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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6285 
To ratify and approve all authorizations, permits, verifications, extensions, 
biological opinions, incidental take statements, and any other approvals 
or orders issued pursuant to Federal law necessary for the establishment 
and administration of the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2023 
Mr. STAUBER (for himself, Mrs. PELTOLA, Mr. HERN, and Mr. PFLUGER) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources 
A BILL 
To 
ratify 
and 
approve 
all 
authorizations, 
permits, 
verifications, extensions, biological opinions, incidental 
take statements, and any other approvals or orders 
issued pursuant to Federal law necessary for the estab-
lishment and administration of the Coastal Plain oil and 
gas leasing program, 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 ‘‘Alaska’s Right to 
Produce Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) Congress provided clear authorization and 
direction that the Secretary of the Interior ‘‘shall es-
tablish and administer a competitive oil and gas pro-
gram for the leasing, development, production, and 
transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coast-
al Plain’’ in section 20001 of Public Law 115–97 
(16 U.S.C. 3143 note) (commonly known as the Tax 
Cuts and Jobs Act); 
(2) the timely administration of the Coastal 
Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program is required and 
in the national and public interest; 
(3) the Department of the Interior’s cancelling 
of the leases for the covered Coastal Plain lease 
tracts represents a major decision of economic and 
political significance that Congress did not delegate 
to the Secretary; 
(4) the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production 
Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) requires that 
the Bureau of Land Management— 
(A) allow for the exploration, development, 
and production of petroleum products in the 
National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; and 
(B) equally balance, to the extent con-
sistent with that Act, the protection of ecologi-
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cal and cultural values in the National Petro-
leum Reserve in Alaska; and 
(5) the proposed rule of the Bureau of Land 
Management entitled ‘‘Management and Protection 
of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’’ (88 
Fed. Reg. 62025 (September 8, 2023)) fails to re-
flect the intent of Congress for the Naval Petroleum 
Reserves Production Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6501 
et seq.). 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COASTAL
PLAIN.—The term ‘‘Coastal 
Plain’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
20001(a) of Public Law 115–97 (16 U.S.C. 3143 
note). 
(2) COASTAL PLAIN OIL AND GAS LEASING PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing 
program’’ means the program established under sec-
tion 20001(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 115–97 (16 
U.S.C. 3143 note). 
(3) COVERED COASTAL PLAIN LEASE TRACT.— 
The term ‘‘covered Coastal Plain lease tract’’ means 
any of tracts 16, 17, 24, 26, 27, and 30 as listed 
in exhibit B of the document published by the Bu-
reau of Land Management entitled ‘‘Amendment to 
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