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

  SA 5403. Mr. HOEVEN 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:

        Strike section 50265 and insert the following:

     SEC. 50265. ENSURING ENERGY SECURITY.

       (a) Annual 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 conduct 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.
       (I) Any other State in which there is land available for 
     oil and natural gas leasing under that Act.
       (2) Requirement.--In conducting a lease sale under 
     paragraph (1) in a State described in that paragraph, the 
     Secretary shall include a minimum of 25 percent of the 
     outstanding nominated acreage in the applicable State under 
     part 3120 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
     successor regulations).
       (3) Replacement sales.--If, for any reason, a lease sale 
     under paragraph (2) 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) Limitation on Issuance of Certain Leases or Rights-of-
     way.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means public 
     lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy 
     and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)).
       (B) Offshore lease sale.--The term ``offshore lease sale'' 
     means an oil and gas lease sale--
       (i) that is held by the Secretary in accordance with the 
     Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.); 
     and
       (ii) that, if any acceptable bids have been received for 
     any tract offered in the lease sale, results in the issuance 
     of a lease.
       (C) Onshore lease sale.--The term ``onshore lease sale'' 
     means a quarterly oil and gas lease sale--
       (i) that is held by the Secretary in accordance with 
     section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226); and
       (ii) that, if any acceptable bids have been received for 
     any parcel offered in the lease sale, results in the issuance 
     of a lease.
       (2) Limitation.--During the 10-year period beginning on the 
     date of enactment of this Act--
       (A) the Secretary may not issue a right-of-way for wind or 
     solar energy development on Federal land unless--
       (i) an onshore lease sale has been held during the 120-day 
     period ending on the date of the issuance of the right-of-way 
     for wind or solar energy development; and
       (ii) the sum total of acres offered for lease in onshore 
     lease sales during the 1-year period ending on the date of 
     the issuance of the right-of-way for wind or solar energy 
     development is not less than the lesser of--

       (I) 2,000,000 acres; and
       (II) 50 percent of the acreage for which expressions of 
     interest have been submitted for lease sales during that 
     period; and

       (B) the Secretary may not issue a lease for offshore wind 
     development under section 8(p)(1)(C) of the Outer Continental 
     Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(1)(C)) unless--
       (i) an offshore lease sale has been held during the 1-year 
     period ending on the date of the issuance of the lease for 
     offshore wind development; and
       (ii) the sum total of acres offered for lease in offshore 
     lease sales during the 1-year period ending on the date of 
     the issuance of the lease for offshore wind development is 
     not less than 60,000,000 acres.
       (3) Savings.--Except as expressly provided in subparagraphs 
     (A) and (B) of paragraph (2), nothing in this paragraph 
     supersedes, amends, or modifies existing law.
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