License to Drill Act
Sponsored By: Representative Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3]
In Committee
Summary
Dedicated funding for BLM permit processing improvements. The bill would extend the authority to collect fees for new drilling permit applications through 2037 and require that all fees collected in fiscal years 2027–2037 be transferred into a Bureau of Land Management Permit Processing Improvement Fund.
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- Drilling permit applicants: Would continue to pay the existing application fee structure, with fee collection authorized through 2037.
- Bureau of Land Management staff and operations: Would receive all fees collected in fiscal years 2027–2037 into a dedicated fund meant to support permit-processing improvements and related work.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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Drilling permit fees extended to 2037
If enacted, this bill would allow the Department of the Interior to keep collecting the permit-processing fee for new oil and gas drilling applications through 2037. For each fiscal year 2027 through 2037, all fees collected under that permit-processing rule would be transferred into the Bureau of Land Management Permit Processing Improvement Fund. The bill would not change fee amounts or who can apply for permits.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3]
UT • R
Cosponsors
Maloy
UT • R
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Hageman
WY • R
Sponsored 3/27/2026
Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
OK • R
Sponsored 4/23/2026
Roll Call Votes
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