Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program

(a) Cancelling a lease Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President and the Secretary may not cancel a lease issued under the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program if the Secretary has previously opened bids for such a lease or disclosed the high bidder for any tract that was included in a lease sale under the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program unless the lessee is in violation of the terms of the lease and fails to cure the violation after a reasonable period of time. (b) Judicial review (1) Judicial preclusion Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in paragraph (2), no court shall have jurisdiction to review any action taken by the Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, or any other Federal agency, or a State administrative agency or an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) acting pursuant to Federal law, that grants an authorization, permit, verification, biological opinion, incidental take statement, or other approval described in section 4(b) for the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program, whether issued prior to, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, and including any action pending in a court as of that date of enactment. (2) Forum exclusivity The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over any claim regarding— (A) the validity of this section; or (B) the scope of authority conferred by this section. (3) Right to petition (A) In general Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a lease holder may obtain a review of an alleged failure by an agency to act in accordance with section 20001 of Public Law 115–97 (16 U.S.C. 3143 note) or with any law pertaining to the grant of an authorization, permit, verification, biological opinion, incidental take statement, or other approval related to a lease of the lease holder by filing a written petition with a court of competent jurisdiction seeking an order under subparagraph (B). (B) Deadlines If a court of competent jurisdiction finds that an agency has failed to act in accordance with section 20001 of Public Law 115–97 (16 U.S.C. 3143 note) or with any law pertaining to the grant of an authorization, permit, verification, biological opinion, incidental take statement, or other approval related to a lease of a lease holder, the court shall set a schedule and deadline for the agency to act as soon as practicable, which shall not exceed 90 days from the date on which the order of the court is issued, unless the court determines a longer time period is necessary to comply with applicable law.