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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Aviation Employee Screening and
Security Enhancement Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Administration.--The term ''Administration'' means the
Transportation Security Administration.
(2) Administrator.--The term ''Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.
(3) Air carrier.--The term ''air carrier'' has the meaning
given such term in section 40102 of title 49, United States
Code.
(4) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
''appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate.
(5) Foreign air carrier.--The term ''foreign air carrier''
has the meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 49,
United States Code.
(6) Intelligence community.--The term ''intelligence
community'' has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
(7) Secured area.--The term ''secured area'' has the
meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of
Federal Regulations.
(8) Security identification display area.--The term
''Security Identification Display Area'' has the meaning given
such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal
Regulations.
(9) Sterile area.--The term ''sterile area'' has the
meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of
Federal Regulations.

SEC. 3. COST AND FEASIBILITY STUDY.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the
Aviation Security Advisory Committee (established under section 44946
of title 49, United States Code), shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees and the Comptroller General of the United
States a cost and feasibility study of a statistically significant
number of Category I, II, III, IV, and X airports assessing the impact
if all employee access points from non-secured areas to secured areas
of such airports are comprised of the following:
(1) A secure door utilizing card and pin entry or biometric
technology.
(2) Surveillance video recording, capable of storing video
data for at least 30 days.
(3) Advanced screening technologies, including at least one
of the following:
(A) Magnetometer (walk-through or hand-held).
(B) Explosives detection canines.
(C) Explosives trace detection swabbing.
(D) Advanced imaging technology.
(E) X-ray bag screening technology.
(b) Contents.--The study required under subsection (a) shall
include information related to the employee screening costs of those
category I, II, III, IV, and X airports which have already implemented
practices of screening 100 percent of employees accessing secured areas
of airports, including the following:
(1) Costs associated with establishing an operational
minimum number of employee entry and exit points.
(2) A comparison of estimated costs and effectiveness
associated with implementing the security features specified in
subsection (a) to--
(A) the Federal Government; and
(B) airports and the aviation community.
(c) Comptroller General Assessment.--
(1) In general.--Upon completion of the study required
under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United
States shall review such study to assess the quality and
reliability of such study.
(2) Assessment.--Not later than 60 days after the receipt
of the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller
General of the United States shall report to the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate on the results of the review required under paragraph
(1).

SEC. 4. AIRPORT WORKER EDUCATION AND SECURITY AWARENESS.

(a) Cooperative Efforts to Enhance Airport Security Awareness.--Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator shall work with air carriers, foreign air carriers,
airport operators, labor unions representing credentialed employees,
and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee to enhance security
awareness of credentialed airport populations regarding insider threats
to aviation security and best practices related to airport access
controls.
(b) Credentialing Standards.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, in
consultation with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport
operators, labor unions representing credentialed employees,
and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, assess
credentialing standards, policies, and practices to ensure that
insider threats to aviation security are adequately addressed.
(2) Report.--Not later than 30 days after completion of the
assessment required under paragraph (1), the Administrator
shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the
results of such assessment.
(c) SIDA Applications.--
(1) Social security numbers required.--Not later than 60
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator shall require airport operators to submit the
social security number of an individual applying for a
credential granting access to the Security Identification
Display Area to strengthen security vetting effectiveness. An
applicant who does not provide such applicant's social security
number may be denied such a credential.
(2) Screening notice.--The Administrator shall issue
requirements for airport operators to include in applications
for access to a Security Identification Display Area a notice
informing applicants that an employee holding a credential
granting access to a Security Identification Display Area may
be screened at any time while gaining access to, working in, or
leaving a Security Identification Display Area.

SEC. 5. SECURING AIRPORT WORKER ACCESS.

