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	2	+	Union Calendar No. 384
1	3		118THCONGRESS
2	4		2
3	5		DSESSION H. R. 6285
4		-	AN ACT
	6	+	[Report No. 118–463]
	7	+	To ratify and approve all authorizations, permits, verifications, extensions,
	8	+	biological opinions, incidental take statements, and any other approvals
	9	+	or orders issued pursuant to Federal law necessary for the establishment
	10	+	and administration of the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program,
	11	+	and for other purposes.
	12	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	13	+	NOVEMBER8, 2023
	14	+	Mr. S
	15	+	TAUBER(for himself, Mrs. PELTOLA, Mr. HERN, and Mr. PFLUGER) in-
	16	+	troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
	17	+	ural Resources
	18	+	A
	19	+	PRIL15, 2024
	20	+	Additional sponsors: Mrs. H
	21	+	ARSHBARGER, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. WILSONof
	22	+	South Carolina, Mr. N
	23	+	EWHOUSE, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mrs. MILLERof Illi-
	24	+	nois, Mrs. B
	25	+	ICE, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. AUSTINSCOTT
	26	+	of Georgia, Mr. C
	27	+	AREY, Ms. TENNEY, and Mr. BURLISON
	28	+	A
	29	+	PRIL15, 2024
	30	+	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
	31	+	House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
	32	+	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
	33	+	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 8, 2023]
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5	38		To ratify and approve all authorizations, permits,
6	39		verifications, extensions, biological opinions, incidental
7	40		take statements, and any other approvals or orders
8	41		issued pursuant to Federal law necessary for the estab-
9	42		lishment and administration of the Coastal Plain oil and
10		-	gas leasing program, and for other purposes. 2
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	43	+	gas leasing program, and for other purposes.
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12	47		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
13	48		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
14	49		SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
15	50		This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alaska’s Right to 4
16	51		Produce Act of 2023’’. 5
17	52		SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 6
18	53		Congress finds that— 7
19	54		(1) Congress provided clear authorization and 8
20	55		direction that the Secretary of the Interior ‘‘shall es-9
21	56		tablish and administer a competitive oil and gas pro-10
22	57		gram for the leasing, development, production, and 11
23		-	transportation of oil and gas in and from the ~~Coast-~~12
24		-	al Plain’’ in section 20001 of Public Law 115–97 13
25		-	~~(16~~ U.S.C. 3143 note) (commonly known as the Tax 14
26		-	~~Cuts~~ and Jobs Act); 15
	58	+	transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal 12
	59	+	Plain’’ in section 20001 of Public Law 115–97 (16 13
	60	+	U.S.C. 3143 note) (commonly known as the Tax Cuts 14
	61	+	and Jobs Act); 15
27	62		(2) the timely administration of the Coastal 16
28	63		Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program is required and 17
29	64		in the national and public interest; 18
30		-	(3) the Department of the Interior’s cancelling 19
31		-	of the leases for the covered Coastal Plain lease 20
32		-	tracts represents a major decision of economic and 21
33		-	political significance that Congress did not delegate 22
34		-	to the Secretary; 23 3
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36		-	(4) the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production 1
37		-	Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) requires that 2
38		-	the Bureau of Land Management— 3
	65	+	(3) the Department of the Interior’s cancelling of 19
	66	+	the leases for the covered Coastal Plain lease tracts 20
	67	+	represents a major decision of economic and political 21
	68	+	significance that Congress did not delegate to the Sec-22
	69	+	retary; 23
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	73	+	(4) the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act 1
	74	+	of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) requires that the Bu-2
	75	+	reau of Land Management— 3
39	76		(A) allow for the exploration, development, 4
40		-	and production of petroleum products in the 5
41		-	~~National~~ Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; and 6
