S. 4571 · 117th Congress · Senate

A bill to reaffirm that the President of the United States lacks the authority to stop oil and gas leasing on Federal public land.

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced
Jul 20, 22
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive 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.