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S5039119th CongressWALLET

License to Drill Act

Sponsored By: Senator Lee, Mike [R-UT]

In Committee

Summary

This bill would extend collection of a per-application permit processing fee and direct those fees into a dedicated BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund. It would move the deadline for fee collection from 2026 to 2037.

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  • Permit applicants: Companies that apply for new drilling permits would keep paying the per-application processing fee through 2037.
  • Bureau of Land Management: For fiscal years 2027 through 2037, all fees collected under this subsection would be transferred to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund to support permit processing improvements.
  • Fee amount: The text does not change the dollar amount of the permit processing fee.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

New fund for federal drilling permit fees

This bill would extend a per-application fee on new federal oil and gas drilling permits through fiscal year 2037. For each fiscal year 2027 through 2037, the bill would require all fees collected that year to be transferred to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund. The bill would not change the fee amount. This mainly affects businesses that apply for federal drilling permits and aims to fund permit-processing improvements.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Lee, Mike [R-UT]

UT • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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