[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4571 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4571

To reaffirm that the President of the United States lacks the authority 
          to stop oil and gas leasing on Federal public land.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 20, 2022

Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To reaffirm that the President of the United States lacks the authority 
          to stop oil and gas leasing on Federal public land.

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

SECTION 1. ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASE SALES.

    (a) Quarterly Onshore Oil and Gas Lease Sales.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the President may not pause, or otherwise 
prevent from occurring, quarterly onshore oil and gas lease sales as 
required by section 17(b)(1)(A) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
226(b)(1)(A)).
    (b) Replacement Oil and Gas Lease Sales.--If, for any reason, an 
oil and gas lease sale conducted under section 17 of the Mineral 
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226) for a calendar year is canceled, delayed, 
or deferred or is paused due to section 208 of Executive Order 14008 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 note; relating to tackling the climate crisis at home 
and abroad), the Secretary shall conduct a replacement sale by not 
later than 2 calendar years after the date of the cancellation, delay, 
deferral, or pause, as applicable.
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