of their training, experience, and general qualifica-
tions to deal with the matters assigned. 
SEC. 208. TEMPORARY SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL STORAGE 
AGREEMENTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION AND LOCATION.—The Secretary 
of Energy (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
is authorized to initiate spent nuclear fuel storage agree-
ments as provided in this section. 
(1) No later than 180 days from the effective 
date of this Act, representatives of a community 
may submit written notice to the Secretary that the 
community is willing to host a temporary spent nu-
clear fuel storage facility within its jurisdiction. 
(2) Within 90 days of the receipt of the notifi-
cation under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall de-
termine whether the identified site is suitable for a 
temporary storage facility. In determining the site’s 
suitability, the Secretary shall evaluate technical fea-
sibility and consider favorably local support for collo-
cating a temporary spent nuclear fuel storage facil-
ity with facilities intended to develop and implement 
advanced nuclear fuel cycle technologies. 
(b) CONTENT
OF AGREEMENTS.—(1) If the Sec-
retary determines one or more sites to be suitable in ac-
cordance with subsection (a)(2), negotiation of a tem-
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porary spent nuclear fuel storage facility agreement shall 
proceed. 
(2) Any temporary spent nuclear fuel storage agree-
ment shall contain such terms and conditions, including 
financial, institutional, and such other arrangements as 
the Secretary and community determine to be reasonable 
and appropriate. 
(3) Any temporary spent nuclear fuel storage agree-
ment may be amended only with the mutual consent of 
the parties to the agreement. 
(c) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.—Execu-
tion of a temporary spent nuclear fuel storage agreement 
shall not require preparation of an environmental impact 
statement under section 102(2)(C) of the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) or 
require any environmental review under subparagraph (E) 
or (F) of section 102(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(E), (F)). 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION OF TEMPORARY SPENT NU-
CLEAR FUEL STORAGE AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any temporary spent nu-
clear fuel storage agreement or agreements entered 
into under this section shall enter into force with re-
spect to the United States if (and only if)— 
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(A) the Secretary, at least 60 days before 
the day on which he or she enters into the tem-
porary spent nuclear fuel storage agreement or 
agreements notifies the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate of his intention to enter 
into the agreement or agreements, and prompt-
ly thereafter publishes notice of such intention 
in the Federal Register; 
(B) the Governor of the State or States in 
which the facility is proposed to be located sub-
mits written notice to the Secretary that the 
Governor supports the temporary spent nuclear 
fuel storage agreement; and 
(C) after entering into the agreement, the 
Secretary submits to the House of Representa-
tives and to the Senate a copy of the final text 
of the agreement, together with— 
(i) a draft of an implementing bill; 
and 
(ii) a statement of any administrative 
action proposed to implement the agree-
ment. 
(2) APPLICATION OF EXPEDITED PROCEDURES 
TO IMPLEMENTING BILLS.—The provisions of sub-
section (e) apply to implementing bills submitted 
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with respect to temporary spent nuclear fuel storage 
agreements entered into and submitted pursuant to 
this section. 
(e) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
REVIEW OF TEMPORARY SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL STOR-
AGE AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) RULES
OF
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVE 
AND SENATE.—The provisions of this subsection are 
enacted by the Congress— 
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 
of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, respectively, and as such they are deemed 
a part of the rules of each House, respectively, 
but applicable only with respect to the proce-
dure to be followed in that House in the case 
of implementing bills and approval resolutions; 
and they supersede other rules only to the ex-
tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 
(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules 
(so far as relating to the procedure of that 
House at any time, in the same manner and to 
the same extent as in the case of any other rule 
of that House. 
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(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
(A) The term ‘‘community’’ means any en-
tity of local government appropriate, in terms 
of legal authority, for negotiating and entering 
into temporary spent nuclear fuel storage agree-
ments provided for in this section. 
(B) The term ‘‘implementing bill’’ means 
only a bill of either House of Congress which is 
introduced as provided in paragraph (3) with 
respect to one or more temporary spent nuclear 
fuel storage agreements and which contain— 
(i) a provision approving such storage 
agreements; 
(ii) a provision approving the state-
ment of administrative action (if any) pro-
posed to implement such storage agree-
ments; 
(iii) if changes in existing laws or new 
statutory authority is required to imple-
ment such storage agreement or agree-
ments, provisions necessary or appropriate 
to implement such agreement or agree-
ments either repealing or amending exist-
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ing laws or providing new statutory au-
thority; and 
(iv) a provision containing revenue 
measures (if any), by reason of which the 
bill must originate in the House of Rep-
resentatives as provided for in paragraph 
(3). 
