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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Domestic Offshore Energy Security
Act of 2008'' or the ''DOES Act''.

SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT AND INVENTORY OF CERTAIN OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
RESOURCES.

(a) Definition of United States Person.--In this section, the term
''United States person'' means--
(1) any United States citizen or alien lawfully admitted
for permanent residence in the United States; and
(2) any person other than an individual, if 1 or more
individuals described in paragraph (1) own or control at least
51 percent of the securities or other equity interest in the
person.
(b) Authorization of Activities and Exports Involving Hydrocarbon
Resources by United States Persons.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law (including a regulation), United States persons
(including agents and affiliates of those United States persons) may--
(1) engage in any transaction necessary for the exploration
for and extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of
any foreign exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the
exclusive economic zone of the United States; and
(2) export without license authority all equipment
necessary for the exploration for or extraction of hydrocarbon
resources described in paragraph (1).
(c) Travel in Connection With Authorized Hydrocarbon Exploration
and Extraction Activities.--Section 910 of the Trade Sanctions Reform
and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209) is amended by
inserting after subsection (b) the following:
''(c) General License Authority for Travel-Related Expenditures by
Persons Engaging in Hydrocarbon Exploration and Extraction
Activities.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall,
authorize under a general license the travel-related
transactions listed in section 515.560(c) of title 31, Code of
Federal Regulations, for travel to, from or within Cuba in
connection with exploration for and the extraction of
hydrocarbon resources in any part of a foreign maritime
Exclusive Economic Zone that is contiguous to the United
States' Exclusive Economic Zone.
''(2) Persons authorized.--Persons authorized to travel to
Cuba under this section include full-time employees,
executives, agents, and consultants of oil and gas producers,
distributors, and shippers.''.
(d) Moratorium of Oil and Gas Leasing in Certain Areas of the Gulf
of Mexico.--
(1) In general.--Section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico
Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law
109-432) is amended--
(A) by striking paragraph (1);
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ''125 miles'' and
inserting ''45 miles'';
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ''100 miles''
each place it appears and inserting ''45 miles''; and
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
(2) Regulations.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior
shall promulgate regulations that establish appropriate
environmental safeguards for the exploration and
production of oil and natural gas on the outer
Continental Shelf.
(B) Minimum requirements.--At a minimum, the
regulations shall include--
(i) provisions requiring surety bonds of
sufficient value to ensure the mitigation of
any foreseeable incident;
(ii) provisions assigning liability to the
leaseholder in the event of an incident causing
damage or loss, regardless of the negligence of
the leaseholder or lack of negligence;
(iii) provisions no less stringent than
those contained in the Spill Prevention,
Control, and Countermeasure regulations
promulgated under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
(33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.);
(iv) provisions ensuring that--
(I) no facility for the exploration
or production of resources is visible
to the unassisted eye from any shore of
any coastal State; and
(II) the impact of offshore
production facilities on coastal vistas
is otherwise mitigated;
(v) provisions to ensure, to the maximum
extent practicable, that exploration and
production activities will result in no
significant adverse effect on fish or wildlife
(including habitat), subsistence resources, or
the environment; and
(vi) provisions that will impose seasonal
limitations on activity to protect breeding,
spawning, and wildlife migration patterns.
(3) Conforming amendment.--Section 105 of the Department of
the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-54; 119 Stat. 521) (as amended by
section 103(d) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of
2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-432)) is amended by
inserting ''and any other area that the Secretary of the
Interior may offer for leasing, preleasing, or any related
activity under section 104 of that Act'' after ''2006)''.
(e) Inventory of Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas
Resources Off Southeastern Coast of the United States.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to
in this subsection as the ''Secretary'') may conduct an
inventory of oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters
of the outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2 of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331)) off of the
coast of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, or Georgia in accordance with this subsection.
(2) Best available technology.--In conducting the
inventory, the Secretary shall use the best technology
available to obtain accurate resource estimates.
(3) Request by governor.--The Secretary may conduct an
inventory under this subsection off the coast of a State
described in paragraph (1) only if the Governor of the State
requests the inventory.
(4) Reports.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress and
the requesting Governor a report on any inventory conducted
under this subsection.
(5) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
subsection.
(f) Enhanced Oil Recovery.--Section 354(c)(4)(B) of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15910(c)(4)(B)) is amended--
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ''and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ''; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
''(v) are carried out in geologically
challenging fields.''.

SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF PETROLEUM ACQUISITION FOR STRATEGIC PETROLEUM
RESERVE.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b) and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, during calendar year 2008--
(1) the Secretary of the Interior shall suspend acquisition
of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the
royalty-in-kind program; and
(2) the Secretary of Energy shall suspend acquisition of
petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through any other
acquisition method.
(b) Resumption.--Not earlier than 30 days after the date on which
the President notifies Congress that the President has determined that
the weighted average price of petroleum in the United States for the
most recent 90-day period is $75 or less per barrel--
(1) the Secretary of the Interior may resume acquisition of
petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the
royalty-in-kind program; and
(2) the Secretary of Energy may resume acquisition of
petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through any other
acquisition method.
[EX A]: Domestic Offshore Energy Security Act of 2008, or the DOES Act - Permits United States persons to: (1) engage in exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of any foreign exclusive economic zone contiguous to the exclusive economic zone of the United States; and (2) export without license authority all pertinent equipment for such activity.

Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba in connection with exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources in any part of a foreign maritime Exclusive Economic Zone contiguous to the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.

Identifies as persons authorized to travel to Cuba any full-time employees, executives, and agents and consultants of oil and gas producers, distributors, and shippers.

Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to: (1) repeal the moratorium on oil and gas leasing east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) decrease to 45 miles within the coastline of Florida the moratorium on oil and gas leasing.

Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations that establish environmental safeguards for oil and natural gas exploration and production on the outer Continental Shelf.

Authorizes such Secretary to inventory the oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters of the outer Continental Shelf off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia, only if the respective state governor requests it.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary of Energy, in evaluating applications for enhanced oil and natural gas production through carbon dioxide injection, to grant priority consideration to applications carried out in geologically challenging fields.

Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and of Energy (Secretaries) to suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) during calendar 2008. Authorizes the Secretaries to resume such acquisition after the President notifies Congress that the weighted average price of petroleum in the United States for the most recent 90-day period is $75 or less per barrel.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. CONSERVATION FLEX PROGRAM OPTION.

(a) Establishment of Program.--The Agricultural Act of 1949 is
amended by inserting after section 115 (7 U.S.C. 1445k) the following
new section:
''SEC. 116. CONSERVATION FLEX PROGRAM OPTION.

