PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005
119 STAT. 739
(B) promptly publish a certification when the total amount of royalty withheld by the lessee under this section is equal to— (i) the dollar amount stated at page 47 of Senate Report number 101–534, which is designated therein as the total drainage claim for the West Delta field; plus (ii) interest as described at page 47 of that Report. (b) PERIOD OF ROYALTY RELIEF.—Subsection (a) shall apply to royalty amounts that are due and payable in the period beginning on October 1, 2006, and ending on the date on which the Secretary of the Treasury publishes a certification under subsection (a)(3)(B). (c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: (1) COVERED LEASE TRACT.—The term ‘‘covered lease tract’’ means a leased tract (or portion of a leased tract)— (A) lying seaward of the zone defined and governed by section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)); or (B) lying within such zone but to which such section does not apply. (2) LESSEE.—The term ‘‘lessee’’— (A) means a person or entity that, on the date of the enactment of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, was a lessee referred to in section 6004(c) of that Act (as in effect on that date of the enactment), but did not hold lease rights in Federal offshore lease OCS–G–5669; and (B) includes successors and affiliates of a person or entity described in subparagraph (A).
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SEC. 384. COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 31 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1356a) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘SEC. 31. COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ‘‘(1) COASTAL POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—The term ‘coastal political subdivision’ means a political subdivision of a coastal State any part of which political subdivision is— ‘‘(A) within the coastal zone (as defined in section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453)) of the coastal State as of the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; and ‘‘(B) not more than 200 nautical miles from the geographic center of any leased tract. ‘‘(2) COASTAL POPULATION.—The term ‘coastal population’ means the population, as determined by the most recent official data of the Census Bureau, of each political subdivision any part of which lies within the designated coastal boundary of a State (as defined in a State’s coastal zone management program under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.)). ‘‘(3) COASTAL STATE.—The term ‘coastal State’ has the meaning given the term in section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453). ‘‘(4) COASTLINE.—The term ‘coastline’ has the meaning given the term ‘coast line’ in section 2 of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301).
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