; and (B) waive any other requirements under that section that would delay final approval of the oil and gas leasing program described in paragraph (1). (3) Requirements The oil and gas leasing program described in paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) A minimum of 2 Gulf of Mexico region-wide lease sales each year in the following planning areas of the Gulf of Mexico region, as described in the final program decision document entitled 2017–2020 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016) : (i) The Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. (ii) The Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. (B) At least 1 region-wide lease sale in the Alaska regions of the outer Continental Shelf, as described in the final program decision document entitled 2017–2020 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016) . (4) Statutory lease terms During the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, in order to promote increased production on the outer Continental Shelf, the Secretary may, on a determination that it is in the national interest, reduce the applicable royalty rate on individual oil and gas leases issued under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ) to not less than 12.5 percent. (b) Subsequent offshore leasing programs Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1344 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence of the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking subsections (c) and (d) of this section and inserting subsections (c) through (f) ; (2) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) as subsections (g) through (j), respectively