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Union Calendar No. 275 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3410 
[Report No. 112–395] 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil 
and gas lease sales, to provide fair and equitable revenue sharing for 
all coastal States, to formulate future offshore energy development plans 
in areas with the most potential, to generate revenue for American 
infrastructure, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2011 
Mr. STIVERS (for himself, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. FITZPATRICK, 
Mr. GERLACH, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. REED, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, and Mr. 
MEEHAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 
Additional sponsors: Mr. KELLY, Mr. DENT, Mr. SCHILLING, Mrs. MILLER of 
Michigan, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. KLINE, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. HECK, 
Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, and Mrs. NOEM 
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 14, 2011] 
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A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain 
offshore oil and gas lease sales, to provide fair and 
equitable revenue sharing for all coastal States, to formu-
late future offshore energy development plans in areas 
with the most potential, to generate revenue for Amer-
ican infrastructure, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Security and 
Transportation Jobs Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—EXPANDING OFFSHORE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT 
Sec. 101. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program. 
Sec. 102. Domestic oil and natural gas production goal. 
TITLE II—CONDUCTING PROMPT OFFSHORE LEASE SALES 
Sec. 201. Requirement to conduct proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 216 in the 
Central Gulf of Mexico. 
Sec. 202. Requirement to conduct proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 220 on the 
Outer Continental Shelf offshore Virginia. 
Sec. 203. Requirement to conduct oil and gas lease Sale 222 in the Central Gulf 
of Mexico. 
Sec. 204. Lease sale offshore California with no new offshore impact. 
Sec. 205. Requirement to conduct oil and gas Lease Sale 214 in the North Aleu-
tian Basin offshore Alaska. 
Sec. 206. Additional leases. 
Sec. 207. Definitions. 
TITLE III—LEASING IN NEW OFFSHORE AREAS 
Sec. 301. Leasing in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. 
Sec. 302. Reforming oil and gas leasing in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. 
Sec. 303. Areas added to Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. 
Sec. 304. Application of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with respect to terri-
tories of the United States. 
TITLE IV—OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF REVENUE SHARING 
Sec. 401. Disposition of Outer Continental Shelf revenues to coastal States. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 501. Policies regarding buying, building, and working for America. 
Sec. 502. Regulations. 
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TITLE I—EXPANDING OFFSHORE 
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 101. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASING PROGRAM. 
Section 18(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1344(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5)(A) In each oil and gas leasing program 
under this section, the Secretary shall make available 
for leasing and conduct lease sales including— 
‘‘(i) at least 50 percent of the available un-
leased acreage within each outer Continental 
Shelf planning area considered to have the larg-
est undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and 
gas resources (on a total btu basis) based upon 
the most recent national geologic assessment of 
the outer Continental Shelf, with an emphasis on 
offering the most geologically prospective parts of 
the planning area; and 
‘‘(ii) any State subdivision of an outer Con-
tinental Shelf planning area that the Governor 
of the State that represents that subdivision re-
quests be made available for leasing. 
‘‘(B) In this paragraph the term ‘available un-
leased acreage’ means that portion of the outer Conti-
nental Shelf that is not under lease at the time of a 
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proposed lease sale, and that has not otherwise been 
made unavailable for leasing by law. 
‘‘(6)(A) In the 2012–2017 5-year oil and gas 
leasing program, the Secretary shall make available 
for leasing any outer Continental Shelf planning 
areas that— 
‘‘(i) are estimated to contain more than 
2,500,000,000 barrels of oil; or 
‘‘(ii) are estimated to contain more than 
7,500,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas. 
‘‘(B) To determine the planning areas described 
in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall use the doc-
ument entitled ‘Minerals Management Service Assess-
ment of Undiscovered Technically Recoverable Oil 
and Gas Resources of the Nation’s Outer Continental 
Shelf, 2006’.’’. 
SEC. 102. DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION 
GOAL. 
Section 18(b) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1344(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION 
GOAL.—– 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing a 5-year oil 
and gas leasing program, and subject to paragraph 
(2), the Secretary shall determine a domestic strategic 
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production goal for the development of oil and nat-
ural gas as a result of that program. Such goal shall 
be— 
‘‘(A) the best estimate of the possible in-
crease in domestic production of oil and natural 
gas from the outer Continental Shelf; 
‘‘(B) focused on meeting domestic demand 
for oil and natural gas and reducing the depend-
ence of the United States on foreign energy; and 
‘‘(C) focused on the production increases 
achieved by the leasing program at the end of the 
15-year period beginning on the effective date of 
the program. 
‘‘(2) 2012–2017 PROGRAM GOAL.—For purposes 
of the 2012–2017 5-year oil and gas leasing program, 
the production goal referred to in paragraph (1) shall 
be an increase by 2027, from the levels of oil and gas 
produced as of the date of enactment of this para-
graph, of— 
‘‘(A) no less than 3,000,000 barrels in the 
amount of oil produced per day; and 
‘‘(B) no less than 10,000,000,000 cubic feet 
in the amount of natural gas produced per day. 
‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall report 
annually, beginning at the end of the 5-year period 
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for which the program applies, to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate on the progress of the program in meet-
ing the production goal. The Secretary shall identify 
in the report projections for production and any 
problems with leasing, permitting, or production that 
will prevent meeting the goal.’’. 
