I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6593 
To terminate prohibitions on leasing of areas of the Outer Continental Shelf 
and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for exploration, development, 
and production of oil and natural gas, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2008 
Mr. LAMPSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on 
Science and Technology and Energy and Commerce, 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To terminate prohibitions on leasing of areas of the Outer 
Continental Shelf and the Arctic National Wildlife Ref-
uge for exploration, development, and production of oil 
and natural gas, 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 ‘‘Domestic Drilling 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF MORATORIA ON OIL AND GAS 
LEASING 
OF 
THE 
OUTER 
CONTINENTAL 
SHELF AND ANWR. 
All provisions of Federal law that prohibit leasing of 
any area of the outer Continental Shelf or the Arctic Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge for exploration, development, and 
production of oil and natural gas, or that prohibit the 
spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural 
gas leasing, preleasing, and related activities for any such 
area, shall have no force or affect. 
SEC. 3. REVOCATION OF EXISTING PRESIDENTIAL WITH-
DRAWALS. 
All withdrawals of Federal lands and submerged 
lands by the President under the authority of section 
12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1341(a)) are hereby revoked and no longer in ef-
fect. 
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT OIL AND GAS RE-
SOURCES INVENTORY AND LEASE SALES FOR 
THE OCS AND ANWR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall, within 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act and under sections 8, 18, and 19 of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337, 1344, and 
1345)— 
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(1) conduct an inventory of the oil and natural 
gas resources of all submerged lands of the Outer 
Continental Shelf and all lands of the Arctic Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge; and 
(2) prepare a strategic five-year plan for the 
sale of oil and natural gas leases for such submerged 
lands and lands. 
(b) DISPOSITION OF REVENUES.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall distribute funds from all bonus bids, 
rentals, royalties, and other sums collected each fiscal year 
by the United States under Federal oil and gas leases of 
areas that are available for such leasing as a result of the 
enactment of this Act, in the following manner: 
(1) 25 percent shall be deposited into the Fund 
established by section 5(a). 
(2) 25 percent shall be deposited into the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury. 
(3) 37.5 percent shall be paid to Alaska and 
other States that are affected States (as that term 
is defined in section 2(f) of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(f)) with respect 
any such lease, in proportion to the amount of such 
funds collected under leases of areas in each such 
State or for which the laws of each such State are 
declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2) of the Outer 
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Continental 
Shelf 
Lands 
Act 
(43 
U.S.C. 
1333(a)(2)), to be the laws of the United States. 
(4) 12.5 percent shall be used to provide finan-
cial assistance to States in accordance with section 
6 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–8), which shall be considered 
income to the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
for purposes of section 2 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 
460l–8). 
SEC. 5. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESERVE FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in 
the Treasury of the United States the Department of En-
ergy Reserve Fund (in this section referred to as ‘‘the 
Fund’’). 
(b) USE OF FUND.—The Fund shall be available, to 
the extent provided in appropriations Acts, for the cost 
of subsequent legislation to promote research, develop-
ment, and use of clean domestic energy, including clean 
domestic renewable energy, and to increase domestic en-
ergy independence and energy security. 
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