I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4956 
To greatly enhance America’s path toward energy independence and economic 
and national security, to conserve energy use, to promote innovation, 
to achieve lower emissions, cleaner air, cleaner water, and cleaner land, 
to rebuild our Nation’s aging roads, bridges, locks, and dams, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2014 
Mr. WALZ (for himself, Mr. COSTA, and Mr. CARTWRIGHT) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, 
Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, 
Space, and Technology, Oversight and Government Reform, the Budget, 
Rules, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To greatly enhance America’s path toward energy independ-
ence and economic and national security, to conserve 
energy use, to promote innovation, to achieve lower emis-
sions, cleaner air, cleaner water, and cleaner land, to 
rebuild our Nation’s aging roads, bridges, locks, and 
dams, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘American Energy Opportunity Act of 2014’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—OFFSHORE LEASING AND OTHER ENERGY PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Offshore Leasing 
Sec. 101. Leasing program considered approved. 
Sec. 102. Lease sales. 
Sec. 103. Seaward boundaries of states. 
Sec. 104. Military operations. 
Sec. 105. Coordination with adjacent states. 
Sec. 106. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas. 
Sec. 107. Sharing of revenues. 
Sec. 108. Inventory of offshore energy resources. 
Sec. 109. Prohibitions on surface occupancy and other Appropriate environ-
mental safeguards. 
Subtitle B—Expedited Judicial Review 
Sec. 121. Definitions. 
Sec. 122. Exclusive jurisdiction over causes and claims relating to covered oil 
and natural gas activities. 
Sec. 123. Time for filing petition; standing. 
Sec. 124. Timetable. 
Sec. 125. Limitation on scope of review and relief. 
Sec. 126. Presidential waiver. 
Sec. 127. Legal fees. 
Sec. 128. Exclusion. 
Subtitle C—Other Energy Provisions 
Sec. 131. Elimination of restriction on energy alternatives and energy effi-
ciency. 
Sec. 132. Policies regarding buying and building American. 
Sec. 133. Clean coal technology deployment grant and loan program. 
TITLE II—MODIFYING THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
AND FUNDING CONSERVATION AND ENERGY RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
Sec. 201. Findings. 
Sec. 202. Definitions. 
Sec. 203. Objectives. 
Sec. 204. Modification of the strategic petroleum reserve. 
Sec. 205. Energy Independence and Security Fund. 
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TITLE III—CLEANER ENERGY PRODUCTION AND ENERGY 
CONSERVATION INCENTIVES 
Sec. 301. Extension of renewable energy credit. 
Sec. 302. Extension of credit for energy efficient appliances. 
Sec. 303. Extension of credit for nonbusiness energy property. 
Sec. 304. Extension of credit for residential energy efficient property. 
Sec. 305. Extension of new energy efficient home credit. 
Sec. 306. Extension of energy efficient commercial buildings deduction. 
Sec. 307. Extension of energy credit. 
Sec. 308. Extension of credit for new clean renewable energy bonds. 
Sec. 309. Expensing of mechanical insulation property. 
TITLE IV—INCREASE DIVERSIFICATION AND EFFICIENCY OF 
AMERICA’S TRANSPORTATION AND ELECTRIC SYSTEM 
Subtitle A—Diversification of Fuel Source for America’s Short-Haul 
Transportation System 
Sec. 401. Minimum Federal fleet requirement. 
Sec. 402. Use of HOV facilities by light-duty, plug-in electric drive vehicles or 
new qualified alternative fuel motor vehicles. 
Sec. 403. Recharging infrastructure. 
Sec. 404. Loan guarantees for advanced battery purchases. 
Sec. 405. Study of end-of-useful-life options for motor vehicle batteries. 
Sec. 406. Study and demonstration electrification of postal fleet. 
Sec. 407. Study of development of common standards for PHEVs and EVs be-
tween the United States, Europe and Asia. 
Subtitle B—Incentives for Diversification of Transportation 
Sec. 420. Amendment of 1986 Code. 
Sec. 421. Extension and modification of credit for fuel cell, hybrid, lean burn, 
and alternative fuel vehicles. 
