BRIDGE Production Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3061 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3061 To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore lease sales, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2025 Mr. Ezell (for himself, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Crenshaw) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore lease sales, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Bringing Reliable Investment into Domestic Gulf Energy Production Act of 2025'' or the ``BRIDGE Production Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDING. Congress finds that President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14156 (90 Fed. Reg. 8433; relating to declaring a national energy emergency) on January 20, 2025. SEC. 3. OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASE SALES. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Offshore lease sale.--The term ``offshore lease sale'' means an oil and gas lease sale that-- (A) is held by the Secretary in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), notwithstanding the requirements of section 18 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1344); (B) with respect to lease sales in the Gulf of America, offers the same lease form, lease terms, economic conditions, and stipulations as contained in the final notice of sale titled ``Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region-Wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale 254'' (85 Fed. Reg. 8010; February 12, 2020); (C) with respect to lease sales in the Cook Inlet Planning Area, offers the same lease form, lease terms, econom