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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic
Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Coastal plain.--The term ''Coastal Plain'' means the
area described in appendix I to part 37 of title 50, Code of
Federal Regulations.
(2) Final statement.--The term ''Final Statement'' means
the final legislative environmental impact statement on the
Coastal Plain, dated April 1987, and prepared pursuant to--
(A) section 1002 of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3142); and
(B) section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).
(3) Map.--The term ''map'' means the map entitled ''Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge'', dated September 2005, and prepared
by the United States Geological Survey.
(4) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior or the designee of the Secretary.
(5) Western coastal plain.--The term ''Western Coastal
Plain'' means that area of the Coastal Plain--
(A) that borders the land of the State of Alaska to
the west and State of Alaska offshore waters of the
Beaufort Sea on the north; and
(B) from which oil and gas can be produced through
the use of horizontal drilling or other subsurface
technology from sites outside or underneath the surface
of the Coastal Plain.

SEC. 3. LEASING PROGRAM FOR LAND WITHIN THE WESTERN COASTAL PLAIN.

(a) In General.--
(1) Authorization.--There is authorized the exploration,
leasing, development, and production of oil and gas from the
Western Coastal Plain.
(2) Actions.--The Secretary shall take such actions as are
necessary--
(A) to establish and implement, in accordance with
this Act, a competitive oil and gas leasing program
that will result in an environmentally sound program
for the exploration, development, and production of the
oil and gas resources of the Western Coastal Plain; and
(B) to administer this Act through regulations,
lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions,
stipulations, and other provisions that--
(i) ensure the oil and gas exploration,
development, and production activities on the
Western Coastal Plain will result in no
significant adverse effect on fish and
wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat,
subsistence resources, and the environment;
(ii) prohibit surface occupancy of the
Western Coastal Plain during oil and gas
development and production; and
(iii) require the application of the best
commercially available technology for oil and
gas exploration, development, and production to
all exploration, development, and production
operations under this Act in a manner that
ensures the receipt of fair market value by the
public for the mineral resources to be leased.
(b) Compliance With Requirements Under Certain Other Laws.--
(1) Compatibility.--For purposes of the National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et
seq.)--
(A) the oil and gas preleasing and leasing program
and activities authorized by this section in the
Western Coastal Plain shall be considered to be
compatible with the purposes for which the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge was established; and
(B) no further findings or decisions shall be
required to implement that program and those
activities.
(2) Adequacy of the legislative environmental impact
statement of the department of the interior.--The Final
Statement shall be considered to satisfy the requirements of
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.) that apply with respect to preleasing activities,
including exploration programs and actions authorized to be
taken by the Secretary to develop and promulgate the
regulations for the establishment of a leasing program
authorized by this Act before the conduct of the first lease
sale.
(3) Compliance with nepa for other actions.--
(A) In general.--Prior to conducting the first
lease sale pursuant to this Act, the Secretary shall
prepare an environmental impact statement in accordance
with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to the activities
authorized by this Act that are not covered by
paragraph (2).
(B) Identification and analysis.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, in carrying out this
paragraph, the Secretary shall not--
(i) identify nonleasing alternative courses
of action; or
(ii) analyze the environmental effect of
those courses of action.
(C) Identification of preferred action.--Not later
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary shall identify only a preferred action
and a single leasing alternative for the first lease
sale conducted pursuant to this Act.
(D) Effect of noncompliance.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, compliance with this paragraph
shall be considered to satisfy any provision of law or
other requirement that requires analysis and
consideration of the environmental effects of leasing
with respect to the leasing conducted pursuant to this
Act.
(c) Relationship to State and Local Authority.--Nothing in this Act
expands or limits any State or local regulatory authority.
(d) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, in consultation with the State of Alaska, the North Slope
Borough, Alaska, and the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, the
Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry
out this Act.

SEC. 4. LEASE SALES.

(a) Qualified Lessees.--Land may be leased under this Act 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 regulation, establish
procedures for--
(1) receipt and consideration of sealed nominations for any
area in the Western Coastal Plain for inclusion in a lease
sale;
(2) the holding of lease sales after the nomination process
described in paragraph (1); and
(3) public notice of, and comment on, designation of areas
to be included in, or excluded from, a lease sale.
(c) Lease Sale Bids.--Bidding for leases under this Act shall be by
sealed competitive cash bonus bids.
(d) Acreage Minimum in First Sale.--For the first lease sale under
this Act, the Secretary shall offer for lease those tracts the
Secretary considers to have the greatest potential for the discovery of
hydrocarbons, taking 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 18 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, conduct the first lease sale under this Act;
(2) not later than 1 year after the date on which the first
lease sale is conducted under paragraph (1), conduct a second
lease sale under this Act; and
(3) conduct additional sales at appropriate intervals if
sufficient interest in exploration or development exists to
warrant the conduct of the additional sales.

