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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 620 

To provide for the distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues 

to the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 2, 2023 

Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. SULLIVAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for the distribution of certain outer Continental 

Shelf revenues to the State of Alaska, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alaska Offshore Parity 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) COASTAL POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—The 

9 term ‘‘coastal political subdivision’’ means— 


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1 (A) a county-equivalent subdivision of the 

2 State— 

3 (i) all or part of which lies within the 

4 coastal zone (as defined in section 304 of 

5 the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 

6 (16 U.S.C. 1453)) of the State; and 

7 (ii) the closest coastal point of which 

8 is not more than 200 nautical miles from 

9 the geographical center of any leased tract 

10 in the Alaska outer Continental Shelf re11 gion; and 

12 (B) a municipal subdivision of the State 

13 that is determined by the State to be a signifi14 cant staging area for oil and gas servicing, sup15 ply vessels, operations, suppliers, or workers. 

16 (2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

17 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

18 meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 

19 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 

20 (3) QUALIFIED REVENUES.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified 

22 revenues’’ means all revenues derived from all 

23 rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums 

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1 ergy development in the Alaska outer Conti2 nental Shelf region. 

3 (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘qualified 

4 revenues’’ does not include— 

5 (i) revenues generated from leases 

6 subject to section 8(g) of the Outer Conti7 nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

8 1337(g)); or 

9 (ii) revenues from the forfeiture of a 

10 bond or other surety securing obligations 

11 other than royalties, civil penalties, or roy12 alties taken by the Secretary in-kind and 

13 not sold. 

14 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of the Interior. 

16 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

17 of Alaska. 

18 SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF QUALIFIED REVENUES IN ALASKA. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 9 of the 

20 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1338) and 

21 subject to the other provisions of this section, for fiscal 

22 year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary 

23 of the Treasury shall deposit— 

24 (1) 50 percent of qualified revenues in the gen25 eral fund of the Treasury; 


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1 (2) 30 percent of qualified revenues in a special 

2 account in the Treasury, to be distributed by the 

3 Secretary to the State; 

4 (3) 7.5 percent of qualified revenues in a spe5 cial account in the Treasury, to be distributed by the 

6 Secretary to coastal political subdivisions; and 

7 (4) 12.5 percent of qualified revenues in the 

8 National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund estab9 lished under section 904(a) of the National Oceans 

10 and Coastal Security Act (16 U.S.C. 7503(a)). 

11 (b) ALLOCATION AMONG COASTAL POLITICAL SUB12 DIVISIONS.—Of the amount paid by the Secretary to 

13 coastal political subdivisions under subsection (a)(3)— 

14 (1) 90 percent shall be allocated among costal 

15 political subdivisions described in section 2(1)(A) in 

16 amounts (based on a formula established by the Sec17 retary by regulation) that are inversely proportional 

18 to the respective distances between the point in each 

19 coastal political subdivision that is closest to the geo20 graphic center of the applicable leased tract and not 

21 more than 200 miles from the geographic center of 

22 the leased tract; and 

23 (2) 10 percent shall be divided equally among 

24 each coastal political subdivision described in section 

25 2(1)(B). 


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1 (c) TIMING.—The amounts required to be deposited 

2 under subsection (a) for the applicable fiscal year shall 

3 be made available in accordance with that subsection dur4 ing the fiscal year immediately following the applicable fis5 cal year. 

6 (d) AUTHORIZED USES.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

8 the State shall use all amounts received under sub9 section (a)(2) in accordance with all applicable Fed10 eral and State laws, for 1 or more of the following 

11 purposes: 

12 (A) Projects and activities for the purposes 

13 of coastal protection, conservation, and restora14 tion, including onshore infrastructure and relo15 cation of communities directly affected by 

16 coastal erosion, melting permafrost, or climate 

17 change-related losses. 

18 (B) Mitigation of damage to fish, wildlife, 

19 or natural resources. 

20 (C) Mitigation of the impact of outer Con21 tinental Shelf activities through the funding of 

22 onshore infrastructure projects and related 

23 rights-of-way. 


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1 (D) Adaptation planning, vulnerability as2 sessments, and emergency preparedness assist3 ance to build healthy and resilient communities. 

4 (E) Installation and operation of energy 

5 systems to reduce energy costs and greenhouse 

6 gas emissions compared to systems in use as of 

7 the date of enactment of this Act. 

8 (F) Programs at institutions of higher edu9 cation in the State. 

10 (G) Other purposes, as determined by the 

11 Governor of the State, with approval from the 

12 State legislature. 

13 (H) Planning assistance and the adminis14 trative costs of complying with this section. 

15 (2) LIMITATION.—Not more than 3 percent of 

16 amounts received by the State under subsection 

17 (a)(2) may be used for the purposes described in 

18 paragraph (1)(H). 

19 (e) ADMINISTRATION.—Amounts made available 

20 under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) shall— 

21 (1) be made available, without further appro22 priation, in accordance with this section; 

23 (2) remain available until expended; and 

24 (3) be in addition to any amounts appropriated 

25 under any other provision of law. 


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1 (f) REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR

2 2025 AND THEREAFTER.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal year 

4 2025, not later than 180 days after the end of each 

5 fiscal year in which the State receives amounts 

6 under subsection (a)(2), the State shall submit to 

7 the Secretary a report that describes the use of the 

8 amounts by the State during the preceding fiscal 

9 year covered by the report. 

10 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—On receipt of a re11 port required under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

12 shall make the report available to the public on the 

13 website of the Department of the Interior. 

14 (3) LIMITATION.—If the State fails to submit 

15 the report required under paragraph (1) by the 

16 deadline specified in that paragraph, any amounts 

17 that would otherwise be provided to the State under 

18 subsection (a)(2) for the succeeding fiscal year shall 

19 be withheld for the succeeding fiscal year until the 

20 date on which the report is submitted. 

21 (4) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report re22 quired under paragraph (1) shall include, for each 

23 project funded in whole or in part using amounts re24 ceived under subsection (a)(2)— 


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1 (A) the name and description of the 

2 project; 

3 (B) the amount received under subsection 

4 (a)(2) that is allocated to the project; and 

5 (C) a description of how each project is 

6 consistent with the authorized uses under sub7 section (d). 

8 (5) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this sub9 section— 

10 (A) requires or provides authority for the 

11 Secretary to delay, modify, or withhold payment 

12 under this subsection, other than for failure to 

13 submit a report as required under this sub14 section; 

15 (B) requires or provides authority for the 

16 Secretary to review or approve uses of funds re17 ported under this subsection; 

18 (C) requires or provides authority for the 

19 Secretary to approve individual projects that re20 ceive funds reported under this subsection; 

21 (D) requires the State to obtain the ap22 proval of, or review by, the Secretary prior to 

23 spending funds disbursed under subsection 

24 (a)(2); 


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1 (E) requires or provides authority for the 

2 Secretary to issue guidance relating to the con3 tents of, or to determine the completeness of, 

4 the report required under this subsection; 

5 (F) requires the State to obligate or ex6 pend funds disbursed under subsection (a)(2) 

7 by a certain date; or 

8 (G) requires or provides authority for the 

9 Secretary to request the State to return unobli10 gated funds. 

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