(C) The term ‘‘approval resolution’’ means 
only a joint resolution of the two Houses of the 
Congress, the matter after the resolving clause 
of which is as follows: ‘‘That the Congress ap-
proves the temporary spent nuclear fuel storage 
agreement between the Secretary of Energy and 
lll on lll,’’ the first blank space being 
filled with the name of the governor involved 
and the second blank space being filled in with 
the appropriate date. 
(3) INTRODUCTION
AND
REFERRAL.—On the 
day on which the temporary spent nuclear fuel stor-
age agreement is submitted to the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate under this section, the 
implementing bill submitted by the Secretary with 
respect to such temporary spent nuclear fuel storage 
agreement shall be introduced (by request) in the 
House by the majority leader of the House, for him-
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self and the minority leader of the House, or by 
Members of the House designated by the majority 
leader and minority leader of the House; and shall 
be introduced (by request) in the Senate by the ma-
jority leader of the Senate, for himself and the mi-
nority leader of the Senate, or by Members of the 
Senate designated by the majority leader and minor-
ity leader of the Senate. If either House is not in 
session on the day on which such temporary spent 
nuclear fuel storage agreement is submitted, the im-
plementing bill shall be introduced in that House, as 
provided in the preceding sentence, on the first day 
thereafter on which that House is in session. Such 
bills shall be referred by the Presiding Officers of 
the respective Houses to the appropriate committee, 
or, in the case of a bill containing provisions within 
the jurisdiction of two or more committees, jointly to 
such committees for consideration of those provi-
sions within their respective jurisdictions. 
(4) AMENDMENTS
PROHIBITED.—No amend-
ment to an implementing bill or approval resolution 
shall be in order in either the House of Representa-
tives or the Senate; and no motion to suspend the 
application of this paragraph shall be in order in ei-
ther House, nor shall it be in order in either House 
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for the Presiding Officer to entertain a request to 
suspend the application of this paragraph by unani-
mous consent. 
(5) PERIOD FOR COMMITTEE AND FLOOR CON-
SIDERATION.— 
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), if the committee or committees of either 
House to which an implementing bill or ap-
proval resolution has been referred have not re-
ported it at the close of the 45th day after its 
introduction, such committee or committees 
shall be automatically discharged from further 
consideration of the bill or resolution and it 
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. A 
vote on final passage of the bill or resolution 
shall be taken in each House on or before the 
close of the 15th day after the bill or resolution 
is reported by the committee or committees of 
that House to which it was referred, or after 
such committee or committees have been dis-
charged from further consideration of the bill or 
resolution. If prior to the passage by one House 
of an implementing bill or approval resolution 
of that House, that House receives the same 
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implementing bill or approval resolution from 
the other House, then— 
(i) the procedure in that House shall 
be the same as if no implementation bill or 
approval resolution had been received from 
the other House, but 
(ii) the vote on final passage shall be 
on the implementing bill or approval reso-
lution of the other House. 
(B) For purposes of computing a number 
of days in either House as provided for in sub-
paragraph (A), there shall be excluded any day 
on which that House is not in session. 
(C) If the implementing bill contains one 
or more revenue measures— 
(i) the provisions of subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply; and 
(ii) the Senate shall not take final ac-
tion on the bill until it is received from the 
House. 
(6) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE.— 
(A) A motion in the House of Representa-
tives to proceed to the consideration of an im-
plementing bill or approval resolution shall be 
highly privileged and not debatable. An amend-
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ment to the motion shall not be in order, nor 
shall it be in order to move to reconsider the 
vote by which the motion is agreed to or dis-
agreed to. 
(B) Debate in the House of Representa-
tives on an implementing bill or approval reso-
lution shall be limited to not more than 10 
hours, which shall be divided equally between 
those favoring and those opposing the bill or 
resolution. A motion further to limit debate 
shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order 
to move to recommit an implementing bill or 
approval resolution or to move to reconsider the 
vote by which an implementing bill or approval 
resolution is agreed to or disagreed to. 
