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(ii) beginning October 1, 2015, and there-
after, 2.0 percent of all sums paid into the 
Treasury under section 35 of the Mineral Leas-
ing Act (30 U.S.C. 191); 
(C)(i) during the period of October 1, 
2006, through September 30, 2015, 0.4 percent 
of all sums paid into the Treasury from receipts 
derived from bonus bids and royalties from 
other mineral leasing on public lands, and 
(ii) beginning October 1, 2015, and there-
after, 2.0 percent of all sums paid into the 
Treasury from receipts derived from bonus bids 
and royalties from other mineral leasing on 
public lands; 
(D) donations received under paragraph 
(4); 
(E) 
amounts 
referred 
to 
in 
section 
2325(d)(1) of the Revised Statutes, as amended 
by this Act; and 
(F) funds received under section 10 of the 
Energy and Mineral Schools Reinvestment Act, 
as amended by this Act. 
(3) INVESTMENTS.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall invest the amounts deposited under 
paragraph (2) and all accrued interest on the
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amounts deposited under paragraph (2) only in in-
terest bearing obligations of the United States or in 
obligations guaranteed as to both principal and in-
terest by the United States. 
(4) DONATIONS.—The Secretary of the Interior 
may solicit and accept donations of funds for deposit 
into the Professional Development Fund. 
(5) AVAILABILITY TO SECRETARY OF THE IN-
TERIOR.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal 
year 2007, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 
the amounts deposited into the Professional De-
velopment Fund, together with the interest 
thereon, shall be available, without fiscal year 
limitations, to the Secretary of the Interior for 
use to carry out the Energy and Mineral 
Schools Reinvestment Act. 
(B) WITHDRAWALS
AND
TRANSFER
OF 
FUNDS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
withdraw such amounts from the Professional 
Development Fund as the Secretary of the Inte-
rior may request and transfer such amounts to 
the Secretary of the Interior to be used, at the 
discretion of the Secretary to carry out the En-
ergy and Mineral Schools Reinvestment Act.
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(b) MAINTENANCE AND RESTORATION OF EXISTING 
AND HISTORIC PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING 
PROGRAMS.—Public Law 98–409 (30 U.S.C. 1221 et 
seq.) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This Act may be cited as the ‘Energy and Mineral 
Schools Reinvestment Act’. 
‘‘SEC. 2. POLICY. 
‘‘It is the policy of the United States to maintain the 
human capital needed to preserve and foster the economic, 
energy, and mineral resources security of the United 
States. The petroleum and mining engineering programs 
and the applied geology and geophysics programs at State 
chartered schools, universities, and institutions that 
produce human capital are national assets and should be 
assisted with Federal funds to ensure their continued 
health and existence. 
‘‘SEC. 3. MAINTAINING AND RESTORING HISTORIC AND EX-
ISTING PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEER-
ING EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) Using the funds in the Federal Energy And Min-
eral Resources Professional Development Fund, the Sec-
retary of the Interior (in this Act referred to as the ‘Sec-
retary’) shall provide funds to each historic and existing 
State-chartered recognized petroleum or mining school to
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assist such schools, universities, and institutions in main-
taining programs in petroleum, mining, and mineral engi-
neering education and research. All funds shall be directed 
only to these programs and shall be subject to the condi-
tions of this section. Such funds shall not be less than 
35 percent of the annual outlay of funds under this Act. 
‘‘(b) In this Act the term ‘historic and existing State- 
chartered recognized petroleum or mining school’ means 
a school, university, or educational institution with the 
presence of an engineering program meeting the specific 
program criteria, established by the member societies of 
ABET, Inc., for petroleum, mining, or mineral engineer-
ing and that is accredited on the date of enactment of 
the Ocean State Options Act of 2005 by ABET, Inc. 
‘‘(c) It shall be the duty of each school, university, 
or institution receiving funds under this section to provide 
for the training of undergraduate and graduate petroleum, 
mining, and mineral engineers through research, inves-
tigations, demonstrations, and experiments. All such work 
shall be carried out in a manner that will enhance under-
graduate education. 
‘‘(d) Each school, university, or institution receiving 
funds under this Act shall maintain the program for which 
the funds are provided for 10 years after the date of the 
first receipt of such funds take steps agreed to by the Sec-
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retary, to increase the number of undergraduate students 
enrolled in and completing the programs of study in petro-
leum, mining, and mineral engineering. 
‘‘(e) The research, investigation, demonstration, ex-
periment, and training authorized by this section may in-
clude development and production of conventional and 
non-conventional fuel resources, the production of metallic 
and non-metallic mineral resources, and the production of 
stone, sand, and gravel. In all cases the work carried out 
with funds made available under this Act shall include a 
significant opportunity for participation by undergraduate 
students. 
