I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2716 
To distribute revenue from offshore wind projects in the New York Bight 
Area to certain coastal States, and promote conservation and workforce 
development. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 19, 2023 
Ms. MALLIOTAKIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To distribute revenue from offshore wind projects in the 
New York Bight Area to certain coastal States, and 
promote conservation and workforce development. 
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 ‘‘Offshore Wind for 
Northeastern Energy Revenue Act’’ or the ‘‘OWNER 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PARITY IN OFFSHORE WIND REVENUE SHARING 
WITHIN THE NEW YORK BIGHT AREA. 
Section 8(p)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(A) The 
Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (B) and (C), the Secretary’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(B) The 
Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) DISPOSITION
OF
REVENUES
FROM 
PROJECTS LOCATED WITHIN 3 NAUTICAL MILES 
SEAWARD OF STATE SUBMERGED LAND.—The 
Secretary’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) DISPOSITION
OF
REVENUES
FROM 
OFFSHORE
WIND
PROJECTS
IN
CERTAIN 
AREAS.— 
‘‘(i) DEPOSITS.—For each fiscal year, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall de-
posit— 
‘‘(I) 50 percent of qualified rev-
enue in the general fund of the Treas-
ury and credited to miscellaneous re-
ceipts; and 
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‘‘(II) 50 percent of qualified rev-
enue in a special account in the 
Treasury to be allocated to eligible 
States and coastal political subdivi-
sions in accordance with clause (ii). 
‘‘(ii) ALLOCATIONS.— 
‘‘(I) ELIGIBLE STATES.— 
‘‘(aa) IN
GENERAL.—Sub-
ject to item (bb), for each fiscal 
year the amount made available 
under clause (i)(II) shall be allo-
cated to each eligible State in 
amounts (based on a formula es-
tablished by the Secretary by a 
regulation issued not later than 
180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this subparagraph) that 
are inversely proportional to the 
respective distances between the 
point on the coastline of each eli-
gible State that is closest to the 
geographic center of the applica-
ble leased tract and the geo-
graphic center of the leased tract. 
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‘‘(bb) 
MINIMUM
ALLOCA-
TION.—The amount allocated to 
an eligible State each fiscal year 
under item (aa) shall be at least 
10 percent of the amounts made 
available under clause (i)(II). 
‘‘(II) COASTAL
POLITICAL
SUB-
DIVISIONS.— 
‘‘(aa) 
IN
GENERAL.—For 
each fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall pay 25 percent of the allo-
cable share of each eligible State, 
as determined under subclause 
(I), to any coastal political sub-
divisions of the eligible State. 
‘‘(bb) 
FORMULA.—The 
amount paid by the Secretary to 
a coastal political subdivision 
under item (aa) shall be deter-
mined in accordance with section 
31(b)(4)(B). 
‘‘(iii) TIMING.—The amounts required 
to be deposited under clause (i)(II) for the 
applicable fiscal year shall be made avail-
able in accordance with clause (i)(II) dur-
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ing the fiscal year immediately following 
the applicable fiscal year. 
‘‘(iv) AUTHORIZED USES.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to 
subclause (II), each eligible State and 
coastal political subdivision shall, in 
accordance with all applicable Federal 
and State laws, use all amounts re-
ceived under clause (ii) for one or 
more of the following purposes: 
‘‘(aa) Coastal protection, in-
cluding conservation, coastal res-
toration, 
hurricane 
protection, 
and infrastructure directly af-
fected by coastal wetland losses. 
‘‘(bb) Workforce training, 
including for employment in the 
renewable energy sector and re-
lated sectors. 
‘‘(cc) Infrastructure develop-
ment to support renewable en-
ergy 
projects, 
including 
the 
transmission of renewable energy. 
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