This part orders offshore oil and gas lease sales on a fixed timetable. At least 30 sales are due in the Gulf region through 2040. Six more are due off Alaska. Alaska keeps 70 percent of the money from its sales from fiscal year 2034.
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 50102 in the PDF
What the document says
“the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a minimum of 30 region-wide oil and gas lease sales, in a manner consistent with the schedule described in subparagraph (B)”
The section requires at least 30 region-wide oil and gas lease sales in the region shown on the map accompanying the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management final notice of sale entitled Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region-Wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale 254 (85 Fed. Reg. 8010), notwithstanding the 2024-2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program and in addition to sales under it, except within areas subject to existing leasing moratoria.
What the document actually says
“the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a minimum of 30 region-wide oil and gas lease sales, in a manner consistent with the schedule described in subparagraph (B)”
That sentence, in plain words
The Interior Secretary must hold at least 30 lease sales. They cover a whole offshore region. They must follow the timetable set out below.
What this is about
These come on top of sales under the current plan. Areas already closed by law are left out. The region is the one shown on a 2020 map.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 50102 in the PDF
What the document says
“hold not fewer than 2 lease sales in that region in each of calendar years 2026 through 2039, 1 of which shall be held by March 15 of the applicable calendar year”
The section sets the schedule: at least one sale by December 15, 2025; at least two in each calendar year from 2026 through 2039, one by March 15 and one after March 15 but by August 15; and at least one in 2040, by March 15 of that year.
What the document actually says
“hold not fewer than 2 lease sales in that region in each of calendar years 2026 through 2039, 1 of which shall be held by March 15 of the applicable calendar year”
That sentence, in plain words
At least two sales a year are due from 2026 to 2039. One of them must be held by March 15.
What this is about
The other must fall between March 15 and August 15. One sale was due by December 15, 2025. One more is due by March 15, 2040.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 50102 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a minimum of 6 offshore lease sales, in a manner consistent with the schedule described in subparagraph (B), in the Cook Inlet Planning Area”
The section requires at least six offshore lease sales in the Cook Inlet Planning Area as identified in the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program, with at least one sale by March 15 in each of calendar years 2026 through 2028 and in each of calendar years 2030 through 2032.
What the document actually says
“The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a minimum of 6 offshore lease sales, in a manner consistent with the schedule described in subparagraph (B), in the Cook Inlet Planning Area”
That sentence, in plain words
The Interior Secretary must hold at least six lease sales off Alaska. They cover the Cook Inlet area. They must follow the plan set out below.
What this is about
One sale is due each year from 2026 to 2028. One more is due each year from 2030 to 2032. Each must be held by March 15.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 50102 in the PDF
What the document says
“shall, for a lease in water depths of 800 meters or deeper issued as a result of a sale, set the primary term for 10 years.”
The section requires the Secretary to offer the same lease form, lease terms, economic conditions and stipulations 4 through 9 as in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management final notice of sale for Lease Sale 254, lets the Secretary update stipulations 1 through 3 and 10 to reflect current conditions, requires the royalty rate to be set at not less than 12 and a half percent and not more than 16 and two thirds percent, and requires a ten year primary term for a lease in water 800 meters deep or deeper.
What the document actually says
“shall, for a lease in water depths of 800 meters or deeper issued as a result of a sale, set the primary term for 10 years.”
That sentence, in plain words
A lease in deep water gets a ten year first term. Deep water here means 800 meters or more.
What this is about
Other leases use the terms from a 2020 sale notice. The royalty rate must sit within a set band. That band runs from 12.5 percent to 16 and two thirds percent.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 50102 in the PDF
What the document says
“Notwithstanding section 8(g) and section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g), 1338), and beginning in fiscal year 2034, of the bonuses, rents, royalties, and other revenues derived from lease sales conducted under subsection (a)(2)--”
The section provides that from fiscal year 2034, notwithstanding sections 8(g) and 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 70 percent of the bonuses, rents, royalties and other revenues from the Alaska region sales are paid to the State of Alaska and 30 percent go to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Those sales use the lease form, terms, economic conditions and stipulations of the final notice of sale for Cook Inlet Lease Sale 244.
