Scalise Secures Additional $47 Million in GOMESA Funds for FY25

JEFFERSON, LA.- Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after the Department of the Interior announceda record-breaking energy revenue disbursement to the Gulf states, with more than $200 million going to Louisiana, thanks to language Leader Scalise secured in the Working Families Tax Cut:

"Louisiana is delivering on President Trump's commitment to producing more American energy. Now, in just the first year of the Working Families Tax Cut becoming law, Louisiana will receive over $200 million in offshore revenue sharing dollars - $47 million more than in previous years - thanks to language I secured in the law to raise the annual revenue sharing cap from $500 to $650 million. Importantly, Louisiana dedicates these millions of new dollars from offshore energy exploration and production directly to coastal restoration and hurricane protection efforts, helping to protect the lives and livelihoods of those in Southeast Louisiana who work each and everyday to bring this energy to market for the benefit of families and small businesses all across America."

After reaching the revenue sharing cap for all four states, Louisiana received $156 million in revenue sharing funds each of the past three fiscal years.

Background:

In July 2025, President Trump signed into law the Working Families Tax Cut, which required at least 30 lease sales in the Gulf of America over 15 years. Leader Scalise secured language in the law that increased the amount of revenue sharing dollars Louisiana receives each year from offshore drilling from the leases outlined in this plan. This provision in the law will bring hundreds of millions of new dollars to Louisiana for vital coastal restoration and hurricane protection projects.

In 2006, GOMESAestablished a revenue-sharing model for the four energy-producing states in the Gulf of America to receive a portion of energy revenue for coastal restoration and hurricane protection.