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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
introduced
HR513119th Congress
Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
In Committee
Summary
Reopens unleased offshore areas to oil and gas leasing. It would also sharply limit the President's power to withdraw unleased offshore lands by imposing acreage caps, time limits, strict assessment rules, and a fast congressional disapproval process.
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- Restores leasing access in eight specific presidential withdrawals, including the December 2016 Arctic memorandum and the January 2025 Gulf, Atlantic, Pacific, and Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience withdrawals. That returns those planning areas to potential lease consideration and requires agencies to report assessments before any new withdrawal.
- Would cap any single withdrawal at 150,000 acres, limit withdrawals to 20 years, and bar a President from withdrawing more than 500,000 acres cumulatively without Congressional approval. Withdrawals would need recent geophysical and geological resource assessments and consultations with Commerce, Energy, Defense, and Agriculture.
- Sets an expedited congressional disapproval process using a joint resolution with defined referral, discharge, and floor procedures and limits like no more than 10 hours of Senate debate. It also blocks withdrawals that conflict with areas already scheduled in a five-year oil and gas leasing program.
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Cancel past offshore withdrawal orders
If enacted, this bill would cancel eight specific Presidential withdrawals of unleased offshore areas. Those areas would no longer be withdrawn from leasing unless another law applies. Affected regions would include parts of the Arctic (Chukchi and Beaufort), the North Aleutian Basin, Atlantic canyons, the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area.
Studies and fast-track review for offshore withdrawals
Before a withdrawal, the Secretary would need a resource study done in the last 5 years. The Secretary would assess economic, energy, and national security value with Commerce, Energy, Defense, and Agriculture, and estimate lost future revenues to the Treasury, States (including GOMESA section 105 shares), the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and the Historic Preservation Fund. Results would go to specified House and Senate committees. Congress could quickly vote to disapprove a withdrawal using one set joint-resolution text. In the Senate, a committee could be discharged after 20 days if 30 Senators sign, and debate would be limited to 10 hours. If a disapproval resolution became law, the withdrawal would have no force, and a similar withdrawal could not be reissued without a later law. Agencies would have to submit actions to Congress and publish notice, and the President would transmit withdrawals to House and Senate leaders.
New caps on offshore withdrawals
The bill would cap a single Presidential withdrawal at 150,000 acres and at 20 years. A President could not withdraw more than 500,000 acres in total without Congress agreeing. It would also bar withdrawals that conflict with areas already scheduled for lease sales under the approved leasing program.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
LA • R
Cosponsors
Hunt
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
TN • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6]
IN • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
PA • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Miller (WV)
WV • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Crenshaw
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Brecheen
OK • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Van Duyne
TX • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Perry
PA • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Tiffany
WI • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Miller (IL)
IL • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
TN • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Burlison, Eric [R-MO-7]
MO • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9]
GA • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
AZ • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
MD • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
AL • R
Sponsored 1/16/2025
Stauber
MN • R
Sponsored 1/21/2025
Balderson
OH • R
Sponsored 1/21/2025
Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]
IN • R
Sponsored 1/21/2025
Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
WA • R
Sponsored 1/21/2025
Johnson (SD)
SD • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Hageman
WY • R
Sponsored 5/19/2025
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