IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1146 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To amend Public Law 115–97 (commonly known as the 

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) to repeal the Arctic National 

Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Arctic Cultural and 

3 Coastal Plain Protection Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 

5 OIL AND GAS PROGRAM. 

6 Section 20001 of Public Law 115–97 (16 U.S.C. 

7 3143 note) is hereby repealed. 

8 SEC. 3. INSPECTION FEE COLLECTION. 

9 Section 22 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

10 (43 U.S.C. 1348) is amended by adding at the end the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(g) INSPECTION FEES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the 

14 Interior shall collect from the operators of facilities 

15 subject to inspection under subsection (c) non-re16 fundable fees for such inspections— 

17 ‘‘(A) at an aggregate level equal to the 

18 amount necessary to offset the annual expenses 

19 of inspections of outer Continental Shelf facili20 ties (including mobile offshore drilling units) by 

21 the Secretary of the Interior; and 

22 ‘‘(B) using a schedule that reflects the dif23 ferences in complexity among the classes of fa24 cilities to be inspected. 

25 ‘‘(2) OCEAN ENERGY SAFETY FUND.—There is 

26 established in the Treasury a fund, to be known as 


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1 the ‘Ocean Energy Safety Fund’ (referred to in this 

2 subsection as the ‘Fund’), into which shall be depos3 ited all amounts collected as fees under paragraph 

4 (1) and which shall be available as provided under 

5 paragraph (3). 

6 ‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY OF FEES.—Notwithstanding 

7 section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, all 

8 amounts deposited in the Fund— 

9 ‘‘(A) shall be credited as offsetting collec10 tions; 

11 ‘‘(B) shall be available for expenditure for 

12 purposes of carrying out inspections of outer 

13 Continental Shelf facilities (including mobile 

14 offshore drilling units) and the administration 

15 of the inspection program under this section; 

16 ‘‘(C) shall be available only to the extent 

17 provided for in advance in an appropriations 

18 Act; and 

19 ‘‘(D) shall remain available until expended. 

20 ‘‘(4) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—For each 

21 fiscal year beginning after fiscal year 2020, the Sec22 retary shall adjust each dollar amount specified in 

23 this subsection for inflation based on the change in 

24 the Consumer Price Index from fiscal year 2020. 


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1 ‘‘(5) ANNUAL FEES.—Annual fees shall be col2 lected under this subsection for facilities that are 

3 above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are 

4 in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal 

5 year 2020 shall be— 

6 ‘‘(A) $25,300 for facilities with no wells, 

7 but with processing equipment or gathering 

8 lines; 

9 ‘‘(B) $40,700 for facilities with 1 to 10 

10 wells, with any combination of active or inactive 

11 wells; and 

12 ‘‘(C) $75,900 for facilities with more than 

13 10 wells, with any combination of active or in14 active wells. 

15 ‘‘(6) FEES FOR DRILLING RIGS.—Fees shall be 

16 collected under this subsection for drilling rigs on a 

17 per inspection basis. Fees for fiscal year 2020 shall 

18 be— 

19 ‘‘(A) $73,700 per inspection for rigs oper20 ating in water depths of 500 feet or more; and 

21 ‘‘(B) $40,700 per inspection for rigs oper22 ating in water depths of less than 500 feet. 

23 ‘‘(7) FEES FOR NON-RIG UNITS.—Fees shall be 

24 collected under this subsection for well operations 

25 conducted via non-rig units as outlined in subparts 


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1 D, E, F, and Q of part 250 of title 30, Code of Fed2 eral Regulations, on a per inspection basis. Fees for 

3 fiscal year 2020 shall be— 

4 ‘‘(A) $29,172 per inspection for non-rig 

5 units operating in water depths of 2,500 feet or 

6 more; 

7 ‘‘(B) $25,366 per inspection for non-rig 

8 units operating in water depths between 500 

9 and 2,499 feet; and 

10 ‘‘(C) $9,834 per inspection for non-rig 

11 units operating in water depths of less than 500 

12 feet. 

13 ‘‘(8) BILLING.—The Secretary shall bill des14 ignated operators under paragraph (5) annually, 

15 with payment required within 30 days of billing. The 

16 Secretary shall bill designated operators under para17 graph (6) within 30 days of the end of the month 

18 in which the inspection occurred, with payment re19 quired within 30 days after billing.’’. 

20 SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

21 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

22 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

23 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

24 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

25 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 


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1 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro2 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

3 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 

2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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