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(f) REPORTS.—Reports of the Board shall be sub-
mitted by the Board to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House or Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
and made available to the public in electronically acces-
sible form. 
(g) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members of the Board, 
other than full-time employees of the Federal Government, 
while attending meeting of the Board or while otherwise 
serving at the request of the Secretary or the Director 
while serving away from their homes or regular places of 
business, may be allowed travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 
of title 5, United States Code, for individuals in the Gov-
ernment serving without pay. 
SEC. 409. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES. 
Section 22 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1348) is amended by adding at the end of the 
section 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— 
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‘‘(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 Department 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 
deposited all amounts collected as fees under para-
graph (1) and which shall be available as provided 
under paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY OF FEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 3302 of title 31, United States Code, all 
amounts deposited in the Fund— 
‘‘(i) shall be credited as offsetting col-
lections; 
‘‘(ii) shall be available for expenditure 
for purposes of carrying out inspections of 
outer Continental Shelf facilities (including 
mobile offshore drilling units) and the ad-
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ministration of the inspection program 
under this section; 
‘‘(iii) shall be available only to the ex-
tent provided for in advance in an appro-
priations Act; and 
‘‘(iv) shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘(B) USE FOR FIELD OFFICES.—Not less 
than 75 percent of amounts in the Fund may 
be appropriated for use only for the respective 
Department of the Interior field offices where 
the amounts were originally assessed as fees. 
‘‘(4) INITIAL FEES.—Fees shall be established 
under this subsection for the fiscal year in which 
this subsection takes effect and the subsequent 10 
years, and shall not be raised without advise and 
consent of the Congress, except as determined by the 
Secretary to be appropriate as an adjustment equal 
to the percentage by which the Consumer Price 
Index for the month of June of the calendar year 
preceding the adjustment exceeds the Consumer 
Price Index for the month of June of the calendar 
year in which the claim was determined or last ad-
justed. 
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‘‘(5) ANNUAL FEES.—Annual fees shall be col-
lected under this subsection for facilities that are 
above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are 
in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal 
year 2013 shall be— 
‘‘(A) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, 
but with processing equipment or gathering 
lines; 
‘‘(B) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 
wells, with any combination of active or inactive 
wells; and 
‘‘(C) $31,500 for facilities with more than 
10 wells, with any combination of active or in-
active wells. 
‘‘(6) FEES FOR DRILLING RIGS.—Fees for drill-
ing rigs shall be assessed under this subsection for 
all inspections completed in fiscal years 2013 
through 2022. Fees for fiscal year 2013 shall be— 
‘‘(A) $30,500 per inspection for rigs oper-
ating in water depths of 1,000 feet or more; 
and 
‘‘(B) $16,700 per inspection for rigs oper-
ating in water depths of less than 1,000 feet. 
‘‘(7) BILLING.—The Secretary shall bill des-
ignated operators under paragraph (5) within 60 
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days after the date of the inspection, with payment 
required within 30 days of billing. The Secretary 
shall bill designated operators under paragraph (6) 
within 30 days of the end of the month in which the 
inspection occurred, with payment required within 
30 days after billing. 
‘‘(8) SUNSET.—No fee may be collected under 
this subsection for any fiscal year after fiscal year 
2022. 
‘‘(9) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 60 
days after the end of each fiscal year beginning 
with fiscal year 2013, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the operation of the Fund dur-
ing the fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each report shall in-
clude, for the fiscal year covered by the report, 
the following: 
‘‘(i) A statement of the amounts de-
posited into the Fund. 
‘‘(ii) A description of the expenditures 
made from the Fund for the fiscal year, in-
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cluding the purpose of the expenditures 
and the additional hiring of personnel. 
‘‘(iii) A statement of the balance re-
maining in the Fund at the end of the fis-
cal year. 
‘‘(iv) An accounting of pace of permit 
approvals. 
‘‘(v) If fee increases are proposed 
after the initial 10-year period referred to 
in paragraph (5), a proper accounting of 
the potential adverse economic impacts 
such fee increases will have on offshore 
economic activity and overall production, 
conducted by the Secretary. 
‘‘(vi) Recommendations to increase 
the efficacy and efficiency of offshore in-
spections. 
‘‘(vii) Any corrective actions levied 
upon offshore inspectors as a result of any 
form of misconduct.’’. 
