OCS Coastal State Revenue Sharing
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2006-02-15 — Reliable and Affordable Natural Gas Energy Reform Act of 2006: cross-connection with ocs-natural-gas-leasing: The 2006 bill tied opening OCS moratorium areas to natural gas leasing directly to a coastal-state revenue-sharing formula, linking gas-only leasing policy to the broader OCS state revenue framework. (novelty: 2)
- 2013-03-20 — FAIR Act of 2013: FAIR Act of 2013 (S. introduced, referred to committee, no further action) proposed extending federal outer-continental-shelf revenue sharing to non-Gulf coastal states with a carve-out for state clean-energy funds, granting host states 50% of federal onshore renewable-energy receipts, and rewriting existing Gulf of Mexico revenue-sharing formulas. (novelty: 2)