‘‘(f) Research funded by this Act related to energy 
and mineral resource development and production may in-
clude studies of petroleum, mining, and mineral extraction 
and immediately related beneficiation technology; mineral 
economics, reclamation technology and practices for active 
operations, and the development of re-mining systems and 
technologies to facilitate reclamation that fosters the ulti-
mate recovery of resources at abandoned petroleum, min-
ing, and aggregate production sites. 
‘‘(g) Grants for basic science and engineering studies 
and research shall not require additional participation by 
funding partners. Grants for studies to demonstrate the 
proof of concept for science and engineering or the dem-
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onstration of feasibility and implementation shall include 
participation by industry and may include funding from 
other Federal agencies. 
‘‘(h)(1) No funds made available under this section 
shall be applied to the acquisition by purchase or lease 
of any land or interests therein, or the rental, purchase, 
construction, preservation, or repair of any building. 
‘‘(2) Funding made available under this section may 
be used with the express approval of the Secretary for pro-
posals that will provide for maintaining or upgrading of 
existing laboratories and laboratory equipment. Funding 
for such maintenance shall not be used for university over-
head expenses. 
‘‘(3) Funding made available under this Act may be 
used for maintaining and upgrading university-owned 
mines and oil and gas drilling rigs used for undergraduate 
and graduate training and mine safety training for the 
industry. All requests for funding such mines and oil and 
gas drilling rigs must demonstrate that they have been 
owned by the university for 5 years prior to the date of 
enactment of the Ocean State Options Act of 2005 and 
have been actively used for instructional purposes during 
that time. 
‘‘(4) Any funding made available under this section 
for research, investigation, demonstration, experiment, or
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training shall not be used for university overhead charges 
in excess of 10 percent of the amount authorized by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘SEC. 4. FORMER PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING 
PROGRAMS. 
‘‘A school, university, or educational institution that 
formerly met the requirements of section 3(b) of this Act 
immediately before the date of the enactment of the Off-
shore State Options Act of 2004 shall be eligible for fund-
ing under this Act only if it— 
‘‘(1) establishes a petroleum, mining, or mineral 
engineering program that meets the specific program 
criteria and is accredited as such by ABET, Inc.; 
‘‘(2) agrees to the conditions of subsections (c), 
(d), and (e) of section 3 and the Secretary, as ad-
vised by the Committee established by section 11, 
determines that the program will strengthen and in-
crease the number of nationally available, well- 
qualified faculty members in petroleum, mining, and 
mineral engineering; and 
‘‘(3) agrees to maintain the accredited program 
for 10 years after the date of the first receipt of 
funds under this Act.
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‘‘SEC. 5. FUNDING OF CONSORTIA OF HISTORIC AND EXIST-
ING SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) Where appropriate, the Secretary may make 
funds available to consortia of schools, universities, or in-
stitutions that include the historic and existing petroleum 
and mining schools to meet the necessary expenses for 
purposes of— 
‘‘(1) specific energy and mineral research 
projects of broad application that could not other-
wise be undertaken, including the expenses of plan-
ning and coordinating regional petroleum, mining, 
and mineral engineering projects by two or more 
schools; and 
‘‘(2) research into any aspects of petroleum, 
mining, or mineral engineering problems that are re-
lated to the mission of the Department of the Inte-
rior and that are considered by the Committee to be 
desirable. 
‘‘(b) Each application for funds under subsection (a) 
shall state, among other things, the nature of the project 
to be undertaken; the period during which it will be pur-
sued; the qualifications of the personnel who will direct 
and conduct it; the estimated costs; the importance of the 
project to the Nation, region, or States concerned; its rela-
tion to other known research projects theretofore pursued 
or being pursued; the extent to which the proposed project
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will maximize the opportunity for the training of under-
graduate petroleum, mining, and mineral engineers; and 
the extent of participation by nongovernmental sources in 
the project. 
‘‘(c) No funds shall be made available under this sec-
tion except for a project approved by the Secretary. All 
funds shall be made available upon the basis of merit of 
the project, the need for the knowledge that it is expected 
to produce when completed, and the opportunity it pro-
vides for the undergraduate training of individuals as pe-
troleum, mining, and mineral engineers. 
‘‘SEC. 6. SUPPORT FOR SCHOOLS WITH ENERGY AND MIN-
ERAL RESOURCE PROGRAMS IN PETROLEUM 
AND MINERAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGY, PE-
TROLEUM GEOPHYSICS, OR MINING GEO-
PHYSICS. 
‘‘(a) Up to 20 percent of the annual outlay of funds 
under this Act may be granted to schools, universities, and 
institutions other than those described in sections 3, 4, 
and 5. 
