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located in Area I. The location of a commemorative work in Area I shall be deemed not authorized, unless not later than 150 calendar days after such notification, the recommendation is approved by law.

(b) AREA II.-Commemorative works of subjects of lasting historical significance to the American people may be located in Area II.

SITE AND DESIGN APPROVAL

SEC. 7. (a) Any person authorized by law to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs shall comply with each of the following requirements before [commencing construction of the commemorative work] requesting the permit for the construction of the commemorative work:

(1) Such person shall consult with the National Capital Memorial Commission regarding the selection of alternative sites and designs for the commemorative work. [Such consultation shall include consideration of potential sites in the District of Columbia and its environs.]

(2) Following consultation in accordance with paragraph (1), the Secretary or Administrator (as appropriate) shall submit, on behalf of such person, site and design proposals to the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission [and the Secretary or Administrator (as appropriate)] for their approval.

(b) In considering site and design proposals, the Commission of Fine Arts, the National Capital Planning Commission and the Secretary and Administrator shall be guided by (but not limited by) the following criteria: (1) * * *

CRITERIA FOR ISSUANCE OF CONSTRUCTION PERMIT

SEC. 8. (a) Prior to issuing a permit for the construction of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, the Secretary or Administrator (as appropriate) shall determine that: (1)

(3) the person authorized to construct the commemorative work has submitted [contracts for construction and drawings] contract documents for construction of the commemorative work to the Secretary or Administrator (as appropriate); and

(c)(1) The Secretary or the Administrator (as appropriate) may suspend any activity under the authority of this Act with respect to the establishment of a commemorative work if the Secretary or Administrator determines the fundraising efforts with respect to the commemorative work have misrepresented an affiliation with the commemorative work or the United States.

(2) The person shall be required to submit to the Secretary or Administrator an annual report of operations, including financial statements audited by an independent certified public accountant,

paid for by the person authorized to construct the commemorative work.

TEMPORARY SITE DESIGNATION

SEC. 9. (a) If the Secretary, in consultation with the National Capital Memorial Commission, determines that a site where commemorative works may be displayed on a temporary basis is necessary in order to aid in the preservation of the limited amount of open space available to residents of, and visitors to, the Nation's Capital, [he may designate such a site on lands administered by him] a site may be designated on lands administered by the Secretary in the District of Columbia. A designation may not be made under the preceding sentence unless, at least one hundred and twenty days before the designation, the Secretary, in consultation with the National Capital Memorial Commission, prepares and submits to the Congress a plan for the site. The plan shall include specifications for the location, construction, and administration of the site, and criteria for displaying commemorative works at the site.

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[(d) the Secretary and the Administrator shall promulgate appropriate regulations to carry out this Act. The regulations shall be published in the Federal Register within one hundred and twenty days after the enactment of this Act.]

(d) The Secretary and the Administrator shall develop appropriate regulations or standards to carry out this Act.

SHORT TITLE

SEC. 11. This Act may be cited as the "Commemorative Works Act".

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Mr. JOHNSTON, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 318]

The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 318) to provide for the energy security of the Nation through encouraging the production of domestic oil and gas resources in deep water on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.

The amendments are as follows:

1. On page 2, line 19, redesignate the subsequent clauses and insert the following:

(ii) With respect to any lease in existence on the date of enactment of the Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act meeting the requirements of this subparagraph, upon application by the lessee, the Secretary shall determine within 90 days of such application whether new production from such lease would be economic in the absence of the relief from the requirement to pay royalties provided for by clause (i) of this subparagraph. In making such determination, the Secretary shall consider all costs associated with obtaining, exploring, developing, and producing from the lease. The lessee shall be afforded an opportunity to provide information to the Secretary prior to such determination. Such application may be made on the basis of an individual lease or unit (as defined under the provisions of 30 CFR Part 250). If the Secretary determines that such new production would be economic in

the absence of the relief from the requirement to pay royalties provided for by clause (i) of this subparagraph, the provisions of clause (i) of this subparagraph shall not apply to such production. Redetermination of the applicability of clause (i) shall be undertaken by the Secretary when requested by the lessee upon significant change in the factors upon which the original determination was made. The Secretary shall make such redetermination within 60 days of such application. The Secretary may extend the time period for making any determination under this clause for 30 days if circumstances so warrant. The lessee shall be notified in writing of any determination or redetermination and the reasons for and assumptions used for such determination. In the event that the Secretary fails to make the determination or redetermination upon application by the lessee within the time period, together with any such extension thereof provided for by this clause, the relief from the requirement to pay royalties provided for by clause (i) shall apply to such production.

2. On page 2, line 16, insert after "Mexico" the following: “, and the Eastern Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico west of the lateral seaward boundary between the States of Florida and Alabama,”. 3. On page 4, line 24, change "1993" to "1994”.

4. At the end of the bill, add the following new section, numbered accordingly:

SEC. 4. AREA-WIDE LEASING.-The Secretary shall not implement the system of tract nomination for oil and gas leasing in the Central and Western Planning Areas of the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and shall use the existing area-wide system of leasing in such areas.

5. On page 5, after line 7, insert the following, numbered accordingly:

SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS.-(a) The Secretary shall review Federal regulations and policies within the Secretary's jurisdiction which create barriers and disincentives that unnecessarily preclude new production, or result in premature abandonment or suspension of existing production of oil and gas on Federal lands, including the Outer Continental Shelf. Such review, conducted with the participation of all interested parties, shall assess how Federal policies could be modified to reduce compliance costs and improve the cash flow of oil and gas operations on Federal lands. The review shall include administrative compliance, royalty collection, timing of operational and production management requirements, such as permanent plugging and abandonment of wells, and any other requirements which unduly burden natural gas and oil exploration, production and transportation on Federal lands. (b) The Secretary shall evaluate the impact, if any, of current royalty rates for oil and gas on Federal lands, both onshore and offshore, on the viability of undeveloped fields

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