[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 460 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 460
To promote domestic energy production, to require onshore and offshore
oil and natural gas lease sales, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025
Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Risch, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs.
Hyde-Smith, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Sheehy, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Crapo, Mr.
Curtis, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Hoeven) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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A BILL
To promote domestic energy production, to require onshore and offshore
oil and natural gas lease sales, 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 ``Supporting Made in America Energy
Act''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRED ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE OIL AND NATURAL GAS LEASING.
(a) Onshore Lease Sales.--
(1) Annual lease sales.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act
(30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), beginning in fiscal year 2025, the
Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as 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 offer all parcels eligible for oil and gas
development under the resource management plan in effect for
the State.
(3) Replacement sales.--If, for any reason, a lease sale
under paragraph (1) 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) Offshore Lease Sales.--
(1) Gulf of mexico region annual lease sales.--
(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2026, the
Secretary shall conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide oil
and natural gas lease sales annually in the Gulf of
Mexico Region of the outer Continental Shelf, which
shall--
(i) offer the same lease form, lease terms,
economic conditions, and stipulations as
contained in the final notice of sale entitled
``Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil
and Gas Lease Sale 261'' (88 Fed. Reg. 80750
(November 20, 2023)); and
(ii) include--
(I) the Central Gulf of Mexico
Planning Area, as described in the
2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil
and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program
(November 2016); and
(II) the Western Gulf of Mexico
Planning Area, as described in the
2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil
and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program
(November 2016).
(B) Timing.--In conducting the offshore lease sales
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall conduct a
lease sale under that subparagraph not later than each
of the following dates:
(i) March 31, 2026.
(ii) August 31, 2026.
(iii) March 31, 2027.
(iv) August 31, 2027.
(v) March 31, 2028.
(vi) August 31, 2028.
(vii) March 31, 2029.
(viii) August 31, 2029.
(ix) March 31, 2030.
(x) August 31, 2030.
(xi) March 31, 2031.
(xii) August 31, 2031.
(xiii) March 31, 2032.
(xiv) August 31, 2032.
(xv) March 31, 2033.
(xvi) August 31, 2033.
(xvii) March 31, 2034.
(xviii) August 31, 2034.
(xix) March 31, 2035.
(xx) August 31, 2035.
(2) Moratorium on oil and gas leasing in the eastern gulf
of mexico.--Section 104 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security
Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-432) is
amended--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ``June 30, 2022'' and inserting
``December 31, 2035'';
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or''
after the semicolon;
(iii) in paragraph (3)(B)(iii), by striking
the period at the end and inserting a
semicolon; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) any area in the South Atlantic Planning Area (as
designated by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management as of the
date of enactment of this paragraph); or
``(5) any area in the Straits of Florida Planning Area (as
designated by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management as of the
date of enactment of this paragraph).''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Effect on Certain Leases.--The moratoria under subsection (a)
shall not affect valid existing leases in effect on the date of
enactment of this subsection.
``(e) Environmental Exceptions.--Notwithstanding subsection (a),
the Secretary may issue leases in areas described in that subsection
for environmental conservation purposes, including the purposes of
shore protection, beach nourishment and restoration, wetlands
restoration, and habitat protection.''.
(3) Lease sales in alaska region.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior
shall conduct a minimum of 6 offshore lease sales
during the 10-year period beginning on the date of
enactment of this Act in the Cook Inlet Planning Area
as identified in the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf
Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program published on
November 18, 2016, by the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (as announced in the notice of availability
of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled
``Notice of Availability of the 2017-2022 Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final
Program'' (81 Fed. Reg. 84612 (November 23, 2016))).
(B) Requirements.--
(i) Area offered for lease.--The Secretary
of the Interior shall offer not fewer than
1,000,000 acres for each offshore lease sale
conducted under subparagraph (A).
(ii) Issuance of leases.--If any acceptable
bids have been received for any tract offered
in a lease sale conducted under subparagraph
(A), the Secretary of the Interior shall issue
the lease not later than 90 days after the
lease sale to the highest bid on the tract
offered.
(iii) Royalty rate.--The royalty rate for
each lease issued pursuant to a lease sale
conducted under subparagraph (A) shall be 12.5
percent.
(4) Outer continental shelf oil and gas leasing program.--
Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1344) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a), in the first sentence of the
matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``subsections (c) and (d) of this section'' and
inserting ``subsections (c) through (f)'';
(B) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) as
subsections (g) through (j), respectively;
(C) by inserting after subsection (e) the
following:
``(f) Subsequent Leasing Programs.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 36 months after
conducting the first lease sale under an oil and gas leasing
program prepared pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall
begin preparing the subsequent oil and gas leasing program
under this section.
``(2) Requirement.--Each subsequent oil and gas leasing
program under this section shall be approved not later than 180
days before the expiration of the previous oil and gas leasing
program.''; and
(D) by indenting subsection (j) (as so
redesignated) appropriately.
(c) Prohibition.--
(1) In general.--The President shall not, through Executive
order or any other administrative procedure, unreasonably
pause, cancel, delay, defer, or otherwise impede or circumvent
the Federal energy mineral leasing processes under the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), the Naval Petroleum
Reserves Production Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.), or
Public Law 115-97 (commonly known as the ``Tax Cuts and Jobs
Act of 2017''), or a related rulemaking process required by
subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United
States Code (commonly known as the ``Administrative Procedure
Act''), without congressional approval.
(2) Rebuttable presumption.--There shall be a rebuttable
presumption that any attempt by the President to pause, cancel,
delay, defer, or otherwise impede or circumvent any Federal
energy mineral leasing process under the Mineral Leasing Act
(30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
(43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), the Naval Petroleum Reserves
Production Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.), or Public Law
115-97 (commonly known as the ``Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of
2017''), or a related rulemaking process required by subchapter
II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code
(commonly known as the ``Administrative Procedure Act''),
without congressional approval, is a violation of the
applicable law.
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