I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3061 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore lease 
sales, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2025 
Mr. EZELL (for himself, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and 
Mr. CRENSHAW) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain 
offshore lease sales, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bringing Reliable In-
vestment into Domestic Gulf Energy Production Act of 
2025’’ or the ‘‘BRIDGE Production Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDING. 
Congress finds that President Donald Trump issued 
Executive Order 14156 (90 Fed. Reg. 8433; relating to 
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declaring a national energy emergency) on January 20, 
2025. 
SEC. 3. OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASE SALES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) OFFSHORE LEASE SALE.—The term ‘‘off-
shore lease sale’’ means an oil and gas lease sale 
that— 
(A) is held by the Secretary in accordance 
with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), notwithstanding the re-
quirements of section 18 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1344); 
(B) with respect to lease sales in the Gulf 
of America, offers the same lease form, lease 
terms, economic conditions, and stipulations as 
contained in the final notice of sale titled ‘‘Gulf 
of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region-Wide 
Oil and Gas Lease Sale 254’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 
8010; February 12, 2020); 
(C) with respect to lease sales in the Cook 
Inlet Planning Area, offers the same lease form, 
lease terms, economic conditions, and stipula-
tions as contained in the final notice of sale ti-
tled ‘‘Cook Inlet Planning Area Outer Conti-
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nental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 244’’ (82 
Fed. Reg. 23291 (May 22, 2017)); and 
(D) if an acceptable bid has been received 
for any tract offered in the lease sale (as deter-
mined under the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man-
agement ‘‘Summary of Procedures for Deter-
mining Bid Adequacy at Offshore Oil and Gas 
Lease Sales Effective March 2016, with Central 
Gulf of Mexico Sale 241 and Eastern Gulf of 
Mexico Sale 226’’), results in the issuance of a 
lease for such tract not later than 90 days after 
the date of the sale to the highest bidder. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive any require-
ment of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.) that would delay final approval of an off-
shore lease sale under subsection (c). 
(c) REQUIREMENT.—In addition to the lease sales 
planned pursuant to section 18 of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344), the Secretary shall 
conduct not fewer than 26 offshore lease sales during the 
10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act, including 20 lease sales in the Gulf of America and 
6 lease sales in the Cook Inlet Planning Area. 
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(d) TIMING.— 
(1) GULF OF AMERICA.—In conducting the off-
shore lease sales in the Gulf of America required 
under subsection (c), the Secretary shall hold not 
fewer than 1 lease sale under this paragraph on or 
before each of the following dates: 
(A) August 31, 2025. 
(B) March 31, 2026. 
(C) August 31, 2026. 
(D) March 31, 2027. 
(E) August 31, 2027. 
(F) March 31, 2028. 
(G) August 31, 2028. 
(H) March 31, 2029. 
(I) August 31, 2029. 
(J) March 31, 2030. 
(K) August 31, 2030. 
(L) March 31, 2031. 
(M) August 31, 2031. 
(N) March 31, 2032. 
(O) August 31, 2032. 
(P) March 31, 2033. 
(Q) August 31, 2033. 
(R) March 31, 2034. 
(S) August 31, 2034. 
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(T) March 31, 2035. 
(2) COOK
INLET
PLANNING
AREA.—In con-
ducting the offshore lease sales in the Cook Inlet 
Planning Area required under subsection (c), the 
Secretary shall hold not fewer than 1 lease sale 
under this paragraph on or before each of the fol-
lowing dates: 
(A) August 31, 2025. 
(B) March 31, 2027. 
(C) August 31, 2028. 
(D) March 31, 2030. 
(E) August 31, 2032. 
(F) March 31, 2034. 
(e) AREA OFFERED FOR LEASE.— 
(1) ACREAGE.— 
(A) GULF
OF
AMERICA.—For each off-
shore lease sale conducted under subsection (c) 
in the Gulf of America, the Secretary shall offer 
for leasing not fewer than— 
(i) 80,000,000 acres; or 
(ii) if the total number of unleased 
acres is less than 80,000,000 acres, the 
total number of such acres. 
