[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1941 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1941

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the 
  Secretary of the Interior including in any leasing program certain 
                planning areas, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Coastal and Marine Economies 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF INSPECTION RESULTS.

    Section 22(c) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1348(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--The''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Publication.--The Secretary shall make the following 
available to the public:
            ``(1) Any reports produced under this subsection.
            ``(2) The following information about each payment made 
        into the Ocean Energy Safety Fund under subsection (g):
                    ``(A) The facility that was inspected.
                    ``(B) The name of the operator of such facility.
                    ``(C) The amount of the payment.''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON LEASING IN CERTAIN PLANNING AREAS.

    Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act is amended by 
redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (h) and (i) 
respectively, and by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g) The Secretary shall not include in any leasing program under 
this section any area within the Atlantic Region planning areas or the 
Pacific Region planning areas, as such planning areas are described in 
the document entitled `Draft Proposed Program Outer Continental Shelf 
Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2019-2024', dated January 2018.''.

SEC. 4. INSPECTION FEE COLLECTION.

    Section 22 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1348) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Inspection Fees.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
        collect from the operators of facilities subject to inspection 
        under subsection (c) non-refundable fees for such inspections--
                    ``(A) at an aggregate level equal to the amount 
                necessary to offset the annual expenses of inspections 
                of outer Continental Shelf facilities (including mobile 
                offshore drilling units) by the Secretary of the 
                Interior; and
                    ``(B) using a schedule that reflects the 
                differences in complexity among the classes of 
                facilities to be inspected.
            ``(2) Ocean energy safety fund.--There is established in 
        the Treasury a fund, to be known as the `Ocean Energy Safety 
        Fund' (referred to in this subsection as the `Fund'), into 
        which shall be deposited all amounts collected as fees under 
        paragraph (1) and which shall be available as provided under 
        paragraph (3).
            ``(3) Availability of fees.--Notwithstanding section 3302 
        of title 31, United States Code, all amounts deposited in the 
        Fund--
                    ``(A) shall be credited as offsetting collections;
                    ``(B) shall be available for expenditure for 
                purposes of carrying out inspections of outer 
                Continental Shelf facilities (including mobile offshore 
                drilling units) and the administration of the 
                inspection program under this section;
                    ``(C) shall be available only to the extent 
                provided for in advance in an appropriations Act; and
                    ``(D) shall remain available until expended.
            ``(4) Adjustment for inflation.--For each fiscal year 
        beginning after fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall adjust 
        each dollar amount specified in this subsection for inflation 
        based on the change in the Consumer Price Index from fiscal 
        year 2020.
            ``(5) Annual fees.--Annual fees shall be collected under 
        this subsection for facilities that are above the waterline, 
        excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start of the 
        fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2020 shall be--
                    ``(A) $11,500 for facilities with no wells, but 
                with processing equipment or gathering lines;
                    ``(B) $18,500 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 
                with any combination of active or inactive wells; and
                    ``(C) $34,500 for facilities with more than 10 
                wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
                wells.
            ``(6) Fees for drilling rigs.--Fees shall be collected 
        under this subsection for drilling rigs on a per inspection 
        basis. Fees for fiscal year 2020 shall be--
                    ``(A) $33,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
                water depths of 500 feet or more; and
                    ``(B) $18,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 
                water depths of less than 500 feet.
            ``(7) Fees for non-rig units.--Fees shall be collected 
        under this subsection for well operations conducted via non-rig 
        units as outlined in subparts D, E, F, and Q of part 250 of 
        title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, on a per inspection 
        basis. Fees for fiscal year 2020 shall be--
                    ``(A) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units 
                operating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more;
                    ``(B) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units 
                operating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; 
                and
                    ``(C) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units 
                operating in water depths of less than 500 feet.
            ``(8) Billing.--The Secretary shall bill designated 
        operators under paragraph (5) annually, with payment required 
        within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated 
        operators under paragraph (6) within 30 days of the end of the 
        month in which the inspection occurred, with payment required 
        within 30 days after billing.''.

SEC. 5. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

SEC. 6. RISK TO NATIONAL SECURITY.

    The Secretary of the Interior, after consulting with the Secretary 
of Defense, shall report to Congress on whether this Act poses a risk 
to national security due to potential increase in dependence on foreign 
oil.

SEC. 7. STUDYING THE IMPACTS OF OFFSHORE DRILLING ON COASTAL 
              COMMUNITIES AND COASTAL ECONOMIES.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the impacts of 
offshore drilling on coastal communities and coastal economies.
    (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall--
            (1) address how oil and gas companies interact with local 
        stakeholders in advance of a siting decision, including their 
        meetings with fishermen;
            (2) investigate the impacts of offshore drilling on 
        tourism, including tradeoffs during normal operations and 
        economic impacts after a spill;
            (3) describe how the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
        works with other agencies, including the National Marine 
        Fisheries Service, to include stakeholder input in advance of a 
        siting decision;
            (4) address how quickly response teams can mitigate 
        environmental damage after a spill and how long regional 
        ecosystems take to recover following a spill;
            (5) describe any limitations on the quantity of comparative 
        data available on impacts to regions of the Outer Continental 
        Shelf that have not been sited for drilling;
            (6) describe the impacts on commercial and recreational 
        fisheries from offshore drilling; and
            (7) address the economic impacts of oil spills on the food 
        supply of a region, including those food sources that are 
        distinctive to a region's culture.

SEC. 8. MORATORIUM ON SEISMIC ACTIVITIES RELATED TO OIL, GAS, AND 
              METHANE HYDRATE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH 
              ATLANTIC, MID-ATLANTIC, SOUTH ATLANTIC, AND STRAITS OF 
              FLORIDA PLANNING AREAS.

    Section 11 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1340) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Moratorium on Seismic Activities Related to Oil, Gas, and 
Methane Hydrate Exploration and Development in the North Atlantic, Mid-
Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida Planning Areas.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency of the United 
States or person may conduct or authorize any other person to conduct 
geological or geophysical activities in support of oil, gas, or methane 
hydrate exploration and development in any area located in the North 
Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida Planning 
Areas of the outer Continental Shelf.''.

SEC. 9. ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study to determine the potential 
economic impact of offshore drilling on tourism, commercial fishing, 
recreational fishing, boating, transportation, and other waterfront-
related and coastal-related business.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 2019.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
116th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1941

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

    To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the 
  Secretary of the Interior including in any leasing program certain 
                planning areas, and for other purposes.