,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #af1 #bjaf    
,mr4 ,hudson introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of the
 ,interior to conduct an oil and gas    
lease sale for areas off the coast of   
,north ,carolina determined by the      
,secretary to have the most geologically
 promising hydrocarbon resources1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,north   
,carolina ,opening ,fossil ,fuels       
,safely and ,harnessing ,opportunities  
for ,robust ,employment ,act or the ,,nc
 ,,offshore ,act4  #b4 ,north ,carolina 
lease sale ,notwithstanding inclusion of
 the ,mid-,atlantic ,outer ,continental 
,shelf ,planning ,area in the ,final    
,outer ,continental ,shelf ,oil  ,gas   
,leasing ,program #bjag-bjbb10 the      
,secretary of the ,interior--  7#a7 not 
later than #b years after the date of   

the enactment of this ,act1 shall       
conduct an oil and gas lease sale for   
areas off the coast of ,north ,carolina 
determined by the ,secretary to have the
 most geologically promising hydrocarbon
 resources and constituting not less    
than #be percent of the leasable area   
within the ,north ,carolina offshore    
administrative boundaries depicted in   
the notice entitled ,federal ,outer     
,continental ,shelf 7,,ocs7             
,administrative ,boundaries ,extending  
from the ,submerged ,lands ,act         
,boundary seaward to the ,limit of the  
,united ,states ,outer ,continental     
,shelf1 published ,january #c1 #bjjf    
7#ga ,fed4 ,reg4 #abg72 and  7#b7 shall 
conduct one such lease sale each year   
during the #e-year period beginning #b  
years after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act4  #c4 ,protection of military
 operations  7a7 ,prohibition ,no person
 may engage in any exploration1         
development1 or production of oil or    
natural gas off the coast of ,north     

,carolina that would conflict with any  
military operation1 as determined in    
accordance with the ,memorandum of      
,agreement between the ,department of   
,defense and the ,department of the     
,interior on ,mutual ,concerns on the   
,outer ,continental ,shelf signed ,july 
#bj1 #aihc1 and any revision or         
replacement for that agreement that is  
agreed to by the ,secretary of ,defense 
and the ,secretary of the ,interior     
after that date but before the date of  
issuance of the lease under which such  
exploration1 development1 or production 
is conducted4  7b7 ,review and updating 
of ,,moa ,the ,secretary of the         
,interior and the ,secretary of ,defense
 shall periodically review and revise   
such memorandum of agreement to account 
for new offshore energy production      
technologies1 including those that use  
wind energy4  #d4 ,disposition of ,outer
 ,continental ,shelf revenues to coastal
 ,states  7a7 ,in general ,section #i of
 the ,outer ,continental ,shelf ,lands  

,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #acch7 is amended-- 
7#a7 in the existing text--  7,a7 in the
 first sentence1 by striking ,all       
rentals1 and inserting the following3   
7c7 ,disposition of revenue under old   
leases ,all rentals1  2 and  7,b7 in    
subsection 7c7 7as designated by the    
amendment made by subparagraph 7,a7 of  
this paragraph71 by striking for the    
period from ,june #e1 #aiej1 to date1   
and thereafter and inserting in the     
period beginning ,june #e1 #aiej1 and   
ending on the date of enactment of the  
,,nc ,,offshore ,act2  7#b7 by adding   
after subsection 7c7 7as so designated7 
the following3  7d7 ,definitions ,in    
this section3  7#a7 ,coastal ,state ,the
 term coastal ,state means ,north       
,carolina1 ,virginia1 ,south ,carolina1 
and ,georgia4  7#b7 ,new leasing        
revenues ,the term new leasing revenues 
means amounts received by the ,united   
,states as bonuses1 rents1 and royalties
 under leases for oil and gas1 wind1    
tidal1 or other energy exploration1     

development1 and production on new areas
 of the outer ,continental ,shelf that  
are authorized to be made available for 
leasing as a result of enactment of the 
,,nc ,,offshore ,act and leasing under  
that ,act4  2 and  7#c7 by inserting    
before subsection 7c7 7as so designated7
 the following3  7a7 ,payment of new    
leasing revenues to coastal ,states ,of 
the amount of new leasing revenues      
received by the ,united ,states each    
fiscal year1 #cg4e percent shall be     
allocated and paid in accordance with   
subsection 7b7 to coastal ,states that  
are affected ,states with respect to the
 leases under which those revenues are  
received by the ,united ,states4  7b7   
,allocation of payments  7#a7 ,in       
general ,the amount of new leasing      
revenues received by the ,united ,states
 with respect to a leased tract that are
 required to be paid to coastal ,states 
in accordance with this subsection each 
fiscal year shall be allocated among and
 paid to coastal ,states that are within

 #bjj miles of the leased tract1 in     
amounts that are inversely proportional 
to the respective distances between the 
point on the coastline of each such     
,state that is closest to the geographic
 center of the lease tract1 as          
determined by the ,secretary4  7#b7     
,minimum and maximum allocation ,the    
amount allocated to a coastal ,state    
under paragraph 7#a7 each fiscal year   
with respect to a leased tract shall    
be--  7,a7 in the case of a coastal     
,state that is the nearest ,state to the
 geographic center of the leased tract1 
not less than #be percent of the total  
amounts allocated with respect to the   
leased tract2  7,b7 in the case of any  
other coastal ,state1 not less than #aj 
percent1 and not more than #ae percent1 
of the total amounts allocated with     
respect to the leased tract2 and  7,c7  
in the case of a coastal ,state that is 
the only coastal ,state within #bjj     
miles of a leased tract1 #ajj percent of
 the total amounts allocated with       

respect to the leased tract4  7#c7      
,administration ,amounts allocated to a 
coastal ,state under this subsection--  
7,a7 shall be available to the coastal  
,state without further appropriation2   
7,b7 shall remain available until       
expended2  7,c7 shall be in addition to 
any other amounts available to the      
coastal ,state under this ,act2 and     
7,d7 shall be distributed in the fiscal 
year following receipt4  7#d7 ,use of   
funds  7,a7 ,in general ,except as      
provided in subparagraph 7,b71 a coastal
 ,state may use funds allocated and paid
 to it under this subsection for any    
purpose as determined by the laws of    
that ,state4  7,b7 ,restriction on use  
for matching ,funds allocated and paid  
to a coastal ,state under this          
subsection may not be used as matching  
funds for any other ,federal program4  4
  7b7 ,limitation on application ,this  
section and the amendments made by this 
section shall not affect the application
 of section #aje of the ,gulf of ,mexico

 ,energy ,security ,act of #bjjf 7title 
,i of division ,c of ,public ,law       
#aji-dcb2 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #acca note771  
as in effect before the enactment of    
this ,act1 with respect to revenues     
received by the ,united ,states under   
oil and gas leases issued for tracts    
located in the ,western and ,central    
,gulf of ,mexico ,outer ,continental    
,shelf ,planning ,areas1 including such 
leases issued on or after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act4