Sec. 422. Extension and expansion of credit for new qualified plug-in electric 
drive motor vehicles. 
Sec. 423. Extension of credit for certain plug-in electric vehicles. 
Sec. 424. Tax credit for most efficient vehicle in class. 
Sec. 425. Extension of credit and extension of temporary increase in credit for 
alternative fuel vehicle refueling property. 
Sec. 426. Modification of alternative fuel credit. 
Sec. 427. Extension of credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel. 
Subtitle C—Low-Carbon Diversification of Electric System 
Sec. 431. Innovative low-carbon loan guarantee program. 
Sec. 432. Ensuring revenues are sufficient for implementation of title IV. 
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TITLE 
I—OFFSHORE 
LEASING 
AND OTHER ENERGY PROVI-
SIONS 
Subtitle A—Offshore Leasing 
SEC. 101. LEASING PROGRAM CONSIDERED APPROVED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Draft Proposed Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010–2015 
issued by the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) under section 18 of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is consid-
ered to have been approved by the Secretary as a final 
oil and gas leasing program under that section, and is con-
sidered to be in full compliance with and in accordance 
with all requirements of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act. 
(b) FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.— 
The Secretary is considered to have issued a final environ-
mental impact statement for the program described in 
subsection (a) in accordance with all requirements under 
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). 
(c) CORRECTION OF DATES.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall update the dates and deadlines proscribed 
in the program described in subsection (a) to reflect the 
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time that has passed between the date the program was 
issued and the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 102. LEASE SALES. 
(a) OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act and every 270 days thereafter, 
the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall conduct a lease sale 
in each outer Continental Shelf planning area for 
which the Secretary determines that there is a com-
mercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas 
leases for production on the outer Continental Shelf. 
(2) 
SUBSEQUENT
DETERMINATIONS
AND 
SALES.—If the Secretary determines that there is 
not a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil 
and gas leases for production on the outer Conti-
nental Shelf in a planning area under this sub-
section, not later than 2 years after the date of en-
actment of the determination and every 2 years 
thereafter, the Secretary shall— 
(A) determine whether there is a commer-
cial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas 
leases for production on the outer Continental 
Shelf in the planning area; and 
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(B) if the Secretary determines that there 
is a commercial interest described in subpara-
graph (A), conduct a lease sale in the planning 
area. 
(b) RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MARICULTURE.—The 
Secretary may conduct commercial lease sales of resources 
owned by United States— 
(1) to produce renewable energy (as defined in 
section 203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15852(b))); or 
(2) to cultivate marine organisms in the natural 
habitat of the organisms. 
SEC. 103. SEAWARD BOUNDARIES OF STATES. 
(a) SEAWARD BOUNDARIES.—Section 4 of the Sub-
merged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1312) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘three geographical miles’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘9 nautical miles’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2 of the 
Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘three geo-
graphical miles’’ and inserting ‘‘9 nautical miles’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘three geographical miles’’ 
and inserting ‘‘9 nautical miles’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘three marine leagues’’ and 
inserting ‘‘9 nautical miles’’. 
(c) EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 
through (4), the amendments made by this section 
shall not effect Federal oil and gas mineral rights 
and should not effect the States’ current authority 
within existing State boundaries. 
(2) EXISTING LEASES.—The amendments made 
by this section shall not affect any Federal oil and 
gas lease in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(3) TAXATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may exercise 
all of the sovereign powers of taxation of the 
State within the entire extent of the seaward 
boundaries of the State (as extended by the 
amendments made by this section). 
(B) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this para-
graph affects the authority of a State to tax 
any Federal oil and gas lease in effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. MILITARY OPERATIONS. 
The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of De-
fense regarding military operations needs in the Outer 
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Continental Shelf. The Secretary shall work with the Sec-
retary of Defense to resolve any conflicts that might arise 
between such operations and leasing under this section. 
If the Secretaries are unable to resolve all such conflicts, 
any unresolved issues shall be referred by the Secretaries 
to the President in a timely fashion for immediate resolu-
tion. 