(C) Motions to postpone, made in the 
House of Representatives with respect to the 
consideration of an implementing bill or ap-
proval resolution, and motions to proceed to the 
consideration of other business, shall be decided 
without debate. If a motion to proceed to con-
sideration is agreed to, such resolution shall re-
main unfinished business of House until dis-
posed of. 
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(D) All appeals from the decisions of the 
Chair relating to the application of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives to the procedure 
relating to an implementing bill or approval res-
olution shall be decided without debate. 
(E) Except to the extent specifically pro-
vided in the preceding provisions of this para-
graph, consideration of an implementing bill or 
approval resolution shall be governed by the 
Rules of the House of Representatives applica-
ble to other bills and resolutions in similar cir-
cumstances. 
(7) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to 
the consideration of an implementing bill or ap-
proval resolution shall be privileged and not de-
batable. An amendment to the motion shall not 
be in order, nor shall it be in order to move to 
reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
agreed to or disagreed to. 
(B) Debate in the Senate on an imple-
menting bill or approval resolution, and all de-
batable motions and appeals in connection 
therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 
hours. The time shall be equally divided be-
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tween, and controlled by, the majority leader 
and the minority leader or their designees. 
(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable 
motion or appeal in connection with an imple-
menting bill or approval resolution shall be lim-
ited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally di-
vided between, and controlled by, the mover and 
the manager of the bill or resolution, except 
that in the event the manager of the bill or res-
olution is in favor of any such motion or appeal, 
the time in opposition thereto shall be con-
trolled by the minority leader or his designee. 
Such leaders, or either of them, may, from time 
under their control on the passage of an imple-
menting bill or approval resolution, allot addi-
tional time to any Senator during the consider-
ation of any debatable motion or appeal. 
(D) A motion in the Senate to further 
limit debate is not debatable. A motion to re-
commit an implementation bill or approval reso-
lution is not in order. 
SEC. 209. CONFIDENCE IN AVAILABILITY OF WASTE DIS-
POSAL. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL DETERMINATION.—The Con-
gress finds that— 
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(1) there is reasonable assurance that high-level 
radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel generated 
in reactors licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Com-
mission in the past, currently, or in the future will 
be managed in a safe manner without significant en-
vironmental impact until capacity for ultimate dis-
posal is available; and 
(2) the Federal Government is responsible and 
has an established a policy for the ultimate safe and 
environmentally sound disposal of such high-level ra-
dioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. 
(b) 
REGULATORY
CONSIDERATION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for the period fol-
lowing the licensed operation of a civilian nuclear power 
reactor or any facility for the treatment or storage of 
spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste, no con-
sideration of the public health and safety, common defense 
and security, or environmental impacts of the storage of 
high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel gen-
erated in reactors licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission in the past, currently, or in the future, is re-
quired by the Department of Energy or the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission in connection with the development, 
construction, and operation of, or any permit, license, li-
cense amendment, or siting approval for, a civilian nuclear 
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power reactor or any facility for the treatment or storage 
of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste. Noth-
ing in this section shall affect the Department of Energy’s 
and Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s obligation to con-
sider the public health and safety, common defense and 
security, and environmental impacts of storage during the 
period of licensed operation of a civilian nuclear power re-
actor or facility for the treatment or storage of spent nu-
clear fuel or high-level radioactive waste. 
TITLE III—DRILLING 
Subtitle A—Tax Provisions 
SEC. 301. CREDIT FOR PRODUCING FUEL FROM NON-
CONVENTIONAL SOURCES TO APPLY TO GAS 
PRODUCED ONSHORE FROM FORMATIONS 
MORE THAN 15,000 FEET DEEP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
45K(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘or’’, and 
by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) an onshore well from a forma-
tion more than 15,000 feet deep, and’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE DEEP GAS WELLS.—Section 45K of 
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
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‘‘(h) ELIGIBLE DEEP GAS WELLS.—In the case of 
a well producing qualified fuel described in subsection 
(c)(1)(B)(iii)— 
‘‘(1) for purposes of subsection (e)(1)(A), such 
well shall be treated as drilled before January 1, 
1993, if such well is drilled after the date of the en-
actment of the $150 Barrel Energy Extortion Act of 
2008, and 
‘‘(2) subsection (e)(2) shall not apply.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 
effective date of this Act. 
