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‘‘(1) COASTAL
POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION.—The
term ‘coastal political subdivision’ means a political
subdivision of a coastal State any part of which polit-
ical subdivision is—
‘‘(A) within the coastal zone (as defined in
section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453)) of the coastal State as
of the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005; and
‘‘(B) not more than 200 nautical miles from
the geographic center of any leased tract.
‘‘(2) COASTAL POPULATION.—The term ‘coastal
population’ means the population, as determined by
the most recent official data of the Census Bureau, of
each political subdivision any part of which lies with-
in the designated coastal boundary of a State (as de-
fined in a State’s coastal zone management program
under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16
U.S.C. 1451 et seq.)).
‘‘(3) COASTAL STATE.—The term ‘coastal State’
has the meaning given the term in section 304 of the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
1453).
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‘‘(4) COASTLINE.—The term ‘coastline’ has the
meaning given the term ‘coast line’ in section 2 of the
Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301).
‘‘(5) DISTANCE.—The term ‘distance’ means the
minimum great circle distance, measured in statute
miles.
‘‘(6) LEASED
TRACT.—The term ‘leased tract’
means a tract that is subject to a lease under section
6 or 8 for the purpose of drilling for, developing, and
producing oil or natural gas resources.
‘‘(7) LEASING
MORATORIA.—The term ‘leasing
moratoria’ means the prohibitions on preleasing, leas-
ing, and related activities on any geographic area of
the outer Continental Shelf as contained in sections
107 through 109 of division E of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118
Stat. 3063).
‘‘(8) POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—The term ‘polit-
ical subdivision’ means the local political jurisdiction
immediately below the level of State government, in-
cluding counties, parishes, and boroughs.
‘‘(9) PRODUCING STATE.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘producing
State’ means a coastal State that has a coastal
seaward boundary within 200 nautical miles of
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the geographic center of a leased tract within
any area of the outer Continental Shelf.
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘producing
State’ does not include a producing State, a ma-
jority of the coastline of which is subject to leas-
ing moratoria, unless production was occurring
on January 1, 2005, from a lease within 10 nau-
tical miles of the coastline of that State.
‘‘(10) QUALIFIED
OUTER
CONTINENTAL
SHELF
REVENUES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified
Outer Continental Shelf revenues’ means all
amounts received by the United States from each
leased tract or portion of a leased tract—
‘‘(i) lying—
‘‘(I) seaward of the zone covered
by section 8(g); or
‘‘(II) within that zone, but to
which section 8(g) does not apply; and
‘‘(ii) the geographic center of which lies
within a distance of 200 nautical miles
from any part of the coastline of any coast-
al State.
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘qualified
Outer Continental Shelf revenues’ includes bonus
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bids, rents, royalties (including payments for
royalty taken in kind and sold), net profit share
payments, and related late-payment interest
from natural gas and oil leases issued under this
Act.
‘‘(C) 
EXCLUSION.—The 
term 
‘qualified
Outer Continental Shelf revenues’ does not in-
clude any revenues from a leased tract or portion
of a leased tract that is located in a geographic
area subject to a leasing moratorium on Janu-
ary 1, 2005, unless the lease was in production
on January 1, 2005.
‘‘(b) PAYMENTS TO PRODUCING STATES AND COASTAL
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, without
further appropriation, disburse to producing States
and coastal political subdivisions in accordance with
this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007
through 2010.
‘‘(2) DISBURSEMENT.—In each fiscal year, the
Secretary shall disburse to each producing State for
which the Secretary has approved a plan under sub-
section (c), and to coastal political subdivisions under
paragraph (4), such funds as are allocated to the pro-