(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Purposes. 
Sec. 4. Definitions. 
TITLE I—DEFICIT REDUCTION ENERGY SECURITY 
Sec. 101. Deficit Reduction Acreage. 
Sec. 102. Deficit Reduction Energy Security Fund and Coastal and Ocean Sus-
tainability and Health Fund. 
Sec. 103. Coastal and Ocean Disaster Grant Program. 
Sec. 104. National Grant Program for Coastal and Ocean Sustainability and 
Health. 
Sec. 105. Eligible uses of grants. 
Sec. 106. Grant application. 
TITLE II—TIMELY ISSUANCE OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS 
LEASES 
Sec. 201. Reinstatement of offshore oil and gas leases. 
Sec. 202. Effective and efficient environmental review. 
TITLE III—OFFICE OF ENERGY EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
AND OFFICE OF MINORITY AND WOMEN INCLUSION 
Sec. 301. Establishment of Office of Energy Employment and Training. 
Sec. 302. Office of Minority and Women Inclusion. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 401. Reporting. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds and declares the following: 
(1) The Nation is currently experiencing a na-
tional employment emergency, and urgent action is 
needed to put Americans back to work in well-paid, 
long-term jobs. 
(2) The Federal Government distributed over 
$10,000,000,000 to Federal, State, and Indian ac-
counts from energy production during fiscal year 
2009, primarily from oil and natural gas production. 
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(3) The domestic oil and natural gas industry 
is responsible for approximately 9.2 million jobs. 
(4) The approximately 43 million leased Outer 
Continental Shelf acres currently account for about 
15 percent of America’s domestic natural gas pro-
duction and about 27 percent of America’s domestic 
oil production. 
(5) The leasing of these domestic offshore areas 
for oil and natural gas development provides signifi-
cant economic benefits to the Federal Government, 
as well as to States and localities, through the cre-
ation and sustenance of jobs and domestic product. 
(6) The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of 
Ocean Energy Management currently has authorities 
under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) and related laws that can be 
effectively utilized to create jobs and revitalize the 
Nation’s economy. 
(7) Effective and expedited development of Gulf 
of Mexico oil and natural gas resources could gen-
erate thousands of new jobs, many of which could be 
created almost immediately. 
(8) The coastal regions of the United States 
have high productivity and contribute approximately 
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50 percent of the gross domestic product of the 
United States. 
(9) The economies and social structure of many 
communities are dependent on resources from ocean, 
coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems. 
(10) Supporting science, research, monitoring, 
modeling, forecasting, exploration, and assessment 
will continue to improve our understanding of the 
ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems as well 
as their long-term economic sustainability. 
(11) Safeguarding these ecosystems is crucial to 
protecting the environment and waters of the United 
States. 
(12) The growth of our energy domestic re-
sources is vital to America’s national security. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are the following: 
(1) Require the Secretary of the Interior to uti-
lize its authorities regarding the leasing and develop-
ment of offshore oil and gas resources to accelerate 
job creation and economic revitalization to the fullest 
extent practicable, taking into account the Depart-
ment of the Interior’s responsibilities regarding con-
servation, safety, and protection of the environment. 
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(2) Promote expansion of domestic employment 
opportunities. 
(3) Respond to the Nation’s increased need for 
domestic oil and natural gas resources. 
(4) Support the utilization of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf for oil and gas production and trans-
mission. 
(5) Protect, conserve, restore, and understand 
the oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes of the United 
States, ensuring present and future generations will 
benefit from the full range of ecological, economic, 
educational, social, cultural, nutritional, and rec-
reational opportunities and services those resources 
are capable of providing. 
(6) Confirm and ensure the validity of appro-
priate oil and gas leases issued under the Final 
Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Pro-
gram, 2007–2012. 
(7) Ensure the continued leasing of Outer Con-
tinental Shelf areas pursuant to the Final Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 
2007–2012. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) The term ‘‘Act’’ means the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.). 
(2) The term ‘‘coastal State’’ has the same 
meaning that the term ‘‘coastal state’’ has in the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1451 et seq.). 
(3) The term ‘‘DRES Fund’’ means the Deficit 
Reduction Energy Security Fund. 
(4) The term ‘‘COSH Fund’’ means the Coastal 
and Ocean Sustainability and Health Fund estab-
lished by section 102. 
(5) The term ‘‘program’’ means a Final Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 
issued under section 18 of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1344). 
(6) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Commerce, acting through the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration. 
(7) Other terms shall have the same meaning 
such terms have under the Act. 
TITLE I—DEFICIT REDUCTION 
ENERGY SECURITY 
SEC. 101. DEFICIT REDUCTION ACREAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall, during the period covered by the Proposed Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012– 
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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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