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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This bill shall be called the ``National Petroleum Reserve Alaska 
Access Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REAFFIRMING NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE 
              NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska remains 
        explicitly designated, both in name and legal status, for 
        purposes of providing oil and natural gas resources to the 
        United States; and
            (2) accordingly, the national policy is to actively advance 
        oil and gas development within the Reserve by facilitating the 
        expeditious exploration, production, and transportation of oil 
        and natural gas from and through the Reserve.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA: LEASE SALES.

    Section 107(a) of the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 
1976 (42 U.S.C. 6506a(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct an expeditious 
program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the reserve in 
accordance with this Act. Such program shall include at least one lease 
sale annually in those areas of the reserve most likely to produce 
commercial quantities of oil and natural gas each year in the period 
2011 through 2021.''.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA: PLANNING AND PERMITTING 
              PIPELINE AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Transportation, shall facilitate and ensure permits, in an 
environmentally responsible manner, for all surface development 
activities, including for the construction of pipelines and roads, 
necessary to--
            (1) develop and bring into production any areas within the 
        National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska that are subject to oil 
        and gas leases; and
            (2) transport oil and gas from and through the National 
        Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to existing transportation or 
        processing infrastructure on the North Slope of Alaska.
    (b) Timeline.--The Secretary shall ensure that any Federal 
permitting agency shall issue permits in accordance with the following 
timeline:
            (1) Permits for such construction for transportation of oil 
        and natural gas produced under existing Federal oil and gas 
        leases with respect to which the Secretary has issued a permit 
        to drill shall be approved within 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) Permits for such construction for transportation of oil 
        and natural gas produced under Federal oil and gas leases shall 
        be approved within 6 months after the submission to the 
        Secretary of a request for a permit to drill.
    (c) Plan.--To ensure timely future development of the Reserve, 
within 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a plan for approved 
rights-of-way for a plan for pipeline, road, and any other surface 
infrastructure that may be necessary infrastructure that will ensure 
that all leasable tracts in the Reserve are within 25 miles of an 
approved road and pipeline right-of-way that can serve future 
development of the Reserve.

SEC. 5. DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall issue 
regulations within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act 
that establish clear requirements to ensure that the Department of the 
Interior is supporting development of oil and gas leases in the 
National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
    (b) Deadlines.--At a minimum, the regulations shall--
            (1) require the Department to respond within 5 business 
        days acknowledging receipt of any permit application for such 
        development; and
            (2) establish a timeline for the processing of each such 
        application, that--
                    (A) specifies deadlines for decisions and actions 
                on permit applications; and
                    (B) provide that the period for issuing each permit 
                after submission of such an application shall not 
                exceed 60 days without the concurrence of the 
                applicant.
    (c) Actions Required for Failure To Comply With Deadlines.--If the 
Department fails to comply with any deadline under subsection (b) with 
respect to a permit application, the Secretary shall notify the 
applicant every 5 days with specific information regarding the reasons 
for the permit delay, the name of the specific Department office or 
offices responsible for issuing the permit and for monitoring the 
permit delay, and an estimate of the time that the permit will be 
issued.

SEC. 6. UPDATED RESOURCE ASSESSMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall complete a 
comprehensive assessment of all technically recoverable fossil fuel 
resources within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including 
all conventional and unconventional oil and natural gas.
    (b) Cooperation and Consultation.--The resource assessment required 
by subsection (a) shall be carried out by the United States Geological 
Survey in cooperation and consultation with the State of Alaska and the 
American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
    (c) Timing.--The resource assessment required by subsection (a) 
shall be completed within 24 months of the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
    (d) Funding.--The United States Geological Survey may, in carrying 
out the duties under this section, cooperatively use resources and 
funds provided by the State of Alaska.

SOLUTION: National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act - (Sec. 2) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the National Petroleum Reserve (NPR) in Alaska remains explicitly designated to provide oil and natural gas resources to the United States, and (2) it is national policy to actively advance oil and gas development within the NPR.

(Sec. 3) Amends the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to require the mandatory program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the NPR to include at least one lease sale annually in those areas of the NPR most likely to produce commercial quantities of oil and natural gas each year in the period 2011-2021.

(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to ensure permits, according to a specified timeline, for all surface development activities, including pipelines and roads construction to: (1) develop and bring into production any areas within the NPR that are subject to oil and gas leases; and (2) transport oil and gas from and through the NPR to existing transportation or processing infrastructure on the North Slope of Alaska.

(Sec. 5) Instructs the Secretary to issue regulations establishing clear requirements to ensure that the Department of the Interior is supporting development of oil and gas leases in the NPR.