	77	+	and production of petroleum products in the Na-5
	78	+	tional Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; and 6
42	79		(B) balance, to the extent consistent with 7
43		-	that Act, the protection of ecological and ~~cul-~~8
44		-	~~tural~~ values in the National Petroleum Reserve 9
45		-	in Alaska; and 10
	80	+	that Act, the protection of ecological and cultural 8
	81	+	values in the National Petroleum Reserve in 9
	82	+	Alaska; and 10
46	83		(5) the proposed rule of the Bureau of Land 11
47		-	Management entitled ‘‘Management and Protection 12
48		-	of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’’ (88 13
49		-	Fed. Reg. 62025 (September 8, 2023)) fails to re-14
50		-	flect the intent of Congress for the Naval Petroleum 15
51		-	Reserves Production Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6501 16
52		-	et seq.). 17
53		-	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 18
54		-	In this Act: 19
	84	+	Management entitled ‘‘Management and Protection of 12
	85	+	the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’’ (88 Fed. 13
	86	+	Reg. 62025 (September 8, 2023)) fails to reflect the 14
	87	+	intent of Congress for the Naval Petroleum Reserves 15
	88	+	Production Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.). 16
	89	+	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 17
	90	+	In this Act: 18
55	91		(1) C
56		-	OASTAL PLAIN.—The term ‘‘Coastal 20
57		-	Plain’’ has the meaning given the term in section 21
58		-	20001(a) of Public Law 115–97 (16 U.S.C. 3143 22
59		-	note). 23
	92	+	OASTAL PLAIN.—The term ‘‘Coastal Plain’’ 19
	93	+	has the meaning given the term in section 20001(a) 20
	94	+	of Public Law 115–97 (16 U.S.C. 3143 note). 21
60	95		(2) C
61		-	OASTAL PLAIN OIL AND GAS LEASING PRO -24
62		-	GRAM.—The term ‘‘Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing 25 4
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64		-	program’’ means the program established under sec-1
65		-	tion 20001(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 115–97 (16 2
66		-	U.S.C. 3143 note). 3
	96	+	OASTAL PLAIN OIL AND GAS LEASING PRO -22
	97	+	GRAM.—The term ‘‘Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing 23
	98	+	program’’ means the program established under sec-24
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	102	+	tion 20001(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 115–97 (16 U.S.C. 1
	103	+	3143 note). 2
67	104		(3) C
68		-	OVERED COASTAL PLAIN LEASE TRACT .— 4
69		-	The term ‘‘covered Coastal Plain lease tract’’ means 5
70		-	any of tracts 16, 17, 24, 26, 27, and 30 as listed 6
71		-	in exhibit B of the document published by the ~~Bu-7~~
72		-	~~reau of~~ Land Management entitled ‘‘Amendment to 8
73		-	~~the Detailed~~ Statement of Sale’’ and dated ~~Decem-9~~
74		-	~~ber 18,~~ 2020 (relating to oil and gas leasing within 10
75		-	~~the~~ Coastal Plain Alaska). 11
	105	+	OVERED COASTAL PLAIN LEASE TRACT .— 3
	106	+	The term ‘‘covered Coastal Plain lease tract’’ means 4
	107	+	any of tracts 16, 17, 24, 26, 27, and 30 as listed in 5
	108	+	exhibit B of the document published by the Bureau of 6
	109	+	Land Management entitled ‘‘Amendment to the De-7
	110	+	tailed Statement of Sale’’ and dated December 18, 8
	111	+	2020 (relating to oil and gas leasing within the 9
	112	+	Coastal Plain Alaska). 10
76	113		(4) R
77		-	ECORD OF DECISION.—The term ‘‘Record 12
78		-	of Decision’’ means the record of decision described 13
79		-	in the notice of availability of the Bureau of Land 14
80		-	~~Management~~ entitled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the 15
81		-	~~Record~~ of Decision for the Final Environmental ~~Im-16~~
82		-	~~pact~~ Statement for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas 17
83		-	~~Leasing~~ Program, Alaska’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 51754 18
84		-	~~(August 21,~~ 2020)). 19
	114	+	ECORD OF DECISION.—The term ‘‘Record of 11
	115	+	Decision’’ means the record of decision described in 12
	116	+	the notice of availability of the Bureau of Land Man-13
	117	+	agement entitled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the Record 14
	118	+	of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact 15
	119	+	Statement for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing 16
	120	+	Program, Alaska’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 51754 (August 21, 17
	121	+	2020)). 18
85	122		(5) S
