Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021
This bill requires the President and the Department of the Interior to obtain the approval of Congress before implementing a moratorium on oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico region of the outer Continental Shelf.
To provide that an order or other action by the President, Secretary of 
    the Interior, or Department of the Interior official imposing a 
moratorium on Federal oil and gas leasing or permitting shall not take 
effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and 
Permitting Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL FOR ANY ORDER IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON 
              FEDERAL OIL AND GAS LEASING AND PERMITTING.

    Any order or other action by the President, Secretary of the 
Interior, or Department of Interior official with delegated authority 
that has the effect of placing the Bureau of Land Management in 
violation of its statutory requirements to process permits, approve 
permits within permitting deadlines, and hold quarterly lease sales, 
with respect to Federal oil and gas leasing and permitting, shall have 
no force or effect unless--
            (1) the proposed order or action is submitted to Congress; 
        and
            (2) a joint resolution that approves the order or action is 
        enacted within 30 legislative days after receipt of such 
        proposed order or action.
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Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021
To provide that an order or other action by the President, Secretary of the Interior, or Department of the Interior official imposing a moratorium on Federal oil and gas leasing or permitting shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other purposes.
Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021
Rep. Cheney, Liz