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energy at the lowest cost to reliably serve consumers, recognizing 
any operational limits of generation and transmission facilities. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND THE STATES.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and on a yearly 
basis following, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress 
and the States on the results of the study conducted under sub-
section (a), including recommendations to Congress and the States 
for any suggested legislative or regulatory changes. 
SEC. 1833. RENEWABLE ENERGY ON FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STUDY.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall enter into a contract with the National Academy 
of Sciences under which the National Academy of Sciences shall— 
(1) study the potential of developing wind, solar, and ocean 
energy resources (including tidal, wave, and thermal energy) 
on Federal land available for those uses under current law 
and the outer Continental Shelf; 
(2) assess any Federal law (including regulations) relating 
to the development of those resources that is in existence on 
the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(3) recommend statutory and regulatory mechanisms for 
developing those resources. 
(b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall submit to Congress the results of the study under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 1834. INCREASED HYDROELECTRIC GENERATION AT EXISTING 
FEDERAL FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary, 
and the Secretary of the Army shall jointly conduct a study of 
the potential for increasing electric power production capability 
at federally owned or operated water regulation, storage, and 
conveyance facilities. 
(b) CONTENT.—The study under this section shall include identi-
fication and description in detail of each facility that is capable, 
with or without modification, of producing additional hydroelectric 
power, including estimation of the existing potential for the facility 
to generate hydroelectric power. 
(c) REPORT.—The Secretaries shall submit to the Committees 
on Energy and Commerce, Resources, and Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the 
findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study under this 
section by not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. The report shall include each of the following: 
(1) The identifications, descriptions, and estimations 
referred to in subsection (b). 
(2) A description of activities currently conducted or consid-
ered, or that could be considered, to produce additional hydro-
electric power from each identified facility. 
(3) A summary of prior actions taken by the Secretaries 
to produce additional hydroelectric power from each identified 
facility. 
(4) The costs to install, upgrade, or modify equipment or 
take other actions to produce additional hydroelectric power
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from each identified facility and the level of Federal power 
customer involvement in the determination of such costs. 
(5) The benefits that would be achieved by such installation, 
upgrade, modification, or other action, including quantified esti-
mates of any additional energy or capacity from each facility 
identified under subsection (b). 
(6) A description of actions that are planned, underway, 
or might reasonably be considered to increase hydroelectric 
power production by replacing turbine runners, by performing 
generator upgrades or rewinds, or construction of pumped stor-
age facilities. 
(7) The impact of increased hydroelectric power production 
on irrigation, water supply, fish, wildlife, Indian tribes, river 
health, water quality, navigation, recreation, fishing, and flood 
control. 
(8) Any additional recommendations to increase hydro-
electric power production from, and reduce costs and improve 
efficiency at, federally owned or operated water regulation, 
storage, and conveyance facilities. 
SEC. 1835. SPLIT-ESTATE FEDERAL OIL AND GAS LEASING AND 
DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES. 
(a) REVIEW.—In consultation with affected private surface 
owners, oil and gas industry, and other interested parties, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall undertake a review of the current 
policies and practices with respect to management of Federal sub-
surface oil and gas development activities and their effects on 
the privately owned surface. This review shall include— 
(1) a comparison of the rights and responsibilities under 
existing mineral and land law for the owner of a Federal 
mineral lease, the private surface owners and the Department; 
(2) a comparison of the surface owner consent provisions 
in section 714 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 
Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1304) concerning surface mining of 
Federal coal deposits and the surface owner consent provisions 
for oil and gas development, including coalbed methane produc-
tion; and 
(3) recommendations for administrative or legislative action 
necessary to facilitate reasonable access for Federal oil and 
gas activities while addressing surface owner concerns and 
minimizing impacts to private surface. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of the Interior shall report the 
results of such review to Congress not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1836. RESOLUTION OF FEDERAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CON-
FLICTS IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of the Interior shall review Federal 
and State laws in existence on the date of enactment of this Act 
in order to resolve any conflict relating to the Powder River Basin 
in Wyoming and Montana between— 
(1) the development of Federal coal; and 
(2) the development of Federal and non-Federal coalbed 
methane. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to 
Congress a report that—
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(1) describes methods of resolving a conflict described in 
subsection (a); and 
(2) identifies a method preferred by the Secretary of the 
Interior, including proposed legislative language, if any, 
required to implement the method. 
SEC. 1837. NATIONAL SECURITY REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL ENERGY 
REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Defense and Secretary of Homeland Security, shall conduct a 
study of the growing energy requirements of the People’s Republic 
of China and the implications of such growth on the political, 
strategic, economic, or national security interests of the United 
States, including— 
(1) an assessment of the type, nationality, and location 
of energy assets that have been sought for investment by enti-
ties located in the People’s Republic of China; 
(2) an assessment of the extent to which investment in 
energy assets by entities located in the People’s Republic of 
China has been on market-based terms and free from subsidies 
from the People’s Republic of China; 
(3) an assessment of the effect of investment in energy 
assets by entities located in the People’s Republic of China 
on the control by the United States of dual-use and export-
controlled technologies, including the effect on current and 
future access to foreign and domestic sources of rare earth 
elements used to produce such technologies; 
(4) an assessment of the relationship between the Govern-
ment of the People’s Republic of China and energy-related 
businesses located in the People’s Republic of China; 
(5) an assessment of the impact on the world energy market 
of the common practice of entities located in the People’s 
Republic of China of removing the energy assets owned or 
controlled by such entities from the competitive market, with 
emphasis on the effect if such practice expands along with 
the growth in energy consumption of the People’s Republic 
of China; 
(6) an examination of the United States energy policy and 
foreign policy as it relates to ensuring a competitive global 
energy market; 
(7) an examination of the relationship between the United 
States and the People’s Republic of China as it relates to 
pursuing energy interests in a manner that avoids conflicts; 
and 
(8) a comparison of the appropriate laws and regulations 
of other nations to determine whether a United States company 
would be permitted to purchase, acquire, merge, or otherwise 
establish a joint relationship with an entity whose primary 
place of business is in that other nation, including the laws 
and regulations of the People’s Republic of China. 
(b) REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall report to the 
President and the Congress on the findings of the study described 
in subsection (a) and any recommendations the Secretaries consider 
appropriate.