110 HR 6301 IH: Funding a Clean Energy Future By Bringing
U.S. House of Representatives
2008-06-18
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Funding a Clean Energy Future
By Bringing Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of
2008
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Outer Continental Shelf
Sec. 101. Policy.
Sec. 102. Definitions under the Submerged Lands
Act.
Sec. 103. Seaward boundaries of States.
Sec. 104. Exceptions from confirmation and establishment of
States’ title, power, and rights.
Sec. 105. Definitions under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act.
Sec. 106. Determination of adjacent zones and planning
areas.
Sec. 107. Administration of leasing.
Sec. 108. Grant of leases by Secretary.
Sec. 109. Disposition of receipts.
Sec. 110. Reservation of lands and rights.
Sec. 111. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program.
Sec. 112. Coordination with adjacent States.
Sec. 113. Environmental studies.
Title II—Coastal Plain of Alaska
Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. Leasing program for lands within the Coastal
Plain.
Sec. 203. Lease sales.
Sec. 204. Grant of leases by the Secretary.
Sec. 205. Lease terms and conditions.
Sec. 206. Coastal Plain environmental protection.
Sec. 207. Expedited judicial review.
Sec. 208. Federal and State distribution of
revenues.
Sec. 209. Rights-of-way across the Coastal Plain.
Sec. 210. Conveyance.
Sec. 211. Local government impact aid and community service
assistance.
Title III—Clean Future-Lower Prices Alternative Energy Trust
Fund
Sec. 301. Clean Future-Lower Prices Alternative Energy Trust
Fund.
<enum>I</enum><header>Outer
Continental Shelf</header>
<section id="HABDDFD537FA9477086C4079816DAABAB"><enum>101.</enum><header>Policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the policy of the United States
that—</text>
<paragraph id="HA6B1490BD1C547D8A53463A71931DA5D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States
is blessed with abundant energy resources on the outer Continental Shelf and
has developed a comprehensive framework of environmental laws and regulations
and fostered the development of state-of-the-art technology that allows for the
responsible development of these resources for the benefit of its
citizenry;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDAB3972AB91A43699FEA03A3A1508810"><enum>(2)</enum><text>adjacent States
are required by the circumstances to commit significant resources in support of
exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources on
the outer Continental Shelf, and it is fair and proper for a portion of the
receipts from such activities to be shared with Adjacent States and their local
coastal governments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A0308180A81496190CAC5B2ED3BE083"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the existing laws
governing the leasing and production of the mineral resources of the outer
Continental Shelf have reduced the production of mineral resources, have
preempted Adjacent States from being sufficiently involved in the decisions
regarding the allowance of mineral resource development, and have been harmful
to the national interest;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC10BADAE3FC24062BE852CB78D5E70E4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the national
interest is served by granting the Adjacent States more options related to
whether or not mineral leasing should occur in the outer Continental Shelf
within their Adjacent Zones;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8AED0E9B66B74068824B1BC9CBBE4CD2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>it is not
reasonably foreseeable that exploration of a leased tract located more than 25
miles seaward of the coastline, development and production of a natural gas
discovery located more than 25 miles seaward of the coastline, or development
and production of an oil discovery located more than 50 miles seaward of the
coastline will adversely affect resources near the coastline;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EC4C929AABE46FBB25DCF4F3739A759"><enum>(6)</enum><text>transportation of
oil from a leased tract might reasonably be foreseen, under limited
circumstances, to have the potential to adversely affect resources near the
coastline if the oil is within 50 miles of the coastline, but such potential to
adversely affect such resources is likely no greater, and probably less, than
the potential impacts from tanker transportation because tanker spills usually
involve large releases of oil over a brief period of time; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA133953A2A4499BBD335BAEA15BB390"><enum>(7)</enum><text>among other bodies
of inland waters, the Great Lakes, Long Island Sound, Delaware Bay, Chesapeake
Bay, Albemarle Sound, San Francisco Bay, and Puget Sound are not part of the
outer Continental Shelf, and are not subject to leasing by the Federal
Government for the exploration, development, and production of any mineral
resources that might lie beneath them.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB03B7E3C9FBB47B38F4E73AEF91BBE02"><enum>102.</enum><header>Definitions
under the Submerged Lands Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Submerged Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1301) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H30EB4D744C7A429DBF63CFD4BA4E6E7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(2) of paragraph (a) by striking all after <quote>seaward to a line</quote> and
inserting <quote>twelve nautical miles distant from the coast line of such
State;</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H440809A281BD4B8CA276B6772175B2F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking out
paragraph (b) and redesignating the subsequent paragraphs in order as
paragraphs (b) through (g);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07EA3E15472B44B7A5A58914F295144F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (g) (as so redesignated) and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC08DB62636B408FB551C720003DED69"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding the
following: <quote>(i) The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of
the Interior.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2DFF8618B8C049C590AF7E8500E53C18"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by defining
<quote>State</quote> as it is defined in Section 2(r) of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331(r)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7CA8885EE29C411B81F708007CB928B"><enum>103.</enum><header>Seaward
boundaries of States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4
of the Submerged Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1312">43 U.S.C. 1312</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA5B05AF3755447948CF44F62FCB5CC68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence by striking <quote>original</quote>, and in the same sentence by
striking <quote>three geographical</quote> and inserting <quote>twelve
nautical</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA42ADDC665D34448B532B43500DEB890"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking all
after the first sentence and inserting the following: <quote>Extension and
delineation of lateral offshore State boundaries under the provisions of this
Act shall follow the lines used to determine the Adjacent Zones of coastal
States under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to the extent such lines
extend twelve nautical miles for the nearest coastline.</quote></text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9126E6EE6021456BAA134CE61800A0EA"><enum>104.</enum><header>Exceptions from
confirmation and establishment of States’ title, power, and
rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the
Submerged Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1313">43 U.S.C. 1313</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6282138C7AE14B128302308100232DFB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (a) through (c) in order as paragraphs (1) through (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA45EC965B77C4818B0A400008827FE52"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(a)</quote> before <quote>There is excepted</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB65E1CCF01B8448A9018CA77EF7D40B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
inserting at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCFEB276502B945D3852F3182B5377122" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H230D7DDCED684212874BCD3800BFF55D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception of oil
and gas mineral rights</header><text>There is excepted from the operation of
sections 3 and 4 all of the oil and gas mineral rights for lands beneath the
navigable waters that are located within the expanded offshore State seaward
boundaries established under this Act. These oil and gas mineral rights shall
remain Federal property and shall be considered to be part of the Federal outer
Continental Shelf for purposes of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) and subject to leasing under the authority of that Act and
to laws applicable to the leasing of the oil and gas resources of the Federal
outer Continental Shelf. All existing Federal oil and gas leases within the
expanded offshore State seaward boundaries shall continue unchanged by the
provisions of this Act, except as otherwise provided herein. However, a State
may exercise all of its sovereign powers of taxation within the entire extent
of its expanded offshore State
boundaries.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4FF53C3EE36D4393914407B72E993D51"><enum>105.</enum><header>Definitions
under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H44119B734ED6476485C92746FB5D6CDD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (f) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H74419CBF0415440282B8EC4CBED44624" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB07092B48F4942D89236971090F039DC"><enum>(f)</enum><text>The term
<term>affected State</term> means the <term>Adjacent
State</term>.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BB04E868B4449A2AB6286B37E98F39B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
semicolon at the end of each of paragraphs (a) through (o) and inserting a
period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88E85772CF294A2EA812193D96F0827E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>; and</quote> at the end of paragraph (p) and inserting a period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF13B6EE7F3F408286DD2F56A4BAD186"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H94353F839AEA4C30BF7388D748A9CFA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HEDCBFC6E4277490ABA22800437BF5FB3"><enum>(r)</enum><text>The term
<term>Adjacent State</term> means, with respect to any program, plan, lease
sale, leased tract or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant
to the provisions of this Act, any State the laws of which are declared,
pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States for the portion
of the outer Continental Shelf on which such program, plan, lease sale, leased
tract or activity appertains or is, or is proposed to be, conducted. For
purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>State</term> includes the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the other Territories of the
United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA46F0C12B2AC49DCA8EA858C00B7B64"><enum>(s)</enum><text>The term
<term>Adjacent Zone</term> means, with respect to any program, plan, lease
sale, leased tract, or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved
pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the portion of the outer Continental
Shelf for which the laws of a particular Adjacent State are declared, pursuant
to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF6868B9A80F244CCBFEC88466467E477"><enum>(t)</enum><text>The term
<term>miles</term> means statute miles.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H25DBBC0A176244BCA9556191FE3DE229"><enum>(u)</enum><text>The term
<term>coastline</term> has the same meaning as the term <term>coast line</term>
as defined in section 2(c) of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1301(c)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H702E437710A44A4CA34561308CD2F0DD"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The term
<term>Neighboring State</term> means a coastal State having a common boundary
at the coastline with the Adjacent
State.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H09F3FA905C5645EAB4DE3715006DE5C6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (a),
by inserting after <quote>control</quote> the following: <quote>or lying within
the United States exclusive economic zone adjacent to the Territories of the
United States</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H83B61325081242FD93A66E5016EC3C2B"><enum>106.</enum><header>Determination
of adjacent zones and planning areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(a)(2)(A) of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1333">43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by
striking <quote>, and the President</quote> and all that follows through the
end of the sentence and inserting the following: <quote>. The lines extending
seaward and defining each State’s Adjacent Zone, and each OCS Planning Area,
are as indicated on the maps for each outer Continental Shelf region entitled
<quote>Alaska OCS Region State Adjacent Zone and OCS Planning Areas</quote>,
<quote>Pacific OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>,
<quote>Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning
Areas</quote>, and <quote>Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS
Planning Areas</quote>, all of which are dated September 2005 and on file in
the Office of the Director, Minerals Management Service.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H2A001AF3E74E4E489E6C3E491762FB07"><enum>107.</enum><header>Administration
of leasing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1334">43 U.S.C. 1334</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB470536495F4498F86F528754B13BACE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H14AC63DDAD03447BA14E7BCAEFC1CA20"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Voluntary
partial relinquishment of a lease</header><text>Any lessee of a producing lease
may relinquish to the Secretary any portion of a lease that the lessee has no
interest in producing and that the Secretary finds is geologically prospective.
