; and (B) shall be subject to the same lease stipulations, withdrawals, and moratoriums as were included in Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region-wide Oil and Gas Lease Sale 256 conducted on November 18, 2020. (4) Continuation The Secretary shall conduct lease sales annually under this subsection until the date on which a new 5-year oil and gas leasing program is approved and implemented under section 18(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1344(a) ). (b) Alaska region annual lease sales Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2023, the Secretary shall conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and natural gas lease sales annually in the Alaska Region of the outer Continental Shelf, as described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016). IV Alternative energy 401. Geothermal, solar, and wind leasing priority areas (a) Designation of geothermal, solar, and wind leasing priority areas As soon as practicable, but not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall designate— (1) 1 or more priority areas on Federal land for geothermal energy leasing; (2) 1 or more priority areas on Federal land for solar energy leasing; and (3) 1 or more priority areas on Federal land for wind energy leasing. (b) Criteria for selection In determining whether Federal land should be designated as a priority area for geothermal, solar, or wind energy leasing under subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall consider whether— (1) production of geothermal, solar, or wind energy on the Federal land is economically viable, including whether the Federal land has access to existing methods of energy transmission