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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3051 

To extend State jurisdiction over submerged lands and to allow States to 

grant oil and natural gas leases in the extended area. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 2, 2013 

Mr. SANFORD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To extend State jurisdiction over submerged lands and to 

allow States to grant oil and natural gas leases in the 

extended area. 

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 ‘‘Coastal States Exten5 sion Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 


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1 (1) In Executive Proclamation 5928, issued on 

2 December 27, 1988, the President extended the 

3 boundaries of the territorial sea of the United States 

4 from 3 nautical miles to 12 nautical miles in accord5 ance with international law. However, the Proclama6 tion did not adequately address the effect of the ex7 tension on the territorial jurisdiction of the States. 

8 (2) The coastal States have, with few excep9 tions, jurisdiction over the land, air, water, and re10 sources within their boundaries, which in most cases 

11 extend out into the oceans 3 nautical miles. 

12 (3) The Great Lake States have jurisdiction 

13 over the land, air, water, and resources of their off14 shore areas up to the border with Canada, which can 

15 range from 11 to 80 nautical miles from the coast 

16 line. 

17 (4) Some Gulf of Mexico States have jurisdic18 tion over the land, air, water, and resources of their 

19 offshore areas out to 10.4 nautical miles from their 

20 coast line. 

21 (5) The coastal States— 

22 (A) have consistently demonstrated an 

23 ability to manage ocean resources within their 

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1 terests of both the Nation and the coastal 

2 States; 

3 (B) have demonstrated both experience 

4 and skill at balancing protection, conservation, 

5 and utilization of the living and nonliving re6 sources of the ocean; and 

7 (C) are better equipped than the Federal 

8 Government, in terms of fiscal resources and 

9 administrative abilities, to manage oil and nat10 ural gas resources within 12 nautical miles of 

11 their coast line. 

12 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF STATE JURISDICTION OVER SUB13 MERGED LANDS. 

14 The Submerged Lands Act is amended— 

15 (1) in section 2(a)(2) (43 U.S.C. 1301(a)(2)) 

16 by striking out ‘‘three geographical miles’’ the first 

17 place it appears and all that follows through ‘‘be18 yond three geographical miles,’’ and inserting ‘‘12 

19 nautical miles distant from the coast line of each 

20 such State;’’; 

21 (2) in section 2(b) (43 U.S.C. 1301(b))— 

22 (A) by striking out ‘‘they existed’’ and all 

23 that follows through ‘‘extended or’’ and insert24 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘approved and’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking out ‘‘three geographical’’ 

2 and all that follows through ‘‘Mexico’’ and in3 serting ‘‘12 nautical miles or, in the case of the 

4 Great Lakes, farther than to the international 

5 boundary’’; and 

6 (3) in section 4 (43 U.S.C. 1312)— 

7 (A) in the first sentence— 

8 (i) by striking out ‘‘original coastal 

9 State’’ and inserting ‘‘coastal State admit10 ted to the Union before the date of enact11 ment of the Coastal States Extension Act 

12 of 2013’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking out ‘‘three geo14 graphical’’ and inserting ‘‘12 nautical’’; 

15 and 

16 (B) in the second sentence by striking 

17 ‘‘formation’’ and all that follows through the 

18 end of the section and inserting ‘‘date of enact19 ment of the Coastal States Extension Act of 

20 2013 may assert its seaward boundaries to a 

21 line 12 nautical miles distant from its coast 

22 line.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN OIL AND NATURAL GAS 

2 LEASES IN STATE SUBMERGED LANDS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any oil lease and natural gas 

4 lease executed by the Secretary of the Interior under the 

5 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 and 

6 following) that is in effect on the date of the enactment 

7 of this Act covering an area within lands transferred to 

8 States under section 3 shall remain in full force and effect 

9 until it expires pursuant to its terms or is cancelled pursu10 ant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Subject to 

11 subsection (b), upon the expiration or cancellation of such 

12 a lease, the State in whose territory the leased area is situ13 ated shall have the authority to grant oil and natural 

14 leases in such area. 

15 (b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF LEASE PROCEEDS FOR

16 COASTAL ZONE DEVELOPMENT.—A State may not grant 

17 a lease in the area transferred to the State under that 

18 section until the Secretary of Commerce determines that 

19 the State has an approved program or is making satisfac20 tory progress in developing a program under section 306 

21 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 

22 1455). 

23 (c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 

24 (1) the term ‘‘lease’’ has the meaning given 

25 that term in section 2(c) of the Outer Continental 

26 Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(c)); and 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘coastal zone’’ has the meaning 

2 given that term in section 304(1) of the Coastal 

3 Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453(1)). 

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