I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3410 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil 
and gas lease sales, to provide fair and equitable revenue sharing for 
all coastal States, to formulate future offshore energy development plans 
in areas with the most potential, to generate revenue for American 
infrastructure, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2011 
Mr. STIVERS (for himself, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. FITZPATRICK, 
Mr. GERLACH, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. REED, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, and Mr. 
MEEHAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain 
offshore oil and gas lease sales, to provide fair and 
equitable revenue sharing for all coastal States, to formu-
late future offshore energy development plans in areas 
with the most potential, to generate revenue for Amer-
ican infrastructure, 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 ‘‘Energy Security and 
Transportation Jobs Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—EXPANDING OFFSHORE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT 
Sec. 101. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program. 
Sec. 102. Domestic oil and natural gas production goal. 
TITLE II—CONDUCTING PROMPT OFFSHORE LEASE SALES 
Sec. 201. Requirement to conduct proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 216 in the 
Central Gulf of Mexico. 
Sec. 202. Requirement to conduct proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 220 on the 
Outer Continental Shelf offshore Virginia. 
Sec. 203. Requirement to conduct proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 222 in the 
Central Gulf of Mexico. 
Sec. 204. Additional leases. 
Sec. 205. Definitions. 
TITLE III—LEASING IN NEW OFFSHORE AREAS 
Sec. 301. Leasing in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. 
Sec. 302. Leasing offshore of territories of the United States. 
TITLE IV—OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF REVENUE SHARING 
Sec. 401. Disposition of Outer Continental Shelf revenues. 
TITLE I—EXPANDING OFFSHORE 
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 101. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASING PROGRAM. 
Section 18(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(5)(A) In each oil and gas leasing program 
under this section, the Secretary shall make avail-
able for leasing and conduct lease sales including— 
‘‘(i) at least 50 percent of the available un-
leased acreage within each outer Continental 
Shelf planning area considered to have the larg-
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est undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and 
gas resources (on a total btu basis) based upon 
the most recent national geologic assessment of 
the outer Continental Shelf, with an emphasis 
on offering the most geologically prospective 
parts of the planning area; and 
‘‘(ii) any State subdivision of an outer 
Continental Shelf planning area that the Gov-
ernor of the State that represents that subdivi-
sion requests be made available for leasing. 
‘‘(B) In this paragraph the term ‘available un-
leased acreage’ means that portion of the outer Con-
tinental Shelf that is not under lease at the time of 
a proposed lease sale, and that has not otherwise 
been made unavailable for leasing by law. 
‘‘(6)(A) In the 2012–2017 5-year oil and gas 
leasing program, the Secretary shall make available 
for leasing any outer Continental Shelf planning 
areas that— 
‘‘(i) are estimated to contain more than 
2,500,000,000 barrels of oil; or 
‘‘(ii) are estimated to contain more than 
7,500,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas. 
‘‘(B) To determine the planning areas described 
in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall use the 
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document entitled ‘Minerals Management Service 
Assessment of Undiscovered Technically Recoverable 
Oil and Gas Resources of the Nation’s Outer Conti-
nental Shelf, 2006’.’’. 
SEC. 102. DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION 
GOAL. 
Section 18(b) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUC-
TION GOAL.—– 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing a 5-year oil 
and gas leasing program, and subject to paragraph 
(2), the Secretary shall determine a domestic stra-
tegic production goal for the development of oil and 
natural gas as a result of that program. Such goal 
shall be— 
‘‘(A) the best estimate of the possible in-
crease in domestic production of oil and natural 
gas from the outer Continental Shelf; 
‘‘(B) focused on meeting domestic demand 
for oil and natural gas and reducing the de-
pendence of the United States on foreign en-
ergy; and 
‘‘(C) focused on the production increases 
achieved by the leasing program at the end of 
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the 15-year period beginning on the effective 
date of the program. 
‘‘(2) 2012–2017 PROGRAM
GOAL.—For pur-
poses of the 2012–2017 5-year oil and gas leasing 
program, the production goal referred to in para-
graph (1) shall be an increase by 2027 of— 
‘‘(A) no less than 3,000,000 barrels in the 
amount of oil produced per day; and 
‘‘(B) no less than 10,000,000,000 cubic 
feet in the amount of natural gas produced per 
day. 
‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall report 
annually, beginning at the end of the 5-year period 
for which the program applies, to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate on the progress of the pro-
gram in meeting the production goal. The Secretary 
shall identify in the report projections for production 
and any problems with leasing, permitting, or pro-
duction that will prevent meeting the goal.’’. 
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TITLE II—CONDUCTING PROMPT 
OFFSHORE LEASE SALES 
SEC. 201. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT PROPOSED OIL AND 
GAS LEASE SALE 216 IN THE CENTRAL GULF 
OF MEXICO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 216 under section 
8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (33 U.S.C. 
1337) as soon as practicable, but not later than 4 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For the purposes of 
that lease sale, the Environmental Impact Statement for 
the 2007–2012 5 Year OUTER CONTINENTAL 
SHELF Plan and the Multi-Sale Environmental Impact 
Statement are deemed to satisfy the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.). 
SEC. 202. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT PROPOSED OIL AND 
GAS LEASE SALE 220 ON THE OUTER CONTI-
NENTAL SHELF OFFSHORE VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the inclusion of 
Lease Sale 220 in the fiscal years 2012 through fiscal year 
2017 5 Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing 
Program, the Secretary shall conduct offshore oil and gas 
Lease Sale 220 under section 8 of the Outer Continental 
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Shelf Lands Act (33 U.S.C. 1337) as soon as practicable, 
but not later than one year after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON CONFLICTS WITH MILITARY 
OPERATIONS.—No person may engage in any exploration, 
development, or production of oil or natural gas off the 
coast of Virginia that would conflict with any military op-
eration, as determined in accordance with the Memo-
randum of Agreement between the Department of Defense 
and the Department of the Interior on Mutual Concerns 
on the Outer Continental Shelf signed July 20, 1983, and 
any revision or replacement for that agreement that is 
agreed to by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of the Interior after that date but before the date of 
issuance of the lease under which such exploration, devel-
opment, or production is conducted. 
SEC. 203. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT PROPOSED OIL AND 
GAS LEASE SALE 222 IN THE CENTRAL GULF 
OF MEXICO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct off-
shore oil and gas Lease Sale 222 under section 8 of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (33 U.S.C. 1337) as 
soon as practicable, but not later than September 1, 2012. 
(b) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For the purposes of 
that lease sale, the Environmental Impact Statement for 
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the 2007–2012 5 Year OUTER CONTINENTAL 
SHELF Plan and the Multi-Sale Environmental Impact 
Statement are deemed to satisfy the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.). 
SEC. 204. ADDITIONAL LEASES. 
Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(i) ADDITIONAL LEASE SALES.—In addition to 
lease sales in accordance with a leasing program in effect 
under this section, the Secretary may hold lease sales for 
areas identified by the Secretary to have the greatest po-
tential for new oil and gas development as a result of local 
support, new seismic findings, or nomination by interested 
persons.’’. 
SEC. 205. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘Environmental Impact State-
ment for the 2007–2012 5 Year OUTER CONTI-
NENTAL SHELF Plan’’ means the Final Environ-
mental Impact Statement for Outer Continental 
Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program: 2007–2012 
(April 2007) prepared by the Secretary. 
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(2) The term ‘‘Multi-Sale Environmental Im-
pact Statement’’ means the Environmental Impact 
Statement for Proposed Western Gulf of Mexico 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF Oil and Gas 
Lease Sales 204, 207, 210, 215, and 218, and Pro-
posed Central Gulf of Mexico OUTER CONTI-
NENTAL SHELF Oil and Gas Lease Sales 205, 
206, 208, 213, 216, and 222 (September 2008) pre-
pared by the Secretary. 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
TITLE III—LEASING IN NEW 
OFFSHORE AREAS 
SEC. 301. LEASING IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. 
Section 104 of division C of the Tax Relief and 
Health Care Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–432; 120 Stat. 
3003) is repealed. 
