Members of the Senate and House Western Caucuses have a plan to put Americans back to work. The caucuses, which consist of 18 senators and 42 congressmen representing Western states, all Republicans, will unveil their “Jobs Frontier” report on Thursday ahead of President Obama’s speech to Congress.

The report highlights a litany of GOP-backed bills that would eliminate restrictive government policies and regulations concerning domestic energy production and exploration, domestic mining, agriculture, forestry, and other industries common — but by no means limited — to Western states. The goal, they write, is “to replace Washington’s broken promises with America’s boldness.”

Here are a few of the recommendations the caucus plans to outline on Thursday, according to a copy of the report obtained by National Review Online.

Increase Affordable American Energy — The Obama administration’s policies have made it increasingly difficult to develop domestic energy sources in the United States, effectively choking off an industry with the potential to boost the economy, create thousands if not millions of jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources. The plan aims to “ensure America’s future domestic energy comes from the responsible development of federal lands,” for instance, by waiving federal rules that impede the development of wind and geothermal energy sources. It would also prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from designating coal ash, a residual from burning coal, as a “hazardous waste,” which would lead to higher energy costs and lost jobs.

Explore for American Oil and Natural Gas — As with domestic energy production, the administration has consistently favored policies to restrict new energy exploration, both onshore and offshore. For example, the Energy Information Administration estimates that oil production in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to drop by 20 percent in 2012 from 2010 levels because of the Obama administration’s moratorium on offshore exploration. Additionally, according to a Rand Corporation study, oil shale deposits in parts of Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado contain an estimated 800 billion barrels of recoverable oil, more than triple the reserves of Saudi Arabia. The GOP plan recommends passing legislation that would “increase responsible oil and gas exploration across the country,” by streamlining the permitting and leasing processes for new energy exploration. It would also open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for oil and gas exploration, and use the revenue generated by the new production to reduce the deficit and invest in alternative-energy development.

Strengthen the American Mining Sector — The plan would remove many of the “unnecessary and outdated permitting practices and regulations” that prevent or discourage companies from tapping into the country’s wealth of natural resources (particularly abundant in Western states), and which have led to an “unacceptable” dependence on countries like China and Russia for minerals that could be mined here in the United States. The plan calls for measures to streamline domestic exploration and production of “critical minerals” and head off efforts by the administration to raise fees on certain mineral producers. It would also authorize a land exchange near Superior, Ariz., that would facilitate the construction of a new $4 billion underground Resolution Copper Mine, believed to be the third largest undeveloped copper resource in the world. The National Mining Association estimates that the U.S. possesses some 550 million tons in known copper reserves that remain untouched.

Overturn Washington’s Overreach — Republicans would reevaluate much of the administration’s onerous environmental-regulatory regime in order to establish “a proper balance between job creation and conservation.” Specifically, the plan would require all federal departments to carefully analyze the impact that proposed major regulations would have on jobs before any final action is taken, thus establishing “a policy that recognizes that jobs are as important to Americans as the environment — not more important, but equally important.”

Promote Agriculture, Ranching, and Forestry — The plans calls for legislation that would roll back a number of federal regulations, particularly those coming from the EPA, that impose unnecessary burdens on the agriculture and forestry industries while offering “few tangible health or economic benefits.” For instance, it would delay the implementation of the EPA’s costly new dust pollution standards, while providing more flexibility for state and local governments to enforce their own standards. New rules regarding the use of insecticides would be amended to relieve farmers from having to obtain permits to apply pesticides that are already regulated under federal law. By the EPA’s own estimates, these new rules — scheduled to go into effect in October –would cost states and local entities, as well as farmers who apply pesticides, $50 million and require 1 million hours to implement each year.