[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 6, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1017-S1018]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 139. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. 
Wicker) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 47, to provide for the management of the natural resources of 
the United States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:


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       At the end of title IX, add the following:

     SEC. 90__. AMENDMENTS TO THE GULF OF MEXICO ENERGY SECURITY 
                   ACT OF 2006.

       (a) In General.--Section 105(a) of the Gulf of Mexico 
     Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 
     109-432) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``50'' and inserting 
     ``37.5''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``50'' and inserting ``62.5'';
       (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``75'' and inserting 
     ``80''; and
       (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``25'' and inserting 
     ``20''.
       (b) Limitations on Authorized Uses.--Section 105(d) of the 
     Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 
     note; Public Law 109-432) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(F) Planning, engineering, design, construction, 
     operations, and maintenance of 1 or more projects that are 
     specifically authorized by any other Act for ecosystem 
     restoration, hurricane protection, or flood damage 
     prevention.''; and
       (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Limitation.--Of the amounts received by a Gulf 
     producing State or coastal political subdivision under 
     subsection (b)--
       ``(A) not more than 3 percent shall be used for the 
     purposes described in paragraph (1)(E); and
       ``(B) not less than 25 percent shall be used for the 
     purposes described in paragraph (1)(F), which shall be 
     applied proportionally to the Federal and non-Federal share 
     applicable to the project.''.
       (c) Repeal of Limitation.--Section 105 of the Gulf of 
     Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; 
     Public Law 109-432) is amended by striking subsection (f).
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