[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8253 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8253

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require 30 percent of 
  revenues from offshore wind energy to be deposited in the National 
       Oceans and Coastal Security Fund, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2020

   Mr. Beyer (for himself and Mr. Rooney of Florida) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require 30 percent of 
  revenues from offshore wind energy to be deposited in the National 
       Oceans and Coastal Security Fund, 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 ``Strengthening Coastal Communities 
Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. OFFSHORE WIND REVENUES.

    Section 8(p)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1337(p)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) With respect to any lease under this 
                subsection for the production of wind energy, 30 
                percent of the revenue from such lease shall be 
                deposited in the National Oceans and Coastal Security 
                Fund established by section 904 of the National Oceans 
                and Coastal Security Act (16 U.S.C. 7503).''.
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