Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act - Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2012 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to revise requirements for the issuance of permits to drill in energy projects on federal lands.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to extend the initial 30-day permit application review period for up to 2 periods of 15 days each, if the Secretary has given written notice of the delay to the applicant.
Deems a permit application approved if the Secretary has not made a decision on it by 60 days after its receipt. Prescribes a notice requirement for denial of an application.
Requires the Secretary to collect a single $6,500 permit processing fee per application from each applicant at the time the decision is made whether or not to issue a permit.
Requires that specified minimum percentages of fees collected as annual wind energy and solar energy right-of-way authorization fees be available for the local Department of the Interior field office where they are collected, for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) permit approval activities, and to the Secretary for department-wide permitting activities.
Requires the Secretary to collect a $5,000 documentation fee to accompany each protest for a lease, right of way, or application for permit to drill.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a Federal Permit Streamlining Project in every BLM Field office with responsibility for permitting energy projects on federal land, and (2) enter into a related memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers.
Requires federal signatories to such memorandum to assign staff with special expertise to BLM field offices.
States that the Secretary shall not require a finding of extraordinary circumstances related to a categorical exclusion in administering the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPA 2005) with respect to review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
(A "categorical exclusion" under NEPA is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a federal agency in implementing environmental regulations and for which, therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.)
Sets forth procedures for judicial review of leasing of federal lands for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, wind, or any other energy source of energy.
Providing Leasing Certainty for American Energy Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary, in conducting lease sales under the Mineral Leasing Act, to offer for sale at least 25% of the annual nominated acreage not previously made available for lease.
Shields such acreage from protest and the test of extraordinary circumstances, but makes it eligible for certain categorical exclusions under EPA 2005 and NEPA.
Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Secretary from: (1) withdrawing any covered energy project issued under that Act without finding a violation of lease terms by the lessee; (2) delaying indefinitely issuance of project approvals, drilling and seismic permits, and rights of way for activities under a lease; and (3) cancelling or withdrawing any lease parcel after a competitive lease sale has occurred and a winning bidder has made the last payment for the parcel.
Instructs the Secretary to: (1) make nominated areas available for lease within 18 months after an area is designated as open under a current land use plan, (2) issue all leases sold 60 days after the last payment is made, and (3) adjudicate any lease protests filed following a lease sale.
Prohibits additional lease stipulations (except certain emergency stipulations) after the parcel is sold without consultation and agreement of the lessee.
Requires federal land managers to follow existing resource management plans and continue to actively lease in areas designated as open when resource management plans are being amended or revised, until such time as a new record of decision is signed.
Declares without force or effect Bureau of Land Management Instruction Memorandum 2010-117.
Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act or PIONEERS Act - Deems the final regulations regarding oil shale management published by the BLM on November 18, 2008, to satisfy all legal and procedural requirements under any law, including the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, NEPA, and EPA 2005. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement those regulations, including the oil shale leasing program they authorize, without any other administrative action necessary.
Deems the November 17, 2008, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Approved Resource Management Plan Amendments/Record of Decision for Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources to Address Land Use Allocations in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement also to satisfy all legal and procedural requirements under any law. Directs the Secretary to implement the oil shale leasing program in those areas covered by the resource management plans amended by such amendments, and covered by such record of decision, without any other administrative action necessary.
Directs the Secretary to hold a lease sale, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, that offers an additional 10 parcels for lease for research, development, and demonstration of oil shale resources under the terms offered in the solicitation of bids for such leases published on January 15, 2009.
Requires the Secretary, by January 1, 2016, to hold at least 5 separate commercial lease sales, in multiple lease blocs, in areas of at least 25,000 acres, which: (1) have been nominated through public comment, and (2) are considered to have the most potential for oil shale development.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-09 | Calendars | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 254. | Senate |
| 2013-11-21 | Calendars | Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. | Senate |
| 2013-11-20 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-20 | Vote | On passage Passed by recorded vote: 228 - 192 (Roll no. 600). (text: CR 11/19/2013 H7218-7223) | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-20 | Vote | On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 189 - 232 (Roll no. 599). (consideration: CR H7279) | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-20 | Floor | The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H7278-7279) | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-20 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kirkpatrick motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House forthwith with an amendment to insert language clarifying tax provisions applicable to defined major integrated oil companies. The amendment would also add a new section to the bill prohibiting the legislation from requiring the Secretary of the Interior to allow energy development that would negatively impact land that is identified by the Secretary, in consultation with affected Indian tribes, as a Native American sacred site or cultural site. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-20 | Floor | Mrs. Kirkpatrick moved to recommit with instructions to Natural Resources. (consideration: CR H7278; text: CR H7278) | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-20 | Floor | The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (consideration: CR H7278) | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-20 | Floor | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H7278) | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-20 | Floor | The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1965. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-20 | Floor | The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-20 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7274-7280) | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 1965 as unfinished business. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | Mr. Hastings (WA) moved that the committee rise. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the DeFazio Part A amendment No. 8, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. DeFazio demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 419, the Committee of Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeFazio Part A amendment No. 8. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Polis Part A amendment No. 7, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Polis demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 419, the Committee of Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Polis Part A amendment No. 7. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 419, the Committee of Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Marino Part A amendment No. 6. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 419, the Committee of Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hanabusa Part A amendment No. 5. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson Lee Part A amendment No. 4, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Jackson Lee demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 419, the Committee of Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson Lee (TX) Part A amendment No. 4. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Lowenthal Part A amendment No. 3, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Lowenthal demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 419, the Committee of Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lowenthal Part A amendment No. 3. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson Lee Part A amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Jackson Lee demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 419, the Committee of Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson Lee (TX) Part A amendment No. 2. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 419, the Committee of Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hastings (WA) Part A amendment No. 1. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1965. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | The Speaker designated the Honorable Virginia Foxx to act as Chairwoman of the Committee. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 419 and Rule XVIII. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1965 and H.R. 2728. The resolution provides for one hour of debate and makes in order only those further amendments printed in the Rules report 113-271. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-19 | Floor | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 419. (consideration: CR H7211-7232) | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-18 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 419 Reported to House. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1965 and H.R. 2728. The resolution provides for one hour of debate and makes in order only those further amendments printed in the Rules report 113-271. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-12 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 188. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-12 | Discharge | Committee on Judiciary discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2013-11-12 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-262, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2013-07-24 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 14. | House committee actions |
| 2013-07-24 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2013-07-24 | Committee | Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged. | House committee actions |
| 2013-06-14 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. | House committee actions |
| 2013-05-22 | Committee | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House committee actions |
| 2013-05-20 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | House committee actions |
| 2013-05-14 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2013-05-14 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2013-05-14 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |