I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1762 
To establish a Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2011 
Mr. BONNER (for himself, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. ROGERS of Ala-
bama, Ms. SEWELL, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. MILLER of Florida, 
Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. HARPER, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. 
PAUL, and Mr. SOUTHERLAND) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in 
addition to the Committees on Natural Resources and Energy and Com-
merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, 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 ‘‘Gulf Coast Restoration 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GULF COAST RESTORATION FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the 
Gulf Coast Restoration Fund. 
(b) TRANSFERS
TO FUND.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
deposit into the Fund amounts equal to not less than 80 
percent of any amounts collected by the United States be-
fore, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act 
as penalties, settlements, or fines under sections 309 and 
311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1319, 1321) in relation to the Gulf oil spill. 
(c) AUTHORIZED USES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Fund shall be available 
to the Task Force, as provided in appropriations 
Acts, only for activities related to Gulf coast eco-
nomic development, tourism promotion, and eco-
system restoration. 
(2) GRANTS TO STATES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall 
distribute the amounts made available for ex-
penditure from the Fund to the Gulf States to 
be used in accordance with this subsection. 
(B) ALLOCATION
AMONG
STATES.—The 
Task Force shall allocate the amounts to be dis-
tributed to each Gulf State under this para-
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graph such that no single Gulf State receives 
less than 5 percent, nor more than 30 percent, 
of the available amounts. 
(C) ALLOCATION
WITHIN
STATES.—The 
Governor of each Gulf State shall allocate 
amounts distributed to the State as follows: 
(i) Not more than 20 percent of such 
amounts may be used by the Governor for 
statewide economic development, tourism 
promotion, and ecosystem restoration ac-
tivities. 
(ii) Not less than 80 percent of such 
amounts shall be distributed to local gov-
ernments in counties directly affected by 
the Gulf oil spill for local economic devel-
opment, tourism promotion, and ecosystem 
restoration activities. 
SEC. 3. GULF COAST RESTORATION TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Gulf 
Coast Restoration Task Force. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Task Force shall consist of 
the following members, or in the case of a Federal agency, 
a designee at the level of Assistant Secretary or the equiv-
alent: 
(1) The Secretary of the Interior. 
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(2) The Secretary of Commerce. 
(3) The Secretary of the Army. 
(4) The Attorney General. 
(5) The Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(6) The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency. 
(7) The Commandant of the Coast Guard. 
(8) The Secretary of Transportation. 
(9) The Secretary of Agriculture. 
(10) The Secretary of the Navy. 
(11) Two representatives of each of the Gulf 
States, appointed by the Governor of each such 
State. 
(12) Two representatives, from within each of 
the Gulf States, of local governments having juris-
diction over areas directly affected by the Gulf oil 
spill, appointed by the Governor of each State, re-
spectively. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Task Force shall administer the 
Fund in accordance with section 2. 
SEC. 4. REPORT. 
Not later than 180 days after receiving funds under 
section 2, the Governor of each Gulf State shall submit 
to Congress a report describing the use of such funds. 
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