[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 519 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 519

To provide that an order or other action by the President, Secretary of 
    the Interior, or Department of the Interior official imposing a 
moratorium on Federal oil and gas leasing or permitting shall not take 
effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2021

Ms. Cheney (for herself, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Perry, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. 
Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Mullin, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Reschenthaler, 
  Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Buck, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Jackson, Mr. 
   Latta, Mr. Mann, Mr. Wright, Mr. Estes, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Joyce of 
   Pennsylvania, Mr. Allen, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Meuser, and Mr. Fallon) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that an order or other action by the President, Secretary of 
    the Interior, or Department of the Interior official imposing a 
moratorium on Federal oil and gas leasing or permitting shall not take 
effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, 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 ``Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and 
Permitting Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL FOR ANY ORDER IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON 
              FEDERAL OIL AND GAS LEASING AND PERMITTING.

    Any order or other action by the President, Secretary of the 
Interior, or Department of Interior official with delegated authority 
that has the effect of placing the Bureau of Land Management in 
violation of its statutory requirements to process permits, approve 
permits within permitting deadlines, and hold quarterly lease sales, 
with respect to Federal oil and gas leasing and permitting, shall have 
no force or effect unless--
            (1) the proposed order or action is submitted to Congress; 
        and
            (2) a joint resolution that approves the order or action is 
        enacted within 30 legislative days after receipt of such 
        proposed order or action.
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