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Union Calendar No. 842 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6771 
[Report No. 115–1083] 
To amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. HIG-
GINS of Louisiana, Mr. BYRNE, and Mr. BABIN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 19, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. HARPER, 
and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi 
DECEMBER 19, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 12, 2018] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, 
and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Domestic Offshore En-
ergy Reinvestment Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE GULF OF MEXICO ENERGY 
SECURITY ACT OF 2006. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(a) of the Gulf of Mex-
ico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘50’’ and in-
serting ‘‘37.5’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘62.5’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘75’’ 
and inserting ‘‘80’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘25’’ 
and inserting ‘‘20’’. 
(b) LIMITATIONS
ON AUTHORIZED USES.—Section 
105(d) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 
(43 U.S.C. 1331 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘(F) Planning, engineering, design, con-
struction, operations, and maintenance of one or 
more projects that are specifically authorized by 
any other Act for ecosystem restoration, hurri-
cane protection, or flood damage prevention.’’; 
and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts received by a 
Gulf producing State or coastal political subdivision 
under subsection (b)— 
‘‘(A) not more than 3 percent may be used 
for the purposes described in paragraph (1)(E); 
and 
‘‘(B) not less than 25 percent may be used 
for the purposes described in paragraph (1)(F), 
and shall be applied proportionally to the appli-
cable Federal and non-Federal share pursuant to 
such specific project authorization.’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF LIMITATION.—Section 105(f) of the 
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 
1331 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively. 
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SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE TO STATES OF PROPERTY INTEREST 
IN STATE SHARE OF ROYALTIES AND OTHER 
PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 35 of the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 191) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by 
striking ‘‘shall be paid into the Treasury’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘shall, except as provided in subsection (b), be 
paid into the Treasury’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) CONVEYANCE TO STATES OF PROPERTY INTEREST 
IN STATE SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, on request of a State and in lieu of 
any payments to the State under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the State all 
right, title, and interest in and to the percentage spec-
ified in that subsection for that State of all amounts 
otherwise required to be paid into the Treasury under 
that subsection from sales, bonuses, royalties (includ-
ing interest charges), and rentals for all public land 
or deposits located in the State. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, after a conveyance to a State under 
paragraph (1), any person shall pay directly to the 
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State any amount owed by the person for which the 
right, title, and interest has been conveyed to the 
State under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) NOTICE.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall promptly provide to each holder of a lease of 
public land to which subsection (a) applies that are 
located in a State to which right, title, and interest 
is conveyed under this subsection notice that— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Interior has con-
veyed to the State all right, title, and interest in 
and to the amounts referred to in paragraph (1); 
and 
‘‘(B) the leaseholder is required to pay the 
amounts directly to the State.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘and except 
as provided in subsection (b)’’ before ‘‘, any rentals’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 6(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act for 
Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 355(a)) is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Sub-
ject to the provisions of section 35(b) of the Min-
eral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), all’’ and in-
serting ‘‘All’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘of 
the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 450; 30 
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