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ON SUBMITTAL OF EXPLORATION PLANS FOR CERTAIN 
LEASES PRIOR TO JUNE 30, 2012.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Within 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the lessee of an existing oil 
and gas lease for an area located completely within 
100 miles of the coastline within the California or 
Florida Adjacent Zones shall have the option, with-
out compensation, of exchanging such lease for a 
new oil and gas lease having a primary term of 5 
years. For the area subject to the new lease, the les-
see may select any unleased tract on the outer Con-
tinental Shelf that is in an area available for leasing. 
Further, with the permission of the relevant Gov-
ernor, such a lessee may convert its existing oil and 
gas lease into a natural gas lease having a primary 
term of 5 years and covering the same area as the 
existing lease or another area within the same 
State’s Adjacent Zone within 100 miles of the coast-
line. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.—The Secretary 
of the Interior shall establish a reasonable adminis-
trative process to implement paragraph (1). Ex-
changes and conversions under subsection (a), in-
cluding the issuance of new leases, shall not be con-
sidered to be major Federal actions for purposes of 
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the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Further, such actions con-
ducted in accordance with this section are deemed to 
be in compliance all provisions of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.). 
(3) OPERATING
RESTRICTIONS.—A new lease 
issued in exchange for an existing lease under this 
section shall be subject to such national defense op-
erating stipulations on the OCS tract covered by the 
new lease as may be applicable upon issuance. 
(4) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give pri-
ority in the lease exchange process based on the 
amount of the original bonus bid paid for the 
issuance of each lease to be exchanged. The Sec-
retary shall allow leases covering partial tracts to be 
exchanged for leases covering full tracts conditioned 
upon payment of additional bonus bids on a per-acre 
basis as determined by the average per acre of the 
original bonus bid per acre for the partial tract 
being exchanged. 
(5) EXPLORATION
PLANS.—Any exploration 
plan submitted to the Secretary of the Interior after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and before 
July 1, 2012, for an oil and gas lease for an area 
wholly within 100 miles of the coastline within the 
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California Adjacent Zone or Florida Adjacent Zone 
shall not be treated as received by the Secretary 
until the earlier of July 1, 2012, or the date on 
which a petition by the Adjacent State for oil and 
gas leasing covering the area within which is located 
the area subject to the oil and gas lease was ap-
proved. 
(b) FURTHER
LEASE
CANCELLATION
AND
EX-
CHANGE PROVISIONS.— 
(1) CANCELLATION OF LEASE.—As part of the 
lease exchange process under this section, the Sec-
retary shall cancel a lease that is exchanged under 
this section. 
(2) CONSENT OF LESSEES.—All lessees holding 
an interest in a lease must consent to cancellation 
of their leasehold interests in order for the lease to 
be cancelled and exchanged under this section. 
(3) WAIVER OF RIGHTS.—As a prerequisite to 
the exchange of a lease under this section, the lessee 
must waive any rights to bring any litigation against 
the United States related to the transaction. 
(4) PLUGGING AND ABANDONMENT.—The plug-
ging and abandonment requirements for any wells 
located on any lease to be cancelled and exchanged 
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under this section must be complied with by the les-
sees prior to the cancellation and exchange. 
(c) AREA PARTIALLY WITHIN 100 MILES OF FLOR-
IDA.—An existing oil and gas lease for an area located 
partially within 100 miles of the coastline within the Flor-
ida n Adjacent Zone may only be developed and produced 
using wells drilled from well-head locations at least 100 
miles from the coastline to any bottom-hole location on 
the area of the lease. This subsection shall not apply if 
Florida has petitioned for leasing closer to the coastline 
than 100 miles. 
(d) EXISTING OIL AND GAS LEASE DEFINED.—In 
this section the term ‘‘existing oil and gas lease’’ means 
an oil and gas lease in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 350. COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE. 
Section 31 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1356a) is repealed. 
SEC. 351. OIL SHALE AND TAR SANDS AMENDMENTS. 
(a) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH PAY-
MENTS.—Section 369(o) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 728; 42 U.S.C. 15927) 
is repealed. 
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(b) TREATMENT OF REVENUES.—Section 21 of the 
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 241) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) REVENUES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the provi-
sions of section 35, all revenues received from and 
under an oil shale or tar sands lease shall be dis-
posed in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
‘‘(2) 
ROYALTY
RATES
FOR
COMMERCIAL 
LEASES.— 
‘‘(A) ROYALTY
RATES.—The Secretary 
shall model the royalty schedule for oil shale 
and tar sands leases based on the royalty pro-
gram currently in effect for the production of 
synthetic crude oil from oil sands in the Prov-
ince of Alberta, Canada. 
‘‘(B) REDUCTION.—The Secretary shall re-
duce any royalty otherwise required to be paid 
under subparagraph (A) under any oil shale or 
tar sands lease on a sliding scale based upon 
market price, with a 10 percent reduction if the 
average futures price of NYMEX Light Sweet 
Crude, or a similar index, drops, for the pre-
vious quarter year, below $50 (in January 1, 
2006, dollars), and an 80 percent reduction if 
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the average price drops below $30 (in January 
1, 2006, dollars) for the quarter previous to the 
one in which the production is sold.’’. 
TITLE IV—REPEAL OF REQUIRE-
MENT WITH RESPECT TO THE 
PROCUREMENT AND ACQUISI-
TION 
OF 
ALTERNATIVE 
FUELS 
SEC. 401. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO 
THE PROCUREMENT AND ACQUISITION OF 
ALTERNATIVE FUELS. 
Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17142) is repealed. 
Æ 
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