; and (2) to the maximum extent practicable, carry out a lease sale under this subsection in accordance with the Record of Decision approved by the Secretary on January 17, 2017, and described in the notice of availability of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled Record of Decision for the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; MMAA104000 (82 Fed. Reg. 6643 (January 19, 2017)). (d) Timing In conducting the offshore lease sales under subsection (c), the Secretary shall conduct a lease sale under this section not later than— (1) March 31, 2024; (2) August 31, 2024; (3) March 31, 2025; and (4) August 31, 2025. (e) Area offered for lease (1) Acreage The Secretary shall offer not fewer than 74,000,000 acres for each offshore lease sale conducted under subsection (c). (2) Location An offshore lease sale conducted under subsection (c) shall be in the Gulf of Mexico Region Program Area as identified in Figure S-1 of the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program published on November 18, 2016 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (as announced in the notice of availability of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled Notice of Availability of the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (81 Fed. Reg. 84612 (November 23, 2016))) . (f) Effect of litigation (1) In general A civil action relating to an environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) with respect to an offshore lease sale conducted under this section shall not— (A) affect the validity of a lease issued under the offshore lease sale that is the subject of the civil action; or (B) except as provided in paragraph (3)(B), cause a delay in the timelines for the consideration of an application for permit to drill with respect to a lease issued under the offshore lease sale that is the subject of the civil action. (2) Remand