‘‘(b) The Secretary, as advised by the Committee es-
tablished by section 11, shall determine the eligibility of 
a college or university to receive funding under this Act 
using criteria that include—
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‘‘(1) the presence of a substantial program of 
undergraduate and graduate instruction and re-
search in petroleum geology, mineral exploration ge-
ology, economic geology, mining geology, petroleum 
geophysics, mining geophysics, geological engineer-
ing, or geophysical engineering that has a dem-
onstrated history of achievement; 
‘‘(2) evidence of institutional commitment for 
the purposes of this Act that includes a significant 
opportunity for participation by undergraduate stu-
dents; 
‘‘(3) evidence that such school, university, or in-
stitution has or can obtain significant industrial co-
operation in activities within the scope of this Act; 
‘‘(4) agreement by the school, university, or in-
stitution to maintain the programs for which the 
funding is sought for the 10-year period beginning 
on the date the school, university, or institution first 
receives such funds; and 
‘‘(5) requiring that such funding shall be for 
the purposes set forth in subsections (e), (f), and (g) 
of section 3 and subject to the conditions set forth 
in section 3(h).
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‘‘SEC. 7. DESIGNATION OF FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND 
FELLOWSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) The Committee shall recommend to the Sec-
retary the designation and utilization of not more than 
30 percent of the annual outlay of funds under this Act 
for the purpose of providing scholarships, graduate fellow-
ships, and postdoctoral fellowships. 
‘‘(b) In order to receive a scholarship or a graduate 
fellowship, an individual student must be a lawful perma-
nent resident of the United States or a United States cit-
izen and must agree in writing to complete a course of 
studies and receive a degree in petroleum, mining, or min-
eral engineering, petroleum geology, mining and economic 
geology, petroleum and mining geophysics, or mineral eco-
nomics. 
‘‘(c) The regulations required by section 9 shall re-
quire that an individual, in order to retain a scholarship 
or graduate fellowship, must continue in one of the course 
of studies listed in subsection (b) of this section, must re-
main in good academic standing, as determined by the 
school, institution, or university and must allow for rein-
statement of the scholarship or graduate fellowship by the 
Secretary, upon the recommendation of the school or insti-
tution. Such regulations may also provide for recovery of 
funds from an individual who fails to complete any of the 
courses of study listed in subsection (b) of this section
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after notice that such completion is a requirement of re-
ceipt funding under this Act. 
‘‘SEC. 8. FUNDING CRITERIA FOR INSTITUTIONS. 
‘‘(a) Funds available under this Act shall be paid at 
such times and in such amounts during each fiscal year 
as determined by the Secretary, and upon vouchers ap-
proved by the Secretary. Each school, university, or insti-
tution that receives funds under this Act shall— 
‘‘(1) establish its plan to provide for the train-
ing of individuals as petroleum or mineral engineers 
and scientists under a curriculum appropriate to the 
field of mineral resources and mineral engineering 
and related fields; 
‘‘(2) establish policies and procedures that as-
sure that Federal funds made available under this 
Act for any fiscal year will supplement and, to the 
extent practicable, increase the level of funds that 
would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be 
made available for purposes of this Act, and in no 
case supplant such funds; and 
‘‘(3) have an officer appointed by its governing 
authority who shall receive and account for all funds 
paid under this Act and shall make an annual report 
to the Secretary on or before the first day of Sep-
tember of each year, on work accomplished and the
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status of projects underway, together with a detailed 
statement of the amounts received under this Act 
during the preceding fiscal year, and of its disburse-
ments on schedules prescribed by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) If any of the funds received by the authorized 
receiving officer of any institute under this Act are found 
by the Secretary to have been improperly diminished, lost, 
or misapplied, such funds shall be recovered by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(c) Schools, universities, and institutions receiving 
funds under this Act are authorized and encouraged to 
plan and conduct programs under this Act in cooperation 
with each other and with such other agencies, business en-
terprises and individuals. 
‘‘SEC. 9. DUTIES OF SECRETARY. 
‘‘(a) The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Sec-
retary for Land and Minerals Management, shall admin-
ister this Act and, after full consultation with other inter-
ested Federal agencies, shall prescribe such rules and reg-
ulations as may be necessary to carry out its provisions 
not later than 1 year after the enactment of the Ocean 
State Options Act of 2005. 
‘‘(b) The Secretary shall furnish such advice and as-
sistance as will best promote the purposes of this Act, 
shall participate in coordinating research initiated under
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this Act, shall indicate to schools, universities, and institu-
tions receiving funds under this Act such lines of inquiry 
that seem most important, and shall encourage and assist 
in the establishment and maintenance of cooperation by 
and between such schools, universities, and institutions 
and between them and other research organizations, the 
Department of the Interior, and other Federal agencies. 