''(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a voluntary
conservation flex program option to assist producers of agricultural
commodities in adopting integrated, site-specific farm management plans
through the reduction of farm program barriers to resource stewardship
practices and systems.
''(b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
''(1) The term 'program' means the conservation flex
program option established under this section.
''(2) The term 'plan' means a site-specific farm management
plan prepared by the producer and approved by the Secretary.
''(3) The term 'alternative crops' means experimental and
industrial crops which conserve soil and water.
''(4) The term 'breeding cattle' means bulls, dams, and
heifers held solely for the production of calves, but shall not
include weaned calves being grown for slaughter or dairy
cattle.
''(5) The term 'legume' means any legume, including
alfalfa, clover, lentils, lupine, medic, peas, soybeans, and
vetch grown for use as a forage, green manure, or biomass
feedstock, but not including any pulse crop from which the
seeds are harvested and sold for purposes other than use as
seed for planting.
''(6) The term 'resource-conserving crop' means legumes,
grasses, brassica cover crops and forages, alternative crops,
any interseeded or relay-planted combination of such crops, any
interseeded or relay-planted combination of such crops and
small grains, and such other crops as the Secretary may
designate.
''(7) The term 'resource-conserving crop rotation' means a
crop rotation which includes at least one resource-conserving
crop and that reduces erosion, maintains or improves soil
fertility, tilth and structure, interrupts pest cycles, or
conserves water.
''(8) The term 'rotational grazing' means planting forage,
dividing pastures into paddocks, and using grazing rotations to
increase forage quality and production, improve vegetative
cover, and reduce sediment and nutrient runoff.
''(9) The term 'small grains' means any small grain,
including barley, buckwheat, oats, rye, spelt, and triticale,
but not including wheat, except for wheat grown for nonhuman
consumption.
''(10) The term 'special conservation practices' means
field borders, contour grass strips, grass waterways, filter
strips, grass windbreaks, buffer areas, wildlife habitat
plantings, habitat plantings for beneficial organisms that aid
in the control of pests, and such other practices as the
Secretary may designate.
''(c) Eligible Producers.--To be eligible to participate in the
program, a producer must prepare and submit to the Secretary for
approval a site-specific farm management plan, which may at the
producer's option be integrated with any conservation plan developed
pursuant to section 1212 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3812) and any other conservation or natural resource plan required for
producer participation in any program within the jurisdiction of the
Secretary.
''(d) Agreements.--Upon the approval of a plan submitted by a
producer under subsection (c), the Secretary shall enter into an
agreement with the producer that specifies the crop acreage bases being
enrolled in the program. The agreement shall be for a period of not
less than one year, nor more than seven years, as determined by the
producer. The agreement may be renewed upon the mutual agreement of the
Secretary and the producer.
''(e) Producer Responsibilities Under Agreement.--Under the terms
of an agreement entered into under subsection (d), a producer shall
agree--
''(1) to actively comply with the terms and conditions of
the applicable plan, as approved by the Secretary;
''(2) to devote to a resource-conserving crop--
''(A) not less than 15 percent of the crop acreage
bases of the producer enrolled under such program; or
''(B) not less than 15 percent of the producer's
total crop acres, if the sum of resource-conserving
crop acres on non-base acres and total crop acreage
bases on the farm does not exceed the county average
base-to-cropland ratio; and
''(3) to keep such records as the Secretary may reasonably
require for purposes of program evaluation.
''(f) Requirements of the Plan.--To be approved by the Secretary, a
plan submitted by a producer must--
''(1) specify the crop acreage bases the producer chooses
to enroll in the program;
''(2) describe the resource-conserving crop rotation,
special conservation practices, rotational grazing, or biomass
production operations and practices to be implemented and
maintained on such acreage during the agreement period which
fulfill the purposes of the program;
''(3) contain a schedule for the implementation,
improvement and maintenance of the resource-conserving crop
rotation, special conservation practices, rotational grazing,
or biomass operations and practices described in the plan; and
''(4) contain such other terms as the Secretary may
require.
''(g) Program Administration, Certification, and Termination.--
''(1) Program administration, technical assistance, and
flexibility.--
''(A) Administration.--The program shall be
administered by the Secretary.
''(B) Technical assistance.--In administering the
program, the Secretary, in consultation with the local
conservation districts and any State or local
authorities deemed appropriate by the Secretary, shall
provide technical assistance to a producer in
developing and implementing a plan, evaluating the
effectiveness of a plan, and assessing the costs and
benefits of farming operations and practices. If
requested by a producer, the Secretary shall provide
technical assistance to help the producer comply with
Federal, State, and local requirements designed to
