The disastrous term of Biden is over, and his drilling ban will not stand. Our legislation protects American energy production, restores Congressional oversight, and places guardrails on future land withdrawals
I will work to overturn President Biden's offshore drilling ban, protect American energy production, restore Congressional oversight, and place guardrails on future offshore land withdrawals.
Occurrences
Evidence
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AP reported that Biden used Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act authority to protect offshore areas along the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and portions of Alaska's Northern Bering Sea from future oil and natural gas leasing, covering more than 625 million acres.
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Section 50102 requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct at least 30 Gulf region offshore oil and gas lease sales and at least 6 Cook Inlet offshore lease sales, but the Gulf mandate applies 'except within areas subject to existing oil and gas leasing moratoria.'
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The Clerk recorded H.R. 1 passing 218-214 on July 3, 2025; Rep. Higgins (LA), Republican, voted Aye.
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BOEM announced the first of 30 Gulf lease sales and the first of 6 Cook Inlet lease sales required by Public Law 119-21, describing a predictable, congressionally mandated offshore leasing schedule.
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Executive Order 14154 states U.S. policy to encourage energy exploration and production on federal lands and waters, including the Outer Continental Shelf, and directs agencies to review and rescind burdensome energy actions consistent with law.
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DOJ said Biden withdrew over 600 million OCS acres, Trump rescinded the withdrawals, and the challenge was dismissed without prejudice for lack of standing.
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Interior reported BBG3 generated $82,689,756 in high bids and was the third Gulf offshore sale required under the enacted tax-cut law.
Assessments
Partial fulfillment: the Biden OCS withdrawal was materially countered by President Trump's rescission, and DOJ reported on August 28, 2026 that a challenge to that rescission was dismissed for lack of standing. Congress also enacted Public Law 119-21, section 50102, requiring 30 Gulf offshore lease sales and 6 Cook Inlet lease sales, and Higgins voted Aye on final House passage. Those actions advance offshore energy production in the same federal term, but the record does not show Higgins delivered the full promised package of restored congressional oversight and durable statutory guardrails on future offshore withdrawals. Sources checked: justice.gov/opa/pr/alaska-judge-dismisses-challenge-president-trumps-rescission-withdrawals-areas-outer, govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm, clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190.
Higgins took concrete same-term legislative action by voting for enacted H.R. 1/Public Law 119-21, which mandated substantial Gulf and Cook Inlet offshore lease sales and advanced the energy-production portion of the promise. However, the evidence shows the law preserved areas subject to existing moratoria and did not fully overturn Biden's broad offshore withdrawal, nor clearly enact durable congressional-oversight guardrails on future offshore withdrawals. Because the promised outcome had multiple components and only the leasing/production component was materially delivered, this is partial rather than delivered.