‘‘(c) On or before the first day of July of each year 
beginning after the date of enactment of this sentence, 
schools, universities, and institutions receiving funds 
under this Act shall certify compliance with this Act. An 
individual granted a scholarship or fellowship with funds 
provided under this Act, shall through their respective 
school, university, or institution, advise the Secretary upon 
completion of the course of studies and the awarding of 
the degree within 30 days after the award. As needed the 
Secretary shall ascertain whether the requirements of this 
Act have been met by schools, universities, and institutions 
and individuals. 
‘‘SEC. 10. COORDINATION. 
‘‘(a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair 
or modify the legal relationship existing between any of 
the schools, universities, and institutions under whose di-
rection an institute is established with funds provided 
under this Act and the government of the State in which
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it is located. Nothing in this Act shall in any way be con-
strued to authorize Federal control or direction of edu-
cation at any school, university, or institution. 
‘‘(b) The programs authorized by this Act are in-
tended to enhance the Nation’s petroleum, mining, and 
mineral engineering education programs and to enhance 
educational programs in petroleum and mining exploration 
and to increase the number of individuals enrolled in and 
completing these programs. To achieve this intent, the 
Secretary and the Committee established by section 11 
shall receive the continuing advice and cooperation of all 
agencies of the Federal Government concerned with the 
identification, exploration, and development energy and 
mineral resources. 
‘‘(c) Nothing in this Act is intended to give or shall 
be construed as giving the Secretary any authority over 
mining and mineral resources research conducted by any 
agency of the Federal Government, or as repealing or di-
minishing existing authorities or responsibilities of any 
agency of the Federal Government to plan and conduct, 
contract for, or assist in research in its area of responsi-
bility and concern with regard to mining and mineral re-
sources. 
‘‘(d) The schools, universities, and institutions receiv-
ing funding under this Act shall generally make publicly
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available the information and reports on projects com-
pleted, in progress, or planned with funds provided under 
this Act. This information shall be made available on an 
annual basis. All uses, products, processes, patents, and 
other developments resulting from any research, dem-
onstration, or experiment funded in whole or in part under 
this Act shall be made available promptly to the general 
public, subject to exception or limitation, if any, as the 
Secretary may find necessary in the public interest or na-
tional security. Schools, universities, and institutions re-
ceiving patents for inventions funded in whole or in part 
under this Act shall be governed by the applicable Federal 
law, except that one percent of gross revenues derived 
from such patents shall be paid by the schools and the 
institutions to the Federal Energy and Mineral Resources 
Professional Development Fund established by section 
6523(a) of the Ocean State Options Act of 2005. 
‘‘SEC. 11. COMMITTEE ON PETROLEUM, MINING, AND MIN-
ERAL ENGINEERING AND ENERGY AND MIN-
ERAL RESOURCE EDUCATION. 
‘‘(a) The Secretary shall appoint a Committee on Pe-
troleum, Mining, and Mineral Engineering and Energy 
and Mineral Resource Education composed of— 
‘‘(1) the Assistant Secretary of the Interior re-
sponsible for land and minerals management, or a
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delegate of such Assistant Secretary, and not more 
than 16 other persons who are knowledgeable in the 
fields of mining and mineral resources research, in-
cluding 2 university administrators one of whom 
shall be from historic and existing petroleum and 
mining schools; a community, technical, or tribal col-
lege administrator; a career technical education edu-
cator; 6 representatives equally distributed from the 
petroleum, mining, and aggregate industries; a work-
ing miner; a working oilfield worker; a representative 
of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission; 
a representative from the Interstate Mining Compact 
Commission; a representative from the Western Gov-
ernors Association; a representative of the State ge-
ologists, and a representative of a State mining and 
reclamation agency. In making these 16 appoint-
ments, the Secretary shall consult with interested 
groups. 
‘‘(2) The Assistant Secretary for Land and 
Minerals Management, in the capacity of the Chair-
man of the Committee, may have present during 
meetings of the Committee representatives of Fed-
eral agencies with responsibility for energy and min-
erals resources management, energy and mineral re-
source investigations, energy and mineral commodity
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information, international trade in energy and min-
eral commodities, mining regulation and mine safety 
research, and research into the development, produc-
tion, and utilization of energy and mineral commod-
ities. 
‘‘(b) The Committee shall consult with, and make rec-
ommendations to, the Secretary on all matters relating to 
funding energy and mineral resources research and the 
awarding and allocation of funding made under this Act. 
The Secretary shall consult with, and consider rec-
ommendations of, such Committee in such matters. 
‘‘(c) Committee members, other than officers or em-
ployees of Federal, State, or local governments, shall be, 
for each day (including traveltime) during which they are 
performing Committee business, paid at a rate fixed by 
the Secretary but not in excess of the daily equivalent of 
the maximum rate of pay for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5136 of title 5, United States 
Code, and shall be fully reimbursed for travel, subsistence, 
and related expenses. 
