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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1331 

To provide for the inclusion of Lease Sale 220 in the outer Continental 

Shelf leasing program for fiscal years 2012–2017, to revise the map 

for the Mid-Atlantic planning area, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 6, 2011 

Mr. WEBB (for himself and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following bill; which 

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

Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for the inclusion of Lease Sale 220 in the outer 

Continental Shelf leasing program for fiscal years 2012– 

2017, to revise the map for the Mid-Atlantic planning 

area, 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 ‘‘Virginia Outer Conti5 nental Shelf Energy Production Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) LEASE SALE 220.—The term ‘‘Lease Sale 

2 220’’ means the sale of Federal oil and gas explo3 ration leases in the outer Continental Shelf planning 

4 area located off the coast of the State. 

5 (2) QUALIFIED REVENUES.—The term ‘‘quali6 fied revenues’’ means all rentals, royalties, bonus 

7 bids, and other sums due and payable to the United 

8 States under a lease sale conducted under section 

9 3(a)(1). 

10 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 the Secretary of the Interior. 

12 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

13 of Virginia. 

14 SEC. 3. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS LEAS15 ING OFF THE COAST OF THE STATE OF VIR16 GINIA. 

17 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF LEASE SALES.—In the outer 

18 Continental Shelf leasing program for fiscal years 2012– 

19 2017 prepared under section 18 of the Outer Continental 

20 Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344), the Secretary shall— 

21 (1) include in the schedule of proposed lease 

22 sales— 

23 (A) Lease Sale 220; and 

24 (B) any areas off the coast of the State 

25 that are included in the Mid-Atlantic planning 


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1 area as a result of the revision to the map 

2 under section 4(b); and 

3 (2) provide that the Secretary shall not make 

4 any tract available for lease under paragraph (1) if 

5 the President, in consultation with the Committees 

6 on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

7 Representatives, determines that the lease of that 

8 tract would conflict with military operations relating 

9 to national security. 

10 (b) DISPOSITION OF REVENUES.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 9 of 

12 the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

13 1338) and subject to the provisions of this section, 

14 for each applicable fiscal year, the Secretary of the 

15 Treasury shall deposit— 

16 (A) 50 percent of any qualified revenues in 

17 the general fund of the Treasury; and 

18 (B) 50 percent of any qualified revenues in 

19 a special account in the Treasury to be used for 

20 the purposes described in paragraph (2). 

21 (2) DISPOSITION OF REVENUES TO STATE.—Of 

22 the qualified revenues described in paragraph 

23 (1)(B)— 

24 (A) 75 percent shall be disbursed to the 

25 State; and 


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1 (B) 25 percent shall be used, at the discre2 tion of the President— 

3 (i) to enhance State land and water 

4 conservation efforts; 

5 (ii) to improve State public transpor6 tation projects; and 

7 (iii) to establish State alternative en8 ergy systems. 

9 SEC. 4. REVISED MAP OF THE MID-ATLANTIC PLANNING 

10 AREA. 

11 (a) DEFINITION OF MID-ATLANTIC STATE.—In this 

12 section, the term ‘‘Mid-Atlantic State’’ means each of the 

13 States of Delaware, North Carolina, Maryland, and Vir14 ginia. 

15 (b) REVISION OF MAP.—Subject to subsection (c), 

16 the Secretary shall revise the Bureau of Ocean Energy 

17 Management, Regulation and Enforcement map entitled 

18 ‘‘Atlantic NAD 83 Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

19 Administrative Boundaries’’ and dated January 2010 to 

20 ensure that the square footage of the leasable area in the 

21 Mid-Atlantic planning area is directly proportional to the 

22 length of the tidal shoreline of the Mid-Atlantic States, 

23 as determined using the information on tidal shorelines 

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1 line of the United States’’ and numbered NOAA/PA 

2 71046 (1975). 

3 (c) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section affects the 

4 boundary of Lease Sale 220. 

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