of oil or natural gas, or the sale of production taken 
in-kind, from an outer Continental Shelf minerals 
lease. 
‘‘(7) PRODUCING STATE.—The term ‘producing 
State’ means an Adjacent State having an Adjacent 
Zone containing leased tracts from which OCS Re-
ceipts were derived. 
‘‘(8) OCS RECEIPTS.—The term ‘OCS Receipts’ 
means bonus bids and royalties.’’. 
SEC. 8. REVIEW OF OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF EXPLO-
RATION PLANS. 
Subsections (c) and (d) of section 11 of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1340) are amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) PLAN REVIEW; PLAN PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
prior to commencing exploration pursuant to any oil 
and gas lease issued or maintained under this Act, 
the holder thereof shall submit an exploration plan 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as a ‘plan’) to 
the Secretary for review which shall include all infor-
mation and documentation required under para-
graphs (2) and (3). The Secretary shall review the 
plan for completeness within 10 days of submission. 
If the Secretary finds that the plan is not complete, 
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the Secretary shall notify the lessee with a detailed 
explanation and require such modifications of such 
plan as are necessary to achieve completeness. The 
Secretary shall have 10 days to review a modified 
plan for completeness. Such plan may apply to more 
than one lease held by a lessee in any one region of 
the outer Continental Shelf, or by a group of lessees 
acting under a unitization, pooling, or drilling agree-
ment, and the lessee shall certify that such plan is 
consistent with the terms of the lease and is con-
sistent with all statutory and regulatory require-
ments in effect on the date of issuance of the lease. 
The Secretary shall have 30 days from the date the 
plan is deemed complete to conduct a review of the 
plan. If the Secretary finds the plan is not con-
sistent with the lease and all such statutory and reg-
ulatory requirements, the Secretary shall notify the 
lessee with a detailed explanation of such modifica-
tions of such plan as are necessary to achieve com-
pliance. The Secretary shall have 30 days to review 
any modified plan submitted by the lessee. The les-
see shall not take any action under the exploration 
plan within the 30-day review period, or thereafter 
until the plan has been modified to achieve compli-
ance as so notified. 
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‘‘(2) An exploration plan submitted under this 
subsection shall include, in the degree of detail 
which the Secretary may by regulation require— 
‘‘(A) a schedule of anticipated exploration 
activities to be undertaken; 
‘‘(B) a description of equipment to be used 
for such activities; 
‘‘(C) the general location of each well to be 
drilled; and 
‘‘(D) such other information deemed perti-
nent by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may, by regulation, require 
that such plan be accompanied by a general state-
ment of development and production intentions 
which shall be for planning purposes only and which 
shall not be binding on any party. 
‘‘(d) PLAN REVISIONS; CONDUCT OF EXPLORATION 
ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) If a significant revision of an exploration 
plan under this subsection is submitted to the Sec-
retary, the process to be used for the review of such 
revision shall be the same as set forth in subsection 
(c) of this section. 
‘‘(2) All exploration activities pursuant to any 
lease shall be conducted in accordance with an explo-
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ration plan or a revised plan which has been sub-
mitted to and reviewed by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 9. RESERVATION OF LANDS AND RIGHTS. 
Section 12 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1341) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The President may partially or com-
pletely revise or revoke any prior withdrawal made 
by the President under the authority of this section. 
The President may not revise or revoke a withdrawal 
that was initiated by a petition from a State and ap-
proved by the Secretary of the Interior under sub-
section (h). A withdrawal by the President may be 
for a term not to exceed 10 years. In considering a 
potential withdrawal under this subsection, to the 
maximum extent practicable the President shall ac-
commodate competing interests and potential uses of 
the outer Continental Shelf.’’; 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) OPTION TO PETITION FOR LEASING WITHIN 
CERTAIN AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION AGAINST LEASING.— 
‘‘(A) PROHIBITION
PRIOR
TO
JULY
1, 
2012.—Except as otherwise provided in this sub-
section, prior to July 1, 2012, the Secretary 
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shall not offer for leasing for oil and gas, or for 
natural gas, any area withdrawn from disposi-
tion by leasing in the Atlantic OCS Region or 
the Pacific OCS Region, or the Gulf of Mexico 
OCS Region Eastern Planning Area, as de-
picted on the map referred to within this para-
graph, under the ‘Memorandum on Withdrawal 
of Certain Areas of the United States Outer 
Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition’, 34 
Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1111, dated June 12, 
1998, or any area not withdrawn under that 
Memorandum that is included within the Gulf 
of Mexico OCS Region Eastern Planning Area 
as indicated on the map entitled ‘Gulf of Mexico 
OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS 
Planning Areas’ or within the Florida Straits 
Planning Area as indicated on the map entitled 
‘Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and 
OCS Planning Areas’, both of which are dated 
September 2005 and on file in the Office of the 
Director, Minerals Management Service. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION FROM AND AFTER JULY 
1, 2012.—Except as otherwise provided in this 
subsection, from and after July 1, 2012, the 
Secretary shall not offer for leasing for oil and 
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gas, or for natural gas, any area not available 
for leasing under subparagraph (A) located 
within 125 miles of the coastline. 
‘‘(2) REVOCATION OF WITHDRAWAL.—The pro-
visions of the ‘Memorandum on Withdrawal of Cer-
tain Areas of the United States Outer Continental 
Shelf from Leasing Disposition’, 34 Weekly Comp. 
