Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . American Energy First Act The table of contents for this Act is the following: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Onshore Oil and Gas Sec. 101. Cooperative federalism in oil and gas permitting on available Federal land. Sec. 102. Conveyance to certain States of property interest in State share of royalties and other payments. Sec. 103. Access to Federal oil and gas from non-Federal surface estate. Sec. 104. Exemption of certain payments from sequestration.

Sec. 105. State and Tribal authority for hydraulic fracturing regulation. Sec. 106. Protested lease sales. Sec. 107. Clarification regarding liability under Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Sec. 108. Amendments to the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Sec. 109. Administrative protest process reform. Sec. 110. Notifications of permit to drill. Title II—Offshore Oil and Gas Sec. 201. Limitation of authority of the President to withdraw areas of the Outer Continental Shelf from oil and gas leasing.

Sec. 202. Disposition of revenue from oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf to Atlantic States and Alaska. Sec. 203. Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf revenue. Sec. 204. Addressing permits for taking of marine mammals. Sec. 205. Energy development in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Sec. 206. Annual lease sales in Gulf of Mexico region. Title III—Alternative Energy Sec. 301. Geothermal, solar, and wind leasing priority areas. Sec. 302. Geothermal production on Federal lands.

Sec. 303. Application of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with respect to territories of the United States. Sec. 304. Disposition of revenues with respect to territories of the United States. Sec. 305. Wind lease sales for areas of Outer Continental Shelf. Sec. 306. Establishment of Coral Reef Conservation Fund. Sec. 307. Parity in offshore wind revenue sharing. Sec. 308. Energy and environmental remediation demonstration project for biochar. Title IV—Limitations on Leasing Moratoriums Sec. 401.

Coal leases. Sec. 402. Congressional authority requirement. Sec. 403. Prohibition on moratoria of new energy leases on certain Federal land and on withdrawal of Federal land from energy development.