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Union Calendar No. 182 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1014 

[Report No. 116–230] 

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to apply to territories 

of the United States, to establish offshore wind lease sale requirements, 

to provide dedicated funding for coral reef conservation, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2019 

Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N of Puerto Rico (for herself, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. 

RADEWAGEN, Mr. SOTO, and Ms. PLASKETT) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

OCTOBER 11, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to apply 

to territories of the United States, to establish offshore 

wind lease sale requirements, to provide dedicated funding for coral reef conservation, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Offshore Wind for Ter5 ritories Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 

7 LANDS ACT WITH RESPECT TO TERRITORIES 

8 OF THE UNITED STATES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Outer Conti10 nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331) is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (a)— 

12 (A) by inserting after ‘‘control’’ the fol13 lowing: ‘‘or lying within the exclusive economic 

14 zone of the United States and the outer Conti15 nental Shelf adjacent to any territory or posses16 sion of the United States’’; and 

17 (B) by adding at the end before the semi18 colon the following: ‘‘, except that such term 

19 shall not include any area conveyed by Congress 

20 to a territorial government for administration’’; 

21 (2) in paragraph (p), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

22 the semicolon at the end; 

23 (3) in paragraph (q), by striking the period at 

24 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

25 (4) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(r) The term ‘State’ includes each territory of the 

2 United States.’’. 

3 (b) EXCLUSIONS.—Section 18 of the Outer Conti4 nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(i) This section shall not apply to the scheduling of 

7 lease sales in the outer Continental Shelf adjacent to the 

8 territories and possessions of the United States.’’. 

9 SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF REVENUES WITH RESPECT TO 

10 TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 

11 Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

12 (43 U.S.C. 1338) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘All rentals’’ and inserting the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 

16 law, all rentals’’; and 

17 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(b) DISPOSITION OF REVENUES TO TERRITORIES

19 OF THE UNITED STATES.—Of the rentals, royalties, and 

20 other sums paid to the Secretary under this Act from a 

21 lease for an area of land on the outer Continental Shelf 

22 adjacent to a territory and lying within the exclusive eco23 nomic zone of the United States pertaining to such terri24 tory, and not otherwise obligated or appropriated— 


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1 ‘‘(1) 50 percent shall be deposited in the Treas2 ury and credited to miscellaneous receipts; 

3 ‘‘(2) 12.5 percent shall be deposited in the 

4 Coral Reef Conservation Fund established under 

5 section 211 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 

6 2000; and 

7 ‘‘(3) 37.5 percent shall be disbursed to terri8 tories of the United States in an amount for each 

9 territory (based on a formula established by the Sec10 retary by regulation) that is inversely proportional to 

11 the respective distance between the point on the 

12 coastline of the territory that is closest to the geo13 graphic center of the applicable leased tract and the 

14 geographic center of the leased tract.’’. 

15 SEC. 4. WIND LEASE SALES FOR AREAS OF OUTER CONTI16 NENTAL SHELF. 

17 (a) CONDITIONAL WIND LEASE SALES IN TERRI18 TORIES OF THE UNITED STATES.—The Outer Continental 

19 Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by 

20 adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 33. WIND LEASE SALES FOR AREAS OF OUTER CONTI22 NENTAL SHELF. 

23 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary may conduct 

24 wind lease sales on the outer Continental Shelf. 


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1 ‘‘(b) WIND LEASE SALE PROCEDURE.—Any wind 

2 lease sale conducted under this section shall be considered 

3 a lease under section 8(p). 

4 ‘‘(c) WIND LEASE SALES OFF COASTS OF TERRI5 TORIES OF THE UNITED STATES.— 

6 ‘‘(1) STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF CONDUCTING

7 WIND LEASE SALES.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

9 conduct a study on the feasibility, including the 

10 technological and long-term economic feasibility, 

11 of conducting wind lease sales on an area of the 

12 outer Continental Shelf within the territorial ju13 risdiction of American Samoa, Guam, the 

14 Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and 

15 the Virgin Islands of the United States. 

16 ‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the 

17 study required in paragraph (A), the Secretary 

18 shall consult— 

19 ‘‘(i) the National Renewable Energy 

20 Laboratory of the Department of Energy; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(ii) the Governor of each of Amer23 ican Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana 

24 Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Is25 lands of the United States. 


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1 ‘‘(C) PUBLICATION.—The study required 

2 in paragraph (A) shall be published in the Fed3 eral Register for public comment for not fewer 

4 than 60 days. 