(Sec. 6) Requires the Secretary to assess all technically recoverable fossil fuel resources within the NPR, including all conventional and unconventional oil and natural gas.

Requires the resource assessment to be implemented by the U.S. Geological Survey, which is authorized to use resources and funds provided by the state of Alaska.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    Section 3101 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Each Executive agency'' and inserting 
        ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), each Executive 
        agency''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Reduction in Number of Employees.--
            ``(1) Hiring freeze.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        during fiscal year 2011 and each succeeding fiscal year for 
        which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (in 
        such manner as the Director determines to be appropriate) 
        projects a Federal budget deficit, the head of an Executive 
        agency may not appoint any individual to a position in the 
        agency.
            ``(2) Permitting appointments from federal workforce hiring 
        pool.--
                    ``(A) Establishment of pool.--The President shall 
                establish a Federal workforce hiring pool consisting of 
                positions which may be allocated among all Executive 
                agencies.
                    ``(B) Procedures.--The head of an Executive agency 
                may appoint an individual to a position in the agency 
                if--
                            ``(i) there is a position available in the 
                        Federal workforce hiring pool;
                            ``(ii) the head of the Executive agency 
                        submits a request to the President for the 
                        allocation of a position in the Federal 
                        workforce hiring pool to the agency for 
                        purposes of making an appointment; and
                            ``(iii) the President approves the request.
                    ``(C) Process and criteria for approving 
                requests.--The President shall promulgate regulations--
                            ``(i) setting forth the process by which 
                        the head of an Executive agency may make a 
                        request under this subsection; and
                            ``(ii) setting forth the criteria by which 
                        the President shall determine on a competitive 
                        basis whether to approve a request by the head 
                        of an Executive agency under this subsection.
                    ``(D) Number of positions in pool.--
                            ``(i) Initial number.--As of the first day 
                        of fiscal year 2011, the number of positions in 
                        the Federal workforce hiring pool shall equal 
                        zero.
                            ``(ii) Changes to initial number.--After 
                        the first day of fiscal year 2011, the number 
                        of positions in the Federal workforce hiring 
                        pool--
                                    ``(I) shall increase by .50 for 
                                each full-time-equivalent position in 
                                any Executive agency which subsequently 
                                becomes vacant; and
                                    ``(II) shall decrease by 1.0 for 
                                each request for a full-time equivalent 
                                position which is approved by the 
                                President under this subsection.
            ``(3) Waiver in case of emergency or need to protect 
        national security.--The President may waive this subsection 
        with respect to the hiring of an employee for a position upon a 
        determination by the President that--
                    ``(A) the existence of a state of war or other 
                national security concern so requires; or
                    ``(B) the existence of an extraordinary emergency 
                threatening life, health, safety, or property so 
                requires.
            ``(4) Action through opm.--The President shall carry out 
        this subsection through the Director of the Office of Personnel 
        Management, who shall consult with the Director of the Office 
        of Management and Budget.
            ``(5) Reports to congress.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                end of each quarter of a fiscal year, the President 
                shall provide Congress with a report containing a list 
                of each appointment approved by the President under 
                this subsection during the quarter, broken down by 
                executive agency.
                    ``(B) Information included.--The list contained in 
                a report provided to Congress under subparagraph (A) 
                shall include a description of the position associated 
                with each approved appointment, but shall not provide 
                any information that may be used to identify the 
                individual appointed to the position.
                    ``(C) Public dissemination.--The President shall 
                make each report provided to Congress under 
                subparagraph (A) available to the public by posting the 
                report on the official public website of the Executive 
                Office of the President in a searchable, sortable, and 
                downloadable manner.
            ``(6) Exclusion of certain executive agencies.--This 
        subsection does not apply to--
                    ``(A) the Department of Defense;
                    ``(B) the Department of Homeland Security; or
                    ``(C) the Department of Veterans' Affairs.''.

SOLUTION: Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 2010 - Prohibits the head of an executive agency from appointing any individual to a position in the agency in any fiscal year for which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) projects a federal budget deficit. Makes an exception if: (1) there is a position available in the federal workforce hiring pool (to be established by the President); and (2) the President approves an agency head's request for the allocation of a position in the pool to the agency.

Sets the number of positions in the hiring pool at zero as of the first day of FY2011, after which the number shall: (1) increase by .50 for each full time-equivalent position in any agency which subsequently becomes vacant; and (2) decrease by 1.0 for each request for a full time-equivalent position that is approved by the President. Authorizes the President to waive this limitation upon determining that such waiver is required by the existence of a state of war, other national security concern, or an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, safety, or property.

