H.R. 1: Lower Energy Costs Act

Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Passed House, 30 Mar 2023. Introduced 14 Mar 2023.

Official title: To lower energy costs by increasing American energy production, exports, infrastructure, and critical minerals processing, by promoting transparency, accountability, permitting, and production of American resources, and by improving water quality certification and energy projects, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 30 Mar 2023: Passed, 225 Yea, 204 Nay, 0 Present, 6 Not voting. The House’s roll call
President: Not presented to the President.

How each member voted

House

Yea (225): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); John James (R-MI-10); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); George Santos (R-NY-3).

Nay (204): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); André Carson (D-IN-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).

Not voting (6): Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4).

Not in office (10): Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8).

Summary

Main subject: Changes federal law on energy production, exports, infrastructure, critical minerals, federal land leasing and permitting, environmental review, and water quality certification. Division A, Division B, Division C

Its core areas: Energy infrastructure, LNG and natural gas pipeline permitting; Critical energy resources and Environmental Protection Agency permitting and waivers; Onshore and offshore oil, gas, coal and geothermal leasing; National Environmental Policy Act review and judicial review limits; Mining permitting and mineral supply chains; Federal oil and gas royalty, rental and bid terms and revenue sharing; Clean Water Act water quality certification.

Unexpected Items: 43 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (26)

Sec. 10002: Protecting American energy production: Expresses that States should keep primacy over regulating hydraulic fracturing on State and private lands, and bars the President from declaring a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing unless an Act of Congress authorizes it.
Sec. 10003: Researching Efficient Federal Improvements for Necessary Energy Refining: Directs the Secretary of Energy to have the National Petroleum Council report on U.S. petrochemical refineries, their capacity, and executive actions, regulations or policies affecting that capacity.
Sec. 10006: Sense of Congress opposing restrictions on the export of crude oil or other petroleum products: Expresses the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should not impose restrictions on exports of crude oil or other petroleum products under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, except for sanctioned persons or governments. It sets no requirement.
Sec. 10014: Natural gas tax repeal: Repeals the Clean Air Act methane emissions and waste reduction incentive program for petroleum and natural gas systems and rescinds its unobligated balances.
Sec. 10015: Repeal of greenhouse gas reduction fund: Repeals the Clean Air Act greenhouse gas reduction fund, rescinds its unobligated balances, and repeals a related section of Public Law 117–169.
Sec. 10017: Homeowner energy freedom: Repeals three Public Law 117–169 programs (home electric rebates, contractor training grants, building energy code adoption assistance) and rescinds their unobligated balances.
Sec. 10019: State primary enforcement responsibility: Changes Safe Drinking Water Act underground injection control program approvals, including deeming a State program approved if EPA does not act within set days, and adds Class VI well coordination duties.
Sec. 10020: Use of index-based pricing in acquisition of petroleum products for the SPR: Requires Strategic Petroleum Reserve acquisition procedures to use index-based pricing.
Sec. 10021: Prohibition on certain exports: Requires the Secretary of Energy to prohibit export or sale of petroleum drawn from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to named countries, sanctioned countries, and entities owned, controlled or influenced by them or the Chinese Communist Party, with a national security waiver.
Sec. 10022: Sense of Congress expressing disapproval of the proposed tax hikes on the oil and natural gas industry in the President’s fiscal year 2024 budget request: States a finding that the President’s fiscal year 2024 budget request proposes a $31,000,000,000 tax increase on oil and natural gas producers and expresses the sense of Congress disapproving it. ($31,000,000,000)
