‘‘(i) the State shall enact laws or pro-
mulgate regulations with respect to the en-
vironmental protection, safety, and oper-
ations of any platform pipeline in existence 
on the date of conveyance to the State 
under paragraph (1) that is affixed to or 
above the expanded submerged land that 
impose the same requirements as Federal 
law (including regulations) applicable to a 
platform pipeline on the outer Continental 
Shelf seaward of the expanded submerged 
land; and 
‘‘(ii) the State shall enact laws or pro-
mulgate regulations for determining the 
value of oil, gas, or other mineral produc-
tion from existing interests for royalty pur-
poses that establish the same requirements 
as the requirements under Federal law (in-
cluding regulations) applicable to Federal 
leases for the same minerals on the outer 
Continental Shelf seaward of the expanded 
submerged land; and 
‘‘(C) the State laws and regulations en-
acted or promulgated under subparagraph (B) 
shall provide that if Federal law (including reg-
ulations) applicable to leases, easements, rights- 
of-use, or rights-of-way on the outer Conti-
nental Shelf seaward of the expanded sub-
merged land are modified after the date on 
which the State laws and regulations are en-
acted or promulgated, the State laws and regu-
lations applicable to existing interests will be 
modified to reflect the change in Federal laws 
(including regulations). 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) MINERAL LEASE OR UNIT DIVIDED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If any existing Fed-
eral oil and gas or other mineral lease or unit 
would be divided by the expanded seaward 
boundary of a State, the interest of the United 
States in the leased minerals underlying the 
portion of the lease or unit that lies within the 
expanded submerged boundary shall not consid-
ered to be conveyed to the State until the date 
on which the lease or unit expires or is relin-
quished by the United States. 
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY
FOR
OTHER
PUR-
POSES.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
the expanded seaward boundary of a State shall 
be the seaward boundary of the State for all
other purposes, including the distribution of 
revenues under section 8(g)(2) of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1337(g)(2)). 
‘‘(2) LAWS
AND
REGULATIONS
NOT
SUFFI-
CIENT.—If the Secretary determines that any law or 
regulation enacted or promulgated by a State under 
subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(2) does not meet 
the requirements of that subparagraph, the Sec-
retary shall not convey the expanded submerged land 
to the State. 
‘‘(d) INTEREST
ISSUED
OR
GRANTED
BY
THE 
STATE.—This section does not apply to any interest in 
the expanded submerged land that a State issues or grants 
after the date of conveyance of the expanded submerged 
land to the State under subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(e) LIABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—By accepting conveyance of 
the expanded submerged land, the State agrees to 
indemnify the United States for any liability to any 
interest owner for the taking of any property inter-
est or breach of contract from— 
‘‘(A) the conveyance of the expanded sub-
merged land to the State; or
‘‘(B) the State’s administration of any ex-
isting interest under subsection (b)(2)(A)(i). 
‘‘(2) DEDUCTION FROM OIL AND GAS LEASING 
REVENUES.—The Secretary may deduct from the 
amounts otherwise payable to the State under sec-
tion 8(g)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)(2)) the amount of any final 
nonappealable judgment for a taking or breach of 
contract described in paragraph (1).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2(b) of the 
Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301(b)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 4 hereof’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4 or 
11’’. 
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