S. 3463 would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to establish pilot project offices to improve Federal permit coordination for renewable energy.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(LogAmends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to: (1) designate field or district offices of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Montana, and Wyoming to editserve as Renewable Energy Pilot Project Offices for coordination of federal permits for renewable energy projects and transmission lines to integrate renewable energy; and (2) enter into an amended memorandum of understanding with the wikiSecretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and be the firstChief of Engineers to provide a detailed summaryfor the inclusion of the additional Renewable Energy Pilot Project Offices in the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project.

Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to make the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund available to the Secretary of the Interior for expenditures for the coordination and processing of oil and gas and renewable energy use authorizations on onshore federal land under the jurisdiction of the bill!)Pilot Project Offices.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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(Log inLatest Major Action: 9/10/2008: Referred to edit the wikiSenate committee. Status: Read twice and be the firstreferred to update the status of the bill!)Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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