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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1689 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to apply to territories 
of the United States, to establish offshore wind lease sale requirements, 
to provide dedicated funding for coral reef conservation, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2021 
Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N (for herself, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Ms. 
PLASKETT, Mr. SOTO, and Miss RICE of New York) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to apply 
to territories of the United States, to establish offshore 
wind lease sale requirements, to provide dedicated fund-
ing for coral reef conservation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Offshore Wind for Ter-
ritories Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
LANDS ACT WITH RESPECT TO TERRITORIES 
OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (a)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘control’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or lying within the exclusive economic 
zone of the United States and the outer Conti-
nental Shelf adjacent to any territory or posses-
sion of the United States’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end before the semi-
colon the following: ‘‘, except that such term 
shall not include any area conveyed by Congress 
to a territorial government for administration’’; 
(2) in paragraph (p), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(3) in paragraph (q), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(r) The term ‘State’ means the several States, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 
the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands.’’. 
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(b) EXCLUSIONS.—Section 18 of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) This section shall not apply to the scheduling of 
lease sales in the outer Continental Shelf adjacent to the 
territories and possessions of the United States.’’. 
SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF REVENUES WITH RESPECT TO 
TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1338) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘All rentals’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
law, all rentals’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) DISPOSITION OF REVENUES TO TERRITORIES 
OF THE UNITED STATES.—Of the bonuses, rentals, royal-
ties, and other sums paid to the Secretary under this Act 
from a lease for an area of land on the outer Continental 
Shelf adjacent to a territory and lying within the exclusive 
economic zone of the United States pertaining to such ter-
ritory, and not otherwise obligated or appropriated— 
‘‘(1) 50 percent shall be deposited in the Treas-
ury and credited to miscellaneous receipts; 
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‘‘(2) 12.5 percent shall be deposited in the 
Coral Reef Conservation Fund established under 
section 211 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 
2000; and 
‘‘(3) 37.5 percent shall be disbursed to terri-
tories of the United States in an amount for each 
territory (based on a formula established by the Sec-
retary by regulation) that is inversely proportional to 
the respective distance between the point on the 
coastline of the territory that is closest to the geo-
graphic center of the applicable leased tract and the 
geographic center of the leased tract.’’. 
SEC. 4. WIND LEASE SALES FOR AREAS OF OUTER CONTI-
NENTAL SHELF. 
(a) CONDITIONAL WIND LEASE SALES IN TERRI-
TORIES OF THE UNITED STATES.—The Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 33. WIND LEASE SALES FOR AREAS OF OUTER CONTI-
NENTAL SHELF. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary may conduct 
wind lease sales on the outer Continental Shelf. 
‘‘(b) WIND LEASE SALE PROCEDURE.—Any wind 
lease sale conducted under this section shall be considered 
a lease under section 8(p). 
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‘‘(c) WIND LEASE SALES OFF COASTS OF TERRI-
TORIES OF THE UNITED STATES.— 
‘‘(1) STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF CONDUCTING 
WIND LEASE SALES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
conduct a study on the feasibility, including the 
technological and long-term economic feasibility, 
of conducting wind lease sales on an area of the 
outer Continental Shelf within the territorial ju-
risdiction of American Samoa, Guam, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the 
United States Virgin Islands. 
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the 
study required in paragraph (A), the Secretary 
shall consult— 
‘‘(i) the National Laboratories, as 
that term is defined in section 2(3) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
15801(3)); 
‘‘(ii) the Governor of each of Amer-
ican Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United 
States Virgin Islands; and 
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