To require oil and gas lease sales in the outer Continental Shelf.

SA 5387. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 5194 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 5376, to
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title V, insert
the following:

SEC. 502___. MANDATORY OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS
LEASE SALES.

(a) Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sales.--
(1) Requirement.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary
of the Interior (acting through the Director of the Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management) (referred to in this section as the
``Secretary'') shall conduct not fewer than 10 area-wide oil
and gas lease sales under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) during the period beginning on
July 1, 2022, and ending on June 30, 2027.
(2) Schedule.--Not fewer than 2 area-wide oil and gas lease
sales required under paragraph (1) shall be held each year
during the period described in that paragraph in the
following planning areas of the Gulf of Mexico Region of the
outer Continental Shelf, as described in the 2017-2022 Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program
(November 2016):
(A) The Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area.
(B) The Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area.
(b) Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sales.--The Secretary
shall conduct not fewer than 1 oil and gas lease sale under
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et
seq.) in the Cook Inlet Planning Area of the Alaska Region of
the outer Continental Shelf, as described in the 2017-2022
Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final
Program (November 2016), during the period beginning on July
1, 2022, and ending on June 30, 2027.
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