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Department of the Interior and the Department 
of Agriculture. 
(2) RESOURCE MAPPING.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
establish a joint Geographic Information System 
mapping system for use in— 
(A) tracking surface resource values to aid 
in resource management; and 
(B) processing surface use plans of oper-
ation and applications for permits to drill. 
SEC. 346. COMPLIANCE WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER 13211; AC-
TIONS 
CONCERNING 
REGULATIONS 
THAT 
SIGNIFICANTLY 
AFFECT 
ENERGY 
SUPPLY, 
DISTRIBUTION, OR USE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The head of each Federal agency 
shall require that before the Federal agency takes any action 
that could have a significant adverse effect on the supply 
of domestic energy resources from Federal public land, the 
Federal agency taking the action shall comply with Execu-
tive Order No. 13211 (42 U.S.C. 13201 note). 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall pub-
lish guidance for purposes of this section describing what 
constitutes a significant adverse effect on the supply of do-
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mestic energy resources under Executive Order No. 13211 
(42 U.S.C. 13201 note). 
(c) MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
include in the memorandum of understanding under section 
344 provisions for implementing subsection (a) of this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 350. ENERGY FACILITY RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND COR-
RIDORS ON FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture and the Secretary of the Interior, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, shall submit 
to Congress a joint report— 
(A) that addresses— 
(i) the location of existing rights-of- 
way and designated and de facto corridors 
for oil and gas pipelines and electric trans-
mission and distribution facilities on Fed-
eral land; and 
(ii) opportunities for additional oil 
and gas pipeline and electric transmission
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capacity within those rights-of-way and cor-
ridors; and 
(B) that includes a plan for making avail-
able, on request, to the appropriate Federal, 
State, and local agencies, tribal governments, 
and other persons involved in the siting of oil 
and gas pipelines and electricity transmission 
facilities Geographic Information System-based 
information regarding the location of the exist-
ing rights-of-way and corridors and any planned 
rights-of-way and corridors. 
(2) CONSULTATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
preparing the report, the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture shall consult with— 
(A) other agencies of Federal, State, tribal, 
or local units of government, as appropriate; 
(B) persons involved in the siting of oil and 
gas pipelines and electric transmission facilities; 
and 
(C) other interested members of the public. 
(3) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture shall limit the dis-
tribution of the report and Geographic Information 
System-based information referred to in paragraph 
(1) as necessary for national and infrastructure secu-
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rity reasons, if either Secretary determines that the 
information may be withheld from public disclosure 
under a national security or other exception under 
section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) CORRIDOR DESIGNATIONS.— 
(1) 11 CONTIGUOUS
WESTERN
STATES.—Not 
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 
Energy, and the Secretary of the Interior, in con-
sultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission and the affected utility industries, shall joint-
ly— 
(A) designate, under title V of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1761 et seq.) and other applicable Federal 
laws, corridors for oil and gas pipelines and elec-
tricity transmission and facilities on Federal 
land in the eleven contiguous Western States (as 
defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Pol-
icy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1702)); 
(B) perform any environmental reviews 
that may be required to complete the designa-
tions of corridors for the facilities on Federal
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land in the eleven contiguous Western States; 
and 
(C) incorporate the designated corridors 
into— 
(i) the relevant departmental and 
agency land use and resource management 
plans; or 
(ii) equivalent plans. 
(2) OTHER
STATES.—Not later than 4 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the 
Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the af-
fected utility industries, shall jointly— 
(A) identify corridors for oil and gas pipe-
lines and electricity transmission and distribu-
tion facilities on Federal land in the States other 
than those described in paragraph (1); and 
(B) schedule prompt action to identify, des-
ignate, and incorporate the corridors into the 
land use plan. 
(3) ONGOING RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Secretary 
of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the
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Secretary of the Interior, with respect to lands under 
their respective jurisdictions, in consultation with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the af-
fected utility industries, shall establish procedures 
that— 
(A) ensure that additional corridors for oil 
and gas pipelines and electricity transmission 
and distribution facilities on Federal land are 
promptly identified and designated; and 
(B) expedite applications to construct or 
modify oil and gas pipelines and electricity 
transmission and distribution facilities within 
the corridors, taking into account prior analyses 
and environmental reviews undertaken during 
the designation of corridors. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretaries shall take into account the need for upgraded 
and new electricity transmission and distribution facilities 
to— 
(1) improve reliability; 
(2) relieve congestion; and 
(3) enhance the capability of the national grid to 
deliver electricity. 
(d) DEFINITION OF CORRIDOR.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section and title V of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761 et seq.), the term ‘‘corridor’’ 
means— 
(A) a linear strip of land— 
(i) with a width determined with con-
sideration given to technological, environ-
mental, and topographical factors; and 
(ii) that contains, or may in the future 
contain, 1 or more utility, communication, 
or transportation facilities; 
(B) a land use designation that is estab-
lished— 
(i) by law; 
(ii) by Secretarial Order; 
(iii) through the land use planning 
process; or 
(iv) by other management decision; 
and 
(C) a designation made for the purpose of 
establishing the preferred location of compatible 
linear facilities and land uses. 
(2) SPECIFICATIONS OF CORRIDOR.—On designa-
tion of a corridor under this section, the centerline,
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width, and compatible uses of a corridor shall be spec-
ified. 
SEC. 355. ENCOURAGING GREAT LAKES OIL AND GAS DRILL-
ING BAN. 
Congress encourages no Federal or State permit or 
lease to be issued for new oil and gas slant, directional, 
or offshore drilling in or under one or more of the Great 
Lakes. 
