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fiscal year derived from leases included within 
the sharing provisions of subsections (b)(3) and 
(c)(3) exceeds the amount specified in subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary shall share 60 percent 
of the difference between such total amount and 
the amount specified in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) TOTAL
AMOUNT
SPECIFIED.—The 
amount specified in this subparagraph is the 
following: 
‘‘(i) For fiscal year 2006, $0. 
‘‘(ii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2007, 
$498,000,000. 
‘‘(iii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2008, 
$260,000,000. 
‘‘(iv) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2009, 
$322,000,000. 
‘‘(v) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2010, 
$140,000,000. 
‘‘(vi) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2011, 
$93,000,000. 
‘‘(vii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2012, 
$25,000,000. 
‘‘(viii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2013, 
$540,000,000.
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‘‘(ix) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2014, 
$342,000,000. 
‘‘(x) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2015, 
$481,000,000. 
‘‘(3) EXTRA NEW PROGRAM AREA RECEIPTS.— 
Beginning October 1, 2015, and continuing there-
after through September 30, 2029, the Secretary 
shall share an additional 20 percent of OCS Re-
ceipts derived from leases included within the shar-
ing provisions of subsections (b)(3) and (c)(3) that 
were not already shared under those provisions. 
‘‘(4) ALLOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall allo-
cate the OCS Receipts deposited into the separate 
account established by paragraph (1) that are 
shared under the provisions of paragraphs (2) and 
(3) among all producing States, which shall be allo-
cated to each producing State based on the ratio 
that— 
‘‘(A) OCS Receipts derived from all leased 
tracts on the Federal outer Continental Shelf 
that are completely within 300 miles of the 
coastline of the producing State for the fiscal 
year, bears to 
‘‘(B) OCS Receipts derived from all leased 
tracts on the Federal outer Continental Shelf
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that are completely within 300 miles of the 
coastlines of all producing States for the fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(e) TRANSMISSION OF ALLOCATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
transmit— 
‘‘(A) to each State two-thirds of such 
State’s 
allocations 
under 
subsections 
(b)(4)(A)(i), 
(b)(4)(B)(i), 
(c)(4)(A)(i), 
(c)(4)(B)(i), and (d)(4) for the immediate prior 
fiscal year; 
‘‘(B) to coastal county-equivalent and mu-
nicipal political subdivisions of such State a 
total of one-third of such State’s allocations 
under subsections (b)(4)(A)(i), (b)(4)(B)(i), 
(c)(4)(A)(i), (c)(4)(B)(i), and (d)(4), together 
with all accrued interest thereon; and 
‘‘(C) the remaining allocations under sub-
sections (b)(4) and (c)(4), together with all ac-
crued interest thereon. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS
TO
COASTAL
COUNTY- 
EQUIVALENT
POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall make an initial allocation of the OCS
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Receipts to be shared under paragraph (1)(B) as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(A) 25 percent shall be allocated based on 
the ratio of such coastal county-equivalent polit-
ical subdivision’s population to the coastal pop-
ulation of all coastal county-equivalent political 
subdivisions in the State. 
‘‘(B) 25 percent shall be allocated based on 
the ratio of such coastal county-equivalent polit-
ical subdivision’s coastline miles to the coastline 
miles of all coastal county-equivalent political 
subdivisions in the State as calculated by the 
Secretary. In such calculations, coastal county- 
equivalent political subdivisions without a coast-
line shall be considered to have 50 percent of 
the average coastline miles of the coastal coun-
ty-equivalent political subdivisions that do have 
coastlines. 
‘‘(C) 25 percent shall be allocated to all 
coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions 
having a coastline point within 300 miles of the 
leased tract for which OCS Receipts are being 
shared based on a formula that allocates the 
funds based on such coastal county-equivalent
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political subdivision’s relative distance from the 
leased tract. 
‘‘(D) 25 percent shall be allocated to all 
coastal county-equivalent political subdivisions 
having a coastline point within 300 miles of the 
leased tract for which OCS Receipts are being 
shared based on the relative level of outer Con-
tinental Shelf oil and gas activities in a coastal 
political subdivision compared to the level of 
outer Continental Shelf activities in all coastal 
political subdivisions in the State. The Sec-
retary shall define the term ‘outer Continental 
Shelf oil and gas activities’ for purposes of this 
subparagraph to include, but not be limited to, 
construction of vessels, drillships, and platforms 
involved in exploration, production, and develop-
ment on the outer Continental Shelf; support 
and supply bases, ports, and related activities; 
offices of geologists, geophysicists, engineers, 
and other professionals involved in support of 
exploration, production, and development of oil 
and gas on the outer Continental Shelf; pipe-
lines and other means of transporting oil and 
gas production from the outer Continental 
Shelf; and processing and refining of oil and
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gas production from the outer Continental 
Shelf. For purposes of this subparagraph, if a 
coastal county-equivalent political subdivision 
does not have a coastline, its coastal point shall 
be the point on the coastline closest to it. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATIONS TO COASTAL MUNICIPAL PO-
LITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS.—The initial allocation to 
each coastal county-equivalent political subdivision 
under paragraph (2) shall be further allocated to the 
coastal county-equivalent political subdivision and 
any coastal municipal political subdivisions located 
partially or wholly within the boundaries of the 
coastal county-equivalent political subdivision as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(A) One-third shall be allocated to the 
coastal county-equivalent political subdivision. 
