[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H335]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

H.R. 21

                        Offered by: Mr. Pallone

       Amendment No. 105: Page 2, line 24, strike ``limitation'' 
     and insert ``limitations''.
       Page 3, strike lines 1 through 5, and insert the following:
       ``(2) Limitations.--
       ``(A) Total increase.--The plan required by paragraph (1) 
     shall not provide for a total increase in the percentage of 
     Federal lands described in paragraph (1) leased for oil and 
     gas production in excess of 10 percent.
       ``(B) Deficiencies in federal oil and gas leasing 
     program.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall not 
     provide for any entity to engage in oil or gas production 
     activities on Federal lands described in paragraph (1) leased 
     for oil and gas production as a result of such plan unless 
     the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
     Interior, certifies that the deficiencies in the Federal oil 
     and gas leasing program identified in the Department of the 
     Interior's Report on the Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Program 
     (issued November 2021) have been fully remedied.