Sec. 10023: Domestic Energy Independence report: Requires EPA to report to Congress on regulations from the prior 15 years that it finds reduced energy independence, increased regulatory burden, decreased energy output, reduced energy security, or increased consumer energy costs.
Sec. 10024: GAO study: Requires the Comptroller General to study how banning natural gas appliances would affect electricity rates and charges.
Sec. 10025: Gas kitchen ranges and ovens: Bars the Secretary of Energy from finalizing, implementing, administering or enforcing a named proposed rule on energy conservation standards for gas kitchen ranges and ovens, or any substantially similar rule.
Sec. 20113: Prohibition on Chinese communist party ownership interest: Bars the Communist Party of China, entities under the jurisdiction of or owned by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, from acquiring interests in oil and gas leased lands, American farmland, renewable energy lands, or mining claims.
Sec. 20115: Requirement for GAO report on wind energy impacts: Bars the Secretary of the Interior from publishing a notice for or holding a wind lease sale in three named planning areas until the Comptroller General publishes a report on wind energy effects.
Sec. 20116: Sense of Congress on wind energy development supply chain: States the sense of Congress on wind energy supply chains, including that wind infrastructure should be built with materials produced and manufactured in the United States.
Sec. 20118: Offshore wind environmental review process study: Requires the Comptroller General to study the sufficiency of environmental review processes for offshore wind projects, including impacts, consultation and costs.
Sec. 20119: GAO report on wind energy impacts: Requires the Comptroller General to publish a report on potential adverse effects of wind energy development in the North Atlantic Planning Area.
Sec. 20221: Limitations on claims: Changes the filing deadline for certain claims under the title 23 highway project review provisions (and conforming title 23 and title 49 provisions) from 150 days to 90 days.
Sec. 20223: Exemption of certain wildfire mitigation activities from certain environmental requirements: Allows wildfire mitigation activities of the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, within 300 feet of roads on certain Federal land, to proceed without regard to the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act.
Sec. 20224: Vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance relating to electric transmission and distribution facility rights of way: Changes the hazard tree distance for electric power line rights-of-way from 10 to 50 feet, adds landowner consultation, and sets automatic approval of vegetation management plans at 60 or 67 days after review.
Sec. 20225: Categorical exclusion for electric utility lines rights-of-way: Designates vegetation management and maintenance plans for electric utility line rights-of-way on National Forest System and public lands as categorically excluded from environmental review, not subject to extraordinary circumstances procedures, Endangered Species Act section 7, or National Historic Preservation Act section 106.
Sec. 20226: Staffing plans: Requires each local unit of the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Forest Service to make an outreach plan for advertising open civil service positions related to permitting or natural resources.
Sec. 10005: Sense of Congress expressing disapproval of the revocation of the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline: States findings about the 2019 Presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline and its 2021 revocation, and expresses the sense of Congress that Congress disapproves of the revocation. It sets no requirement.
Sec. 10007: Sense of Congress expressing disapproval of the denial of Jordan Cove permits: States findings about federal permits for a named LNG export terminal and pipeline in Oregon and expresses the sense of Congress that Congress disapproves of the State of Oregon's denial of permits. It sets no requirement.
Sec. 10018: Study: Directs the Secretary of Energy, with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to study how to streamline regulatory timelines for developing new power plants across fossil and nuclear sources within 180 days.

