section in a manner that preserves the unique and 
diverse character of the area, including fish, wildlife, 
subsistence resources, and cultural values of the 
area. 
(3) EXCLUSION
FROM
LEASING
OR
SURFACE 
OCCUPANCY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ex-
clude any special area designated under this 
subsection from leasing. 
(B) NO SURFACE OCCUPANCY.—If the Sec-
retary leases all or a portion of a special area 
for the purposes of oil and gas exploration, de-
velopment, production, and related activities, 
there shall be no surface occupancy of the land 
comprising the special area. 
(4) DIRECTIONAL DRILLING.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this subsection, the Secretary 
may lease all or a portion of a special area under 
terms that permit the use of horizontal drilling tech-
nology from sites on leases located outside the spe-
cial area. 
(e) LIMITATION ON CLOSED AREAS.—The Secretary 
may not close land within the Coastal Plain to oil and gas 
leasing or to exploration, development, or production ex-
cept in accordance with this subtitle. 
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(f) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall promulgate such regulations as are nec-
essary to carry out this subtitle, including rules and 
regulations relating to protection of the fish and 
wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, subsistence re-
sources, and environment of the Coastal Plain. 
(2) REVISION
OF
REGULATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall periodically review and, as appropriate, 
revise the rules and regulations issued under para-
graph (1) to reflect any significant biological, envi-
ronmental, scientific or engineering data that come 
to the attention of the Secretary. 
SEC. 123. LEASE SALES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Land may be leased pursuant to 
this subtitle to any person qualified to obtain a lease for 
deposits of oil and gas under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 
(b) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall, by regula-
tion, establish procedures for— 
(1) receipt and consideration of sealed nomina-
tions for any area in the Coastal Plain for inclusion 
in, or exclusion (as provided in subsection (c)) from, 
a lease sale; 
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(2) the holding of lease sales after that nomina-
tion process; and 
(3) public notice of and comment on designa-
tion of areas to be included in, or excluded from, a 
lease sale. 
(c) LEASE SALE BIDS.—Bidding for leases under 
this subtitle shall be by sealed competitive cash bonus bids. 
(d) ACREAGE MINIMUM IN FIRST SALE.—For the 
first lease sale under this subtitle, the Secretary shall offer 
for lease those tracts the Secretary considers to have the 
greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons, tak-
ing into consideration nominations received pursuant to 
subsection (b)(1), but in no case less than 200,000 acres. 
(e) TIMING
OF
LEASE
SALES.—The Secretary 
shall— 
(1) not later than 22 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, conduct the first lease sale 
under this subtitle; 
(2) not later than 90 days after the date of the 
completion of the sale, evaluate the bids in the sale 
and issue leases resulting from the sale; and 
(3) conduct additional sales at appropriate in-
tervals if sufficient interest in exploration or devel-
opment exists to warrant the conduct of the addi-
tional sales. 
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SEC. 124. GRANT OF LEASES BY THE SECRETARY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On payment by a lessee of such 
bonus as may be accepted by the Secretary, the Secretary 
may grant to the highest responsible qualified bidder in 
a lease sale conducted pursuant to section 123 a lease for 
any land on the Coastal Plain. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No lease issued under this 
subtitle may be sold, exchanged, assigned, sublet, or 
otherwise transferred except with the approval of the 
Secretary. 
(2) CONDITION FOR APPROVAL.—Before grant-
ing any approval described in paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall consult with and give due consider-
ation to the opinion of the Attorney General. 
SEC. 125. LEASE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 
An oil or gas lease issued pursuant to this subtitle 
shall— 
(1) provide for the payment of a royalty of not 
less than 121⁄2 percent of the amount or value of the 
production removed or sold from the lease, as deter-
mined by the Secretary in accordance with regula-
tions applicable to other Federal oil and gas leases; 
(2) require that each lessee of land within the 
Coastal Plain shall be fully responsible and liable for 
the reclamation of land within the Coastal Plain and 
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any other Federal land that is adversely affected in 
connection with exploration, development, produc-
tion, or transportation activities within the Coastal 
Plain conducted by the lessee or by any of the sub-
contractors or agents of the lessee; 
(3) provide that the lessee may not delegate or 
convey, by contract or otherwise, that reclamation 
responsibility and liability to another person without 
the express written approval of the Secretary; 
(4) provide that the standard of reclamation for 
land required to be reclaimed under this subtitle 
shall be, to the maximum extent practicable— 
(A) a condition capable of supporting the 
uses that the land was capable of supporting 
prior to any exploration, development, or pro-
duction activities; or 
(B) on application by the lessee, to a high-
er or better standard, as approved by the Sec-
retary; 
(5) contain terms and conditions relating to 
protection of fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife habi-
tat, subsistence resources, and the environment as 
required under section 122(a)(2); 
(6) provide that each lessee, and each agent 
and contractor of a lessee, use their best efforts to 
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provide a fair share of employment and contracting 
for Alaska Natives and Alaska Native Corporations 
from throughout the State of Alaska, as determined 
by the level of obligation previously agreed to in the 
Federal Agreement; and 
(7) contain such other provisions as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to ensure compli-
ance with this subtitle and the regulations promul-
gated under this subtitle. 
