,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ac1        
#bjbc,mr4 ,carl 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,graves of ,louisiana1 ,ms4 ,foxx1 ,mr4 
,rosendale1 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mr4     
,guest1 ,mr4 ,rogers of ,alabama1 ,ms4  
,letlow1 ,ms4 ,van ,duyne1 ,ms4 ,tenney1
 ,mr4 ,stauber1 ,mr4 ,moore of ,alabama1
 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 and ,mr4        
,johnson of ,louisiana7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 the ,interior to conduct a minimum     
number of oil and gas lease sales in    
certain areas1 to prevent delays in oil 
and gas leasing1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,unleashing ,american      
,energy ,act4  #b4 ,offshore oil and gas
 leasing  7a7 ,gulf of ,mexico ,region  
,annual ,lease ,sales ,notwithstanding  
any other provision of law1 beginning in
 fiscal year #bjbc1 the ,secretary of   

the ,interior shall annually conduct a  
minimum of #b region-wide oil and gas   
lease sales in the following planning   
areas of the ,gulf of ,mexico region1 as
 described in the #bjag-bjbb ,outer     
,continental ,shelf ,oil and ,gas       
,leasing ,proposed ,final ,program      
7,november #bjaf73  7#a7 ,the ,central  
,gulf of ,mexico ,planning ,area4  7#b7 
,the ,western ,gulf of ,mexico ,planning
 ,area4  7b7 ,alaska ,region ,annual    
,lease ,sales ,notwithstanding any other
 provision of law1 beginning in fiscal  
year #bjbc1 the ,secretary of the       
,interior shall annually conduct a      
minimum of #b region-wide oil and gas   
lease sales in the ,alaska region of the
 ,outer ,continental ,shelf1 as         
described in the #bjag-bjbb ,outer      
,continental ,shelf ,oil and ,gas       
,leasing ,proposed ,final ,program      
7,november #bjaf74  7c7 ,requirements   
,in conducting lease sales under        
subsections 7a7 and 7b71 the ,secretary 
of the ,interior shall--  7#a7 issue    

such leases in accordance with the      
,outer ,continental ,shelf ,lands ,act  
7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #accb et seq472 and  7#b7
 include in each such lease sale all    
unleased areas that are not subject to  
restrictions as of the date of the lease
 sale4  7d7 ,offshore oil and gas       
leasing delays ,section #ah of the      
,outer ,continental ,shelf ,lands ,act  
7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #acdd7 is amended-- 7#a7 
in subsection 7a71 in the first sentence
 of the matter preceding paragraph 7#a71
 by striking subsections 7c7 and 7d7 of 
this section and inserting this section2
  7#b7 by redesignating subsections 7f7 
through 7i7 as subsections 7g7 through  
7j71 respectively2 and  7#c7 by         
inserting after subsection 7e7 the      
following3  7f7 ,unreasonable delays    
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,president shall  
not1 through ,executive order or any    
other administrative procedure1         
unreasonably pause1 cancel1 delay1      
defer1 or otherwise impede or circumvent
 any ,federal energy mineral leasing    

processes under this ,act1 or a related 
rulemaking process required by          
subchapter ,,ii of chapter #e1 and      
chapter #g1 of title #e1 ,united ,states
 ,code 7commonly known as the           
,administrative ,procedure ,act71       
without congressional approval4  7#b7   
,rebuttable presumption ,there shall be 
a rebuttable presumption that any       
attempt by the ,president to pause1     
cancel1 delay1 defer1 or otherwise      
impede or circumvent any ,federal energy
 mineral leasing process1 or a related  
rulemaking process1 described in        
paragraph 7#a71 without congressional   
approval1 is considered unreasonable for
 purposes of paragraph 7#a74  4