This part orders four more oil and gas lease sales on the Alaska coastal plain. Each must put up at least 400,000 acres. They are due over the next seven years. Alaska keeps half the money at first, then 70 percent from fiscal year 2034.
“The term "Coastal Plain" has the meaning given the term in section 20001(a) of Public Law 115-97 (16 U.S.C. 3143 note).”
The section takes the meaning of Coastal Plain from section 20001(a) of Public Law 115-97, defines the oil and gas program as the one established under section 20001(b)(2) of that law, and defines the Secretary as the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Bureau of Land Management.
What the document actually says
“The term "Coastal Plain" has the meaning given the term in section 20001(a) of Public Law 115-97 (16 U.S.C. 3143 note).”
That sentence, in plain words
The words Coastal Plain carry the meaning they have in a 2017 law. Nothing new is set out here.
What this is about
Two other terms are given meanings as well. One is the oil and gas program. One is the Secretary, acting through a land agency.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 50104 in the PDF
What the document says
“the Secretary shall conduct not fewer than 4 lease sales area-wide under the oil and gas program by not later than 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act.”
The section requires at least four area-wide lease sales under the oil and gas program within ten years of enactment, on top of the sales already required by section 20001(c)(1)(A) of Public Law 115-97, offering the same terms and conditions as the record of decision described in the Bureau of Land Management notice at 85 Fed. Reg. 51754. Existing rules on rights-of-way and surface development under that law apply to the new leases.
What the document actually says
“the Secretary shall conduct not fewer than 4 lease sales area-wide under the oil and gas program by not later than 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act.”
That sentence, in plain words
The Secretary must hold at least four lease sales. Each covers the whole area. All four must happen within ten years of this law.
What this is about
They come on top of sales an older law already required. The terms come from a 2020 decision record. That record is not indexed here.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 50104 in the PDF
What the document says
“not fewer than 400,000 acres area-wide in each lease sale; and”
The section requires each sale to offer at least 400,000 acres area-wide and to cover the areas with the highest potential for finding hydrocarbons, with the first sale due within one year of enactment, the second within three years, the third within five and the fourth within seven.
What the document actually says
“not fewer than 400,000 acres area-wide in each lease sale; and”
That sentence, in plain words
Each sale must put up at least 400,000 acres. That covers the whole area.
What this is about
The land offered must be where oil and gas are most likely. The first sale is due within a year. The last is due within seven.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 50104 in the PDF
What the document says
“for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2033, 50 percent shall be paid to the State of Alaska; and”
The section provides that, notwithstanding section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191) and section 20001(b)(5) of Public Law 115-97, 50 percent of the adjusted bonus, rental and royalty receipts from the program and Coastal Plain operations goes to the State of Alaska for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2033, and 70 percent for fiscal year 2034 and each year after, with the balance deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
What the document actually says
“for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2033, 50 percent shall be paid to the State of Alaska; and”
That sentence, in plain words
Half the money goes to the State of Alaska. That holds for fiscal years 2025 through 2033.
What this is about
From fiscal year 2034 the state's share rises to 70 percent. The rest goes to the Treasury. Two rules in older laws are set aside to do this.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Each distinct thing the section does: the definitions it uses, the four required lease sales, the acreage and schedule, and the split of receipts with the State of Alaska.
The two paragraphs applying existing rights-of-way and surface development rules to the new leases are carried in a summary rather than recorded as their own proposals.
The section builds on section 20001 of Public Law 115-97 and adopts terms from a 2020 Bureau of Land Management record of decision, neither of which is indexed here, so what those terms require cannot be checked against anything on this site.
