SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN AREAS FOR LEAS-
ING. 
Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(q) AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN AREAS FOR LEAS-
ING.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) ATLANTIC
COASTAL
STATE.—The 
term ‘Atlantic Coastal State’ means each of the 
States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachu-
setts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, 
New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, 
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and 
Florida. 
‘‘(B) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘Governor’ 
means the Governor of the State. 
‘‘(C) QUALIFIED
REVENUES.—The term 
‘qualified revenues’ means all rentals, royalties, 
bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to 
the United States from leases entered into on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act for 
natural gas or crude oil (or both) exploration 
and extraction activities authorized by the Sec-
retary under this subsection. 
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‘‘(D) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the 
State of Virginia. 
‘‘(2) PETITION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Governor may 
submit to the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) a petition requesting that the 
Secretary issue leases authorizing the con-
duct of natural gas or crude oil (or both) 
exploration activities only to ascertain the 
presence or absence of a natural gas or 
crude oil (or both) reserve in any area that 
is at least 50 miles beyond the coastal zone 
of the State; and 
‘‘(ii) if a petition for exploration by 
the State described in clause (i) has been 
approved in accordance with paragraph (3) 
and the geological finding of the explo-
ration justifies extraction, a second petition 
requesting that the Secretary issue leases 
authorizing the conduct of natural gas or 
crude oil (or both) extraction activities in 
any area that is at least 50 miles beyond 
the coastal zone of the State. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—In any petition under 
subparagraph (A), the Governor shall include a 
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detailed plan of the proposed exploration and 
subsequent extraction activities, as applicable. 
‘‘(3) ACTION BY SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (F), as soon as practicable after the date 
of receipt of a petition under paragraph (2), the 
Secretary shall approve or deny the petition. 
‘‘(B) 
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
EXPLO-
RATION.—The Secretary shall not approve a pe-
tition submitted under paragraph (2)(A)(i) un-
less the State legislature has enacted legislation 
supporting exploration for natural gas or crude 
oil, as applicable, in the coastal zone of the 
State. 
‘‘(C) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTRACTION.— 
The Secretary shall not approve a petition sub-
mitted under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) unless the 
State legislature has enacted legislation sup-
porting extraction for natural gas or crude oil, 
as applicable, in the coastal zone of the State. 
‘‘(D) CONSISTENCY WITH LEGISLATION.— 
The plan provided in the petition under para-
graph (2)(B) shall be consistent with the legis-
lation described in subparagraph (B) or (C), as 
applicable. 
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‘‘(E) COMMENTS FROM ATLANTIC COASTAL 
STATES.—On receipt of a petition under para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) provide Atlantic Coastal States 
with an opportunity to provide to the Sec-
retary comments on the petition; and 
‘‘(ii) take into consideration, but not 
be bound by, any comments received under 
clause (i). 
‘‘(F) CONFLICTS
WITH
MILITARY
OPER-
ATIONS.—The Secretary shall not approve a pe-
tition for a drilling activity under this para-
graph if the drilling activity would conflict with 
any military operation, as determined by the 
Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(4) DISPOSITION
OF
REVENUES.—Notwith-
standing section 9, for each applicable fiscal year, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit— 
‘‘(A) 50 percent of qualified revenues in a 
Clean Energy Fund in the Treasury, which 
shall be established by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) 50 percent of qualified revenues in a 
special account in the Treasury from which the 
Secretary shall disburse— 
‘‘(i) 75 percent to the State; 
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‘‘(ii) 12.5 percent to provide financial 
assistance to the State in accordance with 
section 6 of the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–8), 
which shall be considered income to the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund for 
purposes of section 2 of that Act (16 
U.S.C. 460l–5); and 
‘‘(iii) 12.5 percent to a reserve fund to 
be used to mitigate for any environmental 
damage that occurs as a result of extrac-
tion activities authorized under this sub-
section, regardless of whether the damage 
is— 
‘‘(I) reasonably foreseeable; or 
‘‘(II) caused by negligence, nat-
ural disasters, or other acts. 
‘‘(5) LINES EXTENDING SEAWARD AND DEFIN-
ING
THE
STATE’S
ADJACENT
ZONE.—Notwith-
standing the requirement that the President deter-
mine and publish projected lines under the first sen-
tence of section 4(a)(2), for purposes of the applica-
tion of that section with respect to this subsection 
the lines extending seaward and defining the State’s 
Adjacent Zone are as indicated on the map entitled 
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‘Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and 
OCS Planning Areas’, dated September 2005 and on 
file in the Office of the Director, Minerals Manage-
ment Service. 
‘‘(6) USE OF FUNDS BY VIRGINIA.—Amounts 
paid to Virginia under paragraph (4)(B) shall be 
used by Virginia for one or more of the following: 
‘‘(A) Education. 
‘‘(B) Transportation. 
‘‘(C) Reducing taxes. 
‘‘(D) Coastal and environmental restora-
tion. 
‘‘(E) Energy infrastructure and projects. 
‘‘(F) Virginia State seismic monitoring 
programs. 
‘‘(G) Alternative energy development. 
‘‘(H) Energy efficiency and conservation. 
‘‘(I) Hurricane and natural disaster insur-
ance programs.’’. 
Æ 
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