# 119-hr-1555: Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act

119-hr-1555, Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5] (R-OK); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-18).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1555
- As of: 2026-09-18
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1555
- Congress: 119
- Title: Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-25
- Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-18

## Summary

**Would let companies start oil and gas drilling on non‑Federal surface using only a state permit when the United States owns less than 50% of the subsurface mineral estate.** It would remove the need for a separate federal drilling permit for those wells and treat the activity as not a major Federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act, while also exempting certain historic preservation and endangered species consultation rules.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Fedorchak, Julie [R-ND-At Large] (R-ND), 2025-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Craig A. [R-TX-12] (R-TX), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] (R-TN), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Operators could drill with state permit: benefit, medium. This bill would let oil and gas operators drill on non‑Federal surface without a Federal drilling permit. The United States would have to own less than 50% of the underground minerals being accessed. Operators would submit a State permit to the Secretary and could start work 30 days after submissio…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-404: Hearing Protection Act
- 119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1555 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1555)

## Related
- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-404: Hearing Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-404)
- [119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9250)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1555 (as of 2026-09-18).