SEC. 105. COORDINATION WITH ADJACENT STATES. 
Section 19 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1345) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) in the first sentence by in-
serting ‘‘, for any tract located within the Adjacent 
State’s Adjacent Zone,’’ after ‘‘government’’; and 
(2) by adding the following: 
‘‘(f)(1) Prior to issuing a permit or approval for the 
construction of a pipeline to transport crude oil, natural 
gas or associated liquids production withdrawn from oil 
and gas leases on the outer Continental Shelf, a Federal 
agency must seek the concurrence of the Adjacent State 
if the pipeline is to transit the Adjacent State’s Adjacent 
Zone between the outer Continental Shelf and landfall. No 
State may prohibit construction of such a pipeline within 
its Adjacent Zone or its State waters. However, an Adja-
cent State may require routing of such a pipeline to one 
of two alternate landfall locations in the Adjacent State, 
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designated by the Adjacent State, located within 60 miles 
on either side of a proposed landfall location. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘Adjacent State’ means, with re-
spect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, 
or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved 
pursuant to the provisions of this Act, any State the 
laws of which are declared, pursuant to section 
4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States for the 
portion of the outer Continental Shelf on which such 
program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or activity 
appertains or is, or is proposed to be, conducted. 
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘State’ 
includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the 
other territories of the United States. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘Adjacent Zone’ means, with re-
spect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, 
or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved 
pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the portion 
of the outer Continental Shelf for which the laws of 
a particular Adjacent State are declared, pursuant 
to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United 
States.’’. 
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SEC. 106. GULF OF MEXICO OIL AND GAS. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 104 of division C of the Tax 
Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
432; 120 Stat. 3003) is repealed. 
(b) LEASING PLAN FOR THE EASTERN GULF OF 
MEXICO.—Pursuant to sections 101 and 102 of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall issue a final leasing plan 
for the Eastern Gulf of Mexico within 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act for all areas where there 
exists commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and 
gas leases for production. 
SEC. 107. SHARING OF REVENUES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(g) of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘Notwith-
standing’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 
paragraph (6), and notwithstanding’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as 
paragraphs (8) and (9); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) BONUS
BIDS
AND
ROYALTIES
UNDER 
QUALIFIED LEASES.— 
‘‘(A) NEW LEASES.—Of amounts received 
by the United States as bonus bids, royalties, 
rentals, and other sums collected under any new 
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qualified lease on submerged lands made avail-
able for leasing under this Act by the enact-
ment of the American Energy Opportunity Act 
of 2014— 
‘‘(i) 30 percent shall be paid to the 
States that are producing States with re-
spect to those submerged lands that are lo-
cated within the seaward boundaries of 
such a State established under section 
4(a)(2)(A); 
‘‘(ii) 10 percent shall be deposited in 
the general fund of the Treasury; 
‘‘(iii) 15 percent shall be deposited in 
the Renewable Energy and Energy Effi-
ciency Reserve established by paragraph 
(7); 
‘‘(iv) 20 percent shall be deposited in 
the Infrastructure Renewal Reserve estab-
lished by paragraph (7); 
‘‘(v) 3 percent shall be deposited into 
the Clean Water Reserve established by 
paragraph (7); 
‘‘(vi) 4 percent shall be deposited in 
the Environment Restoration Reserve es-
tablished by paragraph (7); 
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‘‘(vii) 3 percent shall be deposited in 
the Conservation Reserve established by 
paragraph (7); 
‘‘(viii) 8 percent shall be deposited in 
the Clean Coal Technology Deployment 
and Carbon Capture and Sequestration 
Reserve established by paragraph (7); 
‘‘(ix) 5 percent shall be deposited in 
the Carbon Free Technology and Nuclear 
Energy Reserve established by paragraph 
(7); and 
‘‘(x) 2 percent shall be available to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services 
for carrying out the Low-Income Home 
Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 
8621, et seq.). 