(B) COOK
INLET
PLANNING
AREA.—For 
each offshore lease sale conducted under sub-
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section (c) in the Cook Inlet Planning Area, the 
Secretary shall offer for leasing not fewer 
than— 
(i) 1,000,000 acres; or 
(ii) if the total number of unleased 
acres is less than 1,000,000 acres, the 
total number of such acres. 
(2) LOCATION.— 
(A) GULF OF AMERICA.—An offshore lease 
sale conducted under subsection (c) in the Gulf 
of America shall offer the areas identified as 
the Proposed Final Program Area in Figure S– 
1 of the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil 
and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program pub-
lished 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 Avail-
ability of the 2017–2022 Outer Continental 
Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Pro-
gram’’ (81 Fed. Reg. 84612 (November 23, 
2016))). 
(B) COOK
INLET
PLANNING
AREA.—An 
offshore lease sale conducted under subsection 
(c) in the Cook Inlet Planning Area shall only 
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offer an area within the Planning Area Bound-
ary depicted in Figure S–2 of the 2017–2022 
Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing 
Proposed Final Program published on Novem-
ber 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))). 
(f) COMMINGLING WELLS.—For the purposes of 
commingling wells in multiple reservoirs in a common 
wellbore on the Outer Continental Shelf, the Secretary of 
Interior shall approve operators commingling requests 
within 45 days of receipt of an application. 
(g) RESTORING REASONABLE ROYALTY RATES.— 
Section 8(a)(1) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘not less 
than 162⁄3 percent, but not more than 183⁄4 percent, 
during the 10-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of the Act titled ‘An Act to provide for 
reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 
14’, and not less than 162⁄3 percent thereafter,’’ and 
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inserting ‘‘not less than 12.5 percent, but not more 
than 183⁄4 percent,’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘not less 
than 162⁄3 percent, but not more than 183⁄4 percent, 
during the 10-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of the Act titled ‘An Act to provide for 
reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 
14’, and not less than 162⁄3 percent thereafter,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘not less than 12.5 percent, but not more 
than 183⁄4 percent,’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘not less 
than 162⁄3 percent, but not more than 183⁄4 percent, 
during the 10-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of the Act titled ‘An Act to provide for 
reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 
14’, and not less than 162⁄3 percent thereafter,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘not less than 12.5 percent, but not more 
than 183⁄4 percent,’’; and 
(4) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘not less 
than 162⁄3 percent, but not more than 183⁄4 percent, 
during the 10-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of the Act titled ‘An Act to provide for 
reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 
14’, and not less than 162⁄3 percent thereafter,’’ and 
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inserting ‘‘not less than 12.5 percent, but not more 
than 183⁄4 percent,’’. 
(h) FIRST PRODUCTION INCENTIVE PILOT PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For any lease issued pursu-
ant to an offshore lease sale required by this section, 
the Secretary shall establish a pilot program under 
which the Secretary may reduce the royalty rate 
under section 8(a)(1) of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(1)) to 10 percent for 
the first 7 years of production from the area of the 
lease if the leaseholder achieves first production 
from such area by not later than 3 years after the 
date on which the lease is issued. 
(2) APPLICATION.—A leaseholder seeking a roy-
alty rate reduction under this subsection shall sub-
mit to the Secretary an application, which shall in-
clude evidence that the leaseholder met the first pro-
duction milestone described in paragraph (1), by not 
later than 60 days after achieving the milestone. 
(3) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not re-
duce the royalty rate under paragraph (1) for more 
than 25 leases. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 
2030, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a re-
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port on the effectiveness of the pilot program at ac-
celerating offshore oil and gas production. 
(5) FIRST PRODUCTION DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘first production’’ means the date 
on which oil or gas is produced in paying quantities, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER FEDERAL LAW. 
