I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7554 
To distribute revenue from offshore wind projects in the New York Bight 
Area to certain coastal States, and promote conservation and workforce 
development. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2022 
Ms. MALLIOTAKIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To distribute revenue from offshore wind projects in the 
New York Bight Area to certain coastal States, and 
promote conservation and workforce development. 
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 Wind for 
Northeastern Energy Revenue Act’’ or the ‘‘OWNER 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PARITY IN OFFSHORE WIND REVENUE SHARING 
WITHIN THE NEW YORK BIGHT AREA. 
Section 8(p)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(A) The 
Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (B) and (C), the Secretary’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(B) The 
Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) DISPOSITION
OF
REVENUES
FROM 
PROJECTS LOCATED WITHIN 3 NAUTICAL MILES 
SEAWARD OF STATE SUBMERGED LAND.—The 
Secretary’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) DISPOSITION
OF
REVENUES
FROM 
OFFSHORE
WIND
PROJECTS
IN
CERTAIN 
AREAS.— 
‘‘(i) DEPOSITS.—For each fiscal year, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall de-
posit— 
‘‘(I) 50 percent of qualified rev-
enue in the general fund of the Treas-
ury and credited to miscellaneous re-
ceipts; and 
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‘‘(II) 50 percent of qualified rev-
enue in a special account in the 
Treasury to be allocated to eligible 
States and coastal political subdivi-
sions in accordance with clause (ii). 
‘‘(ii) ALLOCATIONS.— 
‘‘(I) ELIGIBLE STATES.— 
‘‘(aa) IN
GENERAL.—Sub-
ject to item (bb), for each fiscal 
year the amount made available 
under clause (i)(II) shall be allo-
cated to each eligible State in 
amounts (based on a formula es-
tablished by the Secretary by a 
regulation issued not later than 
180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this subparagraph) that 
are inversely proportional to the 
respective distances between the 
point on the coastline of each eli-
gible State that is closest to the 
geographic center of the applica-
ble leased tract and the geo-
graphic center of the leased tract. 
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ing the fiscal year immediately following 
the applicable fiscal year. 
‘‘(iv) AUTHORIZED USES.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to 
subclause (II), each eligible State and 
coastal political subdivision shall, in 
accordance with all applicable Federal 
and State laws, use all amounts re-
ceived under clause (ii) for one or 
more of the following purposes: 
‘‘(aa) Coastal protection, in-
cluding conservation, coastal res-
toration, 
hurricane 
protection, 
and infrastructure directly af-
fected by coastal wetland losses. 
‘‘(bb) Workforce training, 
including for employment in the 
renewable energy sector and re-
lated sectors. 
‘‘(cc) Infrastructure develop-
ment to support renewable en-
ergy 
projects, 
including 
the 
transmission of renewable energy. 
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‘‘(dd) Supporting science, 
technology, 
engineering, 
and 
mathematics education. 
‘‘(ee) Reducing carbon diox-
ide emissions and improving air 
quality. 
‘‘(ff) Mitigation of damage 
to fish, wildlife, or natural re-
sources. 
‘‘(gg) Mitigation of the im-
pact of outer Continental Shelf 
activities through the funding of 
onshore infrastructure projects. 
‘‘(hh) Planning assistance 
and the administrative costs of 
complying with this subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(II) LIMITATION.—An eligible 
State and coastal political subdivision 
may not use more than 3 percent of 
the amounts such eligible State or 
coastal political subdivision receives 
for a fiscal year under clause (ii) for 
the purposes described in subclause 
(I)(hh). 
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‘‘(v) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to 
clause (vi)(III), amounts made available 
under clause (i)(II) shall— 
‘‘(I) be made available, without 
further appropriation, in accordance 
with this subparagraph; 
‘‘(II) remain available until ex-
pended; and 
‘‘(III) be in addition to any 
amount appropriated under any other 
provision of law. 
‘‘(vi) REPORTING.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Not later 
than 180 days after the end of each 
applicable fiscal year, the Governor of 
each eligible State that receives an 
amount under clause (ii) for a fiscal 
year shall submit to the Secretary a 
report that describes the use of such 
amounts by the eligible State during 
the period covered by the report. 
‘‘(II) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—On 
receipt of a report under subclause 
(I), the Secretary shall make the re-
port available to the public on the 
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website of the Department of the In-
terior. 
‘‘(III) LIMITATION.—If the Gov-
ernor of an eligible State that receives 
an amount under clause (ii) for a fis-
cal year fails to submit the report re-
quired under subclause (I) by the 
deadline specified in that subclause, 
any amount that would otherwise be 
provided to the eligible State under 
clause (ii) for the succeeding fiscal 
year shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the Treasury and credited to 
miscellaneous receipts. 
‘‘(vii) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(I) COASTAL
POLITICAL
SUB-
DIVISION.—The term ‘coastal political 
subdivision’ means a political subdivi-
sion of an eligible State any part of 
which political subdivision is— 
‘‘(aa) within the coastal zone 
(as defined in section 304 of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 
1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453)) of the 
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eligible State as of the date of 
enactment of this subparagraph; 
and 
‘‘(bb) not more than 100 
nautical miles from the geo-
graphic center of any covered off-
shore wind project. 
‘‘(II) COVERED OFFSHORE WIND 
PROJECT.—The term ‘covered off-
shore wind project’ means a wind- 
powered electric generation project in 
a wind energy area on the outer Con-
tinental Shelf within the New York 
Bight Area that is not wholly or par-
tially located within an area subject to 
subparagraph (B), including— 
‘‘(aa) Hudson North OCS–A 
0544; 
‘‘(bb) Central Bight OCS–A 
0537; and 
‘‘(cc) Hudson South OCS–A 
0538, 
OCS–A 
0539, 
OCS–A 
0541, and OCS–A 0542. 
‘‘(III) ELIGIBLE
STATE.—The 
term ‘eligible State’ means a State a 
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point on the coastline of which is lo-
cated within 75 nautical miles of the 
geographic center of a covered off-
shore wind project. 
‘‘(IV) NEW YORK BIGHT AREA.— 
The term ‘New York Bight Area’ 
means the area extending generally 
northeast from Cape May in New Jer-
sey to Montauk Point on the eastern 
tip of Long Island, as described by 
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage-
ment in the final environmental as-
sessment titled ‘Commercial and Re-
search 
Wind 
Lease 
and 
Grant 
Issuance and Site Assessment Activi-
ties on the Atlantic Outer Continental 
Shelf of the New York Bight’ (Decem-
ber 16, 2021; BOEM 2021–073). 
‘‘(V) QUALIFIED REVENUE.—The 
term ‘qualified revenue’ means all 
rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and 
other sums due and payable to the 
United States from leases for covered 
offshore wind projects.’’. 
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