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Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.), or other applicable law, 
if those activities— 
‘‘(A) support exploration, development, production, or 
storage of oil or natural gas, except that a lease, easement, 
or right-of-way shall not be granted in an area in which 
oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities are 
prohibited by a moratorium; 
‘‘(B) support transportation of oil or natural gas, 
excluding shipping activities; 
‘‘(C) produce or support production, transportation, or 
transmission of energy from sources other than oil and 
gas; or 
‘‘(D) use, for energy-related purposes or for other 
authorized marine-related purposes, facilities currently or 
previously used for activities authorized under this Act, 
except that any oil and gas energy-related uses shall not 
be authorized in areas in which oil and gas preleasing, 
leasing, and related activities are prohibited by a morato-
rium. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENTS AND REVENUES.—(A) The Secretary shall 
establish royalties, fees, rentals, bonuses, or other payments 
to ensure a fair return to the United States for any lease, 
easement, or right-of-way granted under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall provide for the payment of 27 
percent of the revenues received by the Federal Government 
as a result of payments under this section from projects that 
are located wholly or partially within the area extending three 
nautical miles seaward of State submerged lands. Payments 
shall be made based on a formula established by the Secretary 
by rulemaking no later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this section that provides for equitable distribution, 
based on proximity to the project, among coastal states that 
have a coastline that is located within 15 miles of the 
geographic center of the project. 
‘‘(3) COMPETITIVE OR NONCOMPETITIVE BASIS.—Except with 
respect to projects that meet the criteria established under 
section 388(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Secretary 
shall issue a lease, easement, or right-of-way under paragraph 
(1) on a competitive basis unless the Secretary determines 
after public notice of a proposed lease, easement, or right-
of-way that there is no competitive interest. 
‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure that any 
activity under this subsection is carried out in a manner that 
provides for— 
‘‘(A) safety; 
‘‘(B) protection of the environment; 
‘‘(C) prevention of waste; 
‘‘(D) conservation of the natural resources of the outer 
Continental Shelf; 
‘‘(E) coordination with relevant Federal agencies; 
‘‘(F) protection of national security interests of the 
United States; 
‘‘(G) protection of correlative rights in the outer Conti-
nental Shelf; 
‘‘(H) a fair return to the United States for any lease, 
easement, or right-of-way under this subsection;
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‘‘(I) prevention of interference with reasonable uses 
(as determined by the Secretary) of the exclusive economic 
zone, the high seas, and the territorial seas; 
‘‘(J) consideration of— 
‘‘(i) the location of, and any schedule relating to, 
a lease, easement, or right-of-way for an area of the 
outer Continental Shelf; and 
‘‘(ii) any other use of the sea or seabed, including 
use for a fishery, a sealane, a potential site of a deep-
water port, or navigation; 
‘‘(K) public notice and comment on any proposal sub-
mitted for a lease, easement, or right-of-way under this 
subsection; and 
‘‘(L) oversight, inspection, research, monitoring, and 
enforcement relating to a lease, easement, or right-of-way 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) LEASE DURATION, SUSPENSION, AND CANCELLATION.—
The Secretary shall provide for the duration, issuance, transfer, 
renewal, suspension, and cancellation of a lease, easement, 
or right-of-way under this subsection. 
‘‘(6) SECURITY.—The Secretary shall require the holder of 
a lease, easement, or right-of-way granted under this subsection 
to— 
‘‘(A) furnish a surety bond or other form of security, 
as prescribed by the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) comply with such other requirements as the Sec-
retary considers necessary to protect the interests of the 
public and the United States; and 
‘‘(C) provide for the restoration of the lease, easement, 
or right-of-way. 
‘‘(7) COORDINATION
AND
CONSULTATION
WITH
AFFECTED 
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—The Secretary shall provide 
for coordination and consultation with the Governor of any 
State or the executive of any local government that may be 
affected by a lease, easement, or right-of-way under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(8) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary 
of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, 
the Secretary of Commerce, heads of other relevant depart-
ments and agencies of the Federal Government, and the Gov-
ernor of any affected State, shall issue any necessary regula-
tions to carry out this subsection. 
‘‘(9) EFFECT OF SUBSECTION.—Nothing in this subsection 
displaces, supersedes, limits, or modifies the jurisdiction, 
responsibility, or authority of any Federal or State agency 
under any other Federal law. 
‘‘(10) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection does not apply to 
any area on the outer Continental Shelf within the exterior 
boundaries of any unit of the National Park System, National 
Wildlife Refuge System, or National Marine Sanctuary System, 
or any National Monument.’’. 
(b) COORDINATED OCS MAPPING INITIATIVE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, in coopera-
tion with the Secretary of Commerce, the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard, and the Secretary of Defense, shall establish
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an interagency comprehensive digital mapping initiative for 
the outer Continental Shelf to assist in decisionmaking relating 
to the siting of activities under subsection (p) of section 8 
of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) 
(as added by subsection (a)). 
(2) USE OF DATA.—The mapping initiative shall use, and 
develop procedures for accessing, data collected before the date 
on which the mapping initiative is established, to the maximum 
extent practicable. 
(3) INCLUSIONS.—Mapping carried out under the mapping 
initiative shall include an indication of the locations on the 
outer Continental Shelf of— 
(A) Federally-permitted activities; 
(B) obstructions to navigation; 
(C) submerged cultural resources; 
(D) undersea cables; 
(E) offshore aquaculture projects; and 
(F) any area designated for the purpose of safety, 
national security, environmental protection, or conservation 
and management of living marine resources. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8 of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by striking 
the section heading and inserting the following: ‘‘LEASES, EASE-
MENTS, 
AND
RIGHTS-OF-WAY
ON
THE
OUTER
CONTINENTAL
SHELF.—’’. 
(d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in the amendment made by 
subsection (a) requires the resubmittal of any document that was 
previously submitted or the reauthorization of any action that was 
previously authorized with respect to a project for which, before 
the date of enactment of this Act— 
(1) an offshore test facility has been constructed; or 
(2) a request for a proposal has been issued by a public 
authority. 
(e) STATE CLAIMS TO JURISDICTION OVER SUBMERGED LANDS.—
Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter, limit, or modify 
any claim of any State to any jurisdiction over, or any right, 
title, or interest in, any submerged lands. 
SEC. 389. OIL SPILL RECOVERY INSTITUTE. 
Title V of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2731 et 
seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 5001(i), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2012’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1 year after the date on which the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, determines 
that oil and gas exploration, development, and production in 
the State of Alaska have ceased’’; and 
(2) in section 5006(c), by striking ‘‘October 1, 2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘1 year after the date on which the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, determines that 
oil and gas exploration, development, and production in the 
State of Alaska have ceased,’’. 
SEC. 390. NEPA REVIEW. 
(a) NEPA REVIEW.—Action by the Secretary of the Interior 
in managing the public lands, or the Secretary of Agriculture in 
managing National Forest System Lands, with respect to any of 
the activities described in subsection (b) shall be subject to a rebut-
table presumption that the use of a categorical exclusion under