,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dajc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bd1        
#bjag,mr4 ,lowenthal 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,grijalva1 and ,ms4 ,barragn7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary 
of the ,interior to submit an annual    
report to ,congress on certain          
statistics related to applications for a
 permit to drill an oil or gas well1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,having  
,open ,access to ,relevant ,data ,act or
 the ,,hoard ,act4  #b4 ,report required
  7a7 ,report on ,a,p,ds  7#a7 ,in      
general ,not later than ,january #a of  
each year1 the ,secretary of the        
,interior shall submit to ,congress a   
report on the following statistics3     
7,a7 ,the number of ,a,p,ds approved by 
the ,,blm during the previous fiscal    
year for which the applicant has not    
begun drilling by the end of such year4 

7,b7 ,the number of ,a,p,ds approved by 
the ,,blm during any fiscal year for    
which the applicant has not begun       
drilling by the end of the previous     
fiscal year4  7,c7 ,with respect to     
,a,p,ds approved by the ,,blm during the
 previous fiscal year1 the average      
number of days between receipt of an    
,,apd by the ,,blm and the approval of  
such ,,apd1 disaggregated by the average
 number of such days--  7i7 the ,,apd   
was being processed by ,,blm2 and  7ii7 
the ,,blm was waiting on additional     
information from the applicant4  7,d7   
,with respect to ,a,p,ds approved by the
 ,,blm during the previous fiscal year1 
the average cost of approving an ,,apd4 
7#b7 ,disaggregation ,the ,secretary of 
the ,interior shall disaggregate each   
statistic required under paragraph 7#a7 
by the location of the site for which   
the ,,apd was requested1 including by-- 
7,a7 the ,state in which such site is   
located2  7,b7 the ,,blm field office   
that administers the land upon which    

such site is located2  7,c7 whether or  
not the site is located on ,federal     
land2 and  7,d7 whether or not the site 
is located on ,indian land4  7b7        
,discouraging hoarding and speculation  
7#a7 ,limitation on ,federal funds used 
for streamlining processing of ,a,p,ds  
,no ,federal funds may be used to       
streamline ,,blm processing of ,a,p,ds  
during a fiscal year if1 on the last day
 of the previous fiscal year1 the number
 of ,a,p,ds approved by the ,,blm during
 any fiscal year1 but for which the     
applicant has not begun drilling1 is    
greater than twice the number of ,a,p,ds
 received by the ,,blm during any fiscal
 year for which the ,,blm has neither   
approved nor requested more information 
from the applicant4  7#b7 ,limitation on
 number of outstanding ,a,p,ds per      
applicant ,if any applicant1 including  
its affiliates1 has received greater    
than #ajj approved ,a,p,ds from the     
,,blm for which such applicant1         
including its affiliates1 has not begun 

drilling1 then such applicant1 including
 its affiliates1 shall not be eligible  
to participate in the competitive and   
noncompetitive bidding processes for oil
 and gas exploration and production     
under the ,minerals ,leasing ,act 7#cj  
,u4,s4,c4 #aha et seq47 during the      
#e-year period beginning on the first   
day of the next fiscal year4  7c7       
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7        
,affiliate ,with respect to an          
applicant1 the term affiliate means any 
person that controls1 is controlled by1 
or is under common control with the     
applicant4  7#b7 ,,apd ,the term ,,apd  
means an application received by the    
,,blm for a permit to drill an oil or   
gas well4  7#c7 ,,blm ,the term ,,blm   
means the ,bureau of ,land ,management4