Saving America’s Energy Future Act

Bill: 117-hr-218
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2021-01-06
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Department of Agriculture

Department of the Interior

Licensing and registrations

Mining

Oil and gas
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Saving America's Energy Future Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior from declaring a moratorium on issuing new oil and gas leases and drill permits on certain federal lands. In addition, the bill prohibits the departments from declaring a moratorium on renewals of such permits.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 218 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2021 Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas , Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma , Mr. Jackson , Ms. Herrell , Mr. Babin , Mr. Roy , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Fallon , and Mr. Arrington ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources , and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing moratoriums on issuing new oil and gas leases and drill permits on certain Federal lands.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Saving America’s Energy Future Act . 2. Prohibition on moratoriums of new oil and gas leases on certain Federal lands (a) Prohibition The Secretary concerned may not issue a moratorium on issuing new oil and gas leases and drill permits, nor renewals of such permits, on Federal lands under such Secretary’s jurisdiction. (b) Definitions The term Secretary concerned means— (1) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System lands; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands administered by such Secretary.