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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6665 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to apply to territories 
of the United States, to establish offshore wind lease sale requirements, 
to provide dedicated funding for coral reef conservation, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 10, 2018 
Ms. BORDALLO (for herself, Mr. SOTO, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto 
Rico, and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to apply 
to territories of the United States, to establish offshore 
wind lease sale requirements, to provide dedicated fund-
ing for coral reef conservation, and for other purposes. 
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 Ter-
ritories Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
LANDS ACT WITH RESPECT TO TERRITORIES 
OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (a)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘control’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or lying within the exclusive economic 
zone of the United States and the outer Conti-
nental Shelf adjacent to any territory or posses-
sion of the United States’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘, 
except that such term shall not include any 
area conveyed by Congress to a territorial gov-
ernment for administration’’; 
(2) in paragraph (p), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(3) in paragraph (q), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(r) The term ‘State’ includes each territory of the 
United States.’’. 
(b) EXCLUSIONS.—Section 18 of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(3) 37.5 percent shall be disbursed to terri-
tories of the United States in an amount for each 
territory (based on a formula established by the Sec-
retary by regulation) that is inversely proportional to 
the respective distance between the point on the 
coastline of the territory that is closest to the geo-
graphic center of the applicable leased tract and the 
geographic center of the leased tract.’’. 
SEC. 4. WIND LEASE SALES FOR AREAS OF OUTER CONTI-
NENTAL SHELF. 
(a) CONDITIONAL WIND LEASE SALES IN TERRI-
TORIES OF THE UNITED STATES.—The Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 33. WIND LEASE SALES FOR AREAS OF OUTER CONTI-
NENTAL SHELF. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary may conduct 
wind lease sales on the outer Continental Shelf. 
‘‘(b) WIND LEASE SALE PROCEDURE.—Any wind 
lease sale conducted under this section shall be considered 
a lease under section 8(p). 
‘‘(c) WIND LEASE SALES OFF COASTS OF TERRI-
TORIES OF THE UNITED STATES.— 
‘‘(1) STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF CONDUCTING 
WIND LEASE SALES.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
conduct a study on the feasibility, including the 
technological and long-term economic feasibility, 
of conducting wind lease sales on an area of the 
outer Continental Shelf within the territorial ju-
risdiction of American Samoa, Guam, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and 
the Virgin Islands of the United States. 
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the 
study required in paragraph (A), the Secretary 
shall consult— 
‘‘(i) the National Renewable Energy 
Laboratory of the Department of Energy; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the Governor of each of Amer-
ican Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana 
Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Is-
lands of the United States. 
‘‘(C) PUBLICATION.—The study required 
in paragraph (A) shall be published in the Fed-
eral Register for public comment for not fewer 
than 60 days. 
‘‘(D) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of the enactment 
of this section, the Secretary shall submit the 
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results of the study conducted under subpara-
graph (A) to: 
‘‘(i) the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate; 
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives; 
and 
‘‘(iii) each of the delegates or resident 
commissioner to the House of Representa-
tives from American Samoa, Guam, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, 
and the Virgin Islands of the United 
States, respectively. 
‘‘(E) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The study 
required under subparagraph (A) and results 
submitted under subparagraph (C) shall be 
made readily available on a public Government 
internet website. 
‘‘(2) CALL
FOR
INFORMATION
AND
NOMINA-
TIONS.—The Secretary shall issue a call for informa-
tion and nominations for proposed wind lease sales 
for areas determined to be feasible under the study 
conducted under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) CONDITIONAL WIND LEASE SALES.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For each territory, 
the Secretary shall conduct not less than 1 wind 
lease sale on an area of the outer Continental 
Shelf within the territorial jurisdiction of such 
territory that meets each of the following cri-
teria: 
‘‘(i) The study required under para-
graph (1)(A) concluded that a wind lease 
sale on the area is feasible. 
‘‘(ii) The Secretary has determined 
that the call for information has generated 
sufficient interest for the area. 
‘‘(iii) The Secretary has consulted 
with the Secretary of Defense regarding 
such a sale. 
‘‘(iv) The Secretary has consulted 
with the Governor of the territory regard-
ing the suitability of the area for wind en-
ergy development. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—If no area of the outer 
Continental Shelf within the territorial jurisdic-
tion of a territory meets each of the criteria in 
clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (A), 
the requirement under subparagraph (A) shall 
not apply to such territory.’’. 
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SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF CORAL REEF CONSERVATION 
FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Coral Reef Conservation Act 
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 211. CORAL REEF CONSERVATION FUND. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury the Coral Reef Conservation Fund, hereafter re-
ferred to as the Fund. 
‘‘(b) DEPOSITS.—For each fiscal year, there shall be 
deposited in the Fund the portion of such revenues due 
and payable to the United States under subsection (b)(2) 
of section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1338). 
‘‘(c) USES.—Amounts deposited in the Fund under 
this section and appropriated to the Secretary of Com-
merce under subsection (f) shall be used by the Secretary 
of Commerce to carry out the Coral Reef Conservation Act 
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.), with priority given to 
carrying out sections 204 and 206 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
6403 and 6405). 
‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts deposited in the Fund 
shall remain in the Fund until appropriated by Congress. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING.—The President shall include with 
the proposed budget for the United States Government 
submitted to Congress for a fiscal year a comprehensive 
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statement of deposits into the Fund during the previous 
fiscal year and estimated requirements during the fol-
lowing fiscal year for appropriations from the Fund. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated from the Fund to the 
Secretary of Commerce, an amount equal to the amount 
deposited in the Fund in the previous fiscal year. 
‘‘(g) NO
LIMITATION.—Appropriations from the 
Fund pursuant to this section may be made without fiscal 
year limitation.’’. 
(b) RENAMING OF EXISTING FUND.—Section 205 of 
the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6404) 
is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CORAL REEF 
CONSERVATION
FUND’’ and inserting ‘‘CORAL 
REEF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Fund’’ and inserting 
‘‘Public-Private Partnership’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, hereafter referred to as 
the Fund,’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Fund’’ and 
inserting ‘‘separate interest bearing account’’. 
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