(a) Short title.—This Act may be cited as the “Conservation Of America’s Shoreline Terrain and Aquatic Life Act” or the “COASTAL Act”.

(b) Table of contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Section 102(9)(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 clause (i)(II), by striking “and” after the semicolon;

(2) in clause (ii)—

(A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking “fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter” and inserting “each of fiscal years 2017 through 2019”; and

(B) in subclause (III), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(iii) in the case of fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to the United States received on or after October 1, 2019, from leases entered into on or after October 1, 2000 for—

“(I) the 181 Area;

“(II) the 181 South Area; and

“(III) the 2002–2007 planning area.”.

(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)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) in paragraph (1)—

(A) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C);

(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; and

(C) 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) in paragraph (2), by striking “2055” and inserting “2019”.

(a) In general.—Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 905(g)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting after “Payments to Social Security Trust Funds (28–0404–0–1–651).” the following:

(b) Applicability.—The amendment made by this section shall apply to any sequestration order issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

In this title:

(1) COASTAL POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—The term “coastal political subdivision” means—

(A) a county-equivalent subdivision of the State—

(i) all or part of which lies within the coastal zone (as defined in section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453)) of the State; and

(ii) the closest coastal point of which is not more than 200 nautical miles from the geographical center of any leased tract in the Alaska outer Continental Shelf region; and

(B) a municipal subdivision of the State that is determined by the State to be a significant staging area for oil and gas servicing, supply vessels, operations, suppliers, or workers.

(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002).

(3) QUALIFIED REVENUES.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term “qualified revenues” means all revenues derived from all rentals, royalties, bonus bids, and other sums due and payable to the United States from energy development in the Alaska outer Continental Shelf region.

(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term “qualified revenues” does not include—

(i) revenues generated from leases subject to section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)); or

(ii) revenues from the forfeiture of a bond or other surety securing obligations other than royalties, civil penalties, or royalties taken by the Secretary in-kind and not sold.

(4) SECRETARY.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.

(5) STATE.—The term “State” means the State of Alaska.

(a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1338) and subject to the other provisions of this section, for fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit—

(1) 50 percent of qualified revenues in the general fund of the Treasury;

(2) 42.5 percent of qualified revenues in a special account in the Treasury, to be distributed by the Secretary to the State; and

(3) 7.5 percent of qualified revenues in a special account in the Treasury, to be distributed by the Secretary to coastal political subdivisions.

(b) Allocation among coastal political subdivisions.—Of the amount paid by the Secretary to coastal political subdivisions under subsection (a)(3)—

(1) 90 percent shall be allocated among costal political subdivisions described in section 201(1)(A) in amounts (based on a formula established by the Secretary by regulation) that are inversely proportional to the respective distances between the point in each coastal political subdivision that is closest to the geographic center of the applicable leased tract and not more than 200 miles from the geographic center of the leased tract; and

(2) 10 percent shall be divided equally among each coastal political subdivision described in section 201(1)(B).

(c) Timing.—The amounts required to be deposited under subsection (a) for the applicable fiscal year shall be made available in accordance with that subsection during the fiscal year immediately following the applicable fiscal year.

(d) Authorized uses.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the State shall use all amounts received under subsection (a)(2) in accordance with all applicable Federal and State laws, for 1 or more of the following purposes:

(A) Projects and activities for the purposes of coastal protection, conservation, and restoration, including onshore infrastructure and relocation of communities directly affected by coastal erosion, melting permafrost, or climate change-related losses.

(B) Mitigation of damage to fish, wildlife, or natural resources.

(C) Mitigation of the impact of outer Continental Shelf activities through the funding of onshore infrastructure projects and related rights-of-way.

(D) Adaptation planning, vulnerability assessments, and emergency preparedness assistance to build healthy and resilient communities.

(E) Installation and operation of energy systems to reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions compared to systems in use as of the date of enactment of this Act.

(F) Programs at institutions of higher education in the State.

(G) Other purposes, as determined by the Governor of the State, with approval from the State legislature.

(H) Planning assistance and the administrative costs of complying with this section.

(2) LIMITATION.—Not more than 3 percent of amounts received by the State under subsection (a)(2) may be used for the purposes described in paragraph (1)(H).

(e) Administration.—Amounts made available under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) shall—

(1) be made available, without further appropriation, in accordance with this section;

(2) remain available until expended; and

(3) be in addition to any amounts appropriated under any other provision of law.