To restart onshore and offshore oil, gas, and coal leasing, streamline permitting for energy infrastructure, ensure transparency in energy development on Federal lands, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill directs the Federal Government to restart and accelerate oil, gas, coal, geothermal, and mineral development on Federal lands and offshore areas. It requires regular lease sales, creates or expands permitting deadlines and categorical exclusions, narrows environmental-review and litigation paths, and changes royalty, revenue-sharing, and administrative-fee rules.
Who Benefits and How
Oil and gas producers, coal lessees, mining companies, geothermal developers, pipeline and gathering-line operators, and other energy-project sponsors benefit from faster leasing, shorter reviews, broader exemptions, fewer litigation delays, and in some cases lower royalty or administrative costs. Gulf States and offshore wind host states also receive revised revenue-sharing treatment.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal land managers and environmental review agencies face new deadlines, reporting duties, and limits on discretion. Environmental plaintiffs, nearby communities, tribes, and conservation interests face narrower review scope, shorter limitation periods, and higher barriers to challenging permits or lease sales. Some Federal receipts may fall where royalty or fee obligations are reduced.
Key Provisions
- Requires quarterly onshore oil and gas lease sales and additional offshore leasing plans
- Streamlines NEPA review and permitting for energy, mining, and infrastructure projects
- Limits judicial review and claim windows for energy and mineral permits
- Expands categorical exclusions and no-permit pathways for certain energy activities
- Revises mineral supply chain programs and mining claim rules
- Restricts Federal withdrawals and delays affecting mineral development
- Changes offshore royalty rates, revenue sharing, and administrative fee treatment
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Restarts and expands domestic energy and mineral production on Federal lands and waters by mandating lease sales, streamlining NEPA and permitting reviews, limiting litigation, and changing offshore revenue and fee rules.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, Mining, Federal Lands, Permitting, Budget
Primary Purpose
Restarts and expands domestic energy and mineral production on Federal lands and waters by mandating lease sales, streamlining NEPA and permitting reviews, limiting litigation, and changing offshore revenue and fee rules.
Policy Domains
Title I - Federal energy leasing and production
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Oil and gas producers
- Coal lessees
- Geothermal developers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal land management agencies
- Environmental challengers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Title V - Offshore production incentives
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Offshore oil and gas lessees
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal Treasury
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Title II - NEPA and permitting reform
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Energy project developers
- Mining project developers
- Pipeline and gathering-line operators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Environmental plaintiffs
- Federal permitting agencies
- Communities affected by projects
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Title IV - Federal land withdrawals and mineral development delays
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Mining companies
- Energy developers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal land managers
- Conservation advocates
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Title VI - Offshore revenue sharing and fees
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Gulf producing states
- Offshore wind host states
- Mineral lessees
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal Treasury
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Title III - Minerals supply chain and mining claims
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Domestic mining companies
- Mineral processors
- Battery and strategic materials supply chains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal mining regulators
- Foreign adversary-linked mining claimants
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
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Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Congressional natural resources oversight committees, Council on Environmental Quality
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Congressional natural resources oversight committees, Department of Energy program administrators, Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture, Department of the Interior coal leasing offices, Department of the Interior geothermal leasing offices, Department of the Interior land managers, Department of the Interior permitting offices, Federal Treasury, Federal Treasury and mineral revenue administrators, Federal drilling permit offices, Federal environmental review agencies, Federal executive branch land managers, Federal land and environmental review agencies, Federal land management agencies, Federal land managers, Federal permitting agencies, Federal permitting improvement officials, Federal permitting or land management agencies face effects in multiple directions
Areas protected by existing offshore withdrawal memoranda, Climate and public lands conservation interests, Coastal communities and marine conservation interests
Climate and public lands conservation interests, Coastal communities and marine conservation interests, Communities and conservation interests, Communities and environmental review participants, Communities seeking environmental review, Conservation advocates seeking land withdrawals, Conservation and public lands advocates, Conservation groups and communities near leased lands, Environmental and community protestors, Environmental litigants challenging drilling permits, Environmental plaintiffs and affected communities, Environmental plaintiffs and local challengers, Environmental review challengers, Environmental review participants, Lease-sale protestors, Marine environmental interests, North American Wetlands Conservation Fund, Public lands and conservation interests, Public lands conservation interests face effects in multiple directions
Domestic energy and mineral asset holders, Energy and mineral permit applicants, Energy and mineral project developers
Energy and mineral permit applicants, Energy and mineral project developers, Energy and mineral project sponsors, Energy, mining, and infrastructure project sponsors, Geological and geophysical survey firms, Oil, gas, and geothermal leaseholders, Oil, gas, and geothermal operators, Oil, gas, geothermal, and mineral operators, Right-of-way applicants face effects in multiple directions
Energy and infrastructure permit applicants, Offshore oil and gas exploration companies, Offshore oil and gas lessees
Energy and infrastructure permit applicants, Offshore oil and gas exploration companies, Offshore oil and gas lessees, Offshore oil and gas producers, Oil and gas drilling applicants, Oil and gas lease bidders, Oil and gas lease owners awaiting permits, Oil and gas pipeline operators, Onshore oil and gas producers, Pipeline, gathering-line, and oil and gas operators, Project sponsors seeking Federal approvals, Project sponsors seeking Federal permits face effects in multiple directions
Coal mining companies and coal lessees, Domestic mineral producers and processors, Domestic mining companies
Coal mining companies and coal lessees, Domestic mineral producers and processors, Mineral exploration companies, Mining and mineral development companies, Mining and mineral production project sponsors, Mining claimants and mine operators, Strategic mineral and battery-material project sponsors, Uranium mining and processing companies face effects in multiple directions
Coastal political subdivisions, Eligible coastal States near offshore wind projects, Gulf producing States
Coastal political subdivisions, Eligible coastal States near offshore wind projects, Gulf producing States face effects in multiple directions
Surface owners and nearby communities
Surface owners and nearby communities faces effects in multiple directions
Mineral, oil, gas, and geothermal lessees, Mining and energy developers seeking access to Federal lands
Mineral, oil, gas, and geothermal lessees, Mining and energy developers seeking access to Federal lands face effects in multiple directions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior unless the section specifies the Secretary of Agriculture
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "secretary_of_the_interior"
- → Secretary of the Interior
- "agency"
- → Federal agency conducting NEPA or permitting review
- "lead_agency"
- → Federal agency designated to coordinate reviews
- "secretary_concerned"
- → Secretary with jurisdiction over the relevant Federal land or resource
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior for Federal mining and public land provisions
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy for mineral supply chain programs
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary with authority over the Federal land or mineral estate
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior
Note: The Secretary generally means the Secretary of the Interior in oil, gas, coal, offshore, and mining provisions, but some sections also assign duties to the Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Energy, or Council on Environmental Quality.
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A facility primarily used for energy exploration, development, production, conversion, gathering, storage, transfer, processing, or transportation.
A mineral or byproduct covered by the title's supply chain, permitting, and mining claim provisions.
Includes National Forest System land, public lands, the outer Continental Shelf, and other Federal mineral estate contexts specified in the title.
Activities related to energy facilities and related rights-of-way or authorizations that receive streamlined treatment under the title.
A NEPA trigger narrowed by excluding non-final actions, non-discretionary actions, and other categories specified by the bill.
A category of agency actions normally determined not to significantly affect the human environment.
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