86		-	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 20
87		-	the Secretary of the Interior. 21
88		-	SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF ORDERS. 22
	123	+	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 19
	124	+	the Secretary of the Interior. 20
	125	+	SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF ORDERS. 21
89	126		(a) M
90		-	ORATORIUM ON OIL ANDGASLEASING.—Any 23
91		-	order or action by the President or the Secretary that has 24
92		-	the effect of placing a moratorium on or otherwise sus-25 5
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	127	+	ORATORIUM ONOIL ANDGASLEASING.—Any 22
	128	+	order or action by the President or the Secretary that has 23
	129	+	the effect of placing a moratorium on or otherwise sus-24
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94	133		pending or pausing oil and gas leasing in the Coastal Plain 1
95	134		shall have no force or effect. 2
96	135		(b) A
97		-	PPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF EXISTING 3
98		-	D
99		-	OCUMENTATION AND AUTHORIZATIONS.—Notwith-4
100		-	standing any other provision of law, Congress— 5
	136	+	PPROVAL ANDRATIFICATION OFEXISTINGDOCU-3
	137	+	MENTATION ANDAUTHORIZATIONS.—Notwithstanding any 4
	138	+	other provision of law, Congress— 5
101	139		(1) ratifies and approves all authorizations, per-6
102	140		mits, verifications, extensions, biological opinions, in-7
103	141		cidental take statements, and any other approvals or 8
104		-	orders issued pursuant to Federal law, as described 9
105		-	in the Record of Decision, necessary for the ~~estab-~~10
106		-	~~lishment~~ and administration of the Coastal Plain Oil 11
107		-	~~and Gas~~ Leasing Program; and 12
	142	+	orders issued pursuant to Federal law, as described in 9
	143	+	the Record of Decision, necessary for the establishment 10
	144	+	and administration of the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas 11
	145	+	Leasing Program; and 12
108	146		(2) directs the Secretary, the Administrator of 13
109	147		the Environmental Protection Agency, and the heads 14
110		-	of other as applicable Federal departments and 15
111		-	~~agencies~~ to process, reinstate, or continue to ~~main-~~16
112		-	~~tain~~ such authorizations, permits, verifications, ~~ex-~~17
113		-	~~tensions,~~ biological opinions, incidental take ~~state-~~18
114		-	~~ments, and~~ any other approvals or orders described 19
115		-	~~in paragraph~~ (1). 20
	148	+	of other as applicable Federal departments and agen-15
	149	+	cies to process, reinstate, or continue to maintain 16
	150	+	such authorizations, permits, verifications, extensions, 17
	151	+	biological opinions, incidental take statements, and 18
	152	+	any other approvals or orders described in paragraph 19
	153	+	(1). 20
116	154		(c) A
117		-	PPLICABILITY OF OTHERLAW.—Notwith-21
118		-	standing any other provision of law, the authorizations, 22
119		-	permits, verifications, extensions, biological opinions, inci-23
120		-	dental take statements, and any other approvals or orders 24 6
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122		-	described in subsection (b)(1) shall be considered to sat-1
123		-	isfy the requirements of— 2
124		-	(1) section 1002 of the Alaska National Inter-3
125		-	est Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3142); 4
	155	+	PPLICABILITY OFOTHERLAW.—Notwithstanding 21
	156	+	any other provision of law, the authorizations, permits, 22
	157	+	verifications, extensions, biological opinions, incidental 23
	158	+	take statements, and any other approvals or orders de-24
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	162	+	scribed in subsection (b)(1) shall be considered to satisfy 1
	163	+	the requirements of— 2
	164	+	(1) section 1002 of the Alaska National Interest 3
	165	+	Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3142); 4
126	166		(2) section 102(2)(c) of the National Environ-5
127	167		mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c)); 6
128	168		(3) section 20001 of Public Law 115–97 (16 7
129	169		U.S.C. 3143 note); 8
130	170		(4) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 9
131	171		U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and 10
132	172		(5) subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United 11
133	173		States Code, and chapter 7 of title 5, United States 12
134	174		Code. 13
135	175		SEC. 5. COASTAL PLAIN OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM. 14
136	176		(a) R
