Requires oil and gas leasing to proceed in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

§1What it does

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This bill would cancel any presidential or Interior Department order that pauses or suspends oil and gas leasing in the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and would approve all permits already issued for the federal leasing program there.^2,3 Within 30 days, the Interior Department would have to accept the bids on certain refuge leases it had canceled and reissue them, treat the reissued leases as meeting laws such as the Endangered Species Act, and hold a second lease sale by December 22, 2024.³ It would also limit the government's power to cancel future leases in the program and limit court challenges to lease approvals.³ For the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, the bill would cancel a Bureau of Land Management rule on managing and protecting the reserve and require approval from Congress before the agency creates or expands protected Special Areas there.³

§2Status

§3How Congress voted

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