SEC. 358. FEDERAL COALBED METHANE REGULATION. 
Any State currently on the list of Affected States estab-
lished under section 1339(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 
1992 (42 U.S.C. 13368(b)) shall be removed from the list 
if, not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the State takes, or prior to the date of enactment 
has taken, any of the actions required for removal from the 
list under such section 1339(b). 
Subtitle D—Refining Revitalization 
SEC. 371. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘United States Refin-
ery Revitalization Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 372. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) It serves the national interest to increase pe-
troleum refining capacity for gasoline, heating oil, 
diesel fuel, jet fuel, kerosene, and petrochemical feed-
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stocks wherever located within the United States, to 
bring more supply to the markets for use by the 
American people. Nearly 50 percent of the petroleum 
in the United States is used for the production of gas-
oline. Refined petroleum products have a significant 
impact on interstate commerce. 
(2) United States demand for refined petroleum 
products currently exceeds the country’s petroleum re-
fining capacity to produce such products. By 2025, 
United States gasoline consumption is projected to 
rise from 8,900,000 barrels per day to 12,900,000 
barrels per day. Diesel fuel and home heating oil are 
becoming larger components of an increasing demand 
for refined petroleum supply. With the increase in air 
travel, jet fuel consumption is projected to be 789,000 
barrels per day higher in 2025 than today. 
(3) The petroleum refining industry is operating 
at 95 percent of capacity. The United States is cur-
rently importing 5 percent of its refined petroleum 
products and because of the stringent United States 
gasoline and diesel fuel specifications, few foreign re-
finers can produce the clean fuels required in the 
United States and the number of foreign suppliers 
that can produce United States quality gasoline is de-
creasing.
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(4) Refiners are subject to significant environ-
mental and other regulations and face several new 
Clean Air Act requirements over the next decade. New 
Clean Air Act requirements will benefit the environ-
ment but will also require substantial capital invest-
ment and additional government permits. 
(5) No new refinery has been built in the United 
States since 1976 and many smaller domestic refin-
eries have become idle since the removal of the Domes-
tic Crude Oil Allocation Program and because of reg-
ulatory uncertainty and generally low returns on 
capital employed. Today, the United States has 149 
refineries, down from 324 in 1981. Restoration of re-
cently idled refineries alone would amount to 483,570 
barrels a day in additional capacity, or approxi-
mately 3.3 percent of the total operating capacity. 
(6) Refiners have met growing demand by in-
creasing the use of existing equipment and increasing 
the efficiency and capacity of existing plants. But re-
fining capacity has begun to lag behind peak summer 
demand. 
(7) Heavy industry and manufacturing jobs 
have closed or relocated due to barriers to investment, 
burdensome regulation, and high costs of operation, 
among other reasons.
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(8) Because the production and disruption in 
supply of refined petroleum products has a significant 
impact on interstate commerce, it serves the national 
interest to increase the domestic refining operating 
capacity. 
(10) More regulatory certainty for refinery own-
ers is needed to stimulate investment in increased re-
finery capacity and required procedures for Federal, 
State, and local regulatory approvals need to be 
streamlined to ensure that increased refinery capacity 
can be developed and operated in a safe, timely, and 
cost-effective manner. 
(11) The proposed Yuma Arizona Refinery, a 
grassroots refinery facility, which only recently re-
ceived its Federal air quality permit after 5 years 
under the current regulatory process, and is just now 
beginning its environmental impact statement and 
local permitting process, serves as an example of the 
obstacles a refiner would have to overcome to reopen 
an idle refinery. 
SEC. 373. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to encourage the expan-
sion of the United States refining capacity by providing 
an accelerated review and approval process of all regulatory 
approvals for certain idle refineries and lending cor-
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responding legal and technical assistance to States with re-
sources that may be inadequate to meet such permit review 
demands. 
SEC. 374. DESIGNATION OF REFINERY REVITALIZATION 
ZONES. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall designate as a Refinery Revi-
talization Zone any area— 
(1) that— 
(A) has experienced mass layoffs at manu-
facturing facilities, as determined by the Sec-
retary of Labor; or 
(B) contains an idle refinery; and 
(2) that has an unemployment rate that exceeds 
the national average by at least 10 percent of the na-
tional average, as set by the Department of Labor, 
Bureau of Labor Statistics, at the time of the designa-
tion as a Refinery Revitalization Zone. 
SEC. 375. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into 
a memorandum of understanding with the Administrator 
for the purposes of this subtitle. The Secretary and the Ad-
ministrator shall each designate a senior official responsible 
for, and dedicate sufficient other staff and resources to en-
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sure, full implementation of the purposes of this subtitle and 
any regulations enacted pursuant to this subtitle. 
(b) ADDITIONAL SIGNATORIES.—The Governor of any 
State, and the appropriate representative of any Indian 
Tribe, with jurisdiction over a Refinery Revitalization 
Zone, as designated by the Secretary pursuant to section 
374, may be signatories to the memorandum of under-
standing under this section. 
SEC. 376. STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING ASSIST-
ANCE. 
Not later than 30 days after a Revitalization Program 
Qualifying State becomes a signatory to the memorandum 
of understanding under section 375(b)— 
(1) the Secretary shall designate one or more em-
ployees of the Department with expertise relating to 
the siting and operation of refineries to provide legal 
and technical assistance to that Revitalization Pro-
gram Qualifying State; and 
(2) the Administrator shall designate, to provide 
legal and technical assistance for that Revitalization 
Program Qualifying State, one or more employees of 
the Environmental Protection Agency with expertise 
on regulatory issues, relating to the siting and oper-
ation of refineries, with respect to each of—