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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 4239 (Reported in House) — To distribute revenues from oil and gas leasing on the outer Continental Shelf to certain coastal States, to require... · Sec. 109

Sec. 109. Wind lease sales for the outer Continental Shelf

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The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary may conduct wind lease sales for the outer Continental Shelf. Any wind lease sale conducted under this section shall be considered a lease under section 8(p). The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall offer a wind lease sale for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California as soon as practicable, but not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section.
The Secretary shall conduct a study on the feasibility, including the long term economic feasibility, of conducting wind lease sales for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the results of the study conducted under subparagraph (A).
If the study required under paragraph (1)(A) concludes that a wind lease sale for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Puerto Rico is feasible, then the Secretary shall offer a wind lease sale for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Puerto Rico as soon as practicable, but not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section. If the study required under paragraph (1)(A) concludes that a wind lease sale for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the Virgin Islands of the United States is feasible, then the Secretary shall offer a wind lease sale for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the Virgin Islands of the United States as soon as practicable, but not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section.
If the study required under paragraph (1)(A) concludes that a wind lease sale for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Guam is feasible, then the Secretary shall offer a wind lease sale for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Guam as soon as practicable, but not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section. If the study required under paragraph (1)(A) concludes that a wind lease sale for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of American Samoa is feasible, then the Secretary shall offer a wind lease sale for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of American Samoa as soon as practicable, but not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section.
If the study required under paragraph (1)(A) concludes that a wind lease sale for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is feasible, then the Secretary shall offer a wind lease sale for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as soon as practicable, but not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall conduct a study on the feasibility of conducting wind lease sales for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the State of Hawaii.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the results of the study conducted under subparagraph (A). If the study required under paragraph (1)(A) concludes that a wind lease sale for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the State of Hawaii is feasible, then the Secretary shall offer a wind lease sale for the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the State of Hawaii as soon as practicable, but not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section. .
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Sec. 109
Wind lease sales for the outer Continental Shelf
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