SEC. 410. PROHIBITION ON ACTION BASED ON NATIONAL 
OCEAN POLICY DEVELOPED UNDER EXECU-
TIVE ORDER NO. 13547. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Bureau of Ocean Energy 
and the Ocean Energy Safety Service may not develop, 
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propose, finalize, administer, or implement, any limitation 
on activities under their jurisdiction as a result of the 
coastal and marine spatial planning component of the Na-
tional Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order No. 
13547. 
(b) REPORT ON EXPENDITURES.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit a report to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
identifying all Federal expenditures in fiscal years 2011, 
2012, and 2013, by the Bureau of Ocean Energy and the 
Ocean Energy Safety Service and their predecessor agen-
cies, by agency, account, and any pertinent subaccounts, 
for the development, administration, or implementation of 
the coastal and marine spatial planning component of the 
National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order 
No. 13547, including staff time, travel, and other related 
expenses. 
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TITLE V—UNITED STATES 
TERRITORIES 
SEC. 501. APPLICATION OF OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
LANDS ACT WITH RESPECT TO TERRITORIES 
OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1331) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (a), by inserting after ‘‘con-
trol’’ the following: ‘‘or lying within the United 
States exclusive economic zone and the Continental 
Shelf adjacent to any territory of the United 
States’’; 
(2) in paragraph (p), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(3) in paragraph (q), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(r) The term ‘State’ includes each territory of the 
United States.’’. 
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TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. RULES REGARDING DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES 
UNDER GULF OF MEXICO ENERGY SECURITY 
ACT OF 2006. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall issue rules to provide more clarity, certainty, and sta-
bility to the revenue streams contemplated by the Gulf of 
Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 
note). 
(b) CONTENTS.—The rules shall include clarification 
of the timing and methods of disbursements of funds 
under section 105(b)(2) of such Act. 
SEC. 602. AMOUNT OF DISTRIBUTED QUALIFIED OUTER 
CONTINENTAL SHELF REVENUES. 
Section 105(f)(1) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Secu-
rity Act of 2006 (title I of division C of Public Law 109– 
432; 43 U.S.C. 1331 note) shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘2023, and shall not exceed $999,999,999 for each of fis-
cal years 2024 through 2055’’ for ‘‘2055’’. 
SEC. 603. SEISMIC TESTING IN THE ATLANTIC OUTER CON-
TINENTAL SHELF. 
Not later than December 31, 2013, the Bureau of 
Ocean Energy Management shall publish a record of deci-
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sion on the Atlantic G&G Programmatic Final Environ-
mental Impact Statement. 
TITLE VII—JUDICIAL REVIEW 
SEC. 701. TIME FOR FILING COMPLAINT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any cause of action that arises 
from a covered energy decision must be filed not later than 
the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of the 
covered energy decision. Any cause of action not filed with-
in this time period shall be barred. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
a cause of action brought by a party to a covered energy 
lease. 
SEC. 702. DISTRICT COURT DEADLINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All proceedings that are subject 
to section 701— 
(1) shall be brought in the United States dis-
trict court for the district in which the Federal prop-
erty for which a covered energy lease is issued is lo-
cated or the United States District Court of the Dis-
trict of Columbia; 
(2) shall be resolved as expeditiously as pos-
sible, and in any event not more than 180 days after 
such cause or claim is filed; and 
(3) shall take precedence over all other pending 
matters before the district court. 
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(b) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH DEADLINE.—If an 
interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order has not 
been issued by the district court by the deadline described 
under this section, the cause or claim shall be dismissed 
with prejudice and all rights relating to such cause or 
claim shall be terminated. 
SEC. 703. ABILITY TO SEEK APPELLATE REVIEW. 
An interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order 
of the district court in a proceeding that is subject to sec-
tion 701 may be reviewed by the U.S. Court of Appeals 
for the District of Columbia Circuit. The D.C. Circuit 
shall resolve any such appeal as expeditiously as possible 
and, in any event, not more than 180 days after such in-
terlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order of the dis-
trict court was issued. 
SEC. 704. LIMITATION ON SCOPE OF REVIEW AND RELIEF. 
(a) ADMINISTRATIVE
FINDINGS
AND
CONCLU-
SIONS.—In any judicial review of any Federal action under 
this title, any administrative findings and conclusions re-
lating to the challenged Federal action shall be presumed 
to be correct unless shown otherwise by clear and con-
vincing evidence contained in the administrative record. 
(b) LIMITATION ON PROSPECTIVE RELIEF.—In any 
judicial review of any action, or failure to act, under this 
title, the Court shall not grant or approve any prospective 
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