Pres. Doc. 1111, dated June 12, 1998, are hereby 
revoked and are no longer in effect regarding any 
areas included within the Gulf of Mexico OCS Re-
gion Central Planning Area as indicated on the map 
entitled ‘Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent 
Zones and OCS Planning Areas’ dated September 
2005 and on file in the Office of the Director, Min-
erals Management Service. The 2002–2007 5-Year 
Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Pro-
gram is hereby amended to include the areas added 
to the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Central Planning 
Area by this Act to the extent that such areas were 
included within the original boundaries of proposed 
Lease Sale 181. The amendment to such leasing 
program includes two sales in such additional areas, 
one of which shall be held in January 2007 and one 
of which shall be held in June 2007. The Final En-
vironmental Impact Statement prepared for this 
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area for Lease Sale 181 shall be deemed sufficient 
for all purposes for each lease sale in which such 
area is offered for lease during the 2002–2007 5- 
Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing 
Program without need for supplementation. Any 
tract only partially added to the Gulf of Mexico OCS 
Region Central Planning Area by this Act shall be 
eligible for leasing of the part of such tract that is 
included within the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Cen-
tral Planning Area, and the remainder of such tract 
that lies outside of the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region 
Central Planning Area may be developed and pro-
duced by the lessee of such partial tract using ex-
tended reach or similar drilling from a location on 
a leased area. 
‘‘(3) PETITION FOR LEASING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of the 
State, upon concurrence of its legislature, may 
submit to the Secretary a petition requesting 
that the Secretary make available any area that 
is within the State’s Adjacent Zone, included 
within the provisions of paragraph (1), and that 
(i) is greater than 25 miles from any point on 
the coastline of a Neighboring State for the 
conduct of offshore leasing, pre-leasing, and re-
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lated activities with respect to natural gas leas-
ing; or (ii) is greater than 50 miles from any 
point on the coastline of a Neighboring State 
for the conduct of offshore leasing, pre-leasing, 
and related activities with respect to oil and gas 
leasing. The Adjacent State may also petition 
for leasing any other area within its Adjacent 
Zone if leasing is allowed in the similar area of 
the Adjacent Zone of the applicable Neigh-
boring State, or if not allowed, if the Neigh-
boring State, acting through its Governor, ex-
presses its concurrence with the petition. The 
Secretary shall only consider such a petition 
upon making a finding that leasing is allowed 
in the similar area of the Adjacent Zone of the 
applicable Neighboring State or upon receipt of 
the concurrence of the Neighboring State. The 
date of receipt by the Secretary of such concur-
rence by the Neighboring State shall constitute 
the date of receipt of the petition for that area 
for which the concurrence applies. A petition 
for leasing any part of the Alabama Adjacent 
Zone that is a part of the Gulf of Mexico East-
ern Planning Area, as indicated on the map en-
titled ‘Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adja-
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cent Zones and OCS Planning Areas’ which is 
dated September 2005 and on file in the Office 
of the Director, Minerals Management Service, 
shall require the concurrence of both Alabama 
and Florida. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS
ON
LEASING.—In its 
petition, a State with an Adjacent Zone that 
contains leased tracts may condition oil and 
gas, or natural gas, new leasing for tracts with-
in 25 miles of the coastline by— 
‘‘(i) requiring a net reduction in the 
number of production platforms; 
‘‘(ii) requiring a net increase in the 
average distance of production platforms 
from the coastline; 
‘‘(iii) limiting permanent surface occu-
pancy on new leases to areas that are more 
than 10 miles from the coastline; 
‘‘(iv) limiting some tracts to being 
produced from shore or from platforms lo-
cated on other tracts; or 
‘‘(v) other conditions that the Adja-
cent State may deem appropriate as long 
as the Secretary does not determine that 
production is made economically or tech-
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nically impracticable or otherwise impos-
sible. 
‘‘(C) ACTION BY SECRETARY.—Not later 
than 90 days after receipt of a petition under 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall approve 
the petition, unless the Secretary determines 
that leasing the area would probably cause seri-
ous harm or damage to the marine resources of 
the State’s Adjacent Zone. Prior to approving 
the petition, the Secretary shall complete an en-
vironmental assessment that documents the an-
ticipated environmental effects of leasing in the 
area included within the scope of the petition. 
‘‘(D) FAILURE TO ACT.—If the Secretary 
fails to approve or deny a petition in accordance 
with subparagraph (C) the petition shall be con-
sidered to be approved 90 days after receipt of 
the petition. 
‘‘(E) AMENDMENT OF THE 5-YEAR LEAS-
ING
PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding section 18, 
within 180 days of the approval of a petition 
under subparagraph (C) or (D), the Secretary 
shall amend the current 5-Year Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program to 
include a lease sale or sales for the entire area 
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covered by the approved petition, unless there 
are, from the date of approval, fewer than 12 
months remaining in the current 5-Year Leas-
ing Program in which case the Secretary shall 
include the areas covered by the approved peti-
tion within lease sales under the next 5-Year 
Leasing Program. For purposes of amending 
the 5-Year Program in accordance with this 
section, further consultations with States shall 
not be required. The environmental assessment 
performed under the provisions of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to assess the 
effects of approving the petition shall be suffi-
cient to amend the 5-Year Leasing Program. 
‘‘(h) EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS.—Adoption by any 
Adjacent State of any constitutional provision, or enact-
ment of any State statute, that has the effect, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, of restricting either the Governor 
or the Legislature, or both, from exercising full discretion 
related to subsection (g) or (h), or both, shall automati-
cally (1) prohibit any sharing of OCS Receipts under this 
Act with the Adjacent State, and its coastal political sub-
divisions, and (2) prohibit the Adjacent State from exer-
cising any authority under subsection (h), for the duration 
of the restriction. The Secretary shall make the determina-
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