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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2996 

To provide for the distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues 

to the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 19, 2021 

Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. SULLIVAN) introduced the following bill; 

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

A BILL 

To provide for the distribution of certain outer Continental 

Shelf revenues to the State of Alaska, 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 ‘‘Alaska Offshore Parity 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) COASTAL POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—The 

9 term ‘‘coastal political subdivision’’ means— 


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1 (A) a county-equivalent subdivision of the 

2 State— 

3 (i) all or part of which lies within the 

4 coastal zone (as defined in section 304 of 

5 the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 

6 (16 U.S.C. 1453)) of the State; and 

7 (ii) the closest coastal point of which 

8 is not more than 200 nautical miles from 

9 the geographical center of any leased tract 

10 in the Alaska outer Continental Shelf re11 gion; and 

12 (B) a municipal subdivision of the State 

13 that is determined by the State to be a signifi14 cant staging area for oil and gas servicing, sup15 ply vessels, operations, suppliers, or workers. 

16 (2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

17 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

18 meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 

19 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 

20 (3) QUALIFIED REVENUES.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified 

22 revenues’’ means all revenues derived from all 

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1 ergy development in the Alaska outer Conti2 nental Shelf region. 

3 (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘qualified 

4 revenues’’ does not include— 

5 (i) revenues generated from leases 

6 subject to section 8(g) of the Outer Conti7 nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

8 1337(g)); or 

9 (ii) revenues from the forfeiture of a 

10 bond or other surety securing obligations 

11 other than royalties, civil penalties, or roy12 alties taken by the Secretary in-kind and 

13 not sold. 

14 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of the Interior. 

16 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

17 of Alaska. 

18 SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF QUALIFIED REVENUES IN ALASKA. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 9 of the 

20 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1338) and 

21 subject to the other provisions of this section, for fiscal 

22 year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary 

23 of the Treasury shall deposit— 

24 (1) 50 percent of qualified revenues in the gen25 eral fund of the Treasury; 


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1 (2) 42.5 percent of qualified revenues in a spe2 cial account in the Treasury, to be distributed by the 

3 Secretary to the State; and 

4 (3) 7.5 percent of qualified revenues in a spe5 cial account in the Treasury, to be distributed by the 

6 Secretary to coastal political subdivisions. 

7 (b) ALLOCATION AMONG COASTAL POLITICAL SUB8 DIVISIONS.—Of the amount paid by the Secretary to 

9 coastal political subdivisions under subsection (a)(3)— 

10 (1) 90 percent shall be allocated among costal 

11 political subdivisions described in section 2(1)(A) in 

12 amounts (based on a formula established by the Sec13 retary by regulation) that are inversely proportional 

14 to the respective distances between the point in each 

15 coastal political subdivision that is closest to the geo16 graphic center of the applicable leased tract and not 

17 more than 200 miles from the geographic center of 

18 the leased tract; and 

19 (2) 10 percent shall be divided equally among 

20 each coastal political subdivision described in section 

21 2(1)(B). 

22 (c) TIMING.—The amounts required to be deposited 

23 under subsection (a) for the applicable fiscal year shall 

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1 ing the fiscal year immediately following the applicable fis2 cal year. 

3 (d) AUTHORIZED USES.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

5 the State shall use all amounts received under sub6 section (a)(2) in accordance with all applicable Fed7 eral and State laws, for 1 or more of the following 

8 purposes: 

9 (A) Projects and activities for the purposes 

10 of coastal protection, conservation, and restora11 tion, including onshore infrastructure and relo12 cation of communities directly affected by 

13 coastal erosion, melting permafrost, or climate 

14 change-related losses. 

15 (B) Mitigation of damage to fish, wildlife, 

16 or natural resources. 

17 (C) Mitigation of the impact of outer Con18 tinental Shelf activities through the funding of 

19 onshore infrastructure projects and related 

20 rights-of-way. 

21 (D) Adaptation planning, vulnerability as22 sessments, and emergency preparedness assist23 ance to build healthy and resilient communities. 

24 (E) Installation and operation of energy 

25 systems to reduce energy costs and greenhouse 


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1 gas emissions compared to systems in use as of 

2 the date of enactment of this Act. 

3 (F) Programs at institutions of higher edu4 cation in the State. 

5 (G) Other purposes, as determined by the 

6 Governor of the State, with approval from the 

7 State legislature. 

8 (H) Planning assistance and the adminis9 trative costs of complying with this section. 

10 (2) LIMITATION.—Not more than 3 percent of 

11 amounts received by the State under subsection 

12 (a)(2) may be used for the purposes described in 

13 paragraph (1)(H). 

14 (e) ADMINISTRATION.—Amounts made available 

15 under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) shall— 

16 (1) be made available, without further appro17 priation, in accordance with this section; 

18 (2) remain available until expended; and 

19 (3) be in addition to any amounts appropriated 

20 under any other provision of law. 

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