(a) During the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is 2 
years after the date on which the last lease sale required 
to be held under section 3 is held, with respect to each 
lease sale held, lease issued, and any activity associated 
with a lease issued pursuant to section 3, the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), or sec-
tion 50264 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly referred 
to as the ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’’) that requires 
a Federal authorization in the Gulf of America— 
(1) compliance with the biological opinion 
issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service ti-
tled ‘‘Biological Opinion on the Federally Regulated 
Oil and Gas Program Activities in the Gulf of Mex-
ico’’ and the incidental take statement associated 
with such biological opinion (published March 12, 
2020, and updated April 26, 2021) shall be deemed 
to be compliance with each applicable requirement of 
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the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.) and the Marine Mammal Protection 
Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.); 
(2) the document published by the Bureau of 
Ocean Energy Management titled ‘‘Gulf of Mexico 
OCS Lease Sales 259 and 261 Final Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement’’ (OCS EIS/EA 
BOEM 2023–001; January 2023) and the docu-
ments tiered to and incorporated by reference there-
in shall be deemed sufficient to comply with the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) and division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code (commonly referred to as 
the ‘‘National Historic Preservation Act’’); and 
(3) the consistency determinations prepared by 
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management under 
section 307 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 
1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456) for Lease Sale 261 for the 
States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, 
and Florida shall be deemed sufficient to comply 
with that section (16 U.S.C. 1456). 
(b) Notwithstanding the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), a reason-
able and prudent alternative or mitigation measures for 
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Balaenoptera ricei shall not have any force or effect nor 
apply to any oil and gas operation in the Gulf of America, 
for oil and gas activities in the Gulf of America which 
would impact a lessee’s activities authorized under the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 
seq.), section 50264 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly 
referred to as the ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’’), or 
this Act with respect to offshore oil and gas exploration, 
development, and production. 
SEC. 5. JUDICIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of the Interior 
fails to hold a lease sale required under section 3 within 
10 days of the date required by that section, a potential 
responsible bidder may bring a civil action consistent with 
section 23(c)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1349(c)(2)) to require the Secretary to hold 
the lease sale in accordance with section 3 of this Act and 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 
et seq.), notwithstanding the requirements of section 18 
of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1344). 
(b) JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the court finds that the 
Secretary failed to hold a lease sale as described in 
subsection (a), the court shall enter an order requir-
ing the Secretary to hold the lease sale not later 
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(C) FAILURE TO COMPLY DURING EXTEN-
SION PERIOD.—If the Secretary fails to hold a 
lease sale described in subparagraph (B) within 
the period described in that subparagraph, the 
court shall impose fines beginning on the day 
after the date on which that period ends and 
appoint a special master in accordance with 
subsection (d). 
(c) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—Any action under 
this section shall be filed not later than 30 days after the 
date by which the lease sale was required to be held under 
section 3. 
(d) APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL MASTER.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Upon finding under sub-
section (b)(1) that the Secretary has failed to hold 
a lease sale required under section 3, the court may 
appoint a special master to monitor compliance with 
the order entered by the court under that sub-
section. 
(2) POWERS
AND
DUTIES
OF
SPECIAL
MAS-
TER.—A special master appointed under paragraph 
(1) shall have all the powers and duties necessary to 
monitor the actions necessary for the Secretary to 
hold the lease sale described in paragraph (1), in-
cluding— 
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(A) monitoring the advertising and pro-
motion of the lease sale; 
(B) the publication of notices in the Fed-
eral Register for the lease sale; and 
(C) the issuance of leases to bidders that 
submit acceptable bids. 
(e) TIMEFRAME FOR CONDUCTING MISSED LEASE 
SALE.—The court, the Secretary, and the special master, 
as applicable, shall ensure that a lease sale that is the 
subject of an action brought under subsection (a) is held 
not later than 120 days after the original sale date. 
(f) USE
OF
DEPARTMENT
OF
THE
INTERIOR 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The costs associated with 
monitoring a lease sale by a special master ap-
pointed under subsection (d) shall be paid out of 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available to 
the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS.—The Secretary 
shall allocate funds sufficient to cover the costs of 
any special master appointed under subsection (d). 
(g) LIMITATION ON JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A civil action challenging an 
activity under section 3 shall not— 
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(A) affect the validity of any lease issued 
under such a lease sale; or 
(B) cause a delay with respect to the proc-
essing or issuance of any such lease or any as-
sociated— 
(i) exploration plan; 
(ii) development plan; 
(iii) development and operations co-
ordination document; 
(iv) application for permit to drill; or 
(v) application for any other Federal 
authorization for an activity carried out 
within the area of such a lease. 
