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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8224 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to carry out certain offshore oil 
and gas lease sales and finalize the next offshore oil and gas leasing 
program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2022 
Mrs. BOEBERT (for herself, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. GOHMERT, 
Mr. GOSAR, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. BIGGS, and Mr. PERRY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to carry out certain 
offshore oil and gas lease sales and finalize the next 
offshore oil and gas leasing program, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Fueling American 
Prosperity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN OFFSHORE LEASE SALES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, by not later than June 30, 2022, the Secretary 
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of the Interior shall hold the following lease sales, as pro-
vided under the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil 
and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 
2016): 
(1) Lease Sale 258, relating to the Cook Inlet 
Planning Area. 
(2) Lease Sales 259 and 261, relating to the 
Gulf of Mexico Region. 
(b) NEPA EXEMPTION.—Any lease sale held under 
this section shall not be considered a major Federal action 
under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). 
SEC. 3. DEADLINE TO FINALIZE OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS 
LEASING PROGRAM. 
(a) DEADLINE.—Not later than June 30, 2022, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall, under section 18 of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344), fi-
nalize an offshore oil and gas leasing program for 2022 
through 2027. 
(b) LEASE SALES.—The program finalized under 
subsection (a) shall provide for at least 11 oil and gas 
lease sales. 
(c) NEPA EXEMPTION.—The finalization of an off-
shore oil and gas leasing program under this section shall 
not be considered a major Federal action under section 
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102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). 
SEC. 4. 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. 
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(C) Colorado. 
(D) Utah. 
(E) Montana. 
(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: 
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‘‘(q) UNREASONABLE DELAYS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall not, 
through Executive order or any other administrative 
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).’’. 
SEC. 5. EFFECT OF GASOLINE PRICE INCREASES ON ENVI-
RONMENTAL REVIEWS. 
(a) DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL RE-
VIEWS.—During any period of time in which the national 
average price of a gallon of gas is greater than $3.99 per 
gallon (as determined by the Energy Information Adminis-
tration)— 
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(1) any environmental assessment required pur-
suant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) during such period 
of time shall be finalized by not later than 1 year 
after the date on which a Federal agency begins pre-
paring such environmental assessment; and 
(2) any environmental impact statement re-
quired pursuant to the National Environmental Pol-
icy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) during 
such period of time shall be finalized by not later 
than 2 years after the date on which a Federal agen-
cy begins preparing such environmental impact 
statement. 
(b) EFFECT OF DEADLINE ON NEPA.—If an envi-
ronmental assessment or environmental impact statement 
described in subsection (a) is not finalized by the applica-
ble deadline provided in such subsection, then the major 
Federal action that is the subject of the environmental as-
sessment or environmental impact statement shall not be 
subject to the requirements of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENT.—This section 
shall not apply to any environmental assessment or envi-
ronmental impact statement finalized before the date of 
enactment of this section. 
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SEC. 6. HIRING FREEZE AND OTHER LIMITATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If each of the requirements under 
sections 2, 3, and 4(a) of this Act are not met on or before 
June 30, 2022, during the period beginning on July 1, 
2022, and ending on the date that each of such require-
ment is met— 
(1) no individual may be appointed to any posi-
tion within the Department of the Interior; 
(2) no new position may be established at the 
Department; 
(3) no officer or employee of the Department on 
July 1, 2022, may be assigned any duties not as-
signed to that employee on that date; and 
(4) except as provided in subsection (b), no offi-
cer or employee of the Department may be trans-
ferred to a duty station other than the duty station 
applicable to such officer or employee on July 1, 
2022. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—During the period any limitation 
on transfer is in effect under subsection (a)(4), an officer 
or employee of the Bureau of Land Management whose 
duty station is in Washington, DC, may be transferred 
to a duty station in Grand Junction, Colorado. 
(c) LIMITATION ON FUNDS.—No Federal funds may 
be obligated or expended to pay the salaries or expenses 
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of any individual appointed, assigned duties, or trans-
ferred in contravention of subsections (a) and (b). 
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