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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Alternative Energy Enhancement Act
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ALTERNATE ENERGY-RELATED USES ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.

(a) In General.--Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
(43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(p)(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Department in which the Coast Guard is operating and other relevant
departments and agencies of the Federal Government, may grant a lease,
easement, right-of-way, license, or permit on the outer Continental
Shelf for activities not otherwise authorized under this Act, the
Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), the Ocean Thermal
Energy Conversion Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.), or other
applicable law, if those activities support or promote--
''(A) exploration, development, production, transportation,
or storage of oil, natural gas, or other minerals;
''(B) production, transportation, or transmission of energy
from sources other than oil and gas; or
''(C) use, for energy-related or marine-related purposes,
of facilities in use on or before the date of enactment of this
subsection for activities authorized under this Act.
''(2)(A)(i) Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary shall establish
reasonable forms of payment for any lease, easement, right-of-way,
license, or permit under this subsection, including a royalty, fee,
rental, bonus, or other payment, as the Secretary determines to be
appropriate.
''(ii) The Secretary may establish a form of payment described in
clause (i) by rule or by agreement with the holder of the lease,
easement, right-of-way, license, or permit.
''(B) In establishing a form of, or schedule relating to, a payment
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall take into consideration the
economic viability of a proposed activity.
''(C) The Secretary may, by rule, provide for relief from or
reduction of a payment under subparagraph (A)--
''(i) if, without the relief or reduction, an activity
relating to a lease, easement, right-of-way, license, or permit
under this subsection would be uneconomical;
''(ii) to encourage a particular activity; or
''(iii) for another reason, as the Secretary determines to
be appropriate.
''(D) If the holder of a lease, easement, right-of-way, license, or
permit under this subsection fails to make a payment by the date
required under a rule or term of the lease, easement, right-of-way,
license, or permit, the Secretary may require the holder to pay
interest on the payment in accordance with the underpayment rate
established under section 6621(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, for the period--
''(i) beginning on the date on which the payment was due;
and
''(ii) ending on the date on which the payment is made.
''(E)(i) The Secretary may allow a credit in the amount of any
excess payment made by the holder of a lease, easement, right-of-way,
license, or permit under this subsection or provide a refund in the
amount of the excess payment from the account to or in which the excess
payment was paid or deposited.
''(ii) The Secretary shall pay, or allow the holder of a lease,
easement, right-of-way, license, or permit under this subsection a
credit in the amount of, any interest on an amount refunded or credited
under clause (i) in accordance with the overpayment rate established
under section 6621(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, for the
period--
''(I) beginning on the date on which the Secretary received
the excess payment; and
''(II) ending on the date on which the refund or credit is
provided.
''(F)(i) The Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, may establish
reasonable forms of payment, as determined by the Secretary, for a
license issued under the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980
(42 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.), including a royalty, fee, rental, bonus, or
other payment, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, in
addition to the administrative fee under section 102(h) of that Act (42
U.S.C. 9112(h)).
''(ii) A form of payment under clause (i) may be established by
rule or by agreement with the holder of the lease, easement, right-of-
way, license, or permit.
''(3)(A) Any funds received by the Secretary from a holder of a
lease, easement, right-of-way, license, or permit under this subsection
shall be distributed in accordance with this paragraph.
''(B)(i) If a lease, easement, right-of-way, license, or permit
under this subsection covers a specific tract of, or regards a facility
located on, the outer Continental Shelf and is not an easement or
right-of-way for transmission or transportation of energy, minerals, or
other natural resources, the Secretary shall pay 50 percent of any
amount received from the holder of the lease, easement, right-of-way,
license, or permit to the State off the shore of which the geographic
center of the area covered by the lease, easement, right-of-way,
license, permit, or facility is located, in accordance with Federal law
determining the seaward lateral boundaries of the coastal States.
''(ii) Not later than the last day of the month after the month
