Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to include within the schedule of proposed lease sales in the outer Continental Shelf leasing program for FY2012-FY2017 Lease Sale 220 and any areas off the coast of Virginia included in the Mid-Atlantic planning area as a result of a revision to a specified map under this Act.
Requires the Secretary to provide that the Secretary shall not make any tract available for lease within such schedule if the President determines that its lease would conflict with military operations relating to national security.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit: (1) 50% of qualified revenues in the general fund of the Treasury, and (2) 50% in a special account for disbursement to Virginia and for designated state activities.
Directs the Secretary to revise a certain Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement map to ensure that the square footage of the leasable area in the Mid-Atlantic planning area is directly proportional to the length of the tidal shoreline of the Mid-Atlantic States.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1331 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1331
To provide for the inclusion of Lease Sale 220 in the outer Continental
Shelf leasing program for fiscal years 2012-2017, to revise the map for
the Mid-Atlantic planning area, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 6, 2011
Mr. Webb (for himself and Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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A BILL
To provide for the inclusion of Lease Sale 220 in the outer Continental
Shelf leasing program for fiscal years 2012-2017, to revise the map for
the Mid-Atlantic planning area, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Virginia Outer Continental Shelf
Energy Production Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Lease sale 220.--The term ``Lease Sale 220'' means the
sale of Federal oil and gas exploration leases in the outer
Continental Shelf planning area located off the coast of the
State.
(2) Qualified revenues.--The term ``qualified revenues''
means all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due
and payable to the United States under a lease sale conducted
under section 3(a)(1).
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(4) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Virginia.
SEC. 3. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS LEASING OFF THE COAST OF
THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
(a) Authorization of Lease Sales.--In the outer Continental Shelf
leasing program for fiscal years 2012-2017 prepared under section 18 of
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344), the Secretary
shall--
(1) include in the schedule of proposed lease sales--
(A) Lease Sale 220; and
(B) any areas off the coast of the State that are
included in the Mid-Atlantic planning area as a result
of the revision to the map under section 4(b); and
(2) provide that the Secretary shall not make any tract
available for lease under paragraph (1) if the President, in
consultation with the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, determines that the
lease of that tract would conflict with military operations
relating to national security.
(b) Disposition of Revenues.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 9 of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1338) and subject to the
provisions of this section, for each applicable fiscal year,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit--
(A) 50 percent of any qualified revenues in the
general fund of the Treasury; and
(B) 50 percent of any qualified revenues in a
special account in the Treasury to be used for the
purposes described in paragraph (2).
(2) Disposition of revenues to state.--Of the qualified
revenues described in paragraph (1)(B)--
(A) 75 percent shall be disbursed to the State; and
(B) 25 percent shall be used, at the discretion of
the President--
(i) to enhance State land and water
conservation efforts;
(ii) to improve State public transportation
projects; and
(iii) to establish State alternative energy
systems.
SEC. 4. REVISED MAP OF THE MID-ATLANTIC PLANNING AREA.
(a) Definition of Mid-Atlantic State.--In this section, the term
``Mid-Atlantic State'' means each of the States of Delaware, North
Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia.
(b) Revision of Map.--Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary
shall revise the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and
Enforcement map entitled ``Atlantic NAD 83 Federal Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS) Administrative Boundaries'' and dated January 2010 to
ensure that the square footage of the leasable area in the Mid-Atlantic
planning area is directly proportional to the length of the tidal
shoreline of the Mid-Atlantic States, as determined using the
information on tidal shorelines provided in the document published by
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration entitled ``The
Coastline of the United States'' and numbered NOAA/PA 71046 (1975).
(c) Limitation.--Nothing in this section affects the boundary of
Lease Sale 220.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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