SEC. 302. TAX CREDIT FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURED 
FROM INDUSTRIAL SOURCES AND USED IN 
ENHANCED OIL AND NATURAL GAS RECOV-
ERY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to business credits) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 45Q. CREDIT FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURED FROM 
INDUSTRIAL SOURCES AND USED AS A TER-
TIARY INJECTANT IN ENHANCED OIL AND 
NATURAL GAS RECOVERY. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of section 38, 
the captured carbon dioxide tertiary injectant credit for 
any taxable year is an amount equal to the product of— 
‘‘(1) the credit amount, and 
‘‘(2) the qualified carbon dioxide captured from 
industrial sources and used as a tertiary injectant in 
qualified enhanced oil and natural gas recovery 
which is attributable to the taxpayer. 
‘‘(b) CREDIT AMOUNT.—For purposes of this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The credit amount is $0.75 
per 1,000 standard cubic feet. 
‘‘(2) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—In the case of 
any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 
2008, there shall be substituted for the $0.75 
amount under paragraph (1) an amount equal to the 
product of— 
‘‘(A) $0.75, multiplied by 
‘‘(B) the inflation adjustment factor for 
such calendar year determined under section 
43(b)(3)(B) for such calendar year, determined 
by substituting ‘2006’ for ‘1990’. 
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‘‘(c) QUALIFIED CARBON DIOXIDE.—For purposes of 
this section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified carbon 
dioxide’ means carbon dioxide captured from an an-
thropogenic source that— 
‘‘(A) would otherwise be released into the 
atmosphere as industrial emission of green-
house gas, 
‘‘(B) is measurable at the source of cap-
ture, 
‘‘(C) is compressed, treated, and trans-
ported via pipeline, 
‘‘(D) is sold as a tertiary injectant in 
qualified enhanced oil and natural gas recovery, 
and 
‘‘(E) is permanently sequestered in geologi-
cal formations as a result of the enhanced oil 
and natural gas recovery process. 
‘‘(2) ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE.—An anthropo-
genic source of carbon dioxide is an industrial 
source, including any of the following types of 
plants, and facilities related to such plant— 
‘‘(A) a coal and natural gas fired electrical 
generating power station, 
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‘‘(B) a natural gas processing and treating 
plant, 
‘‘(C) an ethanol plant, 
‘‘(D) a fertilizer plant, and 
‘‘(E) a chemical plant. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.— 
‘‘(A) QUALIFIED ENHANCED OIL AND NAT-
URAL GAS RECOVERY.—The term ‘qualified en-
hanced oil and natural gas recovery’ has the 
meaning given such term by section 43(c)(2). 
‘‘(B) TERTIARY
INJECTANT.—The term 
‘tertiary injectant’ has the same meaning as 
when used within section 193(b)(1). 
‘‘(d) OTHER DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.— 
For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) ONLY CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURED WITH-
IN THE UNITED STATES TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.— 
Sales shall be taken into account under this section 
only with respect to qualified carbon dioxide of 
which is within— 
‘‘(A) the United States (within the mean-
ing of section 638(1)), or 
‘‘(B) a possession of the United States 
(within the meaning of section 638(2)). 
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‘‘(2) RECYCLED CARBON DIOXIDE.—The term 
‘qualified carbon dioxide’ includes the initial deposit 
of captured carbon dioxide used as a tertiary 
injectant. Such term does not include carbon dioxide 
that is re-captured, recycled, and re-injected as part 
of the enhanced oil and natural gas recovery process. 
‘‘(3) CREDIT ATTRIBUTABLE TO TAXPAYER.— 
Any credit under this section shall be attributable to 
the person that captures, treats, compresses, trans-
ports and sells the carbon dioxide for use as a ter-
tiary injectant in enhanced oil and natural gas re-
covery, except to the extent provided in regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 38(b) (re-
lating to general business credit) is amended by striking 
‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (32), by striking the period 
at the end of paragraph (33) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and 
by adding at the end of following new paragraph: 
‘‘(34) the captured carbon dioxide tertiary 
injectant credit determined under section 45P(a).’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart B of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
(relating to other credits) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘Sec. 45Q. Credit for carbon dioxide captured from industrial sources and used 
as a tertiary injectant in enhanced oil and natural gas recov-
ery.’’. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the effective date of this Act. 
