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Federal Lands and Waters Leasing Transparency Act
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Federal Lands and Waters Leasing Transparency Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to provide explanations to the highest bidders when it rejects their bids for certain offshore oil and gas leases. The bill also prohibits courts from invalidating or delaying certain onshore and offshore oil and gas leases. When Interior determines that the federal government will not receive the fair market value for offshore lease tracts on submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf from the highest bidder, then Interior must provide a report to the bidder that explains the basis for the determination. If the bid was subject to a resource and economic evaluation, the report must include information on how the bid compares to specified valuation metrics. These requirements apply to lease sales in which Interior received at least one bid and did not issue a lease to the highest bidder. Additionally, courts may not prevent Interior from issuing certain onshore oil and gas leases by a 60-day statutory deadline unless the lease would violate federal law. Further, the bill prohibits civil actions that challenge certain offshore oil and gas lease sales from (1) invalidating leases issued under such sales; and (2) delaying the consideration of plans, documents, or applications for a federal authorization or approval of activities for a lease. If a court finds that the sale was not carried out in compliance with federal law, the court must (1) remand the matter to Interior, and (2) direct Interior to correct the noncompliance.
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2025 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 9026/S. 4795 FY 2025 CJS Appropriations bills - North Atlantic right whale, vessel speed rule, Marine Mammal Protection Act issues, Rices whale H.R. 9027/S. 4690 FY 2025 Agriculture Appropriations - USDA Wildlife Services Nonlethal Conflict Reduction Initiative H.R. 8998/S. 4802 FY 2025 Interior Appropriations - sage-grouse rider and other ESA and wildlife related riders, ESA funding, National Wildlife Refuge System, BLM and FS T&E, Migratory Bird Management Program funding H.R. 8752/Senate No bill number FY 2025 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Border wall H.R. 1968 - FY 2025 Full Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, FY 2025 House/Senate No bill number - FY 2026 Agriculture Appropriations - USDA Wildlife Services Nonlethal Conflict Reduction Initiative House/Senate No Bill Number - Expressing the need for the Federal Government to establish a National Biodiversity Strategy for protecting biodiversity for current and future generations. H.R. 598 - Forest Information Reform Act H.R. 731 - Green Tape Elimination Act H.R. 65 - Armed Forces Endangered Species Exemption Act House/Senate No Bill Number - Arctic Refuge Protection Act H.R. 839 - To prohibit implementation of a Land Protection Plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge H.R. 556/S. 537 - Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025 S. 104 - Overturn Bidens Offshore Energy Ban Act S. 109 - Offshore Energy Security Act of 2025 H.R 408 - To nullify the Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf from oil or natural gas leasing. H.R. 513 - Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 2025 House No Bill Number - The Florida Coastal Protection Act House No Bill Number - West Coast Ocean Protection Act House No Bill Number - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act House No Bill Number - COAST Anti-drilling Act House No Bill Number - Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection Act H.R. 2556 - To enhance national security and energy independence through comprehensive offshore energy resource assessment and mapping, to establish a framework for the regular review and standardization of offshore resource exploration methodologies, and for related purposes. S. 460 - Supporting Made in America Energy Act H.R. 1194 - Federal Lands and Waters Leasing Transparency Act S. 837 - Defending American Jobs and Affordable Energy Act of 2025 H.R. 1781 - To repeal certain executive orders H.Con.Res.14/S. Con. Res. 7 - Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034 H.R. 3397/S. 1435 - A bill to require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw a rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to conservation and landscape health H.R. 471 - Fix Our Forests Act S. 4462/H.R. 8640 - A bill to provide for the establishment of a National Interagency Seed and Restoration Center, and for other purposes. House No Bill Number - To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 Discussion Draft S. 4753 - Energy Permitting and Reform Act of 2024 H.R. 6747 - Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act H.R. 1705 - A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act H.R. 582 - Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act S. 4424 - National Prescribed Fire Act S. 1540 - A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for circumstances under which reinitiation of consultation is not required under a land and resource management plan or land use plan under those Acts, and for other purposes. H.R. 1820 - Federal Lands Amplified Security for the Homeland Act H.R. 1366 / S. 544 - Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2025 H.R. 1110 - Grazing for Wildfire Risk Reduction Act H.R. 1 - Lower Energy Costs Act H.R. 7033 - WEST Act of 2024 H.R. 1897 - ESA Amendments Act of 2025
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
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