I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2231 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to increase energy explo-
ration and production on the Outer Continental Shelf, provide for equi-
table revenue sharing for all coastal States, implement the reorganization 
of the functions of the former Minerals Management Service into distinct 
and separate agencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2013 
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington (for himself, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 
FLORES, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr. WITT-
MAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to increase 
energy exploration and production on the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf, provide for equitable revenue sharing for 
all coastal States, implement the reorganization of the 
functions of the former Minerals Management Service 
into distinct and separate agencies, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Offshore Energy and 
Jobs Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASING PROGRAM 
REFORMS 
Sec. 101. Outer Continental Shelf leasing program reforms. 
Sec. 102. Domestic oil and natural gas production goal. 
Sec. 103. Development and submittal of new 5-year oil and gas leasing pro-
gram. 
TITLE II—ENHANCING THE 2012–2017 FIVE-YEAR OUTER 
CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM 
Sec. 201. Requirement to conduct proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 220 on the 
Outer Continental Shelf offshore Virginia. 
Sec. 202. South Carolina lease sale. 
Sec. 203. Southern California existing infrastructure lease sale. 
Sec. 204. Environmental impact statement requirement. 
Sec. 205. National defense. 
Sec. 206. Eastern Gulf of Mexico not included. 
TITLE III—EQUITABLE SHARING OF OUTER CONTINENTAL 
SHELF REVENUES 
Sec. 301. Disposition of Outer Continental Shelf revenues to coastal States. 
TITLE IV—REORGANIZATION OF MINERALS MANAGEMENT 
AGENCIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Sec. 401. Establishment of Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals 
and Assistant Secretary of Ocean Energy and Safety. 
Sec. 402. Bureau of Ocean Energy. 
Sec. 403. Ocean Energy Safety Service. 
Sec. 404. Office of Natural Resources revenue. 
Sec. 405. Ethics and drug testing. 
Sec. 406. Abolishment of Minerals Management Service. 
Sec. 407. Conforming amendments to Executive Schedule pay rates. 
Sec. 408. Outer Continental Shelf Energy Safety Advisory Board. 
Sec. 409. Outer Continental Shelf inspection fees. 
TITLE V—UNITED STATES TERRITORIES 
Sec. 501. Application of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with respect to ter-
ritories of the United States. 
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a subdivision from the program until publication of 
the final program. 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph the term ‘available un-
leased acreage’ means that portion of the outer Con-
tinental Shelf that is not under lease at the time of 
a proposed lease sale, and that has not otherwise 
been made unavailable for leasing by law. 
‘‘(6)(A) In the 5-year oil and gas leasing pro-
gram, the Secretary shall make available for leasing 
any outer Continental Shelf planning areas that— 
‘‘(i) are estimated to contain more than 
2,500,000,000 barrels of oil; or 
‘‘(ii) are estimated to contain more than 
7,500,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas. 
‘‘(B) To determine the planning areas described 
in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall use the 
document entitled ‘Minerals Management Service 
Assessment of Undiscovered Technically Recoverable 
Oil and Gas Resources of the Nation’s Outer Conti-
nental Shelf, 2006’.’’. 
SEC. 102. DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION 
GOAL. 
Section 18(b) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(b) DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUC-
TION GOAL.—– 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing a 5-year oil 
and gas leasing program, and subject to paragraph 
(2), the Secretary shall determine a domestic stra-
tegic production goal for the development of oil and 
natural gas as a result of that program. Such goal 
shall be— 
‘‘(A) the best estimate of the possible in-
crease in domestic production of oil and natural 
gas from the outer Continental Shelf; 
‘‘(B) focused on meeting domestic demand 
for oil and natural gas and reducing the de-
pendence of the United States on foreign en-
ergy; and 
‘‘(C) focused on the production increases 
achieved by the leasing program at the end of 
the 15-year period beginning on the effective 
date of the program. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM GOAL.—For purposes of the 5- 
year oil and gas leasing program, the production 
goal referred to in paragraph (1) shall be an in-
crease by 2032 of— 
‘‘(A) no less than 3,000,000 barrels in the 
amount of oil produced per day; and 
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‘‘(B) no less than 10,000,000,000 cubic 
feet in the amount of natural gas produced per 
day. 
‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall report 
annually, beginning at the end of the 5-year period 
for which the program applies, to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate on the progress of the pro-
gram in meeting the production goal. The Secretary 
shall identify in the report projections for production 
and any problems with leasing, permitting, or pro-
duction that will prevent meeting the goal.’’. 
SEC. 103. DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMITTAL OF NEW 5-YEAR 
OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall— 
(1) by not later than July 15, 2014, publish 
and submit to Congress a new proposed oil and gas 
leasing program under section 18 of the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) for the 
5-year period beginning on such date and ending 
July 15, 2020; and 
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(2) by not later than July 15, 2015, approve a 
final oil and gas leasing program under such section 
for such period. 
(b) CONSIDERATION OF ALL AREAS.—In preparing 
such program the Secretary shall include consideration of 
areas of the Continental Shelf off the coasts of all States 
(as such term is defined in section 2 of that Act, as 
amended by this Act), that are subject to leasing under 
this Act. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 18(d)(3) of 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1344(d)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘or after eighteen 
months following the date of enactment of this section, 
whichever first occurs,’’. 
TITLE II—ENHANCING THE 2012– 
2017 FIVE-YEAR OUTER CON-
TINENTAL SHELF OIL AND 
GAS LEASING PROGRAM 
SEC. 201. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT PROPOSED OIL AND 
GAS LEASE SALE 220 ON THE OUTER CONTI-
NENTAL SHELF OFFSHORE VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the inclusion of 
Lease Sale 220 in the Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil 
& Gas Leasing Program 2012–2017, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 220 
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under section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1337) as soon as practicable, but not later 
than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE REPLACEMENT LEASE 
BLOCKS AVAILABLE.—For each lease block in a proposed 
lease sale under this section for which the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, 
under the Memorandum of Agreement referred to in sec-
tion 205(b), issues a statement proposing deferral from 
a lease offering due to defense-related activities that are 
irreconcilable with mineral exploration and development, 
the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, shall make available in the same lease 
sale one other lease block in the Virginia lease sale plan-
ning area that is acceptable for oil and gas exploration 
and production in order to mitigate conflict. 
(c) BALANCING MILITARY AND ENERGY PRODUC-
TION GOALS.—In recognition that the Outer Continental 
Shelf oil and gas leasing program and the domestic energy 
resources produced therefrom are integral to national se-
curity, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Defense shall work jointly in implementing this section in 
order to ensure achievement of the following common 
goals: 
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