I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 909 
To expand domestic fossil fuel production, develop more nuclear power, and 
expand renewable electricity, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2011 
Mr. NUNES (for himself, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. SIMP-
SON, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. DREIER, Mr. LUCAS, Mrs. 
MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. 
BACHUS, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, 
Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CANSECO, 
Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. COLE, Mr. CRAVAACK, Mr. CULBERSON, 
Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. FRANKS 
of Arizona, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. HARPER, Mr. 
HERGER, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. KING of Iowa, 
Mr. LATOURETTE, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. 
MCHENRY, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. POE of Texas, 
Mr. REHBERG, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SUL-
LIVAN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. 
TIPTON, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. 
YODER, and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to 
the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, 
Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To expand domestic fossil fuel production, develop more nu-
clear power, and expand renewable electricity, and for 
other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as ‘‘A 
Roadmap for America’s Energy Future’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—AMERICAN ENERGY 
Sec. 100. Findings. 
Subtitle A—Outer Continental Shelf 
Sec. 101. Leasing program considered approved. 
Sec. 102. Outer Continental Shelf lease sales. 
Sec. 103. Definitions under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. 
Sec. 104. Determination of Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas. 
Sec. 105. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program. 
Sec. 106. Coordination with Adjacent States. 
Sec. 107. Environmental studies. 
Sec. 108. Outer Continental Shelf incompatible use. 
Sec. 109. Repurchase of certain leases. 
Sec. 110. Offsite environmental mitigation. 
Subtitle B—Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 
Sec. 121. Definitions. 
Sec. 122. Leasing program for lands within the Coastal Plain. 
Sec. 123. Lease sales. 
Sec. 124. Grant of leases by the Secretary. 
Sec. 125. Lease terms and conditions. 
Sec. 126. Coastal Plain environmental protection. 
Sec. 127. Expedited judicial review. 
Sec. 128. Federal and State distribution of revenues. 
Sec. 129. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain. 
Sec. 130. Conveyance. 
Sec. 131. Local government impact aid and community service assistance. 
Subtitle C—Oil Shale 
Sec. 141. Oil shale. 
Subtitle D—Coal-to-Liquid 
Sec. 151. Development and operation of facilities. 
Sec. 152. Definitions relating to coal-to-liquid fuel and facilities. 
Sec. 153. Repeal. 
Subtitle E—Nuclear 
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Sec. 161. Findings and policy. 
Sec. 162. 200 operating permits by 2040. 
Sec. 163. Repeal of Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. 
Sec. 164. Radiological material repository. 
Sec. 165. Independent radiological material management. 
Sec. 166. Spent nuclear fuel recycling. 
Sec. 167. Nuclear fuel supply reserve. 
Sec. 168. Public health and safety. 
Sec. 169. Streamlining Combined Construction and Operating License. 
Sec. 170. Reactor design certification. 
Sec. 171. Technology-neutral plant design specifications. 
Sec. 172. Additional funding and personnel resources. 
Sec. 173. National Nuclear Energy Council. 
Sec. 174. Next Generation Nuclear Plant. 
Sec. 175. Uranium mining on Federal lands. 
Sec. 176. Small and modular reactor licensing. 
Sec. 177. Limitation on regulatory time frame. 
Sec. 178. Definition. 
TITLE II—AMERICAN-MADE ENERGY TRUST FUND 
Sec. 201. Establishment of American-Made Energy Trust Fund. 
TITLE III—REVERSE AUCTION MECHANISM FOR RENEWABLE 
ENERGY GENERATION AND FOR RENEWABLE FUEL PRODUCTION 
Sec. 301. Reverse auction mechanism for renewable energy generation. 
TITLE IV—PROHIBITION OF CONSIDERATION OF GREENHOUSE 
GAS 
Sec. 401. Clean Air Act regulation. 
Sec. 402. Endangered Species Act regulation. 
TITLE I—AMERICAN ENERGY 
SEC. 100. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States contains abundant oil 
and gas resources located within its lands. 
