(1) receipt and consideration of sealed nomina-
tions for any area of the Coastal Plain for inclusion 
in, or exclusion (as provided in subsection (c)) from, 
a lease sale; 
(2) the holding of lease sales after such 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 title 
may be conducted through an Internet leasing program, 
if the Secretary determines that such a system will result 
in savings to the taxpayer, an increase in the number of 
bidders participating, and higher returns than oral bidding 
or a sealed bidding system. 
(d) SALE ACREAGES AND SCHEDULE.— 
(1) The Secretary shall offer for lease under 
this title those tracts the Secretary considers to have 
the greatest potential for the discovery of hydro-
carbons, taking into consideration nominations re-
ceived pursuant to subsection (b)(1). 
(2) The Secretary shall offer for lease under 
this title no less than 50,000 acres for lease within 
22 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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(3) The Secretary shall offer for lease under 
this title no less than an additional 50,000 acres at 
6-, 12-, and 18-month intervals following offering 
under paragraph (2). 
(4) The Secretary shall conduct four additional 
sales under the same terms and schedule no later 
than two years after the date of the last sale under 
paragraph (3), if sufficient interest in leasing exists 
to warrant, in the Secretary’s judgment, the conduct 
of such sales. 
(5) The Secretary shall evaluate the bids in 
each sale and issue leases resulting from such sales, 
within 90 days after the date of the completion of 
such sale. 
SEC. 204. GRANT OF LEASES BY THE SECRETARY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may grant to the 
highest responsible qualified bidder in a lease sale con-
ducted under section 203 any lands to be leased on the 
Coastal Plain upon payment by the such bidder of such 
bonus as may be accepted by the Secretary. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT
TRANSFERS.—No lease issued 
under this title may be sold, exchanged, assigned, sublet, 
or otherwise transferred except with the approval of the 
Secretary. Prior to any such approval the Secretary shall 
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consult with, and give due consideration to the views of, 
the Attorney General. 
SEC. 205. LEASE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An oil or gas lease issued under 
this title shall— 
(1) provide for the payment of a royalty of not 
less than 121⁄2 percent in amount or value of the 
production removed or sold under the lease, as de-
termined by the Secretary under the regulations ap-
plicable to other Federal oil and gas leases; 
(2) provide that the Secretary may close, on a 
seasonal basis, portions of the Coastal Plain to ex-
ploratory drilling activities as necessary to protect 
caribou calving areas and other species of fish and 
wildlife based on a preponderance of the best avail-
able scientific evidence that has been peer reviewed 
and obtained by following appropriate, documented 
scientific procedures, the results of which can be re-
peated using those same procedures; 
(3) require that the lessee of lands within the 
Coastal Plain shall be fully responsible and liable for 
the reclamation of lands within the Coastal Plain 
and any other Federal lands that are adversely af-
fected in connection with exploration, development, 
production, or transportation activities conducted 
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under the lease and within the Coastal Plain by the 
lessee or by any of the subcontractors or agents of 
the lessee; 
(4) provide that the lessee may not delegate or 
convey, by contract or otherwise, the reclamation re-
sponsibility and liability to another person without 
the express written approval of the Secretary; 
(5) provide that the standard of reclamation for 
lands required to be reclaimed under this title shall 
be, as nearly as practicable, a condition capable of 
supporting the uses which the lands were capable of 
supporting prior to any exploration, development, or 
production activities, or upon application by the les-
see, to a higher or better use as certified by the Sec-
retary; 
(6) contain terms and conditions relating to 
protection of fish and wildlife, their habitat, subsist-
ence resources, and the environment as required 
pursuant to section 202(a)(2); 
(7) provide that the lessee, its agents, and its 
contractors use best efforts to provide a fair share, 
as determined by the level of obligation previously 
agreed to in the 1974 agreement implementing sec-
tion 29 of the Federal Agreement and Grant of 
Right of Way for the Operation of the Trans-Alaska 
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Pipeline, of employment and contracting for Alaska 
Natives and Alaska Native corporations from 
throughout the State; 
(8) prohibit the export of oil produced under 
the lease; and 
(9) contain such other provisions as the Sec-
retary determines necessary to ensure compliance 
with this title and the regulations issued under this 
title. 
(b) NEGOTIATED LABOR AGREEMENTS.—The Sec-
retary, as a term and condition of each lease under this 
title, shall require that the lessee and its agents and con-
tractors negotiate to obtain an agreement for the employ-
ment of laborers and mechanics on production, mainte-
nance, and construction under the lease. 
SEC. 206. POLICIES REGARDING BUYING, BUILDING, AND 
WORKING FOR AMERICA. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.—It is the intent of the 
Congress that— 
(1) this title will support a healthy and growing 
United States domestic energy sector that, in turn, 
helps to reinvigorate American manufacturing, 
transportation, and service sectors by employing the 
vast talents of United States workers to assist in the 
development of energy from domestic sources; and 
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(2) Congress will monitor the deployment of 
personnel and material onshore and offshore to en-
courage the development of American technology 
and manufacturing to enable United States workers 
to benefit from this title through good jobs and ca-
reers, as well as the establishment of important in-
dustrial facilities to support expanded access to 
American resources. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall when possible, and practicable, encourage the use of 
United States workers and equipment manufactured in 
the United States in all construction related to mineral 
development on the Coastal Plain. 
SEC. 207. COASTAL PLAIN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. 
(a) NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECT STANDARD 
TO GOVERN AUTHORIZED COASTAL PLAIN ACTIVITIES.— 
The Secretary shall, consistent with the requirements of 
section 202, administer this title through regulations, 
lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipula-
tions, and other provisions that— 
(1) ensure the oil and gas exploration, develop-
ment, and production activities on the Coastal Plain 
will result in no significant adverse effect on fish 
and wildlife, their habitat, and the environment; 
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(2) require the application of the best commer-
cially available technology for oil and gas explo-
ration, development, and production on all new ex-
ploration, development, and production operations; 
and 
(3) ensure that the maximum amount of sur-
face acreage covered by production and support fa-
cilities, including airstrips and any areas covered by 
gravel berms or piers for support of pipelines, does 
not exceed 10,000 acres on the Coastal Plain for 
each 100,000 acres of area leased. 
(b) SITE-SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION.— 
The Secretary shall also require, with respect to any pro-
posed drilling and related activities, that— 
(1) a site-specific analysis be made of the prob-
able effects, if any, that the drilling or related activi-
ties will have on fish and wildlife, their habitat, sub-
sistence resources, and the environment; 
(2) a plan be implemented to avoid, minimize, 
and mitigate (in that order and to the extent prac-
ticable) any significant adverse effect identified 
under paragraph (1); and 
(3) the development of the plan shall occur 
after consultation with the agency or agencies hav-
ing jurisdiction over matters mitigated by the plan. 
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(c) REGULATIONS TO PROTECT COASTAL PLAIN 
FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES, SUBSISTENCE USERS, 
AND THE ENVIRONMENT.—Before implementing the leas-
ing program authorized by this title, the Secretary shall 
prepare and promulgate regulations, lease terms, condi-
tions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other 
measures designed to ensure that the activities undertaken 
on the Coastal Plain under this title are conducted in a 
manner consistent with the purposes and environmental 
requirements of this title. 
(d) COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE ENVI-
RONMENTAL LAWS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The 
proposed regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, 
prohibitions, and stipulations for the leasing program 
under this title shall require compliance with all applicable 
provisions of Federal and State environmental law, and 
shall also require the following: 
(1) Standards at least as effective as the safety 
and environmental mitigation measures set forth in 
items 1 through 29 at pages 167 through 169 of the 
‘‘Final Legislative Environmental Impact State-
ment’’ (April 1987) on the Coastal Plain. 
(2) Seasonal limitations on exploration, develop-
ment, and related activities, where necessary, to 
avoid significant adverse effects during periods of 
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concentrated fish and wildlife breeding, denning, 
nesting, spawning, and migration based on a prepon-
derance of the best available scientific evidence that 
has been peer reviewed and obtained by following 
appropriate, documented scientific procedures, the 
results of which can be repeated using those same 
procedures. 
(3) That exploration activities, except for sur-
face geological studies, be limited to the period be-
tween approximately November 1 and May 1 each 
year and that exploration activities shall be sup-
ported, if necessary, by ice roads, winter trails with 
adequate snow cover, ice pads, ice airstrips, and air 
transport methods, except that such exploration ac-
tivities may occur at other times if the Secretary 
finds that such exploration will have no significant 
adverse effect on the fish and wildlife, their habitat, 
and the environment of the Coastal Plain. 
(4) Design safety and construction standards 
for all pipelines and any access and service roads, 
that— 
(A) minimize, to the maximum extent pos-
sible, adverse effects upon the passage of mi-
gratory species such as caribou; and 
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(B) minimize adverse effects upon the flow 
of surface water by requiring the use of cul-
verts, bridges, and other structural devices. 
(5) Prohibitions on general public access and 
use on all pipeline access and service roads. 
(6) Stringent reclamation and rehabilitation re-
quirements, consistent with the standards set forth 
in this title, requiring the removal from the Coastal 
Plain of all oil and gas development and production 
facilities, structures, and equipment upon completion 
of oil and gas production operations, except that the 
Secretary may exempt from the requirements of this 
paragraph those facilities, structures, or equipment 
that the Secretary determines would assist in the 
management of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 
and that are donated to the United States for that 
purpose. 
(7) Appropriate prohibitions or restrictions on 
access by all modes of transportation. 
(8) Appropriate prohibitions or restrictions on 
sand and gravel extraction. 
(9) Consolidation of facility siting. 
