I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7304 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to immediately resume onshore 
oil and gas lease sales, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2022 
Mr. ROSENDALE (for himself, Mr. CARL, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. STAUBER, Mrs. 
BOEBERT, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms. HERRELL, Mr. 
MCCLINTOCK, Mr. STEWART, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, 
Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. LAMBORN, 
Mr. BALDERSON, Ms. STEFANIK, Mrs. HINSON, and Mr. GOHMERT) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to immediately re-
sume onshore oil and gas 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 ‘‘Restore Onshore En-
ergy Production Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO IMMEDIATELY RESUME ON-
SHORE OIL AND GAS LEASE SALES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall immediately resume onshore oil and gas 
lease sales in compliance with the Mineral Leasing 
Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall ensure that any oil and gas lease sale pur-
suant to paragraph (1) 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.). 
(b) ANNUAL LEASE SALES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the Min-
eral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), beginning 
in fiscal year 2022, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall annually conduct a minimum of four oil and 
gas lease sales in each of the following States: 
(A) Wyoming. 
(B) New Mexico. 
(C) Colorado. 
(D) Utah. 
(E) Montana. 
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(F) North Dakota. 
(G) Oklahoma. 
(H) Nevada. 
(I) Any other State in which there is land 
available for oil and gas leasing under the Min-
eral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or any 
other mineral leasing law. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—In conducting a lease sale 
under paragraph (1) in a State described in that 
paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall offer 
all parcels eligible for oil and gas exploration, devel-
opment, and production under the resource manage-
ment plan in effect for the State. 
(3) REPLACEMENT SALES.—If, for any reason, 
a lease sale under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year is 
canceled, delayed, or deferred, including for a lack of 
eligible parcels, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
conduct a replacement sale during the same fiscal 
year. 
(c) ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING DELAYS.—Sec-
tion 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(q) UNREASONABLE DELAYS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall not, 
through Executive order or any other administrative 
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procedure, unreasonably pause, cancel, delay, defer, 
or otherwise impede or circumvent any Federal en-
ergy mineral leasing processes under this Act, 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 Pro-
cedure 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, or a related rulemaking process, de-
scribed in paragraph (1), without congressional ap-
proval, is considered unreasonable for purposes of 
paragraph (1).’’. 
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