‘‘(d) The Committee shall be chaired by the Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior responsible for land and minerals 
management. There shall also be elected a Vice Chairman 
by the Committee from among the members referred to 
in this section. The Vice Chairman shall perform such du-
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ties as are determined to be appropriate by the committee, 
except that the Chairman of the Committee must person-
ally preside at all meetings of the full Committee. 
‘‘(e) Following completion of the report required by 
section 385 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Com-
mittee shall consider the recommendations of the report, 
ongoing efforts in the schools, universities, and institu-
tions receiving funding under this Act, the Federal and 
State Governments, and the private sector, and shall for-
mulate and recommend to the Secretary a national plan 
for a program utilizing the fiscal resources provided under 
this Act. The Committee shall submit such plan to the 
Secretary for approval. Upon approval, the plan shall 
guide the Secretary and the Committee in their actions 
under this Act. 
‘‘(f) Section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Committee. 
‘‘SEC. 12. CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 
‘‘(a) Up to 15 percent of the annual outlay of funds 
under this Act may be granted to schools or institutions 
including, but not limited to, colleges, universities, commu-
nity colleges, tribal colleges, and technical institutes other 
than those described in sections 3, 4, 5, and 6. 
‘‘(b) The Secretary, as advised by the Committee es-
tablished under section 11, shall determine the eligibility
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of a school or institution to receive funding under this sec-
tion using criteria that include— 
‘‘(1) the presence of a substantial program of 
training, including vocational education for individ-
uals seeking to enter the oil and gas, coal mining, 
or mineral mining industries in a skilled technical 
trade offered by the schools or institutions referred 
to in subsection (a); or 
‘‘(2) the presence of a State-approved program 
of career technical education at a secondary school, 
offered cooperatively with a schools or institutions 
referred to in subsection (a) in one of the industrial 
sectors of— 
‘‘(A) agriculture, forestry, or fisheries; 
‘‘(B) utilities; 
‘‘(C) construction; 
‘‘(D) manufacturing; and 
‘‘(E) transportation and warehousing. 
‘‘(c) Schools or institutions receiving funds under this 
section must show evidence of an institutional commit-
ment for the purposes career technical education and pro-
vide evidence that the school or institution can obtain in-
dustrial cooperation in activities within the scope of this 
Act.
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‘‘(d) Schools or institutions receiving funds under 
this section must agree to maintain the programs for 
which the funding is sought for a period of 10 years begin-
ning on the date the school or institution receives such 
funds, unless the Secretary finds that a shorter period of 
time is appropriate for the local labor market or is re-
quired by State authorities.’’. 
SEC. 6524. ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE MINERAL LEASE 
FEES. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the De-
partment of the Interior is prohibited from charging fees 
applicable to actions on Federal onshore and offshore oil 
and gas, coal, geothermal, and other mineral leases, in-
cluding transportation of any production from such leases, 
if such fees were not in existence on January 1, 2005. 
Fees in existence on that date may be increased by the 
amount of the increase in the Consumer Price Index since 
the last date that the fees were set, but such an increase 
shall only apply to a lease issued after the date of the 
increase. 
SEC. 6525. ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCS REGION HEAD-
QUARTERS. 
Not later than January 1, 2008, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall establish the headquarters for the Atlantic 
OCS Region and the headquarters for the Pacific OCS
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Region within a State bordering the Atlantic OCS Region 
and a State bordering the Pacific OCS Region, respec-
tively, from among the States bordering those Regions, 
that petitions by no later than July 1, 2007, for leasing 
covering at least 40 percent of the area of its Adjacent 
Zone within 100 miles of the coastline. Such headquarters 
shall be located within 25 miles of the coastline and shall 
be the permanent duty station for all Minerals Manage-
ment Service personnel that on a daily basis spend on av-
erage 60 percent or more of their time in performance of 
duties in support of the activities of the respective Region, 
except that the Minerals Management Service may house 
regional inspection staff in other locations. The Atlantic 
OCS Region and the Pacific OCS Region shall each be 
led by a Regional Director who shall be an employee with-
in the Senior Executive Service. 
