114 S2011 PCS: Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015
U.S. Senate
2015-09-09
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.
TITLE I—The Gulf of Mexico Offshore Energy and Jobs Act of 2015
Sec. 101. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program reforms.
Sec. 102. Moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico.
Sec. 103. Requirement to implement proposed 2017–2022 oil and gas leasing program.
Sec. 104. Disposition of outer Continental Shelf revenues to Gulf producing States.
Sec. 105. National defense.
Sec. 106. Environmental impact statement requirement.
Sec. 107. State authorization.
Sec. 108. Air emissions from outer Continental Shelf activities.
Sec. 109. Offshore certainty.
Sec. 110. Continuous operations rule.
Sec. 111. GAO report on cumulative cost of regulation for offshore energy production.
TITLE II— The Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale Act
Sec. 201. Lease sales in Nearshore Beaufort Sea Planning Area, Cook Inlet Planning Area.
Sec. 202. Lease terms of certain Chukchi and Beaufort leases.
Sec. 203. Distribution of revenue to Alaska.
Sec. 204. Inclusion of Beaufort, Nearshore Beaufort, Cook Inlet, and Chukchi lease sales in 5-year
leasing programs.
Sec. 205. North Slope science initiative.
TITLE III—The Southern Atlantic Energy Security Act
Sec. 301. Definitions.
Sec. 302. Preserving coastal viewsheds.
Sec. 303. 2017–2022 leasing program.
Sec. 304. Balancing of military and energy production goals.
Sec. 305. Disposition of revenues to Atlantic States.
Sec. 306. Enhancing geological and geophysical education for America’s energy future.
Sec. 307. Atlantic regional office.
TITLE IV—Tribal Resilience Program
Sec. 401. Tribal Resilience Program.
Sec. 402. Tribal Resilience Fund.
TITLE V—Miscellaneous
Sec. 501. Access to markets.
Sec. 502. Reports.
2.In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. <enum>I</enum><header>The Gulf of Mexico Offshore Energy and Jobs Act of 2015</header> <section id="id80A5E0115F5F4228A2948062F7EDF139"><enum>101.</enum><header>Outer Continental Shelf leasing program reforms</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id964CC3C524AC47D0956DE1DB964A36CA" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id7fd57d64568f4e65a035016d0118d036"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id34A5AB5DF2D94C8A9DCCE85974182EC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>available unleased acreage</term> means that portion of the outer Continental Shelf that is not under lease at the time of a proposed lease sale, and that has not otherwise been made unavailable for leasing by law in the Gulf of Mexico.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAB365D99A9364B7DA4F22D281A2C4D99" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In each oil and gas leasing program under this section, the Secretary shall make available for leasing, and conduct lease sales including, the available unleased acreage within each outer Continental Shelf planning area in the Gulf of Mexico considered to have the largest undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources (on a total btu basis) based on the most recent national geologic assessment of the outer Continental Shelf, with an emphasis on offering the most geologically prospective parts of the planning area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idacbb15e70042479fb1aa14df17b69620"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5FCAE10EE7204BCFB1EED2A8930EA8AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary shall include in each proposed oil and gas leasing program under this section any State subdivision of an outer Continental Shelf planning area in the Gulf of Mexico that the Governor of the State that represents that subdivision requests be made available for leasing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2A75AEDB7B804F5D97F5B8F5B85EA39E" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary may not remove a subdivision described in subparagraph (A) from the program until publication of the final program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2C848F92AAF842F68D8AB576D57BEB44"><enum>(7)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id3C8A5028CA25440BBFCC17811E94909D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary shall make available for leasing under each 5-year oil and gas leasing program under this section any outer Continental Shelf planning area in the Gulf of Mexico that—</text>
<clause id="id91740E69606240AA97EEE3831144DB5D" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is estimated to contain more than 2,500,000,000 barrels of oil; or</text> </clause><clause id="id4B3C79C281F24599BDAEA2B626EA93C0" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is estimated to contain more than 7,500,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB812D622FF474B91803BC304F24DA5D3" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To determine which planning areas meet the criteria described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall use the document entitled <quote>Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Assessment of Undiscovered Technically Recoverable Oil and Gas Resources of the Nation’s Outer Continental Shelf, 2011</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="idd8818fa606a44ad8b0eed5985b5d1b9a"><enum>102.</enum><header>Moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id10BF2B5E2071430F973739DD6AD8952E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of military mission line</header><text>Section 102 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idfd36f1b77c9d4281aeb959f27e7ad1d2"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Military mission line</header><text>The term <term>Military Mission Line</term> means the western border of the Eastern Planning Area extending from the State of Florida waters to the point that is 50 miles south in the Gulf of Mexico.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idAA4BB55794864066B86B762F41BC34D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Moratorium</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id786812711e8b41eea88fa90aa4627036"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>125</quote> and inserting <quote>50</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id23583195e8f84f3c9bf9a1177d6de840"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="id35EC06D319FD4417993FD2DEE5D93510"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any area in the Central Planning Area that is within—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idbcb1c393785a4961b3fe98833427948c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the 181 Area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id00f944fe0bfa40e5b01390f9bd542ede"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 miles off the coastline of the State of Florida.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3f3a54f25f984623ad16dde186653c51"><enum>103.</enum><header>Requirement to implement proposed 2017–2022 oil and gas leasing program</header> <subsection id="idf216c530d8dd4bfc8e059a5224472bf4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this title and the amendments made by this title, the Secretary shall implement the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2017–2022) in accordance with the schedule for conducting oil and gas lease sales set forth in that proposed program, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.</external-xref>), and other applicable law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idfe064e236e4e4b1a8170d5cef444d538"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modified and additional lease sales</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a) and the schedule of lease sales in the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2017–2022), the Secretary shall conduct under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.</external-xref>) certain oil and gas lease sales in OCS Planning Areas in accordance with the schedule set forth in following table:</text><table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="topbot" line-rules="hor-ver" rowsep="0" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.0.0" table-template-name="Generic: 1 text, 1 num, 1 text" table-type=""><tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.10"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="column1" colwidth="132pts" min-data-value="80" rowsep="0"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt" colname="column2" colwidth="140pts" min-data-value="85"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="column3" colsep="0" colwidth="43pts" min-data-value="26" rowsep="0"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" rowsep="1">Lease Sale No.</entry><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" rowsep="1">OCS Planning Area</entry><entry align="center" colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3" rowsep="1">Fiscal Year</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">300</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0">Eastern Gulf of Mexico</entry><entry align="left" colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">2018</entry></row><row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">301</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0">Eastern Gulf of Mexico</entry><entry align="left" colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">2019</entry></row><row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">302</entry><entry align="right" colname="column2" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0">Eastern Gulf of Mexico</entry><entry align="left" colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">2020.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table>
</subsection><subsection id="id9b8d50ce617140e580c4b50127c14b71"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lease sales described</header><text>For purposes of subsection (b), lease sale numbers 300, 301, and 302 shall be conducted—</text> <paragraph id="id6325448ac2b6457eb76f7404307d680a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for lease tracts in the Eastern Planning Area, as determined by and at the discretion of the Secretary, subject to subparagraph (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc8966feee8c94b3ba7dd48b966bfc79f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>during the year specified for each such lease sale in the table contained in subsection (b); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id99a5b74c8c864ed29c0e8df49551204a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in accordance with the applicable provisions of this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idf581bee01b8945b2ab904dafd4731f84"><enum>104.</enum><header>Disposition of outer Continental Shelf revenues to Gulf producing States</header>
