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S109119th CongressWALLET

Offshore Energy Security Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would require the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a fast, large-scale schedule of offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. It ties future sales to prior Gulf sale terms and narrows procedural delays from environmental reviews so leases move quickly from sale to issuance.

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  • Oil companies and leaseholders: Would mandate at least 20 lease sales over 10 years and require offering at least 74 million acres at each sale.
  • Lease timing and litigation: Would require leases to be issued within 90 days of a sale to the highest bidders when bids are acceptable, and lets leaseholders pause lease-term timelines for up to 90 days while National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) litigation is pending.
  • Coastal planning and conservation: Would extend the Eastern Gulf moratorium to December 31, 2035 and add the South Atlantic and Straits of Florida as moratorium areas, while creating an environmental exception for shore protection, beach nourishment, wetlands restoration, and habitat protection.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Big Gulf lease sales and legal protections

This bill would require the Interior Secretary to hold at least 20 Gulf offshore lease sales in the 10 years after enactment. Sales would occur semiannually on March 31 and August 31 from 2026 through 2035 and must offer at least 74,000,000 acres each. If acceptable bids are received, leases would be issued to the highest bidders within 90 days. The bill would limit courts from cancelling sales or voiding leases if a NEPA review is later found flawed and would require the Secretary to keep processing drilling permits. The Secretary must notify leaseholders within 60 days of a civil suit, and leaseholders would have 90 days after that notice to request a pause of the lease timeline while the case is pending.

Extend offshore moratorium to 2035

This bill would extend the Gulf moratorium date to December 31, 2035. It would add areas in the South Atlantic and the Straits of Florida as moratorium areas. The change would not affect valid existing leases in effect on enactment. The Secretary could still issue leases in those moratorium areas for conservation work like shore protection, beach nourishment, wetlands restoration, and habitat protection.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]

LA • R

Cosponsors

  • Cindy Hyde-Smith

    MS • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

  • Roger Wicker

    MS • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

  • Katie Britt

    AL • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

  • Tommy Tuberville

    AL • R

    Sponsored 1/16/2025

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