WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)today attempted to pass the Alaska's Right to Produce Act 2.0 on the Senate floor, but the legislation was blocked by Senate Democrats. Authored by Sen. Sullivan, the legislation would protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) leasing approvals and leases from future administrative reversals, establish a unit agreement system for coordinated development in ANWR's Coastal Plain similar to what exists in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A), and prevent a return to the Biden administration's restrictive 2024 rule for development in the NPR-A.
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