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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Federal Ocean Acidification Research
And Monitoring Act of 2009'' or the ''FOARAM Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to provide for--
(1) development and coordination of a comprehensive
interagency plan to--
(A) monitor and conduct research on the processes
and consequences of ocean acidification on marine
organisms and ecosystems; and
(B) establish an interagency research and
monitoring program on ocean acidification;
(2) establishment of an ocean acidification program within
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
(3) assessment and consideration of regional and national
ecosystem and socioeconomic impacts of increased ocean
acidification; and
(4) research adaptation strategies and techniques for
effectively conserving marine ecosystems as they cope with
increased ocean acidification.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Ocean acidification.--The term ''ocean acidification''
means the decrease in pH of the Earth's oceans and changes in
ocean chemistry caused by chemical inputs from the atmosphere,
including carbon dioxide.
(2) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(3) Subcommittee.--The term ''Subcommittee'' means the
Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology of the
National Science and Technology Council.

SEC. 4. INTERAGENCY SUBCOMMITTEE.

(a) Designation.--
(1) In general.--The Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science
and Technology of the National Science and Technology Council
shall coordinate Federal activities on ocean acidification and
establish an interagency working group.
(2) Membership.--The interagency working group on ocean
acidification shall be comprised of senior representatives from
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the
National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, the United States Geological Survey, the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, and such other Federal
agencies as appropriate.
(3) Chairman.--The interagency working group shall be
chaired by the representative from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
(b) Duties.--The Subcommittee shall--
(1) develop the strategic research and monitoring plan to
guide Federal research on ocean acidification required under
section 5 of this Act and oversee the implementation of the
plan;
(2) oversee the development of--
(A) an assessment of the potential impacts of ocean
acidification on marine organisms and marine
ecosystems; and
(B) adaptation and mitigation strategies to
conserve marine organisms and ecosystems exposed to
ocean acidification;
(3) facilitate communication and outreach opportunities
with nongovernmental organizations and members of the
stakeholder community with interests in marine resources;
(4) coordinate the United States Federal research and
monitoring program with research and monitoring programs and
scientists from other nations; and
(5) establish or designate an Ocean Acidification
Information Exchange to make information on ocean acidification
developed through or utilized by the interagency ocean
acidification program accessible through electronic means,
including information which would be useful to policymakers,
researchers, and other stakeholders in mitigating or adapting
to the impacts of ocean acidification.
(c) Reports to Congress.--
(1) Initial report.--Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Subcommittee shall transmit a
report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science and
Technology and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House
of Representatives that--
(A) includes a summary of federally funded ocean
acidification research and monitoring activities,
including the budget for each of these activities; and
(B) describes the progress in developing the plan
required under section 5 of this Act.
(2) Biennial report.--Not later than 2 years after the
delivery of the initial report under paragraph (1) and every 2
years thereafter, the Subcommittee shall transmit a report to
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Science and Technology and the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives
that includes--
(A) a summary of federally funded ocean
acidification research and monitoring activities,
including the budget for each of these activities; and
(B) an analysis of the progress made toward
achieving the goals and priorities for the interagency
research plan developed by the Subcommittee under
section 5.
(3) Strategic research plan.--Not later than 2 years after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Subcommittee shall
transmit the strategic research plan developed under section 5
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate and the Committee on Science and Technology and the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.
A revised plan shall be submitted at least once every 5 years
thereafter.

SEC. 5. STRATEGIC RESEARCH PLAN.