‘‘(B) LEASED
TRACT
THAT
LIES
PAR-
TIALLY WITHIN THE SEAWARD BOUNDARIES OF 
A STATE.—In the case of a leased tract that lies 
partially within the seaward boundaries of a 
State, the amounts of bonus bids and royalties 
from such tract that are subject to subpara-
graph (A)(ii) with respect to such State shall be 
a percentage of the total amounts of bonus bids 
and royalties from such tract that is equivalent 
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to the total percentage of surface acreage of the 
tract that lies within such seaward boundaries. 
‘‘(C) USE
OF
PAYMENTS
TO
STATES.— 
Amounts paid to a State under subparagraph 
(A)(ii) shall be used by the State for one or 
more of the following: 
‘‘(i) Education. 
‘‘(ii) Transportation. 
‘‘(iii) Coastal restoration, environ-
mental restoration, and beach replenish-
ment. 
‘‘(iv) Energy infrastructure. 
‘‘(v) Renewable energy development. 
‘‘(vi) Energy efficiency and conserva-
tion. 
‘‘(vii) Any other purpose determined 
by State law. 
‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) ADJACENT
STATE.—The term 
‘Adjacent State’ means, with respect to 
any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, 
or other activity, proposed, conducted, or 
approved pursuant to the provisions of this 
Act, any State the laws of which are de-
clared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be 
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lease made available under this Act grant-
ed after the date of the enactment of the 
American Energy Opportunity Act of 
2014, for an area that is available for leas-
ing as a result of enactment of section 101 
of that Act. 
‘‘(E) APPLICATION.—This paragraph shall 
apply to bonus bids and royalties received by 
the United States under qualified leases after 
implementation of sections 105 and 106 of the 
American Energy Opportunity Act of 2014. 
‘‘(F) EXISTING REVENUES.—All revenues 
including revenues, including bonus bids, royal-
ties, rentals, and other sums, collected from 
leases issued under this Act prior to the enact-
ment American Energy Opportunity Act of 
2014, shall not be affected by the provisions of 
that Act. 
‘‘(7) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
RESERVE
AC-
COUNTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For budgetary pur-
poses, there is established as a separate account 
to receive deposits under paragraph (6)(A)— 
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‘‘(i) the Renewable Energy and En-
ergy Efficiency Reserve, which shall be ap-
plied— 
‘‘(I) first, to offset the alternative 
energy and conservation tax incentives 
extended by title III of the American 
Energy Opportunity Act of 2014; and 
‘‘(II) to extent not applied under 
subclause (I), to offset the cost of leg-
islation enacted after the date of the 
enactment of the American Energy 
Opportunity Act of 2014 to accelerate 
the use of cleaner domestic energy re-
sources and alternative fuels; to pro-
mote the utilization of energy-efficient 
products and practices; to promote 
the development and deployment of 
smart transportation systems, energy 
efficient vehicles, and mass transpor-
tation systems that preserve the envi-
ronment and increase energy effi-
ciency of transportation; and to in-
crease research, development, and de-
ployment of clean renewable energy 
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and efficiency technologies and job 
training programs for those purposes; 
‘‘(ii) the Infrastructure Renewal Re-
serve, which shall be applied to offset the 
costs of— 
‘‘(I) Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs 
carried out by the Secretary of Trans-
portation; 
‘‘(II) public transportation pro-
grams carried out by the Secretary of 
Transportation; 
‘‘(III) water resources develop-
ment construction projects carried out 
by the Secretary of the Army (acting 
through the Chief of Engineers); 
‘‘(IV) Federal support for freight 
rail and passenger rail construction 
and repair projects; 
‘‘(V) legislation enacted after the 
date of the enactment of the Amer-
ican Energy Opportunity Act of 2014 
for purposes of investment in trans-
portation infrastructure; and 
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‘‘(iii) the Clean Water Reserve, to 
first, offset the cost of construction pro-
grams under the Clean Water Act or the 
1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking 
Water Act that provide assistance, such as 
grants, matching grants, and no- and low- 
interest loans, to State, county, and local 
governments to rebuild and modernize 
clean water and sewage infrastructure. 