137	177		EISSUANCE OFCANCELEDLEASES.— 15
138	178		(1) A
139	179		CCEPTANCE OF BIDS.—Not later than 30 16
140		-	days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 17
141		-	~~Secretary~~ shall, without modification or delay— 18
	180	+	days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-17
	181	+	retary shall, without modification or delay— 18
142	182		(A) accept the highest valid bid for each 19
143	183		covered Coastal Plain lease tract for which a 20
144	184		valid bid was received on January 6, 2021, pur-21
145	185		suant to the requirement to hold the first lease 22
146		-	sale in the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing 23
147		-	program; and 24 7
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	186	+	sale in the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing pro-23
	187	+	gram; and 24
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149	191		(B) provide the appropriate lease form to 1
150	192		each winning bidder under subparagraph (A) to 2
151	193		execute and return to the Secretary. 3
152	194		(2) L
153		-	EASE ISSUANCE.—On receipt of an exe-4
154		-	cuted lease form under paragraph (1)(B) and pay-5
155		-	ment in accordance with that lease of the rental for 6
156		-	the first year, the balance of the bonus bid (unless 7
157		-	deferred), and any required bond or security from 8
158		-	the high bidder, the Secretary shall promptly issue 9
159		-	to the high bidder a fully executed lease, in accord-10
160		-	ance with— 11
161		-	(A) the applicable regulations, as in effect 12
162		-	on January 6, 2021; and 13
163		-	(B) the terms and conditions of the Record 14
164		-	of Decision. 15
	195	+	EASE ISSUANCE.—On receipt of an executed 4
	196	+	lease form under paragraph (1)(B) and payment in 5
	197	+	accordance with that lease of the rental for the first 6
	198	+	year, the balance of the bonus bid (unless deferred), 7
	199	+	and any required bond or security from the high bid-8
	200	+	der, the Secretary shall promptly issue to the high 9
	201	+	bidder a fully executed lease, in accordance with— 10
	202	+	(A) the applicable regulations, as in effect 11
	203	+	on January 6, 2021; and 12
	204	+	(B) the terms and conditions of the Record 13
	205	+	of Decision. 14
165	206		(b) R
166		-	EQUIREMENT ~~FOR FUTURELEASES~~.— 16
	207	+	EQUIREMENT FORFUTURELEASES.— 15
167	208		(1) S
168		-	ECOND LEASE SALE.—Not later than De-17
169		-	cember 22, 2024, the Secretary shall conduct the 18
170		-	~~second~~ lease sale required by section 19
171		-	20001(c)(1)(B)(ii)(II) of Public Law 115–97 (16 20
172		-	U.S.C. 3143 note) in accordance with the Record of 21
173		-	Decision. 22
	209	+	ECOND LEASE SALE.—Not later than De-16
	210	+	cember 22, 2024, the Secretary shall conduct the sec-17
	211	+	ond lease sale required by section 18
	212	+	20001(c)(1)(B)(ii)(II) of Public Law 115–97 (16 19
	213	+	U.S.C. 3143 note) in accordance with the Record of 20
	214	+	Decision. 21
174	215		(2) E
175		-	XCEPTIONS FOR CANCELING A LEASE .— 23
176		-	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 24
177		-	President and the Secretary may not cancel a lease 25 8
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179		-	issued under the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing 1
180		-	program if the Secretary has previously opened bids 2
181		-	for such a lease or disclosed the high bidder for any 3
182		-	tract that was included in a lease sale under the 4
183		-	Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program unless the 5
184		-	lessee is in violation of the terms of the lease and 6
185		-	fails to cure the violation after a reasonable period 7
186		-	of time. 8
	216	+	XCEPTIONS FOR CANCELING A LEASE .—Not-22
	217	+	withstanding any other provision of law, the Presi-23
	218	+	dent and the Secretary may not cancel a lease issued 24
	219	+	under the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program 25
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	223	+	if the Secretary has previously opened bids for such 1
	224	+	a lease or disclosed the high bidder for any tract that 2
	225	+	was included in a lease sale under the Coastal Plain 3
	226	+	oil and gas leasing program unless the lessee is in 4
	227	+	violation of the terms of the lease and fails to cure the 5
	228	+	violation after a reasonable period of time. 6
187	229		(c) A
188		-	PPLICABILITY OF PRIORRECORD OFDECI-9
189		-	SION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 10
