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able for leasing. The Secretary may not remove such 
a subdivision from the program until publication of 
the final program, and shall include and consider all 
such subdivisions in any environmental review con-
ducted and statement prepared for such program 
under section 102(2) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)). 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph the term ‘available un-
leased acreage’ means that portion of the outer Con-
tinental Shelf that is not under lease at the time of 
a proposed lease sale, and that has not otherwise 
been made unavailable for leasing by law. 
‘‘(6)(A) In the 5-year oil and gas leasing pro-
gram, the Secretary shall make available for leasing 
any outer Continental Shelf planning areas that— 
‘‘(i) are estimated to contain more than 
2,500,000,000 barrels of oil; or 
‘‘(ii) are estimated to contain more than 
7,500,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas. 
‘‘(B) To determine the planning areas described 
in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall use the 
document entitled ‘Minerals Management Service 
Assessment of Undiscovered Technically Recoverable 
Oil and Gas Resources of the Nation’s Outer Conti-
nental Shelf, 2006’.’’. 
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SEC. 4512. DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION 
GOAL. 
Section 18(b) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUC-
TION GOAL.—– 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing a 5-year oil 
and gas leasing program, and subject to paragraph 
(2), the Secretary shall determine a domestic stra-
tegic production goal for the development of oil and 
natural gas as a result of that program. Such goal 
shall be— 
‘‘(A) the best estimate of the possible in-
crease in domestic production of oil and natural 
gas from the outer Continental Shelf; 
‘‘(B) focused on meeting domestic demand 
for oil and natural gas and reducing the de-
pendence of the United States on foreign en-
ergy; and 
‘‘(C) focused on the production increases 
achieved by the leasing program at the end of 
the 15-year period beginning on the effective 
date of the program. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM GOAL.—For purposes of the 5- 
year oil and gas leasing program, the production 
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goal referred to in paragraph (1) shall be an in-
crease by 2032 of— 
‘‘(A) no less than 3,000,000 barrels in the 
amount of oil produced per day; and 
‘‘(B) no less than 10,000,000,000 cubic 
feet in the amount of natural gas produced per 
day. 
‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall report 
annually, beginning at the end of the 5-year period 
for which the program applies, to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate on the progress of the pro-
gram in meeting the production goal. The Secretary 
shall identify in the report projections for production 
and any problems with leasing, permitting, or pro-
duction that will prevent meeting the goal.’’. 
SEC. 4513. DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMITTAL OF NEW 5-YEAR 
OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall— 
(1) by not later than July 15, 2015, publish 
and submit to Congress a new proposed oil and gas 
leasing program under section 18 of the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) for the 
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5-year period beginning on such date and ending 
July 15, 2021; and 
(2) by not later than July 15, 2016, approve a 
final oil and gas leasing program under such section 
for such period. 
(b) CONSIDERATION OF ALL AREAS.—In preparing 
such program the Secretary shall include consideration of 
areas of the Continental Shelf off the coasts of all States 
(as such term is defined in section 2 of that Act, as 
amended by this Act), that are subject to leasing under 
this Act. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 18(d)(3) of 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1344(d)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘or after eighteen 
months following the date of enactment of this section, 
whichever first occurs,’’. 
SEC. 4514. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to author-
ize the issuance of a lease under the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) to any person 
designated for the imposition of sanctions pursuant to— 
(1) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Ac-
countability and Divestiture Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 
8501 et seq.), the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
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Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et 
seq.), section 1245 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a), 
or the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act 
of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.); 
(2) Executive Order No. 13622 (July 30, 
2012), Executive Order No. 13628 (October 9, 
2012), or Executive Order No. 13645 (June 3, 
2013); 
(3) Executive Order No. 13224 (September 23, 
2001) or Executive Order No. 13338 (May 11, 
2004); or 
(4) the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sov-
ereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2151 
note). 
CHAPTER 2—DIRECTING THE PRESIDENT 
TO CONDUCT NEW OCS SALES IN VIR-
GINIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND CALI-
FORNIA 
SEC. 4521. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT PROPOSED OIL 
AND GAS LEASE SALE 220 ON THE OUTER 
CONTINENTAL SHELF OFFSHORE VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the exclusion of 
Lease Sale 220 in the Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil 
& Gas Leasing Program 2012–2017, the Secretary of the 
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