<subsection id="id7842F5C6E3404E2889190157ED0399C3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 102 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id0623e74c2eda4f44aedcb3c066b0364d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0ddb70f4f1044788db4f018641d50ee" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id6C21F3FC02514357A067D08579A8F1FD"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Gulf producing State</header><text>The term <term>Gulf producing State</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id91365D75837E49C3809927CCE6AAD340"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each of the States of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9773f75dc46244bb94d4c6ec40a7a7a5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>effective beginning in fiscal year 2017, the State of Florida.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide642b49c7e5740d5bf616eee78a0cbea"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)(A)—</text> <subparagraph id="id1E03CA736E2C480DACE733818E108D0B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i)(II), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE37C3C1F5FAA45C5B8CB00A7FA9688EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E20A19501D344E39B61C873F7815E2D" style="OLC"> <clause id="idf76b31b12bd941e8896a022bc1f77b81"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to the United States received on or after October 1, 2016, from leases entered into on or after December 20, 2006 in—</text>
<subclause id="idA620470268C641FBBC748694EBF19CE8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>areas in the 181 Area located in the Eastern Planning Region;</text> </subclause><subclause id="idC4A5A74A1F024DEBB0C227E348CED002"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the 181 South Area;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id5D90303D4CA04B96BBEA87BDA4B2C8FF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Central Planning Area, as described in paragraph (6)(A)(ii); and</text> </subclause><subclause id="idC430759B34B14FDF85EC61764CA33A15"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the Western Planning Area, as described in paragraph (6)(A)(iii); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id261c9f80cc6645cb8c29bf9df3fbf79a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in the case of fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, all eligible rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to the United States from leases entered into on or after October 1, 2016, in the Eastern Planning Area, as described in paragraph (6)(A)(i).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC40EBABFA46A49728A75EFBDE610E012"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disposition of revenues</header><text>Section 105(a) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idA7B469FAE4E342329472FAB5EE4518A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id0A4BBB6E9AB44F5994C183AD45962DF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id39B49C2D118E4671B83B35F96F5B9867"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues described in section 102(9)(A)(ii) generated from outer Continental Shelf areas adjacent to the Gulf producing States described in section 102(7)(A), 50 percent in a special account in the Treasury from which the Secretary shall disburse—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1DDE5B72B4464CFC9EBAE4B74C54EEA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>75 percent to those Gulf producing States in accordance with subsection (b); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7fadb1a2ae5741dbbc9e2b3fde46bcda"><enum>(B)</enum><text>25 percent to provide financial assistance to States in accordance with section 200305 of title 54, United States Code, which shall be considered income to the Land and Water Conservation Fund for purposes of section 200302 of that title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id23FD9D3BD3624E5A8D5EBF41A8E8E543"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7954D25B75E47FF803DBE75BBF63CE5" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="idABFC58D0581249B9A32783FE3978B6C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues described in section 102(9)(A)(iii) generated from outer Continental Shelf areas adjacent to the Gulf producing States described in section 102(7), 50 percent in a special account in the Treasury from which the Secretary shall disburse—</text>
<subparagraph id="id702DAAAE532042629EDA5D8F71F8449F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>75 percent to those Gulf producing States in accordance with subsection (b); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idECC7989B85BF4427A1547E41E4704670"><enum>(B)</enum><text>25 percent to provide financial assistance to States in accordance with section 200305 of title 54, United States Code, which shall be considered income to the Land and Water Conservation Fund for purposes of section 200302 of that title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id36A3EF8E0A7543FD92D7D33AF5D5BE51"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation among Gulf producing States</header><text>Section 105(b)(2) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id3597AA5ED03D4F309B2D0A7F50B3757D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>subparagraph (A)—</text> <subparagraph id="id132DA01509904BF18634E2658D4A5D6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clauses (i) and (ii), by inserting <quote>, as described in section 102(7)(A),</quote> after <quote>Gulf producing State</quote> each place it appears;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA08069AA33BE47CE8536A41B1B831B53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2636EE3312D84EFA81E853AC5E2C738E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id322A01690C36412CB69FB259E1658B2A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC427031FE1E4B5F894B65EA7FA660B2" style="OLC"> <clause id="id63283C273AF54900853E400B2207E907"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount made available under subsection (a)(3)(A) from any lease entered into within the Eastern Planning Area, as described in section 102(6)(A)(i), shall be allocated to each Gulf producing State, as described in section 102(7), in amounts that are inversely proportional to the respective distances between the point on the coastline of each Gulf producing State, as described in section 102(7), that is closest to the geographic center of each historical lease site and the geographic center of the historical lease site, as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC2BE664F3DBB43D5B38F246EB5431505"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>each fiscal year under subparagraph (A)</quote> and inserting <quote>described in section 102(7)(A) each fiscal year under clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA9E201E4A0EF48528E16440526AFADFA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on amount of distributed qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues</header><text>Section 105(f) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb95dfddc131c443d986fb0796aac68ed" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id80be763cfcf14c1894df1f2d93a9a0e5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the total amount of qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues described in section 102(9)(A)(ii) that are made available under subsection (a)(2)(A) shall not exceed—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9eb194e6334449b189ff0eb19cc2fe62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2017, $500,000,000;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc431e3ca351d48079791a81165073709"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2025, $699,000,000; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbf02fd30a6404e0aad3d49f6317aedde"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2055, $999,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="idb95d23b779df479ca34dd0067c18d22e"><enum>105.</enum><header>National defense</header> <subsection id="idebc4f11ce3d24ed2932cd4ddb51f2c2b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National defense areas</header><text>Nothing in this title or an amendment made by this title affects the authority of the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the President, to designate national defense areas on the outer Continental Shelf pursuant to section 12(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1341">43 U.S.C. 1341(d)</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id0c6f19ca1e7d4b95956508a45289ab08"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on conflicts with military operations</header><text>No person may engage in any exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas on the outer Continental Shelf under a lease issued under this title that would conflict with any military operation, as determined in accordance with—</text>
<paragraph id="id09BF097518B14EA3AB46D7D7F16B28C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the agreement entitled <quote>Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior on Mutual Concerns on the Outer Continental Shelf</quote> signed July 20, 1983; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0A92410C82354EB9A07F9146882ECBCE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any revision or replacement of that agreement that is agreed to by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary after that date but before the date of issuance of the lease under which the exploration, development, or production is conducted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idd651f028a2f74ebb8a74076c2f57d1ce"><enum>106.</enum><header>Environmental impact statement requirement</header>
<subsection id="idf3b8914f1a1545478283dc57f3255eb1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of this title and in order to conduct lease sales in accordance with the lease sale schedule established by this title, the Secretary shall prepare a multisale environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>) for all lease sales required under this title that are not included in the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2017–2022).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idb7515b188db14765baa55c07d5d4c8af"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Actions To be considered</header><text>Notwithstanding section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>), with respect to the statement described in subsection (a), the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="id8a8b5c42bf914584a3034d7a3ae3cdfe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall not be required—</text> <subparagraph id="id0FB5634C5EC14B1CBF04404C2E9025CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to identify nonleasing alternative courses of action; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3999497E5737472C84D75ACA8993A39E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to analyze the environmental effects of any alternative courses of action; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1150e41a38f74492b7306031e840b6b7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall only be required—</text> <subparagraph id="id1acbe596c1e54cbe90737739c113c102"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to identify—</text>
<clause id="id41AFBEB30D0043FEB6D1C593F4EE81D9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a preferred action for leasing; and</text> </clause><clause id="idFE01CBC317784AB0B6084E698956746A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not more than 1 alternative leasing proposal; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id926e775fcf2744fc900fabbaa9c49c29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to analyze the environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for the preferred action and alternative leasing proposal identified under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4dffd198934d4caa969d42fcd2194b1c"><enum>107.</enum><header>State authorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Prior to publishing the programmatic environmental impact statement relating to any Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, a State shall have the option to enter into the offshore oil and gas leasing and development program described in that Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program if—</text>
