I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4942 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct proposed oil and gas 
Lease Sale 220 for areas of the outer Continental Shelf at least 50 
miles beyond the coastal zone of Virginia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2010 
Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. WOLF, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. NYE, Mr. CAN-
TOR, Mr. FORBES, Mr. BOUCHER, and Mr. PERRIELLO) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Science 
and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct proposed 
oil and gas Lease Sale 220 for areas of the outer Conti-
nental Shelf at least 50 miles beyond the coastal zone 
of Virginia, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Virginia Access to En-
ergy Act’’ or the ‘‘VA Energy Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT PROPOSED OIL AND 
GAS LEASE SALE 220 ON THE OCS OFF VIR-
GINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 220 under section 
8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (33 U.S.C. 
1337) by as soon as practicable, but not later than one 
year, after the date the Secretary receives a petition from 
the Governor requesting that the lease sale be conducted. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON LEASING WITHIN 50 MILES OF 
THE COASTAL ZONE.—The Secretary shall not issue any 
lease under this Act for any tract located within 50 miles 
of the coastal zone of the State unless requested by the 
Governor. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON CONFLICTS WITH MILITARY 
OPERATIONS.—The Secretary shall not make any tract 
available for leasing under this section if the Secretary of 
Defense determines that drilling activity on that tract 
would conflict with any military operation. 
SEC. 3. DISPOSITION OF REVENUES. 
(a) ALLOCATION, GENERALLY.—Of the qualified rev-
enues received by the United States each fiscal year— 
(1) 50 percent shall be used for non-Federal 
purposes as provided in subsection (b); and 
(2) 50 percent shall be used for Federal pur-
poses as provided in subsection (c). 
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(b) USE FOR NON-FEDERAL PURPOSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the qualified revenues re-
ferred to in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) 75 shall be paid to the State, without 
further appropriation; 
(B) 12.5 percent— 
(i) shall be used, without further ap-
propriation, to provide financial assistance 
to the State in accordance with section 6 
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–8); and 
(ii) shall be considered income to the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund for 
purposes of section 2 of that Act (16 
U.S.C. 460l–5); and 
(C) 12.5 percent shall be deposited in a 
separate account in the Treasury that shall be 
used, without further appropriation, by the Sec-
retary of the Interior, in consultation with the 
Governor, to mitigate for any environmental 
damage that occurs as a result of extraction ac-
tivities authorized under oil and gas leases 
issued under this Act, regardless of whether the 
damage is— 
(i) reasonably foreseeable; or 
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(ii) caused by negligence or a natural 
disaster. 
(2) USE OF PAYMENTS TO STATE.—Amounts 
paid to the State under paragraph (1)(A) shall be 
used by the State for one or more of the following: 
(A) Education. 
(B) Transportation. 
(C) Reducing taxes. 
(D) Coastal and environmental restoration. 
(E) Energy infrastructure and projects. 
(F) State seismic monitoring programs. 
(G) Alternative energy development. 
(H) Energy efficiency and conservation. 
(I) Hurricane and natural disaster insur-
ance programs. 
(c) USE FOR FEDERAL PURPOSES.—Of the qualified 
revenues referred to in subsection (a)(2)— 
(1) 50 percent shall be applied solely to reduce 
the outstanding Federal debt; and 
(2) 50 percent shall be deposited into the Al-
terative Energy Trust Fund established by section 4. 
SEC. 4. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TRUST FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury a separate account that shall be known as the 
Alternative Energy Trust Fund. 
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(b) CONTENTS.—The account shall consist of 
amounts deposited into it under section 3(c)(2). 
(c) USE.—Amounts in the account may be used, 
without further appropriation, by the Secretary of Energy 
for making grants for the following: 
(1) Coal and related technologies program. 
(2) To improve the commercial value of forest 
biomass for electric energy, useful heat, transpor-
tation fuels, and other commercial purposes. 
(3) Solar and wind technologies. 
(4) Renewable energy. 
(5) Methane hydrate research. 
(6) Nuclear power loan guarantees. 
(7) Smart grid technology research, develop-
ment, and demonstration. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COASTAL ZONE.—The term ‘‘coastal zone’’ 
has the meaning that term has in the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.). 
(2) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 
the Governor of the State. 
(3) LEASE SALE 220.—The term ‘‘Lease Sale 
220’’ means proposed OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale 
220 in the Mid-Atlantic OCS Planning Area in the 
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area offshore the State, as included in the OCS Oil 
and Gas Leasing Program, 2007–2012. 
(4) QUALIFIED REVENUES.—The term ‘‘quali-
fied revenues’’ means all rentals, royalties, bonus 
bids, and other sums due and payable to the United 
States under leases issued under this Act. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Virginia. 
Æ 
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