SEC. 126. EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) FILING OF COMPLAINTS.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—A complaint seeking judicial 
review of a provision of this subtitle or an action of 
the Secretary under this subtitle shall be filed— 
(A) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), during the 90-day period beginning on the 
date on which the action being challenged was 
carried out; or 
(B) in the case of a complaint based solely 
on grounds arising after the 90-day period de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), by not later than 
90 days after the date on which the complain-
ant knew or reasonably should have known 
about the grounds for the complaint. 
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(2) VENUE.—A complaint seeking judicial re-
view of a provision of this subtitle or an action of 
the Secretary under this subtitle shall be filed in the 
United States District Court for the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(3) SCOPE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Judicial review of a de-
cision of the Secretary relating to a lease sale 
under this subtitle (including an environmental 
analysis of such a lease sale) shall be— 
(i) limited to a review of whether the 
decision is in accordance with this subtitle; 
and 
(ii) based on the administrative record 
of the decision. 
(B) PRESUMPTIONS.—Any identification 
by the Secretary of a preferred course of action 
relating to a lease sale, and any analysis by the 
Secretary of environmental effects, under this 
subtitle shall be presumed to be correct unless 
proven otherwise by clear and convincing evi-
dence. 
(b) LIMITATION ON OTHER REVIEW.—Any action of 
the Secretary that is subject to judicial review under this 
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section shall not be subject to judicial review in any civil 
or criminal proceeding for enforcement. 
(c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROVISIONS.—Subtitle 
B of title II shall not affect the application of this section. 
SEC. 127. RIGHTS-OF-WAY ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue rights- 
of-way and easements across the Coastal Plain for the 
transportation of oil and gas— 
(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), under 
section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
185), without regard to title XI of the Alaska Na-
tional Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
3161 et seq.); and 
(2) under title XI of the Alaska National Inter-
est Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3161 et 
seq.), for access authorized by sections 1110 and 
1111 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3170, 3171). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall include in 
regulations under section 122(f) provisions granting 
rights-of-way and easements described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 128. CONVEYANCE. 
Notwithstanding section 1302(h)(2) of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
3192(h)(2)), to remove any cloud on title to land, and to 
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clarify land ownership patterns in the Coastal Plain, the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) to the extent necessary to fulfill the entitle-
ment of the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation under sec-
tions 12 and 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1611, 1613), as determined by 
the Secretary, convey to that Corporation the sur-
face estate of the land described in paragraph (1) of 
Public Land Order 6959, in accordance with the 
terms and conditions of the agreement between the 
Secretary, the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice, the Bureau of Land Management, and the 
Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, dated January 22, 
1993; and 
(2) convey to the Arctic Slope Regional Cor-
poration the remaining subsurface estate to which 
that Corporation is entitled under the agreement be-
tween that corporation and the United States, dated 
August 9, 1983. 
TITLE II—REVOCATION OF EN-
ERGY-RESTRICTING 
BLM 
LOCKUP 
SEC. 201. REVOCATION OF SECRETARIAL ORDER NO. 3310. 
Secretarial Order No. 3310, dated December 22, 
2010, relating to protecting wilderness characteristics on 
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lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management is 
hereby revoked. 
Subtitle A—Expedited Shale 
Leasing of Federal Lands 
SEC. 211. OPENING OF LANDS TO OIL SHALE LEASING. 
(a) REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 
Section 433 of division F of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2152) 
is repealed. 
(b) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of 
the Interior shall issue all regulations necessary to imple-
ment section 369 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109–58; 42 U.S.C. 15927) with respect to oil shale 
by not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. Such regulations shall include such safeguards 
and assurances as the Secretary considers necessary to 
allow States to exercise their regulatory and statutory au-
thorities under State law, consistent with otherwise appli-
cable Federal law. 
(c) LEASING
OF OIL SHALE RESOURCE.—Imme-
diately after issuing regulations under subsection (b), the 
Secretary of the Interior shall— 
(1) offer for leasing for research and develop-
ment of oil shale resources under subsection (c) of 
section 369 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub-
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