(a) In General.--The Administrator shall work with airport
operators and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee to identify
advanced technologies, including biometric identification technologies,
for securing employee access to the secured areas and sterile areas of
airports.
(b) Rap Back Vetting.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall ensure that all
credentialed aviation worker populations currently requiring a
fingerprint-based criminal record history check are continuously vetted
through the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Rap Back Service, in
order to more rapidly detect and mitigate insider threats to aviation
security.
(c) Insider Threat Education and Mitigation.--Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall identify means of enhancing the Administration's ability to
leverage the resources of the Department of Homeland Security and the
intelligence community to educate Administration personnel on insider
threats to aviation security and how the Administration can better
mitigate such insider threats.
(d) Playbook Operations.--The Administrator shall ensure that
Administration-led employee physical inspection efforts of aviation
workers, known as Playbook operations, are targeted, strategic, and
focused on providing the greatest level of security effectiveness.
(e) Covert Testing.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator shall conduct covert
testing of Administration-led employee inspection operations at
airports and measure existing levels of security effectiveness.
The Administrator shall provide--
(A) the results of such testing to the airport
operator for the airport that is the subject of any
such testing, and, as appropriate, to air carriers and
foreign air carriers that operate at the airport that
is the subject of such testing; and
(B) recommendations and technical assistance for
air carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport
operators to conduct their own employee inspections, as
needed.
(2) Annual reporting.--The Administrator shall annually,
for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on the frequency,
methodology, strategy, and effectiveness of employee inspection
operations at airports.
(f) Centralized Database.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with
the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, shall--
(1) establish a national database of individuals who have
had either their airport or airport operator-issued badge
revoked for failure to comply with aviation security
requirements;
(2) determine the appropriate reporting mechanisms for air
carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport operators to--
(A) submit to the Administration data regarding
individuals described in paragraph (1); and
(B) access the database established pursuant to
such paragraph; and
(3) establish a process to allow individuals whose names
were mistakenly entered into such database to correct the
record and have their names removed from such database.

SEC. 6. INSIDER THREAT COORDINATION EFFORTS.

The Department of Homeland Security is the lead interagency
coordinator pertaining to insider threat investigations and mitigation
efforts at airports. The Department shall make every practicable effort
to coordinate with other relevant Government entities, as well as the
security representatives of air carriers, foreign air carriers, and
airport operators, as appropriate, when undertaking such investigations
and efforts.

SEC. 7. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a plan to conduct recurring reviews of the operational,
technical, and management security controls for Administration
information technology systems at airports.

SEC. 8. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.

No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of
this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts
otherwise authorized.

Passed the House of Representatives April 25, 2017.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.

A: Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct, and submit to Congress and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a cost and feasibility study of a statistically significant number of Category I, II, III, IV, and X airports assessing the impact if all airport employee access points from non-secured to secured airport areas are comprised of the following: a secure door utilizing card and pin entry or biometric technology; surveillance video recording capable of storing video data for at least 30 days; certain advanced screening technologies, including magnetometers, explosives detection canines, explosives trace detection swabbing, advanced imaging technology, and X-ray bag screening technology; and information related to employee screening costs of such airports that have already implemented practices of screening 100% of employees accessing secured areas. The GAO shall assess the completed study and report the results to Congress. (Sec. 4) The TSA shall: work with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, labor unions representing credentialed airport employees, and the TSA's Aviation Security Advisory Committee to enhance security awareness of credentialed airport workers regarding insider threats to aviation security and best practices related to airport access controls; assess credentialing standards, policies, and practices to ensure that