SEC. 6526. NATIONAL GEOLOGIC DATA AND MAPPING FUND 
ACT OF 2005. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘National Geologic Data and Mapping Fund Act of 
2005’’. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purpose of this section is to— 
(1) establish a fund to provide funding for geo-
logic mapping and the preservation and use of geo-
logic data;
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(2) make available receipts derived from sales, 
bonus bids, and royalties from onshore and offshore 
gas, minerals, oil, and any additional form of energy 
exploration and development under the laws of the 
United States for the purposes of the such fund; 
(3) distribute funds from such fund each fiscal 
year to the Secretary of the Interior and the States; 
and 
(4) use the distributed funds to secure the nec-
essary trained workforce, contractual services, and 
other support, including maintenance and capital in-
vestments, to conduct geologic mapping and preserve 
and make geologic data available for use. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) GEOLOGIC
FUND.—The term ‘‘Geologic 
Fund’’ means the National Geologic Data and Map-
ping Fund established by subsection (d). 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
geological survey, the agency that acts as the State 
geological survey, or any other State government 
agency primarily responsible for geologic mapping or 
geologic data preservation (or both) within a State. 
(d) ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF NATIONAL GEO-
LOGIC DATA AND MAPPING FUND.—
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(1) GEOLOGIC FUND.—There is established in 
the Treasury a separate account to be known as the 
‘‘National Geologic Data and Mapping Fund’’. 
(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall deposit in the Enhancement Fund— 
(A) such sums as are provided by sections 
9(b)(4)(A)(iv), 9(b)(4)(B)(iv), 9(c)(4)(A)(iv), 
and 9(c)(4)(B)(iv) of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act, as amended by this Act; 
(B)(i) during the period of October 1, 
2006, through September 30, 2015, 0.1 percent 
of all sums paid into the Treasury under sec-
tion 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
191), and 
(ii) beginning October 1, 2015, and there-
after, 0.5 percent of all sums paid into the 
Treasury under section 35 of the Mineral Leas-
ing Act (30 U.S.C. 191); and 
(C)(i) during the period of October 1, 
2006, through September 30, 2015, 0.1 percent 
of all sums paid into the Treasury from receipts 
derived from bonus bids and royalties from 
other mineral leasing on public lands, and 
(ii) beginning October 1, 2015, and there-
after, 0.5 percent of all sums paid into the
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Treasury from receipts derived from bonus bids 
and royalties from other mineral leasing on 
public lands. 
(3) INVESTMENTS.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall invest the amounts deposited under 
paragraph (2) and all accrued interest on the 
amounts deposited under paragraph (2) only in in-
terest bearing obligations of the United States or in 
obligations guaranteed as to both principal and in-
terest by the United States. 
(4) AVAILABILITY TO SECRETARY OF THE IN-
TERIOR.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal 
year 2007, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 
one-third of amounts deposited into the Geo-
logic Fund, together with the interest thereon, 
shall be available, without fiscal year limita-
tions, to the Secretary of the Interior for use 
for the purposes described in subsection (b)(4). 
(B) WITHDRAWALS
AND
TRANSFER
OF 
FUNDS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
withdraw such amounts from the Geologic Fund 
as the Secretary of the Interior may request, 
subject to the limitation in subparagraph (A), 
and transfer such amounts to the Secretary of
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the Interior to be used, at the discretion of the 
Secretary of the Interior, by the Minerals Man-
agement Service, the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, and the United States Geological Survey 
for the purposes described in subsection (b)(4). 
No funds distributed from the Geologic Fund 
may be used to purchase an interest in land. 
(5) PAYMENT TO STATES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal 
year 2007, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 
two-thirds of amounts deposited into the Geo-
logic Fund, together with the interest thereon, 
shall be available, without fiscal year limita-
tions, to the States for use for the purposes de-
scribed in subsection (b)(4). 
(B) WITHDRAWALS
AND
TRANSFER
OF 
FUNDS.—Within the first 90 days of each fiscal 
year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall with-
draw amounts from the Geologic Fund and 
transfer such amounts to the States based on 
a formula devised by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior based on the relative geologic mapping and 
data preservation needs of the States. 
(C) USE OF PAYMENTS BY STATES.—Each 
State shall use the payments made under sub-
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paragraph (B) only for carrying out projects 
and programs for the purposes described in 
subsection (b)(4). No funds distributed from 
the Geologic Fund may be used to purchase an 
interest in land. 
(D) ENCOURAGEMENT OF USE OF PRIVATE 
FUNDS BY STATES.—Each State shall use the 
payments made under subparagraph (B) to le-
verage private funds for carrying out projects 
for the purposes described in subsection (b)(4). 
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Beginning in fiscal year 
2008 and continuing for each fiscal year thereafter, the 
Secretary of the Interior and each State receiving funds 
from the Geologic Fund shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
and the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives. Reports submitted to the Congress by the 
Secretary of the Interior and the States shall include de-
tailed information regarding expenditures during the pre-
vious fiscal year. 
