# 119-hr-3061: BRIDGE Production Act of 2025 119-hr-3061, BRIDGE Production Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4] (R-MS); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3061 - As of: 2025-12-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-3061 - Congress: 119 - Title: BRIDGE Production Act of 2025 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-04-29 - Sponsor: Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4] (R-MS) - Cosponsors: 3 - Policy area: Energy - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2025-12-21 ## Summary **Mandatory 10‑year offshore lease sale program** would require 26 offshore oil and gas lease sales and set schedules, acreage minimums, royalty rules, and streamlining for certain sales. It also creates a 5‑year/15‑sale replacement framework and new royalty incentives for early production. - Oil and gas companies and bidders: Would get a predictable pipeline of 26 lease sales over 10 years, creating regular opportunities to bid and obtain leases quickly after acceptable bids. - Gulf, Cook Inlet, and Alaska areas: Gulf lease sales would be required to offer at least 80 million acres per sale and Cook Inlet sales at least 1 million acres per sale. The replacement schedule also specifies a 5‑year plan with focused Gulf and Alaska sales. - Royalties and reviews: Would set a new minimum royalty of 12.5 percent and cap the Federal net royalty at 18.75 percent. It would authorize a pilot to reduce royalties for early production and let replacement‑schedule sales proceed without additional NEPA, Endangered Species Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, or tribal consultation reviews. ## Cosponsors (3) - Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (R-TX), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Backup five-year offshore leasing plan: benefit, high. For each new 5‑year program, the Secretary would need to publish a draft 24 months before the old plan ends and approve the final at least 120 days before it expires. If the deadline is missed, a default schedule would start: two region‑wide Gulf sales and one Alaska sale each year, offering all un… - Lower offshore royalties and early discount: benefit, high. The bill would set a royalty floor of 12.5% and a ceiling of 18.75% for certain offshore leases. It would also create a pilot that lets some new leases pay 10% royalty for the first seven production years. To qualify, first production must happen within 3 years and the operator must apply within 60… - Ten-year offshore lease sales plan: benefit, high. The bill would require at least 26 offshore lease sales in 10 years: 20 in the Gulf and 6 in Cook Inlet. Sales would follow set dates through March 31, 2035 in the Gulf and March 31, 2034 in Cook Inlet. Each Gulf sale would offer at least 80,000,000 acres and each Cook Inlet sale at least 1,000,000… - Courts could force delayed lease sales: benefit, medium. If a required sale is more than 10 days late, a bidder could sue within 30 days. A court that finds a failure would order the sale within 120 days. If that order is not met, fines could start after 30 days, with one 30‑day extension possible. The court could appoint a special master to monitor, pub… - Faster environmental reviews for Gulf leasing: mixed, medium. For Gulf lease sales under this bill, certain existing federal studies would count as enough review. This would run from enactment until two years after the last required sale. It would cover the 2020 NMFS Biological Opinion, BOEM’s 2023 supplemental EIS and related documents, and certain coastal z… ## Related bills - 119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 - 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025 - 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025 - 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act - 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act - 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act ## Sources - [119-hr-3061 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3061) ## Related - [119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4275) - [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151) - [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669) - [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137) - [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262) - [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3061 (as of 2025-12-21).