Subtitle B—Termination of Con-
gressional Moratoria on Oil and 
Gas Development on the Outer 
Continental Shelf 
SEC. 311. TERMINATION OF LAWS PROHIBITING EXPENDI-
TURES FOR OIL AND NATURAL GAS LEASING 
AND PRELEASING ACTIVITIES REGARDING 
AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF. 
All provisions of existing Federal law prohibiting the 
spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural 
gas leasing and preleasing activities for any area of the 
Outer Continental Shelf shall have no force or effect. 
Subtitle C—Oil and Gas Develop-
ment on the Coastal Plain of 
Alaska 
SEC. 321. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘American-Made 
Energy and Good Jobs Act’’. 
SEC. 322. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
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(1) COASTAL
PLAIN.—The term ‘‘Coastal 
Plain’’ means that area described in appendix I to 
part 37 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’, except 
as otherwise provided, means the Secretary of the 
Interior or the Secretary’s designee. 
SEC. 323. LEASING PROGRAM FOR LANDS WITHIN THE 
COASTAL PLAIN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take such ac-
tions as are necessary— 
(1) to establish and implement, in accordance 
with this subtitle and acting through the Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management in consultation 
with the Director of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, a competitive oil and gas leasing 
program that will result in an environmentally sound 
program for the exploration, development, and pro-
duction of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal 
Plain; and 
(2) to administer the provisions of this subtitle 
through regulations, lease terms, conditions, restric-
tions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other provisions 
that ensure the oil and gas exploration, development, 
and production activities on the Coastal Plain will 
result in no significant adverse effect on fish and 
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wildlife, their habitat, subsistence resources, and the 
environment, including, in furtherance of this goal, 
by requiring the application of the best commercially 
available technology for oil and gas exploration, de-
velopment, and production to all exploration, devel-
opment, and production operations under this sub-
title in a manner that ensures the receipt of fair 
market value by the public for the mineral resources 
to be leased. 
(b) REPEAL.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 1003 of the Alaska Na-
tional Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (16 
U.S.C. 3143) is repealed. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents in section 1 of such Act is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 1003. 
(c) COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS UNDER CER-
TAIN OTHER LAWS.— 
(1) COMPATIBILITY.—For purposes of the Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.), the oil and gas 
leasing program and activities authorized by this 
section in the Coastal Plain are deemed to be com-
patible with the purposes for which the Arctic Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge was established, and no fur-
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ther findings or decisions are required to implement 
this determination. 
(2) ADEQUACY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR’S LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 
STATEMENT.—The 
‘‘Final 
Legislative 
Environ-
mental Impact Statement’’ (April 1987) on the 
Coastal Plain prepared pursuant to section 1002 of 
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 
Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 3142) and section 102(2)(C) 
of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) is deemed to satisfy the re-
quirements under the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 that apply with respect to prelease ac-
tivities, including actions authorized to be taken by 
the Secretary to develop and promulgate the regula-
tions for the establishment of a leasing program au-
thorized by this subtitle before the conduct of the 
first lease sale. 
(3) COMPLIANCE WITH NEPA FOR OTHER AC-
TIONS.—Before conducting the first lease sale under 
this subtitle, the Secretary shall prepare an environ-
mental impact statement under the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to the ac-
tions authorized by this Act that are not referred to 
in paragraph (2). Notwithstanding any other law, 
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the Secretary is not required to identify nonleasing 
alternative courses of action or to analyze the envi-
ronmental effects of such courses of action. The Sec-
retary shall only identify a preferred action for such 
leasing and a single leasing alternative, and analyze 
the environmental effects and potential mitigation 
measures for those two alternatives. The identifica-
tion of the preferred action and related analysis for 
the first lease sale under this subtitle shall be com-
pleted within 18 months after the effective date of 
this Act. The Secretary shall only consider public 
comments that specifically address the Secretary’s 
preferred action and that are filed within 20 days 
after publication of an environmental analysis. Not-
withstanding any other law, compliance with this 
paragraph is deemed to satisfy all requirements for 
the analysis and consideration of the environmental 
effects of proposed leasing under this subtitle. 
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO STATE AND LOCAL AUTHOR-
ITY.—Nothing in this subtitle shall be considered to ex-
pand or limit State and local regulatory authority. 
(e) SPECIAL AREAS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, after con-
sultation with the State of Alaska, the city of 
Kaktovik, and the North Slope Borough, may des-
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