‘‘(B) Two-thirds shall be allocated on a per 
capita basis to the municipal political subdivi-
sions and the county-equivalent political sub-
division, with the allocation to the latter based 
upon its population not included within the 
boundaries of a municipal political subdivision. 
‘‘(f) INVESTMENT OF DEPOSITS.—Amounts depos-
ited under this section shall be invested by the Secretary 
of the Treasury in securities backed by the full faith and
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credit of the United States having maturities suitable to 
the needs of the account in which they are deposited and 
yielding the highest reasonably available interest rates as 
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(g) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of funds under 
this section may use the funds for one or more of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) To reduce in-State college tuition at public 
institutions of higher learning and otherwise support 
public education, including career technical edu-
cation. 
‘‘(2) To make transportation infrastructure im-
provements. 
‘‘(3) To reduce taxes. 
‘‘(4) To promote and provide for— 
‘‘(A) coastal or environmental restoration; 
‘‘(B) fish, wildlife, and marine life habitat 
enhancement; 
‘‘(C) waterways maintenance; 
‘‘(D) shore protection; and 
‘‘(E) marine and oceanographic education 
and research. 
‘‘(5) To improve infrastructure associated with 
energy production activities conducted on the outer 
Continental Shelf.
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‘‘(6) To fund energy demonstration projects 
and supporting infrastructure for energy projects. 
‘‘(7) For any other purpose as determined by 
State law. 
‘‘(h) NO ACCOUNTING REQUIRED.—No recipient of 
funds under this section shall be required to account to 
the Federal Government for the expenditure of such 
funds, except as otherwise may be required by law. Fur-
ther, funds allocated under this section to States and polit-
ical subdivisions may be used as matching funds for other 
Federal programs. 
‘‘(i) EFFECT OF FUTURE LAWS.—Enactment of any 
future Federal statute that has the effect, as determined 
by the Secretary, of restricting any Federal agency from 
spending appropriated funds, or otherwise preventing it 
from fulfilling its pre-existing responsibilities as of the 
date of enactment of the statute, unless such responsibil-
ities have been reassigned to another Federal agency by 
the statute with no prevention of performance, to issue 
any permit or other approval impacting on the OCS oil 
and gas leasing program, or any lease issued thereunder, 
or to implement any provision of this Act shall automati-
cally prohibit any sharing of OCS Receipts under this sec-
tion directly with the States, and their coastal political 
subdivisions, for the duration of the restriction. The Sec-
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retary shall make the determination of the existence of 
such restricting effects within 30 days of a petition by any 
outer Continental Shelf lessee or producing State. 
‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COASTAL COUNTY-EQUIVALENT POLITICAL 
SUBDIVISION.—The term ‘coastal county-equivalent 
political subdivision’ means a political jurisdiction 
immediately below the level of State government, in-
cluding a county, parish, borough in Alaska, inde-
pendent municipality not part of a county, parish, or 
borough in Alaska, or other equivalent subdivision of 
a coastal State, that lies within the coastal zone. 
‘‘(2) COASTAL MUNICIPAL POLITICAL SUBDIVI-
SION.—The term ‘coastal municipal political subdivi-
sion’ means a municipality located within and part 
of a county, parish, borough in Alaska, or other 
equivalent subdivision of a State, all or part of which 
coastal municipal political subdivision lies within the 
coastal zone. 
‘‘(3) COASTAL POPULATION.—The term ‘coastal 
population’ means the population of all coastal coun-
ty-equivalent political subdivisions, as determined by 
the most recent official data of the Census Bureau. 
‘‘(4) COASTAL ZONE.—The term ‘coastal zone’ 
means that portion of a coastal State, including the
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entire territory of any coastal county-equivalent po-
litical subdivision at least a part of which lies, within 
75 miles landward from the coastline. 
‘‘(5) BONUS
BIDS.—The term ‘bonus bids’ 
means all funds received by the Secretary to issue 
an outer Continental Shelf minerals lease. 
‘‘(6) ROYALTIES.—The term ‘royalties’ means 
all funds received by the Secretary from production 
of oil or natural gas, or the sale of production taken 
in-kind, from an outer Continental Shelf minerals 
lease. 
