• Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee• Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Agriculture Committee• Energy Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Armed Services Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Natural Resources Committee
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Protecting American Energy Jobs Act This bill limits the President's authority to prohibit or withdraw federal land or waters from energy production activities. Specifically, the bill requires the President and federal agencies to obtain the approval of Congress before prohibiting or substantially delaying certain new energy or mineral leases or permits on federal lands, including oil and gas leases, coal leases, hard rock leases, or critical minerals leases. In addition, the President and agencies must obtain the approval of Congress before withdrawing certain federal lands from mineral and geothermal leasing activities. Further, the bill repeals the President's authority to withdraw unleased lands on the outer Continental Shelf from oil and gas leasing. The bill nullifies Executive Order 13990 titled Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis; Executive Order 14008 titled Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad; and the Department of the Interior's Secretarial Order 3395 concerning a temporary suspension of delegated authority to all of Interior's Bureaus and Offices, including the authority to approve leases.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCoalDepartment of the InteriorForests, forestry, treesLand use and conservationLicensing and registrationsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMetalsMiningOil and gasPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsStrategic materials and reserves
Protecting American Energy Jobs Act
USA117th CongressHR-859| House
| Updated: 3/3/2021
Protecting American Energy Jobs Act This bill limits the President's authority to prohibit or withdraw federal land or waters from energy production activities. Specifically, the bill requires the President and federal agencies to obtain the approval of Congress before prohibiting or substantially delaying certain new energy or mineral leases or permits on federal lands, including oil and gas leases, coal leases, hard rock leases, or critical minerals leases. In addition, the President and agencies must obtain the approval of Congress before withdrawing certain federal lands from mineral and geothermal leasing activities. Further, the bill repeals the President's authority to withdraw unleased lands on the outer Continental Shelf from oil and gas leasing. The bill nullifies Executive Order 13990 titled Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis; Executive Order 14008 titled Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad; and the Department of the Interior's Secretarial Order 3395 concerning a temporary suspension of delegated authority to all of Interior's Bureaus and Offices, including the authority to approve leases.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
• Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee• Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Agriculture Committee• Energy Subcommittee• Financial Services Committee• Armed Services Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Natural Resources Committee
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCoalDepartment of the InteriorForests, forestry, treesLand use and conservationLicensing and registrationsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMetalsMiningOil and gasPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsStrategic materials and reserves