SEC. 302. LEASING OFFSHORE OF TERRITORIES OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
Section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1331) is amended, by inserting after ‘‘con-
trol’’ the following: ‘‘or lying within the United States’ ex-
clusive economic zone and the Continental Shelf adjacent 
to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, 
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American Samoa, Guam, or the other territories of the 
United States’’. 
TITLE IV—OUTER CONTINENTAL 
SHELF REVENUE SHARING 
SEC. 401. DISPOSITION OF OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
REVENUES. 
Section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1338) is amended— 
(1) in the existing text— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘All 
rentals,’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) DISPOSITION
OF
REVENUE
UNDER
OLD 
LEASES.—All rentals,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c) (as designated by the 
amendment made by subparagraph (A) of this 
paragraph), by striking ‘‘for the period from 
June 5, 1950, to date, and thereafter’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in the period beginning June 5, 1950, 
and ending on the date of enactment of the En-
ergy Security and Transportation Jobs Act’’; 
(2) by adding after subsection (c) (as so des-
ignated) the following: 
‘‘(d) NEW LEASING REVENUES DEFINED.—In this 
section the term ‘new leasing revenues’ means amounts 
received by the United States as bonuses, rents, and royal-
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ties under leases for oil and gas, wind, tidal, or other en-
ergy exploration, development, and production that are 
awarded under this Act after the date of enactment of the 
Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act.’’; and 
(3) by inserting before subsection (c) (as so 
designated) the following: 
‘‘(a) PAYMENT
OF NEW LEASING REVENUES
TO 
COASTAL STATES, GENERALLY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount of new leas-
ing revenues received by the United States each fis-
cal year that is described in paragraph (2), 37.5 per-
cent shall be allocated and paid in accordance with 
subsection (b) to coastal States that are affected 
States with respect to the leases under which those 
revenues are received by the United States. 
‘‘(2) PHASE-IN.—The amount of new leasing 
revenues referred to in paragraph (1) is the sum de-
termined by adding— 
‘‘(A) 35 percent of new leasing revenues 
received by the United States in the fiscal year 
under— 
‘‘(i) leases awarded under the first 
leasing program under section 18(a) that 
takes effect after the date of enactment of 
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the Energy Security and Transportation 
Jobs Act; and 
‘‘(ii) other leases issued as a result of 
the enactment of that Act; 
‘‘(B) 70 percent of new leasing revenues 
received by the United States in the fiscal year 
under leases awarded under the second such 
leasing program; and 
‘‘(C) 100 percent of new leasing revenues 
received by the United States under leases 
awarded under the third such leasing program 
or any such leasing program taking effect 
thereafter. 
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION
OF
PAYMENTS
TO
COASTAL 
STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of new leasing 
revenues received by the United States with respect 
to a leased tract that are required to be paid to 
coastal States in accordance with this subsection 
each fiscal year shall be allocated among and paid 
to such States that are within 200 miles of the 
leased tract, in amounts that are inversely propor-
tional to the respective distances between the point 
on the coastline of each such State that is closest to 
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the geographic center of the lease tract, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM ALLOCATION.— 
The amount allocated to a coastal State under para-
graph (1) each fiscal year with respect to a leased 
tract shall be— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a coastal State that is 
the nearest State to the geographic center of 
the leased tract, not less than 25 percent of the 
total amounts allocated with respect to the 
leased tract; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of any other coastal State, 
not less than 10 percent, and not more than 15 
percent, of the total amounts allocated with re-
spect to the leased tract. 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—Amounts allocated to 
a coastal State under this subsection— 
‘‘(A) shall be available to the State without 
further appropriation; 
‘‘(B) shall remain available until expended; 
and 
‘‘(C) shall be in addition to any other 
amounts available to the State under this Act. 
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), a coastal State may use 
funds allocated and paid to it under this sub-
section for any purpose as determined by State 
law. 
‘‘(B) RESTRICTION ON USE FOR MATCH-
ING.—Funds allocated and paid to a coastal 
State under this subsection may not be used as 
matching funds for any other Federal pro-
gram.’’. 
Æ 
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