insider threats to aviation security are adequately addressed; require airport operators to submit the social security number of an individual applying for a credential granting access to the Security Identification Display Area of an airport to strengthen security vetting effectiveness; and issue requirements for airport operators to include in applications for access to such area a notice that an employee holding a credential granting such access may be screened at any time while entering, working in, or leaving the area. (Sec. 5) The TSA shall also: work with airport operators and the TSA Advisory Committee to identify advanced technologies for securing employee access to secured and sterile airport areas; ensure that credentialed aviation worker populations currently requiring a fingerprint-based criminal record history check are continuously vetted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Rap Back Service to mitigate insider threats; identify ways to enhance TSA's ability to educate its personnel on insider threats to aviation security and on how to mitigate such threats; ensure that TSA employee physical inspection efforts of aviation workers (Playbook operations) are focused on providing the greatest level of security effectiveness; conduct covert testing of TSA employee screening operations at airports; report on the frequency, methodology, strategy, and effectiveness of employee inspection operations at airports; and establish a national database of individuals who have had either their airport or aircraft operator-issued badge revoked for failure to comply with aviation security requirements, as well a process to allow individuals whose names were mistakenly entered into such database to correct the record and have their names removed from it. (Sec. 6) The DHS is the lead interagency coordinator to insider threat investigations and mitigation efforts at airports. (Sec. 7) The TSA shall submit a plan to conduct recurring reviews of the operational security controls for TSA information technology systems at airports.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Innovation Inspiration School Grant
Program Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) According to the National Science Board's 2010 Science
and Engineering Indicators, only 5 percent of American college
graduates major in engineering. In Asia, about 20 percent of
all baccalaureate degrees are in engineering and in China about
33 percent of baccalaureate degrees are in engineering.
(2) Although 4th graders in the United States score well
against international competition, students in the United
States fall near the bottom or dead last by 12th grade in
mathematics and science, respectively.
(3) Admissions requirements for undergraduate engineering
schools include a solid background in mathematics (algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, and calculus) and science (biology,
chemistry, and physics), in addition to courses in English,
social studies, and humanities.
(4) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, overall
engineering employment is expected to grow by 11 percent from
2008 through 2018, and, as a group, engineers earn some of the
highest average starting salaries among individuals holding
baccalaureate degrees.
(5) According to the Department of Labor, engineers should
be creative, inquisitive, analytical, and detail-oriented.
Engineers should be able to work as part of a team and to
communicate well, both orally and in writing. Communication
abilities are becoming increasingly important as engineers
interact more frequently with specialists in a wide range of
fields outside engineering.
(6) Exposure to project- and problem-based learning, in a
competitive team environment, gives 9th through 12th graders
the skills that they need to be successful in engineering
programs of study and engineering careers.
(7) According to Brandeis University's Center for Youth and
Communities, participants in FIRST Robotics (a nonprofit
organization that inspires young people to be science and
technology leaders by engaging the young people in mentor-based
programs)--
(A) are more likely than nonparticipants to attend
an institution of higher education on a full-time basis
(88 percent versus 53 percent);
(B) are nearly 2 times as likely to major in a
science or engineering field; and
(C) are more than 3 times as likely to have majored
specifically in engineering.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Local educational agency.--The term ''local educational
agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801).
(2) Low-income student.--The term ''low-income student''
means a student who is eligible for free or reduced price lunch
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).
(3) Secondary school.--The term ''secondary school'' has
the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
(4) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Education.
(5) STEM.--The term ''STEM'' means science, technology,
engineering (including robotics), or mathematics.
(6) Non-traditional stem education teaching methods.--The
term ''non-traditional STEM education teaching methods'' means
a STEM education method or strategy such as incorporating self-
directed student learning, inquiry-based learning, cooperative
learning in small groups, collaboration with mentors in the
field of study, and participation in STEM-related competitions.

