,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ghf  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#fjhg  ,report ,no4 #aae-ajje  ,,in     
,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives    
,june #ac1 #bjah ,ms4 ,cheney 7for      
herself1 ,mr4 ,gianforte1 ,mr4 ,gohmert1
 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,utah1 and ,mr4 ,gosar7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,natural ,resources  ,november #b1      
#bjah;,additional sponsor3 ,miss        
,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto ,rico         
,november #b1 #bjah ,reported with an   
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed   
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,june    
#ac1 #bjah  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the
 ,secretary of the ,interior to recover 
the cost of processing administrative   
protests for oil and gas lease sales1   
applications for permits to drill1 and  

right of way applications1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,removing ,barriers 
to ,energy ,independence ,act4  #b4     
,administrative protest process reform  
,section #ag of the ,mineral ,leasing   
,act 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #bbf7 is amended by 
adding at the end the following3  7q7   
,protest filing fee  7#a7 ,in general   
,before processing any protest filed    
under this section1 the ,secretary shall
 collect a filing fee from the protestor
 to recover the cost for processing     
documents filed for each administrative 
protest4  7#b7 ,amount ,the filing fee  
shall be calculated as follows3  7,a7   
,for each protest filed in a submission 
not exceeding #aj pages in length1 the  
base filing fee shall be #aej4  7,b7    
,for each submission exceeding #aj pages
 in length1 an addition to the base     
filing fee1 an assessment of #e per page
 in excess of #aj pages shall apply4    
7,c7 ,for protests that include more    
than one oil and gas lease parcel1      

right-of-way1 or application for permit 
to drill in a submission1 an additional 
assessment of #aj per additional lease  
parcel1 right-of-way1 or application for
 permit to drill shall apply4  7#c7     
,adjustment  7,a7 ,in general ,beginning
 on ,january #a1 #bjbj1 and annually    
thereafter1 the ,secretary shall adjust 
the filing fees established in this     
subsection to whole dollar amounts to   
reflect changes in the ,producer ,price 
,index1 as published by the ,bureau of  
,labor ,statistics1 for the previous #ab
 months4  7,b7 ,publication of adjusted 
filing fees ,at least #cj days before   
the filing fees as adjusted under this  
paragraph take effect1 the ,secretary   
shall publish notification of the       
adjustment of such fees in the ,federal 
,register4  4  ,november #b1 #bjah      
,reported with an amendment1 committed  
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered
 to be printed