(a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Subcommittee shall develop a strategic plan for
Federal research and monitoring on ocean acidification that will
provide for an assessment of the impacts of ocean acidification on
marine organisms and marine ecosystems and the development of
adaptation and mitigation strategies to conserve marine organisms and
marine ecosystems. In developing the plan, the Subcommittee shall
consider and use information, reports, and studies of ocean
acidification that have identified research and monitoring needed to
better understand ocean acidification and its potential impacts, and
recommendations made by the National Academy of Sciences in the review
of the plan required under subsection (d).
(b) Contents of the Plan.--The plan shall--
(1) provide for interdisciplinary research among the ocean
sciences, and coordinated research and activities to improve
the understanding of ocean chemistry that will affect marine
ecosystems;
(2) establish, for the 10-year period beginning in the year
the plan is submitted, the goals and priorities for Federal
research and monitoring which will--
(A) advance understanding of ocean acidification
and its physical, chemical, and biological impacts on
marine organisms and marine ecosystems;
(B) improve the ability to assess the socioeconomic
impacts of ocean acidification; and
(C) provide information for the development of
adaptation and mitigation strategies to conserve marine
organisms and marine ecosystems;
(3) describe specific activities, including--
(A) efforts to determine user needs;
(B) research activities;
(C) monitoring activities;
(D) technology and methods development;
(E) data collection;
(F) database development;
(G) modeling activities;
(H) assessment of ocean acidification impacts; and
(I) participation in international research
efforts;
(4) identify relevant programs and activities of the
Federal agencies that contribute to the interagency program
directly and indirectly and set forth the role of each Federal
agency in implementing the plan;
(5) consider and utilize, as appropriate, reports and
studies conducted by Federal agencies, the National Research
Council, or other entities;
(6) make recommendations for the coordination of the ocean
acidification research and monitoring activities of the United
States with such activities of other nations and international
organizations;
(7) outline budget requirements for Federal ocean
acidification research and monitoring and assessment activities
to be conducted by each agency under the plan;
(8) identify the monitoring systems and sampling programs
currently employed in collecting data relevant to ocean
acidification and prioritize additional monitoring systems that
may be needed to ensure adequate data collection and monitoring
of ocean acidification and its impacts; and
(9) describe specific activities designed to facilitate
outreach and data and information exchange with stakeholder
communities.
(c) Program Elements.--The plan shall include at a minimum the
following program elements:
(1) Monitoring of ocean chemistry and biological impacts
associated with ocean acidification at selected coastal and
open-ocean monitoring stations, including satellite-based
monitoring to characterize--
(A) marine ecosystems;
(B) changes in marine productivity; and
(C) changes in surface ocean chemistry.
(2) Research to understand the species specific
physiological responses of marine organisms to ocean
acidification, impacts on marine food webs of ocean
acidification, and to develop environmental and ecological
indices that track marine ecosystem responses to ocean
acidification.
(3) Modeling to predict changes in the ocean carbon cycle
as a function of carbon dioxide and atmosphere-induced changes
in temperature, ocean circulation, biogeochemistry, ecosystem
and terrestrial input, and modeling to determine impacts on
marine ecosystems and individual marine organisms.
(4) Technology development and standardization of carbonate
chemistry measurements on moorings and autonomous floats.
(5) Assessment of socioeconomic impacts of ocean
acidification and development of adaptation and mitigation
strategies to conserve marine organisms and marine ecosystems.
(d) National Academy of Sciences Evaluation.--The Secretary shall
enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to review
the plan.
(e) Public Participation.--In developing the plan, the Subcommittee
shall consult with representatives of academic, State, industry and
environmental groups. Not later than 90 days before the plan, or any
revision thereof, is submitted to the Congress, the plan shall be
published in the Federal Register for a public comment period of not
less than 60 days.

