License to Drill Act

Mike Lee

Republican · UT · Senator

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

2026-07-21

Source: Congress.gov

The federal government currently charges companies a fee when they apply for permits to drill for oil and gas on public lands, but this requirement is set to expire. This bill would extend the deadline for collecting those application fees, ensuring the government continues to receive money from energy companies seeking to develop federal resources. The change affects oil and gas companies that want to lease and drill on public lands managed by the Interior Department.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5039 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5039 To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to extend the period of time during which the Secretary of the Interior is required to collect a fee for each new application for a permit to drill, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 21, 2026 Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to extend the period of time during which the Secretary of the Interior is required to collect a fee for each new application for a permit to drill, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``License to Drill Act''. SEC. 2. BLM OIL AND GAS PERMIT PROCESSING FEE. Section 35(d) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(d)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2026'' and inserting ``2037''; (2) in paragraph (3)-- (A) by striking ``Of the fees collected under this subsection for a fiscal year, the'' and inserting ``The''; and (B) by striking ``transfer--'' and all that follows through ``the Fund'' and inserting ``transfer, for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2037, all of the fees collected under this subsection for each such fiscal year to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund''; and (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``2026'' and inserting ``2037''. <all>

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