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43 U.S.C. § 3006 — Ensuring energy security
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Federal land** — The term “Federal land” means public lands (as defined in [section 1702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1702&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(2) **Offshore lease sale** — The term “offshore lease sale” means an oil and gas lease sale—
(A) that is held by the Secretary in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ([43 U.S.C. 1331](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1331&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and
(B) that, if any acceptable bids have been received for any tract offered in the lease sale, results in the issuance of a lease.
(3) **Onshore lease sale** — The term “onshore lease sale” means a quarterly oil and gas lease sale—
(A) that is held by the Secretary in accordance with [section 226 of title 30](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section226&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) that, if any acceptable bids have been received for any parcel offered in the lease sale, results in the issuance of a lease.
**(b) Limitation on issuance of certain leases or rights-of-way** During the 10-year period beginning on August 16, 2022—
(1) the Secretary may not issue a right-of-way for wind or solar energy development on Federal land unless—
(A) an onshore lease sale has been held during the 120-day period ending on the date of the issuance of the right-of-way for wind or solar energy development; and
(B) the sum total of acres offered for lease in onshore lease sales during the 1-year period ending on the date of the issuance of the right-of-way for wind or solar energy development is not less than the lesser of—
(i) 2,000,000 acres; and
(ii) 50 percen
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Federal land** — The term “Federal land” means public lands (as defined in [section 1702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1702&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(2) **Offshore lease sale** — The term “offshore lease sale” means an oil and gas lease sale—
(A) that is held by the Secretary in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ([43 U.S.C. 1331](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1331&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and
(B) that, if any acceptable bids have been received for any tract offered in the lease sale, results in the issuance of a lease.
(3) **Onshore lease sale** — The term “onshore lease sale” means a quarterly oil and gas lease sale—
(A) that is held by the Secretary in accordance with [section 226 of title 30](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section226&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) that, if any acceptable bids have been received for any parcel offered in the lease sale, results in the issuance of a lease.
**(b) Limitation on issuance of certain leases or rights-of-way** During the 10-year period beginning on August 16, 2022—
(1) the Secretary may not issue a right-of-way for wind or solar energy development on Federal land unless—
(A) an onshore lease sale has been held during the 120-day period ending on the date of the issuance of the right-of-way for wind or solar energy development; and
(B) the sum total of acres offered for lease in onshore lease sales during the 1-year period ending on the date of the issuance of the right-of-way for wind or solar energy development is not less than the lesser of—
(i) 2,000,000 acres; and
(ii) 50 percent of the acreage for which expressions of interest have been submitted for lease sales during that period; and
(2) the Secretary may not issue a lease for offshore wind development under section 8(p)(1)(C) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ([43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(1)(C)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1337/p/1/C&num=0&edition=prelim)) unless—
(A) an offshore lease sale has been held during the 1-year period ending on the date of the issuance of the lease for offshore wind development; and
(B) the sum total of acres offered for lease in offshore lease sales during the 1-year period ending on the date of the issuance of the lease for offshore wind development is not less than 60,000,000 acres.
**(c) Savings** Except as expressly provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), nothing in this section supersedes, amends, or modifies existing law.
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Without altering in any way the meaning of the following terms as used in any other statute, whether or not such statute is referred to in, or amended by, this Act, as used in this Act—
**(a)** The term “areas of critical environmental concern” means areas within the public lands where special management attention is required (when such areas are developed or used or where no development is required) to protect and prevent irreparable damage to important historic, cultural, or scenic values, fish and wildlife resources or other natural systems or processes, or to protect life and safety from natural hazards.
**(b)** The term “holder” means any State or local governmental entity, individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business entity receiving or using a right-of-way under subchapter V of this chapter.
**(c)** The term “multiple use” means the management of the public lands and their various resource values so that they are utilized in the combination that will best meet the present and future needs of the American people; making the most judicious use of the land for some or all of these resources or related services over areas large enough to provide sufficient latitude for periodic adjustments in use to conform to changing needs and conditions; the use of some land for less than all of the resources; a combination of balanced and diverse resource uses that takes into account the long-term needs of future generations for renewable and nonrenewable resources, including, but not limited to, recreation, range, timber, minerals, watershed, wildlife and fish, and natural scenic, scientific and historical values; and harmonious and coordinated management of the various resources without permanent impairment of the productivity of the land and the qual
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**(a) 11 So in original. There is no subsec. (b). Wind lease sales off coasts of territories of the United States**
(1) **Call for information and nominations**
(A) *In general* — The Secretary shall issue calls for information and nominations for proposed wind lease sales for areas of the outer Continental Shelf described in paragraph (2) that are determined to be feasible.
(B) *Initial call* — Not later than September 30, 2025, the Secretary shall issue an initial call for information and nominations under this paragraph.
