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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1024 

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 

MAY 22, 2013 

Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. KAINE) 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 2013’’. 

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, gas, wind, or al3 ternative and renewable energy exploration leases in 

4 the outer Continental Shelf planning area located off 

5 the coast of the State. 

6 (2) QUALIFIED REVENUES.—The term ‘‘quali7 fied revenues’’ means all rentals, royalties, bonus 

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

9 States under a lease sale conducted under section 

10 3(a)(1). 

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

12 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

14 of Virginia. 

15 SEC. 3. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ENERGY LEASES OFF 

16 THE COAST OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. 

17 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF LEASE SALES.—In carrying 

18 out the outer Continental Shelf leasing program for fiscal 

19 years 2012–2017 prepared under section 18 of the Outer 

20 Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344), the Sec21 retary shall— 

22 (1) include in the schedule of proposed lease 

23 sales— 

24 (A) Lease Sale 220; and 


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

2 that are included in the Mid-Atlantic planning 

3 area as a result of the revision to the map 

4 under section 4(b); and 

5 (2) provide that the Secretary shall not make 

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

7 the President, in consultation with the Committees 

8 on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

9 Representatives, determines that the lease of that 

10 tract would conflict with military operations relating 

11 to national security. 

12 (b) DISPOSITION OF REVENUES.— 

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

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

15 1338) and subject to the provisions of this section, 

16 for each applicable fiscal year, the Secretary of the 

17 Treasury shall deposit— 

18 (A) 50 percent of any qualified revenues in 

19 the general fund of the Treasury; and 

20 (B) 50 percent of any qualified revenues in 

21 a special account in the Treasury to be used for 

22 the purposes described in paragraph (2). 

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

24 the qualified revenues described in paragraph 

25 (1)(B)— 


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1 (A) 75 percent shall be disbursed to the 

2 State; and 

3 (B) 25 percent shall be used, at the discre4 tion of the President— 

5 (i) to enhance State land and water 

6 conservation efforts; 

7 (ii) to improve State public transpor8 tation projects; and 

9 (iii) to establish State alternative and 

10 renewable energy systems. 

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

12 AREA. 

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

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

15 States of Delaware, North Carolina, Maryland, and Vir16 ginia. 

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

18 the Secretary shall revise the Bureau of Ocean Energy 

19 Management, Regulation and Enforcement map entitled 

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

21 Administrative Boundaries’’ and dated January 2010 to 

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

23 Mid-Atlantic planning area is directly proportional to the 

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

25 as determined using the information on tidal shorelines 


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1 provided in the document published by the National Oce2 anic and Atmospheric Administration entitled ‘‘The Coast3 line of the United States’’ and numbered NOAA/PA 

4 71046 (1975). 

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

6 boundary of Lease Sale 220. 

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