A bill to reaffirm that the President of the United States lacks the authority to stop oil and gas leasing on Federal public land.
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 20, 2022
Last action Jul 20, 2022
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Jul 20, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
upper
Jul 20, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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