HR 7831
License to Drill Act
Summary
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.)
Bill status
- Status
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Rep. Mike Kennedy [R-UT-3]
- Cosponsors
- 3
- Policy area
- Energy
- Introduced
- 2026-03-05
- Latest action
- 2026-10-20: Became Public Law No: 119-134.
Committee referrals
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Senate · Reported By · 2026-09-17
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Senate · Markup By · 2026-07-29
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2026-06-03
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Reported By · 2026-05-20
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Markup By · 2026-05-14
Recent actions
- 2026-09-17: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 665.
- 2026-09-17: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
- 2026-09-17: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
- 2026-07-29: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 2026-07-15: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.