In return for any such relinquishment, the Secretary shall provide to the
lessee a royalty incentive for the portion of the lease retained by the lessee,
in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary to carry out this
subsection. The Secretary shall publish final regulations implementing this
subsection within 365 days after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Funding a Clean Energy Future By Bringing
Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of 2008</short-title>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDEC8019DBC124455B1E0EBF3D88E4F47"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Natural gas
lease regulations</header><text>Not later than July 1, 2010, the Secretary
shall publish a final regulation that shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE0A1B1AB4183490100EE87325630CCE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish
procedures for entering into natural gas leases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98EF01A11C0B4F6AB57F452B90BCEBD4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that
natural gas leases are only available for tracts on the outer Continental Shelf
that are wholly within 100 miles of the coastline within an area withdrawn from
disposition by leasing on the day after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Funding a Clean Energy Future By Bringing
Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of 2008</short-title>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7EE3EEAC02F549089CAD5F1BF8FAA1F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide that
natural gas leases shall contain the same rights and obligations established
for oil and gas leases, except as otherwise provided in the
<short-title>Funding a Clean Energy Future By Bringing
Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of 2008</short-title>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H563773CF08C74A30873700B1657BA670"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide that, in
reviewing the adequacy of bids for natural gas leases, the value of any crude
oil estimated to be contained within any tract shall be excluded;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40B55E6E4704491FA5E648996795FB53"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide that any
crude oil produced from a well and reinjected into the leased tract shall not
be subject to payment of royalty, and that the Secretary shall consider, in
setting the royalty rates for a natural gas lease, the additional cost to the
lessee of not producing any crude oil; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90C4E33CD3014C66991553411EDF2860"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide that any
Federal law that applies to an oil and gas lease on the outer Continental Shelf
shall apply to a natural gas lease unless otherwise clearly
inapplicable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H138AB97A59F04C2DA085D2EC3EB9F700"><enum>108.</enum><header>Grant of leases
by Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBA386778A9794732B61E13A9540617E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1) by inserting after the first sentence the following: <quote>Further, the
Secretary may grant natural gas leases in a manner similar to the granting of
oil and gas leases and under the various bidding systems available for oil and
gas leases.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C5568CB70C74F839CB4D1653FB1D2C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
adding at the end of subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9556FF32A3014DE8AAA3542D3097D042" style="OLC">
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may issue more than one lease
for a given tract if each lease applies to a separate and distinct range of
vertical depths, horizontal surface area, or a combination of the two. The
Secretary may issue regulations that the Secretary determines are necessary to
manage such leases consistent with the purposes of this
Act.</text>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H819D3799EB62468E9F8142D7AFD76BDE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (p)(2)(B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H93FD8DA1F1B24414B26EFC26FD2EFBA1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H5B7DB42EE3624E02A0B778789012F68D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall provide for the payment to coastal states, and their local coastal
governments, of 75 percent of Federal receipts from projects authorized under
this section located partially or completely within the area extending seaward
of State submerged lands out to 4 marine leagues from the coastline, and the
payment to coastal states of 50 percent of the receipts from projects
completely located in the area more than 4 marine leagues from the coastline.
Payments shall be based on a formula established by the Secretary by rulemaking
no later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Funding a Clean Energy Future By Bringing
Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of 2008</short-title> that provides
for equitable distribution, based on proximity to the project, among coastal
states that have coastline that is located within 200 miles of the geographic
center of the
project.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52B611F6C75E41A4B8FC7EB3D4E70963"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H20DDA10D4BDF4DE699D0CC3F626EEC24" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H345BA856C83D405CB26C4DD4B1992B29"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Natural Gas
Leases</header>
<paragraph id="H129A1FACB5D3432A88007526BE9EAA1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Right to produce
natural gas</header><text>A lessee of a natural gas lease shall have the right
to produce the natural gas from a field on a natural gas leased tract if the
Secretary estimates that the discovered field has at least 40 percent of the
economically recoverable Btu content of the field contained within natural gas
and such natural gas is economical to produce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3BBA7BB5B76243069D9E44051D9513D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Crude
oil</header><text>A lessee of a natural gas lease may not produce crude oil
from the lease unless the Governor of the Adjacent State agrees to such
production.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE40522135E954804A6638F1733281801"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Estimates of btu
content</header><text>The Secretary shall make estimates of the natural gas Btu
content of discovered fields on a natural gas lease only after the completion
of at least one exploration well, the data from which has been tied to the
results of a three-dimensional seismic survey of the field. The Secretary may
not require the lessee to further delineate any discovered field prior to
making such estimates.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E499CFBBC614B8DB7DF63786B404DA0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definition of
natural gas</header><text>For purposes of a natural gas lease, natural gas
means natural gas and all substances produced in association with gas,
including, but not limited to, hydrocarbon liquids (other than crude oil) that
are obtained by the condensation of hydrocarbon vapors and separate out in
liquid form from the produced gas stream.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H06F9FA98BAB44ED100556905D663713D"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Removal of
restrictions on joint bidding in certain areas of the outer continental
shelf</header><text>Restrictions on joint bidders shall no longer apply to
tracts located in the Alaska OCS Region. Such restrictions shall not apply to
tracts in other OCS regions determined to be <quote>frontier tracts</quote> or
otherwise <quote>high cost tracts</quote> under final regulations that shall be
published by the Secretary by not later than 365 days after the date of the
enactment of the <short-title>Funding a Clean Energy
Future By Bringing Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of
2008</short-title>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBF68AAF7F865475E94B09EEC2F62592B"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Royalty
suspension provisions</header><text>After the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Funding a Clean Energy Future By Bringing
Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of 2008</short-title>, price
thresholds shall apply to any royalty suspension volumes granted by the
Secretary. Unless otherwise set by Secretary by regulation or for a particular
lease sale, the price thresholds shall be $40.50 for oil (January 1, 2006
dollars) and $6.75 for natural gas (January 1, 2006 dollars).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDE306D303A2F4841A483BB3B2D8373F9"><enum>(t)</enum><header>Conservation of
resources fees</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of the <short-title>Funding a Clean Energy
Future By Bringing Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of
2008</short-title>, the Secretary by regulation shall establish a conservation
of resources fee for nonproducing leases that will apply to new and existing
leases which shall be set at $3.75 per acre per year. This fee shall apply from
and after October 1, 2008, and shall be treated as offsetting
receipts.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0943ABBC189047E2B5272166637B3277"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (a)(3)(A) and redesignating the subsequent subparagraphs as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA076D444102E4BE2B040CB0046847425"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3)(A) (as so redesignated) by striking <quote>In the Western</quote> and
all that follows through <quote>the Secretary</quote> the first place it
appears and inserting <quote>The Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E8BDAEE91DC40A496A48F401EB6E35"><enum>(7)</enum><text>effective October
1, 2008, in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0ABECB9B2C5D458289D880ADB112DD5D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking all
after <quote>(g)</quote>, except paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F134C4FC76840A4AEE3B0EE305D6914"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
last sentence of paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H264CAF95F4F34BA2AA66A8C84640CDD2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(3)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H04D962DC856B43438532B986ADE03DD8"><enum>109.</enum><header>Disposition of
receipts</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="HDE0E70B757FD439CA1B3D99446751D50"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by designating the
existing text as subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD9EC63E9A51E4B5486FD41F004429757"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
(as so designated) by inserting <quote>, if not paid as otherwise provided in
this title</quote> after <quote>receipts</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63A0AFD3EE634F24A704678C292CF2E9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC744FFD8A0D24DE90032742E6B80E040" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H15C1E5F78EB64C02BED13D9987776058"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of OCS
Receipts From Tracts Completely Within 100 Miles of the Coastline</header>
<paragraph id="H7F69E352138D40E1A4C600D89F2FFDEC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>The
Secretary shall deposit into a separate account in the Treasury the portion of
OCS Receipts for each fiscal year that will be shared under paragraphs (2),
(3), and (4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFB32C41031242E49D2E2C3F5CE0A453"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Phased-in
receipts sharing</header>
<subparagraph id="H85A3C6828B3A49F3A36826C224163ED2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Beginning October
1, 2008, the Secretary shall share OCS Receipts derived from the following
areas:</text>
<clause id="HFD432470E3434B8692A8F5C1E652AA00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Lease tracts
located on portions of the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region completely beyond 4 marine
leagues from any coastline and completely within 100 miles of any coastline
that were available for leasing under the 2002–2007 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas
Leasing Program.</text>
</clause><clause id="H9CF48C9020DD4D94A7619616C7FA7EB6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Lease tracts in
production prior to October 1, 2008, completely beyond 4 marine leagues from
any coastline and completely within 100 miles of any coastline located on
portions of the OCS that were not available for leasing under the 2002–2007
5-Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program.</text>
</clause><clause id="HEDEA9A1DBD60406788D8BA5917ADC98E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Lease tracts for
which leases are issued prior to October 1, 2008, located in the Alaska OCS
Region completely beyond 4 marine leagues from any coastline and completely
within 100 miles of the coastline.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7925F93D25C143BC9FB4129B7B00C643"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall share the following percentages of OCS Receipts from the leases described
in subparagraph (A) derived during the fiscal year indicated:</text>
<clause id="HAB01EC89FFDC4D62A4A247E823AFE3D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>For
fiscal year 2009, 5 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H07178F3F23AB4AF8AA323B48AD4E0040"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2010, 8 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HCABB8E5B6ABD486AB76B60A55F8E301E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2011, 11 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE859D673194F4E63BC2382F1F4E406F0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2012, 14 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC1294D41D4CC4C068D5B69D1B851523D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2013, 17 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC4CE9C9CCC614DF2BBCAB00BADCCD28"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2014, 20 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD04F4999FB5B44F6BA43F493F87C5600"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2015, 23 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H8FF897C573F34B549015A5A0E3ABDE03"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2016, 26 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HFA3A8FC75CF64E4DAD39D06E373043D5"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2017, 29 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB25AA8DEBFF54F4CAD48805031F32419"><enum>(x)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2018, 32 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0BF0C7DA53974306A95CF29200B91DB"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2019, 35 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC29C9E7524914B68A06888316F05BC00"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2020 and each subsequent fiscal year, 37.5 percent.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5EEF3836916D4D65B87110086D28A1D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The provisions of
this paragraph shall not apply to leases that could not have been issued but
for section 5(k) of this Act or section 105(2) of the
<short-title>Funding a Clean Energy Future By Bringing
Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of 2008</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H89403326951247CEB7AF8DBF2D2181E8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Immediate
receipts sharing</header><text>Beginning October 1, 2008, the Secretary shall
share 37.50 percent of OCS Receipts derived from all lease tracts located
completely beyond 4 marine leagues from any coastline and completely within 100
miles of any coastline not included within the provisions of paragraph
(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF8101B0B7BF407F9928AC3437FA0441"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Receipts sharing
from tracts within 4 marine leagues of any coastline</header>
<subparagraph id="HE5C8AA4D63F84C2AB38CC7A41021A3D8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Areas described
in paragraph <enum-in-header>(2)</enum-in-header></header><text>Beginning
October 1, 2008, and continuing through September 30, 2010, the Secretary shall
share 25 percent of OCS Receipts derived from all lease tracts located within 4
marine leagues from any coastline within areas described in paragraph (2). For
each fiscal year after September 30, 2010, the Secretary shall increase the
percent shared in 5 percent increments each fiscal year until the sharing rate
for all lease tracts located within 4 marine leagues from any coastline within
areas described in paragraph (2) becomes 75 percent.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFAF3FB36B65A4B5CA9EA882FBBDCE67"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Areas not
described in paragraph
<enum-in-header>(2)</enum-in-header></header><text>Beginning October 1, 2008,
the Secretary shall share 75 percent of OCS receipts derived from all lease
tracts located completely or partially within 4 marine leagues from any
coastline within areas not described paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H401CCE15B4D14126BBBAED52289812A2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Allocations</header><text>The
Secretary shall allocate the OCS Receipts deposited into the separate account
established by paragraph (1) that are shared under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)
as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3FEA3A63B97145C997BCABFDB4F5F8C6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Bonus
bids</header><text>Deposits derived from bonus bids from a leased tract,
including interest thereon, shall be allocated at the end of each fiscal year
to the Adjacent State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D6B6F4FC3D342EAB399A651E9A6CCEE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Royalties</header><text>Deposits
derived from royalties from a leased tract, including interest thereon, shall
be allocated at the end of each fiscal year to the Adjacent State and any other
producing State or States with a leased tract within its Adjacent Zone within
100 miles of its coastline that generated royalties during the fiscal year, if
the other producing or States have a coastline point within 300 miles of any
portion of the leased tract, in which case the amount allocated for the leased
tract shall be—</text>
<clause id="H2527E27471764DA59949C85399A0B7E6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>one-third to the
Adjacent State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HAB292D6E23524D21A17B62944DCDFC3F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>two-thirds to