<paragraph id="ide8eba2f5057c4ee8998d392e5abe5256"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the legislature of that State enacts a law approving entering into the program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id52d399adbd8649c8bd82f2c604af2973"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that resolution is signed by the Governor of the State.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="ide2e46963cf544b2ebc06ecb578451aa7"><enum>108.</enum><header>Air emissions from outer Continental Shelf activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 328 of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7627">42 U.S.C. 7627</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idF57BC7A929F54ED7A452891628B63026"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>, and along the United States Gulf Coast off the State of Florida eastward of longitude 87 degrees and 30 minutes</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0DA931EBFBF346D781370F488FFDA8AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>the United States Gulf Coast off the State of Florida,</quote> after <quote>Mississippi,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idcd6d7dfc87ea4e3fb879018967b88f97"><enum>109.</enum><header>Offshore certainty</header>
<subsection id="id00FB554063634E9A808276A78BEEB27E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id9BB9A9D92AEC431B92C02F75F44BCF88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Harassment</header><text>The term <term>harassment</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1362">16 U.S.C. 1362</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1AFEF293F482498A9F5D2689FAD804D9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Request for incidental harassment authorization</header><text>The term <term>request for incidental harassment authorization</term> means a request submitted to the Secretary by a United States citizen who engages in a specified activity within a specific geographic region for the incidental, but not intentional, taking by harassment of marine mammals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6BC3720E05884258AC4739B68DE175F1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Interior, as applicable.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7E98543E1D3248B795E70AA86EAE75F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requests for incidental harassment authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id4E1CDF0E87BA4B67BC4DA6609D638585"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accept as adequate and complete a written request for incidental harassment authorization not later than 45 days after the date of submission of the request for incidental harassment authorization; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id14F625E3ABCC42869A8B3142031D064C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to the requester, not later than 30 days after the date of submission of the request for incidental harassment authorization, a written notice of any additional information required to complete the request for incidental harassment authorization.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id663A18B26EFD43EBBB8B9135068E052B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Action on submission of additional information</header>
<paragraph id="idDFE2285CFB4341D18C128FF58E1148E7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), not later than 30 days after receipt of the additional information requested under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall provide the requestor a written determination as to whether the request for incidental harassment authorization is adequate and complete.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id02A5268EEA3C459B9A636B636ACAA8EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reason for denial</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that the request for incidental harassment authorization is not adequate and complete, the request shall be considered to be denied and the Secretary shall include in the written determination provided under paragraph (1) an explanation of the reasons for the denial.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC4AE6D09DA584F4484B0C2BC7858A28B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Failure To respond</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary fails to respond to a request for incidental harassment authorization in accordance with an applicable deadline under subsection (b) or (c), the request for incidental harassment authorization shall be considered to be adequate and complete as of the date of the applicable deadline.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idE31525D27EF24FB397CA2739263EA593"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Treatment of complete requests for incidental harassment authorization</header><text>Not later than 45 days after a request for incidental harassment authorization is considered to be adequate and complete under subsection (b)(1), (c)(1), or (d), the Secretary shall comply with the procedures required by section 101(a)(5)(D)(iii) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1371">16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(5)(D)(iii)</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id235585F66A334D73904946AB4B9350E1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Coordination with Endangered Species Act of 1973 reviews</header>
<paragraph id="idB8E5DC9B8ABB44678440216CA94EFDA3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Issuance of an authorization for incidental taking by the Secretary under section 101(a)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1371">16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(5)(D)</external-xref>) shall not be—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3491FEAA5C5043F1B01CB0A66E478588"><enum>(A)</enum><text>considered to be—</text> <clause id="id8D8A83D43E484A44978D29BD63824133"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an action likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered species or threatened species; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idEF39BA7131EB4E89AE65DFC33CC3F477"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an action likely to result in the destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat; or</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB50E33271C034DB58648EA78EE5B5C55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to the requirements of section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5EBFE57D0D724E318D03D81711D4F3AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Not a prohibited taking</header><text>Any taking made in compliance with an authorization for incidental taking issued by the Secretary under section 101(a)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1371">16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(5)(D)</external-xref>) shall not be considered to be a prohibited taking of the species under section 9(a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1538">16 U.S.C. 1538(a)(1)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idf1fb7050fcae43a9ae69f9b3730dc45e"><enum>110.</enum><header>Continuous operations rule</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall amend the regulation issued under section 250.180 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, so that any requirement in that regulation for continuous operation is for a period of 365 days instead of 180 days.</text>
</section><section id="id20c6ee9cc109444bb5aecd5f19e8376e"><enum>111.</enum><header>GAO report on cumulative cost of regulation for offshore energy production</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text> <paragraph id="id3b61d0b6d2cd4bb5a7d659657b9c95d1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct more accurate estimates of the cost of complying with major Federal rules relating to offshore energy development and production activities on the outer Continental Shelf; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7da130e1f009444db5781160270dbdd4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report describing the results of the estimates calculated under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header> The Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale Act</header>
<section id="id7EDFA8DE8ABE4E03B382B3456C327CA3"><enum>201.</enum><header>Lease sales in Nearshore Beaufort Sea Planning Area, Cook Inlet Planning Area</header>
<subsection id="id08FF0C905C054570B1424E4F077372D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of Nearshore Beaufort Sea Planning Area</header>
<paragraph id="id6541B9808B2943928C7E9D737ECD563B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a planning area for purposes of conducting lease sales under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.</external-xref>), to be known as the <quote>Nearshore Beaufort Sea Planning Area</quote> and to be defined in accordance with paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF019EE10B6A047D0B36229B13CC7A691"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition of Nearshore Beaufort Sea Planning Area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall define the Nearshore Beaufort Sea Planning Area as the area of the outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref>)) consisting of the portion of the Beaufort Planning Area located within 3 nautical miles of the seaward boundary of Alaska.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF9A1E7ED30B9406B9FF47FCB301A75D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Lease sales</header><text>Notwithstanding the schedule of lease sales in the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2017–2022), the Secretary shall conduct under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.</external-xref>)—</text>
<paragraph id="id0B5812E74D164000B502C69FCA1A5776"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the Nearshore Beaufort Sea Planning Area, 1 lease sale in each of fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 2020; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD67FDCFEC1844293B63891A52DF50648"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the Cook Inlet Planning Area, 1 lease sale in each of fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 2020.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idF50C3150D4384082B7039425647C170B"><enum>202.</enum><header>Lease terms of certain Chukchi and Beaufort leases</header> <subsection id="id68AEDFB4129647A8BB9FD85C32615981"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8(b)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1337">43 U.S.C. 1337(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id94FB57ED5A9A482CB62C3E78DE3A93FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id1C5407FE918641C7B0DE0E79A90E2749"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>;</quote> and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8F58D4C643B14BAAA12EEA3DC0D051D1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C6756D15736498B90CA3C67280FCB46" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="id2C94485A4339426188516366B44D0B1A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of an oil and gas lease in the Beaufort Planning Area or the portion of the Chukchi Planning Area that is beyond 3 nautical miles of the seaward boundary of the State of Alaska, 20 years;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7E5584A46C6D41C9AB57D93BB7710868"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of existing leases</header>
