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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the 
last business day of the month after the 
month in which the revenues were received, 
the Secretary shall transmit— 
‘‘(I) to each State two-thirds of 
such State’s allocations under sub-
paragraph (B), and in accordance 
with clauses (ii) and (iii) to certain 
county-equivalent and municipal polit-
ical subdivisions of such State a total 
of one-third of such State’s allocations 
under subparagraph (B), together 
with all accrued interest thereon; and 
‘‘(II) the remaining balance of 
such revenues deposited into the ac-
count that are not allocated under 
subparagraph (B), together with in-
terest thereon, shall be transmitted to 
the miscellaneous receipts account of 
the Treasury, except that until a lease 
has been in production for 20 years 
50 percent of such remaining balance 
derived from a lease shall be paid in 
accordance with subclause (I). 
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‘‘(ii) 
ALLOCATIONS
TO
CERTAIN 
COUNTY-EQUIVALENT POLITICAL SUBDIVI-
SIONS.—The Secretary shall under clause 
(i)(I) make equitable allocations of the rev-
enues to county-equivalent political sub-
divisions that the Secretary determines are 
closely associated with the leasing and pro-
duction of oil shale and tar sands, under a 
formula that the Secretary shall determine 
by regulation. 
‘‘(iii) ALLOCATIONS
TO
MUNICIPAL 
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.—The initial al-
location to each county-equivalent political 
subdivision under clause (ii) shall be fur-
ther allocated to the county-equivalent po-
litical subdivision and any municipal polit-
ical subdivisions located partially or wholly 
within the boundaries of the county-equiva-
lent political subdivision on an equitable 
basis under a formula that the Secretary 
shall determine by regulation. 
‘‘(D) INVESTMENT OF DEPOSITS.—The de-
posits in the Treasury account established 
under this section shall be invested by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury in securities backed by 
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the full faith and credit of the United States 
having maturities suitable to the needs of the 
account and yielding the highest reasonably 
available interest rates as determined by the 
Secretary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(E) USE
OF
FUNDS.—A recipient of 
funds under this subsection may use the funds 
for any lawful purpose as determined by State 
law. Funds allocated under this subsection to 
States and local political subdivisions may be 
used as matching funds for other Federal pro-
grams without limitation. Funds allocated to 
local political subdivisions under this subsection 
may not be used in calculation of payments to 
such local political subdivisions under programs 
for payments in lieu of taxes or other similar 
programs. 
‘‘(F) NO ACCOUNTING REQUIRED.—No re-
cipient of funds under this subsection shall be 
required to account to the Federal Government 
for the expenditure of such funds, except as 
otherwise may be required by law. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) 
COUNTY-EQUIVALENT
POLITICAL 
SUBDIVISION.—The term ‘county-equivalent po-
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litical subdivision’ means a political jurisdiction 
immediately below the level of State govern-
ment, including a county, parish, borough in 
Alaska, independent municipality not part of a 
county, parish, or borough in Alaska, or other 
equivalent subdivision of a State. 
‘‘(B) 
MUNICIPAL
POLITICAL
SUBDIVI-
SION.—The term ‘municipal political subdivi-
sion’ means a municipality located within and 
part of a county, parish, borough in Alaska, or 
other equivalent subdivision of a State.’’. 
SEC. 30. AVAILABILITY OF OCS RECEIPTS TO PROVIDE PAY-
MENTS UNDER SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS 
AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 
OF 2000. 
Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1338) is amended by inserting after subsection 
(i), as added by section 7 of this Act, the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(j) CONDITIONAL AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS
FOR 
PAYMENTS UNDER SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COM-
MUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000.— 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Subject to 
paragraph (2), but notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this section, $50,000,000 of OCS Receipts 
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shall be available to the Secretary of the Treasury 
for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 to make 
payments under sections 102 and 103 of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–393; 16 U.S.C. 500 
note). The Secretary of the Treasury shall use the 
funds made available by this subsection to make 
such payments in lieu of using funds in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated, as otherwise author-
ized by sections 102(b)(3) and 103(b)(2) of such 
Act. 
‘‘(2) CONDITION ON AVAILABILITY.—OCS Re-
ceipts shall be available under paragraph (1) for a 
fiscal year only if— 
‘‘(A) title I of the Secure Rural Schools 
and Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000 has been reauthorized through at least 
that fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) the authority to initiate projects 
under titles II and III of such Act has been ex-
tended through at least that fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 31. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS TO BUY AND BUILD 
AMERICAN. 
(a) BUY AND BUILD AMERICAN.—It is the intention 
of the Congress that this Act, among other things, result 
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in a healthy and growing American industrial, manufac-
turing, transportation, and service sector employing the 
vast talents of America’s workforce to assist in the devel-
opment of affordable energy from the Outer Continental 
Shelf. Moreover, the Congress intends to monitor the de-
ployment of personnel and material in the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf to encourage the development of American 
technology and manufacturing to enable United States 
workers to benefit from this Act by good jobs and careers, 
as well as the establishment of important industrial facili-
ties to support expanded access to American resources. 
(b) SAFEGUARD FOR EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY.— 
Section 30(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1356(a)) is amended in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘regulations which’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘regulations that shall be supplemental and com-
plimentary with and under no circumstances a substi-
tution for the provisions of the Constitution and laws of 
the United States extended to the subsoil and seabed of 
the outer Continental Shelf pursuant to section 4(a)(1) 
of this Act, except insofar as such laws would otherwise 
apply to individuals who have extraordinary ability in the 
sciences, arts, education, or business, which has been dem-
onstrated by sustained national or international acclaim, 
and that’’. 
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