ordinate their separate permitting and environ-
mental reviews with the Federal authorizations and 
environmental reviews, shall establish a schedule 
with prompt and binding intermediate and ultimate 
deadlines, not to exceed 18 months from the date of 
the written request, for the review of, and Federal 
authorization decisions relating to, oil shale or tar 
sands project development and operation. 
(3) 
CONSOLIDATED
ENVIRONMENTAL
RE-
VIEW.—If the Department determines that two or 
more environmental impact statements are required, 
the Department shall consolidate all or some of such 
statements in order to promote efficiency and timeli-
ness in the permitting process to the extent prac-
ticable. The Department may consolidate the envi-
ronmental reviews of any Federal agency considering 
any aspect of the proposed oil shale or tar sands 
project including ancillary surface processing facili-
ties, electric generation or transmission facilities, 
and other related facilities. 
(4) APPEALS.—In the event any agency has de-
nied a Federal authorization required for an oil 
shale or tar sands project, or has failed to act by a 
deadline established by the Secretary pursuant to 
paragraph (2) for deciding whether to issue the Fed-
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eral authorization, the applicant or any State in 
which the proposed oil shale or tar sands project 
would be located may file an appeal with the Sec-
retary. In consultation with the affected agency, the 
Secretary may then either issue the necessary Fed-
eral authorization with appropriate conditions, or 
deny the appeal. The Secretary shall issue a decision 
within 60 days after the filing of the appeal. 
(5) CONFORMING
REGULATIONS.—Not later 
than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall issue any regulations nec-
essary to implement this section. 
(d) OIL
SHALE
AND
TAR
SANDS
LAND
EX-
CHANGES.—Section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716), is hereby 
amended by adding the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j) OIL
SHALE
AND
TAR
SANDS
LAND
EX-
CHANGES.—For the purpose of promoting the economic 
recovery of oil shale and tar sands resources, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall identify and pursue to completion ex-
change and disposition of non-park, non-wilderness Fed-
eral lands, including lands having a non-Federal surface 
owner, containing deposits of oil shale and/or tar sands. 
The Secretary shall identify blocks of land containing oil 
shale and/or tar sands deposits for the purpose of maxi-
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mizing consolidation of land ownership, and mineral inter-
ests, into manageable blocks within the following geologic 
basins located in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming: Green 
River, Piceance Creek, Uinta, and Washakie. The Sec-
retary shall consider the geology of the basin when deter-
mining the size of manageable blocks. The Secretary shall 
conduct exchanges that are favorable to and in the overall 
best interest of the United States.’’. 
(e) PROCUREMENT OF UNCONVENTIONAL FUELS.— 
Section 2398a of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘1 or more’’ and inserting 
‘‘up to 25’’. 
SEC. 22. BUY AND BUILD AMERICAN. 
(a) BUY AND BUILD AMERICAN.—It is the intention 
of the Congress that this Act, among other things, results 
in a healthy and growing American industrial, manufac-
turing, transportation, and service sector employing the 
vast talents of America’s workforce to assist in the devel-
opment of affordable energy from the outer Continental 
Shelf. Moreover, the Congress intends to monitor the de-
ployment of personnel and material in the outer Conti-
nental Shelf to encourage the development of American 
technology and manufacturing to enable United States 
workers to benefit from this Act by good jobs and careers, 
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