(2) Development of domestic oil and gas re-
sources can be accomplished in a safe and environ-
mentally responsible manner. 
(3) Increased development of domestic oil and 
gas resources could significantly boost economic 
growth, provide permanent well-paying jobs, and 
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serve as a significant revenue source to the Federal 
Government. 
(4) The United States Geological Survey esti-
mates that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge con-
tains a mean expected value of 10.4 billion barrels 
of technically recoverable oil. 
(5) The Minerals Management Service esti-
mated there are 85 billion undiscovered, technically 
recoverable barrels of oil and 420 trillion cubic feet 
of natural gas in the outer Continental Shelf of the 
United States. 
(6) The Minerals Management Service esti-
mated that less than 0.001 percent of oil produced 
on the outer Continental Shelf of the United States 
since 1980 has been spilled. 
(7) The National Academy of Sciences has esti-
mated that less than 1 percent of petroleum in 
American waters is from drilling and extraction, and 
that 63 percent is from natural seepage. 
Subtitle A—Outer Continental 
Shelf 
SEC. 101. LEASING PROGRAM CONSIDERED APPROVED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Draft Proposed Outer Conti-
nental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010– 
2015 released by the Secretary of the Interior (referred 
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to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) in January 2009, 
under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1344), is considered to have been approved 
by the Secretary as a final oil and gas leasing program 
under that section, and is considered to be in full compli-
ance with and in accordance with all requirements of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969, Endangered Species Act of 
1973, Clean Air Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act of 
1972, Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and all other applicable 
laws. 
(b) FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.— 
The Secretary is considered to have issued a legally suffi-
cient final environmental impact statement for the pro-
gram described in subsection (a) in accordance with all 
requirements under section 102(2)(C) of the National En-
vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), 
and all other applicable laws. 
SEC. 102. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASE SALES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act and every 270 days thereafter, the Secretary 
of the Interior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall conduct a lease sale in each outer Conti-
nental Shelf area for which the Secretary determines that 
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there is a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil 
and gas leases for production on the outer Continental 
Shelf. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT DETERMINATIONS AND SALES.—If 
the Secretary determines that there is not a commercial 
interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for pro-
duction on the outer Continental Shelf in an area under 
subsection (a), not later than 2 years after the date of 
such determination, and every 2 years thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall— 
(1) reevaluate whether there is commercial in-
terest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for 
production on the outer Continental Shelf in the 
area; and 
(2) if the Secretary determines that there is a 
commercial interest described in paragraph (1), con-
duct a lease sale in the area. 
(c) PROCEEDS OF LEASE SALES FROM NEWLY OPEN 
AREAS.—Notwithstanding section 9 of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1338), the Federal 
share of any proceeds resulting from a lease sale con-
ducted under this section with respect to an outer Conti-
nental Shelf area that is made open for lease sales pursu-
ant to section 101, and that was not open for lease sales 
prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be deposited in 
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the American-Made Energy Trust Fund established in 
section 9512 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as 
added by title II). 
SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS UNDER THE OUTER CONTINENTAL 
SHELF LANDS ACT. 
Section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1331) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subsection (a), by 
striking ‘‘When used in this Act—’’ and inserting 
‘‘In this Act:’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘con-
trol’’ the following: ‘‘, or lying within the United 
States exclusive economic zone adjacent to the Terri-
tories of the United States’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(f) The term ‘affected State’ means the ‘Adjacent 
State’.’’; 
(4) by striking the semicolon at the end of each 
of subsections (a) through (o) and inserting a pe-
riod; 
(5) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subsection 
(p) and inserting a period; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(r) The term ‘Adjacent State’ means, with respect 
to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or other ac-
tivity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to the 
provisions of this Act, any State the laws of which are 
declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the 
United States for the portion of the outer Continental 
Shelf to which such program, plan, lease sale, or leased 
tract appertains or on which such activity is, or is pro-
posed to be, conducted. For purposes of this paragraph, 
the term ‘State’ includes the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and 
the other Territories of the United States. 
