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(C) cost-sharing assistance in accordance 
with section 1002. 
(h) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy may 
provide technical assistance for the purpose of over-
coming technical challenges to the development of oil 
shale and tar sands technologies for application in the 
United States. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Energy 
may provide technical assistance under this section 
on a cost-shared basis in accordance with section 
1002. 
(i) NATIONAL OIL SHALE ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
carry out a national assessment of oil shale re-
sources for the purposes of evaluating and map-
ping oil shale deposits, in the geographic areas 
described in subparagraph (B). 
(B) GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.—The geographic 
areas referred to in subparagraph (A), listed in 
the order in which the Secretary shall assign pri-
ority, are— 
(i) the Green River Region of the 
States of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming;
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(ii) the Devonian oil shales of the east-
ern United States; and 
(iii) any remaining area in the central 
and western United States (including the 
State of Alaska) that contains oil shale, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
(2) USE
OF
STATE
SURVEYS
AND
UNIVER-
SITIES.—In carrying out the assessment under para-
graph (1), the Secretary may request assistance from 
any State-administered geological survey or univer-
sity. 
(j) STATE WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this section 
preempts or affects any State water law or interstate com-
pact relating to water. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 347. FINGER LAKES WITHDRAWAL. 
All Federal land within the boundary of Finger Lakes 
National Forest in the State of New York is withdrawn 
from— 
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 
under the public land laws; and 
(2) disposition under all laws relating to oil and 
gas leasing.
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SEC. 348. REINSTATEMENT OF LEASES. 
Notwithstanding section 31(d)(2)(B) of the Mineral 
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 188(d)(2)(B)), the Secretary may 
reinstate any oil and gas lease issued under that Act that 
was terminated for failure of a lessee to pay the full amount 
of rental on or before the anniversary date of the lease, dur-
ing the period beginning on September 1, 2001, and ending 
on June 30, 2004, if— 
(1) not later than 120 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the lessee— 
(A) files a petition for reinstatement of the 
lease; 
(B) complies with the conditions of section 
31(e) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
188(e)); and 
(C) certifies that the lessee did not receive a 
notice of termination by the date that was 13 
months before the date of termination; and 
(2) the land is available for leasing. 
Subtitle D—Coastal Programs 
SEC. 371. COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 31 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1356a) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 31. COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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‘‘(1) COASTAL
POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION.—The 
term ‘coastal political subdivision’ means a political 
subdivision of a coastal State any part of which polit-
ical subdivision is— 
‘‘(A) within the coastal zone (as defined in 
section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act 
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453)) of the coastal State as 
of the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005; and 
‘‘(B) not more than 200 nautical miles from 
the geographic center of any leased tract. 
‘‘(2) COASTAL POPULATION.—The term ‘coastal 
population’ means the population, as determined by 
the most recent official data of the Census Bureau, of 
each political subdivision any part of which lies with-
in the designated coastal boundary of a State (as de-
fined in a State’s coastal zone management program 
under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1451 et seq.)). 
‘‘(3) COASTAL STATE.—The term ‘coastal State’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 304 of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1453).
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‘‘(4) COASTLINE.—The term ‘coastline’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘coast line’ in section 2 of the 
Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301). 
‘‘(5) DISTANCE.—The term ‘distance’ means the 
minimum great circle distance, measured in statute 
miles. 
‘‘(6) LEASED
TRACT.—The term ‘leased tract’ 
means a tract that is subject to a lease under section 
6 or 8 for the purpose of drilling for, developing, and 
producing oil or natural gas resources. 
‘‘(7) LEASING
MORATORIA.—The term ‘leasing 
moratoria’ means the prohibitions on preleasing, leas-
ing, and related activities on any geographic area of 
the outer Continental Shelf as contained in sections 
107 through 109 of division E of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 
Stat. 3063). 
‘‘(8) POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—The term ‘polit-
ical subdivision’ means the local political jurisdiction 
immediately below the level of State government, in-
cluding counties, parishes, and boroughs. 
‘‘(9) PRODUCING STATE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘producing 
State’ means a coastal State that has a coastal 
seaward boundary within 200 nautical miles of
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the geographic center of a leased tract within 
any area of the outer Continental Shelf. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘producing 
State’ does not include a producing State, a ma-
jority of the coastline of which is subject to leas-
ing moratoria, unless production was occurring 
on January 1, 2005, from a lease within 10 nau-
tical miles of the coastline of that State. 
‘‘(10) QUALIFIED
OUTER
CONTINENTAL
SHELF 
REVENUES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—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— 
‘‘(i) lying— 
‘‘(I) seaward of the zone covered 
by section 8(g); or 
‘‘(II) within that zone, but to 
which section 8(g) does not apply; and 
‘‘(ii) the geographic center of which lies 
within a distance of 200 nautical miles 
from any part of the coastline of any coast-
al State. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘qualified 
Outer Continental Shelf revenues’ includes bonus
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bids, rents, royalties (including payments for 
royalty taken in kind and sold), net profit share 
payments, and related late-payment interest 
from natural gas and oil leases issued under this 
Act. 
‘‘(C) 
EXCLUSION.—The 
term 
‘qualified 
Outer Continental Shelf revenues’ does not in-
clude any revenues from a leased tract or portion 
of a leased tract that is located in a geographic 
area subject to a leasing moratorium on Janu-
ary 1, 2005, unless the lease was in production 
on January 1, 2005. 
‘‘(b) PAYMENTS TO PRODUCING STATES AND COASTAL 
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, without 
further appropriation, disburse to producing States 
and coastal political subdivisions in accordance with 
this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 
through 2010. 
‘‘(2) DISBURSEMENT.—In each fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall disburse to each producing State for 
which the Secretary has approved a plan under sub-
section (c), and to coastal political subdivisions under 
paragraph (4), such funds as are allocated to the pro-
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ducing State or coastal political subdivision, respec-
tively, under this section for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION AMONG PRODUCING STATES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (C) and subject to subparagraph 
(D), the amounts available under paragraph (1) 
shall be allocated to each producing State based 
on the ratio that— 
‘‘(i) the amount of qualified outer Con-
tinental Shelf revenues generated off the 
coastline of the producing State; bears to 
‘‘(ii) the amount of qualified outer 
Continental Shelf revenues generated off the 
coastline of all producing States. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT
OF
OUTER
CONTINENTAL 
SHELF
REVENUES.—For purposes of subpara-
graph (A)— 
‘‘(i) the amount of qualified outer Con-
tinental Shelf revenues for each of fiscal 
years 2007 and 2008 shall be determined 
using qualified outer Continental Shelf reve-
nues received for fiscal year 2006; and 
‘‘(ii) the amount of qualified outer 
Continental Shelf revenues for each of fiscal 
years 2009 and 2010 shall be determined
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using qualified outer Continental Shelf reve-
nues received for fiscal year 2008. 
‘‘(C) MULTIPLE PRODUCING STATES.—In a 
case in which more than 1 producing State is lo-
cated within 200 nautical miles of any portion 
of a leased tract, the amount allocated to each 
producing State for the leased tract shall be in-
versely proportional to the distance between— 
‘‘(i) the nearest point on the coastline 
of the producing State; and 
‘‘(ii) the geographic center of the leased 
tract. 
‘‘(D) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—The amount 
allocated to a producing State under subpara-
graph (A) shall be at least 1 percent of the 
amounts available under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) PAYMENTS TO COASTAL POLITICAL SUBDIVI-
SIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pay 
35 percent of the allocable share of each pro-
ducing State, as determined under paragraph 
(3) to the coastal political subdivisions in the 
producing State.