Sec. 202. Onshore domestic energy production strategic plan

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The Mineral Leasing Act is amended— by redesignating section 44 (30 U.S.C. 181 note) as section 45; and by inserting after section 43 (30 U.S.C. 226–3) the following: In this section: The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. The term strategic and critical energy minerals means— minerals that are necessary for the energy infrastructure of the United States, including pipelines, refining capacity, electrical power generation and transmission, and renewable energy production; and minerals that are necessary to support domestic manufacturing, including materials used in energy generation, production, and transportation.

The term Strategy means the Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy required under this section. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture with regard to land administered by the Forest Service, shall develop and publish every 4 years a Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy. The Strategy shall direct Federal land energy development and department resource allocation to promote the energy security of the United States. In developing a Strategy, the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration on— the projected energy demands of the United States for the 30-year period beginning on the date of initiation of the Strategy; and how energy derived from Federal onshore land can place the United States on a trajectory to meet that demand during the 4-year period beginning on the date of initiation of the Strategy.

The Secretary shall consider how Federal land will contribute to ensuring national energy security, with a goal of increasing energy independence and production, during the 4-year period beginning on the date of initiation of the Strategy. The Secretary shall establish a domestic strategic production objective for the development of energy resources from Federal onshore land that is based on commercial and scientific data relating to the expected increase in— domestic production of oil and natural gas from the Federal onshore mineral estate, with a focus on land held by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service; domestic coal production from Federal land; domestic production of strategic and critical energy minerals from the Federal onshore mineral estate; megawatts for electricity production from each of wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, and geothermal energy produced on Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service; unconventional energy production, such as oil shale; domestic production of oil, natural gas, coal, and other renewable sources from tribal land for any federally recognized Indian tribe that elects to participate in facilitating energy production on the land of the Indian tribe; and domestic production of geothermal, solar, wind, or other renewable energy sources on land defined as available lands under section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 109, chapter 42), and any other land considered by the Territory or State of Hawaii, as the case may be, to be available lands.

The Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration regarding the methodology used to arrive at the estimates made by the Secretary to carry out this section. The Secretary may expand a Strategy to include other energy production technology sources or advancements in energy production on Federal land. It is the sense of Congress that federally recognized Indian tribes may elect to set the production objectives of the Indian tribes as part of a Strategy under this section.

The Secretary shall work in cooperation with any federally recognized Indian tribe that elects to participate in achieving the strategic energy objectives of the Indian tribe under this subsection. In this subsection, the term Secretary concerned means— the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the Forest Service), with respect to National Forest System land; and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (including land held for the benefit of an Indian tribe).

The Secretary concerned may make determinations regarding which additional land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned will be made available in order to meet the energy production objectives established by a Strategy. The Secretary concerned shall take all necessary actions to achieve the energy production objectives established under this section unless the President determines that it is not in the national security and economic interests of the United States— to increase Federal domestic energy production; and to decrease dependence on foreign sources of energy.

In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary concerned shall only consider leasing Federal land available for leasing at the time the lease sale occurs. In developing a Strategy, the Secretary shall solicit the input of affected States, federally recognized Indian tribes, local governments, and the public. The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate an annual report describing the progress made in meeting the production goals of a Strategy.

In a report required under this subsection, the Secretary shall— make projections for production and capacity installations; describe any problems with leasing, permitting, siting, or production that will prevent meeting the production goals of a Strategy; and make recommendations to help meet any shortfalls in meeting the production goals. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, 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 for carrying out this section.

The programmatic environmental impact statement shall be considered sufficient to comply with all requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) for all necessary resource management and land use plans associated with the implementation of a Strategy. Not later than 60 days before publishing a proposed Strategy under this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and the President the proposed Strategy, together with any comments received from States, federally recognized Indian tribes, and local governments.

The submission shall indicate why any specific recommendation of a State, federally recognized Indian tribe, or local government was not accepted. Nothing in this section modifies or affects any multiuse plan. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the first Strategy. .

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