<paragraph id="idAA980B27AF244B36BE900A1A13FA184D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, with the consent of the holder of a covered lease described in paragraph (2), may extend the initial term of the covered lease to 20 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id176F61F4949E4BAA8D99117C0C1D2BF5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Description of covered lease</header>
<subparagraph id="id18558A2BA80B4D6DAB485E61251EB61C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A covered lease referred to in paragraph (1) is a lease for oil and gas production in effect on the date of enactment of this Act that was issued under section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1337">43 U.S.C. 1337</external-xref>) for a portion of the Beaufort Planning Area or Chukchi Planning Area that is beyond 3 nautical miles of the seaward boundary of the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAF0B852E5D6B4155B2D034676DCD7458"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>A covered lease referred to in paragraph (1) does not include any lease in the Nearshore Beaufort Sea Planning Area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id644956960F3A41F7B5FC723D8EC2F6EC"><enum>203.</enum><header>Distribution of revenue to Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1338">43 U.S.C. 1338</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id12071bc7d8e94b1082bf5aa2b97db34f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>All rentals,</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id48b90a796a9743c6b504299387e64301"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), all rentals,</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="id965a49b09404468aa4469669837c1b10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id0229DAEADFF440F8BA1EDB686D34E785"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution of revenue to Alaska</header>
<paragraph id="id7CCFE8E1FC254BE185D9AF1FC1C64C95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="id964ACF1B287C451AABF39DE3458AC5BB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Coastal political subdivision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>coastal political subdivision</term> means a county-equivalent subdivision of the State—</text>
<clause id="idBF8223854DB04ED8AA5D7AB0155FFCDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all or part of which lies within the coastal zone of the State (as defined in section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1453">16 U.S.C. 1453</external-xref>)); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id6261A26CC3254AEA9B83EF42F35AC00B"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB614D71FC45645CA93FE2DD0CE474CCC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the closest coastal point of which is not more than 200 nautical miles from the geographical center of any leased tract in the Alaska outer Continental Shelf region; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id4cca1c7880c44ddc868857d86ab6884e" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE3ED6DA7D473416EB1C01A9A3750302B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the closest point of which is more than 200 nautical miles from the geographical center of a leased tract in the Alaska outer Continental Shelf region; and</text>
</item><item id="idc7fcdd24d5e9418695132f3180f83f25" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>that is determined by the State to be a significant staging area for oil and gas servicing, supply vessels, operations, suppliers, or workers.</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA3ADF45EA63447FFACBB4C72C01084FB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id207FC32A227C4CAC8244B16511A81AFA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Qualified revenues</header>
<clause id="id9DF6823994EC4F26A69BEBD2FC12A274"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>qualified revenues</term> means all revenues derived from all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to the United States from energy development in the Alaska outer Continental Shelf region.</text>
</clause><clause id="idCDE79BB9AE42467FB5A89AE4AB5ED2A9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>qualified revenues</term> does not include revenues generated from leases subject to section 8(g).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id125862BB1A7D4549AFDFB6F7C989CA44"><enum>(D)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means the State of Alaska.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9EA2944042B043F499A3B9418FAFA2B9"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Workforce investment board</header><text>The term <term>workforce investment board</term> means a State or local workforce investment board established under subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2811">29 U.S.C. 2811 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5A7A3293379746E0B65BF993CE4BBC73"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fiscal years 2016–2026</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2016 through 2026, the Secretary shall deposit—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0C6B1745C7C349729E27C72BE13FA027"><enum>(A)</enum><text>75 percent of qualified revenues in the general fund of the Treasury;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5A2338831B364873808A500A628028DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>7.5 percent of qualified revenues in a special account in the Treasury, to be distributed by the Secretary to the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBE6D69C102B2482589502879C6CD99A8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>7.5 percent of qualified revenues in a special account in the Treasury, to be distributed by the Secretary to coastal political subdivisions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9313E67A37CE4E8FB28000ACB1073E74"><enum>(D)</enum><text>2.5 percent of qualified revenues in a special account in the Treasury, to be used to carry out the North Slope Science Initiative established under section 348(a)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15906">42 U.S.C. 15906(a)(1)</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCE3A75D8ED094272BC58257D1199771A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>2.5 percent of qualified revenues in a special account in the Treasury, to be used by the Secretary to provide grants on a competitive basis to eligible institutions of higher education and workforce investment boards in the State to establish and providing funding for—</text>
<clause id="id0cefc43388c74aafa4d57978adc41a0c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>programs to ensure an adequately skilled workforce to construct, operate, or maintain oil or gas pipelines; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id4927c4ea52d14966ba429bbc076b97ae"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>programs to ensure an adequately skilled workforce to operate, maintain, and perform all environmental processes relating to existing or future oil and gas infrastructure;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB88059B4C1FE4D8B821008D12C979E9D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>2.5 percent of qualified revenues in a special account in the Treasury to provide financial assistance for—</text>
<clause id="id1C24B1A791504411AB8C0434658B5E26"><enum>(i)</enum><text>offshore leasing and development programs in the State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3B974F1CFBD34C758C9ABAF6646EF918"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the development of rights-of-way for pipelines to transport oil or gas produced offshore through land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary in the State; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id07165F6645F24AE5B2376F6BF38E0BB1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>2.5 percent of qualified revenues in the Tribal Resilience Fund established by section 402 of the <short-title>Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA2120ABF99ED47A78A931130925D80D4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subsequent fiscal years</header><text>For fiscal year 2027 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary shall deposit—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD393C27368584351A5F5D2DBA6E96BDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>50 percent of qualified revenues in general fund of the Treasury;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7c1d0912a2c047a7901837a62ad71066"><enum>(B)</enum><text>30 percent of qualified revenues in a special account in the Treasury, to be distributed by the Secretary to the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8693b1cc9fda4879b859de8504ad37eb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>12.5 percent of qualified revenues in the Tribal Resilience Fund established by section 402 of the <short-title>Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015</short-title>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id72092005bc994cdeb542367d45b4a0d2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>7.5 in a special account in the Treasury, to be distributed by the Secretary to coastal political subdivisions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id06878751A8E64F42A67222BF10CEB41B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Allocation among coastal political subdivisions</header><text>Of the amount paid by the Secretary to coastal political subdivisions under paragraph (2)(C) or (3)(D)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id61C33C7AA8394EBD8729008206D1E02E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>90 percent shall be allocated in amounts (based on a formula established by the Secretary by regulation) that are inversely proportional to the respective distances between the point in each coastal political subdivision that is closest to the geographic center of the applicable leased tract and not more than 200 miles from the geographic center of the leased tract; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id428C2AA1450A4403885F1F22FAE85FD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>10 percent shall be divided equally among each coastal political subdivision that—</text> <clause id="id10AFD78724794CD3889B212C82F9F3A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is more than 200 nautical miles from the geographic center of a leased tract; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idA67B8EC7C1684DBD8538563636DA1FB0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State of Alaska determines to be a significant staging area for oil and gas servicing, supply vessels, operations, suppliers, or workers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd47768bce5ed4abf9c82b6966b9f70c5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The amounts required to be deposited under paragraphs (2) and (3) for the applicable fiscal year shall be made available in accordance with those paragraphs during the fiscal year immediately following the applicable fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfd6a029066554e2abfe1334d750212f6"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Amounts made available under paragraphs (2) and (3) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id7ea7859439a14a45982bc197394c286f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be made available, without further appropriation, in accordance with this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id41fee04b735842a8b2a5ddc439ff9e72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>remain available until expended; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3d5a1a7e56164f87b1a841e6313dcb7f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be in addition to any amounts appropriated under any other provision of law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id0C8DDB9952CB4668B8821AF8AF736969"><enum>204.</enum><header>Inclusion of Beaufort, Nearshore Beaufort, Cook Inlet, and Chukchi lease sales in 5-year leasing
