[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[S. 3445 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3445

To promote domestic energy production, to require onshore and offshore 
        oil and natural gas lease sales, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 7, 2023

 Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Cassidy, 
     Mr. Risch, Mr. Hoeven, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Marshall) 
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 promote domestic energy production, to require onshore and offshore 
        oil and natural gas lease sales, 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 ``Supporting Made in America Energy 
Act''.

SEC. 2. 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.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives all documents and communications 
relating to the comprehensive review of Federal oil and gas permitting 
and leasing practices required under section 208 of Executive Order 
14008 (86 Fed. Reg. 7624 (February 1, 2021); relating to tackling the 
climate crisis at home and abroad).
    (b) Inclusions.--The submission under subsection (a) shall include 
all documents and communications submitted to the Secretary by members 
of the public in response to any public meeting or forum relating to 
the comprehensive review described in that subsection.
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