,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #eih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ah1 #bjac   
,mrs4 ,feinstein 7for herself and ,mr4  
,nelson7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,natural     
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit     
royalty incentives for deepwater        
drilling1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,deepwater ,drilling ,royalty       
,relief ,prohibition ,act4  #b4         
,prohibition on royalty incentives for  
deepwater drilling  7a7 ,in general     
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary of the ,interior    
shall not issue any oil or gas lease    
sale under the ,outer ,continental      
,shelf ,lands ,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #acca 
et seq47 with royalty-based incentives  
in any tract located in water depths of 
#djj meters or more on the outer        
,continental ,shelf4  7b7 ,royalty      
relief for deepwater production ,section

 #cde of the ,energy ,policy ,act of    
#bjje 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aeije7 is         
repealed4  7c7 ,royalty relief ,section 
#h7;a77#c7 of the ,outer ,continental   
,shelf ,lands ,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4       
#accg7;a77#c77 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7,d7            
,prohibition ,notwithstanding           
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,c7 or any  
other provision of law1 the ,secretary  
shall not reduce or eliminate any       
royalty or net profit share for any     
lease or unit located in water depths of
 #djj meters or more on the outer       
,continental ,shelf4  4  7d7            
,application ,this section and the      
amendments made by this section--  7#a7 
apply beginning with the first lease    
sale held on or after the date of       
enactment of this ,act for which a final
 notice of sale has not been published  
as of that date2 and  7#b7 do not apply 
to a lease in effect on the date of     
enactment of this ,act4