BLM HOLDS FIRST SUCCESSFUL COASTAL PLAIN OIL AND GAS LEASE SALE UNDER WORKING FAMILIES TAX CUTS ACT

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following press release:

Anchorage, Alaska- The Bureau of Land Management held an oil and gas lease sale today for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, resulting infive leases and $3,741,528 in total receipts. President Donald J. Trump was the first and only president to hold a successful lease sale in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska in 2021, as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Under the previous administration, lease sales in the region were deliberately discouraged.

This was the second successful sale in the area under President Donald J. Trump's leadership and the first...