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made available under subparagraph (A) at the earliest 
practicable time. 
(4) MINUTES.—The Commission shall keep, and make avail-
able to the public, a transcript, electronic recording, or minutes 
from each Commission meeting, except for portions of the 
meeting closed under paragraph (2). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated to the Commission not more than $55,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2015 to carry out subsection 
(b). 
SEC. 357. COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF OCS OIL AND NATURAL 
GAS RESOURCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct an inventory 
and analysis of oil and natural gas resources beneath all of the 
waters of the United States Outer Continental Shelf (‘‘OCS’’). The 
inventory and analysis shall— 
(1) use available data on oil and gas resources in areas 
offshore of Mexico and Canada that will provide information 
on trends of oil and gas accumulation in areas of the OCS; 
(2) use any available technology, except drilling, but 
including 3–D seismic technology to obtain accurate resource 
estimates; 
(3) analyze how resource estimates in OCS areas have 
changed over time in regards to gathering geological and geo-
physical data, initial exploration, or full field development, 
including areas such as the deepwater and subsalt areas in 
the Gulf of Mexico; 
(4) estimate the effect that understated oil and gas resource 
inventories have on domestic energy investments; and 
(5) identify and explain how legislative, regulatory, and 
administrative programs or processes restrict or impede the 
development of identified resources and the extent that they 
affect domestic supply, such as moratoria, lease terms and 
conditions, operational stipulations and requirements, approval 
delays by the Federal Government and coastal States, and 
local zoning restrictions for onshore processing facilities and 
pipeline landings. 
(b) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit a report to Congress 
on the inventory of estimates and the analysis of restrictions or 
impediments, together with any recommendations, within 6 months 
of the date of enactment of the section. The report shall be publicly 
available and updated at least every 5 years. 
Subtitle F—Access to Federal Lands 
SEC. 361. FEDERAL ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING AND PERMITTING 
PRACTICES. 
(a) REVIEW OF ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING PRACTICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to National 
Forest System lands under the jurisdiction of the Department 
of Agriculture, shall perform an internal review of current 
Federal onshore oil and gas leasing and permitting practices. 
(2) INCLUSIONS.—The review shall include the process for— 
(A) accepting or rejecting offers to lease;
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(B) administrative appeals of decisions or orders of 
officers or employees of the Bureau of Land Management 
with respect to a Federal oil or gas lease; 
(C) considering surface use plans of operation, 
including the timeframes in which the plans are considered, 
and any recommendations for improving and expediting 
the process; and 
(D) identifying stipulations to address site-specific con-
cerns and conditions, including those stipulations relating 
to the environment and resource use conflicts. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall transmit a report to Congress that describes— 
(1) actions taken under section 3 of Executive Order No. 
13212 (42 U.S.C. 13201 note); and 
(2) actions taken or any plans to improve the Federal 
onshore oil and gas leasing program. 
SEC. 362. MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL OIL AND GAS LEASING PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) TIMELY ACTION ON LEASES AND PERMITS.— 
(1) SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—To ensure timely action 
on oil and gas leases and applications for permits to drill 
on land otherwise available for leasing, the Secretary of the 
Interior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall— 
(A) 
ensure 
expeditious 
compliance 
with 
section 
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) and any other applicable environ-
mental and cultural resources laws; 
(B) improve consultation and coordination with the 
States and the public; and 
(C) improve the collection, storage, and retrieval of 
information relating to the oil and gas leasing activities. 
(2) SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.—To ensure timely action 
on oil and gas lease applications for permits to drill on land 
otherwise available for leasing, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall— 
(A) ensure expeditious compliance with all applicable 
environmental and cultural resources laws; and 
(B) improve the collection, storage, and retrieval of 
information relating to the oil and gas leasing activities. 
(b) BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and imple-
ment best management practices to— 
(A) improve the administration of the onshore oil and 
gas leasing program under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 181 et seq.); and 
(B) ensure timely action on oil and gas leases and 
applications for permits to drill on land otherwise available 
for leasing. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the best management 
practices under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider 
any recommendations from the review under section 361. 
(3) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
development of the best management practices under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall publish, for public comment,