Required onshore and offshore oil and natural gas leasing

(a)

Onshore lease sales

(1)

Requirement to immediately resume onshore and offshore oil and gas lease sales

(A)

In general

The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act as the Secretary) shall immediately resume oil and gas lease sales in compliance with the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).(B)

Requirement

The Secretary shall ensure that any oil and gas lease sale under subparagraph (A) is conducted immediately on completion of all applicable scoping, public comment, and environmental analysis requirements under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).(2)

Annual lease sales

(A)

In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Secretary shall conduct a minimum of 4 oil and natural gas lease sales annually in each of the following States:(i)Wyoming.(ii)New Mexico.(iii)Colorado.(iv)Utah.(v)Montana.(vi)North Dakota.(vii)Oklahoma.(viii)Nevada.(ix)Alaska.(x)Any other State in which there is land available for oil and natural gas leasing under that Act.(B)

Requirement

In conducting a lease sale under subparagraph (A) in a State described in that subparagraph, the Secretary shall offer all parcels eligible for oil and gas development under the resource management plan in effect for the State. (C)

Replacement sales

If, for any reason, a lease sale under subparagraph (A) for a calendar year is canceled, delayed, or deferred, including for a lack of eligible parcels, the Secretary shall conduct a replacement sale during the same calendar year. (b)

Offshore lease sales

(1)

Gulf of Mexico region annual lease sales

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Secretary shall conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and natural gas lease sales annually in the Gulf of Mexico Region of the outer Continental Shelf, which shall—(A)offer the same lease form, lease terms, economic conditions, and stipulations as contained in the final notice of sale entitled Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 257 (86 Fed. Reg. 54728 (October 4, 2021)); and(B)include—(i)the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, as described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016); and(ii)the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, as described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016).(2)

Alaska region annual lease sales

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Secretary shall conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and natural gas lease sales annually in the Alaska Region of the outer Continental Shelf, as described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016).(3)

Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program

Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended—(A)in subsection (a), in the first sentence of the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking subsections (c) and (d) of this section and inserting subsections (c) through (f);(B)by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) as subsections (g) through (i), respectively;(C)by inserting after subsection (e) the following:

(f)

Subsequent leasing programs

(1)

In general

Not later than 36 months after conducting the first lease sale under an oil and gas leasing program prepared pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall begin preparing the subsequent oil and gas leasing program under this section.(2)

Requirement

Each subsequent oil and gas leasing program under this section shall be approved not later than 180 days before the expiration of the previous oil and gas leasing program.

; and

(D)by indenting subsection (j) (as so redesignated) appropriately.(c)

Prohibition

(1)

In general

The President shall not, through Executive order or any other administrative procedure, unreasonably pause, cancel, delay, defer, or otherwise impede or circumvent the Federal energy mineral leasing processes under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) or a related rulemaking process required by subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Administrative Procedure Act), without Congressional approval.(2)

Rebuttable presumption

There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any attempt by the President to pause, cancel, delay, defer, or otherwise impede or circumvent any Federal energy mineral leasing process under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) or a related rulemaking process required by subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Administrative Procedure Act), without Congressional approval, is a violation of the applicable law.