,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbca  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #g1 #bjbe,ms4   
,boebert 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,hurd of    
,colorado1 ,mr4 ,ogles1 ,mr4 ,zinke1    
,mr4 ,donalds1 ,mr4 ,nehls1 ,mr4        
,stauber1 ,mr4 ,biggs of ,arizona1 ,mr4 
,gosar1 ,mr4 ,crank1 ,mr4 ,moore of     
,alabama1 ,mr4 ,harrigan1 ,ms4          
,fedorchak1 ,mr4 ,cline1 and ,mrs4      
,fischbach7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,mineral ,leasing 
,act to clarify the effect of a pending 
civil action on the processing of an    
application for a permit to drill1 to   
require courts to remand lease sale     
,environmental ,impact ,statements to   
agencies to remedy when necessary1 and  
to establish a term limit for permits to
 drill4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,american ,energy ,act4
  #b4 ,processing applications for      
permits to drill  7a7 ,effect of pending

 civil actions ,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 affecting the     
application or related lease1 the       
,secretary shall process an application 
for a permit to drill or other          
authorizations or approvals under a     
valid existing lease1 unless a ,united  
,states ,federal court vacated such     
lease4 ,nothing in this paragraph shall 
be construed as providing authority to a
 ,federal court to vacate a lease4  4   
7b7 ,term of permit ,to drill ,section  
#ag of the ,mineral ,leasing ,act 7#cj  
,u4,s4,c4 #bbf7 is further amended by   
adding at the end the following3  7r7   
,term of permit ,to drill ,a permit to  
drill issued under this section after   
the date of the enactment of this       

subsection shall be valid for one       
four-year term from the date that the   
permit is approved1 or until the lease  
regarding which the permit is issued    
expires1 whichever occurs first4  4  #c4
 ,lease sale litigation  7a7            
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 any oil and gas lease sale held    
under section #ag of the ,mineral       
,leasing ,act 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #bbf7 or   
the ,outer ,continental ,shelf ,lands   
,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #acca et seq47 shall
 not be vacated and activities on leases
 awarded in the sale shall not be       
otherwise limited1 delayed1 or enjoined 
unless the court concludes allowing the 
development of the challenged lease will
 pose a risk of an imminent and         
substantial environmental harm and there
 is no other equitable remedy available 
as a matter of law4  7b7 ,no court1 in  
response to an action brought pursuant  
to the ,national ,environmental ,policy 
,act of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et   
seq471 may enjoin or issue any order    

preventing the award of leases to a     
bidder in a lease sale conducted        
pursuant to section #ag of the ,mineral 
,leasing ,act 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #bbf7 or   
the ,outer ,continental ,shelf ,lands   
,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #acca et seq47 if   
the ,department of the ,interior has    
previously opened bids for such leases  
or disclosed the high bidder for any    
tract that was included in such lease   
sale4