Sec. 6. Oil and natural gas leasing
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The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall immediately resume oil and gas lease sales in compliance with the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. ). The Secretary shall ensure that any oil and gas lease sale under subparagraph
(A)is conducted immediately on completion of all applicable scoping, public comment, and environmental analysis requirements under the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. ) and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ). 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: Wyoming. New Mexico. Colorado. Utah. Montana. North Dakota. Oklahoma. Nevada. Any other State in which there is land available for oil and natural gas leasing under that Act. In conducting a lease sale under subparagraph
(A)in a State described in that subparagraph, the Secretary shall offer all parcels eligible for oil and gas development under the resource management plan in effect for the State. If, for any reason, a lease sale under subparagraph
(A)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. The Secretary shall conduct all lease sales described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016) that have not been conducted as of the date of enactment of this Act by not later than December 31, 2022. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2022, 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 include the following areas described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016): The Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. The Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2022, the Secretary shall conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and natural gas lease sales annually in the Alaska Region of the outer Continental Shelf, as described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016). In conducting lease sales under paragraphs
(2)and (3), the Secretary shall— issue leases to the highest responsible qualified bidder or bidders; and include in each lease sale all unleased areas that are not subject to restrictions as of the date of the lease sale. Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1344 ) is amended— 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); by redesignating subsections
(f)through
(h)as subsections
(g)through (i), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(e)the following: 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. 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. .
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