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="idA3C79BB90AEC456ABC0105D25CAE11ED"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Inclusion of certain lease sales</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective starting with the leasing program for fiscal years 2023 through 2027, the Secretary shall include in any leasing program prepared in accordance with this section provisions for the conduct of at least 3 lease sales in each of the Beaufort Planning Area and the Chukchi Planning Area, and annual lease sales in the Nearshore Beaufort Sea Planning Area and the Cook Inlet Planning Area during the term of the leasing program.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id5BCCE96C62EA46259E32B45D2495C13E"><enum>205.</enum><header>North Slope science initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 348 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15906">42 U.S.C. 15906</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idC9E65FFC82DF40398DDD8FDA8D141B29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCC8F9050D17B4FD5A7A6C14F617D5864"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>)</quote> after <quote>Secretary of the Interior</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2949D8C713D540F38AB8BC7BF2660A53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>(including the Beaufort and Chukchi seas)</quote> after <quote>North Slope of Alaska</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7A2F2107BBC747D4AEA2D06ABA0E392A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="id56FC2CAD761D4A3292B505E34B54FB10"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(including the Beaufort and Chukchi seas)</quote> after <quote>North Slope</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDEBB87541901432C9E35B57893BDE288"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>develop an understanding of</quote> and inserting <quote>identify</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5CFA4D1CBB8A40B496AFBA9F85118576"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by inserting <quote>the Northwest Arctic Borough, the NANA Regional Corporation, </quote> after <quote>Arctic Slope Regional Corporation,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>The Southern Atlantic Energy Security Act</header>
<section id="id7FC9972E39BE4F0E85F66DEEF4692601"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="idCB6116FAD8AD47D09F02D3D0B1629F8B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2cefec6f49c64a9ea1fd5263588ce049"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Institution of
higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id867185CC6CDD4C5D8234411AE286B084"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualified
revenues</header><text>The term <term>qualified revenues</term> has the meaning given the term in section 9(c)(1) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1338">43 U.S.C. 1338(c)(1)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD23A40C73FF045CBB986D3B02B618FA8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>South Atlantic
planning area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>South Atlantic planning area</term> means the area of the outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331</external-xref>)) that is located between the northern lateral seaward administrative boundary of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the southernmost lateral seaward administrative boundary of the State of Georgia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id55258C52F98D43D4AD3122CCB472DFE9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means any of the following States:</text>
<subparagraph id="id0CF6C20BE8F14C7A8AC6E79AB4BFCCFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Georgia.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90AFA5F2E89E4D26A28F800C0F856FB5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">North Carolina.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC4D52B48B6284FC4A41CC30F95DCED94"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">South Carolina.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id53E05544BAFF4DEF860B311F2B36A4E7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Virginia.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id86b94d02595e44d19b686cf156720563"><enum>302.</enum><header>Preserving coastal viewsheds</header>
<subsection id="id76e5e8d3952b4400a45539fd51dab8bb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Prior to conducting a lease sale authorized under this title that would offer leases within 30 nautical miles of the coastline, the Secretary shall consult with the Governor of each potentially affected State to establish appropriate lease stipulations for the management of the surface occupancy of the areas between the coastline and 30 nautical miles to mitigate any potential concerns regarding impacts to coastal viewsheds.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ide38a06792fac4917bba62bddd337d398"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations for production facilities</header><text>The Secretary and the State shall consider—</text> <paragraph id="id0977c92c5344425d8989201a273e5377"><enum>(1)</enum><text>restricting the installation of permanent surface production facilities above the waterline for the purpose of production of oil or gas resources in any area that is within 12 nautical miles seaward from the coastline of the State; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf8561889926a4983bc7e7beed36f67be"><enum>(2)</enum><text>allowing only subsurface production facilities to be installed in areas that are located between the point that is 12 nautical miles from seaward from the coastline of the State and the point that is 30 nautical miles seaward from the coastline of the State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfc343a5346be4355b5a7921e95b3363e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Development and production plan approval</header><text>If permanent surface facilities are proposed to be installed within 30 nautical miles of the coastline, the Secretary shall not grant approval of the development and production plan unless it is determined that the facility is designed so that the impacts on coastal viewsheds are minimized, to the maximum extent practicable.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ida540f0bc369c447cb558aa2d988f19ca"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Onshore access to leases not restricted</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, onshore facilities associated with the drilling, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the South Atlantic planning area within 12 nautical miles seaward of the coastline of a State are allowed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ide07e5ff9aad34fe29ddf0fb534953442"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Temporary activities not affected</header><text>Nothing described in subsection (a), (b), or (c) restricts, or gives the States authority to restrict, temporary surface activities related to operations associated with outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id680dab2accd34abf9ab686d3462c6f2d"><enum>303.</enum><header>2017–2022
leasing program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="id6626B2545BB84B74B6BF1811364BAEF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include the South Atlantic planning area in the outer Continental Shelf leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022 prepared under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3582707680944AB896ADAC65C59EA051"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conduct in the South Atlantic planning area—</text> <subparagraph id="id4C4FE78D671F4932BA6891EE9312C087"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 lease sale during fiscal year 2021; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDB9BD857DCE748AA99DCCEDDB2999B99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>2 lease sales during fiscal year 2022.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="ide437904f22c141bbb2a11c1f472e9de3"><enum>304.</enum><header>Balancing of military and energy production goals</header> <subsection id="ida82cb02f54b44c81a79efe18f56bca4d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In recognition that the outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program and the domestic energy resources produced under the program are integral to national security, the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense shall work jointly in implementing lease sales under this title—</text>
<paragraph id="id68e3ff253974456a91fcc786ecd52581"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to preserve the ability of the Armed Forces of the United States to maintain an optimum state of readiness through their continued use of the outer Continental Shelf; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id58e1a4f6beb2451c88d23595566fc4a8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to allow effective exploration, development, and production of the oil, gas, and renewable energy resources of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id96c1d407371e49e4bf58b51e04d81e3d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on conflicts with military operations</header><text>No person may engage in any exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas on the outer Continental Shelf under a lease issued under this title that the President determines would conflict with any military operation, as determined in accordance with—</text>
<paragraph id="id7e2675730c574161a4eaa2b6fd777dbd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the agreement entitled <quote>Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior on Mutual Concerns on the Outer Continental Shelf</quote> signed July 20, 1983; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id03b9921806fe459991e61ec852c89d23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any revision or replacement for the agreement described in paragraph (1) that is agreed to by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary after that date but before the date of issuance of the lease under which the exploration, development, or production is conducted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idE8A47A2056D7460E88277D4189D6C02E"><enum>305.</enum><header>Disposition of
