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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 819

To provide funding for the National Park System from outer Continental

Shelf revenues.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 15, 1999

Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. REID) introduced the following bill; which

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

Resources

A BILL

To provide funding for the National Park System from outer

Continental Shelf revenues.

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 ‘‘National Park Preser5 vation Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. DEDICATION OF A PORTION OF OUTER CONTI7 NENTAL SHELF REVENUES TO THE NA8 TIONAL PARK SERVICE.

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act:
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1 (1) LEASED TRACT.—The term ‘‘leased tract’’

2 means a tract leased under section 8 of the Outer

3 Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) for

4 the purpose of drilling for, developing, and pro5 ducing oil and natural gas resources, consisting of a

6 block, a portion of a block, or a combination of

7 blocks or portions of blocks, as specified in the lease

8 and as depicted on an Outer Continental Shelf Offi9 cial Protraction Diagram.

10 (2) OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.—The term

11 ‘‘outer Continental Shelf ’’ has the meaning given

12 the term in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf

13 Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331).

14 (3) OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF REVENUES.—

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘outer Conti16 nental Shelf revenues’’ means all amounts re17 ceived by the United States from leased tracts,

18 less—

19 (i) such amounts as are credited to

20 States under section 8(g) of the Outer

21 Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.

22 1337(g)); and

23 (ii) such amounts as are needed for

24 adjustments or refunds of overpayments

25 for rents, royalties, or other purposes.
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1 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘outer Conti2 nental Shelf revenues’’ includes royalties (in3 cluding payments for royalty taken in kind and

4 sold), net profit share payments, and related

5 late-payment interest from natural gas and oil

6 leases issued under the Outer Continental Shelf

7 Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) for a leased

8 tract.

9 (C) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘outer Conti10 nental Shelf revenues’’ does not include

11 amounts received by the United States under—

12 (i) any lease issued on or after the

13 date of enactment of this Act;

14 (ii) any lease under which no oil or

15 gas production occurred before January 1,

16 1999; or

17 (iii) any lease in an area for which

18 there is in effect a moratorium on leasing

19 or drilling on the outer Continental Shelf.

20 (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNT.—Of amount of outer Conti21 nental Shelf revenues received by the Secretary of the In22 terior during each fiscal year, $500,000,000 shall be de23 posited in a separate account in the Treasury of the

24 United States and shall, without further Act of appropria-
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1 tion, be available to the Secretary of the Interior in subse2 quent fiscal years until expended.

3 (c) THREATENED PARK RESOURCES.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amounts made available

5 under subsection (b) shall be available for expendi6 ture in units of the National Park System that have

7 ecosystems, critical habitat, cultural resources, or

8 other core park resources that are threatened or im9 paired.

10 (2) IDENTIFIED THREATS.—The amounts made

11 available under subsection (b)—

12 (A) shall be used only to address identified

13 threats and impairments described in para14 graph (1), including use for land acquisition,

15 construction, grants to State, local, or munic16 ipal governments, or partnerships with other

17 Federal agencies or nonprofit organizations;

18 and

19 (B) shall not be directed to other oper20 ational or maintenance needs of units of the

21 National Park System.

22 (3) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts made avail23 able under subsection (b)—

24 (A) 30 percent shall be available for ex25 penditure in units of the National Park System
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1 with ecosystems, critical habitat, cultural re2 sources, or other core park resources threatened

3 or impaired by activities occurring inside the

4 unit; and

5 (B) 70 percent shall be available for ex6 penditure in units of the National Park System

7 with ecosystems, critical habitat, cultural re8 sources, or other core park resources threatened

9 or impaired by activities occurring outside the

10 unit (including $150,000,000 for each of fiscal

11 years 2000 through 2015 for the Federal share

12 of the Everglades and South Florida ecosystem

13 restoration project under the comprehensive

14 plan developed under section 528 of the Water

15 Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat.

16 3767)).

17 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9 of the

18 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1338) is

19 amended by striking ‘‘All rentals’’ and inserting ‘‘Except

20 as provided in section 2 of the National Park Preservation

21 Act, all rentals’’.

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