H.R. 6665 — what changed
Offshore Wind for Territories Act
From Reported in House to Engrossed in House. 2 sections amended between Reported in House and Engrossed in House.
Sec. 2 Application of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with respect to territories of the United States
In general— Section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331) is amended—
in paragraph (a)—
by inserting after “control” the following: “or lying within the exclusive economic zone of the United States and the outer Continental Shelf adjacent to any territory or possession of the United States”; and
changed
by adding at the end before the semicolon the following: “, except that such term shall not include any area conveyed by Congress to a territorial government for administration”;
in paragraph (p), by striking “and” after the semicolon at the end;
in paragraph (q), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(r) The term “State” includes each territory of the United States.”
Exclusions— Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(i) This section shall not apply to the scheduling of lease sales in the outer Continental Shelf adjacent to the territories and possessions of the United States.”
Sec. 5 Establishment of Coral Reef Conservation Fund
In general— The Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“211. Coral Reef Conservation Fund
“(a) Establishment—There is established in the Treasury the Coral Reef Conservation Fund, hereafter referred to as the Fund.
“(b) Deposits—For each fiscal year, there shall be deposited in the Fund the portion of such revenues due and payable to the United States under subsection (b)(2) of section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1338).
“(c) Uses—Amounts deposited in the Fund under this section and appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce under subsection (f) shall be used by the Secretary of Commerce to carry out the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.), with priority given to carrying out sections 204 and 206 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6403 and 6405).
“(d) Availability—Amounts deposited in the Fund shall remain in the Fund until appropriated by Congress.
“(e) Reporting—The President shall include with the proposed budget for the United States Government submitted to Congress for a fiscal year a comprehensive statement of deposits into the Fund during the previous fiscal year and estimated requirements during the following fiscal year for appropriations from the Fund.
“(f) Authorization of appropriations—There are authorized to be appropriated from the Fund to the Secretary of Commerce, an amount equal to the amount deposited in the Fund in the previous fiscal year.
“(g) No limitation—Appropriations from the Fund pursuant to this section may be made without fiscal year limitation.”
Renaming of existing fund— Section 205 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6404) is amended—
in the heading, by striking “Coral reef conservation fund” and inserting “Coral Reef Public-Private Partnership”;
in subsection (a)—
changed
in the subsection heading, by striking “Fund” and inserting “Public-Private Partnership”; and
by striking “, hereafter referred to as the Fund,”; and
in subsection (b), by striking “Fund” and inserting “separate interest bearing account”.