revenues to Atlantic States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1338">43 U.S.C. 1338</external-xref>) (as amended by section 203(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id2DB93EEB00E94CB1904671DEEDF69F81"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Distribution of revenue to Atlantic States</header>
<paragraph id="id9E243DCC50AD4FD4A1857841E0060374"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="id2285F585F7A040D19F185D9862C8594B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Atlantic State</header><text>The term <term>Atlantic State</term> means a State adjacent to the South Atlantic Planning Area.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1077D3CEEBFC4EA8B6441018323B6FC6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualified revenues</header>
<clause id="idB2496116D7C44D138FC27D9E92EBFFBC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>qualified revenues</term> means all revenues derived from all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to the United States from energy development in the Atlantic planning region.</text>
</clause><clause id="idBFA730D8207F4A4FAD274E8CB0BF5138"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>qualified revenues</term> does not include revenues generated from leases subject to section 8(g).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC7F47A7C934845368CE649ECC2223F70"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>For fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall deposit—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID129ff7954472496e900706c93ecaf534"><enum>(A)</enum><text>62.5 percent of any qualified revenues in the general fund of the Treasury, of which—</text>
<clause id="idD5048D927F134D76892CFE9A79A5BDE8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>5 percent shall be allocated to the Department of Energy for projects that enhance the safety, security, resilience, and reliability of energy supply, research, transmission, storage, or distribution infrastructure;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8A1009E9B95847709C11636971A08A7F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>5 percent shall be allocated to the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program at the Department of Energy; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idF9FCAED39DEE465A9B1B5569F1CB8E91"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>2.5 percent shall be allocated to high priority deferred maintenance needs of the National Park Service that support critical infrastructure and visitor services; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID99a4d01ba97b44b9badad99b3b4b164d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>37.5 percent of any qualified revenues in a special account in the Treasury from which the Secretary shall disburse amounts to the Atlantic States in accordance with paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID38a41dbc23ee433daacc0e0085418326"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation to States</header>
<subparagraph id="id163D56AA49FF4E60B3593CDEB1F16050"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), effective for fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall allocate the qualified revenues described in paragraph (2)(B) to each Atlantic State in amounts (based on a formula established by the Secretary, by regulation) that are inversely proportional to the respective distances between—</text>
<clause id="idF23A39BCAA794F388B30C5F14BA8CE1E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the point on the coastline of each Atlantic State that is closest to the geographical center of the applicable leased tract; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id137886C0D34A475FA2AC687C1B7A461B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the geographical center of that leased tract.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf39ff30295e740f8902fc79c61310484"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum allocation</header><text>The amount allocated to an Atlantic State for each fiscal year under subparagraph (A) shall be not less than 10 percent of the amounts available under paragraph (2)(B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC6FA727A09114658AAD8B96780CD141D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State allocation</header><text>Of the amounts received by a State under subparagraph (A), the Atlantic State may use, at the discretion of the Governor of the State—</text>
<clause id="id10697F94FE22469EB9C1F63B2FC26CEF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>10 percent—</text> <subclause id="idA332BD0B3DC241468C5911806A57C6E3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to enhance State land and water conservation efforts;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id50CA38B333684DEDB47FD2F428F22F48"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to improve State public transportation projects;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idfa1fc4e999444d5abe2b6e3597a2f74e"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to establish alternative, renewable, and clean energy production and generation within each State; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id8924b98826984013b90fdb89283a5098"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>to enhance beach nourishment and costal dredging; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA372A4C8328488A88CF852EA0A0D950"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>2.5 percent to enhance geological and geophysical education for the energy future of the United States in accordance with section 306 of the <short-title>Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Act of 2015</short-title>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H47524FEE8F8D4FA98CEFB76BBB8DF2F1"><enum>306.</enum><header>Enhancing
geological and geophysical education for America’s energy future</header>
<subsection id="HCBCC69CDC8124AC2B5ED77E0EA3CB8AE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Director, shall partner with institutions of higher education selected under subsection (c) to facilitate the practical study of geological and geophysical sciences of areas on the Atlantic region of the outer Continental Shelf and elsewhere on the Continental Shelf of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE9F2A8FEABA84F85BA68C11EC832D3BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Focus</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities conducted by institutions of higher education under this section shall focus all geological and geophysical scientific research on obtaining a better understanding of hydrocarbon potential in the South Atlantic planning area while fostering the study of the geological and geophysical sciences at institutions of higher education in the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H24BD71DFD3D54FFDB2F3576E5A074938"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection of
institutions</header>
<paragraph id="HF5A845D0D53740719D9947265F040E99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Governor of each State may nominate for participation in a partnership—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA2F0E86A55B84D1D8C86B2C74BBEEF6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 institution of higher education located in the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8378CC182BD94920BFE1908584B630C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 institution of higher education that is a historically Black college or university (as defined in section 631(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1132">20 U.S.C. 1132(a)</external-xref>)) located in the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idED0DE7F61A904A1C9272294E5D4F94D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making nominations under paragraph (1), each Governor shall give preference to those institutions of higher education that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id87E6C51A6B37420D8195801691DCB17D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate a vigorous rate of admissions of veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD0258AB5B290403FBA34F45DC4E026A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meet the criteria described in paragraph (3).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H947A350A65F3405298E8A3ED3EC5F9C5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Governor shall select as a partner any institution of higher education nominated under paragraph (1) that the Governor determines demonstrates excellence in 1 or more of the following criteria:</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F655347D0DB4CF5BD2C0406F9D2B6BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Geophysical sciences curriculum.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE48932B477DF40EEAB4976893AFDD3AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Engineering curriculum.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78259341E7E74C768827434690102519"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information technology or other technical studies related to seismic research, including data processing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H17AD72B5FE8249F3ADB04DD9A2C34DFC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Research
authority</header>
<paragraph id="HB38D1F8E690C45B69DF137CBB63668EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), an institution of higher education selected under subsection (c)(3) may conduct research under this section on the expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the institution of higher education submits to the South Atlantic Regional Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management a notice of the research.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F736A125C654CB595921CE3D9D0CB9F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Permit
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of higher education may not conduct research under this section that uses any solid or liquid explosive, except as authorized by a permit issued by the Director.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7C68FD46C6DC456BAB9A336DE5912CC5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Data</header>
<paragraph id="H3CB4A4827FF84D3D9105BD35051D102B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The geological and geophysical activities conducted under this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="id82279C4AE9934153884162475710551D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be considered to be scientific research and data produced by the activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84D636966E8B45909CD6363B537FF1DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not be used or shared for commercial purposes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id004345489A564718A20A3A778F99D410"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall not be produced for proprietary use or sale; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1D4AD4CB9E1D4EC399F518DB67B3802A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall be made available by the Director to the public.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB30CBF011CD04B1191EBBE3562795EA7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission of