 Exempts the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. NAVAJO RESERVATION BOUNDARY CLARIFICATION.

    Subsection (b) of section 11 of the Act of December 22, 1974 (25 
U.S.C. 640d-10(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``present boundary of the Navajo 
        Reservation'' and inserting ``trust lands of the Navajo Tribe, 
        including the bands of the Navajo Tribe, as of January 1, 
        2014''; and
            (2) by striking ``present boundary of the reservation'' and 
        inserting ``trust lands of the Navajo Tribe, including the 
        bands of the Navajo Tribe, as of January 1, 2014''.

SEC. 2. RESELECTION OF LANDS TO CORRECT SURVEYING ERROR.

    Section 11 of the Act of December 22, 1974 (25 U.S.C. 640d-10) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) The Navajo Tribe shall have the right to deselect not more 
than 757 acres of the land selected under this section as of January 1, 
2014, whether or not that land has already been taken into trust by the 
Secretary. Trust land deselected by the Navajo Tribe shall be taken out 
of trust and shall be administered by the Bureau of Land Management. 
The Navajo Tribe shall then have the right to reselect up to the same 
amount of land that is deselected and returned, in accordance with the 
provisions of this section.''.

SEC. 3. FAIR RENTAL VALUE PAYMENTS REPORT.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to the Committee on 
Natural Resources in the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Indian Affairs in the Senate a report that contains the following:
            (1) The dates that the Secretary rendered initial rental 
        decisions on annual rents owed by the Navajo Tribe to the Hopi 
        Tribe pursuant to section 16(a) of the Act of December 22, 1974 
        (25 U.S.C. 640d-15(a)) for each of years 2001 through 2013, 
        including an explanation for any delay longer than 12 months 
        after the end of any year during that period.
            (2) The current status of all rental determinations for 
        each of years 2001 through 2013, and, to the extent appeals are 
        pending with the Secretary, where these appeals are pending, 
        and how long such appeals have been pending at that locale.
            (3) To the extent that rental determinations have been 
        delayed, the role, if any, in the delay that has been the 
        result of contracts with the Bureau of Indian Affairs related 
        to a contract under the Indian Self-Determination Act (25 
        U.S.C. 450f).
            (4) What contract provisions, if any, have been included in 
        any contract under the Indian Self-Determination Act (25 U.S.C. 
        450f) between the Bureau of Indian Affairs and any contractor 
        to ensure that the contractor's performance of those functions 
        which are otherwise the obligations of the Bureau of Indian 
        Affairs to carry out the requirements of section 16(a) of the 
        Act of December 22, 1974 (25 U.S.C. 640d-15(a)) is free from 
        conflicts of interest as required by part 900.231 through part 
        900.236 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations.
            (5) The total amount that the Navajo Tribe has paid as rent 
        and interest pursuant to section 16(a) of the Act of December 
        22, 1974 (25 U.S.C. 640d-15(a)), including the amount of 
        prejudgment interest paid by the Navajo Tribe and the amount of 
        post-judgment interest paid by the Navajo Tribe.
            (6) A plan to bring initial rental determinations current 
        through the 2014 year as of April 1, 2015.
            (7) A plan to ensure that, beginning on April 1, 2016, all 
        annual rental determinations are completed and delivered to the 
        Navajo Tribe and the Hopi Tribe on or before April 1 of each 
        year.