SEC. 4. INNOVATIVE INSPIRATION SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) Goals of Program.--The goals of the Innovation Inspiration
grant program are--
(1) to provide opportunities for local educational agencies
to support non-traditional STEM education teaching methods;
(2) to support the participation of students in nonprofit
STEM competitions;
(3) to foster innovation and broaden interest in, and
access to, careers in the STEM fields by investing in programs
supported by educators and professional mentors who receive
hands-on training and ongoing communications that strengthen
the interactions of the educators and mentors with--
(A) students who are involved in STEM activities;
and
(B) other students in the STEM classrooms and
communities of such educators and mentors; and
(4) to encourage collaboration among students, engineers,
and professional mentors.
(b) Program Authorized.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to award
grants, on a competitive basis, to local educational agencies
to enable the local educational agencies--
(A) to promote STEM in secondary schools;
(B) to support the participation of secondary
school students in non-traditional STEM teaching
methods; and
(C) to broaden secondary school students' access to
careers in STEM.
(2) Duration.--The Secretary shall award each grant under
this Act for a period of not more than 5 years.
(3) Amounts.--The Secretary shall award a grant under this
Act in an amount that is sufficient to carry out the goals of
this Act.
(c) Application.--
(1) In general.--Each local educational agency desiring a
grant under this Act shall submit an application to the
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
(2) Contents.--The application shall, at a minimum, include
a description of how the local educational agency will--
(A) carry out STEM teaching programs that will use
a non-traditional STEM teaching method;
(B) identify and recruit partners and mentors--
(i) to help carry out the programs
described in subparagraph (A); and
(ii) to assist students who participate in
such programs, including through technology-
supported means;
(C) support educators who lead such programs, and
participants in such programs, through stipends or
other incentives;
(D) recruit young women and individuals from
populations historically underrepresented in the STEM
fields to participate in such programs;
(E) identify public and private partners that can
support such programs with cash or in-kind
contributions;
(F) plan for sustaining such programs financially
beyond the grant period; and
(G) evaluate the grant project and the results of
the grant project among participating students,
including--
(i) comparing students who participate in
the grant project to similar students who do
not participate; and
(ii) evaluating--
(I) secondary school graduation
rates;
(II) rates of attendance at
institutions of higher education;
(III) the number of students taking
advanced STEM related secondary school
classes; and
(IV) the ability of students
participating in the grant project to
partner with professional mentors.
(3) Preference.--In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall give priority to applications from local
educational agencies that propose to carry out activities that
target--
(A) a rural or urban school;
(B) a low-performing school or local educational
agency; or
(C) a local educational agency or school that
serves low-income students.
(d) Uses of Funds.--
(1) In general.--Each local educational agency that
receives a grant under this Act shall use the grant funds for
any of the following:
(A) STEM education and career activities.--
Promotion of STEM education and career activities.
(B) Purchase of parts.--The purchase of parts and
supplies needed to support participation in non-
traditional STEM teaching methods.
(C) Teacher incentives and stipends.--Incentives
and stipends for teachers involved in non-traditional
STEM teaching methods outside of their regular teaching
duties.
(D) Support and expenses.--Support and expenses for
student and team participation in regional and national
nonprofit STEM competitions.
(E) Additional materials and support.--Additional
materials and support, such as equipment, facility use,
technology, broadband access, and other expenses,
directly associated with non-traditional STEM teaching
and mentoring.
(F) Evaluation.--Carrying out the evaluation
described in subsection (c)(2)(G).
(G) Other activities.--Carrying out other
activities that are related to the goals of the grant
program, as described in subsection (a).
(2) Prohibition.--A local educational agency shall not use
grant funds awarded under this Act to participate in any STEM
competition that is not a nonprofit competition.
(3) Administrative costs.--Each local educational agency
that receives a grant under this Act may use not more than 2
percent of the grant funds for costs related to the
administration of the grant project.
(e) Matching Requirement.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), each local
educational agency that receives a grant under this Act shall
secure, toward the cost of the activities assisted under the
grant, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 50 percent
of the grant. The non-Federal contribution may be provided in
cash or in kind.
(2) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive all or part of the
matching requirement described in paragraph (1) for a local
educational agency if the Secretary determines that applying
the matching requirement would result in a serious financial
hardship or a financial inability to carry out the goals of the
grant project.
(f) Supplement, Not Supplant.--Grant funds provided to a local
educational agency under this Act shall be used to supplement, and not
supplant, funds that would otherwise be used for activities authorized
under this Act.
(g) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall establish an evaluation
program to determine the efficacy of the grant program established by
this Act, which shall include comparing students participating in a
grant project funded under this Act to similar students who do not so
participate, in order to assess the impact of student participation
on--
(1) what courses a student takes in the future; and
(2) a student's postsecondary study.
(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this Act such sums as may be necessary for each of
the fiscal years 2014 through 2018.
(2) Limitations.--Of the amounts appropriated under
paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, not more than 2 percent shall
be used for the evaluation described under subsection (g).

