Mike Lee
Senate · Republican · Utah · since Jan 2023
Thursday, Sep 17
S. 5039 · License to Drill Act
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
What it would change
License to Drill Act
This bill 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.)
Summary by the Congressional Research Service
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
What it would change
No official summary yet.
Kasdin Miller Mitchell, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
On the Nomination. Nomination Confirmed, 49–45.
What is a nomination vote?
A vote on whether to confirm a person nominated to a public office, such as a judge or an agency head.
Kasdin Miller Mitchell, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
On the Cloture Motion. Cloture Motion Agreed to, 49–47.
What is cloture?
A cloture vote decides whether to end debate on a matter so it can move to a final vote.
S. 4668 · Protect College Sports Act of 2026
A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
On the Motion to Proceed. Motion to Proceed Agreed to, 77–22.
What is a motion to proceed?
A vote on whether to start debating a bill or other measure.
Wednesday, Sep 16
S. 5408 · Student Voter Data Protection Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Tuesday, Sep 15
S. 4668 · Protect College Sports Act of 2026
A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to, 74–24.
What is cloture?
A cloture vote decides whether to end debate on a matter so it can move to a final vote.
H.R. 3633 · Digital Asset Market Clarity Act
To provide for a system of regulation of the offer and sale of digital commodities by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit the Federal reserve banks from offering certain products or services directly to an individual, to prohibit the use of central bank digital currency for monetary policy, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected, 49–50.
What is cloture?
A cloture vote decides whether to end debate on a matter so it can move to a final vote.
Matthew R. Byrne, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
On the Nomination. Nomination Confirmed, 52–45.
What is a nomination vote?
A vote on whether to confirm a person nominated to a public office, such as a judge or an agency head.
Monday, Sep 14
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
What it would change
Summary by the Congressional Research Service
Matthew R. Byrne, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
On the Cloture Motion. Cloture Motion Agreed to, 47–46.
What is cloture?
A cloture vote decides whether to end debate on a matter so it can move to a final vote.
Votes and bills from the official record; every item links to its source.
Bills they sponsored · 139
S. 5646 · Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · Sep 30, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · Sep 23, 2026
S. 5408 · Student Voter Data Protection Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · Sep 16, 2026
S. 5371 · Stopping Border Surges Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · Aug 7, 2026
S. 5372 · Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · Aug 7, 2026
Bills they cosponsored · 236
S.Res. 934 · A resolution designating October 10, 2026, as "American Girls in Sports Day".
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5267) · Sep 30, 2026
S. 5653 · Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · Sep 30, 2026
S. 5593 · Yaeli Martinez Child Protection Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · Sep 29, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (consideration: CR S5074) · Sep 28, 2026
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5064-5065; text: CR S5074-5075) · Sep 28, 2026
Committees
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Chair
- Energy Member
- National Parks Member
- Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Member
- Water and Power Member
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Member
- East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy Member
- Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy Chair
- Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism Member
- Senate Committee on the Budget Member
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary Member
- Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights Chair
- Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights Member
- Intellectual Property Member
- the Constitution Member
Bills and committee seats from the official record.