NPS Mission - National Park Service

National Park Service FY 2013 Budget Justifications
Activity: Outer Continental Shelf Oil Lease Revenues
Outer Continental Shelf Oil Lease Revenues FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013
Change from
FY 2012
($000)
Actual Estimate Estimate Estimate (+/-)
Outer Continental Shelf Oil Lease Revenues 280 102 91 -11
Administrative Support 9 3 3 0
Total Requirements 289 105 94 -11
Total FTE Requirements 0 0 0 0
Program Overview
The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA, P.L. 109-432) established a mandatory stream of
funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) state grants, to be derived from revenues
generated by Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico. Under the Act, a
portion of certain OCS revenues are distributed to states for conservation grants through the NPS State
Assistance program in accordance with the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965.
The NPS portion of this mandatory funding stream for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is
12.5 percent of total “qualified OCS revenues”. These “qualified OCS revenues” include leasing revenue
from a small portion of the Gulf that was newly opened for leasing by GOMESA. Available funding from
this source is expected to increase beginning in 2018, when additional revenues will be generated by this
program from all post-2006 Gulf of Mexico leases. The FY 2012 enacted budget continued to include a
provision, started in FY 2009, allowing the use of up to three percent of the mandatory funds for
administration (P.L. 111-8, NPS Administrative Provisions section). This provision is proposed to be
continued in FY 2013.
In addition to these mandatory funds, approximately $900 million in OCS leasing revenues are authorized
and deposited in the Land and Water Conservation Fund annually. Approximately $150 million in OCS
leasing revenues are also authorized and deposited in the Historic Preservation Fund. However,
spending from these authorized funds is subject to Congressional appropriation. For more information
about the programs funded with appropriated side of the OCS leasing revenue, see the following: NPS
Land Acquisition and State Assistance, State Grants on page LASA-30 and Historic Preservation Fund
Grants-in-Aid to States, Territories, and Indian Tribes on HPF-4.
FY 2013 Program Performance
See FY 2013 Program Performance section under Appropriation: Land Acquisition and State Assistance,
State Conservation Grants.
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