Sec. 4. Sharing of revenues
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Section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1337(g) ) is amended— in paragraph
(2)by striking Notwithstanding and inserting Except as provided in paragraph (6), and notwithstanding ; by redesignating paragraphs
(6)and
(7)as paragraphs
(7)and (8); and by inserting after paragraph
(5)the following: Except as provided in subparagraph (B), of amounts received by the United States as royalties under any qualified oil and gas lease on submerged lands that are located within the seaward boundaries of a State established under section 4(a)(2)(A)— 12.5 percent shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury; 12.5 percent shall be deposited in the Renewable Energy Reserve established by section 5 of the MORE Act of 2013 ; and 75 percent shall be paid to the States that are producing States with respect to those submerged lands. Of amounts received by the United States as royalties under any qualified oil and gas lease on submerged lands that are located within 25 miles of the coastline of a State and within the seaward boundaries of a State established under section 4(a)(2)(A)— 5 percent shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury; 5 percent shall be deposited in the Renewable Energy Reserve established by section 5 of the MORE Act of 2013 ; and 90 percent shall be paid to the States that are producing States with respect to those submerged lands. In the case of a leased tract that lies partially within the seaward boundaries of a State, the amounts of royalties from such tract that are subject to subparagraph
(A)or (B), as applicable, with respect to such State shall be a percentage of the total amounts of royalties from such tract that is equivalent to the total percentage of surface acreage of the tract that lies within such seaward boundaries. In this paragraph: The term adjacent State means, with respect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to the provisions of this Act, any State the laws of which are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States for the portion of the outer Continental Shelf on which such program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or activity appertains or is, or is proposed to be, conducted. The term adjacent zone means, with respect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the portion of the outer Continental Shelf for which the laws of a particular adjacent State are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States. The term producing State means an adjacent State having an adjacent zone containing leased tracts from which are derived royalties under a lease under this Act. The term State includes Puerto Rico and the other territories of the United States. The term qualified oil and gas lease means a lease under this Act granted after the date of the enactment of the MORE Act of 2013 that authorizes development and production of oil and natural gas and associated condensate. This paragraph shall apply to royalties received by the United States after September 30, 2013. . Section 4(a)(2)(A) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(2)(A) ) is amended in the first sentence by striking , and the President and all that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting the following: . Such extended lines are deemed to be as indicated on the maps for each Outer Continental Shelf region entitled . Alaska OCS Region State Adjacent Zone and OCS Planning Areas , Pacific OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas , Gulf of Mexico OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas , and Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas , all of which are dated September 2005 and on file in the Office of the Director, Minerals Management Service. The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to the treatment under section 105 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of division C of Public Law 109–432 ) of qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues deposited and disbursed under subsection (a)(2) of that section.
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