SEC. 6. NOAA OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTIVITIES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and maintain an
ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration to conduct research, monitoring, and other activities
consistent with the strategic research and implementation plan
developed by the Subcommittee under section 5 that--
(1) includes--
(A) interdisciplinary research among the ocean and
atmospheric sciences, and coordinated research and
activities to improve understanding of ocean
acidification;
(B) the establishment of a long-term monitoring
program of ocean acidification utilizing existing
global and national ocean observing assets, and adding
instrumentation and sampling stations as appropriate to
the aims of the research program;
(C) research to identify and develop adaptation
strategies and techniques for effectively conserving
marine ecosystems as they cope with increased ocean
acidification;
(D) as an integral part of the research programs
described in this Act, educational opportunities that
encourage an interdisciplinary and international
approach to exploring the impacts of ocean
acidification;
(E) as an integral part of the research programs
described in this Act, national public outreach
activities to improve the understanding of current
scientific knowledge of ocean acidification and its
impacts on marine resources; and
(F) coordination of ocean acidification monitoring
and impacts research with other appropriate
international ocean science bodies such as the
International Oceanographic Commission, the
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea,
the North Pacific Marine Science Organization, and
others;
(2) provides grants for critical research projects that
explore the effects of ocean acidification on ecosystems and
the socioeconomic impacts of increased ocean acidification that
are relevant to the goals and priorities of the strategic
research plan; and
(3) incorporates a competitive merit-based process for
awarding grants that may be conducted jointly with other
participating agencies or under the National Oceanographic
Partnership Program under section 7901 of title 10, United
States Code.
(b) Additional Authority.--In conducting the Program, the Secretary
may enter into and perform such contracts, leases, grants, or
cooperative agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of
this Act on such terms as the Secretary considers appropriate.

SEC. 7. NSF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTIVITIES.

(a) Research Activities.--The Director of the National Science
Foundation shall continue to carry out research activities on ocean
acidification which shall support competitive, merit-based, peer-
reviewed proposals for research and monitoring of ocean acidification
and its impacts, including--
(1) impacts on marine organisms and marine ecosystems;
(2) impacts on ocean, coastal, and estuarine
biogeochemistry; and
(3) the development of methodologies and technologies to
evaluate ocean acidification and its impacts.
(b) Consistency.--The research activities shall be consistent with
the strategic research plan developed by the Subcommittee under section
5.
(c) Coordination.--The Director shall encourage coordination of the
Foundation's ocean acidification activities with such activities of
other nations and international organizations.

SEC. 8. NASA OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTIVITIES.

(a) Ocean Acidification Activities.--The Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in coordination with
other relevant agencies, shall ensure that space-based monitoring
assets are used in as productive a manner as possible for monitoring of
ocean acidification and its impacts.
(b) Program Consistency.--The Administrator shall ensure that the
Agency's research and monitoring activities on ocean acidification are
carried out in a manner consistent with the strategic research plan
developed by the Subcommittee under section 5.
(c) Coordination.--The Administrator shall encourage coordination
of the Agency's ocean acidification activities with such activities of
other nations and international organizations.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) NOAA.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out the purposes of
this Act--
(1) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(2) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
(3) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and
(4) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.
(b) NSF.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the National
Science Foundation to carry out the purposes of this Act--
(1) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(2) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
(3) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and
(4) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.

Output: Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 or FOARAM Act - Defines "ocean acidification," for this Act, as the decrease in pH of the Earth's oceans and changes in ocean chemistry caused by chemical inputs from the atmosphere, including carbon dioxide.

Requires that the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology of the National Science and Technology Council coordinate federal activities on ocean acidification and establish an interagency working group.

Requires the Subcommittee to develop a strategic plan for federal ocean acidification research and monitoring that provides, among other things, for the development of adaptation and mitigation strategies. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review the plan.

Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain an ocean acidification program in NOAA to conduct research, monitoring, and other activities, including: (1) providing grants for critical research projects exploring the ecosystem and socioeconomic impacts of ocean acidification; and (2) incorporating a competitive merit-based process for awarding grants that may be conducted jointly with other participating agencies or under the National Oceanographic Partnership Program.

Requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) director to continue to carry out ocean acidification research supporting competitive, merit-based, peer-reviewed proposals for research and monitoring of ocean acidification and its impacts.