‘‘(iv) the Environment Restoration 
Reserve, to offset the cost of legislation en-
acted after the date of the enactment of 
the American Energy Opportunity Act of 
2014 to conduct restoration activities to 
improve the overall health of the eco-
systems primarily or entirely within wildlife 
refuges, national parks, lakes, bays, rivers, 
and streams, including the Great Lakes, 
the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, the 
San Francisco Bay/Sacramento San Joa-
quin Bay Delta, the Florida Everglades, 
New York Harbor, the Colorado River 
Basin, the Mississippi River Basin and 
tributaries, and Intracoastal Waterways 
and inlets that serve them; 
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‘‘(v) the Conservation Reserve, to off-
set the cost of legislation enacted after the 
date of the enactment of the American En-
ergy Opportunity Act of 2014 for con-
servation research, development, and de-
ployment programs to increase commercial 
energy efficiency, such as weatherization, 
conservation and building technology tax 
credits for energy efficiency in the com-
mercial and industrial sectors; 
‘‘(vi) the Clean Coal Technology De-
ployment and Carbon Capture and Seques-
tration Reserve, to— 
‘‘(I) first offset the cost of pro-
grams established under section 133 
of this Act; 
‘‘(II) two, offset the cost of pro-
grams in section 1703 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 related to loan 
guarantees for construction projects 
associated with carbon capture and 
storage, giving priority to the con-
struction and modernization of plants 
that implement the most advanced 
pollution controls to prevent the re-
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lease of carbon, particulate matter, 
and other pollutants; and 
‘‘(III) third, to offset the cost of 
research at the Department of Energy 
Office of Fossil Energy that promotes 
the production of liquid transportation 
fuels, clean-coal electricity, synthetic 
natural gas, and chemical feedstock; 
and 
‘‘(vii) the Carbon Free Technology 
and Nuclear Energy Reserve, to— 
‘‘(I) first offset the cost of pro-
grams in title IV of this Act; and 
‘‘(II) two, offset the cost of legis-
lation enacted after the date of the 
enactment of the Rebuilding Amer-
ica’s Infrastructure Through Energy 
Independence Act to promote the de-
ployment of carbon-free technologies, 
including through loan guarantees for 
commercial nuclear power plants, the 
disposition and recycling or reprocess-
ing of spent fuel from nuclear power 
plants, and the financing of long-term 
safe storage of spent fuel. 
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‘‘(B) PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) 
BUDGET
COMMITTEE
CHAIR-
MAN.—After the reporting of a bill or joint 
resolution, or the offering of an amend-
ment thereto or the submission of a con-
ference report thereon, providing funding 
for the purposes set forth in clause (i), (ii), 
(iii), or (iv) of subparagraph (A) in excess 
of the amount of the deposits under para-
graph (6)(A) for those purposes for fiscal 
year 2014, the chairman of the Committee 
on the Budget of the applicable House of 
Congress shall make the adjustments set 
forth in clause (ii) for the amount of new 
budget authority and outlays in that meas-
ure and the outlays flowing from that 
budget authority. 
‘‘(ii) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.— 
The adjustments referred to in clause (i) 
are to be made to— 
‘‘(I) the discretionary spending 
limits, if any, set forth in the appro-
priate concurrent resolution on the 
budget; 
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‘‘(II) the allocations made pursu-
ant to the appropriate concurrent res-
olution on the budget pursuant to sec-
tion 302(a) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974; and 
‘‘(III) the budget aggregates con-
tained in the appropriate concurrent 
resolution on the budget as required 
by section 301(a) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. 
‘‘(iii) AMOUNTS OF ADJUSTMENTS.— 
The adjustments referred to in clauses (i) 
and (ii) shall not exceed the receipts esti-
mated by the Congressional Budget Office 
that are attributable to this Act for the fis-
cal year in which the adjustments are 
made. 
‘‘(C) EXPENDITURES ONLY BY SECRETARY 
OF THE INTERIOR IN CONSULTATION.—Legisla-
tion shall not be treated as legislation referred 
to in subparagraph (A) unless any expenditure 
under such legislation for a purpose referred to 
in that subparagraph may be made only after 
consultation with the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, the Adminis-
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trator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, the Secretary of the Army act-
ing through the Corps of Engineers, and, as ap-
propriate, the Secretary of State. 
