# 119-hr-7831: License to Drill Act

119-hr-7831, License to Drill Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT); status became_law (as of 2026-10-29).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7831
- As of: 2026-10-29
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7831
- Congress: 119
- Title: License to Drill Act
- Status: became_law
- Introduced: 2026-03-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-29

## Summary

**Extends the fee on new oil and gas drilling applications and dedicates those receipts to a BLM permit-processing fund through 2037.** This law keeps the permit-processing fee in place past 2026 and requires that the annual fees collected for fiscal years 2027–2037 go to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5] (R-OK), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 119-hr-404: Hearing Protection Act
- 119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250
- 119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act
- 119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-hr-1232: National Right-to-Work Act
- 119-hres-719: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.

## Sources
- [119-hr-7831 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7831)

## Related
- [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-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-425)
- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-1232: National Right-to-Work Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1232)
- [119-hres-719: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-719)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7831 (as of 2026-10-29).