What does Preamble of Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 2025 do?

This bill, formally titled 'To nullify certain Presidential withdrawals of unleased offshore land, amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish limits on the authority of the President to withdraw unleased offshore land, and for other purposes,' aims to address presidential authority regarding unleased offshore land. The bill intends to nullify certain prior presidential withdrawals of unleased offshore land. It proposes amendments to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to limit the President's power to withdraw such land.

What does SHORT TITLE. of Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 2025 do?

This bill is formally titled the Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 2025

What does NULLIFICATION OF PRESIDENTIAL WITHDRAWALS OF UNLEASED OFFSHORE of Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 2025 do?

This section nullifies specific presidential withdrawals of unleased offshore land. The nullified withdrawals include memoranda from December 20, 2016, relating to the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf and Atlantic Coast. It also nullifies memoranda from December 16, 2014, and sections of Executive Orders 13754 and 13990 concerning the North Aleutian Basin and Northern Bering Sea climate resilience. A memorandum from March 13, 2023, concerning the Beaufort Planning Area is also nullified. Two memoranda from January 6, 2025, concerning the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, Pacific, and Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area are nullified.

What does LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO WITHDRAW UNLEASED of Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 2025 do?

This section amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to limit the President's authority to withdraw unleased offshore lands. The President may withdraw lands, but the withdrawal may not exceed 150,000 acres or be made for a period longer than 20 years. The President must transmit the withdrawal to Congress and complete assessments of the lands to be withdrawn, including a quantitative and qualitative geophysical and geological mineral resource assessment. Congress may disapprove the withdrawal through a joint resolution, which would prevent the withdrawal from taking effect. The section also establishes procedures for Congressional consideration of a joint resolution to disapprove a withdrawal.

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Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 2025

Last updated: 5/20/2025 · Introduced: 1/16/2025

Author: Clay Higgins (R-LA)

TL;DR (AI)

The bill nullifies specific prior presidential withdrawals of unleased offshore land, including those related to the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf, Atlantic Coast, and North Aleutian Basin.
The President's authority to withdraw unleased offshore lands is limited to 150,000 acres or a period of 20 years, and requires transmission to Congress and completion of geological and mineral resource assessments.
Congress is given the power to disapprove the President's withdrawal of unleased offshore lands through a joint resolution, which would prevent the withdrawal from taking effect.

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