[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 199 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 199

  To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that oil 
produced from Federal leases in certain Arctic waters be transported by 
   pipeline to onshore facilities and to provide for the sharing of 
   certain outer Continental Shelf revenues from areas in the Alaska 
                             Adjacent Zone.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 31, 2013

  Mr. Begich 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 amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that oil 
produced from Federal leases in certain Arctic waters be transported by 
   pipeline to onshore facilities and to provide for the sharing of 
   certain outer Continental Shelf revenues from areas in the Alaska 
                             Adjacent Zone.

    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 ``Alaska Adjacent Zone Safe Oil 
Transport and Revenue Sharing Act''.

SEC. 2. PRODUCTION OF OIL FROM CERTAIN ARCTIC OFFSHORE LEASES.

    Section 5 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1334) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Oil Transportation in Arctic Waters.--The Secretary shall--
            ``(1) require that oil produced from Federal leases in 
        Arctic waters in the Chukchi Sea planning area, Beaufort Sea 
        planning area, or Hope Basin planning area be transported by 
        pipeline to onshore facilities; and
            ``(2) provide for, and issue appropriate permits for, the 
        transportation of oil from Federal leases in Arctic waters in 
        preproduction phases (including exploration) by means other 
        than pipeline.''.

SEC. 3. REVENUE SHARING FROM AREAS IN ALASKA ADJACENT ZONE.

    Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1344) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Revenue Sharing From Areas in Alaska Adjacent Zone.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Coastal political subdivision.--The term 
                `coastal political subdivision' means a county-
                equivalent subdivision of the State all or part of 
                which--
                            ``(i) lies within the coastal zone (as 
                        defined in section 304 of the Coastal Zone 
                        Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453)); and
                            ``(ii) the closest point of which is not 
                        more than 300 statute miles from the 
                        geographical center of any leased tract.
                    ``(B) Distance.--The term `distance' means minimum 
                great circle distance.
                    ``(C) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' means 
                an Alaska Native entity recognized and eligible to 
                receive services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the 
                headquarters of which is located within 300 miles of 
                the geographical center of a leased tract.
                    ``(D) Leased tract.--The term `leased tract' means 
                a tract leased under this Act for the purpose of 
                drilling for, developing, and producing oil or natural 
                gas resources.
                    ``(E) Renewable energy.--The term `renewable 
                energy' means solar, wind, ocean, current, wave, tidal, 
                or geothermal energy.
                    ``(F) State.--The term `State' means the State of 
                Alaska.
            ``(2) Revenue sharing.--Subject to paragraphs (3), (4), and 
        (5), effective beginning on the date of enactment of this 
        subsection, the State shall, without further appropriation or 
        action, receive 37.5 percent of all revenues derived from all 
        rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable 
        to the United States from energy development in any area of the 
        Alaska Adjacent Zone, including from all sources of renewable 
        energy leased, developed, or produced in any area in the Alaska 
        Adjacent Zone.
            ``(3) Allocation among coastal political subdivisions of 
        the state.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall pay 25 
                percent of any allocable share of the State, as 
                determined under paragraph (2), directly to coastal 
                political subdivisions.
                    ``(B) Allocation.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For each leased tract 
                        used to calculate the allocation of the State, 
                        the Secretary shall pay the coastal political 
                        subdivisions within 300 miles of the 
                        geographical center of the leased tract based 
                        on the relative distance of the coastal 
                        political subdivisions from the leased tract in 
                        accordance with this subparagraph.
                            ``(ii) Distances.--For each coastal 
                        political subdivision, the Secretary shall 
                        determine the distance between the point on the 
                        coastal political subdivision coastline closest 
                        to the geographical center of the leased tract 
                        and the geographical center of the tract.
                            ``(iii) Payments.--The Secretary shall 
                        divide and allocate the qualified outer 
                        Continental Shelf revenues derived from the 
                        leased tract among coastal political 
                        subdivisions in amounts that are inversely 
                        proportional to the applicable distances 
                        determined under clause (ii).
            ``(4) Allocation among regional corporations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall pay 25 
                percent of any allocable share of the State, as 
                determined under this subsection, directly to certain 
                Regional Corporations established under section 7(a) of 
                the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
                1606(a)).
                    ``(B) Allocation.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For each leased tract 
                        used to calculate the allocation of the State, 
                        the Secretary shall pay the Regional 
                        Corporations, after determining those Native 
                        villages within the region of the Regional 
                        Corporation which are within 300 miles of the 
                        geographical center of the leased tract based 
                        on the relative distance of such villages from 
                        the leased tract, in accordance with this 
                        paragraph.
                            ``(ii) Distances.--For each such village, 
                        the Secretary shall determine the distance 
                        between the point in the village closest to the 
                        geographical center of the leased tract and the 
                        geographical center of the tract.
                            ``(iii) Payments.--The Secretary shall 
                        divide and allocate the qualified outer 
                        Continental Shelf revenues derived from the 
                        leased tract among the qualifying Regional 
                        Corporations in amounts that are inversely 
                        proportional to the distances of all of the 
                        Native villages within each qualifying region.
                            ``(iv) Revenues.--All revenues received by 
                        each Regional Corporation under clause (iii) 
                        shall be--
                                    ``(I) treated by the Regional 
                                Corporation as revenue subject to the 
                                distribution requirements of section 
                                7(i)(1)(A) of the Alaska Native Claims 
                                Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
                                1606(i)(1)(A)); and
                                    ``(II) divided annually by the 
                                Regional Corporation among all 12 
                                Regional Corporations in accordance 
                                with section 7(i) of that Act.
                            ``(v) Further distribution to village 
                        corporations.--A Regional Corporation receiving 
                        revenues under clause (iii) or (iv)(II) shall 
                        further distribute 50 percent of the revenues 
                        received to the Village Corporations in the 
                        region and the class of stockholders who are 
                        not residents of those villages in accordance 
                        with section 7(j) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
                        1606(j)).
            ``(5) Allocation among indian tribes.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall pay 10 
                percent of any allocable share of the State, as 
                determined under this subsection, directly to Indian 
                tribes.
                    ``(B) Allocation.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For each leased tract 
                        used to calculate the allocation of the State, 
                        the Secretary shall pay Indian tribes based on 
                        the relative distance of the headquarters of 
                        the Indian tribes from the leased tract, in 
                        accordance with this subparagraph.
                            ``(ii) Distances.--For each Indian tribe, 
                        the Secretary shall determine the distance 
                        between the location of the headquarters of the 
                        Indian tribe and the geographical center of the 
                        tract.
                            ``(iii) Payments.--The Secretary shall 
                        divide and allocate the qualified outer 
                        Continental Shelf revenues derived from the 
                        leased tract among the Indian tribes in amounts 
                        that are inversely proportional to the 
                        distances described in clause (ii).
            ``(6) Conservation royalty.--After making distributions 
        under paragraph (2) and section 31, the Secretary shall, 
        without further appropriation or action, distribute a 
        conservation royalty equal to 15 percent of Federal royalty 
        revenues derived from an area leased under this subsection from 
        all areas leased under this subsection for any year, into the 
        land and water conservation fund established under section 2 of 
        the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 
        460l-5) to provide financial assistance to States under section 
        6 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 460l-8).
            ``(7) Deficit reduction.--After making distributions in 
        accordance with paragraph (2) and in accordance with section 
        31, the Secretary shall, without further appropriation or 
        action, distribute an amount equal to 7.5 percent of Federal 
        royalty revenues derived from an area leased under this 
        subsection from all areas leased under this subsection for any 
        year, into direct Federal deficit reduction.''.

SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF EXCISE TAX ON BITUMEN TRANSPORTED INTO THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 4612 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and natural gasoline'' 
        and inserting ``, natural gasoline, and bitumen'', and
            (2) by inserting at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(10) Bitumen.--The term `bitumen' includes diluted 
        bitumen, bituminous mixtures, or any oil manufactured from 
        bitumen or a bituminous mixture.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to oil and petroleum products received or entered after December 
31, 2013.
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