(ii) 50 percent shall be allocated to 
any State, local, territory, and tribal gov-
ernments, institutions of higher learning, 
and non-profit and for-profit organizations 
that may receive and expend Federal funds 
as legal entities; and 
(iii) no more than 10 percent of the 
total amount of funds available shall be al-
located to a single State or entity in a fis-
cal year. 
(c) GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES PROHIB-
ITED.—Grants issued under this Act shall not be subject 
to a general administrative charge. 
(d) REDEPOSIT
OF UNUSED FUNDS.—Any funds 
provided as a grant under this title that are not used by 
the grantee by the end of the fiscal year following the first 
fiscal year for which they were allocated shall be redepos-
ited into the COSH Fund and be reallocated in accordance 
with this section. 
SEC. 103. COASTAL AND OCEAN DISASTER GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce shall 
use amounts allocated under section 102(b)(2)(B)(i) to 
make grants to coastal States and Indian tribes impacted 
by coastal or ocean disasters for the purposes of restoring, 
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mitigating, monitoring, or otherwise managing coastal and 
ocean natural resources impacted by such disasters. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) FIRST 5 YEARS.—During the 5-fiscal year 
period beginning with the first fiscal year for which 
amounts are available for grants under this section, 
a coastal State or Indian tribe shall be eligible for 
a grant under this section only if— 
(A) it is one of the States of Texas, Lou-
isiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, or an 
Indian tribe in such State; or 
(B) it is determined by the Secretary, in 
that period, to be a coastal State that has been 
impacted by a coastal or ocean disaster. 
(2) AFTER FIRST 5 YEARS.—After the end of 
such 5-fiscal-year period, if the Secretary determines 
for a fiscal year that there is no coastal State that 
has been so impacted, the amount allocated for that 
fiscal year for grants under this section shall be 
added to the amounts allocated for that fiscal year 
under section 102(b)(2)(B)(ii) for the National 
Grant Program for Coastal and Ocean Sustainability 
and Health. 
(3) LIMITATION.—A coastal State or Indian 
tribe shall not be eligible for a grant under this sec-
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tion if it is receiving assistance under another Fed-
eral law for an activity described in section 105(b) 
conducted for a purpose referred to in subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 104. NATIONAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR COASTAL AND 
OCEAN SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce shall 
use amounts allocated under section 102(b)(2)(B)(ii) (in-
cluding amounts added under section 103(b)(2)) to make 
grants to coastal States that are eligible under subsection 
(b). 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, a person— 
(1) must be— 
(A) a coastal State that has a management 
program approved by the Secretary under sec-
tion 306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act 
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1455); or 
(B) a State, local, territory, or tribal gov-
ernment, institution of higher learning, or non-
profit or and for-profit organization that may 
receive and expend Federal funds as a legal en-
tity; and 
(2) must submit to the Secretary a multiyear 
plan for use of the grant that— 
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(A) specifies how the grant funds will be 
allocated; 
(B) is sufficiently flexible to allow the 
coastal State to respond to emerging needs; and 
(C) is approved by the Secretary. 
SEC. 105. ELIGIBLE USES OF GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts provided as a grant 
under this title shall be used for activities described in 
subsection (b) that are intended to restore, protect, main-
tain, manage, or understand marine resources and their 
habitats and resources in coastal and ocean waters, includ-
ing baseline scientific research and other activities carried 
out in coordination with Federal and State departments 
or agencies, that are consistent with Federal environ-
mental laws, and that avoid environmental degradation. 
(b) INCLUDED ACTIVITIES.—Activities referred to in 
subsection (a) include— 
(1) coastal management planning and imple-
mentation under the Coastal Zone Management Act 
of 1972; 
(2) coastal and estuarine land protection, in-
cluding the protection of the environmental integrity 
of important coastal and estuarine areas, such as 
wetlands and forests, that have significant conserva-
tion, recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic 
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values, or that are threatened by conversion to other 
uses; 
(3) efforts to protect and manage living marine 
resources, including fisheries, coral reefs, research, 
management, and enhancement; 
(4) programs, activities, and new technology de-
signed to improve or complement the management 
and mission of national marine sanctuaries, marine 
monuments, national estuarine research reserves, 
and marine protected areas; 
(5) mitigation, restoration, protection, and relo-
cation of coastal communities threatened by the im-
pacts of climate change; 
(6) mitigation of the effects of offshore activi-
ties, including environmental restoration; 
(7) efforts to acquire, protect and restore coast-
al lands and wetlands, and to restore or prevent 
damage to wetlands in the coastal zone, coastal estu-
aries, and lands, life, and property in the coastal 
zone; 
(8) management of non-point sources of coastal 
and marine pollution; 
(9) long-term coastal and ocean research and 
education, monitoring, and natural resource manage-
ment; 
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(10) regional multi-State management efforts 
designed to manage, protect, or restore the coastal 
zone and ocean resources; or 
(11) management and administration of author-
ized activities. 
SEC. 106. GRANT APPLICATION. 
A person seeking a grant under this section shall sub-
mit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate. 
TITLE II—TIMELY ISSUANCE OF 
OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASES 
SEC. 201. REINSTATEMENT OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS 
LEASES. 
Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(i) The Secretary is authorized, upon petition of a 
prior leaseholder, to reinstate any Expired Producible 
Lease in the offshore Gulf or Mexico if such reinstatement 
furthers the purposes and objectives of this Act. The Sec-
retary shall act on such petitions as soon as possible after 
receipt thereof, and in any event, within 90 days of receipt 
of such petition or prior to the next scheduled lease sale 
in which such lease would be included, whichever is earlier. 
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