‘‘(7) PRODUCING STATE.—The term ‘producing 
State’ means an Adjacent State having an Adjacent 
Zone containing leased tracts from which OCS Re-
ceipts were derived. 
‘‘(8) OCS RECEIPTS.—The term ‘OCS Receipts’ 
means bonus bids and royalties.’’. 
SEC. 6508. REVIEW OF OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF EXPLO-
RATION PLANS. 
Subsections (c) and (d) of section 11 of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1340) are amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) PLAN REVIEW; PLAN PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
prior to commencing exploration pursuant to any oil
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and gas lease issued or maintained under this Act, 
the holder thereof shall submit an exploration plan 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as a ‘plan’) to 
the Secretary for review which shall include all infor-
mation and documentation required under para-
graphs (2) and (3). The Secretary shall review the 
plan for completeness within 10 days of submission. 
If the Secretary finds that the plan is not complete, 
the Secretary shall notify the lessee with a detailed 
explanation and require such modifications of such 
plan as are necessary to achieve completeness. The 
Secretary shall have 10 days to review a modified 
plan for completeness. Such plan may apply to more 
than one lease held by a lessee in any one region of 
the outer Continental Shelf, or by a group of lessees 
acting under a unitization, pooling, or drilling agree-
ment, and the lessee shall certify that such plan is 
consistent with the terms of the lease and is con-
sistent with all statutory and regulatory require-
ments in effect on the date of issuance of the lease. 
The Secretary shall have 30 days from the date the 
plan is deemed complete to conduct a review of the 
plan. If the Secretary finds the plan is not con-
sistent with the lease and all such statutory and reg-
ulatory requirements, the Secretary shall notify the
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lessee with a detailed explanation of such modifica-
tions of such plan as are necessary to achieve com-
pliance. The Secretary shall have 30 days to review 
any modified plan submitted by the lessee. The les-
see shall not take any action under the exploration 
plan within the 30-day review period, or thereafter 
until the plan has been modified to achieve compli-
ance as so notified. 
‘‘(2) An exploration plan submitted under this 
subsection shall include, in the degree of detail 
which the Secretary may by regulation require— 
‘‘(A) a schedule of anticipated exploration 
activities to be undertaken; 
‘‘(B) a description of equipment to be used 
for such activities; 
‘‘(C) the general location of each well to be 
drilled; and 
‘‘(D) such other information deemed perti-
nent by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may, by regulation, require 
that such plan be accompanied by a general state-
ment of development and production intentions 
which shall be for planning purposes only and which 
shall not be binding on any party.
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‘‘(d) PLAN REVISIONS; CONDUCT OF EXPLORATION 
ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) If a significant revision of an exploration 
plan under this subsection is submitted to the Sec-
retary, the process to be used for the review of such 
revision shall be the same as set forth in subsection 
(c) of this section. 
‘‘(2) All exploration activities pursuant to any 
lease shall be conducted in accordance with an explo-
ration plan or a revised plan which has been sub-
mitted to and reviewed by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 6509. RESERVATION OF LANDS AND RIGHTS. 
Section 12 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1341) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The President may partially or com-
pletely revise or revoke any prior withdrawal made 
by the President under the authority of this section. 
The President may not revise or revoke a withdrawal 
that was initiated by a petition from a State and ap-
proved by the Secretary of the Interior under sub-
section (h). A withdrawal by the President may be 
for a term not to exceed 10 years. In considering a 
potential withdrawal under this subsection, to the 
maximum extent practicable the President shall ac-
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commodate competing interests and potential uses of 
the outer Continental Shelf.’’; 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) OPTION TO PETITION FOR LEASING WITHIN 
CERTAIN AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION AGAINST LEASING.—Except 
as otherwise provided in this subsection, prior to 
June 30, 2012, the Secretary shall not offer for leas-
ing for oil and gas, or for natural gas, any area 
withdrawn from disposition by leasing in the Atlan-
tic OCS Region or the Pacific OCS Region, or the 
Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Eastern Planning Area, 
as depicted on the map referred to within this para-
graph, under the ‘Memorandum on Withdrawal of 
Certain Areas of the United States Outer Conti-
nental Shelf from Leasing Disposition’, 34 Weekly 
Comp. Pres. Doc. 1111, dated June 12, 1998, or 
any area not withdrawn under that Memorandum 
that is included within the Gulf of Mexico OCS Re-
gion Eastern Planning Area as indicated on the map 
entitled ‘Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent 
Zones and OCS Planning Areas’ or within the Flor-
ida Straits Planning Area as indicated on the map 
entitled ‘Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent Zones 
and OCS Planning Areas’, both of which are dated
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September 2005 and on file in the Office of the Di-
rector, Minerals Management Service. 
‘‘(2) REVOCATION OF WITHDRAWAL.—The pro-
visions of the ‘Memorandum on Withdrawal of Cer-
tain Areas of the United States Outer Continental 
Shelf from Leasing Disposition’, 34 Weekly Comp. 
