The "Supporting Made in America Energy Act" aims to promote domestic energy production by mandating specific oil and natural gas lease sales. It requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a minimum of four annual onshore lease sales in designated states, including Wyoming, New Mexico, and others, offering all eligible parcels and ensuring replacement sales for any cancellations. For offshore areas, the bill mandates at least two annual region-wide lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico Region through 2035, specifying the included planning areas and lease terms. It also extends the moratorium on oil and gas leasing in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida until December 31, 2035, while allowing for environmental conservation exceptions and protecting existing leases. Additionally, the legislation requires a minimum of six offshore lease sales in Alaska's Cook Inlet Planning Area over a ten-year period, with specific acreage requirements and a 12.5 percent royalty rate. It amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to ensure timely preparation and approval of subsequent oil and gas leasing programs. Crucially, the bill includes a prohibition against the President unreasonably pausing, canceling, delaying, or otherwise impeding federal energy mineral leasing processes through executive action without explicit congressional approval. Any such action is subject to a rebuttable presumption of being a violation of applicable law, reinforcing the mandatory nature of the leasing requirements.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Energy
Supporting Made in America Energy Act
USA119th CongressS-460| Senate
| Updated: 2/6/2025
The "Supporting Made in America Energy Act" aims to promote domestic energy production by mandating specific oil and natural gas lease sales. It requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a minimum of four annual onshore lease sales in designated states, including Wyoming, New Mexico, and others, offering all eligible parcels and ensuring replacement sales for any cancellations. For offshore areas, the bill mandates at least two annual region-wide lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico Region through 2035, specifying the included planning areas and lease terms. It also extends the moratorium on oil and gas leasing in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida until December 31, 2035, while allowing for environmental conservation exceptions and protecting existing leases. Additionally, the legislation requires a minimum of six offshore lease sales in Alaska's Cook Inlet Planning Area over a ten-year period, with specific acreage requirements and a 12.5 percent royalty rate. It amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to ensure timely preparation and approval of subsequent oil and gas leasing programs. Crucially, the bill includes a prohibition against the President unreasonably pausing, canceling, delaying, or otherwise impeding federal energy mineral leasing processes through executive action without explicit congressional approval. Any such action is subject to a rebuttable presumption of being a violation of applicable law, reinforcing the mandatory nature of the leasing requirements.