Applies only to a specific place or group (2)

Sec. 20104: Suspension of operations: Requires the Secretary of the Interior to grant, within 15 days, a suspension of operations (with rent and minimum royalty suspended and the lease term extended) to lease owners who have filed an expression of interest for adjacent acreage not yet offered.
Sec. 20110: Leasing for certain qualified coal applications: Requires the Secretary to grant pending coal lease-by-application applications whose environmental review has begun, and to grant further approvals for previously awarded coal leases.

Different amount for specific places or groups (2)

Sec. 20601: Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf revenue: Changes the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act revenue shares for Gulf producing States, replacing 50 with 37.5 in one paragraph and 50 with 62.5 in another, and exempts certain payments to States from sequestration.
Sec. 20602: Parity in offshore wind revenue sharing: Sets a split of offshore wind revenues (12.5 percent to the general fund, 37.5 percent to the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund, 50 percent to eligible States) with a 10 percent minimum allocation per eligible State, and exempts these State payments from sequestration.

Exception or delay for a subset (10)

Sec. 10016: Keeping America’s refineries operating: Exempts certain stationary sources from having to assess safer technology and alternative risk management measures for hydrofluoric acid in an alkylation unit in Clean Air Act hazard assessments.
Sec. 20102: Lease reinstatement: Provides that reinstating a lease under the Mineral Leasing Act or the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 is not a major Federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Sec. 20114: Effect on other law: Provides that the division does not affect named Outer Continental Shelf withdrawal memoranda or the Great Lakes oil and gas development ban.
Sec. 20210: Offshore geological and geophysical survey licensing: Requires the Secretary of the Interior to authorize oil and gas geological and geophysical surveys on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf within 30 days of a completed application, and deems authorized surveys to comply with the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act.
Sec. 20214: Access to Federal energy resources from non-Federal surface estate: Bars the Secretary from requiring a Federal drilling permit for oil, gas, and geothermal activity on non-Federal surface where the United States holds under 50 percent of the subsurface estate and a State permit is submitted; such activity is not a major Federal action and is not subject to the National Historic Preservation Act or Endangered Species Act section 7.
Sec. 20305: Treatment of actions under presidential determination 2022–11 for Federal permitting improvement purposes: Treats actions taken by the Secretary of Defense under Presidential Determination 2022–11 or a February 27, 2023 memorandum as covered projects for Federal permitting improvement, without regard to the usual requirements, unless the project sponsor opts out.
Sec. 10004: Promoting cross-border energy infrastructure: Requires a certificate of crossing for new border-crossing oil, gas and electric facilities, but excludes facilities already operating, those with an existing Presidential permit, and those with a pending application until denial or two years.
Sec. 20202: BUILDER Act: Rewrites National Environmental Policy Act review procedures, including exemptions from preparing environmental documents for listed categories of actions and a lead-agency rule that does not apply to mineral exploration or mine permits. It also sets a $100 per day payment to applicants for missed deadlines. ($100)
Sec. 20213: Amendments to the Energy Policy Act of 2005: Provides that listed oil and gas activities on public and National Forest System lands are not major Federal actions for National Environmental Policy Act review, and excludes actions on Indian lands or resources held in trust for Tribes.
Sec. 20218: Limitation on claims: Bars judicial review claims against permits for mineral projects, energy facilities and energy storage devices unless filed within 120 days and by a commenter, and exempts claims on transportation projects governed by section 139(l)(1) of title 23.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (1)

Sec. 20111: Future coal leasing: Provides that Secretarial Order 3338 of January 15, 2016, on the Federal coal leasing program has no force or effect, notwithstanding any judicial decision to the contrary.

Changes a government process (2)

Sec. 20209: Funding to process permits and develop information technology: Allows the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, in fiscal years 2023 through 2025, to accept and spend funds contributed by non-Federal entities for staff and information technology to speed up permit and related reviews for energy facilities.
Sec. 20220: E–NEPA: Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to study and report on an online permitting portal for permits requiring National Environmental Policy Act review, and authorizes $500,000 for the study. ($500,000)

What it does

Sec. 10004: Requires a certificate of crossing from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the Secretary of Energy for oil, natural gas or electricity border-crossing facilities, and bars the President from revoking existing Presidential permits unless an Act of Congress authorizes it.
Sec. 10008: Gives the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission exclusive authority to approve or deny natural gas import and export facility applications, and directs it to deem such imports and exports consistent with the public interest.
Sec. 10014: Repeals the Clean Air Act methane emissions and waste reduction incentive program and the greenhouse gas reduction fund, and rescinds their unobligated balances.
Sec. 20101: Requires the Secretary of the Interior to resume quarterly onshore oil and gas lease sales and to hold at least four sales each fiscal year in each of nine named States and any other State with land available for leasing.
Sec. 20202: Amends the National Environmental Policy Act to limit the scope of review, set page limits and deadlines, and restrict judicial review, including a 120-day filing window for claims.
Sec. 20204: Exempts a list of covered activities, including geotechnical investigations and certain transmission and distribution upgrades, from being treated as major Federal actions under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Sec. 20302: Extends the federal permitting and review provisions for critical mineral mines on federal lands to all locatable minerals and directs agencies to defer to State agency baseline data, analyses and reviews.
Sec. 20401: Prohibits the withdrawal of federal lands from mining and mineral leasing unless a mineral resource assessment and other required assessments are completed first.
Sec. 20501: Repeals the Inflation Reduction Act increases in oil and gas royalty rates, minimum bids and rentals, and eliminates noncompetitive leasing changes made under the Mineral Leasing Act by revising its terms.
Sec. 30002: Changes the Clean Water Act section 401 certification process by limiting decisions to listed Clean Water Act provisions and State water quality criteria, and by requiring certifying authorities to identify needed information within 90 days.

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