(10) Appropriate prohibitions or restrictions on 
use of explosives. 
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(11) Avoidance, to the extent practicable, of 
springs, streams, and river systems; the protection 
of natural surface drainage patterns, wetlands, and 
riparian habitats; and the regulation of methods or 
techniques for developing or transporting adequate 
supplies of water for exploratory drilling. 
(12) Avoidance or minimization of air traffic-re-
lated disturbance to fish and wildlife. 
(13) Treatment and disposal of hazardous and 
toxic wastes, solid wastes, reserve pit fluids, drilling 
muds and cuttings, and domestic wastewater, includ-
ing an annual waste management report, a haz-
ardous materials tracking system, and a prohibition 
on chlorinated solvents, in accordance with applica-
ble Federal and State environmental law. 
(14) Fuel storage and oil spill contingency plan-
ning. 
(15) Research, monitoring, and reporting re-
quirements. 
(16) Field crew environmental briefings. 
(17) Avoidance of significant adverse effects 
upon subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping by 
subsistence users. 
(18) Compliance with applicable air and water 
quality standards. 
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(19) Appropriate seasonal and safety zone des-
ignations around well sites, within which subsistence 
hunting and trapping shall be limited. 
(20) Reasonable stipulations for protection of 
cultural and archeological resources. 
(21) All other protective environmental stipula-
tions, restrictions, terms, and conditions deemed 
necessary by the Secretary. 
(e) CONSIDERATIONS.—In preparing and promul-
gating regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, 
prohibitions, and stipulations under this section, the Sec-
retary shall consider the following: 
(1) The stipulations and conditions that govern 
the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska leasing pro-
gram, as set forth in the 1999 Northeast National 
Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Final Integrated Activity 
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement. 
(2) The environmental protection standards 
that governed the initial Coastal Plain seismic explo-
ration program under parts 37.31 to 37.33 of title 
50, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(3) The land use stipulations for exploratory 
drilling on the KIC–ASRC private lands that are set 
forth in appendix 2 of the August 9, 1983, agree-
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ment between Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and 
the United States. 
(f) FACILITY CONSOLIDATION PLANNING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, after 
providing for public notice and comment, prepare 
and update periodically a plan to govern, guide, and 
direct the siting and construction of facilities for the 
exploration, development, production, and transpor-
tation of Coastal Plain oil and gas resources. 
(2) OBJECTIVES.—The plan shall have the fol-
lowing objectives: 
(A) Avoiding unnecessary duplication of fa-
cilities and activities. 
(B) Encouraging consolidation of common 
facilities and activities. 
(C) Locating or confining facilities and ac-
tivities to areas that will minimize impact on 
fish and wildlife, their habitat, and the environ-
ment. 
(D) Utilizing existing facilities wherever 
practicable. 
(E) Enhancing compatibility between wild-
life values and development activities. 
(g) ACCESS
TO PUBLIC LANDS.—The Secretary 
shall— 
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(1) manage public lands in the Coastal Plain 
subject to section 811 of the Alaska National Inter-
est Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3121); and 
(2) ensure that local residents shall have rea-
sonable access to public lands in the Coastal Plain 
for traditional uses. 
SEC. 208. EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) FILING OF COMPLAINT.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—Subject to paragraph (2), any 
complaint seeking judicial review— 
(A) of any provision of this title shall be 
filed by not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act; or 
(B) of any action of the Secretary under 
this title shall be filed— 
(i) except as provided in clause (ii), 
within the 90-day period beginning on the 
date of the action being challenged; or 
(ii) in the case of a complaint based 
solely on grounds arising after such period, 
within 90 days after the complainant knew 
or reasonably should have known of the 
grounds for the complaint. 
(2) VENUE.—Any complaint seeking judicial re-
view of any provision of this title or any action of 
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the Secretary under this title may be filed only in 
the United States Court of Appeals for the District 
of Columbia. 
(3) LIMITATION
ON
SCOPE
OF
CERTAIN
RE-
VIEW.—Judicial review of a Secretarial decision to 
conduct a lease sale under this title, including the 
environmental analysis thereof, shall be limited to 
whether the Secretary has complied with this title 
and shall be based upon the administrative record of 
that decision. The Secretary’s identification of a pre-
ferred course of action to enable leasing to proceed 
and the Secretary’s analysis of environmental effects 
under this title shall be presumed to be correct un-
less shown otherwise by clear and convincing evi-
dence to the contrary. 
(b) LIMITATION ON OTHER REVIEW.—Actions of the 
Secretary with respect to which review could have been 
obtained under this section shall not be subject to judicial 
review in any civil or criminal proceeding for enforcement. 
(c) LIMITATION ON ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COURT 
COSTS.—No person seeking judicial review of any action 
under this title shall receive payment from the Federal 
Government for their attorneys’ fees and other court costs, 
including under any provision of law enacted by the Equal 
Access to Justice Act (5 U.S.C. 504 note). 
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