each producing State, including the Adjacent State, inversely proportional to
the distance between the nearest point on the coastline of the producing State
and the geographic center of the leased tract.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H14091DEE2D9B4472B1C37B31BB00C09E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of OCS
Receipts From Tracts Partially or Completely Beyond 100 Miles of the
Coastline</header>
<paragraph id="HD4203CD658D24369A506A10C97DAB9E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>The
Secretary shall deposit into a separate account in the Treasury the portion of
OCS Receipts for each fiscal year that will be shared under paragraphs (2) and
(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB4A6A7D72B447D9ABF27F82D884199C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Phased-in
receipts sharing</header>
<subparagraph id="H103B5CDCFB164D33B45675128C608E2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Beginning October
1, 2008, the Secretary shall share OCS Receipts derived from the following
areas:</text>
<clause id="H2FAEB4A6B8CC49C09722BF33E797D4E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Lease tracts
located on portions of the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region partially or completely
beyond 100 miles of any coastline that were available for leasing under the
2002–2007 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program.</text>
</clause><clause id="H34895E02BA414ADEBB055FEB427B1290"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Lease tracts in
production prior to October 1, 2008, partially or completely beyond 100 miles
of any coastline located on portions of the OCS that were not available for
leasing under the 2002–2007 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5AEF794A96F549D3A088299BBCFC49AF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Lease tracts for
which leases are issued prior to October 1, 2008, located in the Alaska OCS
Region partially or completely beyond 100 miles of the coastline.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0238C9A1ABC4B69B1EB6CF647AC3700"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall share the following percentages of OCS Receipts from the lease tracts
described in subparagraph (A) derived during the fiscal year indicated:</text>
<clause id="H414EDDFBB7F1436FA031232B6B747622"><enum>(i)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2009, 5 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HCFA6F6412B4B433486F5DF00C322F600"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2010, 8 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3A9B4175A27D4D7589E67F81413D74CF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2011, 11 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H452AB305D7A443AA00A0FF089C33C48F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2012, 14 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB469E615B2294519A4AFD6194E491021"><enum>(v)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2013, 17 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2721D1CE317B4934A81055CE45AE5200"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2014, 20 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H993F3719EF094B97BBE8BF459F7D67"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2015, 23 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD5C45DEDBBFB473B8CCC319DD2008658"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2016, 26 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE624A5028FC34DC3B82B87CCFA111D80"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2017, 29 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA24F9B5027644FEA86B8C952CA94AC30"><enum>(x)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2018, 32 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H34B78C79A723453CA65B8CB355473EC1"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2019, 35 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HFF8D69AFB32641218800CCBFC1CEA1CB"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2020 and each subsequent fiscal year, 37.5 percent.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HADFF103A98BD40AA93594C60D5D4C2CB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The provisions of
this paragraph shall not apply to leases that could not have been issued but
for section 5(k) of this Act or section 105(2) of the
<short-title>Funding a Clean Energy Future By Bringing
Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of 2008</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C226A18B8C844B68773CB31DEC23975"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Immediate
receipts sharing</header><text>Beginning October 1, 2008, the Secretary shall
share 37.5 percent of OCS Receipts derived on and after October 1, 2008, from
all lease tracts located partially or completely beyond 100 miles of any
coastline not included within the provisions of paragraph (2), except that the
Secretary shall only share 25 percent of such OCS Receipts derived from all
such lease tracts within a State’s Adjacent Zone if no leasing is allowed
within any portion of that State’s Adjacent Zone located completely within 100
miles of any coastline.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HECB0F3D400204A54980076053706C147"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Allocations</header><text>The
Secretary shall allocate the OCS Receipts deposited into the separate account
established by paragraph (1) that are shared under paragraphs (2) and (3) as
follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H33ACB605A8BD462997544EDCA400AFDA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Bonus
bids</header><text>Deposits derived from bonus bids from a leased tract,
including interest thereon, shall be allocated at the end of each fiscal year
to the Adjacent State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44AF0F137A694C2F86D12DE77C01EE7B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Royalties</header><text>Deposits
derived from royalties from a leased tract, including interest thereon, shall
be allocated at the end of each fiscal year to the Adjacent State and any other
producing State or States with a leased tract within its Adjacent Zone
partially or completely beyond 100 miles of its coastline that generated
royalties during the fiscal year, if the other producing State or States have a
coastline point within 300 miles of any portion of the leased tract, in which
case the amount allocated for the leased tract shall be—</text>
<clause id="HB65A68FCBB6243F6BCF2E39EB659ABFD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>one-third to the
Adjacent State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD7A345925D5D43D5AAA9977E18AC2152"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>two-thirds to
each producing State, including the Adjacent State, inversely proportional to
the distance between the nearest point on the coastline of the producing State
and the geographic center of the leased tract.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H595E1301EA2643A2B8991705BC5FF2F3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transmission of
Allocations</header>
<paragraph id="H1FF92A83D617466B9C9D55D352F87E78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year,
the Secretary shall transmit—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC5738ED03E25475284F0B3538610BB00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to each State 60
percent of such State’s allocations under subsections (b)(5)(A), (b)(5)(B),
(c)(4)(A), and (c)(4)(B) for the immediate prior fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F8A4578009942938F71397BD16572A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to each coastal
county-equivalent and municipal political subdivisions of such State a total of
40 percent of such State’s allocations under subsections (b)(5)(A), (b)(5)(B),
(c)(4)(A), and (c)(4)(B), together with all accrued interest thereon;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5FA9048C574B4C358940FD68E74ACAC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the remaining
allocations under subsections (b)(5) and (c)(4), together with all accrued
interest thereon.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA160865A1DC9421697A7852FC3D9A7F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocations to
coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions</header><text>The Secretary
shall make an initial allocation of the OCS Receipts to be shared under
paragraph (1)(B) as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HDE877C00DEE24B5AA043F27CA0073F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>25 percent shall be
allocated to coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions that are
completely more than 25 miles landward of the coastline and at least a part of
which lies not more than 75 miles landward from the coastline, with the
allocation among such coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions based on
population.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C53B4CB927E4D238B1DF1745359259D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>75 percent shall
be allocated to coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions that are
completely or partially less than 25 miles landward of the coastline, with the
allocation among such coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions to be
further allocated as follows:</text>
<clause id="H186313ACD00743808290D1D51CE00FC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>25
percent shall be allocated based on the ratio of such coastal county-equivalent
political subdivision’s population to the coastal population of all coastal
county-equivalent political subdivisions in the State.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7AB92C89F3D64870AD5CEDD12E80D0B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be allocated based on the ratio of such coastal county-equivalent political
subdivision’s coastline miles to the coastline miles of all coastal
county-equivalent political subdivisions in the State as calculated by the
Secretary. In such calculations, coastal county-equivalent political
subdivisions without a coastline shall be considered to have 50 percent of the
average coastline miles of the coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions
that do have coastlines.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB2F09838E12943C1A9ECF8D4B0577088"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be allocated to all coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions having a
coastline point within 300 miles of the leased tract for which OCS Receipts are
being shared based on a formula that allocates the funds based on such coastal
county-equivalent political subdivision’s relative distance from the leased
tract.</text>
</clause><clause id="H12D10019854642BCA418D98C13DF7891"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>25 percent shall
be allocated to all coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions having a
coastline point within 300 miles of the leased tract for which OCS Receipts are
being shared based on the relative level of outer Continental Shelf oil and gas
activities in a coastal political subdivision compared to the level of outer
Continental Shelf activities in all coastal political subdivisions in the
State. The Secretary shall define the term <term>outer Continental Shelf oil
and gas activities</term> for purposes of this subparagraph to include, but not
be limited to, construction of vessels, drillships, and platforms involved in
exploration, production, and development on the outer Continental Shelf;
support and supply bases, ports, and related activities; offices of geologists,
geophysicists, engineers, and other professionals involved in support of
exploration, production, and development of oil and gas on the outer
Continental Shelf; pipelines and other means of transporting oil and gas
production from the outer Continental Shelf; and processing and refining of oil
and gas production from the outer Continental Shelf. For purposes of this
subparagraph, if a coastal county-equivalent political subdivision does not
have a coastline, its coastal point shall be the point on the coastline closest
to it.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H143BE59A658C4B9B82D215556884E4AB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocations to
coastal municipal political subdivisions</header><text>The initial allocation
to each coastal county-equivalent political subdivision under paragraph (2)
shall be further allocated to the coastal county-equivalent political
subdivision and any coastal municipal political subdivisions located partially
or wholly within the boundaries of the coastal county-equivalent political
subdivision as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFE68D5C254FF45359615CF1B006C06D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>One-third shall be
allocated to the coastal county-equivalent political subdivision.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85D5AA6B45DF48FAB5994884EC555299"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Two-thirds shall
be allocated on a per capita basis to the municipal political subdivisions and
the county-equivalent political subdivision, with the allocation to the latter
based upon its population not included within the boundaries of a municipal
political subdivision.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCE23FBF386D6437D9BA7AA679C3BCB1E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Investment of
deposits</header><text>Amounts deposited under this section shall be invested
by the Secretary of the Treasury in securities backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States having maturities suitable to the needs of the
account in which they are deposited and yielding the highest reasonably
available interest rates as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3A1FE981F8D34BA38D5199811C679300"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>A recipient of funds under this section may use the funds
for one or more of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H70FBFE1BF77941318C065ED95186ECCE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To reduce in-State
college tuition at public institutions of higher learning and otherwise support
public education, including career technical education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD52E34CFDD4C476ABCD788F1E97CE7F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To make
transportation infrastructure improvements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H029677183514438FBCB4707E2ECA00FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To reduce
taxes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B834A88E51E4F56BFB8D39C1D800071"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To promote, fund,
and provide for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H45B64070900649D1B49100CA4D2CE659"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coastal or
environmental restoration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC16DC84CEB2C408FA64B08B5EA824605"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fish, wildlife,
and marine life habitat enhancement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A29BCE29FCE40218EC4E420CEA73896"><enum>(C)</enum><text>waterways
construction and maintenance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD37FF4BD80EC42F485A1FA06009FB4A1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>levee construction
and maintenance and shore protection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFAB58E75D5E74E1280B700DEF01434A5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>marine and
oceanographic education and research.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAF8838919D5B4C26B364B396BF5745CC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To promote, fund,
and provide for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7FE7D356E694420EA7900173A9D92C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>infrastructure
associated with energy production activities conducted on the outer Continental
Shelf;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05F3C465CCD24487A84EF8E5D977FF00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>energy
demonstration projects;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9F14D1AB10340A6BEDDBF2D00D17854"><enum>(C)</enum><text>supporting
infrastructure for shore-based energy projects;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC054D193081B4BA79CC008700D92B00"><enum>(D)</enum><text>State geologic
programs, including geologic mapping and data storage programs, and state
geophysical data acquisition;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1703B423D12048E5B7C9E0F5E0723699"><enum>(E)</enum><text>State seismic
monitoring programs, including operation of monitoring stations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D195A309EF14B778654004E7ED376E1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>development of oil
and gas resources through enhanced recovery techniques;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86223954794F42C3BC553E6837C4C881"><enum>(G)</enum><text>alternative energy
development, including bio fuels, coal-to-liquids, oil shale, tar sands,
geothermal, geopressure, wind, waves, currents, hydro, and other renewable
energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FDAB678364B4E2B97E1CF2900909946"><enum>(H)</enum><text>energy efficiency
and conservation programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H887494D3CF854C12AE841BF798D902B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>front-end
engineering and design for facilities that produce liquid fuels from
hydrocarbons and other biological matter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H592E8835DAF247BEB23FBF7E23CA69D2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>To promote, fund,
and provide for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4D608ABB504B467A8DEB5C4685BCCAC2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>historic
preservation programs and projects;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B1D5D1E213648459C520021172C93DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>natural disaster
planning and response; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71621F23719141F69C95FCF00191D9C6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>hurricane and
natural disaster insurance programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8B2F15FFFB0C43BABFFA258C2BBA35A4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>For any other
purpose as determined by State law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC2669ABD89DF467BB0A98B47AE98791B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>No accounting
required</header><text>No recipient of funds under this section shall be
required to account to the Federal Government for the expenditure of such
funds, except as otherwise may be required by law. However, States may enact
legislation providing for accounting for and auditing of such expenditures.
