Bill > HR6927

This bill, the American Energy Security and Transparency Act, aims to immediately resume onshore oil and gas lease sales and impose annual minimum lease sale requirements in certain states. Key provisions include: 1. The Secretary of the Interior must immediately resume onshore oil and gas lease sales in accordance with existing laws, conducting them as soon as scoping, public comment, and environmental analysis requirements are complete. 2. The Secretary must conduct a minimum of four oil and gas lease sales annually in specific states, including Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado, and others, offering all eligible parcels in each state. 3. If a lease sale is canceled, delayed, or deferred, the Secretary must conduct a replacement sale within the same fiscal year. 4. The Secretary must submit documents and communications related to the comprehensive review of federal oil and gas permitting and leasing practices required under a previous executive order. 5. The Secretary must report on the status of nominated parcels, pending permit to drill applications, and the Bureau of Land Management's processes for issuing permits and leases. 6. The bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prevent the Secretary from delaying the processing of a permit to drill on the basis of a pending civil action, unless a court determines the lease was not issued in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act.