[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7292 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7292

  To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct all oil and gas 
lease sales described in the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and 
      Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2022

   Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Carl, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. 
   Stauber, Mr. Budd, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Wittman, Ms. 
Herrell, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Stewart, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Moore of Utah, 
Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Lamborn, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Gohmert, and 
  Mr. Bentz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct all oil and gas 
lease sales described in the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and 
      Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Securing American Energy and 
Investing in Resiliency Act''.

SEC. 2. OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASE SALES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct all 
oil and gas lease sales described in the 2017-2022 Outer Continental 
Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016), 
developed under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1344), that have not been conducted as of the date of enactment 
of this Act by not later than December 31, 2022, including lease sales 
258, 259, and 261.
    (b) Lease Sale 257.--
            (1) Compliance with nepa.--The final environmental impact 
        statement for lease sale 257 shall be considered to meet the 
        requirements related to detailed statements under section 
        102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
        U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) for such lease sale.
            (2) Deadline to issue leases.--Notwithstanding any 
        outstanding actions to complete bid adequacy review procedures, 
        the Secretary of the Interior shall issue the leases won on 
        November 17, 2021, under lease sale 257 not later than 6 months 
        after the date of enactment of this section.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Final environmental impact statement for lease sale 
        257.--The term ``final environmental impact statement for lease 
        sale 257'' means the final environmental impact statement that 
        is the subject of the notice of availability of a final 
        environmental impact statement titled ``Final Environmental 
        Impact Statement for Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, 
        2017-2022 Oil and Gas Lease Sales 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 
        256, 257, 259, and 261'' and published by the Bureau of Ocean 
        Energy Management on March 10, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 13363).
            (2) Lease sale 257.--The term ``lease sale 257'' means the 
        lease sale 257 that is the subject of the final notice of sale 
        titled ``Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas 
        Lease Sale 257'' and published by the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
        Management on October 4, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 54728).
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