Further, funds allocated under this section to States and political
subdivisions may be used as matching funds for other Federal programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9231BD9CB4C442F0AA6081EFB63F2000"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Effect of future
laws</header><text>Enactment of any future Federal statute that has the effect,
as determined by the Secretary, of restricting any Federal agency from spending
appropriated funds, or otherwise preventing it from fulfilling its pre-existing
responsibilities as of the date of enactment of the statute, unless such
responsibilities have been reassigned to another Federal agency by the statute
with no prevention of performance, to issue any permit or other approval
impacting on the OCS oil and gas leasing program, or any lease issued
thereunder, or to implement any provision of this Act shall automatically
prohibit any sharing of OCS Receipts under this section directly with the
States, and their coastal political subdivisions, for the duration of the
restriction. The Secretary shall make the determination of the existence of
such restricting effects within 30 days of a petition by any outer Continental
Shelf lessee or producing State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7C6C71BDDCD34F7384BAB798A489A700"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Treatment of
remaining OCS receipts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All
OCS Receipts derived from lease tracts referred to in subsections (b) and (c)
that are not required to be deposited and shared under those subsections shall
be deposited into the OCS Alternative Energy Development Fund established by
section 114 of the <short-title>Funding a Clean Energy
Future By Bringing Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of
2008</short-title>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3F7DA45D2E7A4CDD8C62A612778FC3AD"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H0ECEC7B11ED7449EA860F2002830F461"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coastal
county-equivalent political subdivision</header><text>The term <term>coastal
county-equivalent political subdivision</term> means a political jurisdiction
immediately below the level of State government, including a county, parish,
borough in Alaska, independent municipality not part of a county, parish, or
borough in Alaska, or other equivalent subdivision of a coastal State, that
lies within the coastal zone.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF30ECEE73FAF442CB7004D63EAD3ACA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coastal municipal
political subdivision</header><text>The term <term>coastal municipal political
subdivision</term> means a municipality located within and part of a county,
parish, borough in Alaska, or other equivalent subdivision of a State, all or
part of which coastal municipal political subdivision lies within the coastal
zone.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E5D4B790BD04E71992D994679C79100"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coastal
population</header><text>The term <term>coastal population</term> means the
population of all coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions, as
determined by the most recent official data of the Census Bureau.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C79F51152D344048F6E11F445A43941"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coastal
zone</header><text>The term <term>coastal zone</term> means that portion of a
coastal State, including the entire territory of any coastal county-equivalent
political subdivision at least a part of which lies, within 75 miles landward
from the coastline, or a greater distance as determined by State law enacted to
implement this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED411DA8FEEC4EEC95DE3C2D706266B4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Bonus
bids</header><text>The term <term>bonus bids</term> means all funds received by
the Secretary to issue an outer Continental Shelf minerals lease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H053E427173684AF2B51EAABECAA15226"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Royalties</header><text>The
term <term>royalties</term> means all funds received by the Secretary from
production of oil or natural gas, or the sale of production taken in-kind, from
an outer Continental Shelf minerals lease.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEC088719E3B420698AE09003DAD2E79"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Producing
state</header><text>The term <term>producing State</term> means an Adjacent
State having an Adjacent Zone containing leased tracts from which OCS Receipts
were derived.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03AEA3B098904F43BCB81C001001F7D8"><enum>(8)</enum><header>OCS
receipts</header><text>The term <term>OCS Receipts</term> means bonus bids,
royalties, and conservation of resources
fees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0D0B3C15B9074E02AF546971A4AE5D25"><enum>110.</enum><header>Reservation of
lands and rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12 of
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1341">43 U.S.C. 1341</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA11CBE937BBA412100E24FAD63C55BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
subsection (a) by adding at the end the following: <quote>The President may
partially or completely revise or revoke any prior withdrawal made by the
President under the authority of this section. The President may not revise or
revoke a withdrawal that is extended by a State under subsection (h), nor may
the President withdraw from leasing any area for which a State failed to
prohibit, or petition to prohibit, leasing under subsection (g). Further, in
the area of the outer Continental Shelf more than 100 miles from any coastline,
not more than 25 percent of the acreage of any OCS Planning Area may be
withdrawn from leasing under this section at any point in time. A withdrawal by
the President may be for a term not to exceed 10 years. When considering
potential uses of the outer Continental Shelf, to the maximum extent possible,
the President shall accommodate competing interests and potential
uses.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H159F8AE35E2743CD9100E1697EFF039C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H123F10DBAAC9413789C87F51DDDAC9F7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4EF81A9AB32F40009B93D82230590546"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Availability for
Leasing Within Certain Areas of the Outer Continental Shelf</header>
<paragraph id="H51EA65BC51634881A21744DAB1477996"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition
against leasing</header>
<subparagraph id="H563FDB35694C4E0E9E6B9C34406D6E2B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Unavailable for
leasing without state request</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in
this subsection, from and after enactment of the
<short-title>Funding a Clean Energy Future By Bringing
Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of 2008</short-title>, the Secretary
shall not offer for leasing for oil and gas, or natural gas, any area within 50
miles of the coastline that was withdrawn from disposition by leasing in the
Atlantic OCS Region or the Pacific OCS Region, or the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
Eastern Planning Area, as depicted on the maps referred to in this
subparagraph, under the <quote>Memorandum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the
United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition</quote>, 34
Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1111, dated June 12, 1998, or any area within 50 miles
of the coastline not withdrawn under that Memorandum that is included within
the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Eastern Planning Area as indicated on the map
entitled <quote>Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning
Areas</quote> or the Florida Straits Planning Area as indicated on the map
entitled <quote>Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning
Areas</quote>, both of which are dated September 2005 and on file in the Office
of the Director, Minerals Management Service.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43E3651553DC495BB019D94B686583DC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Areas between 50
and 100 miles from the coastline</header><text>Unless an Adjacent State
petitions under subsection (h) within one year after the date of the enactment
of the <short-title>Funding a Clean Energy Future By
Bringing Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of 2008</short-title> for
natural gas leasing or by June 30, 2010, for oil and gas leasing, the Secretary
shall offer for leasing any area more than 50 miles but less than 100 miles
from the coastline that was withdrawn from disposition by leasing in the
Atlantic OCS Region, the Pacific OCS Region, or the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
Eastern Planning Area, as depicted on the maps referred to in this
subparagraph, under the <quote>Memorandum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the
United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition</quote>, 34
Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1111, dated June 12, 1998, or any area more than 50
miles but less than 100 miles of the coastline not withdrawn under that
Memorandum that is included within the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Eastern
Planning Area as indicated on the map entitled <quote>Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote> or within the Florida
Straits Planning Area as indicated on the map entitled <quote>Atlantic OCS
Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas</quote>, both of which are
dated September 2005 and on file in the Office of the Director, Minerals
Management Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3782120DF2A747259210C900F019B054"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revocation of
withdrawal</header><text>The provisions of the <quote>Memorandum on Withdrawal
of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing
Disposition</quote>, 34 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1111, dated June 12, 1998, are
hereby revoked and are no longer in effect. Any tract only partially added to
the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Central Planning Area by this Act shall be
eligible for leasing of the part of such tract that is included within the Gulf
of Mexico OCS Region Central Planning Area, and the remainder of such tract
that lies outside of the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Central Planning Area may be
developed and produced by the lessee of such partial tract using extended reach
or similar drilling from a location on a leased area. Further, any area in the
OCS withdrawn from leasing may be leased, and thereafter developed and produced
by the lessee using extended reach or similar drilling from a location on a
leased area located in an area available for leasing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA158CB0FBAF74BCC8B16754C58399F35"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Petition for
leasing</header>
<subparagraph id="H955195B2490D4095BBE800F9823F8B00"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Governor of the State, upon concurrence of its
legislature, may submit to the Secretary a petition requesting that the
Secretary make available any area that is within the State’s Adjacent Zone,
included within the provisions of paragraph (1), and that (i) is greater than
25 miles from any point on the coastline of a Neighboring State for the conduct
of offshore leasing, pre-leasing, and related activities with respect to
natural gas leasing; or (ii) is greater than 50 miles from any point on the
coastline of a Neighboring State for the conduct of offshore leasing,
pre-leasing, and related activities with respect to oil and gas leasing. The
Adjacent State may also petition for leasing any other area within its Adjacent
Zone if leasing is allowed in the similar area of the Adjacent Zone of the
applicable Neighboring State, or if not allowed, if the Neighboring State,
acting through its Governor, expresses its concurrence with the petition. The
Secretary shall only consider such a petition upon making a finding that
leasing is allowed in the similar area of the Adjacent Zone of the applicable
Neighboring State or upon receipt of the concurrence of the Neighboring State.
