Sec. 302. Offshore wind energy
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Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— subject to the limitations described in section 50265(b)(2) of Public Law 117–169 ( 43 U.S.C. 3006(b)(2) ), conduct not less than 1 offshore wind lease sale in each of calendar years 2025 through 2029, each of which shall be conducted not later than August 31 of the applicable calendar year; and if any acceptable bids have been received for a tract offered in the lease sale, as determined by the Secretary, issue such leases not later than 90 days after the lease sale to the highest bidder on the offered tract.
Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall offer for offshore wind leasing a sum total of not less than 400,000 acres per calendar year. An offshore wind lease issued by the Secretary that is less than 80,000 acres shall not be counted toward the acreage requirement under paragraph (1). Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish an initial target date for an offshore wind energy production goal of 30 gigawatts. The Secretary shall, in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, periodically revise national goals for offshore wind energy production on the outer Continental Shelf as initially established under paragraph (1).
Section 8(p) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1337(p) ) is amended— by striking paragraph
(10)and inserting the following: Except as provided in subparagraph (B), this subsection does not apply to any area on the outer Continental Shelf within the exterior boundaries of any unit of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, the National Marine Sanctuary System, or any National Monument. Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce under section 304(d) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1434(d) ), may grant rights-of-way on the outer Continental Shelf within units of the National Marine Sanctuary System for the transmission of electricity generated by or produced from renewable energy. ; and by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding section 310(c)(2) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1441(c)(2) ), any permit or authorization granted under that Act that authorizes the installation, operation, or maintenance of electric transmission cables on a right-of-way granted by the Secretary described in paragraph (10)(B) shall be issued for a term equal to the duration of the right-of-way granted by the Secretary. . Nothing in this section, or an amendment made by this section, modifies the limitations described in section 50265(b)(2) of Public Law 117–169 ( 43 U.S.C. 3006(b)(2) ).
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