SEC. 4. NAVAJO TRIBE SOVEREIGNTY EMPOWERMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    (a) Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones.--The Navajo Tribe shall 
have the authority to designate up to 150,000 acres within one or more 
of the following, which shall be designated as Navajo Sovereignty 
Empowerment Zones:
            (1) All lands selected by the Navajo Tribe pursuant to 
        section 11 of the Act of December 22, 1974 (25 U.S.C. 640d-10).
            (2) The lands within that portion of the Navajo Reservation 
        lying west of the Executive Order Reservation of 1882 and 
        bounded on the north and south by westerly extensions, to the 
        reservation line, of the northern and southern boundaries of 
        said Executive Order Reservation (formerly known as the 
        ``Bennett Freeze'' area).
            (3) All lands partitioned to the Navajo Tribe pursuant to 
        sections 3 and 4 of the Act of December 22, 1974 (25 U.S.C. 
        640d-2 and 640d-3).
    (b) Applicability of Certain Laws.--Within the Navajo Sovereignty 
Empowerment Zones, the following laws are waived with regard to 
renewable energy development, housing development, public and community 
facilities, and infrastructure development (such as water and 
wastewater development, roads, transmission lines, gas lines, and 
rights-of-way):
            (1) The Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
            (2) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
        U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
            (3) The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
        seq.).
            (4) The National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 
        et seq.).
            (5) Public Law 86-523 (16 U.S.C. 469 et seq.).
            (6) The Act of June 8, 1906 (commonly known as the 
        ``Antiquities Act of 1906'' (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.)).
            (7) The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
        U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
            (8) The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act 
        of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.).
            (9) The Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et 
        seq.).
            (10) The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 
        et seq.).
            (11) Subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, 
        United States Code (commonly known as the ``Administrative 
        Procedure Act'').
            (12) The National Park Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 1 et 
        seq.).
            (13) The General Authorities Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-
        383) (16 U.S.C. 1a-1 et seq.).
            (14) Sections 401(7), 403, and 404 of the National Parks 
        and Recreation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-625, 92 Stat. 3467).
            (15) The Arizona Desert Wilderness Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 
        1132 note; Public Law 101-628).
    (c) Tribal Sovereignty.--Nothing in this section supersedes, 
replaces, negates, or diminishes--
            (1) the laws and regulations of the Navajo Nation which 
        shall remain in full force and effect within the Navajo 
        Sovereignty Empowerment Zones; or
            (2) the treaties or other agreements between the United 
        States and the Navajo Tribe.
    (d) Navajo-Hopi Dispute Settlement Act.--Nothing in this section 
waives the provisions of the Navajo-Hopi Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 
(25 U.S.C. 640d note).
    (e) Funding and Grants.--Nothing in this section negates or 
diminishes the eligibility of the Navajo Tribe to receive or continue 
to receive funding and grants under the Navajo-Hopi Dispute Settlement 
Act of 1996 or any other laws of the United States.

SEC. 5. RELINQUISHMENT OF ACCOMMODATION AGREEMENT AND ELIGIBILITY FOR 
              RELOCATION BENEFITS.

    The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 640d 
note) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 13. RELINQUISHMENT OF ACCOMMODATION AGREEMENT AND ELIGIBILITY 
              FOR RELOCATION BENEFITS.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the Settlement Agreement, or the Accommodation Agreement, any Navajo 
head of household, or the successor thereto if such person is no longer 
the head of household, that has entered into an Accommodation Agreement 
shall have the following rights:
            ``(1) To relinquish that Agreement for up to two years 
        after the effective date of this section.
            ``(2) After a relinquishment under paragraph (1), to 
        receive the full relocation benefits to which the Navajo head 
        of household would otherwise have been entitled had the head of 
        household not signed the Accommodation Agreement, including 
        relocation housing, counseling, and other services. In the 
        event that the Navajo head of household is no longer the head 
        of household, the successor thereto shall be entitled to 
        receive the full relocation benefits.
    ``(b) Timing.--A relinquishment under subsection (a) shall not go 
into effect until the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 
provides the full relocation benefits to the Navajo head of household, 
or successor thereto.''.

SEC. 6. NAVAJO REHABILITATION TRUST FUND.

    Section 32 of Public Law 93-531 (25 U.S.C. 640d-30) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``, or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) at the discretion of the Navajo Tribe, to use for 
        development in the Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones 
        established pursuant to section 104.'';
            (2) in the first sentence of subsection (f), by striking 
        ``and the United States has been reimbursed for funds 
        appropriated under subsection (f) of this section''; and
            (3) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``1990, 
                1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994'' and all that follows 
                through the final period and inserting ``2014, 2015, 
                2016, 2017, and 2018.''; and
                    (B) by striking the second sentence.

SOLUTION:
Requires a border of any parcel of land that is transferred to or acquired by the Navajo Reservation to be within 18 miles of the trust lands of the Navajo Tribe, including the bands of the Tribe, as of January 2014. Allows the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands anywhere within Arizona and New Mexico to be exchanged for lands within 18 miles of those trust lands.  Gives the Navajo Tribe the right to deselect not more than 757 acres of the land selected as of January 2014, whether or not such land has already been taken into trust by the Secretary of the Interior. Gives the Tribe the right to reselect land up to the amount it deselected. Directs the Secretary to report on annual rents owed by the Navajo Tribe to the Hopi Tribe for each of the years 2001-2013. Authorizes the Navajo Tribe to designate up to 150,000 acres within specified lands to be designated as Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones. Makes inapplicable specified laws within such Zones.  Amends the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 to set forth the rights of Navajo heads of household or their successors to relinquish an Accommodation Agreement they have entered into with the Hopi Tribe regarding their residence on Hopi lands.  Reauthorizes and revises the Navajo Rehabilitation Trust Fund. Allows for its use for the development of Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones.