[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5677]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2283. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, 
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division I, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 90___. OIL AND NATURAL GAS AND WIND LEASING.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to 
     in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall immediately 
     resume oil and gas lease sales in compliance with the 
     preliminary injunction of the United States District Court 
     for the Western District of Louisiana in State of Louisiana 
     v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., No. 2:21-CV-00778 (W.D. La.).
       (b) Offshore Leasing.--
       (1) Gulf of mexico region annual lease sales.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in 
     fiscal year 2022, the Secretary shall hold a minimum of 2 
     region-wide oil and natural gas lease sales annually in the 
     Gulf of Mexico Region of the outer Continental Shelf, each of 
     which shall include areas in--
       (A) the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area; and
       (B) the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area.
       (2) Alaska region annual lease sales.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2022, the 
     Secretary shall hold a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and 
     natural gas lease sales annually in the Alaska Region of the 
     outer Continental Shelf, as described the 2017-2022 Outer 
     Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program 
     (November 2016).
       (3) Atlantic region and pacific region annual lease 
     sales.--The Secretary shall immediately review and make 
     proposals for the offshore wind leasing program for the 
     Atlantic and Pacific Regions of the outer Continental Shelf 
     in order to reach the goal of holding a minimum of 2 region-
     wide wind lease sales annually in each of the Atlantic and 
     Pacific Regions of the outer Continental Shelf.
       (c) Onshore Lease Sales.--
       (1) 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 2022, the Secretary 
     shall hold a minimum of 4 oil and natural gas lease sales 
     annually in each of the following States:
       (A) Wyoming.
       (B) New Mexico.
       (C) Colorado.
       (D) Utah.
       (E) Montana.
       (F) North Dakota.
       (G) Oklahoma.
       (H) Nevada.
       (2) Requirement.--In holding a lease sale under paragraph 
     (1) in a State described in that paragraph, the Secretary 
     shall offer all parcels eligible for oil and gas development 
     under the resource management plan in effect for the State.
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