H.R. 7831

License to Drill Act

Sponsor: Mike Kennedy · 3 cosponsors

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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

License to Drill Act

This act extends through FY2037 the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) authority to collect oil and gas permit processing fees. For each new permit application, BLM collects a fee that is transferred to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund. (Under current law, the fees are authorized through FY2026.)

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Sec. 1. Short title Since introduced

This Act may be cited as the License to Drill Act.

Sec. 2. BLM oil and gas permit processing fee Since introduced

Section 35(d) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(d)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking 2026 and inserting 2037;

(2) in paragraph (3)—

(A) by striking Of the fees collected under this subsection for a fiscal year, the and inserting The; and

(B) by striking transfer— and all that follows through the Fund and inserting transfer, for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2037, all of the fees collected under this subsection for each such fiscal year to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund; and

(3) in paragraph (4), by striking 2026 and inserting 2037.