data to BOEM</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after completion of initial analysis of data collected under this section by an institution of higher education selected under subsection (c)(3), the institution of higher education shall share with the Director any data collected requested by the Director.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1798A85030CC462784D85103964C13EF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director may not charge any fee for the provision of data produced in research under this section, other than a data reprocessing fee to pay the cost of duplicating the data.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H00F4B8B89D034A15977311962C0BAE56"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not less frequently than once every 180 days, the Director shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report on the data derived from partnerships under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id0FA771C1B0634D69B7600224BDDAC8A7"><enum>307.</enum><header>Atlantic
regional office</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than the last day of the outer Continental Shelf leasing program for fiscal years 2012 through 2017 prepared under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>), the Director shall establish an Atlantic regional office in an area that is—</text>
<paragraph id="idB511F5561E3A4548807572D1E9DBBA4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>included in the outer Continental Shelf leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022 prepared under section 18 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99C185DD87894DBC89DC2C41892D14A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determined by the Director to have the highest potential for resource development.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Tribal Resilience Program</header>
<section id="id862C60A606904B5E9A72F62F27AF4DD6"><enum>401.</enum><header>Tribal Resilience Program</header>
<subsection id="id835D6F28A8D24E1BB974342F9B36CCFA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of Indian tribe</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id980019FEC6A7402E885D81F0A40E2ED4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program—</text> <paragraph id="idf1a525cc57d7472c8f886de6fdf4f906"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to improve the resilience of Indian tribes to the effects of a changing climate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idbde43d320a0a45c7ac7131906c86f607"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to support Native American leaders in building strong, resilient communities; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id832656e2df3c4bc4b62fa37be916dbd2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to ensure the development of modern, cost-effective infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id414a560f63a74fc486907198fb9799a4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations and amounts in the Tribal Resilience Fund established by section 402(a), in carrying out the program described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall make adaptation grants, in amounts not to exceed $200,000,000 total per fiscal year, to Indian tribes for eligible activities described in subsection (d).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idE3DD76846E394D2CA42568CC6BFCD37C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header><text>An Indian tribe receiving a grant under subsection (c) may only use grant funds for 1 or more of the following eligible activities:</text>
<paragraph id="id57fba22b16b24c57a266e530d80353db"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Development and delivery of adaptation training.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ida366f4d4654a47dba2d37bee901360f2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Adaptation planning, vulnerability assessments, emergency preparedness planning, and monitoring.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida807547fc8f341ee828e860b5fbe060f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Capacity building through travel support for training, technical sessions, and cooperative management forums.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6239232ee2174aebb7583b6d3040684e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Travel support for participation in ocean and coastal planning.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id571227fc9f1e4262951f355c2c8d6cb1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Development of science-based information and tools to enable adaptive resource management and the ability to plan for resilience.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddedddb33bb8a43a898868fcae336b698"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Relocation of villages or other communities experiencing or susceptible to coastal or river erosion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1688391BE4E1444A8A29F2BD6F307B5C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Construction of infrastructure to support emergency evacuations.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id178004bf0fce48dfaf7c15ceff98be09"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Restoration or repair of infrastructure damaged by melting permafrost or coastal or river erosion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id555ec99a1a41407ba91f71690e9c2097"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Installation and management of energy systems that reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions compared to the energy systems in use before that installation and management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf78c2f1d2ad34e03adb026739bc3047d"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Construction and maintenance of social or cultural infrastructure that the Secretary determines supports resilience.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA0389E00F92940FFB066425E1F449A1D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>An Indian tribe desiring an adaptation grant under subsection (c) shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a description of the eligible activities to be undertaken using the grant.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1d6ba93c9a3f4ea5be356ce8aa07d9d1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Capital projects</header><text>Of amounts made available to carry out this program, not less than 90 percent shall be used for the engineering, design, and construction or implementation of capital projects.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4bcbb3c3d2a14147b482c43312d68b82"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Interagency cooperation</header><text>The Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish under the White House Council on Native American Affairs an interagency subgroup on tribal resilience—</text>
<paragraph id="id60764ac897504a00a1ea9eff0bbedcdd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to work with Indian tribes to collect and share data and information, including traditional ecological knowledge, about how the effects of a changing climate are relevant to Indian tribes and Alaska Natives; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id04d06b730ecf4f1ab61b1ff45cc1a604"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to identify opportunities for the Federal Government to improve collaboration and assist with adaptation and mitigation efforts that promote resilience.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbe5407edcf0149c886fd88a1b1bd17aa"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Tribal resilience liaison</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a tribal resilience liaison—</text> <paragraph id="idFD76AB80F1CD4F319E8009E5086B3E63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to coordinate with Indian tribes and relevant Federal agencies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7E10C764FB34473E8A59ED1E48F4276B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to help ensure tribal engagement in climate conversations at the Federal level.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id99EB6F6AC8B0474599966000CFF7B625"><enum>402.</enum><header>Tribal Resilience Fund</header> <subsection id="idFFF1E36F558D4D5AB5587959FEE8C7CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury a fund, to be known as the <quote>Tribal Resilience Fund </quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Fund</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id9e63e9adc0ed43f18782826a9d0b3fb3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>The Fund shall consist of the following:</text> <paragraph id="idd90fa1630a1d4566b05e745f8851045a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Amounts made available through an appropriation Act for deposit in the Fund.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFF194782FA0F4548A09629C7F30928BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Amounts deposited into the Fund under paragraphs (2)(G) and (3)(C) of subsection (b) of section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1338">43 U.S.C. 1338</external-xref>) (as added by section 203(2)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfe17d7e4ed2240d4a5356d641fd5166a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="idd636a6eba35d4b138276ea75eaa6bfbb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to the amounts estimated by the Secretary to be deposited in the Fund under subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated annually to the Fund out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such amounts as are necessary to make the income of the Fund not more than $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id722510a38f434ab4bd0e149ef3443116"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Receipts under outer continental shelf lands act</header><text>To the extent that amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) and deposited under subsection (b) are not sufficient to make the total annual income of the Fund equivalent to the amounts provided in paragraph (1), an amount sufficient to cover the remainder shall be credited to the Fund from revenues due and payable to the United States for deposit in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida9709fa483c848a5becbea7c4abbf076"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of deposits</header>
<subparagraph id="id9AB269181B5543AC97BD2ACACB87C9EC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Amounts deposited in the Fund under this subsection shall remain available until expended, without fiscal year limitation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id802D37BC37F9449DAEE6E5A5E80A516A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use</header><text>Amounts deposited in the Fund under this subsection and made available for obligation or expenditure from the Fund may be obligated or expended only to carry out the Tribal Resilience Program under section 401.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="idE8FEE55210B44288ADBD5ED5E453B020"><enum>501.</enum><header>Access to markets</header>
