License to Drill Act

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.)

Sources & documents

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• H.R. 741 (Rep. Stanton), “Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act of 2025”
• H.R. 3924 (Rep. Neguse), “Wildfire Risk Evaluation Act”
• H.R. 5694 (Rep. Begich), “Alaska’s Right To Ivory Sales and Tradition Act” or the “ARTIST Act”
• H.R. 7250 (Rep. Downing), To reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000.
• H.R. 7831 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), “License to Drill Act”
• H.R. 7487 (Rep. Boebert), “Rural Jobs and Hydropower Expansion Act”