What the document actually says
“Notwithstanding section 8(g) and section 9 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(g), 1338), and beginning in fiscal year 2034, of the bonuses, rents, royalties, and other revenues derived from lease sales conducted under subsection (a)(2)--”
That sentence, in plain words
From fiscal year 2034 the money from these sales is split. That covers bonuses, rents and royalties. The two shares are set out below.
What this is about
Alaska gets 70 percent of it. The Treasury gets the other 30 percent. Two rules in an older law are set aside to do this.
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What the document says
“offer not fewer than 80,000,000 acres; or”
The section requires each Gulf region sale to offer at least 80,000,000 acres, or all unleased and available acres if fewer remain, and each Alaska region sale to offer at least 1,000,000 acres, or all unleased and available acres if fewer remain.
What the document actually says
“offer not fewer than 80,000,000 acres; or”
That sentence, in plain words
Each Gulf sale must put up at least 80 million acres. If less than that is free, all of it must be offered.
What this is about
Each Alaska sale must put up at least one million acres. The same fallback applies there. Only land not already leased counts.
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What the document says
“The Secretary of the Interior shall approve a request of an operator to commingle oil or gas production from multiple reservoirs within a single wellbore completed on the outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of America Region unless the Secretary of the Interior determines that conclusive evidence establishes that the commingling--”
The section requires the Secretary to approve an operator's request to combine oil or gas production from several reservoirs within one wellbore on the outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of America Region, unless conclusive evidence shows the operator could not do it safely or that it would cut ultimate recovery from those reservoirs compared with keeping them separate.
What the document actually says
“The Secretary of the Interior shall approve a request of an operator to commingle oil or gas production from multiple reservoirs within a single wellbore completed on the outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of America Region unless the Secretary of the Interior determines that conclusive evidence establishes that the commingling--”
That sentence, in plain words
The Interior Secretary must say yes to such a request. It asks to mix output from several pools in one well. There are only two grounds to refuse.
What this is about
One ground is that it could not be done safely. The other is that less oil or gas would come out in the end. The evidence must be conclusive.
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“Section 50261 of Public Law 117-169 (136 Stat. 2056) is repealed, and any provision of law amended or repealed by that section is restored or revived as if that section had not been enacted into law.”
The section repeals section 50261 of Public Law 117-169 and revives what it had changed, then amends subparagraphs (A), (C), (F) and (H) of section 8(a)(1) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(1)) so that each sets a royalty of not less than 12 and a half percent but not more than 16 and two thirds percent.
What the document actually says
“Section 50261 of Public Law 117-169 (136 Stat. 2056) is repealed, and any provision of law amended or repealed by that section is restored or revived as if that section had not been enacted into law.”
That sentence, in plain words
One section of a 2022 law is wiped out. Any older wording it had changed comes back. It is treated as if it had never passed.
What this is about
Four spots in an older offshore law are then reworded. Each sets a band for the royalty. The band runs from 12.5 percent to 16 and two thirds percent.
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“$650,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034; and”
The section amends section 105(f)(1) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-432) by closing the existing item at 2024 and adding caps of $650,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034 and $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2035 through 2055.
What the document actually says
“$650,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034; and”
That sentence, in plain words
The cap is $650 million a year. That covers fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
What this is about
A second cap follows it. From 2035 to 2055 the figure is $500 million. The older law it sits in is not indexed here.
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Each distinct thing the section does: the Gulf region sales and their schedule, the Alaska region sales and their schedule, the lease terms and royalty band for Gulf sales, the Alaska revenue split, the minimum acreage offered, the offshore commingling rule, the repeal of a 2022 royalty provision with the new royalty band, and the new caps on distributed revenues.
The individual lease stipulations named by number, and the notices of sale the section incorporates by reference, are not recorded as separate proposals.
The section points to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management notices of sale, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 and Public Law 117-169, none of which is indexed here, so the terms it adopts by reference cannot be checked against anything on this site.
