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lations as emergency actions to conserve the resources of 
the United States.’’. 
SEC. 1204. LEASING CONSISTENCY. 
Federal land managers must follow existing resource 
management plans and continue to actively lease in areas 
designated as open when resource management plans are 
being amended or revised, until such time as a new record 
of decision is signed. 
SEC. 1205. REDUCE REDUNDANT POLICIES. 
Bureau of Land Management Instruction Memo-
randum 2010–117 shall have no force or effect. 
SEC. 1206. STREAMLINED CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION. 
Section 31(e) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
188(e)) is amended in the matter following paragraph (4) 
by striking ‘‘at least thirty days in advance of the rein-
statement’’ and inserting ‘‘in an annual report’’. 
Subtitle C—Oil Shale 
SEC. 1301. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Invest-
ment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, 
Energy, and Resource Security Act’’ or the ‘‘PIONEERS 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 1302. EFFECTIVENESS OF OIL SHALE REGULATIONS, 
AMENDMENTS TO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
PLANS, AND RECORD OF DECISION. 
(a) REGULATIONS.—Notwithstanding any other law 
or regulation to the contrary, the final regulations regard-
ing oil shale management published by the Bureau of 
Land Management on November 18, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 
69,414) are deemed to satisfy all legal and procedural re-
quirements under any law, including the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.), and the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the Secretary of 
the Interior shall implement those regulations, including 
the oil shale leasing program authorized by the regula-
tions, without any other administrative action necessary. 
(b) AMENDMENTS
TO
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT 
PLANS
AND RECORD
OF DECISION.—Notwithstanding 
any other law or regulation to the contrary, the November 
17, 2008 U.S. Bureau of Land Management Approved Re-
source Management Plan Amendments/Record of Decision 
for Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources to Address Land 
Use Allocations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and 
Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement are 
deemed to satisfy all legal and procedural requirements 
under any law, including the Federal Land Policy and 
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Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 
and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the Secretary of the Interior 
shall implement the oil shale leasing program authorized 
by the regulations referred to in subsection (a) in those 
areas covered by the resource management plans amended 
by such amendments, and covered by such record of deci-
sion, without any other administrative action necessary. 
SEC. 1303. OIL SHALE LEASING. 
(a) ADDITIONAL RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT 
LEASE SALES.—The Secretary of the Interior shall hold 
a lease sale within 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act offering an additional 10 parcels for lease for 
research, development, and demonstration of oil shale re-
sources, under the terms offered in the solicitation of bids 
for such leases published on January 15, 2009 (74 Fed. 
Reg. 10). 
(b) COMMERCIAL LEASE SALES.—No later than Jan-
uary 1, 2016, the Secretary of the Interior shall hold no 
less than 5 separate commercial lease sales in areas con-
sidered to have the most potential for oil shale develop-
ment, as determined by the Secretary, in areas nominated 
through public comment. Each lease sale shall be for an 
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area of not less than 25,000 acres, and in multiple lease 
blocs. 
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous 
Provisions 
SEC. 1401. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize 
the issuance of a lease under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 181 et seq.) to any person designated for the impo-
sition of sanctions pursuant to— 
(1) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac-
countability and Divestiture Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
8501 et seq.), the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et 
seq.), section 1245 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a), 
or the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act 
of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.); 
(2) Executive Order No. 13622 (July 30, 
2012), Executive Order No. 13628 (October 9, 
2012), or Executive Order No. 13645 (June 3, 
2013); 
(3) Executive Order No. 13224 (September 23, 
2001) or Executive Order No. 13338 (May 11, 
2004); or 
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(4) the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sov-
ereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2151 
note). 
TITLE II—PLANNING FOR 
AMERICAN ENERGY 
SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Planning for American 
Energy Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2002. ONSHORE DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION 
STRATEGIC PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by redesignating section 
44 as section 45, and by inserting after section 43 the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 44. QUADRENNIAL STRATEGIC FEDERAL ONSHORE 
ENERGY PRODUCTION STRATEGY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in 
this section referred to as ‘Secretary’), in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Agriculture with regard to 
lands administered by the Forest Service, shall de-
velop and publish every 4 years a Quadrennial Fed-
eral Onshore Energy Production Strategy. This 
Strategy shall direct Federal land energy develop-
ment and department resource allocation in order to 
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promote the energy and national security of the 
United States in accordance with Bureau of Land 
Management’s mission of promoting the multiple use 
of Federal lands as set forth in the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.). 
