Sec. 162. Energy production on Federal lands
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The Secretary of the Interior is directed to take sufficient actions to ensure that by January 1, 2018, not less than 10 percent of the Federal outer Continental Shelf lands and not less than 10 percent of onshore Federal lands and interests in lands that are under the Secretary’s jurisdiction are being leased for the production of energy. The Secretary of the Interior shall utilize all available authority pursuant to this Act and any other Federal law, as applicable, to comply with the requirement in subsection (a).