To provide authority to the Secretary of the Interior to immediately fund projects under the Coastal Impact Assistance Program on an emergency basis.

1. Adds SEC. 30__. COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE on page 81, between lines 23 and 24

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   Inserted: SEC. 30__. COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE.

   Inserted: Section 31 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1356a) is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(e) Emergency Funding.--

   Inserted: "(1) In general.--In response to a spill of national significance under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), at the request of a producing State or coastal political subdivision and notwithstanding the requirements of part 12 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), the Secretary may immediately disburse funds allocated under this section for 1 or more individual projects that are--

   Inserted: "(A) consistent with subsection (d); and

   Inserted: "(B) specifically designed to respond to the spill of national significance.

   Inserted: "(2) Approval by secretary.--The Secretary may, in the sole discretion of the Secretary, approve, on a project by project basis, the immediate disbursal of the funds under paragraph (1).

   Inserted: "(3) State requirements.--

   Inserted: "(A) Additional information.--If the Secretary approves a project for funding under this subsection that is included in a plan previously approved under subsection (c), not later than 180 days after the date of the funding approval, the producing State or coastal political subdivision shall submit to the Secretary any additional information that the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure compliance with subsection (d).

   Inserted: "(B) Amendment to plan.--If the Secretary approves a project for funding under this subsection that is not included in a plan previously approved under subsection (c), not later than 180 days after the date of the funding approval, the producing State or coastal political subdivision shall submit to the Secretary for approval an amendment to the plan that includes any projects funded under paragraph (1).

   Inserted: "(C) Limitation.--If a producing State or coastal political subdivision does not submit the additional information or amendments to the plan required by this paragraph by the deadlines specified in this paragraph, the Secretary shall not disburse any additional funds to the producing State or the coastal political subdivisions until the date on which the additional information or amendment to the plan has been approved by the Secretary.".

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   On page 81, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:

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