‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—This section shall not apply to an 
action of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
Agriculture on Indian lands or resources managed in trust 
for the benefit of Indian Tribes. 
‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—The activities referred 
to in subsection (a) are: 
‘‘(1) Reinstating a lease pursuant to section 31 
of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 188). 
‘‘(2) The following activities, provided that any 
new surface disturbance is contiguous with the foot-
print of the original authorization and does not ex-
ceed 20 acres or the acreage evaluated in a document 
previously prepared under section 102(2)(C) of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) with respect to such activity, 
whichever is greater: 
‘‘(A) Drilling oil or gas wells at a well pad 
site at which drilling has occurred previously. 
‘‘(B) Expansion of an existing oil or gas 
well pad site to accommodate additional wells. 
‘‘(C) Expansion or modification of an exist-
ing oil or gas well pad site, road, pipeline, fa-
cilities, or utilities submitted in a sundry notice. 
‘‘(3) Drilling of oil and gas wells at new well 
pad sites, provided that the new surface disturbance 
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does not exceed 20 acres or the acreage evaluated in 
a document previously prepared under section 
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) with respect to such 
activity, whichever is greater. 
‘‘(4) Construction or realignment of a road, 
pipeline, or utilities within an existing right-of-way 
or within a right-of-way corridor established in a 
land use plan. 
‘‘(5) The following activities when conducted 
from non-Federal surface into federally owned min-
erals, provided that the operator submits to the Sec-
retary concerned certification of a surface use agree-
ment with the non-Federal landowner: 
‘‘(A) Drilling oil or gas wells at a well pad 
site at which drilling has occurred previously. 
‘‘(B) Expansion of an existing oil or gas 
well pad site to accommodate additional wells. 
‘‘(C) Expansion or modification of an exist-
ing oil or gas well pad site, road, pipeline, fa-
cilities or utilities submitted in a sundry notice. 
‘‘(6) Drilling of oil or gas wells from non-Fed-
eral surface and non-Federal subsurface into Federal 
mineral estate. 
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‘‘(7) Construction of up to 1 mile of new road 
on Federal or non-Federal surface, not to exceed 2 
miles in total. 
‘‘(8) Construction of up to 3 miles of individual 
pipelines or utilities, regardless of surface owner-
ship.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 743 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6106 
[Report No. 115–955] 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to clarify 
the authorized categorical exclusions and author-
ize additional categorical exclusions to streamline 
the oil and gas permitting process, and for other 
purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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