‘‘(ii) $500,000 in the case of an ar-
rangement for all surface-disturbing activi-
ties of each entity in a State. 
‘‘(E) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—In 
the application of subparagraph (B), the Secre-
taries concerned shall jointly at least once every 
three years, at the beginning of the fiscal year, 
adjust the dollar amounts in subparagraph (B) 
to account for inflation based on the Consumer 
Price Index for all urban consumer published 
by the Department of Labor. 
‘‘(F) 
REQUIRING
HIGHER
BOND 
AMOUNTS.—The Secretary concerned may re-
quire a higher level of a financial assurance 
above the applicable minimum level required 
under paragraph (D) as the Secretary con-
cerned determines to be appropriate or nec-
essary to ensure the complete and timely rec-
lamation of the lease tract, and the restoration 
of any lands or surface waters adversely af-
fected by lease operations after the abandon-
ment or cessation of oil and gas operations on 
the lease. 
‘‘(5) STANDARDS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Bonding Reform 
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and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2021, the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall, by regulation, establish uniform standards for 
all Interim and Final Reclamation Plans. The goal 
of such plans shall be the restoration of the affected 
ecosystem to a condition approximating or equal to 
that which existed prior to the surface disturbance. 
Such standards shall include restoration of natural 
vegetation and hydrology, habitat restoration, sal-
vage, storage and reuse of topsoils, erosion control, 
control of invasive species and noxious weeds and 
natural contouring. 
‘‘(6) MONITORING.—The Secretary concerned 
shall not approve final abandonment and shall not 
release any bond required by this Act until the 
standards and requirement for final reclamation es-
tablished pursuant to this Act have been met. 
‘‘(7) FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.—The Secretary 
concerned shall not release the financial assurance 
established for a lease until the applicable lessee has 
paid the inspection fees required under section 4 for 
the lease covered by the financial assurance instru-
ment. 
‘‘(8) BOND ADEQUACY REVIEW.—The Secretary 
shall conduct bond adequacy reviews as required 
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under paragraph (4)(D) in accordance with Bureau 
of Land Management Instruction Memorandum No. 
2019-014, dated November 15, 2018.’’. 
SEC. 3. CHANGES TO THE BLM PERMIT PROCESSING IM-
PROVEMENT FUND. 
(a) NAME OF FUND.—Section 35(c)(2)(B) of the 
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(c)(2)(B)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund’’ 
and inserting ‘‘BLM Administration and Accountability 
Fund’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL USES.—Section 35(c)(3)(A) of such 
Act (30 191(c)(3)(A)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘Such coordination and processing shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(i) the coordination and review proc-
ess for financial assurances for oil and gas 
leases and bond releases for oil and gas 
leases; 
‘‘(ii) the inventory of orphaned wells 
and coordinate the processing of requests 
for delays in the permanent closure of in-
active wells; and 
‘‘(iii) coordination and processing re-
lated to environmental and cultural re-
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sources reviews applicable to oil and gas 
activities.’’. 
SEC. 4. INSPECTION FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 108 of the Federal Oil 
and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 
1718) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) INSPECTION FEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The designated operator 
under each oil and gas lease on Federal or Indian 
lands, or each unit and communitization agreement 
that includes one or more such Federal or Indian 
leases, that is subject to inspection under subsection 
(b) and that is in force at the start of the fiscal year 
2021, shall pay a nonrefundable annual inspection 
fee in an amount that, except as provided in para-
graph (2), is established by the Secretary by regula-
tion and is sufficient to recover the full costs in-
curred by the United States for inspection and en-
forcement with respect to such leases. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—Until the effective date of reg-
ulations under paragraph (1), the amount of the fee 
shall be— 
‘‘(A) $700 for each lease or unit or 
communitization agreement with no active or 
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inactive wells, but with surface use, disturbance 
or reclamation; 
‘‘(B) $1,225 for each lease or unit or 
communitization agreement with 1 to 10 wells, 
with any combination of active or inactive wells; 
‘‘(C) $4,900 for each lease or unit or 
communitization agreement with 11 to 50 wells, 
with any combination of active or inactive wells; 
and 
‘‘(D) $9,800 for each lease or unit or 
communitization agreement with more than 50 
wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
wells. 
‘‘(3) DUE DATE.—Payment of the fee under 
this section shall be due, annually, not later than 30 
days after the Secretary provides notice of the as-
sessment of the fee. 
‘‘(4) PENALTY.—If the designated operator 
fails to pay the full amount of the fee as prescribed 
in this section, the Secretary may, in addition to uti-
lizing any other applicable enforcement authority, 
assess civil penalties against the operator under sec-
tion 109 in the same manner as if this section were 
a mineral leasing law.’’. 
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(b) ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall assess the fee under the amend-
ment made by subsection (a) for fiscal year 2022, and pro-
vide notice of such assessment to each designated operator 
who is liable for such fee, by not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. BONDING EQUITY FOR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REF-
UGE SYSTEM LANDS. 
Section 4 of the National Wildlife Refuge System Ad-
ministration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (h) through 
(o), as (i) through (p), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(h) RECLAMATION, DAMAGES, AND FINANCIAL AS-
SURANCE FOR OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS ON REFUGE 
LANDS.— 
‘‘(1) The Secretary, acting through the Direc-
tor, shall obtain adequate financial assurances from 
non-Federal entities to repair potential damages to 
refuge resources, prior to the commencement of sur-
face-disturbing activities as part of the development 
of non-Federal minerals below refuge surface estate, 
including— 
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‘‘(A) to ensure the complete and timely 
reclamation of the land, and the restoration of 
any lands or surface waters adversely affected 
by operations after the abandonment or ces-
sation of oil and gas operations on the land; 
and 
‘‘(B) to meet potential response and as-
sessment costs and other damages to refuge re-
sources as a result of oil and gas operations. 
‘‘(2) Financial assurances forfeited by a non- 
Federal entity under this subsection shall be re-
tained and available to the Secretary, without fur-
ther appropriation, and shall remain available until 
expended, for— 
‘‘(A) plugging and abandoning wells; 
‘‘(B) removing structures, equipment, ma-
terials, and other infrastructure; 
‘‘(C) response costs and damage assess-
ments conducted; 
‘‘(D) restoration, replacement, or acquisi-
tion of the equivalent refuge resources; and 
‘‘(E) monitoring and studying affected ref-
uge resources.’’. 
Æ 
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