Sec. 301. Jurisdiction over covered energy projects

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In this section, the term covered energy project means any action or decision by a Federal official regarding— the leasing of Federal land (including submerged land) for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other source or form of energy, including actions and decisions regarding the selection or offering of Federal land for such leasing; or any action under such a lease, except that this section and Act shall not apply to a dispute between the parties to a lease entered into a provision of law authorizing the lease regarding obligations under the lease or the alleged breach of the lease.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear all causes and claims under this section or any other Act that arise from any covered energy project, except for any such cause or claim arising in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Each case or claim described in subsection

(b)shall be filed not later than the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of the action or decision by a Federal official that constitutes the covered energy project concerned. Any cause or claim described in subsection

(b)that is not filed within the time period described in paragraph

(1)shall be barred. Each proceeding that is subject to subsection

(b)shall— be resolved as expeditiously as practicable and in any event not more than 180 days after the cause or claim is filed; and take precedence over all other pending matters before the district court. If an interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order has not been issued by the district court by the deadline required under this section, the cause or claim shall be dismissed with prejudice and all rights relating to the cause or claim shall be terminated. An interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order of the district court under this section may be reviewed by no other court except the Supreme Court.