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Title IX — Miscellaneous

S. 1401 · 113th Congress · Jul 31, 2013 · Lineage

IX Miscellaneous

Sec. 901 Limitation on transfer of functions under the Solid Minerals Leasing Program

The Secretary of the Interior may not transfer to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement any responsibility or authority to perform any function performed on the day before the date of enactment of this Act under the solid minerals leasing program of the Department of the Interior, including—
(1)
any function under—
(A)
sections 2318 through 2352 of the Revised Statutes (commonly known as the “Mining Law of 1872”) (30 U.S.C. 21 et seq.);
(B)
the Act of July 31, 1947 (commonly known as the “Materials Act of 1947”) (30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
(C)
the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); or
(D)
the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.);
(2)
any function relating to management of mineral development on Federal land and acquired land under section 302 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1732); and
(3)
any function performed under the mining law administration program of the Bureau of Land Management.

Sec. 902 Amount of distributed qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues

Section 105(f)(1) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432) is amended by striking “2055” and inserting “2025, and shall not exceed $750,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2055”.

Sec. 903 Lease Sale 220 and other lease sales off the coast of Virginia

(a)
Inclusion in leasing programs— The Secretary of the Interior shall—
(1)
as soon as practicable after, but not later than 10 days after, the date of enactment of this Act, revise the proposed outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program for the 2012–2017 period to include in the program Lease Sale 220 off the coast of Virginia; and
(2)
include the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Virginia in the leasing program for each 5-year period after the 2012–2017 period.
(b)
Conduct of Lease Sale— As soon as practicable, but not later than 1 year, after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall carry out under section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) Lease Sale 220.
(c)
Balancing military and energy production goals—
(1)
Joint goals— In recognition that the outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program and the domestic energy resources produced under that program are integral to national security, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Defense shall work jointly in implementing this section—
(A)
to preserve the ability of the Armed Forces to maintain an optimum state of readiness through their continued use of energy resources of the outer Continental Shelf; and
(B)
to allow effective exploration, development, and production of the oil, gas, and renewable energy resources of the United States.
(2)
Prohibition on conflicts with military operations— No person may engage in any exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas off the coast of Virginia that would conflict with any military operation, as determined in accordance with—
(A)
the agreement entitled “Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior on Mutual Concerns on the Outer Continental Shelf ” signed July 20, 1983; and
(B)
any revision to, or replacement of, the agreement described in subparagraph (A) that is agreed to by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior after July 20, 1983, but before the date of issuance of the lease under which the exploration, development, or production is conducted.
(3)
National defense areas— The United States reserves the right to designate by and through the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the President, national defense areas on the outer Continental Shelf under section 12(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1341(d)).

Sec. 904 Limitation on authority to issue regulations modifying the stream zone buffer rule

The Secretary of the Interior may not, before December 31, 2013, issue a regulation modifying the final rule entitled “Excess Spoil, Coal Mine Waste, and Buffers for Perennial and Intermittent Streams” (73 Fed. Reg. 75814 (December 12, 2008)).