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Calendar No. 578 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D 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 

NOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Reported by Mr. MANCHIN, without amendment 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) COASTAL POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—The 

4 term ‘‘coastal political subdivision’’ means— 

5 (A) a county-equivalent subdivision of the 

6 State— 

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

8 coastal zone (as defined in section 304 of 

9 the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 

10 (16 U.S.C. 1453)) of the State; and 

11 (ii) the closest coastal point of which 

12 is not more than 200 nautical miles from 

13 the geographical center of any leased tract 

14 in the Alaska outer Continental Shelf re15 gion; and 

16 (B) a municipal subdivision of the State 

17 that is determined by the State to be a signifi18 cant staging area for oil and gas servicing, sup19 ply vessels, operations, suppliers, or workers. 

20 (2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

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

22 meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 

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

24 (3) QUALIFIED REVENUES.— 

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

26 revenues’’ means all revenues derived from all 


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1 rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums 

2 due and payable to the United States from en3 ergy development in the Alaska outer Conti4 nental Shelf region. 

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

6 revenues’’ does not include— 

7 (i) revenues generated from leases 

8 subject to section 8(g) of the Outer Conti9 nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

10 1337(g)); or 

11 (ii) revenues from the forfeiture of a 

12 bond or other surety securing obligations 

13 other than royalties, civil penalties, or roy14 alties taken by the Secretary in-kind and 

15 not sold. 

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

17 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

19 of Alaska. 

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

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

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

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

24 year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary 

25 of the Treasury shall deposit— 


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1 (1) 50 percent of qualified revenues in the gen2 eral fund of the Treasury; 

3 (2) 30 percent of qualified revenues in a special 

4 account in the Treasury, to be distributed by the 

5 Secretary to the State; 

6 (3) 7.5 percent of qualified revenues in a spe7 cial account in the Treasury, to be distributed by the 

8 Secretary to coastal political subdivisions; and 

9 (4) 12.5 percent of qualified revenues in the 

10 National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund estab11 lished under section 904(a) of the National Oceans 

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

13 (b) ALLOCATION AMONG COASTAL POLITICAL SUB14 DIVISIONS.—Of the amount paid by the Secretary to 

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

16 (1) 90 percent shall be allocated among costal 

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

18 amounts (based on a formula established by the Sec19 retary by regulation) that are inversely proportional 

20 to the respective distances between the point in each 

21 coastal political subdivision that is closest to the geo22 graphic center of the applicable leased tract and not 

23 more than 200 miles from the geographic center of 

24 the leased tract; and 


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1 (2) 10 percent shall be divided equally among 

2 each coastal political subdivision described in section 

3 2(1)(B). 

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

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

6 be made available in accordance with that subsection dur7 ing the fiscal year immediately following the applicable fis8 cal year. 

9 (d) AUTHORIZED USES.— 

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

11 the State shall use all amounts received under sub12 section (a)(2) in accordance with all applicable Fed13 eral and State laws, for 1 or more of the following 

14 purposes: 

15 (A) Projects and activities for the purposes 

16 of coastal protection, conservation, and restora17 tion, including onshore infrastructure and relo18 cation of communities directly affected by 

19 coastal erosion, melting permafrost, or climate 

20 change-related losses. 

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

22 or natural resources. 

23 (C) Mitigation of the impact of outer Con24 tinental Shelf activities through the funding of 


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1 onshore infrastructure projects and related 

2 rights-of-way. 

3 (D) Adaptation planning, vulnerability as4 sessments, and emergency preparedness assist5 ance to build healthy and resilient communities. 

6 (E) Installation and operation of energy 

7 systems to reduce energy costs and greenhouse 

8 gas emissions compared to systems in use as of 

9 the date of enactment of this Act. 

10 (F) Programs at institutions of higher edu11 cation in the State. 

12 (G) Other purposes, as determined by the 

13 Governor of the State, with approval from the 

14 State legislature. 

15 (H) Planning assistance and the adminis16 trative costs of complying with this section. 

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

18 amounts received by the State under subsection 

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

20 paragraph (1)(H). 

21 (e) ADMINISTRATION.—Amounts made available 

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

23 (1) be made available, without further appro24 priation, in accordance with this section; 

25 (2) remain available until expended; and 


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1 (3) be in addition to any amounts appropriated 

2 under any other provision of law. 

3 (f) REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR

4 2025 AND THEREAFTER.— 

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

6 2025, not later than 180 days after the end of each 

7 fiscal year in which the State receives amounts 

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

9 the Secretary a report that describes the use of the 

10 amounts by the State during the preceding fiscal 

11 year covered by the report. 

12 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—On receipt of a re13 port required under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

14 shall make the report available to the public on the 

15 website of the Department of the Interior. 

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

17 the report required under paragraph (1) by the 

18 deadline specified in that paragraph, any amounts 

19 that would otherwise be provided to the State under 

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

21 be withheld for the succeeding fiscal year until the 

22 date on which the report is submitted. 

23 (4) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report re24 quired under paragraph (1) shall include, for each 


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1 project funded in whole or in part using amounts re2 ceived under subsection (a)(2)— 

3 (A) the name and description of the 

4 project; 

5 (B) the amount received under subsection 

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

7 (C) a description of how each project is 

8 consistent with the authorized uses under sub9 section (d). 

10 (5) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this sub11 section— 

12 (A) requires or provides authority for the 

13 Secretary to delay, modify, or withhold payment 

14 under this subsection, other than for failure to 

15 submit a report as required under this sub16 section; 

17 (B) requires or provides authority for the 

18 Secretary to review or approve uses of funds re19 ported under this subsection; 

20 (C) requires or provides authority for the 

21 Secretary to approve individual projects that re22 ceive funds reported under this subsection; 

23 (D) requires the State to obtain the ap24 proval of, or review by, the Secretary prior to 


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1 spending funds disbursed under subsection 

2 (a)(2); 

3 (E) requires or provides authority for the 

4 Secretary to issue guidance relating to the con5 tents of, or to determine the completeness of, 

6 the report required under this subsection; 

7 (F) requires the State to obligate or ex8 pend funds disbursed under subsection (a)(2) 

9 by a certain date; or 

10 (G) requires or provides authority for the 

11 Secretary to request the State to return unobli12 gated funds. 


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Calendar No. 578 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 620 

A BILL 

To provide for the distribution of certain outer 

ka, and for other purposes. Continental Shelf revenues to the State of AlasNOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Reported without amendment 


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