I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4899 
To lower gasoline prices for the American family by increasing domestic 
onshore and offshore energy exploration and production, to streamline 
and improve onshore and offshore energy permitting and administration, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 19, 2014 
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington (for himself, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. 
TIPTON, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. 
FLORES, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, and Mr. CRAMER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To lower gasoline prices for the American family by increas-
ing domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration 
and production, to streamline and improve onshore and 
offshore energy permitting and administration, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lowering Gasoline 
Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is the following: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—OFFSHORE ENERGY AND JOBS 
Subtitle A—Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program Reforms 
Sec. 10101. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program reforms. 
Sec. 10102. Domestic oil and natural gas production goal. 
Sec. 10103. Development and submittal of new 5-year oil and gas leasing pro-
gram. 
Sec. 10104. Rule of construction. 
Subtitle B—Directing the President To Conduct New OCS Sales 
Sec. 10201. Requirement to conduct proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 220 on 
the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Virginia. 
Sec. 10202. South Carolina lease sale. 
Sec. 10203. Southern California existing infrastructure lease sale. 
Sec. 10204. Environmental impact statement requirement. 
Sec. 10205. National defense. 
Sec. 10206. Eastern Gulf of Mexico not included. 
Subtitle C—Equitable Sharing of Outer Continental Shelf Revenues 
Sec. 10301. Disposition of Outer Continental Shelf revenues to coastal States. 
Subtitle D—Reorganization of Minerals Management Agencies of the 
Department of the Interior 
Sec. 10401. Establishment of Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Min-
erals and Assistant Secretary of Ocean Energy and Safety. 
Sec. 10402. Bureau of Ocean Energy. 
Sec. 10403. Ocean Energy Safety Service. 
Sec. 10404. Office of Natural Resources revenue. 
Sec. 10405. Ethics and drug testing. 
Sec. 10406. Abolishment of Minerals Management Service. 
Sec. 10407. Conforming amendments to Executive Schedule pay rates. 
Sec. 10408. Outer Continental Shelf Energy Safety Advisory Board. 
Sec. 10409. Outer Continental Shelf inspection fees. 
Sec. 10410. Prohibition on action based on National Ocean Policy developed 
under Executive Order No. 13547. 
Subtitle E—United States Territories 
Sec. 10501. Application of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with respect to 
territories of the United States. 
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Subtitle F—Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 10601. Rules regarding distribution of revenues under Gulf of Mexico En-
ergy Security Act of 2006. 
Sec. 10602. Amount of distributed qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues. 
Subtitle G—Judicial Review 
Sec. 10701. Time for filing complaint. 
Sec. 10702. District court deadline. 
Sec. 10703. Ability to seek appellate review. 
Sec. 10704. Limitation on scope of review and relief. 
Sec. 10705. Legal fees. 
Sec. 10706. Exclusion. 
Sec. 10707. Definitions. 
TITLE II—ONSHORE FEDERAL LANDS AND ENERGY SECURITY 
Subtitle A—Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security 
Sec. 21001. Short title. 
Sec. 21002. Policies regarding buying, building, and working for America. 
CHAPTER 1—ONSHORE OIL AND GAS PERMIT STREAMLINING 
Sec. 21101. Short title. 
SUBCHAPTER A—APPLICATION FOR PERMITS TO DRILL PROCESS REFORM 
Sec. 21111. Permit to drill application timeline. 
SUBCHAPTER B—ADMINISTRATIVE PROTEST DOCUMENTATION REFORM 
Sec. 21121. Administrative protest documentation reform. 
SUBCHAPTER C—PERMIT STREAMLINING 
Sec. 21131. Making pilot offices permanent to improve energy permitting on 
Federal lands. 
Sec. 21132. Administration of current law. 
SUBCHAPTER D—JUDICIAL REVIEW 
Sec. 21141. Definitions. 
Sec. 21142. Exclusive venue for certain civil actions relating to covered energy 
projects. 