protect soil, wetlands, wildlife habitat, the quality
of ground water and surface water, or other natural
resources.
''(C) Flexibility.--In administering the program,
the Secretary shall provide sufficient flexibility for
a producer to revise the producer's plan to respond to
changes in market conditions, weather, or technology or
to adjust and modify the farming operation, except that
such revisions must be consistent with the purposes of
the program and approved by the Secretary.
''(2) Certification.--The Secretary shall certify producer
compliance with the terms and conditions of the plan.
''(3) Termination.--The Secretary may terminate an
agreement entered into with a producer under this program if--
''(A) the producer agrees to such termination; or
''(B) the producer violates the terms and
conditions of such agreement.
''(h) Program Rules.--
''(1) Base and yield protection.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary shall not reduce crop acreage
bases or farm program payment yields as a result of the
planting of a resource-conserving crop.
''(2) Payment acres.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary shall not reduce any farm program loans,
payments, or benefits of a program participant as a result of
the planting of a resource-conserving crop.
''(3) Payment rate.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary shall provide deficiency payments on
resource-conserving crop acreage eligible for payments at a
rate not less than the projected deficiency payment rate, as
determined and announced each year by the Secretary prior to
the period during which producers may agree to participate in
the program.
''(4) Payment acre protection.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary shall not reduce the payment
acres or the established price for a program participant who
has entered into an agreement with the Secretary for a fixed
period of time.
''(5) Resource-conserving crops on normal flex acreage.--
Acreage devoted to resource-conserving crops under this program
may, at the discretion of the producer, be designated as normal
flex acreage.
''(6) Adjustments in production adjustment requirements.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall
make fair and equitable adjustments in acreage limitation
requirements applicable to a producer participating in the
program giving due consideration to crop rotation, special
conservation practices, rotational grazing, biomass production,
and other appropriate factors resulting from the implementation
of a plan. If the Secretary determines that the reduction in
program crop production on a participating farm referred to in
the preceding sentence will equal or exceed any reduction in
crop production which, in the absence of participation in the
program, would occur as a result of acreage limitation
requirements, the Secretary shall waive such acreage limitation
requirements for the farm. If the resource conserving crop
includes a farm program feed grain crop planted on the base
acres of another farm program feed grain crop, the Secretary
shall take into account the established or county average yield
of the two feed grains for the purposes of making the
adjustment or waiver.
''(7) Total base acreage flexibility.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary shall allow participants
in this program to plant farm program crops and oilseeds in any
proportion on a producer's total acreage of farm program crop
base and historic oilseeds acreage without affecting farm
program payments.
''(8) Crop insurance.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, acreage devoted to resource-conserving crops under this
program shall be eligible for crop insurance pursuant to the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
''(9) Haying and grazing restriction.--
''(A) In general.--The Secretary shall not make any
farm program payments to a producer, who is otherwise
eligible to receive such payments, for acreage enrolled
in the program if the producer, during the consecutive
five month period in each State in which haying and
grazing of conserving use acres may be prohibited under
the provisions of this Act, grazes breeding cattle or
nursing calves or harvests and sells hay on payment
acres.
''(B) Transition option.--The restriction in
subparagraph (A) shall not apply in the case of a
producer who agrees to retire all base acreage enrolled
in the program at the end of the agreement period.
''(C) Emergency haying and grazing.--The Secretary
shall release acreage devoted to resource-conserving
crops for emergency haying and grazing as the result of
a natural disaster when the Secretary permits unlimited
haying and grazing on--
''(i) reduced acreage under this Act;
''(ii) acreage devoted to a conservation
use under this Act;
''(iii) acreage diverted from production
under a land diversion program established
under this Act; or
''(iv) acreage enrolled in the conservation
reserve program under the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.).''.
(b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 1451 of the Food, Agriculture,
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5822) is repealed.
[EX A]: Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a voluntary conservation flex program which will permit producers to adopt integrated site-specific farm management plans. Includes within such plans resource-conserving crops, crop rotation, and rotational grazing.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Liberian Refugee Immigration
Protection Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF CERTAIN LIBERIAN NATIONALS.