‘‘(2) In developing this Strategy, the Secretary 
shall consult with the Administrator of the Energy 
Information Administration on the projected energy 
demands of the United States for the next 30-year 
period, and how energy derived from Federal on-
shore lands can put the United States on a trajec-
tory to meet that demand during the next 4-year pe-
riod. The Secretary shall consider how Federal lands 
will contribute to ensuring national energy security, 
with a goal for increasing energy independence and 
production, during the next 4-year period. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall determine a domestic 
strategic production objective for the development of 
energy resources from Federal onshore lands. Such 
objective shall be— 
‘‘(A) the best estimate, based upon com-
mercial and scientific data, of the expected in-
crease in domestic production of oil and natural 
gas from the Federal onshore mineral estate, 
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also take all necessary actions to achieve these production 
objectives unless the President determines that it is not 
in the national security and economic interests of the 
United States to increase Federal domestic energy produc-
tion and to further decrease dependence upon foreign 
sources of energy. In administering this section, the rel-
evant Secretary shall only consider leasing Federal lands 
available for leasing at the time the lease sale occurs. 
‘‘(d) STATE, FEDERALLY
RECOGNIZED
INDIAN 
TRIBES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND PUBLIC INPUT.—In 
developing each strategy, the Secretary shall solicit the 
input of affected States, federally recognized Indian tribes, 
local governments, and the public. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall report annu-
ally to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate on the progress of meet-
ing the production goals set forth in the strategy. The Sec-
retary shall identify in the report projections for produc-
tion and capacity installations and any problems with leas-
ing, permitting, siting, or production that will prevent 
meeting the goal. In addition, the Secretary shall make 
suggestions to help meet any shortfalls in meeting the pro-
duction goals. 
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‘‘(f) 
PROGRAMMATIC
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT 
STATEMENT.—Not later than 12 months after the date 
of enactment of this section, in accordance with section 
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), the Secretary shall com-
plete a programmatic environmental impact statement. 
This programmatic environmental impact statement will 
be deemed sufficient to comply with all requirements 
under that Act for all necessary resource management and 
land use plans associated with the implementation of the 
strategy. 
‘‘(g) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.—At least 60 days 
prior to publishing a proposed strategy under this section, 
the Secretary shall submit it to the President and the Con-
gress, together with any comments received from States, 
federally recognized Indian tribes, and local governments. 
Such submission shall indicate why any specific rec-
ommendation of a State, federally recognized Indian tribe, 
or local government was not accepted. 
‘‘(h) STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL ENERGY MINERALS 
DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘stra-
tegic and critical energy minerals’ means those that are 
necessary for the Nation’s energy infrastructure including 
pipelines, refining capacity, electrical power generation 
and transmission, and renewable energy production and 
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those that are necessary to support domestic manufac-
turing, including but not limited to, materials used in en-
ergy generation, production, and transportation.’’. 
(b) FIRST QUADRENNIAL STRATEGY.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress the 
first Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production 
Strategy under the amendment made by subsection (a). 
TITLE 
III—NATIONAL 
PETRO-
LEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA 
ACCESS 
SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Petroleum 
Reserve Alaska Access Act’’. 
SEC. 3002. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REAFFIRMING NA-
TIONAL POLICY FOR THE NATIONAL PETRO-
LEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska 
remains explicitly designated, both in name and legal 
status, for purposes of providing oil and natural gas 
resources to the United States; and 
(2) accordingly, the national policy is to actively 
advance oil and gas development within the Reserve 
by facilitating the expeditious exploration, produc-
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tion, and transportation of oil and natural gas from 
and through the Reserve. 
SEC. 3003. NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA: 
LEASE SALES. 
Section 107(a) of the Naval Petroleum Reserves Pro-
duction Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6506a(a)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct an 
expeditious program of competitive leasing of oil and gas 
in the reserve in accordance with this Act. Such program 
shall include at least one lease sale annually in those areas 
of the reserve most likely to produce commercial quantities 
of oil and natural gas each year in the period 2013 
through 2023.’’. 
SEC. 3004. NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA: 
PLANNING AND PERMITTING PIPELINE AND 
ROAD CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation 
with other appropriate Federal agencies, shall facilitate 
and ensure permits, in a timely and environmentally re-
sponsible manner, for all surface development activities, 
including for the construction of pipelines and roads, nec-
essary to— 
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(1) develop and bring into production any areas 
within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska 
that are subject to oil and gas leases; and 
(2) transport oil and gas from and through the 
National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska in the most 
direct manner possible to existing transportation or 
processing infrastructure on the North Slope of 
Alaska. 
(b) TIMELINE.—The Secretary shall ensure that any 
Federal permitting agency shall issue permits in accord-
ance with the following timeline: 
(1) Permits for such construction for transpor-
tation of oil and natural gas produced under existing 
Federal oil and gas leases with respect to which the 
Secretary has issued a permit to drill shall be ap-
proved within 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(2) Permits for such construction for transpor-
tation of oil and natural gas produced under Federal 
oil and gas leases shall be approved within 6 months 
after the submission to the Secretary of a request 
for a permit to drill. 
(c) PLAN.—To ensure timely future development of 
the Reserve, within 270 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit 
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