sources to Expand American Energy Act’’ or the ‘‘SE-
CURE American Energy Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is the following: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—OFFSHORE 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Disposition of revenues from oil and gas leasing on the outer Conti-
nental Shelf to producing States. 
Sec. 103. Limitations on the amount of distributed qualified outer Continental 
Shelf revenues under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 
of 2006. 
Sec. 104. Limitation of authority of the President to withdraw areas of the 
outer Continental Shelf from oil and gas leasing. 
Sec. 105. Modification to the outer Continental Shelf leasing program. 
Sec. 106. Inspection fee collection. 
Sec. 107. Arctic rule shall have no force or effect. 
Sec. 108. Application of outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with respect to ter-
ritories of the United States. 
Sec. 109. Wind lease sales on the outer Continental Shelf. 
Sec. 110. Reducing permitting delays for taking of marine mammals. 
TITLE II—ONSHORE 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Cooperative federalism in oil and gas permitting on available Federal 
land. 
Sec. 203. Conveyance to certain States of property interest in State share of 
royalties and other payments. 
Sec. 204. Permitting on non-Federal surface estate. 
Sec. 205. State and Tribal authority for hydraulic fracturing regulation. 
Sec. 206. Review of Integrated Activity Plan for the National Petroleum Re-
serve in Alaska. 
TITLE I—OFFSHORE 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Accessing Strategic 
Resources Offshore Act’’ or the ‘‘ASTRO Act’’. 
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SEC. 102. DISPOSITION OF REVENUES FROM OIL AND GAS 
LEASING 
ON 
THE 
OUTER 
CONTINENTAL 
SHELF TO PRODUCING STATES. 
Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1338) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘All rentals’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this section, all rentals’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUE TO PRODUCING 
STATES.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) COVERED PLANNING AREA.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), the term ‘covered planning area’ 
means each of the following planning 
areas, as such planning areas are generally 
depicted in the later of the 2017–2022 
Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leas-
ing Proposed Final Program, dated 16 No-
vember, 2016, or a subsequent oil and gas 
leasing program developed under section 
18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1344): 
‘‘(I) Mid-Atlantic. 
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‘‘(II) South Atlantic. 
‘‘(III) Any planning area located 
off the coast of Alaska. 
‘‘(ii) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘cov-
ered planning area’ does not include any 
area in the Atlantic— 
‘‘(I) north of the southernmost 
lateral seaward administrative bound-
ary of the State of Maryland; or 
‘‘(II) south of the northernmost 
lateral seaward administrative bound-
ary of the State of Florida. 
‘‘(B) PRODUCING STATE.—The term ‘pro-
ducing State’ means each of the following 
States: 
‘‘(i) Virginia. 
‘‘(ii) North Carolina. 
‘‘(iii) South Carolina. 
‘‘(iv) Georgia. 
‘‘(v) Alaska. 
‘‘(C) QUALIFIED REVENUES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘quali-
fied revenues’ means revenues derived from 
rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other 
sums due and payable to the United States 
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under oil and gas leases entered into on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act 
for an area in a covered planning area. 
‘‘(ii) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘quali-
fied revenues’ does not include— 
‘‘(I) revenues from the forfeiture 
of a bond or other surety securing ob-
ligations other than royalties, civil 
penalties, or royalties taken by the 
Secretary in-kind and not sold; 
‘‘(II) revenues generated from 
leases subject to section 8(g); and 
‘‘(III) the portion of rental reve-
nues in excess of those that would 
have been collected at the rental rates 
in effect before August 5, 1993. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSIT OF QUALIFIED REVENUES.— 
‘‘(A) PHASE I.—With respect to qualified 
revenues under leases awarded under the first 
leasing program approved under section 18(a) 
that takes effect after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall deposit or allocate, as applicable— 
‘‘(i) 87.5 percent into the general 
fund of the Treasury; and 
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‘‘(ii) 12.5 percent to States in accord-
ance with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) PHASE II.—With respect to qualified 
revenues under leases awarded under the sec-
ond leasing program approved under section 
18(a) that takes effect after the date of the en-
actment of this section, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall deposit or allocate, as applica-
ble— 
‘‘(i) 75 percent into the general fund 
of the Treasury; and 
‘‘(ii) 25 percent to States in accord-
ance with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(C) PHASE III.—With respect to qualified 
revenues under leases awarded under the third 
leasing program approved under section 18(a) 
that takes effect after the date of the enact-
ment of this section and under any such leasing 
program subsequent to such third leasing pro-
gram, the Secretary of the Treasury shall de-
posit or allocate, as applicable— 
‘‘(i) 50 percent into the general fund 
of the Treasury; and 
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‘‘(ii) 50 percent into a special account 
in the Treasury from which the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall disburse— 
‘‘(I) 75 percent to States in ac-
cordance with paragraph (3); 
‘‘(II) 12.5 percent to the Sec-
retary of Transportation for energy 
infrastructure development in coastal 
ports; and 
‘‘(III) 12.5 percent to the Sec-
retary of the Interior for units of the 
National Park System. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION TO PRODUCING STATES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
allocate the qualified revenues distributed to 
States under paragraph (2) to each producing 
State in an amount based on a formula estab-
lished by the Secretary of the Interior, by regu-
lation, that— 
‘‘(i) is inversely proportional to the re-
spective distances between— 
‘‘(I) the point on the coastline of 
the producing State that is closest to 
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‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATION.—Amounts made avail-
able under paragraph (2)(B) shall— 
‘‘(A) be made available, without further 
appropriation, in accordance with this sub-
section; 
‘‘(B) remain available until expended; 
‘‘(C) be in addition to any amounts appro-
priated under— 
‘‘(i) chapter 2003 of title 54, United 
States Code; 
‘‘(ii) any other provision of this Act; 
and 
‘‘(iii) any other provision of law; and 
‘‘(D) be made available during the fiscal 
year immediately following the fiscal year in 
which such amounts were received.’’. 
