S 460119th CongressIn Committee

Supporting Made in America Energy Act

Introduced: Feb 6, 2025

Standard Summary

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The Supporting Made in America Energy Act would mandate a broad schedule of oil and natural gas lease sales on federal lands and waters, with a strong emphasis on accelerating domestic production. It requires onshore lease sales in a specified set of states (and any other eligible state) each year, and it sets specific offshore leasing requirements for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet. The bill also expands and extends certain leasing moratoriums in the eastern Gulf while creating environmental and practical carve-outs, and it adds various oversight provisions to limit executive branch delays or pausing of leasing processes. In short, the bill seeks to lock in regular, aggressive federal leasing activity to boost domestic energy production, while imposing new procedural guardrails and specific regional focus areas.

Key Points

1Mandatory onshore lease sales: Beginning in fiscal year 2025, the Interior Secretary must conduct a minimum of four oil and natural gas lease sales annually in each of Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Nevada, and any other eligible state; the Secretary must offer all parcels eligible for development under that state’s resource management plan; if a sale is canceled or delayed, a replacement sale must occur in the same calendar year.
2Gulf of Mexico offshore lease sales: Starting in fiscal year 2026, the Secretary must conduct at least two region-wide oil and gas lease sales per year in the Gulf of Mexico region (OCS) with terms identical to the final notice of sale for Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 261, and must include the Central and Western Planning Areas. A fixed schedule of sale dates runs through 2035 (March and August dates from 2026–2035).
3Alaska Cook Inlet offshore leasing: The Secretary must conduct at least six offshore lease sales in the Cook Inlet Planning Area over a ten-year period after enactment; each sale must offer at least 1,000,000 acres; leases must be issued within 90 days after a bid is accepted; the royalty rate for these leases is 12.5%.
4Moratorium and planning scope in the eastern Gulf and added areas: The bill extends the moratorium on oil and natural gas leasing in the eastern Gulf (through 2035) and adds areas in the South Atlantic Planning Area and the Straits of Florida Planning Area to the moratorium. Existing leases are not affected, and environmental conservation purposes can still be used to issue leases in these areas.
5Process and program reforms: The President may not use executive orders or other administrative actions to unreasonably pause, cancel, delay, or circumvent federal leasing processes without congressional approval, with a rebuttable presumption that such action would violate the law. The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leasing program is amended to require: (a) a subsequent leasing program to be prepared within 36 months after the first lease sale under a program, and (b) each subsequent program to be approved not later than 180 days before the expiration of the previous program.

Impact Areas

Primary group/area affected- Oil and gas developers and lessees seeking federal leases, and the federal agencies that administer leasing (notably the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management).- States listed for onshore leasing (and any other eligible states), which would have regular, predictable lease sale activity.Secondary group/area affected- Coastal communities, environmental organizations, and stakeholders concerned about ecological impacts, fisheries, tourism, and coastal protection.- Taxpayers and federal revenue collections from royalties and bonuses associated with lease sales, subject to market conditions and royalty structures.Additional impacts- Potential shifts in energy supply, prices, and U.S. energy security due to increased offshore and onshore leasing activity.- Possible legal or regulatory challenges related to expanded moratorium areas, environmental review processes, and royalty terms.- Implications for land and resource management planning, including state resource management plans and BOEM’s leasing planning in the OCS.Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) governs onshore federal oil and gas leasing.Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) governs offshore federal leasing; planning areas refer to defined offshore regions (e.g., Central and Western Gulf Planning Areas).Royalty rate is the percentage of revenue owed to the federal government by the lease holder.“Moratorium” means a temporary halt on lease sales in certain areas; environmental carve-outs allow leasing for protections and restoration activities.

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