(2) **Conditional wind lease sales** — The Secretary may conduct wind lease sales in each area within the exclusive economic zone of the United States adjacent to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands that meets each of the following criteria:
(A) The Secretary has concluded that a wind lease sale in the area is feasible.
(B) The Secretary has determined that there is sufficient interest in leasing the area.
(C) The Secretary has consulted with the Governor of the territory regarding the suitability of the area for wind energy development.
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**(a) Leasing authorized**
(1) **In general** — Any parcel of land subject to disposition under this chapter that is known or believed to contain oil or gas deposits shall be made available for leasing, subject to paragraph (2), by the Secretary of the Interior, not later than 18 months after the date of receipt by the Secretary of an expression of interest in leasing the applicable parcel of land available for disposition under this section, if the Secretary determines that the parcel of land is open to oil or gas leasing under the approved resource management plan applicable to the planning area in which the parcel of land is located that is in effect on the date on which the expression of interest was submitted to the Secretary (referred to in this subsection as the “approved resource management plan”).
(2) **Resource management plans**
(A) *Lease terms and conditions* — A lease issued by the Secretary under this section with respect to an applicable parcel of land made available for leasing under paragraph (1)—
(i) shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the approved resource management plan; and
(ii) may not require any stipulations or mitigation requirements not included in the approved resource management plan.
(B) *Effect of amendment* — The initiation of an amendment to an approved resource management plan shall not prevent or delay the Secretary from making the applicable parcel of land available for leasing in accordance with that approved resource management plan if the other requirements of this section have been met, as determined by the Secretary.
**(b) Lands within known geologic structure of a producing oil or gas field; lands within special tar sand areas; competitive bidding; royalties**
(1)
(A) All lands to be leased wh
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When used in this subchapter and subchapter II—
**(a)** The term “lands beneath navigable waters” means—
(1) all lands within the boundaries of each of the respective States which are covered by nontidal waters that were navigable under the laws of the United States at the time such State became a member of the Union, or acquired sovereignty over such lands and waters thereafter, up to the ordinary high water mark as heretofore or hereafter modified by accretion, erosion, and reliction;
(2) all lands permanently or periodically covered by tidal waters up to but not above the line of mean high tide and seaward to a line three geographical miles distant from the coast line of each such State and to the boundary line of each such State where in any case such boundary as it existed at the time such State became a member of the Union, or as heretofore approved by Congress, extends seaward (or into the Gulf of Mexico) beyond three geographical miles,11 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon. and
(3) all filled in, made, or reclaimed lands which formerly were lands beneath navigable waters, as hereinabove defined;
**(b)** The term “boundaries” includes the seaward boundaries of a State or its boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico or any of the Great Lakes as they existed at the time such State became a member of the Union, or as heretofore approved by the Congress, or as extended or confirmed pursuant to [section 1312 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1312&num=0&edition=prelim) but in no event shall the term “boundaries” or the term “lands beneath navigable waters” be interpreted as extending from the coast line more than three geographical miles into the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean, or more tha
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Beginning eighteen months after August 13, 1996, to encourage proper royalty payment the Secretary or the delegated State shall impose assessments on a person who chronically submits erroneous reports under this chapter. Assessments under this chapter may only be issued as provided for in this section.
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In this subchapter:
**(a) Outer Continental Shelf.—** The term “outer Continental Shelf” means—
(1) all submerged lands lying seaward and outside of the area of lands beneath navigable waters as defined in [section 1301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1301&num=0&edition=prelim), and of which the subsoil and seabed appertain to the United States and are subject to its jurisdiction and control or within the exclusive economic zone of the United States and adjacent to any territory of the United States; and
(2) does not include any area conveyed by Congress to a territorial government for administration;
**(b) Secretary.—** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior, except that with respect to functions under this subchapter transferred to, or vested in, the Secretary of Energy or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by or pursuant to the Department of Energy Organization Act ([42 U.S.C. 7101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy, or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as the case may be.
**(c) Lease.—** The term “lease” means any form of authorization which is issued under [section 1337 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1337&num=0&edition=prelim) or maintained under [section 1335 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1335&num=0&edition=prelim) and which authorizes exploration for, and development and production of, minerals.
**(d) Person.—** The term “person” includes, in addition to a natural person, an association, a State, a political subdivision o
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**(a) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations** In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, acting through the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,812,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2026, to carry out this section.
**(b) Financial assistance** The Secretary shall use funds appropriated by subsection (a) to provide financial assistance, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to carry out projects for—
(1) the purchase and installation, or implementation, of advanced industrial technology at an eligible facility;
(2) retrofits, upgrades to, or operational improvements at an eligible facility to install or implement advanced industrial technology; or
(3) engineering studies and other work needed to prepare an eligible facility for activities described in paragraph (1) or (2).
**(c) Application** To be eligible to receive financial assistance under subsection (b), an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including the expected greenhouse gas emissions reductions to be achieved by carrying out the project.