The date of receipt by the Secretary of such concurrence by the Neighboring
State shall constitute the date of receipt of the petition for that area for
which the concurrence applies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C873EAA96EE4475B1C7C1E519DF600"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitations on
leasing</header><text>In its petition, a State with an Adjacent Zone that
contains leased tracts may condition new leasing for oil and gas, or natural
gas for tracts within 25 miles of the coastline by—</text>
<clause id="H0945A07726214D5D93DAF4E6961CE05F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>requiring a net
reduction in the number of production platforms;</text>
</clause><clause id="H214BA623F65A460B93A2BC28F39880CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>requiring a net
increase in the average distance of production platforms from the
coastline;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE295B7AF09DA45079FE6694500007EAC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>limiting
permanent surface occupancy on new leases to areas that are more than 10 miles
from the coastline;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF60C19D77902488DBA042392BF1B1C4C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>limiting some
tracts to being produced from shore or from platforms located on other tracts;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H0CB87C6A020042D6A062002689406344"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other conditions
that the Adjacent State may deem appropriate as long as the Secretary does not
determine that production is made economically or technically impracticable or
otherwise impossible.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34826E6F8E0143F7BA8473419BCC9513"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Action by
secretary</header><text>Not later than 90 days after receipt of a petition
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall approve the petition, unless the
Secretary determines that leasing the area would probably cause serious harm or
damage to the marine resources of the State’s Adjacent Zone. Prior to approving
the petition, the Secretary shall complete an environmental assessment that
documents the anticipated environmental effects of leasing in the area included
within the scope of the petition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9051FCFFBD64A0E9DF876EA00C23E03"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Failure to
act</header><text>If the Secretary fails to approve or deny a petition in
accordance with subparagraph (C) the petition shall be considered to be
approved 90 days after receipt of the petition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBF59D8E41094F609E57AE635949D9E4"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Amendment of the
5-year leasing program</header><text>Notwithstanding section 18, within 180
days of the approval of a petition under subparagraph (C) or (D), after the
expiration of the time limits in paragraph (1)(B), and within 180 days after
the enactment of the <short-title>Funding a Clean Energy
Future By Bringing Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of
2008</short-title> for the areas made available for leasing under paragraph
(2), the Secretary shall amend the current 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil
and Gas Leasing Program to include a lease sale or sales for at least 75
percent of the associated areas, unless there are, from the date of approval,
expiration of such time limits, or enactment, as applicable, fewer than 12
months remaining in the current 5-Year Leasing Program in which case the
Secretary shall include the associated areas within lease sales under the next
5-Year Leasing Program. For purposes of amending the 5-Year Program in
accordance with this section, further consultations with States shall not be
required. For purposes of this section, an environmental assessment performed
under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to assess
the effects of approving the petition shall be sufficient to amend the 5-Year
Leasing Program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5F715601476543A08DA0AE6311616C9E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Option To extend
withdrawal from leasing within certain areas of the Outer Continental
Shelf</header><text>A State, through its Governor and upon the concurrence of
its legislature, may extend for a period of time of up to 5 years for each
extension the withdrawal from leasing for all or part of any area within the
State’s Adjacent Zone located more than 50 miles, but less than 100 miles, from
the coastline that is subject to subsection (g)(1)(B). A State may extend
multiple times for any particular area but not more than once per calendar year
for any particular area. A State must prepare separate extensions, with
separate votes by its legislature, for oil and gas leasing and for natural gas
leasing. An extension by a State may affect some areas to be withdrawn from all
leasing and some areas to be withdrawn only from one type of leasing.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDFEBB6997E2844B78D8700C30053B7C1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Effect of other
laws</header><text>Adoption by any Adjacent State of any constitutional
provision, or enactment of any State statute, that has the effect, as
determined by the Secretary, of restricting either the Governor or the
Legislature, or both, from exercising full discretion related to subsection (g)
or (h), or both, shall automatically (1) prohibit any sharing of OCS Receipts
under this Act with the Adjacent State, and its coastal political subdivisions,
and (2) prohibit the Adjacent State from exercising any authority under
subsection (h), for the duration of the restriction. The Secretary shall make
the determination of the existence of such restricting constitutional provision
or State statute within 30 days of a petition by any outer Continental Shelf
lessee or coastal State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H37750C0CCB9146B69FD3A97ED8085092"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Prohibition on
leasing east of the military mission line</header>
<paragraph id="H3DFF0331A3B74D0D81DA883F0694B96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, from and after the enactment of the
<short-title>Funding a Clean Energy Future By Bringing
Lower Gas Prices for Americans Today Act of 2008</short-title>, prior to
January 1, 2022, no area of the outer Continental Shelf located in the Gulf of
Mexico east of the military mission line may be offered for leasing for oil and
gas or natural gas unless a waiver is issued by the Secretary of Defense. If
such a waiver is granted, 62.5 percent of the OCS Receipts from a lease within
such area issued because of such waiver shall be paid annually to the National
Guards of all States having a point within 1000 miles of such a lease,
allocated among the States on a per capita basis using the entire population of
such States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55286F45F66B40AAB9AE16535969792"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In this subsection,
the term <term>military mission line</term> means a line located at 86 degrees,
41 minutes West Longitude, and extending south from the coast of Florida to the
outer boundary of United States territorial waters in the Gulf of
Mexico.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4CDACB2287894C49B871848B79C1217F"><enum>111.</enum><header>Outer
Continental Shelf leasing program</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—</text>
<paragraph id="HAE2E477E846D47929576C299C3515616"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the following: <quote>The Secretary
shall, in each 5-year program, include lease sales that when viewed as a whole
propose to offer for oil and gas or natural gas leasing at least 75 percent of
the available unleased acreage within each OCS Planning Area. Available
unleased acreage is that portion of the outer Continental Shelf that is not
under lease at the time of the proposed lease sale, and has not otherwise been
made unavailable for leasing by law.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6BD227805CE46218499038200536800"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by striking so much as precedes paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5887EBF8EF0F499EB9BEF8CA9200A293" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA937E7F189944EC9BEF88BD721E3DAC6"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBC898F8F946F4CC891EC917531FF38EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>During the preparation
of any proposed leasing program under this section, the Secretary shall
consider and analyze leasing throughout the entire Outer Continental Shelf
without regard to any other law affecting such leasing. During this preparation
the Secretary shall invite and consider suggestions from any interested Federal
agency, including the Attorney General, in consultation with the Federal Trade
Commission, and from the Governor of any coastal State. The Secretary may also
invite or consider any suggestions from the executive of any local government
in a coastal State that have been previously submitted to the Governor of such
State, and from any other person. Further, the Secretary shall consult with the
Secretary of Defense regarding military operational needs in the outer
Continental Shelf. The Secretary shall work with the Secretary of Defense to
resolve any conflicts that might arise regarding offering any area of the outer
Continental Shelf for oil and gas or natural gas leasing. If the Secretaries
are not able to resolve all such conflicts, any unresolved issues shall be
elevated to the President for resolution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B37ABA7F07846F7002C4C95BA069FCC" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>After the consideration and analysis
required by paragraph (1), including the consideration of the suggestions
received from any interested Federal agency, the Federal Trade Commission, the
Governor of any coastal State, any local government of a coastal State, and any
other person, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a proposed
leasing program accompanied by a draft environmental impact statement prepared
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. After the publishing
of the proposed leasing program and during the comment period provided for on
the draft environmental impact statement, the Secretary shall submit a copy of
the proposed program to the Governor of each affected State for review and
comment. The Governor may solicit comments from those executives of local
governments in the Governor’s State that the Governor, in the discretion of the
Governor, determines will be affected by the proposed program. If any comment
by such Governor is received by the Secretary at least 15 days prior to
submission to the Congress pursuant to paragraph (3) and includes a request for
any modification of such proposed program, the Secretary shall reply in
writing, granting or denying such request in whole or in part, or granting such
request in such modified form as the Secretary considers appropriate, and
stating the Secretary’s reasons therefor. All such correspondence between the
Secretary and the Governor of any affected State, together with any additional
information and data relating thereto, shall accompany such proposed program
when it is submitted to the Congress.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF47D2C7E79F643DDBA8C4D2CF9930E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3912AE1813D64F52A5E7F07EB4BABD17" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCD608F7C35CC4772A853673919392D12"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Projection of
state adjacent zone resources and state and local government shares of OCS
receipts</header><text>Concurrent with the publication of the scoping notice at
the beginning of the development of each 5-year outer Continental Shelf oil and
gas leasing program, or as soon thereafter as possible, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H69BD9DA7387A4298B2B3D468ADAF7F26"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide to each
Adjacent State a current estimate of proven and potential oil and gas resources
located within the State’s Adjacent Zone; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2EF356BC20D54587A5A6631645BA0A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide to each
Adjacent State, and coastal political subdivisions thereof, a best-efforts
projection of the OCS Receipts that the Secretary expects will be shared with
each Adjacent State, and its coastal political subdivisions, using the
assumption that the unleased tracts within the State’s Adjacent Zone are fully
made available for leasing, including long-term projected OCS Receipts. In
addition, the Secretary shall include a macroeconomic estimate of the impact of
such leasing on the national economy and each State’s economy, including
investment, jobs, revenues, personal income, and other
categories.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD37B7E71612441A8BE080087E9AF006B"><enum>112.</enum><header>Coordination
with adjacent States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
19 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1345">43 U.S.C. 1345</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC64ECFD02E3449D9AC7E9E00BE9924D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
in the first sentence by inserting <quote>, for any tract located within the
Adjacent State’s Adjacent Zone,</quote> after <quote>government</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43248CC809A04A68B3ECACE8A93747DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7E11F3E0A44C45419E87B8007E32AD29" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE8303D5C068841C40064A11031A6057E"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H46164E5BD35F47AFA86EDE5A9EE1BD4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>No Federal agency may
permit or otherwise approve, without the concurrence of the Adjacent State, the
construction of a crude oil or petroleum products (or both) pipeline within the
part of the Adjacent State’s Adjacent Zone that is withdrawn from oil and gas
or natural gas leasing, except that such a pipeline may be approved, without
such Adjacent State’s concurrence, to pass through such Adjacent Zone if at
least 50 percent of the production projected to be carried by the pipeline
within its first 10 years of operation is from areas of the Adjacent State’s
Adjacent Zone.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB98403F392F4CC5834E518EB7079CDF" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>No State may prohibit the
construction within its Adjacent Zone or its State waters of a natural gas
pipeline that will transport natural gas produced from the outer Continental
Shelf. However, an Adjacent State may prevent a proposed natural gas pipeline
landing location if it proposes two alternate landing locations in the Adjacent
State, acceptable to the Adjacent State, located within 50 miles on either side
of the proposed landing
location.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H6D23D7704C2C47C08307DC2B07D84E7B"><enum>113.</enum><header>Environmental
studies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20(d) of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1346">43 U.S.C. 1346</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H90884DDDC9A2425782271275B0F2ECE3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(d)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2AD1A722DB1841AC93618EC6D13B23A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H00318001C27843A89CA37F4905D9E816" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC29D4369A5354E50A4B967FB33F0700"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For all programs,
lease sales, leases, and actions under this Act, the following shall apply
regarding the application of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969:</text>
<subparagraph id="HDB7C0B6C1B474FE7BAB154B6D297F1C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Granting or
directing lease suspensions and the conduct of all preliminary activities on
outer Continental Shelf tracts, including seismic activities, are categorically
excluded from the need to prepare either an environmental assessment or an
environmental impact statement, and the Secretary shall not be required to
analyze whether any exceptions to a categorical exclusion apply for activities
conducted under the authority of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7BB64019C1A74EF0847B60611E7C014F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The environmental
