(2) NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH COMMUNITIES.—A 
community located in the North Slope Borough may 
apply for assistance under this section either directly 
to the Secretary or through the North Slope Bor-
ough. 
(3) APPLICATION ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
shall work closely with and assist the North Slope 
Borough and other communities eligible for assist-
ance under this section in developing and submitting 
applications for assistance under this section. 
(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Treasury the Coastal Plain Local Government Im-
pact Aid Assistance Fund. 
(2) USE.—Amounts in the fund may be used 
only for providing financial assistance under this 
section. 
(3) DEPOSITS.—Subject to paragraph (4), there 
shall be deposited into the fund amounts received by 
the United States as revenues derived from rents, 
bonuses, and royalties from Federal leases and lease 
sales authorized under this subtitle. 
(4) LIMITATION
ON
DEPOSITS.—The total 
amount in the fund may not exceed $11,000,000. 
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(5) INVESTMENT
OF
BALANCES.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall invest amounts in the 
fund in interest bearing government securities. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To pro-
vide financial assistance under this section there is author-
ized to be appropriated to the Secretary from the Coastal 
Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund 
$5,000,000 for each fiscal year. 
Subtitle C—Offshore Oil and Gas 
Development 
SEC. 431. REPEAL OF MORATORIUM ON OIL AND GAS LEAS-
ING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 104 of the Gulf of Mexico En-
ergy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–432; 43 
U.S.C. 1331 note) is amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 
2022’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2011’’. 
(b) INCLUSION OF OPENED AREAS IN 2007–2012 
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS LEASING 
PROGRAM.—Within 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall include the 
area removed from moratorium by subsection (a) in the 
areas available for leasing under the 2007–2012 outer 
Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program prepared 
under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1344). 
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SEC. 432. INCLUSION OF AREAS IN 2007–2012 OUTER CONTI-
NENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS LEASING PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
include the areas described in subsection (b) in the areas 
available for leasing under the 2007–2012 outer Conti-
nental Shelf oil and gas leasing program prepared under 
section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1344). 
(b) AREAS DESCRIBED.—The areas referred to in 
subsection (a) are all areas of the outer Continental Shelf 
(as that term is devined in that Act) in the Arctic Ocean, 
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Eastern Gulf of Mex-
ico. 
TITLE V—GREENHOUSE GAS 
REGULATION 
SEC. 501. GREENHOUSE GAS REGULATION UNDER CLEAN 
AIR ACT. 
(a) DEFINITION
OF
AIR
POLLUTANT.—Section 
302(g) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602(g)) is 
amended by adding the following at the end thereof: ‘‘The 
term ‘air pollutant’ shall not include carbon dioxide, water 
vapor, 
methane, 
nitrous 
oxide, 
hydrofluorocarbons, 
perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride.’’. 
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(b) CLIMATE CHANGE NOT REGULATED BY CLEAN 
AIR ACT.—Nothing in the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 
et seq.) shall be treated as authorizing or requiring the 
regulation of climate change or global warming. 
Æ 
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