‘‘(s) The term ‘Adjacent Zone’ means, with respect 
to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or other ac-
tivity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to the 
provisions of this Act, the portion of the outer Continental 
Shelf for which the laws of a particular Adjacent State 
are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law 
of the United States. 
‘‘(t) The term ‘miles’ means statute miles. 
‘‘(u) The term ‘coastline’ has the same meaning as 
the term ‘coast line’ as defined in section 2(c) of the Sub-
merged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301(c)).’’. 
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SEC. 104. DETERMINATION OF ADJACENT ZONES AND OCS 
PLANNING AREAS. 
Section 4(a)(2)(A) of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(2)(A)) is amended in the 
first sentence by striking ‘‘, and the President’’ and all 
that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting 
the following: ‘‘. The lines extending seaward and defining 
each State’s Adjacent Zone, and each OCS Planning Area, 
are as indicated on the maps for each outer Continental 
Shelf region entitled ‘Alaska OCS Region State Adjacent 
Zone and OCS Planning Areas’, ‘Pacific OCS Region 
State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas’, ‘Gulf of 
Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Plan-
ning Areas’, and ‘Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent 
Zones and OCS Planning Areas’, all of which are dated 
September 2005 and on file in the Office of the Director, 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and 
Enforcement.’’. 
SEC. 105. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASING PROGRAM. 
Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end of 
paragraph (3) the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall, in 
each 5-Year Program, include lease sales that when 
viewed as a whole propose to offer for oil and gas 
leasing at least 75 percent of the available unleased 
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acreage within each OCS Planning Area. Available 
unleased acreage is that portion of the outer Conti-
nental Shelf that is not under lease at the time of 
the proposed lease sale, and has not otherwise been 
made unavailable for leasing by law.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking so much as 
precedes paragraph (3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c)(1) During the preparation of any proposed leas-
ing program under this section, the Secretary shall con-
sider and analyze leasing throughout the entire outer Con-
tinental Shelf without regard to any other law affecting 
such leasing. During this preparation, the Secretary shall 
invite and consider suggestions from any interested Fed-
eral agency, including the Attorney General, in consulta-
tion with the Federal Trade Commission, and from the 
Governor of any coastal State. The Secretary may also in-
vite or consider any suggestions from the executive of any 
local government in a coastal State that have been pre-
viously submitted to the Governor of such State, and from 
any other person. Further, the Secretary shall consult 
with the Secretary of Defense regarding military oper-
ational needs in the outer Continental Shelf. The Sec-
retary shall work with the Secretary of Defense to resolve 
any conflicts that might arise regarding offering any area 
of the outer Continental Shelf for oil and gas leasing. If 
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the Secretaries are not able to resolve all such conflicts, 
any unresolved issues shall be elevated to the President 
for resolution. 
‘‘(2) After the consideration and analysis required by 
paragraph (1), including the consideration of the sugges-
tions received from any interested Federal agency, the 
Federal Trade Commission, the Governor of any coastal 
State, any local government of a coastal State, and any 
other person, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
Register a proposed leasing program accompanied by a 
draft environmental impact statement prepared pursuant 
to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. After 
the publishing of the proposed leasing program and during 
the comment period provided for on the draft environ-
mental impact statement, the Secretary shall submit a 
copy of the proposed program to the Governor of each af-
fected State for review and comment. The Governor may 
solicit comments from those executives of local govern-
ments in the Governor’s State that the Governor, in the 
discretion of the Governor, determines will be affected by 
the proposed program. If any comment by such Governor 
is received by the Secretary at least 15 days prior to sub-
mission to the Congress pursuant to paragraph (3) and 
includes a request for any modification of such proposed 
program, the Secretary shall reply in writing, granting or 
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denying such request in whole or in part, or granting such 
request in such modified form as the Secretary considers 
appropriate, and stating the Secretary’s reasons therefor. 