Requires the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to ensure that space-based monitoring assets are used in as productive a manner as possible for the monitoring of ocean acidification and its impacts.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Social Security and Medicare
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) fiscal pressures will mount as an aging population
increases the Government's obligations to provide retirement
income and health services;
(2) Social Security and Medicare surpluses should be
reserved for strengthening and preserving the Social Security
trust funds; and
(3) preserving Social Security and Medicare surpluses would
restore confidence in the long-term financial integrity of
Social Security and Medicare.
(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to prevent the Social
Security and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds from being used
for any purpose other than providing retirement and health security.

SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE SURPLUSES.

(a) Protection of Social Security and Medicare Surpluses.--Title
III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:

''protection for social security and hospital insurance surpluses

''Sec. 316. (a) Protection for Social Security and Hospital
Insurance Surpluses.--
''(1) Concurrent resolutions on the budget.--
''(A) In general.--It shall not be in order in the
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
concurrent resolution on the budget, or an amendment
thereto or conference report thereon, that would set
forth a surplus for any fiscal year that is less than
the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust
Fund for that fiscal year.
''(B) Exception.--(i) Subparagraph (A) shall not
apply to the extent that a violation of such
subparagraph would result from an assumption in the
resolution, amendment, or conference report, as
applicable, of an increase in outlays or a decrease in
revenue relative to the baseline underlying that
resolution for social security reform legislation or
medicare reform legislation for any such fiscal year.
''(ii) If a concurrent resolution on the budget, or
an amendment thereto or conference report thereon,
would be in violation of subparagraph (A) because of an
assumption of an increase in outlays or a decrease in
revenue relative to the baseline underlying that
resolution for social security reform legislation or
medicare reform legislation for any such fiscal year,
then that resolution shall include a statement
identifying any such increase in outlays or decrease in
revenue.
''(2) Spending and tax legislation.--
''(A) In general.--It shall not be in order in the
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report if--
''(i) the enactment of that bill or
resolution, as reported;
''(ii) the adoption and enactment of that
amendment; or
''(iii) the enactment of that bill or
resolution in the form recommended in that
conference report,
would cause the surplus for any fiscal year covered by
the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on
the budget to be less than the surplus of the Federal
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year.
''(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply
to social security reform legislation or medicare
reform legislation.
''(b) Enforcement.--
''(1) Budgetary levels with respect to concurrent
resolutions on the budget.--For purposes of enforcing any point
of order under subsection (a)(1), the surplus for any fiscal
year shall be--
''(A) the levels set forth in the later of the
concurrent resolution on the budget, as reported, or in
the conference report on the concurrent resolution on
the budget; and
''(B) adjusted to the maximum extent allowable
under all procedures that allow budgetary aggregates to
be adjusted for legislation that would cause a decrease
in the surplus for any fiscal year covered by the
concurrent resolution on the budget (other than
procedures described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)).
''(2) Current levels with respect to spending and tax
legislation.--
''(A) In general.--For purposes of enforcing
subsection (a)(2), the current levels of the surplus
for any fiscal year shall be--
''(i) calculated using the following
assumptions--
''(I) direct spending and revenue
levels at the baseline levels
underlying the most recently agreed to
concurrent resolution on the budget;
and
''(II) for the budget year,
discretionary spending levels at
current law levels and, for outyears,
discretionary spending levels at the
baseline levels underlying the most
recently agreed to concurrent
resolution on the budget; and
''(ii) adjusted for changes in the surplus
levels set forth in the most recently agreed to
concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to
procedures in such resolution that authorize
adjustments in budgetary aggregates for updated
economic and technical assumptions in the mid-
session report of the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office.
Such revisions shall be included in the first current
level report on the congressional budget submitted for
publication in the Congressional Record after the
release of such mid-session report.
''(B) Budgetary treatment.--Outlays (or receipts)
for any fiscal year resulting from social security or
medicare reform legislation in excess of the amount of
outlays (or less than the amount of receipts) for that
fiscal year set forth in the most recently agreed to
concurrent resolution on the budget or the section
302(a) allocation for such legislation, as applicable,
shall not be taken into account for purposes of
enforcing any point of order under subsection (a)(2).
''(3) Disclosure of hi surplus.--For purposes of enforcing
any point of order under subsection (a), the surplus of the
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for a fiscal year shall
be the levels set forth in the later of the report accompanying
the concurrent resolution on the budget (or, in the absence of
such a report, placed in the Congressional Record prior to the
consideration of such resolution) or in the joint explanatory
statement of managers accompanying such resolution.
''(c) Additional Content of Reports Accompanying Budget Resolutions
and of Joint Explanatory Statements.--The report accompanying any
concurrent resolution on the budget and the joint explanatory statement
accompanying the conference report on each such resolution shall
include the levels of the surplus in the budget for each fiscal year
set forth in such resolution and of the surplus or deficit in the
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, calculated using the assumptions
set forth in subsection (b)(2)(A).
''(d) Definitions.--As used in this section:
''(1) The term 'medicare reform legislation' means a bill
or a joint resolution to save Medicare that includes a
provision stating the following: 'For purposes of section
316(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this Act
constitutes medicare reform legislation.'.
''(2) The term 'social security reform legislation' means a
bill or a joint resolution to save social security that
includes a provision stating the following: 'For purposes of
section 316(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this
Act constitutes social security reform legislation.'.
''(e) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended
in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of
the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in
the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point
of order raised under this section.
''(f) Effective Date.--This section shall cease to have any force
or effect upon the enactment of social security reform legislation and
medicare reform legislation.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section 316 in the
table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:

