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H.R. 7831 · 119th Congress

License to Drill Act

Introduced Mar 5, 2026Policy area: Energy

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: Passed Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5226-5231)

Summary

License to Drill Act

This bill extends through FY2037 the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) authority to collect oil and gas permit processing fees. For each new permit application, BLM collects a fee that is transferred to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund. (Under current law, the fees are authorized through FY2026.)

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5226-5231)

  2. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  3. Senate

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 665.

  4. Senate

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.

  5. Senate

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  6. Senate

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.

  7. Senate

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

  8. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  9. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3757)

  10. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7831.

  11. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3757-3578)

  12. House

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

Show 9 earlier actions
  1. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 579.

  2. House

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-665.

  3. House

    Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

  4. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  5. House

    Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged

  6. House

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  7. House

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

  8. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  9. Introduced in House