(a) Adjustment of Status.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 245(c) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, the status of any alien
described in subsection (b) shall be adjusted by the Secretary
of Homeland Security to that of an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent residence, if the alien--
(A) applies for such adjustment before April 1,
2009;
(B) is otherwise eligible to receive an immigrant
visa and is otherwise admissible to the United States
for permanent residence, except in determining such
admissibility the grounds for inadmissibility specified
in paragraphs (4), (5), (6)(A), and (7)(A) of section
212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall not
apply.
(2) Relationship of application to certain orders.--An
alien present in the United States who has been ordered
excluded, deported, removed, or ordered to depart voluntarily
from the United States under any provision of the Immigration
and Nationality Act may, notwithstanding such order, apply for
adjustment of status under paragraph (1). Such an alien may not
be required, as a condition on submitting or granting such
application, to file a motion to reopen, reconsider, or vacate
such order. If the Secretary of Homeland Security grants the
application, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall cancel
the order. If the Secretary of Homeland Security renders a
final administrative decision to deny the application, the
order shall be effective and enforceable to the same extent as
if the application had not been made.
(b) Aliens Eligible for Adjustment of Status.--The benefits
provided by subsection (a) shall apply to any alien who--
(1) is a national of Liberia; and
(2)(A) who was granted temporary protected status on or
after March 27, 1991; or
(B) was eligible to apply for temporary protected status on
or after March 27, 1991.
(c) Stay of Removal.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
provide by regulation for an alien subject to a final order of
deportation or removal or exclusion to seek a stay of such
order based on the filing of an application under subsection
(a).
(2) During certain proceedings.--Notwithstanding any
provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Secretary
of Homeland Security shall not order any alien to be removed
from the United States, if the alien is in exclusion,
deportation, or removal proceedings under any provision of such
Act and raises as a defense to such an order the eligibility of
the alien to apply for adjustment of status under subsection
(a), except where the Secretary of Homeland Security has
rendered a final administrative determination to deny the
application.
(3) Work authorization.--The Secretary of Homeland Security
may authorize an alien who has applied for adjustment of status
under subsection (a) to engage in employment in the United
States during the pendency of such application and may provide
the alien with an ''employment authorized'' endorsement or
other appropriate document signifying authorization of
employment, except that if such application is pending for a
period exceeding 180 days, and has not been denied, the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall authorize such employment.
(d) Adjustment of Status for Spouses and Children.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 245(c) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, the status of an alien shall
be adjusted by the Secretary of Homeland Security to that of an
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, if--
(A) the alien is a national of Liberia;
(B) the alien is the spouse, child, or unmarried
son or daughter, of an alien whose status is adjusted
to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence under subsection (a), except that in the case
of such an unmarried son or daughter, the son or
daughter shall be required to establish that they have
been physically present in the United States for at
least 1 year and is physically present in the United
States on the date the application for such adjustment
is filed;
(C) the alien applies for such adjustment and is
physically present in the United States on the date the
application is filed; and
(D) the alien is otherwise eligible to receive an
immigration visa and is otherwise admissible to the
United States for permanent residence, except in
determining such admissibility the grounds for
exclusion specified in paragraphs (4), (5), (6)(A), and
(7)(A) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act shall not apply.
(2) Proof of continuous presence.--For purposes of
establishing the period of continuous physical presence
referred to in paragraph (1)(B), an alien shall not be
considered to have failed to maintain continuous physical
presence by reason of an absence, or absences, from the United
States for any periods in aggregate not exceeding 180 days.
(e) Availability of Administrative Review.--The Secretary of
Homeland Security shall provide to applicants for adjustment of status
under subsection (a) the same right to, and procedures for,
administrative review as are provided to--
(1) applicants for adjustment of status under section 245
of the Immigration and Nationality Act; or
(2) aliens subject to removal proceedings under section 240
of such Act.
(f) Limitation on Judicial Review.--A determination by the
Secretary of Homeland Security as to whether the status of any alien
should be adjusted under this section is final and shall not be subject
to review by any court.
(g) No Offset in Number of Visas Available.--When an alien is
granted the status of having been lawfully admitted for permanent
residence pursuant to this section, the Secretary of State shall not be
required to reduce the number of immigrant visas authorized to be
issued under any provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
(h) Application of Immigration and Nationality Act Provisions.--
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, the definitions
contained in the Immigration and Nationality Act shall apply in the
administration of this section. Nothing contained in this Act shall be
held to repeal, amend, alter, modify, effect, or restrict the powers,
duties, functions, or authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security
in the administration and enforcement of such Act or any other law
relating to immigration, nationality, or naturalization. The fact that
an alien may be eligible to be granted the status of having been
lawfully admitted for permanent residence under this section shall not
preclude the alien from seeking such status under any other provision
of law for which the alien may be eligible.
[EX A]:
Liberian Refugee Immigration Protection Act of 2007 - Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain Liberian nationals who were granted, or are eligible to apply for, temporary protected status on or after March 27, 1991.