during which the Secretary receives a payment from the holder of a
lease, easement, right-of-way, license, or permit described in clause
(i), the Secretary shall make payments in accordance with clause (i).
''(C)(i) The Secretary shall deposit 20 percent of the funds
described in subparagraph (A) to a special account maintained and
administered by the Secretary to provide research and development
grants for improving energy technologies.
''(ii) An amount deposited under clause (i) shall remain available
until expended, without further appropriation.
''(D) The Secretary shall credit 5 percent of the funds described
in subparagraph (A) to the annual operating appropriation of the
Minerals Management Service.
''(E) The Secretary shall deposit any funds described in
subparagraph (A) that are not deposited or credited under subparagraphs
(B) through (D) in the general fund of the Treasury.
''(F) This paragraph does not apply to any amount received by the
Secretary under section 9701 of title 31, United States Code, or any
other law (including regulations) under which the Secretary may recover
the costs of administering this subsection.
''(4) Before carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall
consult with the Secretary of Defense and other appropriate Federal
agencies regarding the effect of this subsection on national security
and navigational obstruction.
''(5)(A) The Secretary may issue a lease, easement, right-of-way,
license, or permit under paragraph (1) on a competitive or
noncompetitive basis.
''(B) In determining whether a lease, easement right-of-way,
license, or permit shall be granted competitively or noncompetitively,
the Secretary shall consider factors including--
''(i) prevention of waste and conservation of natural
resources;
''(ii) the economic viability of a project;
''(iii) protection of the environment;
''(iv) the national interest and national security;
''(v) human safety;
''(vi) protection of correlative rights; and
''(vii) the potential return of the lease, easement, right-
of-way, license, or permit.
''(6) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, other relevant
Federal agencies, and affected States, as the Secretary determines
appropriate, shall promulgate any regulation the Secretary determines
to be necessary to administer this subsection to achieve the goals of--
''(A) ensuring public safety;
''(B) protecting the environment;
''(C) preventing waste;
''(D) conserving the natural resources of, and protecting
correlative rights in, the outer Continental Shelf;
''(E) protecting national security interests;
''(F) auditing and reconciling payments made and owed by
each holder of a lease, easement, right-of-way, license, or
permit under this subsection to ensure a correct accounting and
collection of the payments; and
''(G) requiring each holder of a lease, easement, right-of-
way, license, or permit under this subsection to--
''(i) establish such records as the Secretary
determines to be necessary;
''(ii) retain all records relating to an activity
under a lease, easement, right-of-way, license, or
permit under this subsection for such period as the
Secretary may prescribe; and
''(iii) produce the records on receipt of a request
from the Secretary.
''(7) Section 22 shall apply to any activity relating to a lease,
easement, right-of-way, license, or permit under this subsection.
''(8) The Secretary shall require the holder of a lease, easement,
right-of-way, license, or permit under this subsection to--
''(A) submit to the Secretary a surety bond or other form
of security, as determined by the Secretary; and
''(B) comply with any other requirement the Secretary
determines to be necessary to protect the interests of the
United States.
''(9) Nothing in this subsection displaces, supersedes, limits, or
modifies the jurisdiction, responsibility, or authority of any Federal
or State agency under any other Federal law.
''(10) This subsection does not apply to any area on the outer
Continental Shelf designated as a National Marine Sanctuary.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended in the section heading by
striking ''leasing'' and all that follows and inserting ''leases,
easements, and rights-of-way on the outer continental shelf.''.
(c) Savings Provision.--Nothing in the amendment made by subsection
(a) requires any resubmission of documents previously submitted or any
reauthorization of actions previously authorized with respect to any
project--
(1) for which offshore test facilities have been
constructed before the date of enactment of this Act; or
(2) for which a request for proposals has been issued by a
public authority.
Output:
Alternative Energy Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant a lease, easement, right-of-way, license, or permit on the outer Continental Shelf for activities not otherwise authorized under specified statutes if those activities support or promote: (1) exploration, development, production, transportation, or storage of oil, natural gas, or other minerals; (2) production, transportation, or transmission of energy from sources other than oil and gas; or (3) use, for energy-related or marine-related purposes, of facilities in use on or before enactment this Act.

Prescribes implementation and payment procedures.

Declares this Act inapplicable to any area on the outer Continental Shelf designated as a National Marine Sanctuary.