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.

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

Higgins committed to opposing and overturning Biden's offshore drilling ban through legislation aimed at protecting energy production, restoring congressional oversight, and limiting future withdrawals.

Higgins, Hunt, Weber Introduce Legislation to Overturn Biden Drilling Ban - Congressman Clay Higgins
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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.

This establishes the Biden offshore leasing withdrawal that Higgins promised to work against and notes the broad scope of the ban.

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Biden issues ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters. Trump vows to undo it
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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.'

Congress enacted offshore leasing mandates that protect American energy production, but the text does not fully overturn Biden's withdrawn areas and preserves existing moratoria, so the promise is only partially fulfilled.

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Public Law 119-21, H.R. 1, section 50102, Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing
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The Clerk recorded H.R. 1 passing 218-214 on July 3, 2025; Rep. Higgins (LA), Republican, voted Aye.

Higgins took concrete legislative action by voting for the enacted reconciliation bill containing offshore oil and gas leasing requirements.

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House Roll Call 190, H.R. 1, Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment
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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.

The enacted law was implemented through agency action, showing real progress on offshore energy production, though not full repeal of Biden's broad withdrawal or new statutory guardrails on future withdrawals.

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BOEM Advances First Two OBBBA Offshore Lease Sales
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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.

The executive branch moved in the same policy direction, but this does not by itself prove that Higgins delivered the promised congressional oversight or guardrails.

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Executive Order 14154, Unleashing American Energy
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