S.Amdt. 2283

SA 2283. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself,
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr.
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R.
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in division I, insert the
following:

SEC. 90___. OIL AND NATURAL GAS AND WIND LEASING.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to
in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall immediately
resume oil and gas lease sales in compliance with the
preliminary injunction of the United States District Court
for the Western District of Louisiana in State of Louisiana
v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., No. 2:21-CV-00778 (W.D. La.).
(b) Offshore Leasing.--
(1) Gulf of mexico region annual lease sales.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in
fiscal year 2022, the Secretary shall hold a minimum of 2
region-wide oil and natural gas lease sales annually in the
Gulf of Mexico Region of the outer Continental Shelf, each of
which shall include areas in--
(A) the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area; and
(B) the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area.
(2) Alaska region annual lease sales.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2022, the
Secretary shall hold 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 Proposed Final Program
(November 2016).
(3) Atlantic region and pacific region annual lease
sales.--The Secretary shall immediately review and make
proposals for the offshore wind leasing program for the
Atlantic and Pacific Regions of the outer Continental Shelf
in order to reach the goal of holding a minimum of 2 region-
wide wind lease sales annually in each of the Atlantic and
Pacific Regions of the outer Continental Shelf.
(c) Onshore Lease Sales.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C.
181 et seq.), beginning in fiscal year 2022, the Secretary
shall hold a minimum of 4 oil and natural gas lease sales
annually in each of the following States:
(A) Wyoming.
(B) New Mexico.
(C) Colorado.
(D) Utah.
(E) Montana.
(F) North Dakota.
(G) Oklahoma.
(H) Nevada.
(2) Requirement.--In holding a lease sale under paragraph
(1) in a State described in that paragraph, the Secretary
shall offer all parcels eligible for oil and gas development
under the resource management plan in effect for the State.
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