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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 4294 (Introduced in House) — To empower States to manage the development and production of oil and gas on available Federal land, to distribute re... · Sec. 205

Sec. 205. Energy Development in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico

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Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Defense shall update the memorandum of agreement entitled Memorandum of Agreement Between the Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior on Mutual concerns on the Outer Continental Shelf to ensure compatibility between the military mission and oil and gas operations in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect section 12 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1341 ).
The stipulations and restrictions developed under this subsection shall not apply to existing leases in the Eastern Planning Area. Notwithstanding the omission of any of these areas from the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program approved by the Secretary of the Interior under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1344 ), as in effect at the time of the lease sale, but subject to paragraph
(2)of this subsection, the Secretary shall offer the following areas for oil and gas leasing under such Act: All acreage of the Eastern Planning Area that is not subject to subsection
(a)of section 104 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 note), as such Act was in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, by holding at least two lease sales before December 31, 2021. All acreage of the Eastern Planning Area by holding at least one additional sale after June 30, 2022 and before December 31, 2022, and at least two additional sales each subsequent year. The Secretary and all other Federal officials shall complete all actions required by section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C) ) with respect to such lease sales by not later than one year before the final lease sale conducted under paragraph (1). In this section, the term Eastern Planning Area means the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area of the Outer Continental Shelf, as designated in the document entitled 2019–2024 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program , dated January 2018. Paragraph
(2)of section 8(b) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1337(b) ) is amended to read as follows: be for an initial period of— five years, except as provided in subparagraphs
(B)and (C); not to exceed ten years if the Secretary finds that such longer period is necessary to encourage exploration and development in areas because of unusually deep water or other unusually adverse conditions, except as provided in subparagraph (C); or for leases located in water depths of greater than 1,500 meters, 15 years, and as long thereafter as oil or gas is produced from the area in paying quantities or drilling or well reworking operations approved by the Secretary are conducted thereon. . Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue regulations under which the Secretary may extend by five years the term of an oil and gas lease under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1344 ) for a tract located in water deeper than 1,500 meters. Regulations issued under this paragraph shall require— submission of an application for such extension; and payment of a minimum bid amount. The Secretary may not extend the term of a lease under this paragraph more than once. The Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding options for sharing the revenues produced in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area with the Gulf States consistent with the revenue sharing formulas under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 note) as amended by this Act. The report shall include analysis of potential economic benefits to the Gulf States and recommendations for authorizing the use of these revenues for coastal restoration, recovering endangered species, coral restoration, and mitigation of harmful algal blooms.
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Sec. 205
Energy Development in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
U.S.C.§ 1344
U.S.C.§ 1331
U.S.C.§ 4332
U.S.C.§ 1337
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