,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #cj1 #bjbb,ms4
 ,herrell 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,westerman1
 ,mr4 ,newhouse1 ,mr4 ,stauber1 ,mr4    
,carl1 ,mr4 ,rosendale1 ,mr4 ,fulcher1  
,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mr4 ,stewart1 ,ms4  
,van ,duyne1 ,mr4 ,moore of ,utah1 ,mrs4
 ,boebert1 ,mr4 ,tiffany1 ,mr4 ,van     
,drew1 ,mr4 ,graves of ,louisiana1 ,ms4 
,cheney1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 
,mr4 ,webster of ,florida1 ,mr4         
,gohmert1 and ,mr4 ,bentz7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,mineral     
,leasing ,act to require the ,secretary 
of the ,interior to process applications
 for a permit to drill1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,energy ,permitting 
,certainty ,act4  #b4 ,processing       
applications for permits to drill       
,section #ag7p7 of the ,mineral ,leasing
 ,act 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #bbf7p77 is amended

 by adding at the end the following3    
7#d7 ,effect of pending civil action on 
processing applications for permits to  
drill ,pursuant to the requirements of  
paragraph 7#b71 notwithstanding the     
existence of any pending civil actions  
which do not directly affect or involve 
the application or related lease1 the   
,secretary shall process an application 
for a permit to drill under a valid     
existing lease1 unless a ,united ,states
 ,federal court has determined that the 
lease was not issued in compliance with 
the ,national ,environmental ,policy    
,act of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et   
seq474  4