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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3445 

To promote domestic energy production, to require onshore and offshore 

oil and natural gas lease sales, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 7, 2023 

Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. CASSIDY, 

Mr. RISCH, Mr. HOEVEN, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. LEE, and Mr. MARSHALL) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To promote domestic energy production, to require onshore 

and offshore oil and natural gas lease sales, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Made in 

5 America Energy Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REQUIRED ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE OIL AND NAT7 URAL GAS LEASING. 

8 (a) ONSHORE LEASE SALES.— 


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1 (1) REQUIREMENT TO IMMEDIATELY RESUME

2 ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASE

3 SALES.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 

5 Interior (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec6 retary’’) shall immediately resume oil and gas 

7 lease sales in compliance with the Mineral Leas8 ing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 

9 (B) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 

10 ensure that any oil and gas lease sale under 

11 subparagraph (A) is conducted immediately on 

12 completion of all applicable scoping, public com13 ment, and environmental analysis requirements 

14 under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 

15 et seq.) and the National Environmental Policy 

16 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

17 (2) ANNUAL LEASE SALES.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

19 other provision of law, in accordance with the 

20 Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), 

21 beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Secretary 

22 shall conduct a minimum of 4 oil and natural 

23 gas lease sales annually in each of the following 

24 States: 

25 (i) Wyoming. 


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1 (ii) New Mexico. 

2 (iii) Colorado. 

3 (iv) Utah. 

4 (v) Montana. 

5 (vi) North Dakota. 

6 (vii) Oklahoma. 

7 (viii) Nevada. 

8 (ix) Alaska. 

9 (x) Any other State in which there is 

10 land available for oil and natural gas leas11 ing under that Act. 

12 (B) REQUIREMENT.—In conducting a lease 

13 sale under subparagraph (A) in a State de14 scribed in that subparagraph, the Secretary 

15 shall offer all parcels eligible for oil and gas de16 velopment under the resource management plan 

17 in effect for the State. 

18 (C) REPLACEMENT SALES.—If, for any 

19 reason, a lease sale under subparagraph (A) for 

20 a calendar year is canceled, delayed, or de21 ferred, including for a lack of eligible parcels, 

22 the Secretary shall conduct a replacement sale 

23 during the same calendar year. 

24 (b) OFFSHORE LEASE SALES.— 


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1 (1) GULF OF MEXICO REGION ANNUAL LEASE

2 SALES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

3 beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Secretary shall 

4 conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and natural 

5 gas lease sales annually in the Gulf of Mexico Re6 gion of the outer Continental Shelf, which shall— 

7 (A) offer the same lease form, lease terms, 

8 economic conditions, and stipulations as con9 tained in the final notice of sale entitled ‘‘Gulf 

10 of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas 

11 Lease Sale 257’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 54728 (October 

12 4, 2021)); and 

13 (B) include— 

14 (i) the Central Gulf of Mexico Plan15 ning Area, as described in the 2017–2022 

16 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leas17 ing Proposed Final Program (November 

18 2016); and 

19 (ii) the Western Gulf of Mexico Plan20 ning Area, as described in the 2017–2022 

21 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leas22 ing Proposed Final Program (November 

23 2016). 

24 (2) ALASKA REGION ANNUAL LEASE SALES.— 

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1 ning in fiscal year 2024, the Secretary shall conduct 

2 a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and natural gas 

3 lease sales annually in the Alaska Region of the 

4 outer Continental Shelf, as described in the 2017– 

5 2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing 

6 Proposed Final Program (November 2016). 

7 (3) OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS

8 LEASING PROGRAM.—Section 18 of the Outer Conti9 nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is amend10 ed— 

11 (A) in subsection (a), in the first sentence 

12 of the matter preceding paragraph (1), by strik13 ing ‘‘subsections (c) and (d) of this section’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘subsections (c) through (f)’’; 

15 (B) by redesignating subsections (f) 

16 through (h) as subsections (g) through (i), re17 spectively; 

18 (C) by inserting after subsection (e) the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(f) SUBSEQUENT LEASING PROGRAMS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 36 months 

22 after conducting the first lease sale under an oil and 

23 gas leasing program prepared pursuant to this sec24 tion, the Secretary shall begin preparing the subseVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:17 Dec 15, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3445.IS S3445

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1 quent oil and gas leasing program under this sec2 tion. 

3 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—Each subsequent oil and 

4 gas leasing program under this section shall be ap5 proved not later than 180 days before the expiration 

6 of the previous oil and gas leasing program.’’; and 

7 (D) by indenting subsection (j) (as so re8 designated) appropriately. 

9 (c) PROHIBITION.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall not, 

11 through Executive order or any other administrative 

12 procedure, unreasonably pause, cancel, delay, defer, 

13 or otherwise impede or circumvent the Federal en14 ergy mineral leasing processes under the Mineral 

15 Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer 

16 Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 

17 seq.) or a related rulemaking process required by 

18 subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 

19 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 

20 ‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’), without Congres21 sional approval. 

22 (2) REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION.—There shall 

23 be a rebuttable presumption that any attempt by the 

24 President to pause, cancel, delay, defer, or otherwise 

25 impede or circumvent any Federal energy mineral 


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1 leasing process under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 

2 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf 

3 Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) or a related 

4 rulemaking process required by subchapter II of 

5 chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States 

6 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Administrative Pro7 cedure Act’’), without Congressional approval, is a 

8 violation of the applicable law. 

9 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTS AND COM10 MUNICATIONS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

12 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

13 to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

14 the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of 

15 the House of Representatives all documents and commu16 nications relating to the comprehensive review of Federal 

17 oil and gas permitting and leasing practices required 

18 under section 208 of Executive Order 14008 (86 Fed. 

19 Reg. 7624 (February 1, 2021); relating to tackling the 

20 climate crisis at home and abroad). 

21 (b) INCLUSIONS.—The submission under subsection 

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1 sponse to any public meeting or forum relating to the com2 prehensive review described in that subsection. 

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