Sec. 6016. Report
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Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report that details with respect to activities for energy development on Indian land, how the Department of the Interior— processes and completes the reviews of energy-related documents in a timely and transparent manner; monitors the timeliness of agency review for all energy-related documents; maintains databases to track and monitor the review and approval process for energy-related documents associated with conventional and renewable Indian energy resources that require Secretarial approval prior to development, including— any seismic exploration permits; permission to survey; archeological and cultural surveys; access permits; environmental assessments; oil and gas leases; surface leases; rights-of-way agreements; and communitization agreements; identifies in the databases— the date lease applications and permits are received by the agency; the status of the review; the date the application or permit is considered complete and ready for review; the date of approval; and the start and end dates for any significant delays in the review process; tracks in the databases, for all energy-related leases, agreements, applications, and permits that involve multiple agency review— the dates documents are transferred between agencies; the status of the review; the date the required reviews are completed; and the date interim or final decisions are issued.
The report under subsection
(a)shall include— a description of any intermediate and final deadlines for agency action on any Secretarial review and approval required for Indian conventional and renewable energy exploration and development activities; a description of the existing geographic database established by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, explaining— how the database identifies— the location and ownership of all Indian oil and gas resources held in trust; resources available for lease; and the location of— any lease of land held in trust or restricted fee on behalf of any Indian tribe or individual Indian; and any rights-of-way on that land in effect; how the information from the database is made available to— the officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs with responsibility over the management and development of Indian resources; and resource owners; and any barriers to identifying the information described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)or any deficiencies in that information; and an evaluation of— the ability of each applicable agency to track and monitor the review and approval process of the agency for Indian energy development; and the extent to which each applicable agency complies with any intermediate and final deadlines.