SEC. 5. 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 shall grant to the highest
responsible qualified bidder in a lease sale conducted pursuant to
section 4 a lease for any land on the Western Coastal Plain.
(b) Subsequent Transfers.--
(1) In general.--No lease issued under this Act may be
sold, exchanged, assigned, sublet, or otherwise transferred
except with the approval of the Secretary.
(2) Condition for approval.--Before granting any approval
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with, and give
due consideration to the opinion of, the Attorney General.

SEC. 6. LEASE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

(a) In General.--An oil or gas lease issued pursuant to this Act
shall--
(1) provide for the payment of a royalty of not less than
12/2\ percent of the quantity or value of the production
removed or sold from the lease, as determined by the Secretary
in accordance with regulations applicable to other Federal oil
and gas leases;
(2) provide that the Secretary, after consultation with the
State of Alaska, North Slope Borough, Alaska, and the Arctic
Slope Regional Corporation, may close, on a seasonal basis,
such portions of the Western Coastal Plain to exploratory
drilling activities as are necessary to protect caribou calving
areas and other species of fish and wildlife;
(3) require that each lessee of land within the Western
Coastal Plain shall be fully responsible and liable for the
reclamation of land within the Western Coastal Plain and any
other Federal land that is adversely affected in connection
with exploration activities conducted under the lease and
within the Western Coastal Plain by the lessee or by any of the
subcontractors or agents of the lessee;
(4) provide that the lessee may not delegate or convey, by
contract or otherwise, the reclamation responsibility and
liability described in paragraph (3) to another person without
the express written approval of the Secretary;
(5) contain terms and conditions relating to protection of
fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, subsistence
resources, and the environment as required under section
3(a)(2); and
(6) provide that each lessee, and each agent and contractor
of a lessee, shall use the best efforts of the lessee to
provide a fair share of employment and contracting for Alaska
Natives and Alaska Native Corporations from throughout the
State, as determined by the level of obligation previously
agreed to in the Federal Agreement.
(b) Project Labor Agreements.--The Secretary, as a term and
condition of each lease under this Act, and in recognizing the
proprietary interest of the Federal Government in labor stability and
in the ability of construction labor and management to meet the
particular needs and conditions of projects to be developed under the
leases issued pursuant to this Act (including the special concerns of
the parties to those leases), shall require that each lessee, and each
agent and contractor of a lessee, under this Act negotiate to obtain a
project labor agreement for the employment of laborers and mechanics on
production, maintenance, and construction under the lease.

SEC. 7. FEDERAL AND STATE DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the
amount of bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from oil and gas leasing
and operations authorized by this Act--
(1) 50 percent shall be paid to the State of Alaska; and
(2) the balance shall be deposited in the Treasury of the
United States.
(b) Payments to Alaska.--Payments to the State of Alaska under this
section shall be made on a monthly basis.

SEC. 8. 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 clarify land ownership patterns in the Coastal
Plain, the Secretary shall--
(1) to the extent necessary to fulfill the entitlement of
the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation under sections 12 and 14 of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611, 1613),
as determined by the Secretary, convey to that Corporation the
surface 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 Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the
Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, dated January 22, 1993; and
(2) convey to the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation the
remaining subsurface estate to which that Corporation is
entitled under the agreement between that corporation and the
United States, dated August 9, 1983.
A:
No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act - Authorizes the exploration, leasing, development and production of oil and gas on the Western Coastal Plain of Alaska. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program for oil and gas exploration, development, and production on the Western Coastal Plain; and (2) prohibit surface occupancy of the Western Coastal Plain during any oil and gas development and production States that, in connection with specified environmental protection laws, the Secretary shall neither: (1) identify nonleasing alternative courses of action, nor (2) analyze the environmental effect of those courses of action. Requires the Secretary, within one year after the first lease sale is conducted under this Act, to conduct a second lease sale (and additional sales if sufficient interest in exploration or development exists). Sets forth procedures for: (1) lease sales and lease grants on the Western Coastal Plain, and (2) Western Coastal Plain environmental protection. Prescribes a revenue allocation scheme derived from bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from federal oil and gas leasing and operations authorized under this Act, including monthly payments to the state of Alaska. Requires the Secretary to convey to: (1) the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation the surface estate of certain land, and (2) the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation the remaining subsurface estate to which that Corporation is entitled under a specified agreement.