Producer certification

(a) In general A covered producer receiving relief under this Act shall certify to the applicable Federal agency that the relief will be used to support 1 or more of the following: (1) Increased domestic production. (2) Maintenance or restoration of existing production. (3) Avoidance of shut-in production. (4) Reduction in production costs. (5) Expansion of drilling, completion, recompletion, workover, or field-service activity. (6) Reduction of delivered energy costs to refiners, utilities, industrial consumers, commercial consumers, agricultural users, or households. (b) Form The certification required under subsection (a) shall be in such form and contain such information as the Secretary of Energy may require. (c) False statements A certification under subsection (a) shall be subject to section 1001 of title 18, United States Code.