I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1108 
To provide for State enhanced authority for coastal and ocean resources, 
expansion of America’s supply of natural gas and oil, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 23, 2009 
Mr. SCALISE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Ways 
and Means, Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for State enhanced authority for coastal and 
ocean resources, expansion of America’s supply of nat-
ural gas and oil, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Grow American Supply Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
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Sec. 2. Policy. 
Sec. 3. Definitions under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. 
Sec. 4. Determination of Adjacent Zones and Planning Areas. 
Sec. 5. Administration of leasing. 
Sec. 6. Grant of leases by Secretary. 
Sec. 7. Disposition of receipts. 
Sec. 8. Review of outer Continental Shelf exploration plans. 
Sec. 9. Reservation of lands and rights. 
Sec. 10. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program. 
Sec. 11. Coordination with Adjacent States. 
Sec. 12. Environmental studies. 
Sec. 13. Review of outer Continental Shelf development and production plans. 
Sec. 14. Termination of effect of laws prohibiting the spending of appropriated 
funds for certain purposes. 
Sec. 15. Outer Continental Shelf incompatible use. 
Sec. 16. Repurchase of certain leases. 
Sec. 17. Offsite environmental mitigation. 
Sec. 18. Regulation of onshore surface-disturbing activities. 
Sec. 19. Authority to use decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms and 
other facilities for artificial reef, scientific research, or other 
uses. 
Sec. 20. OCS regional headquarters. 
Sec. 21. Oil shale and tar sands amendments. 
Sec. 22. Buy and build American. 
Sec. 23. Repeal of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006. 
Sec. 24. Royalty-in-kind. 
Sec. 25. Mandatory issuance of regulations promoting production of natural gas 
from gas hydrates. 
Sec. 26. Mandatory issuance of regulations promoting enhanced oil and natural 
gas production through carbon dioxide injection. 
Sec. 27. Minimum rental rates for future oil, gas, and coal Federal leases. 
Sec. 28. Outer Continental Shelf discharges and emissions. 
Sec. 29. Onshore oil and gas royalties. 
Sec. 30. OCS joint permitting offices. 
SEC. 2. POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States that— 
(1) the United States is blessed with abundant 
energy resources on the outer Continental Shelf and 
has developed a comprehensive framework of envi-
ronmental laws and regulations and fostered the de-
velopment of state-of-the-art technology that allows 
for the responsible development of these resources 
for the benefit of its citizenry; 
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(2) adjacent States are required by the cir-
cumstances to commit significant resources in sup-
port of exploration, development, and production ac-
tivities for mineral resources on the outer Conti-
nental Shelf, and it is fair and proper for a portion 
of the receipts from such activities to be shared with 
Adjacent States and their local coastal governments; 
(3) the existing laws governing the leasing and 
production of the mineral resources of the outer 
Continental Shelf have reduced the production of 
mineral resources, have preempted Adjacent States 
from being sufficiently involved in the decisions re-
garding the allowance of mineral resource develop-
ment, and have been harmful to the national inter-
est; 
(4) the national interest is served by granting 
the Adjacent States more options related to whether 
or not mineral leasing should occur in the outer 
Continental Shelf within their Adjacent Zones; 
(5) it is not reasonably foreseeable that explo-
ration of a leased tract located more than 25 miles 
seaward of the coastline, development and produc-
tion of a natural gas discovery located more than 25 
miles seaward of the coastline, or development and 
production of an oil discovery located more than 50 
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