Sec-
retary may not designate a State agency as a compo-
nent of the data archive system unless that agency is 
the agency that acts as the geological survey in the 
State. 
(4) DATA FROM FEDERAL LAND.—The data ar-
chive system shall provide for the archiving of rel-
evant subsurface data and samples obtained from 
Federal land— 
(A) in the most appropriate repository des-
ignated under paragraph (2), with preference
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being given to archiving data in the State in 
which the data were collected; and 
(B) consistent with all applicable law and 
requirements relating to confidentiality and pro-
prietary data. 
(e) NATIONAL CATALOG.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
develop and maintain, as a component of the Pro-
gram, a national catalog that identifies— 
(A) data and samples available in the data 
archive system established under subsection (d); 
(B) the repository for particular material 
in the system; and 
(C) the means of accessing the material. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make the 
national catalog accessible to the public on the site of 
the Survey on the Internet, consistent with all appli-
cable requirements related to confidentiality and pro-
prietary data. 
(f) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Committee shall 
advise the Secretary on planning and implementation 
of the Program.
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(2) NEW
DUTIES.—In addition to its duties 
under the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 
U.S.C. 31a et seq.), the Advisory Committee shall per-
form the following duties: 
(A) Advise the Secretary on developing 
guidelines and procedures for providing assist-
ance for facilities under subsection (g)(1). 
(B) Review and critique the draft imple-
mentation plan prepared by the Secretary under 
subsection (c). 
(C) Identify useful studies of data archived 
under the Program that will advance under-
standing of the Nation’s energy and mineral re-
sources, geologic hazards, and engineering geol-
ogy. 
(D) Review the progress of the Program in 
archiving significant data and preventing the 
loss of such data, and the scientific progress of 
the studies funded under the Program. 
(E) Include in the annual report to the Sec-
retary required under section 5(b)(3) of the Na-
tional Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 
31d(b)(3)) an evaluation of the progress of the 
Program toward fulfilling the purposes of the 
Program under subsection (b).
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(g) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) ARCHIVE FACILITIES.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Secretary shall provide 
financial assistance to a State agency that is des-
ignated under subsection (d)(2) for providing facili-
ties to archive energy material. 
(2) STUDIES.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Secretary shall provide financial as-
sistance to any State agency designated under sub-
section (d)(2) for studies and technical assistance ac-
tivities that enhance understanding, interpretation, 
and use of materials archived in the data archive sys-
tem established under subsection (d). 
(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
cost of an activity carried out with assistance under 
this subsection shall be not more than 50 percent of 
the total cost of the activity. 
(4) PRIVATE
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary 
shall apply to the non-Federal share of the cost of an 
activity carried out with assistance under this sub-
section the value of private contributions of property 
and services used for that activity. 
(h) REPORT.—The Secretary shall include in each re-
port under section 8 of the National Geologic Mapping Act 
of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31g)—
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(1) a description of the status of the Program; 
(2) an evaluation of the progress achieved in de-
veloping the Program during the period covered by 
the report; and 
(3) any recommendations for legislative or other 
action the Secretary considers necessary and appro-
priate to fulfill the purposes of the Program under 
subsection (b). 
(i) MAINTENANCE OF STATE EFFORT.—It is the intent 
of Congress that the States not use this section as an oppor-
tunity to reduce State resources applied to the activities 
that are the subject of the Program. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advisory 
Committee’’ means the advisory committee established 
under section 5 of the National Geologic Mapping Act 
of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31d). 
(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the 
National Geological and Geophysical Data Preserva-
tion Program carried out under this section. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the United States Geological Survey. 
(4) SURVEY.—The term ‘‘Survey’’ means the 
United States Geological Survey.
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(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
SEC. 323. OIL AND GAS LEASE ACREAGE LIMITATIONS. 
Section 27(d)(1) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
184(d)(1)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘acreage held in 
special tar sand areas’’ the following: ‘‘, and acreage under 
any lease any portion of which has been committed to a 
federally 
approved 
unit 
or 
cooperative 
plan 
or 
communitization agreement or for which royalty (including 
compensatory royalty or royalty in-kind) was paid in the 
preceding calendar year,’’. 
SEC. 324. ASSESSMENT OF DEPENDENCE OF STATE OF HA-
WAII ON OIL. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary shall assess the eco-
nomic implications of the dependence of the State of Ha-
waii on oil as the principal source of energy for the State, 
including— 
(1) the short- and long-term prospects for crude 
oil supply disruption and price volatility and poten-
tial impacts on the economy of Hawaii; 
(2) the economic relationship between oil-fired 
generation of electricity from residual fuel and refined 
petroleum products consumed for ground, marine, 
and air transportation;
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(3) the technical and economic feasibility of in-
creasing the contribution of renewable energy re-
sources for generation of electricity, on an island-by- 
island basis, including— 
(A) siting and facility configuration; 
(B) environmental, operational, and safety 
considerations; 
(C) the availability of technology; 
(D) the effects on the utility system, includ-
ing reliability; 
(E) infrastructure and transport require-
ments; 
(F) community support; and 
(G) other factors affecting the economic im-
pact of such an increase and any effect on the 
economic relationship described in paragraph 
(2); 
(4) the technical and economic feasibility of 
using liquefied natural gas to displace residual fuel 
oil for electric generation, including neighbor island 
opportunities, and the effect of the displacement on 
the economic relationship described in paragraph (2), 
including— 
(A) the availability of supply;
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(B) siting and facility configuration for on-
shore and offshore liquefied natural gas receiving 
terminals; 
(C) the factors described in subparagraphs 
(B) through (F) of paragraph (3); and 
(D) other economic factors; 
(5) the technical and economic feasibility of 
using renewable energy sources (including hydrogen) 
for ground, marine, and air transportation energy 
applications to displace the use of refined petroleum 
products, on an island-by-island basis, and the eco-
nomic impact of the displacement on the relationship 
described in (2); and 
(6) an island-by-island approach to— 
(A) the development of hydrogen from re-
newable resources; and 
(B) the application of hydrogen to the en-
ergy needs of Hawaii 
(b) CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 
carry out the assessment under subsection (a) directly or, 
in whole or in part, through 1 or more contracts with quali-
fied public or private entities. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 300 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare (in 
consultation with agencies of the State of Hawaii and other
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stakeholders, as appropriate), and submit to Congress, a re-
port describing the findings, conclusions, and recommenda-
tions resulting from the assessment. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 325. DENALI COMMISSION. 
(a) DEFINITION OF COMMISSION.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Denali Commission estab-
lished by the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 
3121 note; Public Law 105–277). 
(b) ENERGY PROGRAMS.—The Commission shall use 
amounts made available under subsection (d) to carry out 
energy programs, including— 
(1) energy generation and development, includ-
ing— 
(A) fuel cells, hydroelectric, solar, wind, 
wave, and tidal energy; and 
(B) alternative energy sources; 
(2) the construction of energy transmission, in-
cluding interties; 
(3) the replacement and cleanup of fuel tanks; 
(4) the construction of fuel transportation net-
works and related facilities; 
(5) power cost equalization programs; and