(2) RESTRICTION.—If, in a civil action chal-
lenging a lease sale held under section 3, a court 
finds that the lease sale was not carried out in com-
pliance with section 3, the court— 
(A) shall remand the matter to the Sec-
retary or other appropriate officer to correct 
the noncompliance; and 
(B) shall not— 
(i) set aside, vacate, or enjoin the 
lease sale or any lease issued pursuant to 
the lease sale; or 
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(ii) enjoin the Secretary from issuing 
leases pursuant to the challenged lease 
sale. 
(3) VENUE.—Any civil action described in this 
subsection shall be subject to judicial review only 
consistent with section 23(c)(2) of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1349(c)(2)). 
(h) SECURITY FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.—A party 
seeking injunctive relief to delay or prevent a lease sale 
held under section 3 or to delay or prevent the issuance 
of a lease by the Secretary following such a lease sale, 
shall provide security pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 
Procedure 65(c), or pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate 
Procedure 8(a)(2)(E), as applicable. 
(i) OTHER ACTIONS.—Section 4 shall be subject to 
judicial review only consistent with section 23(c)(2) of the 
Outer 
Continental 
Shelf 
Lands 
Act 
(43 
U.S.C. 
1349(c)(2)). 
SEC. 6. CONTINUOUS LEASING PROGRAMS. 
Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(j) CONTINUOUS LEASING PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The leasing program required 
under this section shall be maintained without inter-
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ruption to ensure a continuous schedule of offshore 
oil and gas lease sales on the outer Continental 
Shelf, avoiding any lapse between the expiration of 
one 5-year leasing program and the approval of the 
subsequent program. 
‘‘(2) TIMELY APPROVAL.—For each leasing pro-
gram covering a 5-year period beginning on or after 
the date of enactment of the Bringing Reliable In-
vestment into Domestic Gulf Energy Production Act 
of 2025, the Secretary shall approve the final leasing 
program by not later than 120 days before the expi-
ration date of the preceding leasing program. 
‘‘(3) PREPARATION SCHEDULE.—To meet the 
requirement of paragraph (2), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) not later than 24 months before the 
expiration of the leasing program in effect, pub-
lish a draft proposed leasing program for the 
subsequent 5-year period; and 
‘‘(B) complete the consultation, comment, 
and approval processes required under this sec-
tion in time to comply with paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) 
DEFAULT
SCHEDULE
IN
CASE
OF 
DELAY.—If the Secretary fails to approve a leasing 
program for a subsequent 5-year period by the date 
specified in paragraph (2), the following leasing 
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schedule and requirements shall immediately take ef-
fect as the operative leasing program under this sec-
tion for that 5-year period: 
‘‘(A) GULF
OF
AMERICA
REGION.—The 
Secretary shall annually conduct two region- 
wide oil and gas lease sales, one in the Central 
Gulf of America Planning Area and one in the 
Western Gulf of America Planning Area, as de-
scribed in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental 
Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Pro-
gram published on November 18, 2016, by the 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (as an-
nounced in the notice of availability of the Bu-
reau of Ocean Energy Management entitled 
‘Notice of Availability of the 2017–2022 Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Pro-
posed Final Program’ (81 Fed. Reg. 84612 
(November 23, 2016))). 
‘‘(B) ALASKA
REGION.—The Secretary 
shall annually conduct one region-wide oil and 
gas lease sale 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 published on 
November 18, 2016, by the Bureau of Ocean 
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Energy Management (as announced in the no-
tice of availability of the Bureau of Ocean En-
ergy Management entitled ‘Notice of Avail-
ability of the 2017–2022 Outer Continental 
Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Pro-
gram’ (81 Fed. Reg. 84612 (November 23, 
2016))). 
‘‘(C) SCOPE OF OFFERINGS.—Each lease 
sale conducted under this paragraph shall in-
clude all unleased acres in the areas identified 
in Figure 1–2 of the 2017–2022 Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed 
Final Program published on November 18, 
2016, by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage-
ment (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))). 
‘‘(5) ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE
FOR
DE-
FAULT SCHEDULE.—Upon the application of para-
graph (4), holding a lease sale under the replace-
ment schedule described in that paragraph shall not 
require additional analysis under the National Envi-
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ronmental Policy Act of 1969, and the environ-
mental reviews specified in section 4(a)(2) of the 
BRIDGE Production Act of 2025 shall be deemed 
sufficient to meet all requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for such lease 
sales, lease issuances, and associated activities re-
quiring Federal authorization on such leases. 