All such correspondence between the Secretary and the 
Governor of any affected State, together with any addi-
tional information and data relating thereto, shall accom-
pany such proposed program when it is submitted to the 
Congress.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) PROJECTION OF STATE ADJACENT ZONE RE-
SOURCES AND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHARES 
OF OCS RECEIPTS.—Concurrent with the publication of 
the scoping notice at the beginning of the development of 
each 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing 
Program, or as soon thereafter as possible, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) provide to each Adjacent State a current 
estimate of proven and potential oil and gas re-
sources located within the State’s Adjacent Zone; 
and 
‘‘(2) provide to each Adjacent State, and coast-
al political subdivisions thereof, a best efforts projec-
tion of the OCS Receipts that the Secretary expects 
will be shared with each Adjacent State, and its 
coastal political subdivisions, using the assumption 
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that the unleased tracts within the State’s Adjacent 
Zone are fully made available for leasing, including 
long-term projected OCS Receipts. In addition, the 
Secretary shall include a macroeconomic estimate of 
the impact of such leasing on the national economy 
and each State’s economy, including investment, 
jobs, revenues, personal income, and other cat-
egories.’’. 
SEC. 106. COORDINATION WITH ADJACENT STATES. 
Section 19 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1345) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) in the first sentence by in-
serting ‘‘, for any tract located within the Adjacent 
State’s Adjacent Zone,’’ after ‘‘government’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f)(1) No Federal agency may permit or otherwise 
approve, without the concurrence of the Adjacent State, 
the construction of a crude oil or petroleum products (or 
both) pipeline within the part of the Adjacent State’s Ad-
jacent Zone that is withdrawn from oil and gas leasing, 
except that such a pipeline may be approved, without such 
Adjacent State’s concurrence, to pass through such Adja-
cent Zone if at least 50 percent of the production pro-
jected to be carried by the pipeline within its first 10 years 
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of operation is from areas of the Adjacent State’s Adja-
cent Zone. 
‘‘(2) No State may prohibit the construction within 
its Adjacent Zone or its State waters of a natural gas pipe-
line that will transport natural gas produced from the 
outer Continental Shelf. However, an Adjacent State may 
prevent a proposed natural gas pipeline landing location 
if it proposes two alternate landing locations in the Adja-
cent State, acceptable to the Adjacent State, located with-
in 50 miles on either side of the proposed landing loca-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 107. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. 
Section 20(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1346(d)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) For all programs, lease sales, leases, and 
actions under this Act, the following shall apply re-
garding the application of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969: 
‘‘(A) Granting or directing lease suspen-
sions and the conduct of all preliminary activi-
ties on outer Continental Shelf tracts, including 
seismic activities, are categorically excluded 
from the need to prepare either an environ-
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mental assessment or an environmental impact 
statement, and the Secretary shall not be re-
quired to analyze whether any exceptions to a 
categorical exclusion apply for activities con-
ducted under the authority of this Act. 
‘‘(B) The environmental impact statement 
developed in support of each 5-Year Oil and 
Gas Leasing Program provides the environ-
mental analysis for all lease sales to be con-
ducted under the program, and such sales shall 
not be subject to further environmental anal-
ysis. 
‘‘(C) Exploration plans shall not be subject 
to any requirement to prepare an environmental 
impact statement, and the Secretary may find 
that exploration plans are eligible for categor-
ical exclusion due to the impacts already being 
considered within an environmental impact 
statement or due to mitigation measures in-
cluded within the plan. 
‘‘(D) Within each OCS Planning Area, 
after the preparation of the first development 
and production plan environmental impact 
statement for a leased tract within the Area, fu-
ture development and production plans for 
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leased tracts within the Area shall only require 
the preparation of an environmental assessment 
unless the most recent development and produc-
tion plan environmental impact statement with-
in the Area was finalized more than 10 years 
prior to the date of the approval of the plan, in 
which case an environmental impact statement 
shall be required.’’. 
