(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 
a calendar year is canceled, delayed, or de-
ferred, including for a lack of eligible parcels, 
the Secretary shall conduct a replacement sale 
during the same calendar year. 
(b) OFFSHORE LEASE SALES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 
all lease sales described in the 2017–2022 Outer 
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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 December 31, 2022. 
(2) GULF OF MEXICO REGION ANNUAL LEASE 
SALES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
beginning in fiscal year 2022, the Secretary shall 
conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and natural 
gas lease sales annually in the Gulf of Mexico Re-
gion of the outer Continental Shelf, which shall in-
clude the following areas described the 2017–2022 
Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Pro-
posed Final Program (November 2016): 
(A) The Central Gulf of Mexico Planning 
Area. 
(B) The Western Gulf of Mexico Planning 
Area. 
(3) ALASKA REGION ANNUAL LEASE SALES.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, begin-
ning in fiscal year 2022, the Secretary shall conduct 
a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and natural gas 
lease sales annually in the Alaska Region of the 
outer Continental Shelf, as described the 2017–2022 
Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Pro-
posed Final Program (November 2016). 
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(4) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting lease sales 
under paragraphs (2) and (3) the Secretary shall— 
(A) issue leases to the highest responsible 
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)’’; 
(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-
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