Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Lower Energy Costs Act The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Division A—Increasing American Energy Production, Exports, Infrastructure, and Critical Minerals Processing Sec. 10001. Securing America’s critical minerals supply. Sec. 10002. Protecting American energy production. Sec. 10003. Researching Efficient Federal Improvements for Necessary Energy Refining. Sec. 10004. Promoting cross-border energy infrastructure.

Sec. 10005. Sense of Congress expressing disapproval of the revocation of the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. Sec. 10006. Sense of Congress opposing restrictions on the export of crude oil or other petroleum products. Sec. 10007. Sense of Congress expressing disapproval of the denial of Jordan Cove permits. Sec. 10008. Unlocking our domestic LNG potential. Sec. 10009. Promoting interagency coordination for review of natural gas pipelines. Sec. 10010. Interim hazardous waste permits for critical energy resource facilities.

Sec. 10011. Flexible air permits for critical energy resource facilities. Sec. 10012. National security or energy security waivers to produce critical energy resources. Sec. 10013. Ending future delays in chemical substance review for critical energy resources. Sec. 10014. Natural gas tax repeal. Sec. 10015. Repeal of greenhouse gas reduction fund. Sec. 10016. Keeping America’s refineries operating. Sec. 10017. Homeowner energy freedom. Sec. 10018. Study. Sec. 10019. State primary enforcement responsibility.

Sec. 10020. Use of index-based pricing in acquisition of petroleum products for the SPR. Sec. 10021. Prohibition on certain exports. Sec. 10022. Sense of Congress expressing disapproval of the proposed tax hikes on the oil and natural gas industry in the President’s fiscal year 2024 budget request. Sec. 10023. Domestic Energy Independence report. Sec. 10024. GAO study. Sec. 10025. Gas kitchen ranges and ovens. Division B—Transparency, Accountability, Permitting, and Production of American Resources Sec. 20001.

Short title; table of contents. Title I—Onshore and offshore leasing and oversight Sec. 20101. Onshore oil and gas leasing. Sec. 20102. Lease reinstatement. Sec. 20103. Protested lease sales. Sec. 20104. Suspension of operations. Sec. 20105. Administrative protest process reform. Sec. 20106. Leasing and permitting transparency. Sec. 20107. Offshore oil and gas leasing. Sec. 20108. Five-year plan for offshore oil and gas leasing. Sec. 20109. Geothermal leasing. Sec. 20110. Leasing for certain qualified coal applications.

Sec. 20111. Future coal leasing. Sec. 20112. Staff planning report. Sec. 20113. Prohibition on Chinese communist party ownership interest. Sec. 20114. Effect on other law. Sec. 20115. Requirement for GAO report on wind energy impacts. Sec. 20116. Sense of Congress on wind energy development supply chain. Sec. 20117. Sense of Congress on oil and gas royalty rates. Sec. 20118. Offshore wind environmental review process study. Sec. 20119. GAO report on wind energy impacts. Title II—Permitting streamlining Sec. 20201.

Definitions. Sec. 20202. BUILDER Act. Sec. 20203. Codification of National Environmental Policy Act regulations. Sec. 20204. Non-major Federal actions. Sec. 20205. No net loss determination for existing rights-of-way. Sec. 20206. Determination of National Environmental Policy Act adequacy. Sec. 20207. Determination regarding rights-of-way. Sec. 20208. Terms of rights-of-Way. Sec. 20209. Funding to process permits and develop information technology. Sec. 20210. Offshore geological and geophysical survey licensing.

Sec. 20211. Deferral of applications for permits to drill. Sec. 20212. Processing and terms of applications for permits to drill. Sec. 20213. Amendments to the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Sec. 20214. Access to Federal energy resources from non-Federal surface estate. Sec. 20215. Scope of environmental reviews for oil and gas leases. Sec. 20216. Expediting approval of gathering lines. Sec. 20217. Lease sale litigation. Sec. 20218. Limitation on claims. Sec. 20219. Government Accountability Office report on permits to drill.

Sec. 20220. E–NEPA. Sec. 20221. Limitations on claims. Sec. 20222. One Federal decision for pipelines. Sec. 20223. Exemption of certain wildfire mitigation activities from certain environmental requirements. Sec. 20224. Vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance relating to electric transmission and distribution facility rights of way. Sec. 20225. Categorical exclusion for electric utility lines rights-of-way. Sec. 20226. Staffing plans. Title III—Permitting for mining needs Sec. 20301.

Definitions. Sec. 20302. Minerals supply chain and reliability. Sec. 20303. Federal register process improvement. Sec. 20304. Designation of mining as a covered sector for Federal permitting improvement purposes. Sec. 20305. Treatment of actions under presidential determination 2022–11 for Federal permitting improvement purposes. Sec. 20306. Notice for mineral exploration activities with limited surface disturbance. Sec. 20307. Use of mining claims for ancillary activities. Sec. 20308.

Ensuring consideration of uranium as a critical mineral. Sec. 20309. Barring foreign bad actors from operating on Federal lands. Sec. 20310. Permit process for projects relating to extraction, recovery, or processing of critical materials. Sec. 20311. National strategy to re-shore mineral supply chains. Title IV—Federal land use planning Sec. 20401. Federal land use planning and withdrawals. Sec. 20402. Prohibitions on delay of mineral development of certain Federal land. Sec. 20403.

Definitions. Title V—Ensuring competitiveness on Federal lands Sec. 20501. Incentivizing domestic production. Title VI—Energy revenue sharing Sec. 20601. Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf revenue. Sec. 20602. Parity in offshore wind revenue sharing. Sec. 20603. Elimination of administrative fee under the Mineral Leasing Act. Sec. 20604. Sunset. Division C—Water Quality Certification and Energy Project Improvement Sec. 30001. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 30002. Certification.

Sec. 30003. Federal general permits.