190		-	with respect to reissuing leases under subsection (a), the 11
191		-	Record of Decision shall be considered to satisfy the re-12
192		-	quirements of— 13
193		-	(1) section 1002 of the Alaska National Inter-14
194		-	est Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3142); 15
195		-	(2) section 102(2)(c) of the National Environ-16
196		-	mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c)); 17
197		-	(3) section 20001 of Public Law 115–97 (16 18
198		-	U.S.C. 3143 note); 19
199		-	(4) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public 20
200		-	Law 93–205; 16 U.S.C. 1533); and 21
201		-	(5) subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United 22
202		-	States Code, and chapter 7 of title 5, United States 23
203		-	Code. 24 9
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205		-	(d) WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRON-1
206		-	MENTALIMPACTSTATEMENT.—The Director of the Bu-2
207		-	reau of Land Management— 3
208		-	(1) shall withdraw the notice of availability en-4
209		-	titled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the Draft Coastal 5
210		-	Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental 6
211		-	Environmental Impact Statement’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 7
212		-	62104 (September 8, 2023)); and 8
213		-	(2) may not take any action to finalize, imple-9
214		-	ment, or enforce the supplemental environmental im-10
215		-	pact statement described in paragraph (1). 11
	230	+	PPLICABILITY OFPRIORRECORD OFDECISION.— 7
	231	+	Notwithstanding any other provision of law and with re-8
	232	+	spect to reissuing leases under subsection (a), the Record 9
	233	+	of Decision shall be considered to satisfy the requirements 10
	234	+	of— 11
	235	+	(1) section 1002 of the Alaska National Interest 12
	236	+	Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3142); 13
	237	+	(2) section 102(2)(c) of the National Environ-14
	238	+	mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c)); 15
	239	+	(3) section 20001 of Public Law 115–97 (16 16
	240	+	U.S.C. 3143 note); 17
	241	+	(4) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public 18
	242	+	Law 93–205; 16 U.S.C. 1533); and 19
	243	+	(5) subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United 20
	244	+	States Code, and chapter 7 of title 5, United States 21
	245	+	Code. 22
	246	+	(d) W
	247	+	ITHDRAWAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRON-23
	248	+	MENTALIMPACTSTATEMENT.—The Director of the Bureau 24
	249	+	of Land Management— 25
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	253	+	(1) shall withdraw the notice of availability enti-1
	254	+	tled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the Draft Coastal Plain 2
	255	+	Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental Envi-3
	256	+	ronmental Impact Statement’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 62104 4
	257	+	(September 8, 2023)); and 5
	258	+	(2) may not take any action to finalize, imple-6
	259	+	ment, or enforce the supplemental environmental im-7
	260	+	pact statement described in paragraph (1). 8
216	261		(e) J
217		-	UDICIALREVIEW.— 12
	262	+	UDICIALREVIEW.— 9
218	263		(1) J
219		-	UDICIAL PRECLUSION .—Notwithstanding 13
220		-	any other provision of law and except as provided in 14
221		-	paragraph (2), no court shall have jurisdiction to re-15
222		-	view any action taken by the Secretary, the Adminis-16
223		-	trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, a 17
224		-	State administrative agency, an Indian Tribe, or any 18
225		-	other Federal agency acting pursuant to Federal law 19
226		-	that grants an authorization, permit, verification, bi-20
227		-	ological opinion, incidental take statement, or other 21
228		-	approval described in section 4(b) for the Coastal 22
229		-	Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program, whether issued 23
230		-	prior to, on, or after the date of enactment of this 24
231		-	Act, and including any lawsuit or any other action 25 10
232		-	•HR 6285 EH
233		-	pending in a court as of the date of enactment of 1
234		-	this Act. 2
	264	+	UDICIAL PRECLUSION .—Notwithstanding 10
	265	+	any other provision of law and except as provided in 11
	266	+	paragraph (2), no court shall have jurisdiction to re-12
	267	+	view any action taken by the Secretary, the Adminis-13
	268	+	trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, a 14
