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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3391 

To provide for accelerated revenue sharing of outer Continental Shelf revenues 

to promote coastal resiliency among Gulf producing States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 20, 2010 

Ms. LANDRIEU introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for accelerated revenue sharing of outer Continental Shelf revenues to promote coastal resiliency 

among Gulf producing States. 

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 ‘‘Restoring Ecosystem 

5 Sustainability and Protection on the Delta Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ACCELERATED REVENUE SHARING TO PROMOTE 

2 COASTAL RESILIENCY AMONG GULF PRO3 DUCING STATES. 

4 Section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security 

5 Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION AMONG GULF-PRODUCING STATES

10 FOR FISCAL YEARS 2010 AND THEREAFTER.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of 

12 this subsection, for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal 

13 year thereafter, the amount made available under 

14 subsection (a)(2)(A) from a covered lease described 

15 in paragraph (2) shall be allocated to each Gulf pro16 ducing State in amounts that are inversely propor17 tional to the respective distances between the point 

18 on the coastline of each Gulf producing State that 

19 is closest to the geographic center of each historical 

20 lease site and the geographic center of the historical 

21 lease site, as determined by the Secretary. 

22 ‘‘(2) COVERED LEASE.—A covered lease re23 ferred to in paragraph (1) means a lease entered 

24 into for— 

25 ‘‘(A) the 2002–2007 planning area; 

26 ‘‘(B) the 181 Area; or 


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1 ‘‘(C) the 180 South Area. 

2 ‘‘(3) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—The amount allo3 cated to a Gulf producing State each fiscal year 

4 under paragraph (1) shall be at least 10 percent of 

5 the amounts available under subsection (a)(2)(A). 

6 ‘‘(4) HISTORICAL LEASE SITES.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara8 graph (B), for purposes of this subsection, the 

9 historical lease sites in the 2002–2007 planning 

10 area shall include all leases entered into by the 

11 Secretary for an area in the Gulf of Mexico 

12 during the period beginning on October 1, 1982 

13 (or an earlier date if practicable, as determined 

14 by the Secretary), and ending on December 31, 

15 2015. 

16 ‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT.—Effective January 1, 

17 2022, and every 5 years thereafter, the ending 

18 date described in subparagraph (A) shall be ex19 tended for an additional 5 calendar years. 

20 ‘‘(5) PAYMENTS TO COASTAL POLITICAL SUB21 DIVISIONS.— 

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

23 pay 20 percent of the allocable share of each 

24 Gulf producing State, as determined under 


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1 paragraphs (1) and (3), to the coastal political 

2 subdivisions of the Gulf producing State. 

3 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION.—The amount paid by 

4 the Secretary to coastal political subdivisions 

5 shall be allocated to each coastal political sub6 division in accordance with subparagraphs (B), 

7 (C), and (E) of section 31(b)(4) of the Outer 

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

9 1356a(b)(4)).’’; and 

10 (2) by striking subsection (f). 

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