(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(H)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(I)’’. 
SEC. 214. INCREASING FUNDING FOR SCIENTIFIC RE-
SEARCH. 
Beginning on the date that is 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, with respect to the total 
amount paid as bonus bids for each offshore wind lease sale 
under section 8(p) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)), $5,000,000 of each such amount 
shall be available, to the extent and in such amounts as 
are provided in advance in appropriations Acts, to be used 
by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Commerce, to fund research on the interaction 
between offshore wind energy and— 
(1) federally protected marine resources (includ-
ing all listed species and designated critical habitats 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.)); 
(2) marine mammals protected under the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 
seq.); 
(3) managed fishery resources, seabirds and mi-
gratory bird species, and the habitats on which these 
species depend; and 
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(4) technology for data collection and other sci-
entific and permitting needs, as determined necessary 
by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of En-
ergy, to support responsible development and long- 
term use of offshore wind resources on the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf. 
SEC. 215. EXTENDING COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRY. 
Section 113 of Division G of Public Law 113–76 is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY 
‘‘SEC. 113. The Secretary of the Interior may accept 
from public and private sources contributions of money and 
services for use by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage-
ment and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental En-
forcement to conduct work in support of the orderly explo-
ration and development of Outer Continental Shelf re-
sources, including preparation of environmental documents 
such as impact statements and assessments, studies, and re-
lated research, during fiscal years— 
‘‘(1) 2014 through 2024; or 
‘‘(2) with respect to work supporting offshore wind en-
ergy exploration or development, 2014 through 2030.’’. 
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SEC. 216. DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO PROTECT WILD-
LIFE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the National Academies 
of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall prepare a re-
port that reviews, compiles, and synthesizes existing re-
search on— 
(1) the effect of offshore wind energy on wildlife, 
habitat, and threatened and endangered species; and 
(2) best practices for minimizing and mitigating 
such effects. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The report shall— 
(1) provide a quantitative assessment of the con-
tributions of offshore wind energy in— 
(A) reducing the amount of greenhouse gases 
emitted by the electricity sector; and 
(B) helping to improve human health and 
wildlife populations in communities that are 
near offshore wind energy areas; and 
(2) include a quantitative assessment of the effi-
cacy of existing methodologies to measure direct and 
indirect effects of offshore wind energy on wildlife and 
their habitats, and provide recommendations regard-
ing best practices to monitor, avoid, minimize, and 
mitigate impacts on wildlife and their habitat. 
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SEC. 217. OFFSHORE WIND FOR THE TERRITORIES. 
(a) APPLICATION
OF OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
LANDS ACT WITH RESPECT
TO TERRITORIES
OF
THE 
UNITED STATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) THE TERM.—’’; 
(ii) by inserting after ‘‘control’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or lying within the exclusive eco-
nomic zone of the United States and the 
outer Continental Shelf adjacent to any ter-
ritory of the United States’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) The term ‘outer Continental Shelf’ does not 
include any area conveyed by Congress to a terri-
torial government for administration;’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(t) The term ‘State’ means the several States, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 
the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands.’’. 
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(2) EXCLUSIONS.—Section 18 of the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) This section shall not apply to the scheduling of 
any lease sale in an area of the outer Continental Shelf 
that is adjacent to any insular area of the United States.’’. 
(b) WIND LEASE SALES FOR AREAS OF THE OUTER 
CONTINENTAL SHELF.—The Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 33. WIND LEASE SALES FOR AREAS OF THE OUTER 
CONTINENTAL SHELF. 
‘‘(a) WIND LEASE SALES OFF COASTS OF TERRI-
TORIES OF THE UNITED STATES.— 
‘‘(1) STUDY
ON
FEASIBILITY
OF
CONDUCTING 
WIND LEASE SALES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
conduct a study on the feasibility, including the 
technological and long-term economic feasibility, 
and the potential environmental effects, of con-
ducting wind lease sales in each area of the outer 
Continental Shelf that is within the territorial 
jurisdiction of the United States, including of 
American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of 
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