SEC. 6527. LEASES FOR AREAS LOCATED WITHIN 100 MILES 
OF CALIFORNIA OR FLORIDA. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
TO CANCEL
AND EXCHANGE 
CERTAIN EXISTING OIL AND GAS LEASES; PROHIBITION
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ON SUBMITTAL OF EXPLORATION PLANS FOR CERTAIN 
LEASES PRIOR TO JUNE 30, 2012.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Effective 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this subtitle, the lessee of an 
existing oil and gas lease for an area located com-
pletely within 100 miles of the coastline within the 
California or Florida Adjacent Zones shall have the 
option, without compensation, of exchanging such 
lease for a new oil and gas lease having a primary 
term of 5 years. For the area subject to the new 
lease, the lessee may select any unleased tract at 
least part of which is located within the area be-
tween 100 and 125 miles from the coastline, and 
completely beyond 100 miles from the coastline, 
within the same Adjacent State’s Adjacent Zone as 
the lease being exchanged. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.—The Secretary 
of the Interior shall establish a reasonable adminis-
trative process through which a lessee may exercise 
its option to exchange an oil and gas lease for a new 
oil and gas lease as provided for in this section. 
Such exchanges, including the issuance of new 
leases, shall not be considered to be major Federal 
actions for purposes of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Fur-
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ther, such exchanges conducted in accordance with 
this section are deemed to be in compliance all provi-
sions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.). The Secretary shall issue a 
new lease in exchange for the lease being exchanged 
notwithstanding that the area that will be subject to 
the lease may be withdrawn from leasing under the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act or otherwise un-
available for leasing under the provisions of any 
other law. 
(3) OPERATING
RESTRICTIONS.—A new lease 
issued in exchange for an existing lease under this 
section shall be subject to such national defense op-
erating restrictions on the OCS tract covered by the 
new lease as may be applicable upon issuance. 
(4) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give pri-
ority in the lease exchange process based on the 
amount of the original bonus bid paid for the 
issuance of each lease to be exchanged. The Sec-
retary shall allow leases covering partial tracts to be 
exchanged for leases covering full tracts conditioned 
upon payment of additional bonus bids on a per-acre 
basis as determined by the average per acre of the 
original bonus bid per acre for the partial tract 
being exchanged.
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(5) EXPLORATION
PLANS.—Any exploration 
plan submitted to the Secretary of the Interior after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and before 
July 1, 2012, for an oil and gas lease for an area 
wholly within 100 miles of the coastline within the 
California Adjacent Zone or Florida Adjacent Zone 
shall not be treated as received by the Secretary 
until the earlier of July 1, 2012, or the date on 
which a petition by the Adjacent State for oil and 
gas leasing covering the area within which is located 
the area subject to the oil and gas lease was ap-
proved. 
(b) FURTHER
LEASE
CANCELLATION
AND
EX-
CHANGE PROVISIONS.— 
(1) CANCELLATION OF LEASE.—As part of the 
lease exchange process under this section, the Sec-
retary shall cancel a lease that is exchanged under 
this section. 
(2) CONSENT OF LESSEES.—All lessees holding 
an interest in a lease must consent to cancellation 
of their leasehold interests in order for the lease to 
be cancelled and exchanged under this section. 
(3) WAIVER OF RIGHTS.—As a prerequisite to 
the exchange of a lease under this section, the lessee
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must waive any rights to bring any litigation against 
the United States related to the transaction. 
(4) PLUGGING AND ABANDONMENT.—The plug-
ging and abandonment requirements for any wells 
located on any lease to be cancelled and exchanged 
under this section must be complied with by the les-
sees prior to the cancellation and exchange. 
(c) AREA PARTIALLY WITHIN 100 MILES OF FLOR-
IDA.—An existing oil and gas lease for an area located 
partially within 100 miles of the coastline within the Flor-
ida Adjacent Zone may only be developed and produced 
using wells drilled from well-head locations at least 100 
miles from the coastline to any bottom-hole location on 
the area of the lease. 
(d) EXISTING OIL AND GAS LEASE DEFINED.—In 
this section the term ‘‘existing oil and gas lease’’ means 
an oil and gas lease in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Subtitle F—Sale and Conveyance of 
Federal Land 
SEC. 6601. COLLECTION OF RECEIPTS FROM THE SALE OF 
FEDERAL LANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other law, 
the Secretary shall make the lands described in subsection 
(b) available for immediate sale through a competitive sale
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process at fair market value. Requirements under the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.) shall not apply to the sale of lands under this 
section. 
(b) LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands referred to in 
subsection (a) are the following: 
(1) Poplar Point (Transfer and Conveyance of 
Properties in the District of Columbia, Map Number 
869/80460, Dated July 2005, p. 28 of 28). 
(2) U.S. Reservations 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 and 
49 (Map Number 869/80460, Dated July 2005, p. 
13 of 28). 
(3) U.S. Reservation 251 (Map Number 869/ 
80460, Dated July 2005, p. 14 of 28). 
(4) U.S. Reservation 8 (Map Number 869/ 
80460, Dated July 2005, p. 15 of 28). 
