Sec. 4. Disposition of revenue
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Notwithstanding section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1338 ), of the amount of new leasing revenues received by the United States each fiscal year under any lease issued under this Act, 37.5 percent shall be allocated and paid in accordance with subsection
(b)to Mid-Atlantic States that are affected States with respect to the leases under which those revenues are received by the United States. The amount of new leasing revenues received by the United States with respect to a leased tract that are required to be paid to Mid-Atlantic States in accordance with this subsection each fiscal year shall be allocated among and paid to Mid-Atlantic States that are within 200 miles of the leased tract, in amounts that are inversely proportional to the respective distances between the point on the coastline of each such State that is closest to the geographic center of the lease tract, as determined by the Secretary. The amount allocated to a Mid-Atlantic State under paragraph
(1)each fiscal year with respect to a leased tract shall be— in the case of a Mid-Atlantic State that is the nearest Mid-Atlantic State to the geographic center of the leased tract, not less than 25 percent of the total amounts allocated with respect to the leased tract; and in the case of any other Mid-Atlantic State, not less than 10 percent, and not more than 15 percent, of the total amounts allocated with respect to the leased tract. Amounts allocated to a Mid-Atlantic State under this subsection— shall be available to the State without further appropriation; shall remain available until expended; and shall be in addition to any other amounts available to the State under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ). Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a Mid-Atlantic State may use funds allocated and paid to it under this subsection for any purpose as determined by the laws of that State. Funds allocated and paid to a Mid-Atlantic State under this subsection may not be used as matching funds for any other Federal program. In this section: The term affected State has the meaning that term has under section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331). The term Mid-Atlantic State means each of the States of Delaware, North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia. The term new leasing revenues means amounts received by the United States as bonuses, rents, and royalties under leases for oil and gas, wind, tidal, or other energy exploration, development, and production on areas of the Outer Continental Shelf that are authorized to be made available for leasing as a result of enactment of this Act. The term Virginia lease sale planning area means the area of the outer Continental Shelf (as that term is defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. )) that has— a boundary consisting of a straight line extending from the northernmost point of Virginia's seaward boundary to the point on the seaward boundary of the United States exclusive economic zone located at 37 degrees 17 minutes 1 second North latitude, 71 degrees 5 minutes 16 seconds West longitude; and a southern boundary consisting of a straight line extending from the southernmost point of Virginia's seaward boundary to the point on the seaward boundary of the United States exclusive economic zone located at 36 degrees 31 minutes 58 seconds North latitude, 71 degrees 30 minutes 1 second West longitude.
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- 33 USC 1331
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