‘‘(6) BID ACCEPTANCE AND LEASE ISSUANCE.— 
If the Secretary receives an acceptable bid for any 
tract offered in a lease sale held pursuant to the 
schedule described under paragraph (4) (as deter-
mined under the Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage-
ment ‘Summary of Procedures for Determining Bid 
Adequacy at Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sales Ef-
fective March 2016’), the Secretary shall issue a 
lease for such tract not later than 90 days after the 
date of the lease sale.’’. 
SEC. 7. MINIMUM LEASE SALES. 
Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1344) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(k) MINIMUM LEASE SALES.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning on January 1, 
2035, the Secretary may only approve a leasing pro-
gram under this section if the leasing program pro-
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vides for offering at least 15 offshore lease sales 
during a period of 5 years. 
‘‘(2) REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE.—If a court de-
termines a leasing program under this section does 
not meet the requirement of paragraph (1), the fol-
lowing offshore lease sale schedule shall immediately 
replace such program as the operative leasing pro-
gram under this section, notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section: 
‘‘(A) GULF OF AMERICA SALES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall conduct 2 offshore lease sales each 
year in the Gulf of America region during 
the 5-year period of the replaced program, 
totaling 10 lease sales. 
‘‘(ii) ACREAGE.—For each lease sale 
under this subparagraph, the Secretary 
shall offer all unleased acres in the Gulf of 
America region, as identified in Figure S– 
1 of the 2017–2022 Outer Continental 
Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final 
Program published on November 18, 2016, 
by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Manage-
ment (as announced in the notice of avail-
ability of the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
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Management entitled ‘Notice of Availability 
of the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf 
Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Pro-
gram’ (81 Fed. Reg. 84612 (November 23, 
2016))). 
‘‘(iii) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—In 
each lease sale under this subparagraph, 
the Secretary shall offer the same lease 
form, lease terms, economic conditions, 
and stipulations as contained in the final 
notice of sale titled ‘Gulf of Mexico Outer 
Continental Shelf Region-Wide Oil and 
Gas Lease Sale 254’ (85 Fed. Reg. 8010; 
February 12, 2020), except that the net 
royalty rate payable to the Federal Govern-
ment shall not exceed 18.75 percent. 
‘‘(iv) TIMING.—The Secretary shall 
conduct the first lease sale under this sub-
paragraph by not later than 6 months 
after the start of the 5-year period of the 
replaced program, with subsequent sales 
not later than every 7 months thereafter, 
ensuring all sales are completed within the 
5-year period. 
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‘‘(B) ALASKA OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
SALES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall conduct 5 region-wide offshore lease 
sales on the Alaska outer Continental Shelf 
during the 5-year period of the replaced 
program. 
‘‘(ii) ACREAGE.—For each lease sale 
under this subparagraph, the Secretary 
shall offer all unleased acres across the 
Alaska outer Continental Shelf, in the 
areas identified in Figure 1–2 of 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))). 
‘‘(iii) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—In 
each lease sale under this subparagraph, 
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the Secretary shall offer the same lease 
form, lease terms, economic conditions, 
and stipulations as contained in the final 
notice of sale entitled ‘Outer Continental 
Shelf Cook Inlet, Alaska, Oil and Gas 
Lease Sale 244’ (82 Fed. Reg. 23163; May 
22, 2017), except that the net royalty rate 
payable to the Federal Government shall 
not exceed 16.75 percent. 
‘‘(iv) TIMING.—The Secretary shall 
conduct the first lease sale under this sub-
paragraph by not later than 12 months 
after the start of the 5-year period of the 
replaced program, with subsequent sales 
occurring not later than 11 months there-
after, ensuring all 5 sales are completed 
within the 5-year period. 
‘‘(3) STREAMLINING PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(A) ENVIRONMENTAL AND REGULATORY 
EXEMPTIONS.—Holding lease sales under para-
graph (2) shall not require additional analysis 
or compliance with the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973, the Coastal Zone Management Act of 
1972, or any requirements for tribal consulta-
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