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More than 200 million acres are now available for oil and gas leases under the "one big beautiful bill."

The law makes quarterly oil and gas lease sales mandatory, with 100% of all nominated land required to be made available within 18 months.

Energy companies can now pay a fee for NEPA reviews to be expedited.

While the proposed sale of public lands in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act drew a huge backlash that ultimately scuttled the plan, provisions for oil and gas leasing on federal lands mostly flew under the radar and were signed into law.

Among those measures are some expanding the scope of land available for drilling nominations, others determining how often and how quickly the nominated land must be made available for lease and several that reduce costs for energy c

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