Sec. 124. Definitions under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
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Section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 ) is amended— by amending paragraph
(f)to read as follows: The term affected State means the Adjacent State. ; by striking the semicolon at the end of each of paragraphs
(a)through
(o)and inserting a period; by striking ; and at the end of paragraph
(p)and inserting a period; by adding at the end the following: The term Adjacent State means, with respect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to 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 State includes all States having a coastline contiguous to the Arctic, Atlantic, or Pacific Ocean, or the Gulf of Mexico, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the other territories of the United States, and the District of Columbia. The term Adjacent Zone means, with respect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to 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 miles means statute miles. The term coastline has the same meaning as the term coast line as defined in section 2(c) of the Submerged Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1301(c) ). The term Neighboring State means a coastal State having a common boundary at the coastline with the Adjacent State. ; and in paragraph (a), by inserting after control the following: or lying within the United States Exclusive Economic Zone and outer Continental Shelf adjacent to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or any other territory of the United States .
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