	269	+	State administrative agency, an Indian Tribe, or any 15
	270	+	other Federal agency acting pursuant to Federal law 16
	271	+	that grants an authorization, permit, verification, bi-17
	272	+	ological opinion, incidental take statement, or other 18
	273	+	approval described in section 4(b) for the Coastal 19
	274	+	Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program, whether issued 20
	275	+	prior to, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, 21
	276	+	and including any lawsuit or any other action pend-22
	277	+	ing in a court as of the date of enactment of this Act. 23
235	278		(2) F
236		-	ORUM EXCLUSIVITY.—The United States 3
237		-	Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Cir-4
238		-	cuit shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction 5
239		-	over any claim regarding— 6
240		-	(A) the validity of this section; or 7
241		-	(B) the scope of authority conferred by 8
242		-	this section. 9
	279	+	ORUM EXCLUSIVITY.—The United States 24
	280	+	Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 25
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	284	+	shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over 1
	285	+	any claim regarding— 2
	286	+	(A) the validity of this section; or 3
	287	+	(B) the scope of authority conferred by this 4
	288	+	section. 5
243	289		(3) R
244		-	IGHT TO PETITION.— 10
	290	+	IGHT TO PETITION.— 6
245	291		(A) I
246		-	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-11
247		-	graph (1), a lease holder may obtain a review 12
248		-	of an alleged failure by an agency to act in ~~ac-13~~
249		-	~~cordance~~ with section 20001 of Public Law 14
250		-	~~115–97~~ (16 U.S.C. 3143 note) or with any law 15
251		-	~~pertaining~~ to the grant of an authorization, ~~per-16~~
252		-	~~mit,~~ verification, biological opinion, incidental 17
253		-	~~take~~ statement, or other approval related to the 18
254		-	~~lease~~ holder’s lease by filing a written petition 19
255		-	~~with a~~ court of competent jurisdiction seeking 20
256		-	~~an order~~ under subparagraph (B). 21
	292	+	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-7
	293	+	graph (1), a lease holder may obtain a review of 8
	294	+	an alleged failure by an agency to act in accord-9
	295	+	ance with section 20001 of Public Law 115–97 10
	296	+	(16 U.S.C. 3143 note) or with any law per-11
	297	+	taining to the grant of an authorization, permit, 12
	298	+	verification, biological opinion, incidental take 13
	299	+	statement, or other approval related to the lease 14
	300	+	holder’s lease by filing a written petition with a 15
	301	+	court of competent jurisdiction seeking an order 16
	302	+	under subparagraph (B). 17
257	303		(B) D
258		-	EADLINES.—If a court of competent 22
259		-	jurisdiction finds that an agency has failed to 23
260		-	act in accordance with section 20001 of Public 24
261		-	Law 115–97 (16 U.S.C. 3143 note) or with any 25 11
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263		-	law pertaining to the grant of an authorization, 1
264		-	permit, verification, biological opinion, inci-2
265		-	dental take statement, or other approval related 3
266		-	to the lease holder’s lease, the court shall set a 4
267		-	schedule and deadline for the agency to act as 5
268		-	soon as practicable, which shall not exceed 90 6
269		-	days from the date on which the order of the 7
270		-	court is issued, unless the court determines a 8
271		-	longer time period is necessary to comply with 9
272		-	applicable law. 10
273		-	SEC. 6. NULLIFICATION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCY AC-11
274		-	TIONS. 12
	304	+	EADLINES.—If a court of competent 18
	305	+	jurisdiction finds that an agency has failed to 19
	306	+	act in accordance with section 20001 of Public 20
	307	+	Law 115–97 (16 U.S.C. 3143 note) or with any 21
	308	+	law pertaining to the grant of an authorization, 22
	309	+	permit, verification, biological opinion, inci-23
	310	+	dental take statement, or other approval related 24
	311	+	to the lease holder’s lease, the court shall set a 25
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	315	+	schedule and deadline for the agency to act as 1
	316	+	soon as practicable, which shall not exceed 90 2
	317	+	days from the date on which the order of the 3
	318	+	court is issued, unless the court determines a 4
	319	+	longer time period is necessary to comply with 5
	320	+	applicable law. 6
	321	+	SEC. 6. NULLIFICATION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCY AC-7