A: Innovation Inspiration School Grant Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) promote science, technology, engineering (including robotics), and mathematics (STEM) in secondary schools; (2) support the participation of secondary school students in nontraditional STEM teaching methods; and (3) broaden secondary school students' access to STEM careers. Gives priority to grant applications that target: (1) a rural or urban school, (2) a low-performing school or LEA, or (3) an LEA or school that serves students who are eligible for free or reduced price lunches under the school lunch program. Authorizes the Secretary to waive all or part of the matching requirement for financially-strapped LEAs. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the efficacy of the grant program.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Planning for American Energy Act of
2012''.

SEC. 2. ONSHORE DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION STRATEGIC PLAN.

(a) In General.--The Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is
amended by redesignating section 44 as section 45, and by inserting
after section 43 the following:

''SEC. 44. QUADRENNIAL STRATEGIC FEDERAL ONSHORE ENERGY PRODUCTION
STRATEGY.

''(a) In General.--
''(1) The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this
section referred to as 'Secretary'), in consultation with the
Secretary of Agriculture with regard to lands administered by
the Forest Service, shall develop and publish every 4 years a
Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy. This
Strategy shall direct Federal land energy development and
department resource allocation in order to promote the energy
security of the United States.
''(2) In developing this Strategy, the Secretary shall
consult with the Administrator of the Energy Information
Administration on the projected energy demands of the United
States for the next 30-year period, and how energy derived from
Federal onshore lands can put the United States on a trajectory
to meet that demand during the next 4-year period. The
Secretary shall consider how Federal lands will contribute to
ensuring national energy security, with a goal for increasing
energy independence and production, during the next 4-year
period.
''(3) The Secretary shall determine a domestic strategic
production objective for the development of energy resources
from Federal onshore lands. Such objective shall be--
''(A) the best estimate, based upon commercial and
scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic
production of oil and natural gas from the Federal
onshore mineral estate, with a focus on lands held by
the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service;
''(B) the best estimate, based upon commercial and
scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic
coal production from Federal lands;
''(C) the best estimate, based upon commercial and
scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic
production of strategic and critical energy minerals
from the Federal onshore mineral estate;
''(D) the best estimate, based upon commercial and
scientific data, of the expected increase in megawatts
for electricity production from each of the following
sources: wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, and
geothermal energy produced on Federal lands
administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the
Forest Service;
''(E) the best estimate, based upon commercial and
scientific data, of the expected increase in
unconventional energy production, such as oil shale;
and
''(F) the best estimate, based upon commercial and
scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic
production of oil, natural gas, coal, and other
renewable sources from tribal lands for any federally
recognized Indian tribe that elects to participate in
facilitating energy production on its lands.
''(4) The Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of
the Energy Information Administration regarding the methodology
used to arrive at its estimates for purposes of this section.
''(5) The Secretary has the authority to expand the energy
development plan to include other energy production technology
sources or advancements in energy on Federal lands.
''(b) Tribal Objectives.--It is the sense of Congress that
federally recognized Indian tribes may elect to set their own
production objectives as part of the Strategy under this section. The
Secretary shall work in cooperation with any federally recognized
Indian tribe that elects to participate in achieving its own strategic
energy objectives designated under this subsection.
''(c) Execution of the Strategy.--The relevant Secretary shall have
all necessary authority to make determinations regarding which
additional lands will be made available in order to meet the production
objectives established by strategies under this section. The Secretary
shall also take all necessary actions to achieve these production
objectives unless the President determines that it is not in the
national security and economic interests of the United States to
increase Federal domestic energy production and to further decrease
dependence upon foreign sources of energy. In administering this
section, the relevant Secretary shall only consider leasing Federal
lands available for leasing at the time the lease sale occurs.
''(d) State, Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, Local Government,
and Public Input.--In developing each strategy, the Secretary shall
solicit the input of affected States, federally recognized Indian
tribes, local governments, and the public.
''(e) Reporting.--The Secretary shall report annually to the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on the progress
of meeting the production goals set forth in the strategy. The
Secretary shall identify in the report projections for production and
capacity installations and any problems with leasing, permitting,
siting, or production that will prevent meeting the goal. In addition,
the Secretary shall make suggestions to help meet any shortfalls in
meeting the production goals.
''(f) Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.--Not later than
12 months after the date of enactment of this section, in accordance
with section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), the Secretary shall complete a programmatic
environmental impact statement. This programmatic environmental impact
statement will be deemed sufficient to comply with all requirements
under that Act for all necessary resource management and land use plans
associated with the implementation of the strategy.
''(g) Congressional Review.--At least 60 days prior to publishing a
proposed strategy under this section, the Secretary shall submit it to
the President and the Congress, together with any comments received
from States, federally recognized Indian tribes, and local governments.
Such submission shall indicate why any specific recommendation of a
State, federally recognized Indian tribe, or local government was not
accepted.''.
(b) First Quadrennial Strategy.--Not later than 18 months after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall
submit to Congress the first Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy
Production Strategy under the amendment made by subsection (a).

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act, the term ''strategic and critical energy
minerals'' means those that are necessary for the Nation's energy
infrastructure including pipelines, refining capacity, electrical power
generation and transmission, and renewable energy production and those
that are necessary to support domestic manufacturing, including but not
limited to, materials used in energy generation, production, and
transportation.

A:
Planning for American Energy Act of 2012 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to publish every four years a Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy to direct federal land energy development and department resource allocation in order to promote the energy security of the United States.

Instructs the Secretary to consult with the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration on the projected energy demands of the United States for the next 30 years and on how energy derived from federal onshore lands can put the United States on a trajectory that meets such demand during the next 4 years, with a goal for increasing energy independence and production.

Requires the Secretary to determine a domestic strategic production objective for the development of energy resources from such lands.

Expresses the sense of Congress that federally recognized Indian tribes may elect to set their own production objectives as part of the Strategy.

Grants the relevant Secretary all necessary authority to make determinations regarding which additional federal lands available for leasing at the time the lease sale occurs will be available to meet the production objectives established by the strategies. Directs the Secretary to also take all necessary actions to achieve such objectives unless the President determines that it is not in U.S. national security and economic interests to increase federal domestic energy production and to further decrease dependence upon foreign energy sources.

Requires the Secretary, within 12 months of this Act's enactment, to complete a programmatic environmental impact statement in accordance with certain requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Deems such statement sufficient to be in compliance with NEPA requirements for all necessary resource management and land use plans associated with implementation of the Strategy.

Requires the Secretary to submit to: (1) the President and Congress, each proposed strategy, together with comments received from the affected states, federally recognized tribes, and local governments prior to publishing it; and (2) Congress the first Strategy within 18 months of enactment.
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