[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 133 (Saturday, August 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4336-S4337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5409. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5194 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 5376, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of part 6 of subtitle B of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 5026_. MANDATORY ADDITIONAL ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASE 
                   SALES IN CERTAIN STATES.

       (a) Requirement.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), not 
     later than December 31, 2022,

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     the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Director of 
     the Bureau of Land Management) shall conduct an oil and gas 
     lease sale under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
     seq.) in each of the States in which the Bureau of Land 
     Management conducted lease sales in June 2022.
       (b) Parcels.--The oil and gas lease sales required under 
     subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, all parcels--
       (1) that were evaluated under the National Environmental 
     Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) process for the 
     June 2022 sales; but
       (2) that were deferred by the applicable Bureau of Land 
     Management State Director.
       (c) Additional Lease Sales.--The oil and gas lease sales 
     required under subsection (a) shall be conducted in addition 
     to the quarterly oil and gas lease sales required under 
     section 17(b)(1)(A) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
     226(b)(1)(A)).
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