''Sec. 316. Protection for Social Security and hospital insurance
surpluses.''.

SEC. 4. PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

(a) Protection of Social Security and Medicare Surpluses.--If the
budget of the Government submitted by the President under section
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, recommends a surplus for any
fiscal year that is less than the surplus of the Federal Hospital
Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year, then it shall include a
detailed proposal for social security reform legislation or medicare
reform legislation.
(b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall cease to have any force
or effect upon the enactment of social security reform legislation and
medicare reform legislation as defined by section 316(d) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

Output: Social Security and Medicare Protection Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget (or related measure) that would set forth a surplus for any fiscal year less than the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year.

Creates an exception to such point of order if a violation of it would result from an assumption in the measure of an increase in outlays or a decrease in revenue relative to the baseline underlying the measure for Social Security or Medicare reform legislation for any such year.

Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any (spending or tax) measure if its enactment would cause the surplus for any fiscal year covered by the most recently agreed to budget resolution to be less than the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year. Creates an exception to such point of order similar to the other one.

Declares that, if the President's budget recommends an on-budget surplus for any fiscal year less than the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year, then it shall include a detailed proposal for Social Security or Medicare reform legislation.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Oil Shale Development Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. OIL SHALE LEASING.

(a) Declaration of Policy.--Congress declares that it is the policy
of the United States that--
(1) United States oil shale and oil sands are strategically
important domestic resources that should be developed through
methods that help reduce the growing dependence of the United
States on politically and economically unstable sources of
foreign oil imports;
(2) the development of oil shale and oil sands, for
research and commercial development, should be conducted in an
environmentally sound and economically feasible manner; and
(3) development described in paragraph (2) should occur at
a deliberate pace, with an emphasis on sustainability, to
benefit the United States while taking into account affected
States and communities.
(b) Leasing for Research and Development.--
(1) In general.--In accordance with section 21 of the
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 241) and any other applicable
law, except as provided in this section, not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act, from land otherwise
available for leasing, the Secretary of the Interior (referred
to in this section as the ''Secretary'') shall, for a period
determined by the Secretary, make available for leasing such
land as the Secretary considers to be necessary to conduct
research and development activities with respect to innovative
technologies for the recovery of shale oil from oil shale
resources on public land.
(2) Application.--The Secretary may offer to lease the land
to persons that submit an application for the lease, if the
Secretary determines that there is no competitive interest in
the land.
(3) Administration.--In carrying out this subsection, the
Secretary shall--
(A) provide for environmentally sound research and
development of oil shale;
(B) provide for an appropriate return to the
public, as determined by the Secretary;
(C) before carrying out any activity that will
disturb the surface of land, provide for an adequate
bond, surety, or other financial arrangement to ensure
reclamation;
(D) provide for a primary lease term of 10 years,
after which the lease term may be extended if the
Secretary determines that diligent research and
development activities are occurring on the land
leased;
(E) require the owner or operator of a project
under this subsection, within such period as the
Secretary may determine--
(i) to submit a plan of operations;
(ii) to develop an environmental protection
plan; and
(iii) to undertake diligent research and
development activities;
