IIB 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4899 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 26, 2014 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
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. 
Sec. 10105. Addition of lease sales after finalization of 5-year plan. 
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 
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Sec. 10501. Application of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with respect to 
territories of the United States. 
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. 
Sec. 10603. South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area defined. 
Sec. 10604. Enhancing geological and geophysical information for America’s 
energy future. 
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. 
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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. 
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. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 30101. Establishment of Office of Energy Employment and Training. 
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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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SEC. 10102. DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUC-
TION GOAL. 
Section 18(b) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUC-
TION GOAL.—– 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing a 5-year oil 
and gas leasing program, and subject to paragraph 
(2), the Secretary shall determine a domestic stra-
tegic production goal for the development of oil and 
natural gas as a result of that program. Such goal 
shall be— 
‘‘(A) the best estimate of the possible in-
crease in domestic production of oil and natural 
gas from the outer Continental Shelf; 
‘‘(B) focused on meeting domestic demand 
for oil and natural gas and reducing the de-
pendence of the United States on foreign en-
ergy; and 
‘‘(C) focused on the production increases 
achieved by the leasing program at the end of 
the 15-year period beginning on the effective 
date of the program. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM GOAL.—For purposes of the 5- 
year oil and gas leasing program, the production 
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goal referred to in paragraph (1) shall be an in-
crease by 2032 of— 
‘‘(A) no less than 3,000,000 barrels in the 
amount of oil produced per day; and 
‘‘(B) no less than 10,000,000,000 cubic 
feet in the amount of natural gas produced per 
day. 
‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall report 
annually, beginning at the end of the 5-year period 
for which the program applies, to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate on the progress of the pro-
gram in meeting the production goal. The Secretary 
shall identify in the report projections for production 
and any problems with leasing, permitting, or pro-
duction that will prevent meeting the goal.’’. 
SEC. 10103. DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMITTAL OF NEW 5- 
YEAR OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall— 
(1) by not later than July 15, 2015, publish 
and submit to Congress a new proposed oil and gas 
leasing program under section 18 of the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) for the 
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5-year period beginning on such date and ending 
July 15, 2021; and 
(2) by not later than July 15, 2016, approve a 
final oil and gas leasing program under such section 
for such period. 
(b) CONSIDERATION OF ALL AREAS.—In preparing 
such program the Secretary shall include consideration of 
areas of the Continental Shelf off the coasts of all States 
(as such term is defined in section 2 of that Act, as 
amended by this title), that are subject to leasing under 
this title. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 18(d)(3) of 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1344(d)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘or after eighteen 
months following the date of enactment of this section, 
whichever first occurs,’’. 
SEC. 10104. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize 
the issuance of a lease under the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) to any person des-
ignated for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to— 
(1) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac-
countability and Divestiture Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
8501 et seq.), the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
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Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et 
seq.), section 1245 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a), 
or the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act 
of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.); 
(2) Executive Order No. 13622 (July 30, 
2012), Executive Order No. 13628 (October 9, 
2012), or Executive Order No. 13645 (June 3, 
2013); 
(3) Executive Order No. 13224 (September 23, 
2001) or Executive Order No. 13338 (May 11, 
2004); or 
(4) the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sov-
ereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2151 
note). 
SEC. 10105. ADDITION OF LEASE SALES AFTER FINALIZA-
TION OF 5-YEAR PLAN. 
Section 18(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C.1344(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘After’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (4), 
after’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary may add to the areas included 
in an approved leasing program additional areas to be 
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made available for leasing under the program, if all review 
and documents required under section 102 of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) have 
been completed with respect to leasing of each such addi-
tional area within the 5-year period preceding such addi-
tion.’’. 
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. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the exclusion of 
Lease Sale 220 in the Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil 
& Gas Leasing Program 2012–2017, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 220 
under section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1337) as soon as practicable, but not later 
than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE REPLACEMENT LEASE 
BLOCKS AVAILABLE.—For each lease block in a proposed 
lease sale under this section for which the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, 
under the Memorandum of Agreement referred to in sec-
tion 10205(b), issues a statement proposing deferral from 
a lease offering due to defense-related activities that are 
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irreconcilable with mineral exploration and development, 
the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, shall make available in the same lease 
sale one other lease block in the Virginia lease sale plan-
ning area that is acceptable for oil and gas exploration 
and production in order to mitigate conflict. 
(c) BALANCING MILITARY AND ENERGY PRODUC-
TION GOALS.—In recognition that the Outer Continental 
Shelf oil and gas leasing program and the domestic energy 
resources produced therefrom are integral to national se-
curity, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Defense shall work jointly in implementing this section in 
order to ensure achievement of the following common 
goals: 
(1) Preserving the ability of the Armed Forces 
of the United States to maintain an optimum state 
of readiness through their continued use of the 
Outer Continental Shelf. 
(2) Allowing effective exploration, development, 
and production of our Nation’s oil, gas, and renew-
able energy resources. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) LEASE SALE 220.—The term ‘‘Lease Sale 
220’’ means such lease sale referred to in the Re-
quest for Comments on the Draft Proposed 5-Year 
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Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing 
Program for 2010–2015 and Notice of Intent To 
Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 
for the Proposed 5-Year Program published January 
21, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 3631). 
(2) VIRGINIA LEASE SALE PLANNING AREA.— 
The term ‘‘Virginia lease sale planning area’’ means 
the area of the outer Continental Shelf (as that term 
is defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.)) that is bounded by— 
(A) a northern boundary consisting of a 
straight line extending from the northernmost 
point of Virginia’s seaward boundary to the 
point on the seaward boundary of the United 
States exclusive economic zone located at 37 de-
grees 17 minutes 1 second North latitude, 71 
degrees 5 minutes 16 seconds West longitude; 
and 
(B) a southern boundary consisting of a 
straight line extending from the southernmost 
point of Virginia’s seaward boundary to the 
point on the seaward boundary of the United 
States exclusive economic zone located at 36 de-
grees 31 minutes 58 seconds North latitude, 71 
degrees 30 minutes 1 second West longitude. 
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SEC. 10202. SOUTH CAROLINA LEASE SALE. 
Notwithstanding exclusion of the South Atlantic 
Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area from the Final 
Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program 
2012–2017, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a 
lease sale not later than 2 years after the date of the en-
actment of this Act for areas off the coast of South Caro-
lina determined by the Secretary to have the most geologi-
cally promising hydrocarbon resources and constituting 
not less than 25 percent of the leasable area within the 
South Carolina offshore administrative boundaries de-
picted in the notice entitled ‘‘Federal Outer Continental 
Shelf (OCS) Administrative Boundaries Extending from 
the Submerged Lands Act Boundary seaward to the Limit 
of the United States Outer Continental Shelf’’, published 
January 3, 2006 (71 Fed. Reg. 127). 
SEC. 10203. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EXISTING INFRA-
STRUCTURE LEASE SALE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
offer for sale leases of tracts in the Santa Maria and 
Santa Barbara/Ventura Basins of the Southern California 
OCS Planning Area as soon as practicable, but not later 
than December 31, 2015. 
(b) USE OF EXISTING STRUCTURES OR ONSHORE- 
BASED DRILLING.—The Secretary of the Interior shall in-
clude in leases offered for sale under this lease sale such 
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