**(d) Priority** In providing financial assistance under subsection (b), the Secretary shall give priority consideration to projects on the basis of, as determined by the Secretary—
(1) the expected greenhouse gas emissions reductions to be achieved by carrying out the project;
(2) the extent to which the project would provide the greatest benefit for the greatest number of people within the area in which the eligible facility is located; and
(3) whether the eligible entity participates or would parti
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 1331
1 See References in Text note below.
2 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘accordance’’.
waters for the constitutional purposes of com-
merce, navigation, national defense, and inter-
national affairs, all of which shall be paramount
to, but shall not be deemed to include, propri-
etary rights of ownership, or the rights of man-
agement, administration, leasing, use, and de-
velopment of the lands and natural resources
which are specifically recognized, confirmed, es-
tablished, and vested in and assigned to the re-
spective States and others by section 1311 of this
title.
(b) In time of war or when necessary for na-
tional defense, and the Congress or the Presi-
dent shall so prescribe, the United States shall
have the right of first refusal to purchase at the
prevailing market price, all or any portion of
the said natural resources, or to acquire and use
any portion of said lands by proceeding in ac-
cordance with due process of law and paying just
compensation therefor.
(May 22, 1953, ch. 65, title II, § 6, 67 Stat. 32.)
§ 1315. Rights acquired under laws of United
States unaffected
Nothing contained in this subchapter or sub-
chapter I shall affect such rights, if any, as may
have been acquired under any law of the United
States by any person in lands subject to this
subchapter or subchapter I and such rights, if
any, shall be governed by the law in effect at the
time they may have been acquired: Provided,
however, That nothing contained in this sub-
chapter or subchapter I is intended or shall be
construed as a finding, interpretation, or con-
struction by the Congress that the law under
which such rights may be claimed in fact or in
law applies to the lands subject to this sub-
chapter or subchapter I,
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**(a) Oil and gas leases; award to highest responsible qualified bidder; method of bidding; royalty relief; Congressional consideration of bidding system; notice**
(1) The Secretary is authorized to grant to the highest responsible qualified bidder or bidders by competitive bidding, under regulations promulgated in advance, any oil and gas lease on submerged lands of the outer Continental Shelf which are not covered by leases meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of [section 1335 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1335&num=0&edition=prelim). Such regulations may provide for the deposit of cash bids in an interest-bearing account until the Secretary announces his decision on whether to accept the bids, with the interest earned thereon to be paid to the Treasury as to bids that are accepted and to the unsuccessful bidders as to bids that are rejected. The bidding shall be by sealed bid and, at the discretion of the Secretary, on the basis of—
(A) cash bonus bid with a royalty at not less than 12½ percent, but not more than 16⅔ percent, fixed by the Secretary in amount or value of the production saved, removed, or sold;
(B) variable royalty bid based on a per centum in amount or value of the production saved, removed, or sold, with either a fixed work commitment based on dollar amount for exploration or a fixed cash bonus as determined by the Secretary, or both;
(C) cash bonus bid, or work commitment bid based on a dollar amount for exploration with a fixed cash bonus, and a diminishing or sliding royalty based on such formulae as the Secretary shall determine as equitable to encourage continued production from the lease area as resources diminish, but not less than 12½ percent, but not more than 16⅔ pe
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 1337
(Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, § 7, 67 Stat. 467.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Functions of Secretary of the Interior to promulgate
regulations under this subchapter which relate to fos-
tering of competition for Federal leases, implementa-
tion of alternative bidding systems authorized for
award of Federal leases, establishment of diligence re-
quirements for operations conducted on Federal leases,
setting of rates for production of Federal leases, and
specifying of procedures, terms, and conditions for ac-
quisition and disposition of Federal royalty interests
taken in kind, transferred to Secretary of Energy by
section 7152(b) of Title 42, The Public Health and Wel-
fare. Section 7152(b) of Title 42 was repealed by Pub. L.
97–100, title II, § 201, Dec. 23, 1981, 95 Stat. 1407, and func-
tions of Secretary of Energy returned to Secretary of
the Interior. See House Report No. 97–315, pp. 25, 26,
Nov. 5, 1981.
§ 1337. Leases, easements, and rights-of-way on
the outer Continental Shelf
(a) Oil and gas leases; award to highest respon-
sible qualified bidder; method of bidding;
royalty relief; Congressional consideration of
bidding system; notice
(1) The Secretary is authorized to grant to the
highest responsible qualified bidder or bidders
by competitive bidding, under regulations pro-
mulgated in advance, any oil and gas lease on
submerged lands of the outer Continental Shelf
which are not covered by leases meeting the re-
quirements of subsection (a) of section 1335 of
this title. Such regulations may provide for the
deposit of cash bids in an interest-bearing ac-
count until the Secretary announces his deci-
sion on whether to accept the bids, with the in-
terest earned thereon to
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