Sec. 21143. Timely filing. 
Sec. 21144. Expedition in hearing and determining the action. 
Sec. 21145. Standard of review. 
Sec. 21146. Limitation on injunction and prospective relief. 
Sec. 21147. Limitation on attorneys’ fees. 
Sec. 21148. Legal standing. 
SUBCHAPTER E—KNOWING AMERICA’S OIL AND GAS RESOURCES 
Sec. 21151. Funding oil and gas resource assessments. 
CHAPTER 2—OIL AND GAS LEASING CERTAINTY 
Sec. 21201. Short title. 
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Sec. 21202. Minimum acreage requirement for onshore lease sales. 
Sec. 21203. Leasing certainty. 
Sec. 21204. Leasing consistency. 
Sec. 21205. Reduce redundant policies. 
Sec. 21206. Streamlined congressional notification. 
CHAPTER 3—OIL SHALE 
Sec. 21301. Short title. 
Sec. 21302. Effectiveness of oil shale regulations, amendments to resource 
management plans, and record of decision. 
Sec. 21303. Oil shale leasing. 
CHAPTER 4—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 21401. Rule of construction. 
Subtitle B—Planning for American Energy 
Sec. 22001. Short title. 
Sec. 22002. Onshore domestic energy production strategic plan. 
Subtitle C—National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Access 
Sec. 23001. Short title. 
Sec. 23002. Sense of Congress and reaffirming national policy for the National 
Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. 
Sec. 23003. National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: lease sales. 
Sec. 23004. National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: planning and permitting 
pipeline and road construction. 
Sec. 23005. Issuance of a new integrated activity plan and environmental im-
pact statement. 
Sec. 23006. Departmental accountability for development. 
Sec. 23007. Deadlines under new proposed integrated activity plan. 
Sec. 23008. Updated resource assessment. 
Subtitle D—BLM Live Internet Auctions 
Sec. 24001. Short title. 
Sec. 24002. Internet-based onshore oil and gas lease sales. 
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TITLE I—OFFSHORE ENERGY 
AND JOBS 
Subtitle A—Outer Continental 
Shelf Leasing Program Reforms 
SEC. 10101. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASING PRO-
GRAM REFORMS. 
Section 18(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(5)(A) In each oil and gas leasing program 
under this section, the Secretary shall make avail-
able for leasing and conduct lease sales including at 
least 50 percent of the available unleased acreage 
within each outer Continental Shelf planning area 
considered to have the largest undiscovered, tech-
nically recoverable oil and gas resources (on a total 
btu basis) based upon the most recent national geo-
logic assessment of the outer Continental Shelf, with 
an emphasis on offering the most geologically pro-
spective parts of the planning area. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall include in each pro-
posed oil and gas leasing program under this section 
any State subdivision of an outer Continental Shelf 
planning area that the Governor of the State that 
represents that subdivision requests be made avail-
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able for leasing. The Secretary may not remove such 
a subdivision from the program until publication of 
the final program, and shall include and consider all 
such subdivisions in any environmental review con-
ducted and statement prepared for such program 
under section 102(2) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)). 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph the term ‘available un-
leased acreage’ means that portion of the outer Con-
tinental Shelf that is not under lease at the time of 
a proposed lease sale, and that has not otherwise 
been made unavailable for leasing by law. 
‘‘(6)(A) In the 5-year oil and gas leasing pro-
gram, the Secretary shall make available for leasing 
any outer Continental Shelf planning areas that— 
‘‘(i) are estimated to contain more than 
2,500,000,000 barrels of oil; or 
‘‘(ii) are estimated to contain more than 
7,500,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas. 
‘‘(B) To determine the planning areas described 
in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall use the 
document entitled ‘Minerals Management Service 
Assessment of Undiscovered Technically Recoverable 
Oil and Gas Resources of the Nation’s Outer Conti-
nental Shelf, 2006’.’’. 
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