Bill > S791

This bill, titled the "American Energy Renaissance Act of 2015," aims to boost job creation and economic growth by removing regulatory barriers to the private sector's development of domestic energy resources. Key provisions include streamlining the export of natural gas, crude oil, and coal, and improving North American energy infrastructure by simplifying cross-border pipeline and electric transmission projects, notably exempting the Keystone XL pipeline from presidential permit requirements. The bill also expands leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and onshore federal lands, allowing states more control over energy development on federal land within their borders and reforming permitting processes for oil and gas drilling. Furthermore, it addresses oil shale development, enhances access to the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for oil and gas exploration, and facilitates energy development on Native American lands by reforming appraisal processes and environmental reviews. The bill also clarifies that states have sole authority over hydraulic fracturing regulations, streamlines permitting for refineries, repeals the Renewable Fuel Standard, and seeks to limit the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gases. Finally, it establishes a "Debt Freedom Fund" to use revenue generated from these energy development programs to reduce the national debt.