I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 939 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Gulf of Mexico 
Energy Security Act of 2006 to increase the percentage of revenues 
from new offshore leases that will be shared with coastal States to 
50 percent. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2011 
Mr. POE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the 
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to increase 
the percentage of revenues from new offshore leases that 
will be shared with coastal States to 50 percent. 
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 ‘‘Offshore Lease Fair-
ness Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASED REVENUE SHARING WITH STATES FOR 
LEASES WITHIN 3 MILES OF THE COAST LINE. 
(a) LEASES FOR ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED IN OCS 
LANDS ACT.—Section 8(g)(2) of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)(2)) is amended by 
inserting after ‘‘27 percent of those revenues,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or, for leases entered into after the date of enact-
ment of the Offshore Lease Fairness Act, 50 percent of 
those revenues,’’. 
(b) LEASES FOR ENERGY-RELATED ACTIVITIES.— 
Section 8(p)(2)(B) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(2)(B)) is amended by inserting 
after ‘‘27 percent of the revenues received by the Federal 
Government as a result of payments under this section’’ 
the following: ‘‘, or, for any lease, easement, or right-of- 
way granted after the date of enactment of the Offshore 
Lease Fairness Act, 50 percent of those revenues,’’. 
SEC. 3. INCREASED REVENUE SHARING WITH STATES FOR 
LEASES BEYOND 3 MILES OF THE COAST 
LINE. 
(a) DEFINITION
OF NEW OUTER CONTINENTAL 
SHELF REVENUES.—Section 102 of the Gulf of Mexico 
Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–432; 43 
U.S.C. 1331 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through 
(11) as paragraphs (10) through (12), respectively; 
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(2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) NEW OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF REVE-
NUES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘new outer 
Continental Shelf revenues’ means all rentals, 
royalties, bonus bids, and other sums received 
by the United States from leases entered into 
after 
the 
period 
described 
in 
paragraph 
(10)(A)(i) for areas on the outer Continental 
Shelf (as defined in section 2(a) of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331(a)). 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘new outer 
Continental Shelf revenues’ does not include 
revenues and other amounts described in para-
graph (10)(B).’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (10) (as 
redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘due and pay-
able to the United States’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘received by the United 
States from leases entered into in the period be-
ginning on December 20, 2006, and ending on 
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