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(b) BALANCED MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that the advisory committee established or utilized
under subsection (a) has a membership with an appropriate
balance among the various interests related to energy infra-
structure security, including—
(1) scientific and technical experts;
(2) industrial managers;
(3) worker representatives;
(4) insurance companies or organizations;
(5) environmental organizations;
(6) representatives of State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments; and
(7) such other interests as the Secretary may
deem appropriate.
(c) EXPENSES.—Members of the advisory committee
established or utilized under subsection (a) shall serve with-
out compensation, and shall be allowed travel expenses, in-
cluding per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized
for an employee of an agency under subchapter I of chapter
57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from the home
or regular place of business of the member in the perform-
ance of the duties of the committee.
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SEC. 1805. BEST PRACTICES AND STANDARDS FOR ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY.
The Secretary, in consultation with the advisory com-
mittee under section 1804, shall enter into appropriate ar-
rangements with one or more standard-setting organiza-
tions, or similar organizations, to assist the development
of industry best practices and standards for security related
to protecting critical energy infrastructure.
Subtitle B—Department of the
Interior Programs
SEC. 1811. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ENERGY INFRA-
STRUCTURE SECURITY.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) APPROVED
STATE
PLAN.—The term ‘‘ap-
proved State plan’’ means a State plan approved by
the Secretary under subsection (c)(3).
(2) COASTLINE.—The term ‘‘coastline’’ has the
same meaning as the term ‘‘coast line’’ as defined in
subsection 2(c) of the Submerged Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1301(c)).
(3) CRITICAL OCS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FA-
CILITY.—The term ‘‘OCS critical energy infrastruc-
ture facility’’ means—
(A) a facility located in an OCS Production
State or in the waters of such State related to the
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production of oil or gas on the Outer Continental
Shelf; or
(B) a related facility located in an OCS
Production State or in the waters of such State
that carries out a public service, transportation,
or infrastructure activity critical to the oper-
ation of an Outer Continental Shelf energy in-
frastructure facility, as determined by the Sec-
retary.
(4) DISTANCE.—The term ‘‘distance’’ means the
minimum great circle distance, measured in statute
miles.
(5) LEASED TRACT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘leased tract’’
means a tract that—
(i) is subject to a lease under section 6
or 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act (43 U.S.C. 1335, 1337) for the purpose
of drilling for, developing, and producing
oil or natural gas resources; and
(ii) consists of a block, a portion of a
block, a combination of blocks or portions of
blocks, or a combination of portions of
blocks, as—
(I) specified in the lease; and
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(II) depicted on an outer Conti-
nental Shelf official protraction dia-
gram.
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘leased tract’’
does not include a tract described in subpara-
graph (A) that is located in a geographic area
subject to a leasing moratorium on January 1,
2001, unless the lease was in production on that
date.
(6) OCS POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION.—The term
‘‘OCS political subdivision’’ means a county, parish,
borough or any equivalent subdivision of an OCS
Production State all or part of which subdivision lies
within the coastal zone (as defined in section 304(1)
of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16
U.S.C. 1453(1)).
(7) OCS PRODUCTION STATE.—The term ‘‘OCS
Production State’’ means the State of—
(A) Alaska;
(B) Alabama;
(C) California;
(D) Florida;
(E) Louisiana;
(F) Mississippi; or
(G) Texas.
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(8) PRODUCTION.—The term ‘‘production’’ has
the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331).
(9) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means the
Outer Continental Shelf Energy Infrastructure Secu-
rity Program established under subsection (b).
(10) QUALIFIED
OUTER
CONTINENTAL
SHELF
REVENUES.—The term ‘‘qualified Outer Continental
Shelf revenues’’ means all amounts received by the
United States from each leased tract or portion of a
leased tract lying seaward of the zone defined and
governed by section 8(g) of the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), or lying
within such zone but to which section 8(g) does not
apply, the geographic center of which lies within a
distance of 200 miles from any part of the coastline
of any State, including bonus bids, rents, royalties
(including payments for royalties taken in kind and
sold), net profit share payments, and related late pay-
ment interest. Such term does not include any reve-
nues from a leased tract or portion of a leased tract
that is included within any area of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf where a moratorium on new leasing was
in effect as of January 1, 2001, unless the lease was
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issued prior to the establishment of the moratorium
and was in production on January 1, 2001.
(11) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(12) STATE
PLAN.—The term ‘‘State plan’’
means a State plan described in subsection (b).
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a
program, to be known as the ‘‘Outer Continental Shelf En-
ergy Infrastructure Security Program’’, under which the
Secretary shall provide funds to OCS Production States to
implement approved State plans to provide security against
hostile and natural threats to critical OCS energy infra-
structure facilities and support of any necessary public
service or transportation activities that are needed to main-
tain the safety and operation of critical energy infrastruc-
ture activities. For purposes of this program, restoration
of any coastal wetland shall be considered to be an activity
that secures critical OCS energy infrastructure facilities
from a natural threat.
(c) STATE PLANS.—
(1) INITIAL
PLAN.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, to be eligible
to receive funds under the program, the Governor of
an OCS Production State shall submit to the Sec-
retary a plan to provide security against hostile and