impact statement developed in support of each 5-year oil and gas leasing
program provides the environmental analysis for all lease sales to be conducted
under the program and such sales shall not be subject to further environmental
analysis.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9493B1EDAFF4AAEB92343C0099DB06"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Exploration plans
shall not be subject to any requirement to prepare an environmental impact
statement, and the Secretary may find that exploration plans are eligible for
categorical exclusion due to the impacts already being considered within an
environmental impact statement or due to mitigation measures included within
the plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB25C312729394B92BB5BD890592FE431"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Within each OCS
Planning Area, after the preparation of the first development and production
plan environmental impact statement for a leased tract within the Area, future
development and production plans for leased tracts within the Area shall only
require the preparation of an environmental assessment unless the most recent
development and production plan environmental impact statement within the Area
was finalized more than 10 years prior to the date of the approval of the plan,
in which case an environmental impact statement shall be
required.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Coastal Plain of
Alaska</header>
<section id="HCA8CD051A29945AF002C3FCF8E9909D"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HA3627061B4D6416B96A09630004848F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coastal
plain</header><text>The term <quote>Coastal Plain</quote> means that area
described in appendix I to part 37 of title 50, Code of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA845557791E499180CE00126810CBC1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <quote>Secretary</quote>, except as otherwise provided, means the
Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary’s designee.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H064DC3FA75A1475A93005FF6A631638E"><enum>202.</enum><header>Leasing program
for lands within the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="HC82E8E5623D34C1EB5452E1EDEEC1E90"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary shall take such actions as are
necessary—</text>
<paragraph id="H06463C5F323143BE81207EF425BB162C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to establish and
implement, in accordance with this title and acting through the Director of the
Bureau of Land Management in consultation with the Director of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, a competitive oil and gas leasing program
that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration,
development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9BDD8C3214F1441096583244801401E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to administer the
provisions of this title through regulations, lease terms, conditions,
restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other provisions that ensure the
oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities on the Coastal
Plain will result in no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, their
habitat, subsistence resources, and the environment, including, in furtherance
of this goal, by requiring the application of the best commercially available
technology for oil and gas exploration, development, and production to all
exploration, development, and production operations under this title in a
manner that ensures the receipt of fair market value by the public for the
mineral resources to be leased.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H59B4D8F0AD0A45F1A02674B0EC0500B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header>
<paragraph id="H588C9E3E93DF45D2B08259009D61CEA9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section
1003 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C.
3143) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0CDA901B358E44338649EE91E143F88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1 of such Act is
amended by striking the item relating to section 1003.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0005FE1FCB474C94B032F5A6C8EA1717"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance With
Requirements Under Certain Other Laws</header>
<paragraph id="H5699571375C74E10957E45C9E65F78CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compatibility</header><text>For
purposes of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16
U.S.C. 668dd et seq.), the oil and gas leasing program and activities
authorized by this section in the Coastal Plain are deemed to be compatible
with the purposes for which the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was
established, and no further findings or decisions are required to implement
this determination.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF80AED43327F4EAC9458B552CA685109"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adequacy of the
department of the interior’s legislative environmental impact
statement</header><text>The <quote>Final Legislative Environmental Impact
Statement</quote> (April 1987) on the Coastal Plain prepared pursuant to
section 1002 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (16
U.S.C. 3142) and section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>) is deemed to satisfy the requirements under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 that apply with respect to prelease
activities, including actions authorized to be taken by the Secretary to
develop and promulgate the regulations for the establishment of a leasing
program authorized by this title before the conduct of the first lease
sale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19D45D94F4E74388909BBAA6C164C8F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance with
nepa for other actions</header><text>Before conducting the first lease sale
under this title, the Secretary shall prepare an environmental impact statement
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to the actions
authorized by this title that are not referred to in paragraph (2).
Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary is not required to identify
nonleasing alternative courses of action or to analyze the environmental
effects of such courses of action. The Secretary shall only identify a
preferred action for such leasing and a single leasing alternative, and analyze
the environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for those two
alternatives. The identification of the preferred action and related analysis
for the first lease sale under this title shall be completed within 18 months
after the date of enactment of this title. The Secretary shall only consider
public comments that specifically address the Secretary’s preferred action and
that are filed within 20 days after publication of an environmental analysis.
Notwithstanding any other law, compliance with this paragraph is deemed to
satisfy all requirements for the analysis and consideration of the
environmental effects of proposed leasing under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5D3F5667D298420EA74145FD533D7014"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relationship to
State and Local Authority</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be
considered to expand or limit State and local regulatory authority.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H447EC3CB87454E01982B7351D65C86E0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special
Areas</header>
<paragraph id="HADFF840329344BD5A7951292F03664D0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, after consultation with the State of
Alaska, the city of Kaktovik, and the North Slope Borough, may designate up to
a total of 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain as a Special Area if the Secretary
determines that the Special Area is of such unique character and interest so as
to require special management and regulatory protection. The Secretary shall
designate as such a Special Area the Sadlerochit Spring area, comprising
approximately 4,000 acres.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H745B2EE5A0064FEE818CE7E8144026B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Management</header><text>Each
such Special Area shall be managed so as to protect and preserve the area’s
unique and diverse character including its fish, wildlife, and subsistence
resource values.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65F7AA4E625B4E7AB1F66876299B2087"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exclusion from
leasing or surface occupancy</header><text>The Secretary may exclude any
Special Area from leasing. If the Secretary leases a Special Area, or any part
thereof, for purposes of oil and gas exploration, development, production, and
related activities, there shall be no surface occupancy of the lands comprising
the Special Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA0E925B8BAC4F2794B5855FDC3317EB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Directional
drilling</header><text>Notwithstanding the other provisions of this subsection,
the Secretary may lease all or a portion of a Special Area under terms that
permit the use of horizontal drilling technology from sites on leases located
outside the Special Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H910E1207A6BB4FBF8F9F370099E4EA96"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on
Closed Areas</header><text>The Secretary’s sole authority to close lands within
the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing and to exploration, development, and
production is that set forth in this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC85E829C959F4234B37B71B68E56DD3E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="H93C78CE3A20844B88B4329F120C49055"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be
necessary to carry out this title, including rules and regulations relating to
protection of the fish and wildlife, their habitat, subsistence resources, and
environment of the Coastal Plain, by no later than 15 months after the date of
enactment of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95B6CB36EAC7440B8187C03082F560E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revision of
regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall periodically review and, if
appropriate, revise the rules and regulations issued under subsection (a) to
reflect any significant biological, environmental, or engineering data that
come to the Secretary’s attention.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H0DFA7EAA4FA549829689BF93E6C26C45"><enum>203.</enum><header>Lease
sales</header>
<subsection id="H3BAB7D09FA6D421EB08B216ED2F866C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Lands may be leased pursuant to this title to any person
qualified to obtain a lease for deposits of oil and gas under the Mineral
Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/181">30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5E06826E312041D4AE45003C9DD58141"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for—</text>
<paragraph id="H4068B6F3F3DB498CA6076600AAE167F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>receipt and
consideration of sealed nominations for any area in the Coastal Plain for
inclusion in, or exclusion (as provided in subsection (c)) from, a lease
sale;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H647183E80DE14BF78D7E69A4976FCF85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the holding of
lease sales after such nomination process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8284B0D6C8A84A5FBF26F05408089751"><enum>(3)</enum><text>public notice of
and comment on designation of areas to be included in, or excluded from, a
lease sale.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H04057822768542EDB442AF0529EAB395"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lease Sale
Bids</header><text>Bidding for leases under this title shall be by sealed
competitive cash bonus bids.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1B3C11E07FFA4A0CB8505058F0EF55B4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acreage Minimum
in First Sale</header><text>In the first lease sale under this title, the
Secretary shall offer for lease those tracts the Secretary considers to have
the greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons, taking into
consideration nominations received pursuant to subsection (b)(1), but in no
case less than 200,000 acres.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3583B586024D4B3F95D64D70979DD154"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Timing of Lease
Sales</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB62C665A786446DBAB2E15F279E9AD08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct the first
lease sale under this title within 22 months after the date of the enactment of
this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7D4C340DD584F6781F2F131919258C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate the bids
in such sale and issue leases resulting from such sale, within 90 days after
the date of the completion of such sale; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H457217F612E846BFB0F5C528E7433B4E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>conduct additional
sales so long as sufficient interest in development exists to warrant, in the
Secretary’s judgment, the conduct of such sales.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H48AB76FACEAF49F5BDEBB044CF98F2D1"><enum>204.</enum><header>Grant of leases
by the Secretary</header>
<subsection id="HF2C3FEDF76C5439EB14B41789219644B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary may grant to the highest responsible
qualified bidder in a lease sale conducted pursuant to section 4 any lands to
be leased on the Coastal Plain upon payment by the lessee of such bonus as may
be accepted by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA2272E864A4442E8A8A5696791332064"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subsequent
Transfers</header><text>No lease issued under this title may be sold,
exchanged, assigned, sublet, or otherwise transferred except with the approval
of the Secretary. Prior to any such approval the Secretary shall consult with,
and give due consideration to the views of, the Attorney General.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H71FD518CDDDE40FDAF00D7CBF1D7D35"><enum>205.</enum><header>Lease terms and
conditions</header>
<subsection id="HBBA976C1C0564A0382D1A10003894C7B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>An oil or gas lease issued pursuant to this title
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H84CF3491F516452C9205673D3701C8D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the
payment of a royalty of not less than 12<fraction>1/2</fraction> percent in
amount or value of the production removed or sold from the lease, as determined
by the Secretary under the regulations applicable to other Federal oil and gas
leases;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2A696CB24774C498D90446CC6F3E4E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide that the
Secretary may close, on a seasonal basis, portions of the Coastal Plain to
exploratory drilling activities as necessary to protect caribou calving areas
and other species of fish and wildlife;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9E246CD6B9D4C6EBC6EA9D07F514D45"><enum>(3)</enum><text>require that the
lessee of lands within the Coastal Plain shall be fully responsible and liable
for the reclamation of lands within the Coastal Plain and any other Federal
lands that are adversely affected in connection with exploration, development,
production, or transportation activities conducted under the lease and within
the Coastal Plain by the lessee or by any of the subcontractors or agents of
the lessee;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2688AC0B1BD4ADC9993EA8FE8F451BF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide that the
lessee may not delegate or convey, by contract or otherwise, the reclamation
responsibility and liability to another person without the express written
approval of the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2DC4886CA5A045A1A267EBEBF63B7EE0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide that the
standard of reclamation for lands required to be reclaimed under this title
shall be, as nearly as practicable, a condition capable of supporting the uses
which the lands were capable of supporting prior to any exploration,
development, or production activities, or upon application by the lessee, to a