SEC. 108. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INCOMPATIBLE 
USE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No Federal agency may permit 
construction or operation (or both) of any facility, or des-
ignate or maintain a restricted transportation corridor or 
operating area on the Federal outer Continental Shelf or 
in State waters, that will be incompatible with, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Interior, oil and gas leasing 
and substantially full exploration and production of tracts 
that are geologically prospective for oil or natural gas (or 
both). 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
any facility, transportation corridor, or operating area the 
construction, operation, designation, or maintenance of 
which is or will be— 
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(1) located in an area of the outer Continental 
Shelf that is unavailable for oil and gas leasing by 
operation of law; 
(2) used for a military readiness activity (as de-
fined in section 315(f) of Public Law 107–314; 16 
U.S.C. 703 note); or 
(3) required in the national interest, as deter-
mined by the President. 
SEC. 109. REPURCHASE OF CERTAIN LEASES. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO REPURCHASE AND CANCEL CER-
TAIN LEASES.—The Secretary of the Interior may repur-
chase and cancel any Federal oil and gas, geothermal, 
coal, oil shale, tar sands, or other mineral lease, whether 
onshore or offshore, but not including any outer Conti-
nental Shelf oil and gas leases that were subject to litiga-
tion in the Court of Federal Claims on January 1, 2006, 
if the Secretary finds that such lease qualifies for repur-
chase and cancellation under the regulations authorized 
by this section. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 365 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
publish a final regulation stating the conditions under 
which a lease referred to in subsection (a) would qualify 
for repurchase and cancellation, and the process to be fol-
lowed regarding such repurchase and cancellation. 
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(c) NO PREJUDICE.—This section shall not be inter-
preted to prejudice any other rights that the lessee would 
have in the absence of this section. 
SEC. 110. OFFSITE ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any per-
son conducting activities under the Mineral Leasing Act 
(30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), the Geothermal Steam Act of 
1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), the Mineral Leasing Act 
for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), the Act of 
March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Law) (36 
Stat. 961; ch. 186), the Act of May 10, 1872 (commonly 
known as the General Mining Act of 1872) (17 Stat. 91; 
30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.), the Act of July 31, 1947 (commonly 
known as the Materials Act of 1947) (61 Stat. 681; 30 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.), or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), may in satisfying any miti-
gation requirements associated with such activities pro-
pose mitigation measures on a site away from the area 
impacted, and the Secretary of the Interior shall accept 
these proposed measures if the Secretary finds that they 
generally achieve the purposes for which mitigation meas-
ures appertained. 
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Subtitle B—Arctic National Wildlife 
Refuge 
SEC. 121. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) COASTAL
PLAIN.—The term ‘‘Coastal 
Plain’’ means that area described in appendix I to 
part 37 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’, except 
as otherwise provided, means the Secretary of the 
Interior or the Secretary’s designee. 
SEC. 122. LEASING PROGRAM FOR LANDS WITHIN THE 
COASTAL PLAIN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take such ac-
tions as are necessary— 
(1) to establish and implement, in accordance 
with this subtitle and acting through the Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management in consultation 
with the Director of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, a competitive oil and gas leasing 
program that will result in an environmentally sound 
program for the exploration, development, and pro-
duction of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal 
Plain; and 
(2) to administer the provisions of this subtitle 
through regulations, lease terms, conditions, restric-
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tions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other provisions 
that ensure the oil and gas exploration, development, 
and production activities on the Coastal Plain will 
result in no significant adverse effect on fish and 
wildlife, their habitat, subsistence resources, and the 
environment, including, in furtherance of this goal, 
by requiring the application of the best commercially 
available technology for oil and gas exploration, de-
velopment, and production to all exploration, devel-
opment, and production operations under this sub-
title in a manner that ensures the receipt of fair 
market value by the public for the mineral resources 
to be leased. 
(b) REPEAL.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 1003 of the Alaska Na-
tional Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
3143) is repealed. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents in section 1 of such Act is amended in the 
item relating to section 1003 by striking ‘‘Prohibi-
tion on development’’ and inserting ‘‘Repealed’’. 
(c) COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS UNDER CER-
TAIN OTHER LAWS.— 
(1) COMPATIBILITY.—For purposes of the Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 
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