Pres. Doc. 1111, dated June 12, 1998, are hereby 
revoked and are no longer in effect regarding any 
areas included within the Gulf of Mexico OCS Re-
gion Central Planning Area as indicated on the map 
entitled ‘Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent 
Zones and OCS Planning Areas’ dated September 
2005 and on file in the Office of the Director, Min-
erals Management Service. The 2002–2007 5-Year 
Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Pro-
gram is hereby amended to include the areas added 
to the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Central Planning 
Area by this Act to the extent that such areas were 
included within the original boundaries of proposed 
Lease Sale 181. The amendment to such leasing 
program includes two sales in such additional areas, 
one of which shall be held in January 2007 and one 
of which shall be held in June 2007. The Final En-
vironmental Impact Statement prepared for this 
area for Lease Sale 181 shall be deemed sufficient
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for all purposes for each lease sale in which such 
area is offered for lease during the 2002–2007 5- 
Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing 
Program without need for supplementation. Any 
tract only partially added to the Gulf of Mexico OCS 
Region Central Planning Area by this Act shall be 
eligible for leasing of the part of such tract that is 
included within the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Cen-
tral Planning Area, and the remainder of such tract 
that lies outside of the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region 
Central Planning Area may be developed and pro-
duced by the lessee of such partial tract using ex-
tended reach or similar drilling from a location on 
a leased area. 
‘‘(3) PETITION FOR LEASING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of the 
State, upon concurrence of its legislature, may 
submit to the Secretary a petition requesting 
that the Secretary make available any area that 
is within the State’s Adjacent Zone, included 
within the provisions of paragraph (1), and that 
(i) is greater than 25 miles from any point on 
the coastline of a Neighboring State for the 
conduct of offshore leasing, pre-leasing, and re-
lated activities with respect to natural gas leas-
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ing; or (ii) is greater than 50 miles from any 
point on the coastline of a Neighboring State 
for the conduct of offshore leasing, pre-leasing, 
and related activities with respect to oil and gas 
leasing. The Adjacent State may also petition 
for leasing any other area within its Adjacent 
Zone if leasing is allowed in the similar area of 
the Adjacent Zone of the applicable Neigh-
boring State, or if not allowed, if the Neigh-
boring State, acting through its Governor, ex-
presses its concurrence with the petition. The 
Secretary shall only consider such a petition 
upon making a finding that leasing is allowed 
in the similar area of the Adjacent Zone of the 
applicable Neighboring State or upon receipt of 
the concurrence of the Neighboring State. The 
date of receipt by the Secretary of such concur-
rence by the Neighboring State shall constitute 
the date of receipt of the petition for that area 
for which the concurrence applies. A petition 
for leasing any part of the Alabama Adjacent 
Zone that is a part of the Gulf of Mexico East-
ern Planning Area, as indicated on the map en-
titled ‘Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adja-
cent Zones and OCS Planning Areas’ which is
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dated September 2005 and on file in the Office 
of the Director, Minerals Management Service, 
shall require the concurrence of both Alabama 
and Florida. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS
ON
LEASING.—In its 
petition, a State with an Adjacent Zone that 
contains leased tracts may condition oil and 
gas, or natural gas, new leasing for tracts with-
in 25 miles of the coastline by— 
‘‘(i) requiring a net reduction in the 
number of production platforms; 
‘‘(ii) requiring a net increase in the 
average distance of production platforms 
from the coastline; 
‘‘(iii) limiting permanent surface occu-
pancy on new leases to areas that are more 
than 10 miles from the coastline; 
‘‘(iv) limiting some tracts to being 
produced from shore or from platforms lo-
cated on other tracts; or 
‘‘(v) other conditions that the Adja-
cent State may deem appropriate as long 
as the Secretary does not determine that 
production is made economically or tech-
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nically impracticable or otherwise impos-
sible. 
‘‘(C) ACTION BY SECRETARY.—Not later 
than 90 days after receipt of a petition under 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall approve 
the petition, unless the Secretary determines 
that leasing the area would probably cause seri-
ous harm or damage to the marine resources of 
the State’s Adjacent Zone. Prior to approving 
the petition, the Secretary shall complete an en-
vironmental assessment that documents the an-
ticipated environmental effects of leasing in the 
area included within the scope of the petition. 
‘‘(D) FAILURE TO ACT.—If the Secretary 
fails to approve or deny a petition in accordance 
with subparagraph (C) the petition shall be con-
sidered to be approved 90 days after receipt of 
the petition. 
‘‘(E) AMENDMENT OF THE 5-YEAR LEAS-
ING
PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding section 18, 
within 180 days of the approval of a petition 
under subparagraph (C) or (D), the Secretary 
shall amend the current 5-Year Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program to 
include a lease sale or sales for the entire area