I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1777 
To provide consumer relief for artificially high gas prices, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2011 
Mr. LATTA (for himself, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. FLORES, Mr. 
WALSH of Illinois, Mr. PITTS, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. WILSON of South Caro-
lina, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. ROSS of Florida, Mr. WEST, 
Mr. GUINTA, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. LONG, Mr. MANZULLO, Mrs. 
BLACKBURN, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. WESTMORE-
LAND, Mr. AKIN, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. CHAFFETZ, 
Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. HERGER, Mrs. MYRICK, 
Mr. SCALISE, Mr. JORDAN, and Mr. ROKITA) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation 
and Infrastructure, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judici-
ary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide consumer relief for artificially high gas prices, 
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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be referred to as 
the ‘‘Consumer Relief for Pain at the Pump Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—END OF PRESIDENTIAL PERMATORIUM ON AMERICA’S 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF RESOURCES 
Sec. 101. Deadline for certain permit applications under existing leases. 
Subtitle A—Outer Continental Shelf 
Sec. 111. End moratorium of oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the Gulf 
of Mexico. 
Sec. 112. Outer Continental Shelf directed lease sales. 
Sec. 113. Leasing program considered approved. 
Sec. 114. Outer Continental Shelf lease sales. 
Sec. 115. Restrictions on leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf. 
Sec. 116. Sharing of OCS receipts with States and local governments. 
Subtitle B—Arctic Coastal Plain 
Sec. 121. Definitions. 
Sec. 122. Leasing program for land within the Coastal Plain. 
Sec. 123. Lease sales. 
Sec. 124. Grant of leases by the Secretary. 
Sec. 125. Lease terms and conditions. 
Sec. 126. Expedited judicial review. 
Sec. 127. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain. 
Sec. 128. Conveyance. 
TITLE II—REVOCATION OF ENERGY-RESTRICTING BLM LOCKUP 
Sec. 201. Revocation of Secretarial Order No. 3310. 
Subtitle A—Expedited Shale Leasing of Federal Lands 
Sec. 211. Opening of lands to oil shale leasing. 
Subtitle B—Judicial Review Regarding Energy Projects 
Sec. 221. Exclusive jurisdiction over causes and claims relating to covered en-
ergy projects. 
Sec. 222. Time for filing complaint. 
Sec. 223. District Court for the District of Columbia deadline. 
Sec. 224. Ability to seek appellate review. 
Sec. 225. Deadline for appeal to the Supreme Court. 
Sec. 226. Covered energy project defined. 
Sec. 227. Limitation on application. 
Subtitle C—Permitting Reform 
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Sec. 231. Purposes. 
Sec. 232. Federal Coordinator. 
Sec. 233. Regional Offices and Regional Permit Coordinators. 
Sec. 234. Reviews and actions of Federal agencies. 
Sec. 235. State coordination. 
Sec. 236. Savings provision. 
Sec. 237. Administrative and Judicial Review. 
Sec. 238. Amendments to publication process. 
Sec. 239. Repeal of fee for permits to drill. 
Sec. 240. Alaska Offshore Continental Shelf Coordination Office. 
TITLE III—RELIEF FROM REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS 
THAT CAUSE ARTIFICIAL PRICE INCREASES 
Subtitle A—Relief From EPA Climate Change Regulations and Federal 
Prohibitions on Synthetic Fuels 
Sec. 301. Repeal of EPA climate change regulation. 
Sec. 302. Repeal of Federal ban on synthetic fuels purchasing requirement. 
Subtitle B—Refinery Reform 
Sec. 311. Refinery permitting process. 
Sec. 312. Existing refinery permit application deadline. 
TITLE I—END OF PRESIDENTIAL 
PERMATORIUM 
ON 
AMER-
ICA’S OUTER CONTINENTAL 
SHELF RESOURCES 
SEC. 101. DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN PERMIT APPLICATIONS 
UNDER EXISTING LEASES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A lease under which a covered ap-
plication is submitted to the Secretary of the Interior shall 
be considered to be in directed suspension during the pe-
riod beginning May 27, 2010, and ending on the date the 
Secretary issues a final decision on the application, if the 
Secretary does not issue a final decision on the applica-
tion— 
(1) before the end of the 30-day period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this Act, in the 
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case of a covered application submitted before such 
date of enactment; or 
(2) before the end of the 30-day period begin-
ning on the date the application is received by the 
Secretary, in the case of a covered application sub-
mitted on or after such date of enactment. 
(b) COVERED APPLICATION.—In this section the 
term ‘‘covered application’’ means an application for a 
permit to drill under an oil and gas lease under the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, that— 
(1) represents a resubmission of an approved 
permit to drill (including an application for a permit 
to sidetrack) that was approved by the Secretary be-
fore May 27, 2010; and 
(2) is received by the Secretary after October 
12, 2010, and before the end of the 30-day period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle A—Outer Continental 
Shelf 
SEC. 111. END MORATORIUM OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN 
CERTAIN AREAS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. 
(a) REPEAL OF MORATORIUM.— 
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