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139 STAT. 139 PUBLIC LAW 119–21—JULY 4, 2025 the planning area in which the parcel of land is located that is in effect on the date on which the expression of interest was submitted to the Secretary (referred to in this subsection as the ‘approved resource management plan’). ‘‘(2) RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS.— ‘‘(A) LEASE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A lease issued by the Secretary under this section with respect to an applicable parcel of land made available for leasing under paragraph (1)— ‘‘(i) shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the approved resource management plan; and ‘‘(ii) may not require any stipulations or mitigation requirements not included in the approved resource management plan. ‘‘(B) EFFECT OF AMENDMENT.—The initiation of an amendment to an approved resource management plan shall not prevent or delay the Secretary from making the applicable parcel of land available for leasing in accordance with that approved resource management plan if the other requirements of this section have been met, as determined by the Secretary.’’; (2) in subsection (p), by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(4) TERM.—A permit to drill approved under this sub- section shall be valid for a single, non-renewable 4-year period beginning on the date that the permit to drill is approved.’’; and (3) by striking subsection (q) and inserting the following: ‘‘(q) COMMINGLING OF PRODUCTION.—The Secretary of the Interior shall approve applications allowing for the commingling of production from 2 or more sources (including the area of an oil and gas lease, the area included in a drilling spacing unit, a unit participating area, a communitized area, or non-Federal property) before production reaches the point of royalty measure- ment regardless of ownership, the royalty rates, and the number or percentage of acres for each source if the applicant agrees to install measurement devices for each source, utilize an allocation method that achieves volume measurement uncertainty levels within plus or minus 2 percent during the production phase reported on a monthly basis, or utilize an approved periodic well testing methodology. Production from multiple oil and gas leases, drilling spacing units, communitized areas, or participating areas from a single wellbore shall be considered a single source. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the Secretary of the Interior from continuing the current practice of exercising discretion to authorize higher percentage volume measurement uncertainty levels if appro- priate technical and economic justifications have been provided.’’. SEC. 50102. OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING. (a) LEASE SALES.— (1) GULF OF AMERICA REGION.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (and any successor leasing program that does not satisfy the requirements of this section), in addition to lease sales which may be held under that program, and except within areas subject to existing oil and gas 43 USC 1331 note. Approval. Effective date.