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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3343 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual fee on Federal 

offshore areas that are subject to a lease for production of oil or natural 

gas and to establish a fund to reduce pollution and the dependence 

of the United States on oil. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 11, 2010 

Mr. LAUTENBERG introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual 

fee on Federal offshore areas that are subject to a lease 

for production of oil or natural gas and to establish 

a fund to reduce pollution and the dependence of the 

United States on oil. 

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 ‘‘Beyond Petroleum 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Oil 

2 Dependence Reduction Fund established by section 

3 4(a). 

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

5 the Secretary of the Interior. 

6 SEC. 3. OIL DEPENDENCE REDUCTION FEE. 

7 (a) OIL DEPENDENCE REDUCTION FEE.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

10 shall establish by regulation an annual fee for Fed11 eral offshore areas that are subject to a lease for 

12 production of oil or natural gas as of May 1, 2010. 

13 (2) LEASE FEE TERMS.—The amount of the fee 

14 established under paragraph (1) shall be equal to 

15 $10 for each acre that is subject to a lease described 

16 in that paragraph. 

17 (3) ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION.—The Sec18 retary shall assess and collect the fee established 

19 under paragraph (1). 

20 (4) DEPOSIT.—Amounts received by the United 

21 States as a fee under this section shall be deposited 

22 in the Fund. 

23 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may issue regula24 tions to prevent evasion of the fee established under sub25 section (a)(1). 


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1 SEC. 4. OIL DEPENDENCE REDUCTION FUND. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is estab3 lished in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be 

4 known as the ‘‘Oil Dependence Reduction Fund’’, to be 

5 jointly administered by the Administrator of the Environ6 mental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, and 

7 the Secretary of Transportation, to be available without 

8 fiscal year limitation and subject to appropriation to re9 search, develop, deploy, or expand the use of renewable 

10 technologies or programs that— 

11 (1) significantly decrease the use of oil; and 

12 (2) significantly reduce greenhouse gas emis13 sions. 

14 (b) TRANSFERS TO FUND.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Fund shall consist of 

16 such amounts as are appropriated to the Fund 

17 under paragraph (2). 

18 (2) FEES.—There are appropriated to the 

19 Fund, out of funds of the Treasury not otherwise 

20 appropriated, amounts equivalent to amounts col21 lected as fees and received in the Treasury under 

22 section 3. 

23 (c) PROHIBITION.—Amounts in the Fund may not be 

24 made available for any purpose other than a purpose de25 scribed in subsection (a). 

26 (d) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

2 the end of each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 

3 2010, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro4 tection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, and the 

5 Secretary of Transportation shall jointly submit to 

6 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

7 Representatives, the Committee on Appropriations of 

8 the Senate, the Committee on Environment and 

9 Public Works of the Senate, the Committee on 

10 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

11 Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Nat12 ural Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on 

13 Resources of the House of Representatives a report 

14 on the operation of the Fund during the fiscal year. 

15 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report shall include, for 

16 the fiscal year covered by the report, the following: 

17 (A) A statement of the amounts deposited 

18 into the Fund. 

19 (B) A description of the expenditures made 

20 from the Fund for the fiscal year, including the 

21 purpose of the expenditures. 

22 (C) Recommendations for additional au23 thorities to fulfill the purpose of the Fund. 

24 (D) A statement of the balance remaining 

25 in the Fund at the end of the fiscal year. 


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1 (e) SEPARATE APPROPRIATIONS ACCOUNT.—Section 

2 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

3 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (35) and (36) 

4 as paragraphs (36) and (37), respectively; 

5 (2) by redesignating the second paragraph (33) 

6 (relating to obligational authority and outlays re7 quested for homeland security) as paragraph (35); 

8 and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(38) a separate statement for the Oil Depend11 ence Reduction Fund established under section 4(a) 

12 of the Beyond Petroleum Act, which shall include 

13 the estimated amount of deposits into the Fund, ob14 ligations, and outlays from the Fund.’’. 

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