‘‘(8) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT BY STATES.— 
The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, the Secretary of En-
ergy, and any other Federal official with authority 
to implement legislation referred to in paragraph 
(6)(A) shall ensure that financial assistance provided 
to a State under that legislation for any purpose 
with amounts made available under this subsection 
or in any legislation with respect to which paragraph 
(7) applies supplement, and do not replace, the 
amounts expended by the State for that purpose be-
fore the date of the enactment of theAmerican En-
ergy Opportunity Act of 2014. 
‘‘(9) DISTRIBUTIONS FOR FEDERAL-AID HIGH-
WAY
OR
HIGHWAY
SAFETY
CONSTRUCTION
PRO-
GRAM.—To the extent practicable, amounts made 
available for a Federal-aid highway or highway safe-
ty construction program, the costs of which are off-
set by application of the Infrastructure Renewal Re-
serve, shall be distributed using the apportionment 
formula that applies to that program.’’. 
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(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE SEAWARD BOUND-
ARIES.—Section 4(a)(2)(A) of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(2)(A)) is amended in the 
first sentence by striking ‘‘, and the President’’ and all 
that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting 
the following: ‘‘. Such extended lines are deemed to be as 
indicated on the maps for each Outer Continental Shelf 
region entitled ‘Alaska OCS Region State Adjacent Zone 
and OCS Planning Areas’, ‘Pacific OCS Region State Ad-
jacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas’, ‘Gulf of Mexico 
OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning 
Areas’, and ‘Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent Zones 
and OCS Planning Areas’, all of which are dated Sep-
tember 2005 and on file in the Office of the Director, Min-
erals Management Service. The preceding sentence shall 
not apply with respect to the treatment under section 105 
of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title 
I of division C of Public Law 109–432) of qualified outer 
Continental Shelf revenues deposited and disbursed under 
subsection (a)(2) of that section.’’. 
SEC. 108. INVENTORY OF OFFSHORE ENERGY RESOURCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall promptly 
prepare an inventory of offshore energy resources of the 
United States, including through conduct of geological and 
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geophysical explorations by private industry in all of the 
United States outer Continental Shelf areas of the Atlan-
tic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean under part 251 of title 
30, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-
tions). 
(b) ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall complete any environmental studies necessary to 
gather information essential to an accurate inventory, in-
cluding geological and geophysical explorations under part 
251 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
regulations). 
(c) EFFECT ON OIL AND GAS LEASING.—No inven-
tory that is conducted under this section or any other Fed-
eral law (including regulations) shall restrict, limit, delay, 
or otherwise adversely affect— 
(1) the development of any Outer Continental 
Shelf leasing program under section 18 of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344); or 
(2) any leasing, exploration, development, or 
production of any Federal offshore oil and gas 
leases. 
(d) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall make a 1-time transfer to the Secretary, 
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units to enable the use at such units of the most viable 
and cost-effective technology to reduce emissions of carbon 
dioxide and other greenhouse gases. In carrying out such 
program, the Secretary shall give priority to the funding 
of projects that will emit the least amount of carbon diox-
ide and other greenhouse gases. 
(c) QUALIFIED PROJECTS.—(1) Projects for the con-
struction or modernization of units with carbon capture 
and sequestration or storage systems shall be qualified for 
assistance under this section in the form of grants of up 
to $2,000,000,000 per unit up to a maximum grant of 
$2,000,000 per Megawatt (MW) of capacity. Such 
projects may be qualified for loan guarantees under this 
section in the amount of up to $3,000,000,000 per unit 
up to a maximum of $3,000,000 per Megawatt of capacity. 
(2) The maximum amount of funding assistance 
under this section for construction and modernization 
costs shall be as follows: 
(A) A grant of 75 percent of such costs and a 
loan guarantee of 25 percent of such costs for the 
first year in which assistance is provided. 
(B) A grant of 50 percent of such costs and a 
loan guarantee of 50 percent of such costs for the 
second year in which assistance is provided. 
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