PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005
119 STAT. 925
Other Petroleum Research Fund (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘royalties’’ excludes proceeds from the sale of royalty production taken in kind and royalty production that is transferred under section 27(a)(3) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1353(a)(3)). (b) OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY.—Monies in the Fund shall be available to the Secretary for obligation under this part without fiscal year limitation, to remain available until expended. (c) PRIOR DISTRIBUTIONS.—The distributions described in subsection (a) are those required by law— (1) to States and to the Reclamation Fund under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(a)); and (2) to other funds receiving monies from Federal oil and gas leasing programs, including— (A) any recipients pursuant to section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)); (B) the Land and Water Conservation Fund, pursuant to section 2(c) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–5(c)); (C) the Historic Preservation Fund, pursuant to section 108 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470h); and (D) the coastal impact assistance program established under section 31 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (as amended by section 384). (d) ALLOCATION.—Amounts obligated from the Fund under subsection (a)(1) in each fiscal year shall be allocated as follows: (1) 35 percent shall be for activities under section 999A(b)(1). (2) 32.5 percent shall be for activities under section 999A(b)(2). (3) 7.5 percent shall be for activities under section 999A(b)(3). (4) 25 percent shall be for complementary research under section 999A(b)(4) and other activities under section 999A(b) to include program direction funds, overall program oversight, contract management, and the establishment and operation of a technical committee to ensure that in-house research activities funded under section 999A(b)(4) are technically complementary to, and not duplicative of, research conducted under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 999A(b). (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to other amounts that are made available to carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2016. (f) FUND.—There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a separate fund to be known as the ‘‘Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research Fund’’.
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