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count managed by the Secretary, that may be used in 
lieu of any other monetary payment for—
(A) a bonus bid for a lease on the outer 
Continental Shelf; or 
(B) a royalty due on oil or gas production 
from any lease located on the outer Continental 
Shelf. 
(4) CENTRAL PLANNING AREA.—The term ‘‘Cen-
tral Planning Area’’ means the Central Gulf of Mex-
ico Planning Area of the outer Continental Shelf, as 
designated in the document entitled ‘‘Draft Proposed 
Program Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leas-
ing Program 2007–2012’’, dated February 2006. 
(5) EASTERN PLANNING AREA.—The term ‘‘East-
ern Planning Area’’ means the Eastern Gulf of Mex-
ico Planning Area of the outer Continental Shelf, as 
designated in the document entitled ‘‘Draft Proposed 
Program Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leas-
ing Program 2007–2012’’, dated February 2006. 
(6) 2002–2007 
PLANNING
AREA.—The term 
‘‘2002–2007 planning area’’ means any area—
(A) located in—
(i) the Eastern Planning Area, as des-
ignated in the Proposed Final Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program
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2002–2007, dated April 2002, of the Min-
erals Management Service; 
(ii) the Central Planning Area, as des-
ignated in the Proposed Final Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 
2002–2007, dated April 2002, of the Min-
erals Management Service; or 
(iii) the Western Planning Area, as 
designated in the Proposed Final Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Pro-
gram 2002–2007, dated April 2002, of the 
Minerals Management Service; and 
(B) not located in—
(i) an area in which no funds may be 
expended to conduct offshore preleasing, 
leasing, and related activities under sections 
104 through 106 of the Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 
109–54; 119 Stat. 521) (as in effect on Au-
gust 2, 2005); 
(ii) an area withdrawn from leasing 
under the ‘‘Memorandum on Withdrawal of 
Certain Areas of the United States Outer 
Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposi-
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tion’’, from 34 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 
1111, dated June 12, 1998; or 
(iii) the 181 Area or 181 South Area. 
(7) GULF PRODUCING STATE.—The term ‘‘Gulf 
producing State’’ means each of the States of Ala-
bama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. 
(8) MILITARY MISSION LINE.—The term ‘‘Mili-
tary Mission Line’’ means the north-south line at 
86°41′ W. longitude. 
(9) QUALIFIED OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF REV-
ENUES.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified 
outer Continental Shelf revenues’’ means—
(i) in the case of each of fiscal years 
2007 through 2016, all rentals, royalties, 
bonus bids, and other sums due and payable 
to the United States from leases entered into 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act 
for—
(I) areas in the 181 Area located 
in the Eastern Planning Area; and 
(II) the 181 South Area; and 
(ii) in the case of fiscal year 2017 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, all rentals, roy-
alties, bonus bids, and other sums due and
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payable to the United States received on or 
after October 1, 2016, from leases entered 
into on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act for—
(I) the 181 Area; 
(II) the 181 South Area; and 
(III) the 2002–2007 planning 
area. 
(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘qualified 
outer Continental Shelf revenues’’ does not in-
clude—
(i) revenues from the forfeiture of a 
bond or other surety securing obligations 
other than royalties, civil penalties, or roy-
alties taken by the Secretary in-kind and 
not sold; or 
(ii) revenues generated from leases sub-
ject to section 8(g) of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)). 
(10) COASTAL
POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION.—The 
term ‘‘coastal political subdivision’’ means a political 
subdivision of a Gulf producing State any part of 
which political subdivision is—
(A) within the coastal zone (as defined in 
section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act
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of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453)) of the Gulf producing 
State as of the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(B) not more than 200 nautical miles from 
the geographic center of any leased tract. 
(11) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 103. OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING IN 181 AREA 
AND 181 SOUTH AREA OF GULF OF MEXICO. 
(a) 181 AREA LEASE SALE.—Except as provided in 
section 104, the Secretary shall offer the 181 Area for oil 
and gas leasing pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) as soon as practicable, 
but not later than 1 year, after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(b) 181 SOUTH AREA LEASE SALE.—The Secretary 
shall offer the 181 South Area for oil and gas leasing pursu-
ant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.) as soon as practicable after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(c) LEASING PROGRAM.—The 181 Area and 181 South 
Area shall be offered for lease under this section notwith-
standing the omission of the 181 Area or the 181 South 
Area from any outer Continental Shelf leasing program 
under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1344).
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(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 105 of the 
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–54; 
119 Stat. 522) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than the 
181 South Area (as defined in section 102 of the Gulf of 
Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006))’’ after ‘‘lands located 
outside Sale 181’’. 
SEC. 104. MORATORIUM ON OIL AND GAS LEASING IN CER-
TAIN AREAS OF GULF OF MEXICO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective during the period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on 
June 30, 2022, the Secretary shall not offer for leasing, 
preleasing, or any related activity—
(1) any area east of the Military Mission Line 
in the Gulf of Mexico; 
(2) any area in the Eastern Planning Area that 
is within 125 miles of the coastline of the State of 
Florida; or 
(3) any area in the Central Planning Area that 
is—
(A) within—
(i) the 181 Area; and 
(ii) 100 miles of the coastline of the 
State of Florida; or 
(B)(i) outside the 181 Area;