HR 7285
117th Congress
House
Energy
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Unleashing American Energy Act
Introduced: March 30, 2022
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 30, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 30, 2022
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Unleashing American Energy Act
This bill requires a minimum amount of oil and gas lease sales a year on certain submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and limits delays on federal oil and gas leases on such lands.
Specifically, this bill requires the Department of the Interior to annually conduct a minimum of two region-wide oil and gas lease sales in each of the following regions of the OCS: (1) the Gulf of Mexico region in the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area and the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, and (2) the Alaska region.
In addition, the bill requires the President to obtain congressional approval before delaying federal oil and gas leases on the OCS.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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