(F) ensure that leases under this section are not
larger than necessary to conduct research and
development activities under an application under
paragraph (2);
(G) provide for consultation with affected State
and local governments; and
(H) provide for such requirements as the Secretary
determines to be in the public interest.
(4) Moneys received.--Any moneys received from a leasing
activity under this subsection shall be paid in accordance with
section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191).
(c) Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.--Not later than 18
months after the date of enactment of this Act, 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 that analyzes potential leasing for
commercial development of oil shale resources on public land.
(d) Analysis of Potential Leasing Program.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a
report (including recommendations) analyzing a potential
leasing program for the commercial development of oil shale on
public land.
(2) Inclusions.--The report under paragraph (1) shall
include--
(A) an analysis of technologies and research and
development programs for the production of oil and
other materials from oil shale and tar sands in
existence on the date on which the report is prepared;
(B) an analysis of--
(i) whether leases under the program should
be issued on a competitive basis;
(ii) the term of the leases;
(iii) the maximum size of the leases;
(iv) the use and distribution of bonus bid
lease payments;
(v) the royalty rate to be applied,
including whether a sliding scale royalty rate
should be used;
(vi) whether an opportunity should be
provided to convert research and development
leases into leases for commercial development,
including the terms and conditions that should
apply to the conversion;
(vii) the maximum number of leases and
maximum acreage to be leased under the leasing
program to an individual; and
(viii) any infrastructure required to
support oil shale development in industry and
communities; and
(C) an analysis, developed in conjunction with the
appropriate State water resource agencies, of the
demand for, and availability of, water with respect to
the development of oil shale.
(3) Public participation.--In preparing the report under
this subsection, the Secretary shall provide notice to, and
solicit comment from--
(A) the public;
(B) representatives of local governments;
(C) representatives of industry; and
(D) other interested parties.
(4) Participation by certain states.--In preparing the
report under this subsection, the Secretary shall--
(A) provide notice to, and solicit comment from,
the Governors of the States of Colorado, Utah, and
Wyoming; and
(B) incorporate into the report submitted to
Congress under paragraph (1) any response of the
Secretary to those comments.
(e) National Oil Shale Assessment.--
(1) Assessment.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a
national assessment of oil shale resources for the
purposes of evaluating and mapping oil shale deposits,
in the geographic areas described in subparagraph (B).
(B) Geographic areas.--The geographic areas
referred to in subparagraph (A), listed in the order in
which the Secretary shall assign priority, are--
(i) the Green River Region of the States of
Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming;
(ii) the Devonian oil shales of the eastern
United States; and
(iii) any remaining area in the central and
western United States (including the State of
Alaska) that contains oil shale, as determined
by the Secretary.
(2) Use of state surveys and universities.--In carrying out
the assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary may request
assistance from any State-administered geological survey or
university.
(f) State Water Rights.--Nothing in this section preempts or
affects any State water law or interstate compact relating to water.
(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.
Output: Oil Shale Development Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) make available for leasing public land considered necessary to conduct research and development activities with respect to innovative technologies for the recovery of shale oil; (2) complete a programmatic environmental impact statement that analyzes potential leasing for commercial development of oil shale resources on public land; and (3) implement a national assessment of oil shale resources for the purposes of evaluating and mapping oil shale deposits, in specified geographic areas.

Declares that this Act does not preempt or affect any state water law or interstate compact relating to water.