	322	+	TIONS. 8
275	323		(a) NPRA R
276		-	ULE.—The final rule based on the pro-13
277		-	posed rule of the Bureau of Land Management entitled 14
278		-	‘‘Management and Protection of the National Petroleum 15
279		-	Reserve in Alaska’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 62025 (September 8, 16
280		-	2023)) shall have no force or effect. 17
	324	+	ULE.—The Secretary, acting through the 9
	325	+	Director of the Bureau of Land Management— 10
	326	+	(1) shall withdraw the proposed rule of the Bu-11
	327	+	reau of Land Management entitled ‘‘Management and 12
	328	+	Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alas-13
	329	+	ka’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 62025 (September 8, 2023)); and 14
	330	+	(2) may not take any action to finalize, imple-15
	331	+	ment, administer, or enforce the proposed rule de-16
	332	+	scribed in paragraph (1) or any substantially similar 17
	333	+	rule. 18
281	334		(b) E
282		-	XECUTIVEORDER13990.— 18
	335	+	XECUTIVEORDER13990.— 19
283	336		(1) I
284		-	N GENERAL.—Section 4 of Executive 19
285		-	Order 13990 (86 Fed. Reg. 7037; relating to pro-20
286		-	tecting public health and the environment and re-21
287		-	storing science to tackle the climate crisis) shall 22
288		-	have no force or effect. 23 12
289		-	•HR 6285 EH
	337	+	N GENERAL.—Section 4 of Executive Order 20
	338	+	13990 (86 Fed. Reg. 7037; relating to protecting pub-21
	339	+	lic health and the environment and restoring science 22
	340	+	to tackle the climate crisis) shall have no force or ef-23
	341	+	fect. 24
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290	345		(2) FUNDING.—No Federal funds may be obli-1
291		-	gated or expended to carry out section 4 of the Ex-2
292		-	~~ecutive~~ Order described in paragraph (1). 3
	346	+	gated or expended to carry out section 4 of the Execu-2
	347	+	tive Order described in paragraph (1). 3
293	348		(c) S
294	349		ECRETARIALORDER3401.— 4
295	350		(1) I
296		-	N GENERAL.—Secretarial Order 3401 (re-5
297		-	~~lating~~ to the Comprehensive Analysis and ~~Tem-~~6
298		-	~~porary~~ Halt on all Activities in the Arctic National 7
299		-	~~Wildlife~~ Refuge Relating to the Coastal Plain Oil 8
300		-	~~and Gas~~ Leasing Program), issued by the Secretary 9
301		-	~~on June 1,~~ 2021, shall have no force or effect. 10
	351	+	N GENERAL.—Secretarial Order 3401 (relat-5
	352	+	ing to the Comprehensive Analysis and Temporary 6
	353	+	Halt on all Activities in the Arctic National Wildlife 7
	354	+	Refuge Relating to the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas 8
	355	+	Leasing Program), issued by the Secretary on June 1, 9
	356	+	2021, shall have no force or effect. 10
302	357		(2) F
303	358		UNDING.—No Federal funds may be obli-11
304	359		gated or expended to carry out the Secretarial Order 12
305	360		described in paragraph (1). 13
306		-	SEC. 7. DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL AREAS OF THE NA-14
307		-	TIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA. 15
308		-	Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 16
309		-	Secretary may not designate any new Special Areas, add 17
310		-	resource values to existing Special Areas, or expand exist-18
311		-	ing Special Areas in the National Petroleum Reserve in 19
312		-	Alaska unless an Act of Congress enacted after the date 20 13
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314		-	of enactment of this Act specifically authorizes the Sec-1
315		-	retary to do so. 2
316		-	Passed the House of Representatives May 1, 2024.
317		-	Attest:
318		-	Clerk. 118
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	364	+	118
319	365		TH
320	366		CONGRESS
321	367		2
322	368		D
323	369		S
324	370		ESSION
325	371
326	372		H. R. 6285
327		-	AN ACT
	373	+	[Report No. 118–463]
	374	+	A BILL
328	375		To ratify and approve all authorizations, permits,
329	376		verifications, extensions, biological opinions, inci-
330	377		dental take statements, and any other approvals
331	378		or orders issued pursuant to Federal law nec-
332	379		essary for the establishment and administration
333	380		of the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program,
334	381		and for other purposes.
	382	+	A
	383	+	PRIL
	384	+	15, 2024
	385	+	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
	386	+	mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
	387	+	and ordered to be printed
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