This bill specifies that the President may not cancel, delay or otherwise pause quarterly onshore oil and gas lease sales that are proscribed under current law. If a sale is canceled, delayed, or otherwise paused due to Executive Order 14008 (titled Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad and signed on January 27, 2021), the Department of the Interior must conduct a replacement sale within two calendar years of the cancelation, delay, or pause.
To reaffirm that the President of the United States lacks the authority 
          to stop oil and gas leasing on Federal public land.

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

SECTION 1. ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASE SALES.

    (a) Quarterly Onshore Oil and Gas Lease Sales.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the President may not pause, or otherwise 
prevent from occurring, quarterly onshore oil and gas lease sales as 
required by section 17(b)(1)(A) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
226(b)(1)(A)).
    (b) Replacement Oil and Gas Lease Sales.--If, for any reason, an 
oil and gas lease sale conducted under section 17 of the Mineral 
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226) for a calendar year is canceled, delayed, 
or deferred or is paused due to section 208 of Executive Order 14008 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 note; relating to tackling the climate crisis at home 
and abroad), the Secretary shall conduct a replacement sale by not 
later than 2 calendar years after the date of the cancellation, delay, 
deferral, or pause, as applicable.
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A bill to reaffirm that the President of the United States lacks the authority to stop oil and gas leasing on Federal public land.
A bill to reaffirm that the President of the United States lacks the authority to stop oil and gas leasing on Federal public land.
Official Titles - Senate
Official Title as Introduced
A bill to reaffirm that the President of the United States lacks the authority to stop oil and gas leasing on Federal public land.
Sen. Lee, Mike