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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-230
OFFSHORE WIND FOR TERRITORIES ACT
OCTOBER 11, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1014]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1014) to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
to apply to territories of the United States, to establish offshore
wind lease sale requirements, to provide dedicated funding for coral
reef conservation, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 1014 is to amend the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act to apply to territories of the United States, to es-
tablish offshore wind lease sale requirements, to provide dedicated
funding for coral reef conservation, and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
America's offshore wind resources are a potential source of sus-
tainable, carbon-free energy and hold significant potential to power
coastal economies and create new jobs. While many states on both
the East and West Coast are working alongside the Department of
the Interior to jumpstart offshore wind development, current law
prohibits the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and
the Virgin Islands from doing the same. The Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act, which governs offshore wind leasing and develop-
ment in federal waters, does not apply to the territories, thereby
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