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H.R. 859: Protecting American Energy Jobs Act

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H.R. 859: Protecting American Energy Jobs Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-05 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. 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

Protecting American Energy Jobs Act

Plain summary

Protecting American Energy Jobs Act This bill limits the President's authority to prohibit or withdraw federal land or waters from energy production activities. Specifically, the bill requires the President and federal agencies to obtain the approval of Congress before prohibiting or substantially delaying certain new energy or mineral leases or permits on federal lands, including oil and gas leases, coal leases, hard rock leases, or critical minerals leases. In addition, the President and agencies must obtain the approval of Congress before withdrawing certain federal lands from mineral and geothermal leasing activities. Further, the bill repeals the President's authority to withdraw unleased lands on the outer Continental Shelf from oil and gas leasing. The bill nullifies Executive Order 13990 titled Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis; Executive Order 14008 titled Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad; and the Department of the Interior's Secretarial Order 3395 concerning a temporary suspension of delegated authority to all of Interior's Bureaus and Offices, including the authority to approve leases.

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Official text

Protecting American Energy Jobs Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3] · 39 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Scott Perry (R-PA), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Ron Estes (R-KS), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Chip Roy (R-TX), James R. Baird (R-IN), Ben Cline (R-VA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Don Bacon (R-NE), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Ted Budd (R-NC), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Mary E. Miller (R-IL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), David Rouzer (R-NC), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr859 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117