higher or better use as approved by the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64330C9DECDE4CB08580F688DA54B9EB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>contain terms and
conditions relating to protection of fish and wildlife, their habitat,
subsistence resources, and the environment as required pursuant to section
3(a)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H844EE14D6FD54AC4B018F1437702A1D9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>provide that the
lessee, its agents, and its contractors use best efforts to provide a fair
share, as determined by the level of obligation previously agreed to in the
1974 agreement implementing section 29 of the Federal Agreement and Grant of
Right of Way for the Operation of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, of employment and
contracting for Alaska Natives and Alaska Native Corporations from throughout
the State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5AC355E2E87D4E6EA29D02D17F3B352C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>prohibit the
export of oil produced under the lease; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7FDFE1D809274AF8BC5500F00738298F"><enum>(9)</enum><text>contain such other
provisions as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure compliance with the
provisions of this title and the regulations issued under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0CED21B8E04A4281B733BA5ED020F4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project Labor
Agreements</header><text>The Secretary, as a term and condition of each lease
under this title and in recognizing the Government’s proprietary interest in
labor stability and in the ability of construction labor and management to meet
the particular needs and conditions of projects to be developed under the
leases issued pursuant to this title and the special concerns of the parties to
such leases, shall require that the lessee and its agents and contractors
negotiate to obtain a project labor agreement for the employment of laborers
and mechanics on production, maintenance, and construction under the
lease.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD2EF327D954944D9BDFE24F11D25BB05"><enum>206.</enum><header>Coastal Plain
environmental protection</header>
<subsection id="HA104B551140F4E8BB1834B0288540616"><enum>(a)</enum><header>No Significant
Adverse Effect Standard To Govern Authorized Coastal Plain
Activities</header><text>The Secretary shall, consistent with the requirements
of section 3, administer the provisions of this title through regulations,
lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other
provisions that—</text>
<paragraph id="HE530DFB0639F49A785833B9B179BCF8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure the oil and
gas exploration, development, and production activities on the Coastal Plain
will result in no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, their
habitat, and the environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21FEB4585761415F85B2ADA83BD9C6B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require the
application of the best commercially available technology for oil and gas
exploration, development, and production on all new exploration, development,
and production operations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE532E09E954C467C9034652F78568114"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure that the
maximum amount of surface acreage covered by production and support facilities,
including airstrips and any areas covered by gravel berms or piers for support
of pipelines, does not exceed 2,000 acres on the Coastal Plain.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9F8245C056B243A59CAC25C5EE02A3A1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Site-Specific
Assessment and Mitigation</header><text>The Secretary shall also require, with
respect to any proposed drilling and related activities, that—</text>
<paragraph id="H4A5A8D719AE54CF9A9008DFCE46989EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
site-specific analysis be made of the probable effects, if any, that the
drilling or related activities will have on fish and wildlife, their habitat,
subsistence resources, and the environment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41A7509772784158B6CDD965D5703BEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
plan be implemented to avoid, minimize, and mitigate (in that order and to the
extent practicable) any significant adverse effect identified under paragraph
(1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDAE3778E3B734EAFA0733400D781E1CA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the development of
the plan shall occur after consultation with the agency or agencies having
jurisdiction over matters mitigated by the plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB71DB30F0CDC4B6795A132AE367D5262"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations To
Protect Coastal Plain Fish and Wildlife Resources, Subsistence Users, and the
Environment</header><text>Before implementing the leasing program authorized by
this title, the Secretary shall prepare and promulgate regulations, lease
terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other measures
designed to ensure that the activities undertaken on the Coastal Plain under
this title are conducted in a manner consistent with the purposes and
environmental requirements of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD863071F609C4BCF9F9C74333046973E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance With
Federal and State Environmental Laws and Other Requirements</header><text>The
proposed regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, and
stipulations for the leasing program under this title shall require compliance
with all applicable provisions of Federal and State environmental law, and
shall also require the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HBE91FE28C0314819BED782E476A5B3B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Standards at least
as effective as the safety and environmental mitigation measures set forth in
items 1 through 29 at pages 167 through 169 of the <quote>Final Legislative
Environmental Impact Statement</quote> (April 1987) on the Coastal
Plain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H713021571B544AB0ADAF00BB0085FF23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Seasonal
limitations on exploration, development, and related activities, where
necessary, to avoid significant adverse effects during periods of concentrated
fish and wildlife breeding, denning, nesting, spawning, and migration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A5686E6FFBC4D6E85F1189727A3A9FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>That exploration
activities, except for surface geological studies, be limited to the period
between approximately November 1 and May 1 each year and that exploration
activities shall be supported, if necessary, by ice roads, winter trails with
adequate snow cover, ice pads, ice airstrips, and air transport methods, except
that such exploration activities may occur at other times if the Secretary
finds that such exploration will have no significant adverse effect on the fish
and wildlife, their habitat, and the environment of the Coastal Plain.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7C74A29C7E941D8AC7102A6F9972800"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Design safety and
construction standards for all pipelines and any access and service roads,
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFE25C60DC90249D784C4E1AA513F2E9B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>minimize, to the
maximum extent possible, adverse effects upon the passage of migratory species
such as caribou; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51B987F1848E4DF8AC287618212DEB97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minimize adverse
effects upon the flow of surface water by requiring the use of culverts,
bridges, and other structural devices.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H16EB0C33F51E4CCAADD3291DC82700EC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Prohibitions on
general public access and use on all pipeline access and service roads.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEFE1F433312B4602A49E346DF068D129"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Stringent
reclamation and rehabilitation requirements, consistent with the standards set
forth in this title, requiring the removal from the Coastal Plain of all oil
and gas development and production facilities, structures, and equipment upon
completion of oil and gas production operations, except that the Secretary may
exempt from the requirements of this paragraph those facilities, structures, or
equipment that the Secretary determines would assist in the management of the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and that are donated to the United States for
that purpose.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2EF246DC426746789F467B382EB2ACDF"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on access by all modes of transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48F5107306A44E70993860E3084AD88"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on sand and gravel extraction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB92B2FAC2E14A7B9800D8B0CA512BCD"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Consolidation of
facility siting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7503E5BE02D4C2A949737BA41B6F517"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Appropriate
prohibitions or restrictions on use of explosives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B1D4A1B77C149ECACFC25C0409D7D92"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Avoidance, to the
extent practicable, of springs, streams, and river system; the protection of
natural surface drainage patterns, wetlands, and riparian habitats; and the
regulation of methods or techniques for developing or transporting adequate
supplies of water for exploratory drilling.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B564ED5D2F04210B9DD00EE965BA025"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Avoidance or
minimization of air traffic-related disturbance to fish and wildlife.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58A8915C422349EEBC232CF3EA97600"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Treatment and
disposal of hazardous and toxic wastes, solid wastes, reserve pit fluids,
drilling muds and cuttings, and domestic wastewater, including an annual waste
management report, a hazardous materials tracking system, and a prohibition on
chlorinated solvents, in accordance with applicable Federal and State
environmental law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14E3F6C877844AF0986997337268B17"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Fuel storage and
oil spill contingency planning.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83A9036B0AF14E499FC6AD8921B715FA"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Research,
monitoring, and reporting requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF06813D204A43EFAB99A1AEDB8056F3"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Field crew
environmental briefings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H439C06DC2A88419FA82D21EF1F11FAA8"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Avoidance of
significant adverse effects upon subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping by
subsistence users.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA91650B6D0FA42489722AE97B7DA1AC"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Compliance with
applicable air and water quality standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H478B66AF9EEB45048560877CB7A3AAE6"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Appropriate
seasonal and safety zone designations around well sites, within which
subsistence hunting and trapping shall be limited.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2CAA227265D04B0DBC01DAB115FB9EE6"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Reasonable
stipulations for protection of cultural and archeological resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44AB82F01E324123851DB2B47907EAB"><enum>(21)</enum><text>All other
protective environmental stipulations, restrictions, terms, and conditions
deemed necessary by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8F08450BE56B4F77976ECA26238CEC6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
preparing and promulgating regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions,
prohibitions, and stipulations under this section, the Secretary shall consider
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HFBBD70EF33B543E295F7D0AFBFB5A384"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The stipulations
and conditions that govern the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska leasing
program, as set forth in the 1999 Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
Final Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B145460E91C4A008600C0A13FCA91FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The environmental
protection standards that governed the initial Coastal Plain seismic
exploration program under parts 37.31 to 37.33 of title 50, Code of Federal
Regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB75F196659494C97BFA88C1FC1D7323"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The land use
stipulations for exploratory drilling on the KIC–ASRC private lands that are
set forth in Appendix 2 of the August 9, 1983, agreement between Arctic Slope
Regional Corporation and the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H69099D36820B47579F004FCC694B9124"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Facility
Consolidation Planning</header>
<paragraph id="HB21864D3B2E140879FE3EB2182E2C225"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall, after providing for public notice
and comment, prepare and update periodically a plan to govern, guide, and
direct the siting and construction of facilities for the exploration,
development, production, and transportation of Coastal Plain oil and gas
resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A8B36872CA14ADF90DE42E75DDED269"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
plan shall have the following objectives:</text>
<subparagraph id="H63AFD96A35234067B4004559CF887885"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Avoiding
unnecessary duplication of facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC61580FD6D914CEB8C7006966D4554EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Encouraging
consolidation of common facilities and activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75A7A755753944C28BF3CBC76D333654"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Locating or
confining facilities and activities to areas that will minimize impact on fish
and wildlife, their habitat, and the environment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49EBDB1037B444629FBE3E0073C66E45"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Utilizing existing
facilities wherever practicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5623D6FE57124A24BD4645A362D74EDB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Enhancing
compatibility between wildlife values and development activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5DB4F113530C41C682A4420582947BCD"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Access to Public
Lands</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5079135AE26043F3A974DE912644E325"><enum>(1)</enum><text>manage public
lands in the Coastal Plain subject to subsections (a) and (b) of section 811 of
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3121">16 U.S.C. 3121</external-xref>);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22360EC0E568450EA08DD6F64C02CB2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that local
residents shall have reasonable access to public lands in the Coastal Plain for
traditional uses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA740F0DDD1A24735811C2214E0938F69"><enum>207.</enum><header>Expedited
judicial review</header>
<subsection id="HAA34C30D11724D94AA0636094D9759D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Filing of
Complaint</header>
<paragraph id="HDF2A7566F21044BC9E9D1560ABE708F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Subject
to paragraph (2), any complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of
this title or any action of the Secretary under this title shall be
filed—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8828EDEEBBA24DFCA131CFCDE81DEBB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as provided