SEC. 103. LIMITATIONS ON THE AMOUNT OF DISTRIBUTED 
QUALIFIED 
OUTER 
CONTINENTAL 
SHELF 
REVENUES UNDER THE GULF OF MEXICO EN-
ERGY SECURITY ACT OF 2006. 
Section 105(f)(1) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Secu-
rity Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The total amount of quali-
fied outer Continental Shelf revenues described in 
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section 102(9)(A)(ii) that are made available under 
subsection (a)(2) shall remain available until ex-
pended and shall not exceed— 
‘‘(A) for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2028, $500,000,000; and 
‘‘(B) for each of fiscal years 2029 through 
2059, $749,800,000.’’. 
SEC. 104. LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT 
TO WITHDRAW AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTI-
NENTAL SHELF FROM OIL AND GAS LEASING. 
(a) LIMITATION ON WITHDRAWAL FROM DISPOSI-
TION OF LANDS ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.— 
Section 12 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1341) is amended by amending subsection (a) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON WITHDRAWAL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, no lands of the outer Conti-
nental Shelf may be withdrawn from disposition ex-
cept by an Act of Congress. 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL
MARINE
SANCTUARIES.—The 
President may withdraw from disposition any of the 
unleased lands of the outer Continental Shelf located 
in a national marine sanctuary designated in accord-
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ance with the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 
U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) or otherwise by statute. 
‘‘(3) EXISTING WITHDRAWALS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except for the with-
drawals listed in subparagraph (B), any with-
drawal from disposition of lands on the outer 
Continental Shelf before the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection shall have no force or 
effect. 
‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph 
(A) 
shall not apply to the following withdrawals: 
‘‘(i) Any withdrawal in a national ma-
rine sanctuary designated in accordance 
with the National Marine Sanctuaries Act. 
‘‘(ii) Any withdrawal in a national 
monument declared under section 320301 
of title 54, United States Code, or the Act 
of June 8, 1906 (ch. 3060; 34 Stat. 225). 
‘‘(iii) Any withdrawal in the North 
Aleutian Basin Planning Area, including 
Bristol Bay.’’. 
(b) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH 
MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENTS.—Section 320301 of 
title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘(e) LIMITATION
ON MARINE NATIONAL MONU-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
sub-
sections (a) and (b), the President may not declare 
or reserve any ocean waters (as such term is defined 
in section 3 of the Marine Protection, Research, and 
Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1402)) or lands 
beneath ocean waters as a national monument. 
‘‘(2) MARINE
NATIONAL
MONUMENTS
DES-
IGNATED BEFORE THE DATE OF THE ENACTMENT 
OF THIS SUBSECTION.—This subsection shall not af-
fect any national monument designated by the Presi-
dent before the date of the enactment of this Act.’’. 
SEC. 105. MODIFICATION TO THE OUTER CONTINENTAL 
SHELF LEASING PROGRAM. 
Section 18(e) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(e)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall include in any such 
revised leasing program each unexecuted lease sale that 
was included in the most recent leasing program and the 
Secretary shall execute each such lease sale as close as 
practicable to the time specified in the most recent leasing 
program. Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) shall be 
deemed to have been satisfied with respect to the execution 
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of such unexecuted lease sales if the Secretary, in the Sec-
retary’s sole discretion, determines that such section was 
satisfied with respect to such unexecuted lease sales for 
the most recent leasing program.’’. 
SEC. 106. INSPECTION FEE COLLECTION. 
Section 22 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1348) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(g) INSPECTION FEES.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall collect from the operators of facilities 
subject to inspection under subsection (c) non-re-
fundable fees for such inspections— 
‘‘(A) at an aggregate level equal to the 
amount necessary to offset the annual expenses 
of inspections of outer Continental Shelf facili-
ties (including mobile offshore drilling units) by 
the Secretary of the Interior; and 
‘‘(B) using a schedule that reflects the dif-
ferences in complexity among the classes of fa-
cilities to be inspected. 
‘‘(2) OCEAN ENERGY SAFETY FUND.—There is 
established in the Treasury a fund, to be known as 
the ‘Ocean Energy Enforcement Fund’ (referred to 
in this subsection as the ‘Fund’), into which shall be 
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