(5) U.S. Reservation 17A (Map Number 869/ 
80460, Dated July 2005, p. 20 of 28). 
(6) U.S. Reservation 484 (Map Number 869/ 
80460, Dated July 2005, p. 21 of 28). 
(7) U.S. Reservation 721, 722 and 723 (Map 
Number 869/80460, Dated July 2005, p. 25 of 28). 
(8) Certain land adjacent to Robert F. Kennedy 
Stadium Parking Lot (Transfer and Conveyance of
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Properties in the District of Columbia, Map Number 
869/80460, Dated July 2005, p. 26 of 28). 
(9) United States Reservation 243, 244, 245, 
and 247 (Transfer and Conveyance of Properties in 
the District of Columbia, Map Number 869/80460, 
Dated July 2005, p. 22 of 28). 
The Secretary may retain from sale proceeds and spend 
without further appropriation up to $1,000,000 each year 
to implement land sales under this subsection, including 
hiring contractors and appraisers 
(c) POPLAR POINT.— 
(1) RETENTION
OF
FUNDS.—The Secretary 
may retain $10,000,000 from funds received from 
the sale of land under subsection (b)(1) and spend 
such funds without further appropriations for the 
purposes of complying with subparagraph (2). 
(2) CONTINUITY
OF
OPERATION.—Before the 
sale and development of land referred to in subpara-
graph (b)(1), the Secretary shall ensure that the ex-
isting facilities and related properties (including nec-
essary easements and utilities related thereto) occu-
pied or otherwise used by the National Park Service 
are either withheld from any sale and remain in op-
eration at its current location or will be relocated to 
suitable replacement facilities along the Anacostia
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River in the District of Columbia using funds made 
available by subparagraph (c)(1). 
(d) CONVEYANCE OF LANDS TO THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
law, the Secretary shall immediately convey all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in the lands 
described in this subsection to the District of Colum-
bia upon enactment of this section. Requirements 
under the National Environmental Policy Act (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) shall not apply to the convey-
ance of lands under this subsection. 
(2) LANDS DESCRIBED.—The lands referred to 
in this subsection are as follows: 
(A) United States Reservation 128, 129, 
130, 298 and 299 (Transfer and Conveyance of 
Properties in the District of Columbia, Map 
Number 869/80460, Dated July 2005, p. 23 of 
28). 
(B) United States Reservation 174 (Map 
Number 869/80460, Dated July 2005, p. 27 of 
28). 
(C) United States Reservation 277A and 
277C (Map Number 869/80460, Dated July 
2005, p. 16 of 28).
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(D) United States Reservation 343D and 
343E (Map Number 869/80460, Dated July 
2005, p. 24 or 28). 
(E) United States Reservation 404 (Map 
Number 869/80460, Dated July 2005, p. 12 of 
28). 
(F) United States Reservation 451 (Map 
Number 869/80460, Dated July 2005, p. 11 of 
28). 
(G) United States Reservation 470 (Trans-
fer and Conveyance of Properties in the District 
of Columbia, Map Number 869/80460, Dated 
July 2005, p. 17 of 28). 
(e) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION 
OVER CERTAIN PROPERTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection, administrative jurisdiction 
over each of the following properties (owned by the 
United States and as depicted on listed maps) is 
hereby transferred from the District of Columbia to 
the United States for administration by the Sec-
retary of the Interior through the Director of the 
National Park Service: 
(A) An unimproved portion of Audubon 
Terrace Northwest, located east of Linnean Av-
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enue Northwest, that is within U.S. Reservation 
402 (Audubon Terrace, NW, Transfer and Con-
veyance of Properties in the District of Colum-
bia, Map Number 869/80460, Dated July 2005, 
p. 2 of 28) . 
(B) An unimproved portion of Barnaby 
Street Northwest, north of Aberfoyle Place 
Northwest, that abuts U.S. Reservation 545 
(Barnaby Avenue, NW, Map Number 869/ 
80460, Dated July 2005, p. 3 of 28). 
(C) A portion of Canal Street Southwest, 
and a portion of V Street Southwest, each 
which abuts U.S. Reservation (Canal and V 
Streets, SW, Map Number 869/80460, Dated 
July 2005, p. 3 of 28). 
(D) Unimproved streets and alleys at Fort 
Circle Park located within the boundaries of 
U.S. Reservation 497 (Fort Circle Park, Map 
Number 869/80460, Dated July 2005, p. 5 of 
28)’’. 
(E) An unimproved portion of Western Av-
enue Northwest, north of Oregon Avenue 
Northwest, that abuts U.S. Reservation 339 
(Western Avenue, NW, Map Number 869/ 
80460, Dated July 2005, p. 6 of 28).