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H.R. 7285: Unleashing American Energy Act

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H.R. 7285: Unleashing American Energy Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-03-30 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-03-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Unleashing American Energy Act

Plain summary

Unleashing American Energy Act This bill requires a minimum amount of oil and gas lease sales a year on certain submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and limits delays on federal oil and gas leases on such lands. Specifically, this bill requires the Department of the Interior to annually conduct a minimum of two region-wide oil and gas lease sales in each of the following regions of the OCS: (1) the Gulf of Mexico region in the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area and the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, and (2) the Alaska region. In addition, the bill requires the President to obtain congressional approval before delaying federal oil and gas leases on the OCS.

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Official text

Unleashing American Energy Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1] · 22 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Blake D. Moore (R-UT), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Jay Obernolte (R-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr7285 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117