Not later than 180 days after August 8, 2005, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding oil and gas leasing on-
(1) public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and
(2) National Forest System land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture.
The memorandum of understanding shall include provisions that-
(1) establish administrative procedures and lines of authority that ensure timely processing of-
(A) oil and gas lease applications;
(B) surface use plans of operation, including steps for processing surface use plans; and
(C) applications for permits to drill consistent with applicable timelines;
(2) eliminate duplication of effort by providing for coordination of planning and environmental compliance efforts;
(3) ensure that lease stipulations are-
(A) applied consistently;
(B) coordinated between agencies; and
(C) only as restrictive as necessary to protect the resource for which the stipulations are applied;
(4) establish a joint data retrieval system that is capable of-
(A) tracking applications and formal requests made in accordance with procedures of the Federal onshore oil and gas leasing program; and
(B) providing information regarding the status of the applications and requests within the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture; and
(5) establish a joint geographic information system mapping system for use in-
(A) tracking surface resource values to aid in resource management; and
(B) processing surface use plans of operation and applications for permits to drill.
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