Sec. 102. DEFINITIONS
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## SEC. 102 DEFINITIONS **[**[43 U.S.C. 1331 note](/us/usc/t43/s1331)**]** In this title: ####
(1)181 area The term “**181 Area**” means the area identified in map 15, page 58, of the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 1997-2002, dated August 1996, of the Minerals Management Service, available in the Office of the Director of the Minerals Management Service, excluding the area offered in OCS Lease Sale 181, held on December 5, 2001. ####
(2)181 south area The term “**181 South Area**” means any area— #####
(A)located— ######
(i)south of the 181 Area; ######
(ii)west of the Military Mission Line; and ######
(iii)in the Central Planning Area; #####
(B)excluded from the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 1997-2002, dated August 1996, of the Minerals Management Service; and #####
(C)included in the areas considered for oil and gas leasing, as identified in map 8, page 37 of the document entitled “**Draft Proposed Program Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2007-2012**”, dated February 2006. ####
(3)Bonus or royalty credit The term “**bonus or royalty credit**” means a legal instrument or other written documentation, or an entry in an account managed by the Secretary, that may be used in lieu of any other monetary payment for— #####
(A)a bonus bid for a lease on the outer Continental Shelf; or #####
(B)a royalty due on oil or gas production from any lease located on the outer Continental Shelf. ####
(4)Central planning area The term “**Central Planning Area**” means the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area of the outer Continental Shelf, as designated in the document entitled “**Draft Proposed Program Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2007-2012**”, dated February 2006. ####
(5)Eastern planning area The term “**Eastern Planning Area**” means the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area of the outer Continental Shelf, as designated in the document entitled “**Draft Proposed Program Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2007-2012**”, dated February 2006. ####
(6)2002-2007 Planning Area The term “**2002-2007 planning area**” means any area— #####
(A)located in— ######
(i)the Eastern Planning Area, as designated in the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2002-2007, dated April 2002, of the Minerals Management Service; ######
(ii)the Central Planning Area, as designated in the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2002-2007, dated April 2002, of the Minerals Management Service; or ######
(iii)the Western Planning Area, as designated in the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2002-2007, dated April 2002, of the Minerals Management Service; and #####
(B)not located in— ######
(i)an area in which no funds may be expended to conduct offshore preleasing, leasing, and related activities under sections 104 through 106 of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-54; 119 Stat. 521) (as in effect on August 2, 2005); ######
(ii)an area withdrawn from leasing under the “**Memorandum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition**”, from 34 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1111, dated June 12, 1998; or ######
(iii)the 181 Area or 181 South Area. ####
(7)Gulf producing state The term “**Gulf producing State**” means each of the States of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. ####
(8)Military mission line The term “**Military Mission Line**” means the north-south line at 86°41' W. longitude. ####
(9)Qualified outer continental shelf revenues #####
(A)In general The term “**qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues**” means— ######
(i)in the case of each of fiscal years 2007 through 2016, all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to the United States from leases entered into on or after the date of enactment of this Act for— ######
(I)areas in the 181 Area located in the Eastern Planning Area; and ######
(II)the 181 South Area; and ######
(ii)in the case of fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to the United States received on or after October 1, 2016, from leases entered into on or after the date of enactment of this Act for— ######
(I)the 181 Area; ######
(II)the 181 South Area; and ######
(III)the 2002-2007 planning area. #####
(B)Exclusions The term “**qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues**” does not include— ######
(i)revenues from the forfeiture of a bond or other surety securing obligations other than royalties, civil penalties, or royalties taken by the Secretary in-kind and not sold; or ######
(ii)revenues generated from leases subject to section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)). ####
(10)Coastal political subdivision The term “**coastal political subdivision**” means a political subdivision of a Gulf producing State any part of which political subdivision is— #####
(A)within the coastal zone (as defined in section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453)) of the Gulf producing State as of the date of enactment of this Act; and #####
(B)not more than 200 nautical miles from the geographic center of any leased tract. ####
(11)Secretary The term “**Secretary**” means the Secretary of the Interior.
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- Pub. L. 109-54
- 119 Stat. 521
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