5 ‘‘(D) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS.—Not later 

6 than 18 months after the date of the enactment 

7 of this section, the Secretary shall submit the 

8 results of the study conducted under subpara9 graph (A) to: 

10 ‘‘(i) the Committee on Energy and 

11 Natural Resources of the Senate; 

12 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Natural Re13 sources of the House of Representatives; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(iii) each of the delegates or resident 

16 commissioner to the House of Representa17 tives from American Samoa, Guam, the 

18 Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, 

19 and the Virgin Islands of the United 

20 States, respectively. 

21 ‘‘(E) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The study 

22 required under subparagraph (A) and results 

23 submitted under subparagraph (C) shall be 

24 made readily available on a public Government 

25 internet website. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CALL FOR INFORMATION AND NOMINA2 TIONS.—The Secretary shall issue a call for informa3 tion and nominations for proposed wind lease sales 

4 for areas determined to be feasible under the study 

5 conducted under paragraph (1). 

6 ‘‘(3) CONDITIONAL WIND LEASE SALES.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each territory, 

8 the Secretary shall conduct not less than 1 wind 

9 lease sale on an area of the outer Continental 

10 Shelf within the territorial jurisdiction of such 

11 territory that meets each of the following cri12 teria: 

13 ‘‘(i) The study required under para14 graph (1)(A) concluded that a wind lease 

15 sale on the area is feasible. 

16 ‘‘(ii) The Secretary has determined 

17 that the call for information has generated 

18 sufficient interest for the area. 

19 ‘‘(iii) The Secretary has consulted 

20 with the Secretary of Defense regarding 

21 such a sale. 

22 ‘‘(iv) The Secretary has consulted 

23 with the Governor of the territory regard24 ing the suitability of the area for wind en25 ergy development. 


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1 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—If no area of the outer 

2 Continental Shelf within the territorial jurisdic3 tion of a territory meets each of the criteria in 

4 clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (A), 

5 the requirement under subparagraph (A) shall 

6 not apply to such territory.’’. 

7 SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF CORAL REEF CONSERVATION 

8 FUND. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Coral Reef Conservation Act 

10 of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.) is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 211. CORAL REEF CONSERVATION FUND. 

13 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

14 Treasury the Coral Reef Conservation Fund, hereafter re15 ferred to as the Fund. 

16 ‘‘(b) DEPOSITS.—For each fiscal year, there shall be 

17 deposited in the Fund the portion of such revenues due 

18 and payable to the United States under subsection (b)(2) 

19 of section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 

20 U.S.C. 1338). 

21 ‘‘(c) USES.—Amounts deposited in the Fund under 

22 this section and appropriated to the Secretary of Com23 merce under subsection (f) shall be used by the Secretary 

24 of Commerce to carry out the Coral Reef Conservation Act 

25 of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.), with priority given to 


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1 carrying out sections 204 and 206 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 

2 6403 and 6405). 

3 ‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts deposited in the Fund 

4 shall remain in the Fund until appropriated by Congress. 

5 ‘‘(e) REPORTING.—The President shall include with 

6 the proposed budget for the United States Government 

7 submitted to Congress for a fiscal year a comprehensive 

8 statement of deposits into the Fund during the previous 

9 fiscal year and estimated requirements during the fol10 lowing fiscal year for appropriations from the Fund. 

11 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated from the Fund to the 

13 Secretary of Commerce, an amount equal to the amount 

14 deposited in the Fund in the previous fiscal year. 

15 ‘‘(g) NO LIMITATION.—Appropriations from the 

16 Fund pursuant to this section may be made without fiscal 

17 year limitation.’’. 

18 (b) RENAMING OF EXISTING FUND.—Section 205 of 

19 the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6404) 

20 is amended— 

21 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CORAL REEF

22 CONSERVATION FUND’’ and inserting ‘‘CORAL

23 REEF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘FUND’’ and inserting ‘‘PUBLIC-PRIVATE

3 PARTNERSHIP’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘, hereafter referred to as 

5 the Fund,’’; and 

6 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Fund’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘separate interest bearing account’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 182 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1014 

[Report No. 116–230] 

A BILL 

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

tion, and for other purposes. provide dedicated funding for coral reef conservatablish offshore wind lease sale requirements, to to apply to territories of the United States, to esOCTOBER 11, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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