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citation: "S. 2418"
bill: "116-s-2418"
heading: "Conservation Of America’s Shoreline Terrain and Aquatic Life Act"
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sections_amended: 1
sections_added: 1
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url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/116/s/2418/changes/rs"
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# S. 2418 — what changed

S. 2418, Conservation Of America’s Shoreline Terrain and Aquatic Life Act — 1 section amended and 1 added between Introduced in Senate and Reported in Senate.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Sec. 102 Disposition of qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues

- (a) In general— Section 105(a) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432) is amended—
  - (1) in paragraph (1), by striking “50” and inserting “37.5”; and
  - (2) in paragraph (2)—
    - (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “50” and inserting “62.5”;
    - (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking “75” and inserting “80”; and
    - (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking “25” and inserting “20”.
- (b) Authorized uses— Section 105(d)(1) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432) is amended by adding at the end the following:
  - “(F) Planning, engineering, design, construction, operations, and maintenance of 1 or more projects that are specifically authorized by any other Act for ecosystem restoration, hurricane protection, or flood damage prevention.”
- (c) <ins>Limitations on amount of distributed qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues—</ins> <ins></ins>
- (b) [was (4)] Limitations on amount of distributed qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues— Section 105(f) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432) is amended—
  - (1) [was (4)(3)] in paragraph (1)—
    - (A) [was (4)(3)(2)] by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C);
    - (B) [was (4)(3)(3)] in subparagraph (A), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; and
    - (C) [was (4)(3)(4)] beginning in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “exceed—” and all that follows through “for each” in subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: “exceed $500,000,000 for each”; and
  - (2) [was (4)(4)] in paragraph (2), by striking “2055” and inserting “2019”.

## Sec. 301 Elimination of administrative fee — added

- (a) <ins>In general—</ins> <ins>Section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191) is amended—</ins>
  - (1) <ins>in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking “, subject to the provisions of subsection (b),”;</ins>
  - (2) <ins>by striking subsection (b);</ins>
  - (3) <ins>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively;</ins>
  - (4) <ins>in subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii) (as so redesignated), by striking “subsection (d)” and inserting “subsection (c)”; and</ins>
  - (5) <ins>in subsection (c)(3)(A)(ii) (as so redesignated), by striking “subsection (c)(2)(B)” and inserting “subsection (b)(2)(B)”.</ins>
- (b) <ins>Conforming amendments—</ins> <ins></ins>
  - (1) <ins>Section 6(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 355(a)) is amended—</ins>
    - (A) <ins>in the first sentence, by striking “Subject to the provisions of section 35(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), all” and inserting “All”; and</ins>
    - (B) <ins>in the second sentence, by striking “of the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 450; 30 U.S.C. 191)” and inserting “of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191)”.</ins>
  - (2) <ins>Section 20(a) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1019(a)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), in the second sentence, by striking “the provisions of subsection (b) of section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(b)) and”.</ins>
  - (3) <ins>Section 205(f) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1735(f)) is amended by striking the fourth, fifth, and sixth sentences.</ins>