[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3391 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3391

 To provide for accelerated revenue sharing of outer Continental Shelf 
  revenues to promote coastal resiliency among Gulf producing States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2010

 Ms. Landrieu introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for accelerated revenue sharing of outer Continental Shelf 
  revenues to promote coastal resiliency among Gulf producing States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring Ecosystem Sustainability 
and Protection on the Delta Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCELERATED REVENUE SHARING TO PROMOTE COASTAL RESILIENCY AMONG 
              GULF PRODUCING STATES.

    Section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 
U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-432) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Allocation Among Gulf-Producing States for Fiscal Years 2010 
and Thereafter.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to the provisions of this 
        subsection, for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter, the amount made available under subsection 
        (a)(2)(A) from a covered lease described in paragraph (2) shall 
        be allocated to each Gulf producing State in amounts that are 
        inversely proportional to the respective distances between the 
        point on the coastline of each Gulf producing State that is 
        closest to the geographic center of each historical lease site 
        and the geographic center of the historical lease site, as 
        determined by the Secretary.
            ``(2) Covered lease.--A covered lease referred to in 
        paragraph (1) means a lease entered into for--
                    ``(A) the 2002-2007 planning area;
                    ``(B) the 181 Area; or
                    ``(C) the 180 South Area.
            ``(3) Minimum allocation.--The amount allocated to a Gulf 
        producing State each fiscal year under paragraph (1) shall be 
        at least 10 percent of the amounts available under subsection 
        (a)(2)(A).
            ``(4) Historical lease sites.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), for 
                purposes of this subsection, the historical lease sites 
                in the 2002-2007 planning area shall include all leases 
                entered into by the Secretary for an area in the Gulf 
                of Mexico during the period beginning on October 1, 
                1982 (or an earlier date if practicable, as determined 
                by the Secretary), and ending on December 31, 2015.
                    ``(B) Adjustment.--Effective January 1, 2022, and 
                every 5 years thereafter, the ending date described in 
                subparagraph (A) shall be extended for an additional 5 
                calendar years.
            ``(5) Payments to coastal political subdivisions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall pay 20 
                percent of the allocable share of each Gulf producing 
                State, as determined under paragraphs (1) and (3), to 
                the coastal political subdivisions of the Gulf 
                producing State.
                    ``(B) Allocation.--The amount paid by the Secretary 
                to coastal political subdivisions shall be allocated to 
                each coastal political subdivision in accordance with 
                subparagraphs (B), (C), and (E) of section 31(b)(4) of 
                the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
                1356a(b)(4)).''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (f).
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