TITLE II—CONDUCTING PROMPT 
OFFSHORE LEASE SALES 
SEC. 201. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT PROPOSED OIL AND 
GAS LEASE SALE 216 IN THE CENTRAL GULF 
OF MEXICO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 216 under section 
8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1337) as soon as practicable, but not later than 4 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For the purposes of 
that lease sale, the Environmental Impact Statement for the 
2007–2012 5 Year Outer Continental Shelf Plan and the 
Multi-Sale Environmental Impact Statement are deemed to 
satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Pol-
icy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
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SEC. 202. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT PROPOSED OIL AND 
GAS LEASE SALE 220 ON THE OUTER CONTI-
NENTAL SHELF OFFSHORE VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the inclusion of 
Lease Sale 220 in the Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil 
& Gas Leasing Program 2012–2017, the Secretary shall 
conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 220 under section 
8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1337) as soon as practicable, but not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE REPLACEMENT LEASE 
BLOCKS AVAILABLE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each lease block in a pro-
posed lease sale under this section for which the Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary 
of the Interior, under the Memorandum of Agreement 
referred to in subsection (c)(2), issues a statement 
proposing deferral from a lease offering due to de-
fense-related activities that are irreconcilable with 
mineral exploration and development, the Secretary 
of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense, shall make available in the same lease sale 
two other lease blocks in the Virginia lease sale plan-
ning area that are acceptable for oil and gas explo-
ration and production in order to mitigate conflict. 
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(2) VIRGINIA LEASE SALE PLANNING AREA DE-
FINED.—In this subsection the term ‘‘Virginia lease 
sale planning area’’ means the area of the outer Con-
tinental Shelf (as that term is defined in the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (33 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.)) 
that is bounded by— 
(A) a northern boundary consisting of a 
straight line extending from the northernmost 
point of Virginia’s seaward boundary to the 
point on the seaward boundary of the United 
States exclusive economic zone located at 37 de-
grees 17 minutes 1 second North latitude, 71 de-
grees 5 minutes 16 seconds West longitude; and 
(B) a southern boundary consisting of a 
straight line extending from the southernmost 
point of Virginia’s seaward boundary to the 
point on the seaward boundary of the United 
States exclusive economic zone located at 36 de-
grees 31 minutes 58 seconds North latitude, 71 
degrees 30 minutes 1 second West longitude. 
(c) BALANCING MILITARY AND ENERGY PRODUCTION 
GOALS.— 
(1) JOINT GOALS.—In recognition that the Outer 
Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program and 
the domestic energy resources produced therefrom are 
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integral to national security, the Secretary of the In-
terior and the Secretary of Defense shall work jointly 
in implementing this section in order to ensure 
achievement of the following common goals: 
(A) Preserving the ability of the Armed 
Forces of the United States to maintain an opti-
mum state of readiness through their continued 
use of the Outer Continental Shelf. 
(B) Allowing effective exploration, develop-
ment, and production of our Nation’s oil, gas, 
and renewable energy resources. 
(2) PROHIBITION ON CONFLICTS WITH MILITARY 
OPERATIONS.—No person may engage in any explo-
ration, development, or production of oil or natural 
gas off the coast of Virginia that would conflict with 
any military operation, as determined in accordance 
with the Memorandum of Agreement between the De-
partment of Defense and the Department of the Inte-
rior on Mutual Concerns on the Outer Continental 
Shelf signed July 20, 1983, and any revision or re-
placement for that agreement that is agreed to by the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior 
after that date but before the date of issuance of the 
lease under which such exploration, development, or 
production is conducted. 
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SEC. 203. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT OIL AND GAS LEASE 
SALE 222 IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct off-
shore oil and gas Lease Sale 222 under section 8 of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) by as 
soon as practicable, but not later than September 1, 2012. 
(b) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For the purposes of 
that lease sale, the Environmental Impact Statement for the 
2007–2012 5 Year Outer Continental Shelf Plan and the 
Multi-Sale Environmental Impact Statement are deemed to 
satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Pol-
icy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
SEC. 204. LEASE SALE OFFSHORE CALIFORNIA WITH NO 
NEW OFFSHORE IMPACT. 
(a) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LEASE SALE.—The Sec-
retary shall offer for sale leases of tracts in the Southern 
California Planning Area in the Santa Maria and Santa 
Barbara/Ventura Basins in accordance with section 8 of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) as 
soon as practicable, but not later than July 1, 2014. 
(b) USE OF EXISTING STRUCTURES OR ONSHORE- 
BASED DRILLING.—Leases offered for sale under this section 
shall include such terms and conditions as are necessary 
to require that development and production may occur only 
from existing offshore infrastructure or from onshore-based 
drilling. 
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(c) RELATIONSHIP
TO LEASING PROGRAM.—Areas 
shall be offered for lease under this section notwithstanding 
the omission of the Southern California Planning Area 
from any outer Continental Shelf leasing program under 
section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1344). 
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO STATE COASTAL ZONE MAN-
AGEMENT PROGRAM.—Section 307(c) of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456(c)) shall not 
apply to lease sales under this section and activities con-
ducted under leases issued in such sales, including explo-
ration, development, and production. 
(e) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Before conducting the first 
lease sale under this section, the Secretary shall pre-
pare an environmental impact statement for the lease 
sales required under this section, under section 102 of 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332). 
(2) ACTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332), in such statement— 
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