land laws, location, entry, and patent under the min-
ing laws, or disposition under laws pertaining to 
mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials 
unless the withdrawal has been authorized by an Act 
of Congress. 
SEC. 8. OIL AND NATURAL GAS LEASING. 
(a) ONSHORE LEASE SALES.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT TO IMMEDIATELY RESUME 
ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASE SALES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 
Interior (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall immediately resume oil and gas 
lease sales in compliance with the Mineral Leas-
ing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that any oil and gas lease sale under 
subparagraph (A) is conducted immediately on 
completion of all applicable scoping, public com-
ment, and environment 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.). 
(2) ANNUAL
OIL
AND
NATURAL
GAS
LEASE 
SALES.— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, in accordance with the 
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), 
April 1, 2022, the Secretary shall conduct a 
minimum of 4 oil and natural gas lease sales 
annually in each of the following States: 
(i) Wyoming. 
(ii) New Mexico. 
(iii) Colorado. 
(iv) Utah. 
(v) Montana. 
(vi) North Dakota. 
(vii) Oklahoma. 
(viii) Nevada. 
(ix) Any other State in which there is 
land available for oil and natural gas leas-
ing under that Act. 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—In conducting a lease 
sale under subparagraph (A) in a State de-
scribed in that subparagraph, the Secretary 
shall offer all parcels eligible for oil and gas de-
velopment under the resource management plan 
in effect for the State. 
(C) REPLACEMENT
SALES.—If, for any 
reason, a lease sale under subparagraph (A) for 
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a calendar year is canceled, delayed, or de-
ferred, including for lack of eligible parcels, the 
Secretary shall conduct a replacement sale dur-
ing the same calendar year. 
(b) OFFSHORE LEASE SALES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 
all lease sales described in the 2017–2022 Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed 
Final Program (November 2016) that have not been 
conducted as of the date of enactment of this Act by 
not later than April 1, 2022. 
(2) GULF OF MEXICO REGION ANNUAL LEASE 
SALES.—Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, no later than 30 days following the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a minimum 
of 4 region-wide oil and natural gas lease sales an-
nually in the Gulf of Mexico Region of the outer 
Continental Shelf, which shall include the following 
areas described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental 
Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program 
(November 2016): 
(A) The Central Gulf of Mexico Planning 
Area. 
(B) The Western Gulf of Mexico Planning 
Area. 
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(3) ALASKA REGION ANNUAL LEASE SALES.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, begin-
ning 30 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide 
oil and natural gas lease sales annually in the Alas-
ka Region of the outer Continental Shelf, as de-
scribed in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf 
Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (No-
vember 2016). 
(4) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting lease sales 
under paragraphs (2) and (3) the Secretary shall— 
(A) issue leases to the highest responsibly 
qualified bidder or bidders; and 
(B) include in each lease sale all unleased 
areas that are not subject to restrictions as of 
the date of the lease sale. 
(5) OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS 
LEASING PROGRAM.—Section 18 of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a), in the first sentence 
of the matter preceding paragraph (1), by strik-
ing ‘‘subsections (c) and (d) of this section’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsections (c) through (f)’’; 
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(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(f) 
through (h) as subsections (g) through (i), re-
spectively; and 
(C) by inserting after subsection (e) the 
following: 
‘‘(f) SUBSEQUENT LEASING PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 36 months 
after conducting the first lease sale under an oil and 
gas leasing program prepared pursuant to this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall begin preparing the subse-
quent oil and gas leasing program under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—Each subsequent oil and 
gas leasing program under this section shall be ap-
proved not later than 180 days before the expiration 
of the previous oil and gas leasing program.’’. 
SEC. 9. EXPEDITED APPROVAL FOR NATURAL GAS INTER-
STATE PIPELINES. 
Subsection (c) of section 7 of the Natural Gas Act 
(15 U.S.C. 717F(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND 
NECESSITY.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT TO APPLY FOR CER-
TIFICATE.— 
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