in subparagraph (B), within the 90-day period beginning on the date of the
action being challenged; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C7007E45CA04CF59597D66B55BCA1B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a
complaint based solely on grounds arising after such period, within 90 days
after the complainant knew or reasonably should have known of the grounds for
the complaint.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAB31CBBFFAAF4B62B67B29A429C75F5B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>Any
complaint seeking judicial review of any provision of this title or any action
of the Secretary under this title may be filed only in the United States Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2E0CEF3289A4B2ABF07D4987DF1E730"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on
scope of certain review</header><text>Judicial review of a Secretarial decision
to conduct a lease sale under this title, including the environmental analysis
thereof, shall be limited to whether the Secretary has complied with the terms
of this title and shall be based upon the administrative record of that
decision. The Secretary’s identification of a preferred course of action to
enable leasing to proceed and the Secretary’s analysis of environmental effects
under this title shall be presumed to be correct unless shown otherwise by
clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD0A4DBCB979F4E6C938F6451F600A7B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
Other Review</header><text>Actions of the Secretary with respect to which
review could have been obtained under this section shall not be subject to
judicial review in any civil or criminal proceeding for enforcement.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4FBC33CE7FD64AA0A31FA5FDF681C37"><enum>208.</enum><header>Federal and
State distribution of revenues</header>
<subsection id="HCD8CAA7A5317486D8949652C22C5C7CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amount
of adjusted bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from Federal oil and gas
leasing and operations authorized under this title—</text>
<paragraph id="H889E6471919B43E580076D6696C67873"><enum>(1)</enum><text>50 percent shall
be paid to the State of Alaska; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6326D13A0FBE4D6C9B231CDB1BD58BE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>except as provided
in section 111(d), the balance shall be transferred to the Clean Future-Lower
Prices Alternative Energy Trust Fund established by this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1476593180A142148C64A6EB482FA73D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payments to
Alaska</header><text>Payments to the State of Alaska under this section shall
be made semiannually.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFC106B7AEC334216B7EE364BAA1700BE"><enum>209.</enum><header>Rights-of-way
across the Coastal Plain</header>
<subsection id="HC7801A4EB3064353B1BD4C92013BBF19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary shall issue rights-of-way and easements
across the Coastal Plain for the transportation of oil and gas—</text>
<paragraph id="H02874246E4434337BAE03800F03322DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>except as provided
in paragraph (2), under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/185">30 U.S.C. 185</external-xref>),
without regard to title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/3161">30 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12DBCC35032E4EA784B57BAC00E63BA2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>under title XI of
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/3161">30 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.</external-xref>),
for access authorized by sections 1110 and 1111 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3170 and
3171).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF61202964D2C4C238EE2B2E8A5E5F549"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and
Conditions</header><text>The Secretary shall include in any right-of-way or
easement issued under subsection (a) such terms and conditions as may be
necessary to ensure that transportation of oil and gas does not result in a
significant adverse effect on the fish and wildlife, subsistence resources,
their habitat, and the environment of the Coastal Plain, including requirements
that facilities be sited or designed so as to avoid unnecessary duplication of
roads and pipelines.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HED7A63FD0FAD46B7B005D0A54BB54E6C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary shall include in regulations under section 3(g) provisions granting
rights-of-way and easements described in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3F95DF86D5AA4DBCA93BE6ABC2FD53C"><enum>210.</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In order to maximize Federal revenues by
removing clouds on title to lands and clarifying land ownership patterns within
the Coastal Plain, the Secretary, notwithstanding the provisions of section
1302(h)(2) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
3192(h)(2)), shall convey—</text>
<paragraph id="HE224C39C984E466C96BEA5CD99397588"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to the Kaktovik
Inupiat Corporation the surface estate of the lands described in paragraph 1 of
Public Land Order 6959, to the extent necessary to fulfill the Corporation’s
entitlement under sections 12 and 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(43 U.S.C. 1611 and 1613) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Agreement between the Department of the Interior, the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Kaktovik Inupiat
Corporation effective January 22, 1993; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F25129354004D949CCD295FFF4535F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the Arctic
Slope Regional Corporation the remaining subsurface estate to which it is
entitled pursuant to the August 9, 1983, agreement between the Arctic Slope
Regional Corporation and the United States of America.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC92192A6E9E9463A89861B5F8BDB1FDA"><enum>211.</enum><header>Local
government impact aid and community service assistance</header>
<subsection id="H40DA92A61E6F44EF8CEEB0FA069104A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financial
Assistance Authorized</header>
<paragraph id="H6E655879C2834D5C00E6888797204757"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may use amounts available from the Coastal
Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund established by subsection (d)
to provide timely financial assistance to entities that are eligible under
paragraph (2) and that are directly impacted by the exploration for or
production of oil and gas on the Coastal Plain under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5A0D0977D8A407DA379D1A40BDB092"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
entities</header><text>The North Slope Borough, the City of Kaktovik, and any
other borough, municipal subdivision, village, or other community in the State
of Alaska that is directly impacted by exploration for, or the production of,
oil or gas on the Coastal Plain under this title, as determined by the
Secretary, shall be eligible for financial assistance under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3E750A8EA55244B6B5AE01A37EC4D020"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
Assistance</header><text>Financial assistance under this section may be used
only for—</text>
<paragraph id="H5239BDACF856435FB2D6E9546FE50421"><enum>(1)</enum><text>planning for
mitigation of the potential effects of oil and gas exploration and development
on environmental, social, cultural, recreational, and subsistence
values;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9918C654908C4D45A625B8ECC6B33E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implementing
mitigation plans and maintaining mitigation projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8566590F9000414492D88B7162A35C89"><enum>(3)</enum><text>developing,
carrying out, and maintaining projects and programs that provide new or
expanded public facilities and services to address needs and problems
associated with such effects, including firefighting, police, water, waste
treatment, medivac, and medical services; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H542710E4E2AB4D46A05C519432D189BB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establishment of a
coordination office, by the North Slope Borough, in the City of Kaktovik, which
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H021E712E91924918ABED862140EF48C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinate with
and advise developers on local conditions, impact, and history of the areas
utilized for development; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70A798CB2BB942D4B112504883931FA5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide to the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate an annual report on the status of
coordination between developers and the communities affected by
development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2BF327ED71E044FD997B8CB458721B01"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="H41C305A6520D4BDC86119ED3745ECDA2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any community that is eligible for assistance under this
section may submit an application for such assistance to the Secretary, in such
form and under such procedures as the Secretary may prescribe by
regulation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9423273E03BC4B5AB5F4A37372CB8452"><enum>(2)</enum><header>North slope
borough communities</header><text>A community located in the North Slope
Borough may apply for assistance under this section either directly to the
Secretary or through the North Slope Borough.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9749D7C6C3574258A9A2AB46E9473EB8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application
assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall work closely with and assist the
North Slope Borough and other communities eligible for assistance under this
section in developing and submitting applications for assistance under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9624B6DEA53D493E98536FE2FEBD3BB1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Establishment of
Fund</header>
<paragraph id="H48ADC085197345F38490F475FBA3ECDA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established in the Treasury the Coastal Plain
Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB02DC22B9D284D1996E0E9960549DB05"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use</header><text>Amounts
in the fund may be used only for providing financial assistance under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4B3AB513F354A6CB4008B3D679B5320"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deposits</header><text>Subject
to paragraph (4), there shall be deposited into the fund amounts received by
the United States as revenues derived from rents, bonuses, and royalties from
Federal leases and lease sales authorized under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H540995B86FBB4F97A1E916B1B588A7B2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation on
deposits</header><text>The total amount in the fund may not exceed
$11,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF5247A78FC654BBDA14D8500AADDDAAE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Investment of
balances</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest amounts in
the fund in interest bearing government securities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDEFFF8A8332F45E987D742CB36002E3B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>To provide financial assistance under this section
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary from the Coastal Plain
Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund $5,000,000 for each fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Clean
Future-Lower Prices Alternative Energy Trust Fund</header>
<section id="HD037ABDF9D494C7B9B8613E4FA212B05"><enum>301.</enum><header>Clean
Future-Lower Prices Alternative Energy Trust Fund</header>
<subsection id="H9B8106CC3525496D943B3FD182FD3B8B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
trust fund</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United
States a trust fund to be known as the <quote>Clean Future-Lower Prices
Alternative Energy Trust Fund</quote>, consisting of such amounts as may be
deposited into the Trust Fund as provided in section 9(i) of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended by section 109 of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDBBD6A5987754C13B58B36299EB123A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expenditures
from OCS Alternative Energy Trust Fund</header>
<paragraph id="HB62DE5E782374DBEBE1BACA2F2378EC3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Amounts in the Clean Future-Lower Prices Alternative
Energy Trust Fund shall be available without further appropriation to carry out
specified provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/58">Public Law 109–58</external-xref>; in
this section referred to as <quote>EPAct2005</quote>) and the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/140">Public Law 110–140</external-xref>; in this section
referred to as <quote>EISAct2007</quote>), as follows:<pagebreak></pagebreak></text>
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<tgroup cols="2" no-carding="1" rowsep="0"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="column1" colnum="0" colwidth="214pts" min-data-value="50"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="111pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec>
<thead>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" valign="bottom"><bold>To carry out the provisions
of:</bold></entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2"><bold>The following percentage of annual receipts to the OCS
Alternative Energy Trust Fund, but not to exceed the limit on amount
authorized, if any:</bold></entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="1">EPAct2005:</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"></entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
210</entry><entry colname="column2" rowsep="0">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
242</entry><entry colname="column2">1.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
369</entry><entry colname="column2">2.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
401</entry><entry colname="column2">6.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
812</entry><entry colname="column2">6.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
931</entry><entry colname="column2">19.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
942</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
962</entry><entry colname="column2">3.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
968</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
1704 </entry><entry colname="column2">6.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="1">EISAct2007:</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"></entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
207</entry><entry colname="column2">15.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
607</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Title
VI, Subtitle B</entry><entry colname="column2">3.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Title
VI, Subtitle C</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
641</entry><entry colname="column2">9.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Title
VII, Subtitle A</entry><entry colname="column2">15.0 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
1112</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section
1304</entry><entry colname="column2">6.0 percent.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D59ED2C74FE4691AB11B3FCC941B4EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Apportionment of
excess amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), any amounts allocated under paragraph (1) that are in excess of
the amounts authorized in the applicable cited section or subtitle of EPAct2005
and EISAct2007 shall be reallocated to the remaining sections and subtitles
cited in paragraph (1), up to the amounts otherwise authorized by law to carry
out such sections and subtitles, in proportion to the amounts authorized by law
to be appropriated for such other sections and subtitles.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>