<subsection id="idfdc7c2ac43b94ea7ad7727dab01c87df"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to promote the efficient exploration, production, storage, supply, and distribution of energy resources, any domestic crude oil or condensate (other than crude oil stored in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) may be exported without a Federal license to countries not subject to sanctions by the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idb9823889424c4e6e98726e753f09bbbb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Savings Clause</header><text>Nothing in this section limits the authority of the President under the Constitution, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>), the National Emergencies Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1601">50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>), or part B of title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6271">42 U.S.C. 6271 et seq.</external-xref>) to prohibit exports.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ided0ef7ca983d4116a310c87b82cb85b7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph id="ideef44b5541f4411287030091440c1130"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States has enjoyed a renaissance in energy production—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF6CAE7F18EC74E2B8CD1493F5E4A030E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increasing domestic investment and jobs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36C031816509483081568E28B99661D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing the United States as a world leader in crude oil production;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9c958b15a31a4984a39c7cfeb52c4f25"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the United States upholds a commitment to free trade and open markets and has consistently opposed attempts by other nations to restrict the free flow of energy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf22a5746f88d417c99664015ea3673b6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>independent studies have concluded that allowing the export of domestically produced crude oil—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC4AE70ABEA074075B1D997C11FA18AFC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>will increase the globally available supply of crude oil; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2C7C270BB0DE400E86CE0D0F30119CFD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will tend to reduce domestic prices for gasoline and other refined petroleum products in the United States;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBF19C4615F7F4BCC81871B25C411552D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>gasoline and other refined petroleum products are already eligible for export from the United States without restriction;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6CF58BF887CE4A36A7E43769338D4B4A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>gasoline prices in the United States reflect the price paid on the global market for crude oil and not a separate crude oil price in the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1e8a6d8677a84b6cb31ad51dfd5738b5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>exports of crude oil produced in the United States would provide an alternative stable supplier for crude oil to allies of the United States around the world—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5fb345aa5f3f43e7aefb34942287cd71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>allowing United States crude oil exports to compete on equal footing with other international crudes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3EFC44EF3AFA445283C6C247AE419CE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allowing United States crude oil exports to compete with and potentially displace crude oil exports from Iran, as potential easing of sanctions could lead to Iran regaining market share;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id21F005F2DB354349AC059B394960CA90"><enum>(C)</enum><text>facilitating assistance to the countries of Europe and Eurasia to diversify their energy sources and achieve energy security by providing another option to protect against possible unstable supply flows; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1837b49fc42249cdaa71175798387812"><enum>(D)</enum><text>allowing the United States to use national energy policy to further United States interests abroad; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7511df34d0c84914ac9c6180435d3c81"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the United States should remove all restrictions on the export of domestically produced crude oil or crude oil of any origin, which will increase economic benefits, enhance energy security, improve the trade deficit, and promote key national security interests of the United States domestically and around the world.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id07fb16ea3aa841a4b3eddb713f4d6490"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exceptions and presidential authority</header>
<paragraph id="idc8aea47d1e864c1f99e72484e8c7c2e0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President may impose export licensing requirements or other restrictions on the export of crude oil from the United States for a period of not more than 1 year, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="ide8a04fd6c9e54f1c981a377da4b6ecff"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the President declares a national emergency and formally notices the declaration of a national emergency in the Federal Register;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id050a37001c9b43419521eb0cbf1dd9fd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the export licensing requirements or other restrictions on the export of crude oil from the United States under this section apply to 1 or more countries, persons, or organizations in the context of sanctions or trade restrictions imposed by the United States for reasons of national security by the Executive authority of the President or by Congress; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id16956797CD8D48FF9136FF4471996E24"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, finds and reports to the President that—</text>
<clause id="id4D7AC74EAC174798B68C135892CBEB8E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the export of crude oil pursuant to this section has caused sustained material oil supply shortages or sustained oil prices significantly above world market levels that are directly attributable to the export of crude oil produced in the United States; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id5983A3390D864A4FBFB811C22EDDD3EF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>those supply shortages or price increases have caused or are likely to cause sustained material adverse employment effects in the United States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id893e3771615845ad8587b86ed6347c17"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewal</header><text>Any requirement or restriction imposed pursuant to paragraph (1) may be renewed for 1 or more additional periods of not more than 1 year each.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3B8B2A4C598D4C96BDC1EE83B8E3BFF5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>GAO review and report</header>
<paragraph id="id796DF09FB6CC476889021E769CF3D1EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 2 years, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id894363BCB4494DEFABA984D085A10DF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>energy production in the United States; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2F714B61750848ED9437CDFC29B75CEA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effects, if any, of crude oil exports from the United States on consumers, independent refiners, and shipbuilding and ship repair yards.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf0eb28e0492d43db912a60be67820219"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after commencing each review under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="id22F053374D464AF8974BFF5D0BAE7A45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a statement of the principal findings of the review; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F3F00B7A7894FA6B263030C039572C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommendations for Congress and the President to address any job loss in the shipbuilding and ship repair industry or adverse impacts on consumers and refiners that the Comptroller General of the United States attributes to unencumbered crude oil exports in the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1B7B0D4271E345F89CD9E50214568678"><enum>502.</enum><header>Reports</header>
<subsection id="id88ee0c04ce204557b68e43bdd2e38a79"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (referred to in this section as the <quote>BSEE</quote>) is operating (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives an analysis of the proposed regulations and rules of the BSEE relating to—</text>
<paragraph id="idD7D8987357C2405BAB295D7460E3265C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>offshore oil and gas drilling, completions, workovers, and decommissioning, including the proposed rule entitled <quote>Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf—Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control</quote> (80 Fed. Reg. 21504 (April 17, 2015)); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0E962524D75E47369374BE7E42DB70CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>exploratory drilling activities on the Arctic Continental Shelf of the United States, including the proposed rule entitled <quote>Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf—Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf</quote> (80 Fed. Reg. 21670 (April 20, 2015)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7A4B7A71A5DA4108BC38E0388A64A894"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of analysis</header><text>The analysis under subsection (a) shall include—</text> <paragraph id="id64eaa4e679dc410dabf1c0f6335585b1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a discussion of any new operational, management, design and construction, financial, and other mandates that would be imposed on contractors and operators;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4bd80df0d2134fc8b059ceaa2d31bbe2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an estimate of all associated direct and indirect operational, management, personnel, training, record keeping, and other costs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idada64fed313b417899f60062a4313717"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an identification and justification of improvements to safety claimed in the proposed regulation or rule.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id600f11329c3743e69d07b9b297c3bbf1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>With respect to the proposed regulations and rules described in subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall not—</text>
<paragraph id="id62574a60417e4f6cbf59b696c4b043e4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>issue any proposed, interim, or final regulation or rule earlier than 180 days after the submission of the report required by subsection (a); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4b491f6e30bf4bda9534788016861685"><enum>(2)</enum><text>issue any final regulation or rule prior to issuing revised proposed regulations or rules that take into account the findings from the report and providing notice and an opportunity for public comment.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>September 9, 2015Read twice and placed on the calendar